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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
ONLY A TRAMP.
Raising the Curtain For a Moment on
One Of Life's Tragedies.

Raising tho Curtain For a Moment on
One Of Life's Tragedies.
A recent incident which holds in It's
simple outlines the possibility Of past
tragedy rs described in the New York
Times. It is another illustration Of
how careless the world Is Of the indi-
vidual and how thick is the cloak
which one may wrap about his per-
sonality. Not long ago laborer en-
ployed by the Erie railroad in Jersey
City was run over by a train and had
his leg cut of.
A policeman telephoned for an am
bulance. The injured man lay on q
grass patch, apparently bleeding to.
death Just then q typical railroad
tramp In dirty rags sauntered along.
He tapped policeman's elbow.
I "May ask what's the matter, off,
cer?" he inquired.
"Man bleeding to DEATH" replied the
policeman. -o.. sl3.
would you mind IL looked at
him?" asked the tramp. II might be-
of service"
go ahead" responded the officer.
Bending low over the wounded la
borer, the tramp asked for water to
wash his hands and then begged the.
crowd for clean handkerchiefs. With.
half dozen deft, rapid twists he.
made tourniquet and stopped tho
dow Of blood.
"Are you doctor?" some one asked
as the man slipped away through the
crowd.
Il used to be-" he replied as he hur-
| ried off.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
DATES AND FIGS.
Frugal Fare Of the Desert Wanderers
of the East.

IS
While journeying across the desert
Mrs. A. Goodrich Freer, author OF I'm
Syrian Saddle" met lonely travel
or bound for Medeba. On hearing that
the caravan was bound for the same
place lie asked permission to join
them. incidentally he furnished an
Illustration of the difference between
necessities and luxuries.
We were very grateful, says the
writer, for coffee and an excellent
lunch Of sausage, potted meat and
Jam, with white bread, brought from
Jerusalem. We ate our dainties with
some sense of guilt, as the newcomer
produced his lunch of dates and figs.
Dates and figs, he informed us, were
the natural food of desert wanderers,
sufficing to the body, stimulating to
the mind. The wheat, the flesh, above
all the alcohol Of civilization. were
mere irrelevancies.
Was 1t not diet such as this-and he
waved pair Of sensitive hands over
his ascetic larder-which had enabled
him to reply to the inquiry Of per-
sonage as to how many hours day
he could ride In the desert, Twenty
four, your majesty, since a day does
not contain twenty-f1veY'
Was 1t not on a diet of figs and dates
that he had ridden sixty hours without
dismounting? Was it your meat eater,
your wine drinker, who remained
sound and wholesome when necessity
obliged him to refrain from ablution
!, for twenty-one days?
7 At this point he carefully counted
his date stones, observed that two
more were yet due to his appetite and
finished his frugal luncheon.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
Taking Throuah the Nose.

So called talking through the nose"
Is not talking through the nose at all.
but rather failure to do so-that Is,
instead of letting the tone food into
the nasal cavity, to be REINFORCED
there by striking against the walls Of
the cavity, which act as sounding
boards for the tone confined within
that cavity, we shut Off the cavity and
refuse the tone Its natural reinforce
ment. 1t takes on as result a thin,
unresonant quality which we call ma
sal, although it is thin and unpleasing
because it lacks true nasal resonance.
The only remedy lies in ceasing to
shut of the cavity.-Katherine Jewell
Everts In Harper's Bazaar.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
. LEE AND MCCLELLAN.
An Incident Of the First Meeting OF
the Two Soldiers.

An Incident Of the First Meet'ns OF
the Two Soldiers.
The first meeting between General
George B. Mcclellan and General KIDD
ert q. Lee happened in Mexico during
the war with that country. McCieilan
was a lieutenant of engineers, and Lee
was a major on the staff of Genera
Winfield Scott.
One day Mcclellan was Walhlng
across a field when he saw General
Scott and his staff approaching on
horseback. AS they drew near Ma
Tor Lee refined up his horse and asked
the lieutenant if he did not know
that he was disobeying orders. Ills
tone was sharp and angry. Mcclellan
answered that he was not aware OF
any disobedience and asked for an ex-
PLANTATION. Lee replied that all officers
had been told to remain in their quar-
tiers, awaiting orders, and asked ror
the lieutenant's name.
Mcclellan gave his name and SAID
that no order of that kind had reached
him. But Lee in peremptory tone
OCOeFeu, Q1m " w " AAS Au~As S
remain there. Then he rode of and
rejoined General Scott and the staff
/ who had not stopped. Mcclellan went
to his quarters, as he had been directed
| to do, but was quite indignant at the
| way in which Lee had treated him, fol
he had not knowingly committed
breach Of discipline.
He had just finished telling his broth
er officers the incident when he was
informed that an officer was outside
the tent asking for him. On going GU
he was much surprised to see Majol
Lee, who saluted him with respect.
"Lieutenant Mcclellan" the majo
said, II am afraid that was not cour
teous in my manner to you littl'
while ago, and have called to apol
ogize."
II assured him that it was all right,
said General Mcclellan in telling tn
story, land he rode off after making
a low bow, leaving me in admiration
of a superior officer who so prompt.
and generously repaired an error
Chicago News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
Patriotism In the Maxine.


Patriotism In New York is cosmopol-
titan. They have flag drill in the.
schools in which the children Of every
race and cline, as the hymn book
says, are taught to salute the stars,
and stripes and give "their heads,
their hands and their hearts to their
country" And in some Of the big:
downtown schools you may see chill
dren from homes German, italian,
Syrian, Scandinavian, Jewish, Hunga-
rian, Chinese, Armenian, Greek and
heaven knows how many other nation
Rlities all joining in this picturesque
ceremony. It gives one realizing
sense of the variety of material which
It put into this crucible we call city
and which in another generation or
two will be simply American Boston
Transcript.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
A SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE.
Universal Distrust Of Strangers In the
Russian Empire.

Universal Distrust Of Strangers In tho
Russian Empire.
1.-THE usefulness Of the cars chief
of police depends on his amount Of
suspicion and his alertness in putting
It into active use," says Thomas Ste
vens in a book entitled Through Russia
on a Mustang" sit is suspicion every
where.
"For several weeks" says the au-
thor, IT was thrown in daily intimate
contact with Sascha, my travelling
companion He was transparent,
warm hearted young fellow, but from
first to last he never ceased to regard
me with suspicion.
cat one village he lost his passport.
Ten hours later after had bribed an
official to let him proceed he confessed
in burst of confidence that he had
believed had destroyed the passport
in order to get rid OF him. All day he
had nursed his suspicion, unsupported
by me, until had unwittingly cleared
myself by my bride to the police.
Among the peasants suspicion takes
curious forms. In general way was
always under the ban of distrust. By
the men l was regarded as secret
agent of the government, by the wom'
en- as wizard. The host of an inn
always watched me closely to see that
did not clear out and leave him un-
paid. He would even give sly peeps
into my room at night.
II was always being suspected OF
trying to pass counterfeit money.
"'What makes them so long with the
changer l asked Sascha once.
"'They are afraid the money bad
swell, the change is only 80 ko
pecks. We will not wait any longer
"'That would never do. Then they
will be sure it is bad
'9The length Of time was kept wait
ing for change for receipt depended
on the denomination Of the bill. For 6
two ruble note the host would be salts
fed with the verdict Of two, or three
other capable financiers. A five rublt
note meant extraordinary precaution'
and consultations with half the experts
Of the village" sit
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
Restrictions Still Needed
In Insurance Business.

CHARLES o
all seeking get every department Of life larger
lfe ample income, comforts and participation in
~ all that civilization makes possible. That is Ame
oanisn, THAT is WHAT EVERY BOY THINKS
OF WHEN HE STARTS OUT IN THE WORLD, what every
wants, and would limit LEGITIMATE
effort except this That line Of business what paid must
have proportion what that the whole
ton Of life insurance to what paid is NOT THE VOLUME
OF BUSINESS that be written the glowing report that
be spread Year which
sound great the who don't know, but what will HON
ESIY the who do know because the
compatible with the interests of the of who depend
it.
And Is that certain restrictions imposed Some
hrow them down. Leave the doors wide The bust
vously encountered"
HUMAN NATURE HAS CHANGED
THE INSURANCE BUSINESS CONDITIONS COMPETITION
HAVE NOT CHANGED. NATURAL STRUGGLE
PLACE IS THE SAME THE GREAT THING TRY HAVE
RESTRICTIONS WHICH ARE NEEDED, TO HAVE THEM FAIR
There has been legislation that know anything about
that has received
of such EXPERT consideration the
legislation in New York state
there anything wrong let experience it. But it
to MISTAKEN POLICY TO THROW DOWN THE
BARRIERS which erected for the purpose preventing
from getting insurance. purpose preventing
but to require all work under conditions which FA
PLAY TO ALL INTERESTS and absolute prevention
of those evils which the business stand
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
The Source Of Life.

In paleozoic times it was the earth
itself, not the sun, to which plant and
animal primarily stood beholden for
existence. This gives us a most in
structiye glimpse into one planetologic
process. To the planets own internal
heat is due the chief fostering Of the
beginnings Of life upon Its surface.
Thus a planet is capable Of at least
beginning to develop organisms with
out more than a modicum Of help from
the central sun. We talk Of the. sun
as the source Of life, and SO it is today
In the sense Of being it's sustainer, but
the real source was the earth itself,
which also raised it through its baby
hood.-Professor Lowell's 1.-THE Eyolu.
ton Of Life" in Century Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
AN AERIAL HORROR.
The Very Dreadful Thing That Stroh'
schneider Did.

The Very Dreadful Thing That Stroh-
schneider Did.
A group of aeronauts were talking
aeronautics.
did you ever hear of Strohschnei-
derY' said a German "He did q dread
full thing once. I'll tell you about 1t.
"Strohschneider appeared In q GER
tain village and advertised that he
would take the landlord Of the village
inn up with him on a trapeze hanging
from the car of his balloon.
Though the landlords wife made a
kick and the authorities, unfolding
her, forbade the man to accompany
Srohschneider, the landlord sat in
state on the trapeze beside the famous
aeronaut when the ascension began.
"But those nearest to him noticed
that he was paler than a ghost and
that his arm was thrown around Stroh-
schneider's neck as If in terror. And,
noting these things, the people nodded
ominously to one another.
"Up and up went the balloon, and
now a murmur Of horror arose among
the multitude. The aeronaut and the
landlord were quarreling; they were
fighting. High up there in the clouds,
perched on the swaying trapeze. they
struggled, thumped, kicked.
Suddenly the aeronaut, in mad
burst of rage, seized the landlord by
the throat, thrust him backward and
flung him into space. Down the poor
fellow dropped like stone, turning
over and over. He alighted on his
head.
1.-THE people, mad with horror and
rage, rushed to the spot. And there, t.
their amazement, stood the landlord
laughing heartily. The figure that had
fallen was manikin dressed up in his
clothes
And this" the speaker concluded
sis the only practical joke that ha.
ever been played from balloon
New Orleans Times Democrat
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
Our Jails Are Not For
Men of Influence.

WOODROW of Princeton UniyerS
IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE MPRisoN OF
L INFLUENCE IN THIS COUNTRY NOT WITH
Il THE JUDGES, WHOM BELIEVE ESSENTIALLY
- EST AND ABOVE CRITICISM, BUT WITH SYSTEM OF
JuREs. A JURY IS SUSCEPTIBLE FREQUENTLY
UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE ETHICS
Of the difficulty Of obtaining clear definition Of anything
COMPLEX the transactions of corporate power very great
but believe the corporations would explain their business methods
to the public that A DIFFERENT IMPRESSION WOULD
ENsUE there only mild camor against the PREDA
TORY INSTINCT OF THE TRUSTS without any definite knowl.
edge Of just how these tremendous operations possible
My view OF the attitude of the lawyers STANDING
they do present. BETWEEN PUBLIC OPINION AND THE
PRIVATE TRANSACTIONS OF THEIR CLIENTS Is that,
by insisting upon passive indifference the public demand
formation they seriously njure their clients
The that there now, and there will be much
larger extent almost universal AGGRESSIVE legislation against
because the people kept ignorance
affairs IS quite possible that there corporations conducting
business lines that the LEGITIMATELY COMPETITIVE
issues in trade and that the public informed detail Of
transactions the impression would be less against them than
it is.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
PeriIs Of crinoIlne.

The dangers Of the historic crinoline
are illustrated by story told by Lady
Dorothy Nevill in her "Reminiscences"
Going too near the fireplace, her volu-
minous skirt caught fire, and in an
instant she was in blaze. There
were no men present, and the women
could not help her, because IL they
had gone near enough to be Of use their
own skirts would have been ignited.
Fortunately Lady Dorothy had sufi-
Client presence Of mind to roll herself
in the hearth rug and thus subdue the
flames.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
THE PLAY ITSELF WAS GOOD.
That Much, at Least, the Actor Critic
Had to Admit.

That Much, at Least, the Actor Critic
Had to Admit.
John Hare, the English actor, once
went to see one of Beerbohm Trees
infrequent performances Of Hamlet.
He would willingly have avoided Tree
for some little time afterward for rea-
sons obvious to others who, like him,
had seen this least impressive Of this
actors roles.
Hare chivalrously remained in his
box to the end Of the play. AS the
curtain descended on each act he had
dreaded the invitation of his fellow
player to his dressing room, where the
,asael 4eonrtesies would have been ex-
pected.
Act by act slipped by without any
word from the stage, and Hare grew
proportionately relieved. AS the last
curtain fell, however, and Hare retired
from the box he found messenger at
the door with "Mr. Trees compliments,
and wouldn't he come home for bite
of supper with some friends?"
At table Hare parted opening after
OpeuluS, YET uOL OuCc u1u lICS tclSI
directly to his Hamlet. Hare on his
part dreaded every break in the con-
versation would bring the dreaded top
ic. After decent time hebrew away
from table to go home. Tree accom-.
panied him to the hall to put on his
coat. "Now's my hour" thought Hare
Not one word from Tree. They shook
hands on the threshold, and Hare start
ed down the steps in happy relief
Tree followed him to his carriage
Hare heard him in dread. Still the
topic was avoided. Tree, with cordia
courtesy, opened the door. Hare slip
| ped into the cushions Of the carriage
joyfully heard the door slam and drew
a deep sigh.
But before the horses started Tree!
head was in at the window, and b,
said, with blighting suavity:
"At least, John, you'll admit it's ,
good play"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
Ancient Posters.

It is probably the general impression
that posters and handbills are modern
inventions, but 1t has been discovered
that the ancient Romans practiced this
method Of advertising. In digging at
Herculaneum there was brought to
light pillar covered with bills, one on
top of another. The paste used to stick
them was made Of gum arabic. The
bills, when separated and examined,
were found to be programmes and an
nouncements Of public meetings and
even election proclamations.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
Frogs Marrow Escape.

A correspondent writes: my son,
aged ten and a half years, was working
In the garden when a viper about two
feet long glided past him. A good shot
with stone about the size Of q
cricket ball broke the reptiles spine,
while a sharp edge Of the granite cut
open the belly thereby restoring to
freedom frog, which hoped out of
Its prison unhurt Madras Mail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
A Judge Of Land.

Proud Father Welcome back to the
old farm, my boy. So you got through
college all right? Farmers Son Yes,
father. Proud Father-Ye know, told
ye to study up chemistry and things,
30 you'd know best what to do with
different kinds of land. What do you
think Of that fat medder there, for In
stance? Farmers Son racky, what
place for ball gamei-Kansas City
Independent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
speakIna.

0POAklU9s
did you think Miss Jawkins has
speaking eyesY' t
"Tm sure I don't know" replied the
young lady. "If she had, her mouth,
wouldn't give them a chance to be-
heard. Chicago Record Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
Hops'sssIy lnsoIvens

$50 Meier has gone to smash, I
hear"
Eyes; even II he had been giraffe
one could have said with truth that he
was up to his ears in debt."-Meggen-
dorfer Batter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
The New Yorker.

'sYou New Workers don't seem to
know anything about the rest OF the
country" said the visitor.
1.-THE rest Of the countryY echoed
the New Yorker. Whats thatr'--
Philadelphia Ledger.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
Ply ths Poor WON,

'Why Ia it." asked the fox, that you
always look SO gauntT
"oh." replied the wolf, cts all due
to the business I'm in. always have
to keep away from the door until
there's nothing left In the house to
sat."-CatnDlic Standard and Tunes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
The YOUNG Babv.

From a morning paper: Nurse want !
Cd to look after young baby, age about I
eighteen" We do not know much
about the subject, but is that particu-
larry young for q baby i-London |
Globe. ].
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
To eeoln With,

snow, my children, what is an abso
lutte necessity for family prayersT'
Boy-A family.-Harper's Weekly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25

Every great crisis develops some
master mind as well as multitude Of
surprises.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25

Equality may be all right but no
human power can convert 1t into
fact.-Balxac.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
Dual 900.
Government
The Nations
Safeguard.

a%sssss@$e of the people do stop think that The
49, DUAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT is ONE
MI MAIN SECRET OF OUR PROSPERITY; that
wi to it due the lack of friction among widely
scattered centers and the absence Of the political dis
@@#@@@@%*@@ sensions that produce revolutions
The be concealed that the tendency toward
great central power BENEv CLIENT PERHAPS AND EVEN
AGREEABLE AT FIRST to the people who always happy to
be relieved INDIVIDUAL responsibility and ready any cost
avail themselves of the benefits and which be extended
with and expenditures They
give thought the ULTIMATE CONSEQUENCES involved
of the powers of their local governments
possible Of unrestricted rule of law
widely extended country that would be instances MORE
OPPRESSIVE than the of autocra would be easier to
get relief than from UNFRIENDLY majority
Some Of those high have idea Of the DIS
CON between of the general and
of a state than have of the Sanskrit language.
RECOGNIZE THAT IT DIFFICULT ENTHusE THE PEo-
SUCH ABSTRACT QUESTION. NOT UNDER
STAND WHAT GREAT WOULD FOR THE NATION
ABANDON OUR DUAL GOVERNMENT ALTHOUGH
THEY SHOULD GREAT BENEFITS THEY
WOULD WADE THROUGH BLOOD TO REGAIN THEM
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25

Economy is the mother Of liberty
johnson.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25

1 Governor CHARLES E. HUGHES New "
2" are all seeking to get in every department
life, more ample income, comforts and a
~NO all that our civilization makes possible.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-25
GOODNESS AND NERVE
The Story Of the Last Deal In a
Lively Game of Poker.
A FORTUNE ON THE TABLE.

The Hand That Won the Rich Stakes
and the Man Who Held It-What
Senator Sharon Had to Pay to Sat-
isfy His Lingering Curiosity.
There were many lively games Of
poker played in San Francisco in the
old days, and many good stories have
been told of the nerve and GOODNESS Of
the players who participated therein.
The following story of one of those
games was printed in a San Francisco
paper some years ago:
The Palace hotel in the early days of
it's existence was the arena Of some big
poker games. Senator Sharon was an
enthusiastic lover of the game, and
when it happened that Senators Stew
art and Jones Of Nevada and Judge
Dick Mesick occurred" in the hotel at
the same time there was sure to be hot
work. 1t happened upon one of these
occasions that certain Mr.. Hall from
Boston was at the hotel.
Mr.. Hall was a smooth and affable
gentleman and completely won Sena:-
tor Sharon's heart because Of his love
for Byron and his excellent memory,
he being able to quote hundreds OF
lines Of the poets verse without halt
Byron was Sharon's favorite bard. He
had made his works his life's study,
and any one who appreciated him had
call on the senator's friendship.
On certain evening the three sena.
tors and Judge Mesick met in the hotel
lobby. 1t was just before dinner, and
while they were chatting Mr.. Hall put
in an appearance. Mr.. Sharon at once
introduced Mr.. Hall to his friends and
in uitod tho no ,,tu To dinner. which WAS
The Donaldsonville chief., 1908-10-24
Continued from Page Three.

Provided. that nothing herein contained
cites or associations organized solely for
benevolent and charitable purposes, wheth-
er the same be or be not domfciged ii this
town.
TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE AND EXPRESS
business of telegRanhing, teiephoning, ex-
press company or agency, the license shall
be based on the gross annual receipts of
each person. association of persons, busi-
ness, firm or corporation engaged in said
business, as follows:
First ciass--When said receipts are
$4,000 or more, the license shall be $20.
Second elass-When said receipts are
AMUSEMESTS
Paragraph S.--Fhat for every business
of keeping q theatre, opera house, an1pni-
theatre or academy Of music. the license
shall be based upon the quantity Of space
devoted for spectators, 70 be calculated
by the number of seats or ordinary space
for seats. rs follows
First elaSs--When the number OF seats
or spaces exceeds one thousand. the license
shall be $50
Second elass-when the number of seats
or spaces is less than one thousand the
license shall be SO.
That no museum. menagefie. floating
be permitted sa a3Ik1 age slOIs within
this tossn Nalsss 1aeg haga first raid 8
license based pa aae number OF GstaghsSs
s>,a.kssa.,saes ~. pace E.aazv