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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
vIBR ION.
Examples Of Its wonderful Power
-. and Penetration.

Examples Of Its Wonderful Power
,E and PRESERVATION.
The wonderful force of vibration Is
recognized in all its power by. few
architects and builders 1t would
amuse them if they were told that the
most solidly built Of their walls would
be injured by the continuous scraping
of a bow across a violin. OF course It 4
would take years Of playing to loosen
masonry and render iron brittle, but
there are facts on record which show /
that such a result has occurred. On
first class battleship man may feel
the vibrations of a violin though he
may not be able to hear the music 1t
Is the regularity Of the vibrations
which tells. The play is not affected
by them, for he is a flexible object and 1
can give way to motion.
Every one knows that a squad Of
soldiers or any body of marching men
break step In crossing bridge no
matter what its size and strength may
be, for none could withstand the vibra-
lions Of this concerted action. Even
the tread of "a dog may make a bridge
shake because of the regularity of the
vibration, SO that on many of the big
suspension bridges dogs are not al
lowed unless carried In the arms Of
their owners rs
vibration can be found In the Green
wich observatory. II stands on the top
OF a hill on whose slopes hundreds of
children play on fine evenings. Their
favorite play is to join hands at the
top and dash head Hong to the bottom,
/ where they fall IN a heap. This starts
| the vibration Of the hill to such an ex-
4 tent that the scientists Of the observa-
tory are unable to carry on their OBJ
seryations, which depend upon the mo-.
tionless state Of d tray Of mercury.
The solid hill is in such a state of tre-
! NOR that the vibrations continue till
long past midnight, when the children
! who have caused 1t have been asleep
for hours. 55Sf
! "a still more wonderful Illustration OF
/ vibration is in the human throat Six.
/ ty vibrations per second is the least
4 number by means Of which a sound
/ can be produced. This is a sound new
Y er used in speaking, but is found IN
i mems voices in an extremely low reg
lister. The highest sound produced by
4 the human voice that is. lin altissimo
lis caused BY ], 024 vibration per sec
i ond. This, TOP, is exceptional, being
only obtainable in tile highly cultivated
i female or boy voices. a ss
It is simply the vocal chords which
vibrate, not the throat. IN the lower
/ notes the whole length and thickness
4 Of the vocal chords are used, the thin
i edges being employed for the highest
ones, Thus in speaking for minute
or two there is sufficient vibration en-
gendered ii the throat, were its walls
Of solid nature instead OF soft and
flexible, to shatter and destroy IT EV-
cry minute we speak the vocal chords
i vibrate from 20, 900 to 40. 600 times.
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
What they y, Bid.

go
Z The deeds Of Yalor which were
brought to the attention Of the an
5thorities which the above mentioned
North Dakota boys with other com
panions in arms accomplished are
thus described in the Official circular,
with the name Of place Of the exploit
and date.
Frank Al =. Anders, on May Is, at San
Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon.
Willis H. Downs, May 13, 1899. at
San de Mayumo. s
t4'o e, Jensen of Devils Lake, at
San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, May
51S, 1899: May Is, 1899, with. eleven
. OF scouts. without waiting for the
supporting battalion to aid them, or
to get into a position to do SO,
charged over a distance of about $50
Yards and completely routed about
800 Of the enemy who were in line
and could only be carried by a frontal
attack
Frank F. Ross. San Isidro on the
9Th day of May, 1899. isSs 358s
3 Otto Boehler, May 16, 1899, near
San Isidro.
John 3. Kinne, May 16, 1899, near
San Isidro; May Is, 1899, with TWEEN.
#ty-one other scouts charged across a
burning bridge under e heavy fire,
and compl etely routed 600 of the
enemy who were intrenched III strong
~ fortified position.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
on the SAC sfde.l

4 Student Then how much does the
suit come 10 for cash? Tailor Fifty
marks. Student And II paid for by
instalimentsa Tailor IA hundred marks
only ID that case you WIN have to
pay half down From the German n.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
His CFanap.,

II have beeii suffering much Of late, !,
he said with writer's cramp. And,
smiling wanly, he frightened his belt
two holes.
Here y where II usually takes me"
he xplained, pattIng bis concave stom-
acli. st Louis gu lobe Democrat
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30
Y. $. DEPARTMENT OF AeRIcuL-
Ss J. y RE.
Weather Bureau.

.S96S ~ ny 3siOlOWluS udId, covered Pc.
ROD of 80 years, have been compiled
] from the. Weather Bureau records at
Bismarck, North Dakota. They are
issued to show the conditions that
have prevailed during the mbnthsg In
question. for the above period OF
years, but must not be construed as a
forecast Of the weather conditions for
the coming month.
Month, February. for 81 years.
Temperature.
Mean or normal temperature, g de-
grees.
The warmest months were those Of
s1 SIT and 1873, with an average Of Is
degrees.
he coldest month was that Of 1875,
with an average Of A degrees.
The highest temp was "a de-
grees. on the 27th, 1895.
The lowest temperature was as de-
grees, on the 1st, 1881.
4s The earliest date on which first
killing frost occurred in autumn
August %.
August %, 1887.
Average date on which first kill
ing frost occurred In autumn, Sep
TENDER II, 1887.
Average date on which last kill
+ ing frost occurred In the spring.
May Il, 1887
The latest date on which last kill
ing frost occurred in the spring,
June Z, 1887. 525s
4 ecipitation Grain or Melted SNOWY
Average for the month, O.52 inches.
Average number Of days OIL Of an
: inch or more, 8.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was LAB inches in 1889.
The least monthly precipitation
was 0.Q4 inches III 1894
The greatest amount OF precipita-
ton recorded in any IA consecutive
hours was OTIS inches on the 18TH.
{ 18th, 1897.
The greatest amount of snowfall re-
sst corded In any "A consecutive hours
record extending to winter Of 1ss4s5
only was SO inches On the 18th,
1889.
Relative Humidity.
Average. Al M. rs per cent aver
age, y. M, 81 per cent
Clouds and Weatfer.
average number Of clear days, 81 i:
partly cloud days 10; cloudy days q
Wind. 555
The prevailing winds are from the
Northwest.
ile average hourly velocity 81 the
wind Is 2 miles.
The highest velocity st the wind
vas 81 miles from the northwest On
the zth, 1890.
Station Bismarck. North Dakota
Date OF issue: January rs, 1907.
oRRIS W, ROBERTS,
Weather Bureau.
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q Where necessity ends curiosity be-
gins and no sooner are We supplied
with everything that nature can de-
mand than we SIT down to contriye ar
ti3cial appetites Joilnson.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-30

carlyle said: A word spoken in
season, At the right moment, Is the
mother At aseal" According to this
detInition f you read she advertise
n1ents n the Tribune today you VIII
find many Mothers 81 aees.s
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-02

you in favor of a small lot on a side
street, but you will pick out the lot
before you decide what kind of a
mouse you will build, and that is the
right way to go about it. Naturally
the location comes first, then the lot
and IL requires a good deal of study to
lhtelllgently select a house plan that
just exactly fits in; but it is a pleas.
ant study, it is one of the most en-.
Joyable enterprises ever undertaken.
There are many little details of es-
pecial interest about this plan. one of
winch is the recess for the refriger.
ator at the rear entrance to the
Kitchen, where the ice may be put in
from the back door without tracking
dirt and wet sawdust in on the clean
kitchen floor. Many a sour express
sion has been caused by the ice man
making too free with a clean floor
Nothing ever comes into the house
mat is capable of carrying in so much
dirt as the ice mans boots. They are
extra large and they are loaded with
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-02
CHAPTER XIII,
no" the Red Came Back to the Blood
to Be a Snare,

no" the Red Came Back to the Blood
to Be Snare.
The red was coming back to the
blood Of Martha, the fair flesh to her
meager frame, the spring of youth 70
her step and living fire to her voice
and the glance of her eyes. Her bus.
band was pleased. He had made a
new creature of the poor, worn wreck
found by the wayside, weak, enact
ated, Keeling under her burden, He
reJolced to know he had done a true
service. He was glad, moreover. to
know that she made an admirable
mother to the little woman.child
Prudence, indeed, had brought them
closer to each other, slowly, subtly. in
little ways to disarm the most timid
caution. p
And this mothering and fathering of
little Prudence was a work by no
means colorless or uneventful. The
child had displayed a grieYous capac.
ity for remaining unimpressed by even
the best-weighed opinions of her pro.
tector. She was also appallingly fluent
u and partial to the idioms and meta. |
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groans close to his ear; then Ions
piercing scream stifed suddenly f.
iow' horrible gurglings. And before
MIN came the inscrutable face with
the deep gray eyes and the SHINING
llps' lifting, with love in the ewes
above a gashed throat,
lie closed the book and fell weakly
10 MS knees to pray brokenly, and al.
most despairingly: Help me to keen
down this self within me; let it ask
LOT nothlng; fan the fires until they
consume it! Bow me, bend me, break
me, burn me out-burn me OUT"
IN the morning, when he said. Mar
tha' the harvest is over now, and
want you to go north with me-" she
prepared to obey without question
he talked freely to her Oh the wav
though 1t is probable that he left in
ner mind little more than dark con.
fusion, beyond the one clear fact Of
his wish. AS to this, she knew she
must nave no desire but to comply
Reaching Salt Lake City, they went
at once to Brigham's office. When
they came out they came possessed of
a document in duplicate, reciting that
they both did covenant, promise and
agree to dissolve all the relations
winch have hitherto existed between
US as husband and wife, and to keen
ourselves separate and apart from
each other from this time forth"
Ihls was the simple divorce which
Brigham was good enough to grant to
such of the Saints as found them.
selves unhappily married, and wished
IL. AS Joel Rae handed the Pronhet
the Zee OF ten dollars, which it was his
custom to charge for the service, Brig.
nam made some timely remarks. He
SAID ne feared that Martha had been
perverse and rebellious; that her first
husband had found her so; and that
It was doubtless for the good of all
tnat her second had taken the resom.
ton to divorce her. He was afraid
That Brother Joel was an inferior
Judge OF women; but he had surely
shown himself to be generous in the
provision he was making for the sun.
'ort OF this contumacious wife.
Ihey parted outside the door of the
little ONCE. and he kissed her for the
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wet sawdust and mud from the WAGON
ana from the yard, and it is a singula,
TACT that no dirt ever drops off from,
the Ice mans boots until he pets in
on the clean kitchen floor, then thew
unload automatically. If you don't
oelieve it just ask any housekeenar
VINO has had experience.
Anpther convenience is the china
closet built in the wall between tho
uinlng-room and the pantry. Every
woman has an assortment of chin =,
and glassware that REQUIRES ius+
SUCH a cupboard. 1t is too nrot.
W TO have it taken out in tho
ktchen or pantry with the boav.
Ter dishes. She wants to keen II nm
DER her eye, where she can look after
IL nerself, and she is not displeased
when its display catches the eve ~
her best lady friend.
The stairway in this plan Is worth
more than passing notice. II io
front and back stair and
u reaches from cellar to the garret
II would be difficult to invent a more
stairway, and it would
be impossible to buiId an
otner kind of stair of such utilitv ~
occupy SO little space.
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WILSUN RAE H1 sPpN6 SH
ca0haEW A0o5 81 [aHA1S PI6A hS41Td Ca1Sssxy,

phors Of revealed religion,-a circum.
stance that would not infrequently
cause the sensitive to shudder.
Yet her days were by no means all
OF reproof nor was her reproof ever
harsher than the more or less pointed
selections from the moral verses could
lntlict. Under the watchful care of
Martha she flOurished and was bappv
her mother in little, laughing Whirl.
wind of tender flesh, tireless feet,
dancing eyes, hair of sunlight that was
darkening as she grew older, and
mind that seemed to him she called
father a miracle of embodiment. II
was mind not SO quickly receptive
as he could have wished to the learn.
ing he tried patiently to impart: he
wondered, indeed, if she were not I'm.
duly frivolous even for a child of six.
Tor she would refuse to study unless
she could have the doll she called
Bishop Wright with her and pretend
that she taught the lesson to him find.
ing him always stupid and 10th to
learn He hoped for better things
from her mind as she aged, watching
anXiously for the buildings of reason
and religion, praying daily that she
should be increased in wisdom as in
stature. He had become so used to
the look of her mother in her face that
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-02

MIR. William A. Radford will answer
! questions and give advice FREE OF
| COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject of building for the readers Of this
,aper. On account of his wide expe
| rience as Editor, Author and ManufaC-
| turer, he is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects Address
| all inquiries to William A. RadfOrd, No.
| "a Fifth Ave, Chicago. H. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
The width of this house is greater
than the length, a manner of building
which has become very popular dur.
ing the past few years. There are
advantages in this style of building,
such as increased light, an opportu.
atty to get a hall in the center with
rooms on each side and the possibility
OF making one chimney do for the
Kitchen, furnace, and crate.
Old-fashiOned houses we're built
something on this plan. The hall was
in the center and there were good
square rooms on each side of the hall
and don't know that the general
plan mas ever Deen improved upon, al.
though some important changes have
been made.
In selecting a house design one of
the first considerations is to make it
Mt the lot. Here is a house 3S feet
wide, and of course you must have a
lot at least so feet wide TO accom-.
modate such a house properly. Right
here its where book of house plans
comes in to advantage. You can
thumb the whole book through and Sc
Iect a plan that will fit the lot. You
may be confined to the locality where
your wife's relatives live. and the size
d your bank account may influence
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IL now and then gave him an instan,
OF unspeakable JOY But the sound OF
MS own voice calling her Prudence
would shock him from this as with an
Icy blast of truth.
AS he observed her day by day in
ner joyous growth, it was inevitable
that ne came more and more to oh.
serve the woman who was caring for
ner, and 1t was thus on one night in
late summer that he awoke to an
aWtul truth,--a truth that brought
back the words of the woman's former
husband with new meaning.
He had heard Prudence say to her
You are a pretty mamma" and sud.
denly there came rushing upon him
the sum of all the impressions his
eyes had taken of her since that dav
when the Bishop had spoken. He
trembled and became weak under the
assault, feeling that in some insidious
way his strength had been under.
mined. He went out into the early
evening to be alone, but she, present.
ly, having put the child to bed, came
and stood near, silently in the door,
way.
lie looked and saw she was indeed
made new, restored to the luster and
tullness of her young womanhood. He
remembered then that she had long
been silent when he came near her,
plainly conscious of his presence but
with an apparent constraint. with
something almost tentative in her
With her return to health
and comeliness there had come back
to her a thousand little graces of dress
and manner and speech. She drew
him, with his starved love of beauty
and his need of companionship: drew
him with mighty power, and he
knew it at last. He remembered how
ne had felt and family thrilled under
certain soft suppression in her tones
when she had spoken to him of late:
his had drawn him, and the new light
n her eyes and her whole freshened
vomanhood, even before he knew it.
Vow that he did know it he felt him.
elf shaken and all but lost; clutching
Weakly at some support that threat.
ned every moment to give way.
And she was his wife, his who had ,
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are spoiled because the owner var
TO save the price of the windez
Ifis is poor economy. The wind.1
look well, in fact they add more TO I
appearance of the house than ID
cost twice over and they make !
attc both light and airy.
The subject of ventilation Is 4
OF great Importance. By leaving !
attic windows open you get a curs
OF air through under the roof and |
leaving the upper stair door open ID
get current of air up clear from D
cellar II you want it. This makes
hue that changes they air in the vks
house in short order. When living
house that is light and airy ID
nave very little excuse to run up ID
TOR bills. 1t is we'll known I'd
tnat fresh air is cheaper than nj;
icine.
There is an archway under the tns,
stair which makes a passage throgt|
from the front door to the kitchen i
is easy to get up an argument atos|
the advantage of connecting the fu|
ana back of a dwelling with a h|
passage, but | have usually nohn|
that after a person has lived ID
mouse that communicates through 4
THIS way that they prefer to have
afterwards. Of course this preferens|
may be due some to custom. We al
all more or less prejudiced in favor 4
what We have been accustomed d
especially in youth when our habfs|
are forming. Whether necessary q
not, the passage is there. and If ya
don't want it you can keep the dol
closed. 1t costs nothing to build, an
would suggest a door under th
stairway, anyhow, because if you don't
want to use it yourself you might
some time sell the house to some one
who would appreciate it.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Wild Ram of the Mountains
offers to Become Savior on Mount

Inc wild Ram of the Mountains
Offers to Become a Savior on Noun,
Zion.
In the valley of which Amalon was
the center, they made ready for the
END OF the world. 1t is true that in
the north, as the appointed year drew
nlgh' an opinion had begun to prevail
that the Son of Man might defer bia
coming; and presently it became
know that Brigham himself was doubt.
ful about the year 1870, and was in.
spring others to doubt. But in Anna,
Ion they were untainted by this
heresy, choosing to rely upon what
Brigham had said in moments more
inspired.
lie had taught that joseph was n
be the first person resurrected. that
after his frame had been knit together
and clothed with immortal flesh he
would resurrect those who had died
IN the faith, according to their rank
IN the priesthood; then all his wives
and children. Resurrected Elders
having had the keys of the resurrec.
tlon conferred upon them by joseph
their own households; and when the
last OF the faithful had come forth
another great work would be per.
formed; the Gentiles would then be
resurrected to act as servants and
slaves to the Saints. In his lighter
moments Brigham had been wont IN
name couple of Presidents of the
United States who would then act as
MS Wallets.
(To BE coNTINUEna
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starved year after year for the light
touch of a wOman's hand and the
tones of her voice that should be fol
him alone He knew now that he had
ached and sickened in his yearning
for this, and she stood there for him
in the soft night. He knew she was
waiting, and he knew he desired
| above all things else to go to her;
that the comfort of her, his to take,
would give him new life, new desires,
new powers; that with her he would
revive as she had done. He waited
long, indulging freely in hesitation
bathing his wearied soul in her near
ness-yielding in fancy.
Then he walked off into the night,
down through the village, past the
light of open doors, and through the
voices that sounded from them, out
on to the bare bench of the mountain
his old refuge in temptation-where
he could be safe from submitting to
what his soul had forbidden. He had
meant to take up a cross, but before
his very eyes it had changed to be a
snare set for him by the Devil.
He stayed late on the ground in the
darkness, winning the battle for him.
self over and over, decisively, he
thought, at the last. But when he
went home she was there in the door
way to meet him, still silent, but with
eyes that told more than he dared to
hear. He thought she had in some
way OWNED his struggle, and was
waiting to strengthen the odds against |
him, with her face in the light of a
candle she held above her head.
He went by her without speaking, |
afraid of his weakness, and rushed to
lis little cell-like room to fight the
)attle over. AS a last source of |
strength he took from its hiding place
he little Bible. And as it fell open
at the blOOd.washed page
new thing came, new torture. No
ooner had his eyes fallen on the stain
hat it seemed to him to cry out of
tself. SO that he started back from it.
lie shut the book and the cries were
TILED; he opened it and again he
card them-far, loud cries and low
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-08-02
The Sn9nieh nf ~

In 1876 the late John Hay who die
as secretary of state, and Alvey A
Adee, who is now second assistant
secretary of state. were ser.ing to
gether in the legation at Madrid.
They were intensely interested ID
the outcome of the Republican nation
ID convention, and spent days wonder
Ing VINO would be nominated. One
morning they found this item in )
MADRID newspaper: "Rutebart u,
Noyes, of America, has been elected
president of the republic of the
North"
That was as near as the Spanish
editor could get to the bulletin;
rutherford B. Hayes has been nom
mated for president by the Republi
can national convention" and 1t TOOK
Adee and Hay a week to figure 1t out
Saturday Evening Post.
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possible in the evening becsus.
poor light. Two essentials in
brary are comfort and light. tn.
fire brightens the room. easy !
suggest comfort. and a good ligh,,
pletes the combination.
A house like this is not CON,
without a good attic, and an
should always have opposite win;
for ventilation. A great mapr !,
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Strictly Accurate.

Agent-This whole fat Is heate'
with hot air. :
Tenant-Yes, We found that out
cold day last week we tried to !
from freezing.-Baltimore Amer
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You have heard of coy ms
parIors. Well, did you eyo,
thing heater or more sugr.''
solid comfort on a cold u, Sss'
than the library here sbova
bright corner fire? The nv
OF course be furnished w,,S
case stocked with interests |
and a center table with q .aas
light. A library suggests
but reading is too often rer,.'