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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
THE AGE OF NATIONS.
Turkey, Born In 1855 the Oldest Of the
Present Generation.

i3.+S{ %3f Present Generation. .s.a q
The ages of most countries are re-
corded as exactly as that Of any in.
dividual, and many of the nations usu-
ally considered old, even ancient, were
really born long after those we call the
younger ones Of the new world. The
father of nations, as we know them,
is Turkey, with the sultan seated at
Constantinople since LASS. X
Z Then comes Denmark, born in 1923,
followed by Russia, born Oct. %, 1921,
when Peter the Great became the first
emperor. The United States of Amer
lea, that most readers probably
thought very young, was born July A,
1776, and France, possibly imagined
to be much older, counts from July
IA, 1850.
Younger than either is the United
Kingdom, born Jan. /, 1901, Chile
was born Sept 10, 1910; Colombia on
July 5, 1911; Holland, Dec. g, 1878.
and Sweden starts from Feb. 5, 1918.
Brazil dates from Sept. Z, 1922; Mex
leo was born Oct. 4, 1923, and Bolivia
was born Aug, d 1924. Belgium is
younger, being born July 10, 1881, the
same year as Ecuador and Venezuela.
It may be a surprise to find Italy SO
youthful, her birth occurring Feb. %,
1S61.-London Answers. d III,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
THE CRESC CENT sYMBol
How It Came to BE Adopted by the
IA. S3aa&SttS M oh I'M I'D ans F

How It Came to BE Adopted by the
Mohamn1edans.
The crescent symbol of the Moham-
.medans has nothing to do with their
peculiar religious opinions and cere-
monies. 1t was not originally a symbol
Of the followers of Mohammed at ali,
but was first used by the Byzantines.
Thousands of coins have been found
IN all parts Of Turkey which date back
to the time when Constantinople was
known as Byzantium, and on each Of
these the symbol of the crescent app
pears, proving conclusively that it
was in use as an emblem among the
people of that region long before BY
gantium was overthrow and Its name
changed to Constantinople. The story
of the origin of the crescent symbol is
as follows: When Philip of Macedonia
besieged Byzantium he had planned to
storm the city on a certain cloudy
night, but before his arrangements
We're completed the moon shone out
and discovered his approach to the be-
sieged citizens, who accordingly march
ed out and repulsed his forces. some
thing which would have been impossi-
BILE in the darkness. After that event
all Byzantine coins bore the symbol of
the crescent moon, which was always
alluded to as the savior OF. Byzan
tium.' VI e,..l, ..sts (. : NJ, s=.3
After many years the hordes under
Mohammed II. captured Constantine
pie At that time the crescent was
used everywhere and upon everything.
Suspecting that there must be magical
power in the emblem, the Mohamme-
dams appropriated it and have since
used it as their only symbolic decora-
ton, ~... ...' s-..,. n SE
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
A FAMOUS KEY.
Sit Was Thrown Into Loeb Levcn When |
Queen Mary Escaped.

Queen Mary Escaped.
The interesting key of Loeb Leven
castle is still III existence. It was
found Id the lake and Is supposed to-
have been the one thrown in by the
young Douglas when Mary, queen Of
Scots, made her escape. The key was
originally in the possession Of William
Hamper Esq, who presented it to Sir Sir
Walter Scott, having first had an en-
craving made Of it. y, II sz5
The castle OF Loeb Leyen is situated
on an island Of about two acres near
the northwest extremity Of the lake
Queen Mary when she dismissed Both
we'll on Carberrys hill and Joined the
insurgents was carried captive into
Edinburgh and on the following day
committed to Loeb Leyen castle. On
4 the 25th Of March, 1868, she attempted
to escape thence in the disguise OF 6.
laundress, but was frustrated. ~ I'M
On Monday, May 2, 1868, however.
while the family were at supper the
boy, William Douglas. secured the keys
Of the castle and gave egress to the
queen and her maid from the strong
hold; then, locking the gates behind
them to prevent pursuit, he placed the
fugitives in a boat that lay near at
hand and rowed them to the appointed
landing place on the north side Of the
lake.-StTand Magazine. NM 4
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
Too Much Culture.

Aunt Penelope Virgins" as every
body called her, was visited one sum
mer by niece, q Vassar college grad
uate. Aunt Penelope was one Of the
most hospitabie souls alive, but she
was not greatly impressed by the SUI
perior learning of her young relative,
and one day she freed her mind about
her thus: :. vi +... sfJ @ &.
Talk to me about what a college
education does for a girl! What do
you suppose Matilda said to me the
first day she came? She said: I'm SO
glad to meet you, aunty! You accent
your name on the Aunty Penultimate,
don't you?' Did you ever hear such
nonsense? had to tell her my name
wasn't Aunty Penultimate. but Aunty
Penelope, and thought she would die
a-laughingr' ..55 r
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
Woes of the Rich Young.

The children of the rich today are not
allowed to be imaginative. They have
no illusions. They do not have the
great and educative pleasure Of pre-
tense. In simpler less material years
the child s.played att something. A
block Of wood was a locomotive. A
DOH was human being or a fairy.
The tin horse was feeter and more
wonderful than Flora Temple or Dex-
ter. Now everything must be done for
the pleasure of a girl or a boy. The
poor youngsters are not encouraged.
They are hardly allowed to Invent their
own amusements, to turn plain and
humble things into something rare and
glorifled by sheer force OF Imagination.
Boston Herald .2.s5 3.s.l
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
a story Of Blaine.

James G. Blaine made his first ap-
pearance on the stump In the canvass
In Maine in 1856 He went to Far
mington to hear Senator William Pitt
F'essenden speak and with no inten-
ton to speak himself. But Mr.. Fessen-
den did not arrive on time, and some
of his Augusta friends put Blaine for
ward to take the platform. He likened
his situation to that Of farmer who
had horse for which he asked $500.
A horse trader offered him $40 for the
animal TITS an awful drop" said the
farmer, t'but I'll take it." The, story
took and so did the speech that fol
lowed. ~ ii
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
tFirst Publication Aug. II, 1907 y
Notice and Citation, Hearing of Final
Account and Distribution of Estate 81

|
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. $. =#4s
In County Court, Before Hon. NJ. j. Mckenzie.
4 Judge 54s- N E5s s55s a8tss
In the Matter Of the Estate of Pat McGrath,
h Deceased. IS
Geo. A. WEIGH Administrator, Petitioner,
All persons interested in the estate Of said
deceased, Respondents. ~ n
THE STATE OF NORM DAKOTA, To the above
named respondents tiisa$F s335s5
that the final account of the Geo. a WEIGH, Ad-
ministrator, of the estate of Pat Mc(5rath, late
Of the Township Of Mckenzie, in the County Of
Bnrlsigh and State Ct North
that the estate of said deceased is ready for
final ettlement and distri ntion, and petition.
ing that his account be ailowea the residue n Ct
unto entitled. his administration closed and he
be discharged; that Monday, the 23rd day OF
September, A. D: 1907, at ten o'clock In the
Court, ID the City 81 Bismarck, County Of Bur
leigh and State OF North Dakota, has been duly
appointed by this Court for the settlement
Interested in said estate may appear and file,
his exceptions, in writing, to said account and
petition and contest the same. All
each OF YOU are hereby cited and required then
and there to be and appear before this Court
and show cause. if any You have, why said ac,
estate distributed, the administration Of said
estate closed and said Geo, A. WEIGH, admin
strator, discharged.
BY the Court Sf hI55.ss
M. j. MCKENZIE,
E(sEALl Judge of the County Court.
Let service hereof be made BY publication.
M. j. MCKENZIE S5
Judge of the County Court.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
English Versus French Roads.

y In England it is almost impossible
to attain speed with safety. The roads
twist and turn and the walls and
hedges prevent the drivers seeing
what there is beyond curve. An
average pace OF twenty-five miles an
hour is fairly good time in England.
OF course the country is settled much
more thiclsly than France, which adds
to the danger Of speeding. Speed laws
are enforced with severity In England,
but il yca will try the mettle Of your
motor cross the channel. In France
the road is yours. Eravel Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
A New Court Stenographsr.

& Judge Spalding, who has been in
search Of q good stenographer to
do his supreme court work, has ap-
pointed Thayne Boughton of Fargo
to the position. Mr.. Boughton is
said to he a very promising young
stenographer, having just completed
a course Of training at the Dakota
Business College under the personal
direction OF Professor Watkins. This
school has been very successful with
it's pupils, having located about $50
of them last year.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
He Told Her.

A good highland minister was en-.
deavoring to steer a boat load Of city
young ladies to a landing place. A
squall was bursting. The steering was
difficult. One Of the girls annoyed him
by jumping up and calling anxiously,
"Oh, where are we going tor IF you
do not sit down and keep still, my
young leddy," said the; minister pilot
succinctly, ''that will vera greatly de
pend on how you were brought up
Dundee Advertiser.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
An Egg In a Bottle.

A chemist has discovered a simple
means of getting an egg with I'M
broken she'll into bottle of, say, the
ordinary kind, used for ginger ale.
All you have to do is to soak a boiled
egg in vinegar for three days. The
shell becomes SO soft that it can easily
be forced through the narrow aperture
of the bottle. And once it is inside If
it is soaked in water for little while
the, eggshell resumes its original hard
ness-and there you are!
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
ANSWERS OBJECTIONS
TO REFERENDUM Bill

Editor Tribune: 1.-THE basal prin-
ciples of the initiative and referen-
dunn are that the majority of the
people shall rule and have direct
and simple method of expressing the
popular will This is so thoroughly
in harmony with our republican and
democratic institutions that it is in
stinctively felt that it's fundamental
principles cannot be successfully at
tackled. Opposition, therefore, usual
ly takes the from of finding fault
with the details by which it is pro-
posed to put those principles into
operation.
In regard to the number of sigma
lures that would be required to
place a question before the people
through the initiative or referendum
it should be so high that trivial or
foolish questions could not easily be
forced on the people for decision, but
not so high as to m axe it a hardship
for those who have anything of mer-
it, to get hearing. In the states
that already have adopted direct
legislation amendments, 8 per cent
is required for the initiative and
per cent for the referendum, except
in South Dakota, where 5 per cent
only is needed on the petition for
the initiative. The people who live
in these states are not complaining
that these proportions of signatures
are unfair or asking for any change.
The most reasonable thing for us to
do, it seems, is to adopt the same
proportion of signatures that other
states have found suitable, until
such time as we, through our own
experience, shall find some other
number better.
1t has been suggested that if %
per cent was required for the initia-
tive. resubmission would not come
But resubmission is one of the very
few questions that such a percentage
would not hinder, while to most 9th
ers it would prove prohibitive.
1t is claimed by some that it be-
comes too easy to amend the constitu.
ton through the initiative. Hardly
1t will take two years less time than
at present, but the publicity given
an amendment by circulating the in,
itiative petition through the state
will put the question more generally
and thoroughly before the people
than its passage by Legislature
would. After the signatures are sc.
cured on the petition, the amend:
| ment goes before the legislature the
same as one adopted by former leg
| islature does, but unlike the latter
| it can have a competing amendment
| attached to it by! the legislature Il
such a course it thought advisable
which necessarily will cause more
discussion and deliberation thar
where this is not possible. If {
competing measure is submitted b!
the legislature and the people have
| choice between two amendmenth or
| the same subject, more consideration
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
Tan,perina With the Truth.

A schoo. tsaeher trying to explain to
his class the meaning OF the word
Connected said j: III 4, ny
Suppose would 60 around saying,
Look how good am to my class or
Dragging about bow much know or
how good looking 4 am what would
you say i WAS Rs
a liar Instantly responded his
class. Judges Library.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
A DANGEROUS MISTAKE

North Dakota Mothers Should Not
Neglect Kidney Weakness in
ll,s, Children. .'.n..
Most children have weak kidneys.
b The earliest warning is bed-wetting.
Later comes backache, headache,
languor. ~,
IT'S a mistake to neglect these
troubles.
" To blame the child for it's own dis
tress.
Seek to cure the Kidneys
Save the child from deathly kidney
ills. 81 \ @a-s e.. f., ~
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys. .,&, Sd. ~>..
Mrs. Christine Lawrence, of 10
Pills which had procured at drug
store have amply earned their en-
dorsement by our family. Two Of the
children were troubled with nocturnal
weakness of the kidneys, and through
the use of Doan's Kidney Pills found
entire freedom from that complaint.
The remedy toned up and strengthen
ed the kidneys to a normal condition.
l know other cases in which Doan's
Kidney Pills have done the same fine
work, especially after other medicines
had failed" IT,
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-M ilburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States. se s.--
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
Announcement.

Delegates, Members and Visitors, At
tending the Sovereign Grand Lodge
I. o. o. F.: s&s
We have made special Preparations
to accommodate several hundred visi-
tors during convention week at 75c
and 81 per day per person.
BEAUFORT HOTEL,
Opposite postof1ce. 112-116 Third
Street South. Minneapolis, MINI.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
Good Advics,

Go on In all simplicity. Do not be
SO anxious to win quiet mind, and
it will be all the quieter. Do not ex-
anime so closely into the progress Of
your own soul. Do not crave so much
to be perfect, but let your spiritual
life be formed by your duties and by
the actions which are called forth by
circumstances Francis de Sales. s. z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
Full of Grit.

y Fifty miles an hour, now" Kissed
the daring motorist as he gripped the
steering wheel still more firmly Are
you brave enough to stand IT r.
Yes; am full of grit replied the
pretty girl as she swallowed another
pint Of dust
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
T Conversation.

d The reason why so few people are,
agreeable In conversation is that each
lie thinking more Of what he Is intend
ing to say than of what others are say
Ing, and we never listen when we are
planning to speak RochefoucauId.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
ModesGy.

True modesty is a discerning grace
and only bushes in the proper place,
but counterfeit is blind and skulks
through fear, where IDS a shame to be
ashamed T. appear: humility, the par
emf Of the first. the last by vanity pro-
duced and nurs't Cowper.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14
NOT a Mourr,inn suit

Brown just met White d few min
ufes ago on his way downtown to re-
cover his sons body. Green You don't
tell me! Was his son drowned h.
Brown-Oh, no. But his father said
he needed a new suit OF clothes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14

Some people are going TO be mighty
surprised when they find out that there
y difference between real goodness
and receipt for pew rent. Florida
Times Union.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14

Mothers with little children need
no longer fear Group, colds Or whoop-
ing cough. Bees Laxative Cough Sy-
rup tastes good. 1t works off the cold
through the bowels, clears the head.
Guaranteed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14

Il That which Is reasonable and that
which Is unreasonable have both to EN-
counter the like contradiction Goethe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-14

Keep your store In the "spot light"
OF public attention.
Evening star., 1907-07-09
Stripping a Clothes Line.

On charge of stripping clothes line
on 10th street southwest yesterday Will
liam Mahoney, colored, was arraigned in
the Police Court today. Judge Mills ad-
judged him guilty and ordered him to pay
a fine Of $40 or serve sixty days in Jail.
Mary Magruder, who washed the clothes,
finished hanging them on the line in the
rear Of her home and returned to the house
when she discovered Mahoney tightening
the burden Of the line.
Stop thief" the woman shouted several
times; and her cries attracted the atten-
ton of Policeman Jackson Of the fourth
precinct. He was soon in pursuit of Ma
honey, and the latter. with bag Of clothes
on mis- back. was sprinting down the street.
On I street between 10th and 11th streets
southwest Mahoney leaped down an en-
bankment, and before he could gain his
feet and start on again the officer Jumped
on top of him and held him pinned to the
ground, a prisoner.
Il wanted something to drink, that's
ALL" Mohoney said, as his reason for taking
the clothes.
Evening star., 1907-07-09
TWO PERISH IN BURNING BARN.
Building on Farm Near Elkton Fired
by Lightning.

ELKTON, Md, July 9.-During the storm
which passed over this locality Sunday
night the large barn on the Morrow farm,
six miles north Of here, was struck by
lightning and set on fire. Two farm hands
Isaac Delcors, a white man. and william
Davis, colored-were in the building at the
time, and they were burned to death. The
supposition Is that the men We're stunned
by the lightning and were unconscious
while the flames ragged around them. a
large lot of feed and two calves Were also
destroyed, and the loss is estimated at
$500.
A portion of the skeleton of one OF the
bodies was recovered yesterday. and by
the charred skull it is supposed to be that
of Delcors The body of the negro is eX-
pected to be found when the debris is
scattered.
When the flames We're discovered they
had gained quite a headway, but Frank p.
Richards the tenant on the farm, succeed
ed in saving all the live stock, except two
calves and some Of the farming imple-
ments. Mr.. Richards did not know the
men were In the building. supposing they
were in Newark. and II was not until the
charred bones We're found that 1t became
evident that any human beings had PERISH
ed in the flames.
Evening star., 1907-07-09
CREAMERY COMPLAINTS.
Interstate Commerce Commission Ask
ed to Fix Reasonable Rates,

Conspiracy and discrimination, in addi-
tion to the eXaction of excessive rates, are
the charges preferred in a complaint filed
yesterday with the interstate commerce
commission by the Beatrice Creamery Com
pany of Iowa, the Blue Valley Creamery
Company Of Missouri, and the Blue Valley
Creamery Company of Iowa, against the
Illinois Central railroad. the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific. the Chicago Great
Western, the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy, the Chicago Northwestern, and the
Chicago Milwaukee and st. Paul. The
complainants assert that they purchase
cream throughout the western parts Of the
United States and ship it to central plants
located in various cities of the middle west,
where it is manufactured into butter. In
the meantime they do business amounting
to nearly $20,O0O.OO0 a year, involving the
manufacture of almost fifty millions Of
pounds of butter. They allege that the
rates charged them by the railroads on
shipments of cream are excessive and un-
reasonable, and that they are prevented
from obtaining reduction in the rates by
the attitude of several of the defendants.
who have conspired to keep the rates at
their present high figures. The commits
sion is asked to fix just and reasonable
rates
Evening star., 1907-07-09

kauff, James R. Miles, John Miller, Will
liam E. Monroe, Wallace H. Morris, John
B. Moses. John H. Muirhead, Robert c.
Murphy. Poynton w. Musson Grattain w
Montague.
John Mccormick, James B. McFadden
Maurice P. McGrath Edward T. McNer-
haney, George NJ. K. McDermut.
Henry C. Nails, James E. Norris.
William F. OBeirne. John A. O'Neil,
John H. Parker, William H. Parker
George Perrott. Richard B. Peters, Arthur
piper, Charles B. Humphrey. George A
James c. Reagan, Frank A. Rebstock
Frank B. Reed, James ]. Reidy, H. Will
e. Rittenhouse, Edwin C. Rollins. Charles
F. Rose, John NJ. Roux, John F. Rus
sell.
John T. sanderson. Joseph w. Saunders
ley, Raymond E. schreiner, Charles H
Scott, Lemuel J. Shaw, William E. Sibley
John H. Smith, William E. Smoot. George
w. H. Soelner. John E. Stanton, Charles
Stokes. schell H. stutzman. Henry Sun
wold, John NJ. Sweeney. Charles w. Swim
gle.
Charles L. Tauberschmidt, John A. Taub-
erschmidt, Henry G. Tegeler. Charles P.
Thomas, Freeman G. Thompson. Robert S.
Trimble: Edward w. Turner.
Charles L. Ulrich.
William s. Vanf1eet, William E. Waugh
an, Louis c. F. Voegler
William E. Waggener. Joseph S. Was
ney, Charles Webel. Carl A. Weber,
Charles ]. Weldon. Jacob A. Weigle, Mich
olas J. Weyand, William F. Wheatley,
Frederick M. White, Emery A. WILDER,
James A. Wilker, Richard U. Wilkinson,
Harrison Wilson, George E. Winkleman,
John B. Woodfield, Charles b. worth,
Clarence D. Wright.
John w. K Young, Joseph w. thinner
mann. ~ oo
Charles L. R. Brock, from $500 to $500.
Evening star., 1907-07-09
PASSENGERS IN DANGER.
Two Trains Come Together With a
Crash at Carrollton Station.

WESTMINSTER, Md, July 9-Only the
presence of mind and prompt action of the
engineers of their respective trains pre-
vented a catastrophe in a head-on col
hsion of passenger trains and on the
Western Maryland railroad. at Carrollton
station yesterday. These trains pass at
that point, and the collision occurred lust
at the eastern end of the siding, which Is
taken by No. 9. There is sharp curve at
this point and No. 6, for Baltimore. was
due to be on the siding
The locomotives came together with a
crash, throwing passengers in both trains
from their seats. The engineers of both
trains, having done all in their power to
avert or minimize a disaster, jumped to the
ground and escaped injury.
Only two passengers were hurt-one on
NO. Vharles King of Baltimore, whose
face was cut, and lady on No g. coming
to Westminster. who was thrown forward
against a seat and her lip was cut