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Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-24
Yes, Why Not?

Not long ago a well-known play wright decided that he would like to have a theater of his own in which to produce his own plays. He didn't have money enough to build 1t, but he had a wealthy friend in Wall street As soon as the idea set in on him, the playwright visited Wall street and laid the scheme before his friend. The Wall street man put his feet on his mahogany desk and listened attentive ly. He admitted that he had a few hundred thousand dollars lying around loose, yet wasn't particularly enthusi- astic on the theater project Why write plays?" he demanded, at last. Write checks"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-24

will return as soon as the demands upon him permit. it is quite possible that he may remain there until the last of the week. With Mrs. Taft he will be a guest at the home of Charles P. Taft.
 The nomination ceremonies on Tuesday noon will be a small part of the real political business to be trans acted. An elaborate program of fire works has been arranged for Tuesday evening, which Mir and Mrs. Taft will witness from the steamer Island Queen, which will carry them and the notification committee.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-24
Fictitious impression.

q cannot help thinking of the won derful thought displayed in your daughters commencement essay last june" Yes" answered Mir. Cumrox. judging from that essay, you would think she was as much interested h The Subservience of Individual Am bition to Eternal Destiny as she is In ice cream soda. But she isn't"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-24
wsaner as 2 curativ. Agent.

Vernon Lee has told somewhere the story of the marvellous effects of Wag. ner on headache. One does, after a time, succumb to what Is 8 kind Of hypnotism; the sound seems almost to clear the air. or at least to Hull one into kind of dream in which only the sense of hearing exists.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
LESS STUDY FOR GIRLS.
President of Smith College Thinks
Marriage Is More Important.

President Of Smith College Thinks
Marriage Is More Important.
In the interest of early marriages BY
college girls President L. Clark Seelye
Of Smith college in his annual report
isued the other day recommends sim.
plification of entrance examinations,
says Northampton (Mass.) special dis.
patch to the New York Times. Ordi
narily the annual report receives scant
attention from Smith young women,
but there has been q wild scramble
by 1,400 for copies Of this document.
'The present requirements protract
unduly the period Of pupilage." says
DIR. Seelye, "and they have made a
higher education more expensive and
thereby less accessible except to the
weather. classes, who do not always
possess the greatest intellectual ability.
AS most of the ablest men come from
the poorer classes, it would be both a
public and private calamity If It
should become harder for poor girls
and boys of ability to gain the mental
culture they desire.
ut would be still greater loss If
by postponing the time of graduation
family life should be impaired. A col
lege education should not contribute to
the modern tendency to celibacy. Ply
sicians also complain that the amount
Of study required for admission seri-
ously interferes with normal physical
development"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
The Man Who Told the Tale,

1t happened on Pullman car be.
tween New York and Chicago Dinner
having been finished, the gentlemen
assembled in the smoking room to en-.
Joy their cigars.
During the time was in the war"
said the quiet man, II saw very
wonderful thing in the line of surgical
operations. A friend Of mine was shot
through the right breast, the bullet
passing clear through him. The pres
ence Of mind of his companion un.
doubleday saved his life. He wrapped
his handkerchief around the ramrod OF
his gun and, pushing 1t through the
path made by the bullet, cleared the
wound Of all poisonous lead. / know
1t is hard to believe, but, gentlemen
the man still lives to tell the tale.n
(which manr" inquired the slim pas.
senger on the other seat quietly.
"The wounded one, Of course" ex.
claimed the old soldier scornfully.
"Oh, beg your pardon. I thought II
might be the other"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
BOAT OF NEWSPAPERS.
q. w. johnson TOT Row From Florida to
New York In Paper Shell.

q. w. johnson toa Row From Florida to
New York In Paper Shell.
George w. Johnson an old time Har.
lem river oarsman, now living in st
Augustine. Fla, is constructing pc.
culiar boat in which he contemplatea
rowing from st. Augustine to New
York via the inside route through the
sounds. the bayous and canals next
spring, says the New York Herald
The boat is to be constructed of news.
papers and to be in the form Of a
shell, with little more beam than the
ordinary racing type. Mr.. johnson
rowed from New York to Boston In
1888 in somewhat similar craft The
length of the cruising shell is twenty
feet by twenty inches beam, six inches
deep, and it will have ten water tight
bulkheads.
~ of newspapers. Mr.. johnson hopes
to have in the craft a copy of every
daily paper in the United States
About twenty thicknesses of paper ara
to be used for the hull of the shell,
which will be made in a mold under
pressure, producing composition
harder and tougher than any wood
The deck will be similarly constructed
Of paper, and the headings of the va
rious papers will be used as mosaic
for the outside coating.
The mold is all ready at Mr.. John.
sons bazaar, 3011a st. George street, st
Augustine, and as soon as newspapers
are sent in in sufficient quantity Mr..
johnson will begin work on his novel
craft.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
Knox, the Trust Buster )"
Personal Side of PennsyNanas Junior Senator Distin
gushed Candidate For the Presdency-CIean Thinker,
With Much intellectual Force and a
Good Story Teller.
Good Story Teller.

he Is a better Roosevelt man than
Roosevelt himself. several other can
didates could be wildly wigwagging
with imitation lightning rods, and last,
but not least, the Hon. Philander C.
Knox Of Pennsylvania could gallop
madly on the stage driving spank
ing team of thoroughbreds named
Corporation Attorney and Trust Bust
er, for it is a fact not denied Of
any that Senator Knox has at times
driven behind each Of these horses.
He was once corporation attorney,
and a good one, and he was afterward
the first of the trust busting attorney
generals. and he was good at that also.
1t is true he never put any of the big
criminals In Jail. but neither have his
successors. After awhile the Ameri-
can people and their representatives at
Washington will get through the talk
stage of doing things and get into the
deed stage. When that time comes,
some of the large thieves may go to
Jail, but not before
If convention of presidential candi-
dates were held. it is probable that
Knox would be the shortest man there,
although La Toilette Of Wisconsin
would run him close race. These
two are the big little men Of the SEN
ate. Knox is so abbreviated that
Roosevelt called him 1.-THE sawed off
cherub."
One morning Vice President Fair
banks saw Knox with an expectant
look on his face and bundle of pa
pers in his hand, but could not deter
mine whether the little man was sit.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
Training a Bear For a Hunt.

A black bear owned by p, ]. Tyre OF
Lenoxdale, Mass, is being systemat-
ically exercised and dieted prepare.
tory to acting the principal role in a
ar hunt which Mr.. Tyre proposes to
Eold in North Adams, Mass, at time
to be announced later, says Lenox-
dale (Mass.) special dispatch to the
New York Times. Mr.. Tyre is skep-
dcal Of the courage of the average
gentleman sportsman. He is confident
that the bear will be able to take care
Of himself and perhaps of one or more
hunters. Mr.. Tyre has written to
North Adams friends suggesting that
mothers be cautioned to keep their
children indoors the day of the bear
hunt and that farmers would do we'll
to watch their stock at that time. Mr..
Tyres bear hunt is not contemplated
with any noticeable complaisance by
rural residents Of northern Berkshire.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07

ting down or standing up. He asked
one Of the clerks, who after a close
scrutiny announced that he was stand
ing. '"The senator from Pennsylvania"
said the chair In his most solemn and
parliamentary tone.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
BY JAMES A. EDGERTON.

w YHY not hold convention Of
M presidential candidates? There
are enough Of them, and they
are more interested than any
body else. Let them get together and
fight it out. The first number on the
programme would be speechmaking
contest to show which candidate has
the most real oratory anA which the
most tiapdoodle. The second test would
longest on the tariff without commit
ting himself. A third exercise might
be to discover which aspirant could
make the most imposing speech on
money and never get below the sur
face of the question. Other tests might
well be to show which candidate could
be the most undertaking friend of la
Dor without losing the support Of CAPT.
tai, which could do the most things to
the railroads without the railroads
knowing anything about it, which
could hammer the trusts most fiercely
without the trusts resenting it and
withdrawing their support, which
could most effectively oppose corpora
ton contributions to the campaign
fund in future campaigns and who
could best impersonate the one and
only simon pure Roosevelt legatee
without offending Roosevelt's enemies.
This sort Of forensic foot race would
not only help the public in sizing up
the entries, but would be most valua-
bic training for the candidates them
selves. 1t would give them a chance to
get acquainted with each other, which
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
Why.


There is something almost plaintive
In the truly English word why" II
may be indefinitely prolonged upon the
lips. "Why" is almost poetical in it.
self and fifty introduces the best hex.
ameter in the language:
"Why do the heather rage and the
people imagine vain thing!
It's uses in poetry are almost infinite
and one modern writer makes almost d
line Of it alone:
Why do the night winds sigh.
The sea birds wildly cry.
The summer clouds pass by,
The lilies droop and die,
The light fade from the sky?
Why-oh, why?
To most Of the why's there is not q
good because. The inquiring mind is
puzzled to account for many things
besides its own existence. Hundreds
of such questions occur to us at every
step, and no satisfactory reply can be
expected. Life is too short. Socrates
was always saying Why" and we
have all heard Of the man who called
Pope the little crooked thing that
asked questions. Exchange.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
SCHOOL, FOR TRUANTs.
No Bolts or Bars, but Bad Boys Will
Not Want to Run Away.

No Bolts or Bars, but Bad Boys Will
Not Want to Run Away.
The new Parental school in Los An. 1
geles, Cal. will he completed in few
weeks and will be opened OH Jan. 81.
It is on che Los Feliz road and is sur.
rounded by eleven acres of beautiful
sloping ground extending from the
Los Angeles river to the Elysian hills,
The building cost $4,000 and the land
$4,000, says the Los Angeles Times.
No other city in the United States
has just such an institution. although
New York is building one for similar
purposes at cost of 100000.
The Parental school is to house tru
ants and delinquents whose environ
ments are. such that reform cannot be
effected without removing them from
their homes. 1t is intended for boys
from eight to fourteen years Of age.
but is not to be an adjunct to the ju
venile court
The new building is to have no bolts
or bars, and there will not be single
guard. No uniform will be worn by
the lads, and each will have his own
little room, full of sunshine. The pu-
pills will be in school probably not
more than half of each day, and the
rest of the time will be devoted to
healthful employment out of doors.
There will be none Of the marks of jail
or institutional life.
Since 95 per cent of the successful
men in the world were brought up on
a farm it is purposed to give the tru-
ants the benefit of joy and of country
existence
The new building has been con-
structed in the old Spanish style, the
rooms being built around court On
the west side will be the superintend-
ent's living room and Office. There
will be twenty-four bedrooms, each
with large window. and library,
which opens into the large recreation
room, with it's big fireplace, where the
youngsters may sit in the evening and
swap yarns.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07

summer OF 1901. Knox's three great
achievements in that Office were the
dissolution of the Northern Securities
merger, the enjoining of the beef trust
and the clearing up of the legal title
and purchase of the Panama canal
In 1904 he was appointed United States
senator to succeed the late Matthew S.
Quay and was afterward elected both
to the short and long terms.
Fond of Golf and Driving.
Natty in dress and short in stature
Senator Knox has boyish appearance
which is forgotten on closer acquaint.
ance. The impression he makes in
conversation is that of clean thinker
and man Of intellectual force. His
eyes are blue and almost cold Knox's
neighbors at Valley Forge. the historic
spot at which he has beautiful coun-
try home, accuse him of being an aris-
tocrat He certainly is not effusive.
but is quietly afable with those whom
he knows. His chief recreations are
golf and driving.
Mrs. Knox says she exists at Wash
ington and lives at Valley Forge. She
was Miss Smith Of Pittsburg and is
lof quiet and refined tastes. She is
about the same height as her husband
and has the same youthful appear
ance. The Knoxes have the best pri-
vate library In Washington.
Friends Of Senator Knox insist that
he is neither radical nor reaction
ary. With some Of the presidents poll
cies he is in full accord. having prac-
Gcally drafted the rate bill and other
administration measures. With others
Of Mr.. Roosevelt's ideas he is in frank
and open disagreement.
One famous expression of Attorney
General Knox is typical Of the man.
1t was after the winning of the North
ern Securities case, and to reassure the
frightened financiers Knox crisply ex-
4 claimed:
"The government does not propose 10
run amuck"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07

would be as pleasant as the enforced
association Of bunch Of suitors to the
hand Of the same girl. They could also
give each other points In the high art
Of side stepping and in the higher one
Of saying nothing in an earnest and
dignified manner. By all means let us
have convention of presidential pos
sibilities. OF course most of them
would be presidential impossibilities,
but they would not know this until
fate had tipped over one or two houses
on them.
1t would be great spectacle for the
plain people. Imagine the Hon. Charles
Warren Fairbanks Of Indiana proving
by long and eloquent argument that
things equal to the same thing are
equal to each other. provided it is not
otherwise arranged In the tariff sched-
ules. Fancy the Hon. William Jen-
nings Bryan of Nebraska declaring
with impassioned fervor for the gov
eminent ownership of railroads.&c.
1850. Picture the manly and monu-
mental form Of the Hon. William
Howard Taft Of Ohio arising in its
place and from 1t small and piping
voice issuing to this effect:
You'd scarce expect one Of my age
To speak in public on the stage,
But you just ought to hear my pa.
Then the Hon. Leslie Mortimer Shaw
New York and Denison, Ia. would
lome forward to tell little anecdote,
after which the appreciative chorus of
other candidates would sing:
In the days Of old Rameses-
Are you on?
In the days of old Rameses-
Are you on?
In the days of old Rameses-
That story had paresis-
Are you on? Are you on? Are you on?
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
Trust Busting Attorney General.

The Hon. George Bruce Cortelyou
could finance the affair. the Hon. Will
Fam L. Douglas of Massachusetts
could furnish racing shoes for the
grand presidential sprint, the Hon. Jo-
seph G. Cannon Of Illinois could eye
cute buck and wing dance. showing
just how young man Of seventy-two
feels; George Gray and Judson Har-
mon could sing duet entitled "Safe
and Sane Governor Charles e..
Hughes of New York could show that
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-07
Good Story Teller.

.
Senator Knox tells many good sto-
ries, and the beauty of them is that
they still have the dew Of youth upon
their brow. This may be due to sense
of discrimination in Knox or 1t may be
owing to the fact that Chauncey NJ.
Depew and Leslie M. Shaw have used
up all the old stories.
The following is Knox's Philadelphia
turtle tale:
A man stood before restaurant
where three large turtles were dis
played. One hand was in his mouth,
but with the other he was poking at
the turtles.
"Here." said the proprietor, keep
away from there or you will get hurt. !"
"Hurt!" said the man, taking his
finger from his mouth and eying 1t
ruefully. II have been hurt already,
but am now trying to find out which
b the head and which is the tail Of
this animal, so that can tell whether
/ have been bitten or stung."
Senator Knox's physician advised
him to quit using tobacco. A few days
later he happened in unexpectedly and
found the senator contentedly putting
at large black cigar.
Here. senator" he said, II thought
told you to quit that"
"Quit what?" asked Knox innocently.
"Why, quit using tobacco"
Tobacco! Why. my dear doctor,
am not using tobacco I am smoking
cigar Senator Dolliver gave me-"
When hurriedly leaving the presi.
dent one day. Knox was eagerly ac-
costed by bunch Of reporters.
What was your conference aboutr'
they asked in chorus.
IAN appointment" said Knox, break
Ing through the Gordon.
"A Pennsylvania appointments
"Oh. yes. certainly-a Philadelphia
one. Can't stop now. but there may be
a statement from the White House
this afternoon"
Therenpon all the Pennsylvania cor
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-18
VAN buren, CO. MEN HONOREO
Important Positions at Conven-
tions in Grand Rapids.

The annual session of the State Board
of Corrections and Charities held at
Grand Rapids last week was the most
successful meeting of the association
since its organization. w. A Prater was
reelected secretary and treasurer for the
ensuing year
Van Buren, county has been honored
with this office since the organization of
the association five years ago Nd
Buskirk, then secretary of the superin-
tendents of the poor of this county, was
the first secretary and treasurer of the
association, and held the office until Mr..
Prater's election.
The annual meeting Of the State Board
of Corrections and Charities was also
held in Grand Rapids last week Count,
Agent Prater was reelected chairman
aud Judge Anderson member OF the
legislative committee of the association.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-18
INTERRUPTED TWO
GAMES Of POKER
Officers Raid Joint" in Barn
and Make Arrests at De-
pot in Decatur.
ALL PLEAD GUILTY TO GAMING
Paid Fines and Other Costs. One
Held for Keeping Place.
Others are Wanted.

: 1t has been rum)red for some time
poker IN progress ia the village of De-
catur. OF course no one believed the
report as Decatur has always been
known as a law abiding town. For fear,
however, that some of the citizens might
have strayed from the straight and mar
row way" officers Shrine, McGregor and
Chappell drove over to the village last
Saturday night on tour of investiga-
ton
Their first operations were confined
to an old barn, the first floor of which
was used for a paint shop. The place
was locked but an entrance was forced
and on the second floor was found a
foil sized game in operation. Don Ma
honey was arrested, charged with keep
ing the place and his examination is set
for today. Theo Lowry is also wanted
for the same ofiense. He was absent
v hen the officers arrived, having gone
on to get lunch, and at this writing
has not returned. The officers took the
names of those who were engaged in the
game and they were arrested and
brought to Paw Paw, Tuesday.
After raiding the barn the officers
next strolled over to the M. G. depot
and there found several parties engaged
in a quiet game of "draw," presumably
to pass away the dreary hours of the
evening.
Those arrested at the depot charged
with gaming were Lew Udell, Chas
thomas, Jake Frentheway, Earnest
Ickes aud t. A. Liske. They al plead
guilty before Justice Mason on Tuesday
and paid flies of SO each and costs.
Those from the barn, besides Mahoney
above referred to, we're Floyd Springett
Fred Hskes, jim Tweedy, Oscar Copley
Ras Kinney and H. n. Kamp They
all plead guilty to the charge of gaming
before Justices Rowland and Killefer or
Tuesday al d paid fines of $40 each ano
costs. Will Dine was also at the barn
but had gone on a vacation when the
officers were in Decatur to make the ar
rests.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-18
FROM THE ISLE OF PINES
+. S. Doud Writes of Their Home
i'm the Far Away Island.
Well and Happy.
Los Indios, Isle of Pines ll-29 08,
Paw Paw

+. n. Wakeman,
Paw Paw.
This is nearly December and no snow
yet, and as the weather feels more like
June, | do pot think the snow fall will
be heavy The days are beautiful, bright,
sun-shiuy ones that | enjoy The nights
are cool and fine for sleeping. Those
who enjoy shoveling snow and coal
might not like it but it suits roe all right.
We have fine garden consisting of cab.
bage, caulifiower, egg plant, spinach,
beets, turnips, lettuce, radlshes, string
and lima beans, peas, squashes, melons,
sweet and irish potatoes, tomatoes, Gu
cumbers, in fact, anything one can raise
in the north planted this garden for
winter six weeks ago and today picked
green peas from it for dinner, also have
for dinner radishes, tomatoes, cucum-
bers and lettuce. Does that sound
good? Ii may, but 1T tastes better. We
are also enjoying fruit called Jamacia
sorrell. This is an annual plant or bush
growing to the heigth of six or eight
feet and is covered with a red fruit, that
10 flavor resembles the cranberry or ripe
currant. Besides being fine for sauce
and pies it makes splendid. jelly.
have nice patch of piue apple and
bananas growing besides my other fruit.
Have some nice coffee plants growing
that we will set out soon, as l hope to
raise all we want to eat and drink My
citrus trees have made great growth
this summer, showing that this is their
natural home.
Improvements are going on nicely
here, new comers on nearly every boat
that are clearing land and setting trees,
so that this will not be a new country
very long.
We are all we'll. Have Just moved into
our new home and now expect to enjoy
life.
Very truly,
+. s. DoUD.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-18
improvements at the Home Bakery

IL. Enge & Son are making extensive
improvements in their home bakery
They have disposed of their grocery
stock and are painting aud decorating
the interior. fine lunch counter will be
installed and Mr.. and Mrs. Engel will
now be able to devote their whole time
to the bakery and lunch business. They
have built up fine trade, are at all
times courteous to their customers and
merit the patronage they are receiving.
The short order lunch counter will un-
doubtedly add to the popularity OF the
home bakery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-18
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