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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-08
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THE DAILY TRIBUNE.
BY III. Il. JEWELL

Sf55$.- The DAILY lRlbUNE. III FL
Published every morning except Monday,
at Bismarck, North Dakota, is delivered by
carrier to all parts of the city at 40 cents per
month, or $3.50 per year. If sent by mail
through the post Office, 81 per year. The
daily sent to any address outside of Bismarck
In the United States or Canada, POSTAGE pre-.
paid, 81 per year; So for six month for
three months. ,E.s5l sgs8$
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE
Published every Friday; twelve ano sixteen
pages; containing summary of the news of
the week-local and foreign--particular atten-
Ton being paid to state news. Sent to any
address, postage paid, for 81 for one year; so
cents for six months; 25 cents for three
months 5l.5 fi
The Bismarck Tribune is the oldest news
paper in the state-Weekly established june
IL, 1878; Daily established in 1881. It has
q wide circulation and is desirable advertis.
ing medium. Being published at the capital
of the state it makes a feature of state news,
IT semi-oficial character, and is therefore
particularly interesting to all who desire to
keep the run of state affairs-political, social
and business. Ea. ~ .ss5Etaa5:1G i E.
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POINTED p ARA CRAP Hs.

We all need things we can ping along
without. sssl9
If you are right don't let q clever
man persuade you out Of It. 3ss
The thoughts you can't express with
out profanity are not very important.
Apologies are like family skeletons.
They should not be taken out before
company.
Half our bad temper comes through
our inability to see the justice OF the
other side.
When you think you have done your
best the chances are that You have on
sly started.
This would be a more comfortable
world IL people would listen to reason
as readily as to gossip.
81 Some people have an absurd notion
that unless they are always Cabling
they will be considered dull Atchison
Globe.
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]. he r eople and
The Railroads.
By Governor {. 5 HUGHES Of New York.

AM fully conscious every who processes to have
modicum Of intelligence, of the TREMENDOUS AD-
VANTAGEs which the country and every community III
it has derived from the Of railroad facilities
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-08

MEMsER lor TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-08

By JAMES BRYCE. Britain Ambassador
II III UNICIPAL work to fall into three classes
WI certain functions which are vital AND INDISP
- SABLE because the Individual citizen living in q
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

where our laws are made, and unless
a check is administered the passage
OF the parcels post bill will mark one
Of its greatest triumphs.
But let us look at a few of the
simple reasons why the farmer should
patronize the home Eealer In the
first place their interests are cen
tered in eacn other. Every season of
plenty on the farm means a prosper
Gus year to the country merchant. So
in the prosperity of the farmer does
the country merchant expect to gain.
The farmer finds. therefore, in the
country dealer, a staunch and loyal
friend and a defender of his rights.
They pay taxes together. live side by
side, their children play and go to
school together. When the crops are
poor or misfortune comes, to whom
does the farmer look? Not to the
mail order magnate, but to his neigh
bor the country merchant. How
often does the mail order concern
take any interest In the political ques-
tions or legal measures beneficial to
the farmer? Yet with their bright
hued catalogue of pictured bargains"
they reach out an open hand for the
farmers hard earned dollar And
does he ge. value received? Not
often. The first order he may. but
that is only a bait. The business is
not founded on principles. 1t is not
bullded on honorable methods, its
mighty walp eie erected on graft.
The goods are shop-worn or shoddy.
or perhaps many kinds of goods have
defects so cunningly concealed that
the naked eye can scarcely see a diff
ference between these articles and
those of a much higher grade. You
are expected to send cash with the
order or have 1t ready when the
goods arrive with the big C. o. d.
mark on the package. Your crop fail
ure, or shortage of money doesn't in
terest the mail order house, your
credit with them is good only so long
as your packet book Is filled. Your
order is made out and you pay for
goods you never saw, put up and Sc
lected by men you do not know. II
these goods do not prove to be worth
the money. II the shoes do not wear
well, or the suit Is shoddy goods, will
the mail order firm make them good?
Not often. Yet the local dealer will
do this. He knows his honesty is his
best drawing card. So much for the
advantage of dealing with honest men
and not with grafters.
Still other issues present them
meas ub-stations or branch houses
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
CLEANING Shell Combs.

1t is much better to send hand
some tortoise-shell comb to experts
for repolishing. With the use of
wheels and brushes they can do the
work more satisfactorily than 1t can
be done at home. If. however, one
wishes to make the experiment for
ones self. here is the best method.
from a~good authority: Get some very
fine powdered pumice stone from a
druggist. Mix into pretty stiff paste
with sweet oil. Rub this paste on the
tortoise shell with piece of an old
suede glove. When you have rubbed
very thoroughly, rinse quickly in
warm water and rub on a little
warmed sweet oil. II that does not
give the required polish repeat the
process.
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AROUND THE CIRCLE
KEEP THE DOLLARS MOVING IN
YOUR OWN COMMUNITY.
IT MAKES WEALTH FOR ALL
Buy Of the Man Who viii Buy
Of You and Your Dollar
Will Come Back
Again.
tcopyrIEht by Alfred c c1arkl

AS on the western prairies in
pioneer days, the trapper's camp fire,
kindled to prepare his frugal meal or
to warm him from the biting wind.
famed into renewed vigor. spread.
first on the tiny blade of grass to
neighboring blades. and thence to the
tangled masses all around until the
broad plains We're one vast sea of
seathing flame destroying all before
1t. so the mail order business, started
In the eastern cities on a small scale.
famed by the breeze of judicious ad-
vertising. has spread until 1t now COW
ers the length and breadth OF our land
and threatens disaster to the smaller
dealers everywhere. The note of
warning has been sounded, the light
is visible in the sky. and yet, appar-
emily oblivious to 1t all, the ones
whose safety is being endangered.
heed not the alarm nor the signal of
disaster. The country merchant and
the farmer. whose combined efforts
can stem the tide of destruction that
threatens to engulf them, are alone
unconscious of the approaching devas-
tation, that like a great sea OF con-
suming flame, is threatening to engulf
them.
The country merchant and the farm
er-the simple, honest dwellers In the
rural districts, are the victims this
gigantic peril is reaching out for to
fill its rapaeious NAV. Each year its
grasp becomes firmer. its power
greater Only few short years ago
the catalogue house was thing un-
heard of, to-day it stands as one of
Americas greatest institutions. And
with great fortune comes great pow
er so now the mail order business
may well be classed among the powers
of the nation. Its efforts are already
being felt at the national capital,
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IvER H. SMITH.
Snakes Reared for Their Skins.

The iden that snakes are useless
creatures and should be exterminated
wherever found. will have to pass
away. says the Shoe Trade Journal,
as in Australia they are now being
Systematically reared for the sake of
their skins, which have considera-
BILE commercial value in London,
Paris and New York. Snakeskin is
the fashionable material for slippers,
belts, bags. purses. jewel boxes, card
cases, dressing-table accessories. etc
Rabbit trappers supplement their
means considerably by catching young
snakes and extracting their poinson.
Gus fangs. The blacks are also ex-
pert snake catchers. To them the
snake is an agreeable article OF diet.
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selves In this connection. With the
rapid growth OF the mail order bust,
are being established. These large
firms are daily reaching out for new
sections OF trade. What will be the
result along this line? With the
growth of the catalogue house comes
the death OF the rural mercantile
trade Let them once DESTROY the
country merchant and the markets
of the world will be in the hands of
few wealthy capitalists. Their branch
houses will appear in all the country
towns and the farmer will no longer
be Independent His friend, the coun-
try dealer. who through competition
was forced TO pay the value Of the
butter. eggs, etc. win be thing of
the past. and in his place will appear
the fat, gloating face OF the capitalist
in whose benumbed conscience there
is no thought of pity, whose breast
contains Instead of heart great
lump of cold stony gold. whose one
ambition Is to build up greater for
tune than the world has ever seen,
and who cares narght for the tears or
trials, woes or weeping of his victims
SO long as he can squeeze little moro
of the coveted gllttering treasure from
him.
Again. the dollar spent with the
local dealer stays in the community
where it blesses the spender over and
over again. The merchant pays 1t to
the hatcher for meat, the butcher gets
his bread OF the baker and therefore
drops the dollar into the bakers till,
the baker pays 1t to the miller for
flour, and the latter buys his grain
from the farmer, so the dollar once
more jingles merrily in the farmers
trousers pocket. But spend 1t with
the maxi order house and 1t is gone
never to return. IT goes to build up
the great commercial interests of New
York or Chicago. Does IT. pay the
farmer to send his money to help
beautify and build up these great
cities? Has he not more interest in
beautifying and building up his own
section of the country? If not, he
should. II place is good enough for
man to live in and to make his
money in, 1t is good enough for him to
spend his money in. Who helps build
the churches. school houses, streets,
bridges. etc? Does the mail order
house help? Will they give a dollar
to educate the farmers children, or
donate anything to support the farm
er's widow or orphans? Do they help
to pay the taxes. or add anything to
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

his front door. and prepare to salute
the shades of his greatness, a man
with a camera and taking express
sion whirls into view, and before you
know it yours is one of the strange
faces that looks out from the gallery,
all wondering, even though knowing.
what he is going to do. But it's of no
use to fret. Like trouble, he is ever
with you-thicker than dandelions on
a summer green. If he divides the
honors with any one, it's with the
woman who wants a souvenir of Gen
eral Washington.
Here in the banquet room, on the
spot where Lafayette. Rochambeau,
Jefferson, Madison and Monroe. and
the Artists Houdon, Peale and Trum-
bull, besides many great revolutionary
lsenerals. dined. the women hold their
Executive sessions. The beautiful
silver mounted mirror that adorned
Washingtons banquet board is re-
moved, and upon the table they write
of the progress that saved the old
house from ruin. To the Regents of
the Mount Vernon association, who
come once each springtime and actu-
ally live. eat and drink, and sleep
under the famous old roof. does the
place owe its air of homelike COM
fort. as well as its preservation.
1t is the banquet room that was
prepared for the first time by the
hands of Lafayette and a company of
!. French noblemen, who chanced to be
house guests. The story runs that a
ball was to be given, and the i'm
ported paper had arrived. but
no paperhangers. Mrs. Washington
mourned, but the chivalrous Lafayette,
always ready to do or die. consoled
her-he was equal to the emergency,
and he and his friends hung the paper.
assisted by the general and his house
ahold. In this historic room, the wo-
men are literally surrounded by the
priceless treasures that they have
collected from the fading past for
the benefit of future generations. The
Washington that Rembrandt Peale
7pictures. facing the difficulties Of
Yorktown, glorifies the side of the
room, while from a mahogany cabinet
comes substantial suggestion of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

bring comfort or necessary improve
ments in the country places? Then
why should the farmer patronize
them? By actual test it has been
found that the same goods can be pro-
cured as cheaply, II not at more rea-
sonable prices, at home. Trade with
your nelghbor. whose interests are
your interests. whose hand is always
ready to assist you in time OF trouble.
Patronize those who patronize you.
Use the flashy catalogue of the mail
order house to help klndle the kitchen
fire. and keep your money at home
where it will benefit you and your
neighbors over and over again. The
farmers dollar, earned by honest toll,
should not be added to the blood
money of these great mail order cor
porations. The farmer must join the
local merchant and the country editor
in battling this great peril that rs
creeping. creeping onward with great
rapidity. and unless these forces are
combined and their efforts prove in
creasing. the day Is not far distant
when the chance will be gone forever
the power will be too great to con
quer.
IVER H SMITH
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
To Cover Furniture.

An original idea for covering furni-
ture has been tried and proved sue
cessful by woman who wished to
have some unsightly chairs In her fur
nished fiat improved. She bought n
lot of Roman blankets, with wide
dark blue and red stripes. and had an
upholsterer cover her sofa and chairs
with them, just as though he were
using tapestry or velour. These looked
so well that she has her bedroom
chairs also covered with blankets,
having alternate pink and floral
stripes. She has had portieres and
inside curtains made of blankets
matching those on the chairs, and the
effect is really charming. and, as the
blankets are very cheap. they cost
much less than one would suppose
She says that everything depends
upon the color of the blankets chosen
OF course, very pronounced stripes
would be ugly upon furniture, but the
more subdued Or delicate colors give.
most satisfactory appearance to
room. Here is an opportunity for the
amateur upholsterer to try her hand.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

to the passing traveller. but cleverly
concealed as part of the walls and
woodwork
You must wade knee deep through
cherry tokens to reach the old con-
servatory, with the quaint, rambling
servants quarters tucked away under
the caves on each side. while sIopins
roofs and whitewashed walls remind
one somehow of Bobbie Burns.
1t is curious how the American tray-
eler prefers to pilfer his historic
treasures rather than to pay a trife
Tor them. The old gardener thinks
this Is the case, and it is only by the
greatest vigilance that he has for 60
many years preserved the historic ont.
line of the garden as originally planted
and laid off by Washington. Again.
Mrs. Letters generosity and fine iudg.
ment are shown. for she is chairman
OF the committee on grounds and
shrubs, as well as Interested In tho
garden and greenhouse MANY a rare
plant finds its way to Mount Vernon
through her efforts. The gardens are
maintained at an expense of over
$1,000. but between 5000 and s7OO or
this amount is realized from the sa,e
Of plants. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst ia a
model farmer, and spends her money
and talent freely. She has preserved
and beautified the wharf at an ex.
pense of more than $4,000. She dl.
rects the superintendent as to the
vegetable garden that supplies the
table maintained for the attendants
advises about the deer park tba,
hangs on the hills edge over the
Potomac. and otherwise acts as n
benefcent power all about the prem
ises. She took practical view of tho
herd of Jersey cattle that browsed
around, and when they failed to keen
the old-fashioned milkhouse as well
supplied as necessary she had them
sold and pretty herd of Guernseys
driven in.
In the spacious old kitchen where
things run riot, the traveller buys
either glass of milk or a picture 10
carry away as a souvenir. Somehow.
one can't help but feel that even the
kline belonged to Washington. beca.iue
thay browse on his plantation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
CARE OF THE HOME
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR MIS-
TREss OR MAID.
Best Preparation to Clean Kitchen
WaIls-Board That VIII Be Found
Handy in Many Respects
Table Oilcloth.

To clean the kitchen walls. first
pour some kerosene in a basin, then
take a soft cloth and dip 1t in the ker-
osene and wash a part of the wall
with 1t. then wiring another cloth out
! of nice hot water and go over the spot
just cleaned with kerosene and lastly
wipe with clean. dry cloth. You will
be surprised at the results. 1t is the
easiest and most satisfactory way OF
| washing painted kitchen or bathroom
| walls.
Sandpaper will clean suede leather.
undressed or "ooze' calfskin bags.
Rubbing the sandpaper lightly over
these feathers makes the article equal
70 new.
Many housekeepers will be interest
| ed in a little board they can have
| made expressly for their use. 1t is
nothing more than the ordinary bread
board secured from the 10-cent store,
nicely covered several times with
newspaper and then covering of
| canton flannel or a piece of outing
| flannel neatly whipped along the four
edges. When this is finished make a
case. as you would for a pillow. as
| large as the board and put three but
tons on closing end, also three button
holes. When in a hurry to press n
seam or tab collar or shirtwaist, slip
your case on the board and press to
your hearts content in the dining
room, away from the kitchen heat.
Makers Of fancy work may not know
the possibilities of plain black or white
oilcloth of the kind known as table
| oilcloth. 1t takes paints as well as
celluloiG. and calendars, photo frames.
splashers, toilet mats may be made
from 1t. Where 1t is necessary to
bind with ribbon this can be sewed
| on with the machine.
] Hot milk is much more effective
than hot water to take out stains.
Oilcloth and linoleum may be
washed with damp cloth and then
rubbed with little linseed oil. This
will give a slight polish and will be
found particularly useful when, for
the sake of the old people or children.
It is not wise to use that excellent
material, beeswax and turpentine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
The Fortune Tempted.

well known British nobleman was
actually engaged to Miss Coutts. but
on her challenging him one day wheth.
er 1t was her personality or her great
fortuns which appealed to him he
frankly acknowledged that although
he was much attached to her. her vast
properly had been his special induce
ment in betrotiilng himself.
He. reply ~as characteristic: Let
us then remain The best of friends in
stead OF beins the poorest OF lovers.'
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al oardsn Number

The March number of The Century
Is to be Garden Number with an ac-
count OF eWorkingmen's Gardens In
France" by William Fl. Tolman. word
and pen pictures .Of Persian Gardens'
by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, de-
scription and photographs by Miss
Zaida Ben-Yusuf OF the exquisite ar
rangement of flowers common in Ja-
pan, and memories from recent So
1ourn among them OF charming gar
dens at Charleston by Frances Dun
can. The verse and fiction of the num-
ber will help to carry out the garden
spirit
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EscaIIoped turkey with Cream sauc,

Chop remains of turkey meat into
fine bits and cover the bottom of a
well-greased baking dish; season with
salt and pepner, sprinkle with bread
crumbs (or grated cracker), dot with
bits of butter. then spread on layer of
cream sauce, put in another layer of
turkey and one of crumbs continually
until the dish is nearly filled, having
turkey on top; then mix sufficient
crumbs to cover top with yolk of egg
and one tablespoon each of butter and
milk; spread over the turkey; cover
closely and bake for one-half hour.
Serve hot.
Cream Sauce.-For the cream sauce
mix together one tablespoonful each
of butter and -four. add one-half cup
full each of milk and broth, and sea-
son with salt and pepper.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
Preparing for Air Battles.

II foreign power were to launch
an aerial fleet against Great Britain
tomorrow. Great Britain would bo
able to meet IL in mid-air. For many
months past the government has been
making experiments with a view to a
possible aerial war. and arrangements
are already in progress for the forma-
tion of home and attacking fleet of
airships. Nearly 500 men are being
trained for service in Britain's future
aerial fleet. This aerial force will con-
sist OF balloons. kites and aeroplanea.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

as when Washington met his friends
haif way down the drive, or saluted
them from afar. This is as you find
1t when you are set down like a duck
In puddle, right on the edge of the
most historic spot in America.
You pass along in the shadow of the
squat brick wall. topped off with orna-
mental pickets, past the higher red
brick wall mottled with patches of
whitewash and topped off with it's
moss-grown coping, that winds along
UP the hill like a huge snake, over
which the red roofs show in utter def
ance of its great landlords effort to
hide their everyday existence and
homely suggestions. While you pom
der why Washington's back door was
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

convivial cheer that went around the
festive board through the medium of
the ponderous punch bowl, or the
quantity cut champagne glasses. Many
a trifie that tells of the love of fem
mime finery fills another case-rare
bits OF lace. miniatures, silver and
CHINA delicious bit of feminine folly
woven ildelibly into the meshes of
all time
1t does seem bit ghastly to turn in
with thesghosts of the great, upon the
bed where Washington died, but it
has been done; and, too, where Lafay-
ette rested. On the quaint little dress
ing case, where reposed his august cue.
now, each springtime, lies riotous
mass of modern hairpins and feminine
furbelows. The sitting room of Nellie
Custis. that of Martha Washington,
the family dining room and the library,
each with its wealth of heirlooms, tells
of the painstaking care and research
of many years. In these rooms the
Regents sleep. and work, and live, and
imbue themselves with the spirit of
the Washingtons.
The attendants, for the most part.
are more replete with new uniforms
than historical information, but there
is reason for knowing that it was in
the dear old library that Washington
received the official announcement of
his election as president of the United
States. There are II closets in three
sides of this room-curious little
closets within closets. none perceptible
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
Cement for Broken Glass.

Plaster of paris. mixed into a paste
with white of egg, makes a strong
cement for mending broken glass or
china; and another excellent cement
is made as follows: Into small bot
tie press as much isinglass as will
fill 1t. then pour in by degrees un-
sweetened gin, which will gradually
dissolve the isinglass II the bottle Is
kept In warm place.
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To come upon
Mount v e rn o n
when the sunlight
floods the long
tiled gallery. and
the guards lazily
stretch their legs
and yawn at your
appro a C h; to
watch the blue
smoke curli n G
from the chin
neys, and see the
barn-yard + o W ] s
cluck noisily about
and then flap
their wings and
run, is almost to
GOO tho old nlaca
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
cushlons for Wicker chaIrs.

These look well covered with good
velveteen. Being a cotton fabric. II
does not harbor moth. and is kept in
order by brushing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
Total Abstinence Mine.

]. B. Martin OF Tacoma owns n mine
In Alaska, the profits of which he has
sworn to devote to the cause of total
abstinence. even though these profits
should reach s500,000 year.