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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELoI

From the New York Press.
 A girl is awful smart to pretend no; to be.
 Mans worst habit is life but he all ways gets over it.
 Where women are superior to men is they don't get their pockets picked.
 The reason a girl can think man Is eligible is she wouldn't if he was. X It's queer how being ashamed about Something you did can make xou fee wSat fun you had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
A c,HRsTMAs 1NCTpENT.

The wind whistled shrewdly round the corner of a tall office building and crowds of the eitys tSllers were hurrying home through the murk of rainy evening. At this particular corner. where traffic is nearly always congested and thousands of people wait for trolley cars during the course of a day. stood an interesting group There was q prosperous, we'll groorned father and a handsome mother whose smile seemed to be the reflection of a happy life. 4 boy, a swagger little chap, held the hand of his fsEher and standing by his side WAS lsssle girl. whose delicate features and moAish c,lthes revealed q daughter of a1fiuenoe, if not CT luxury. 1n strong contrast to this pleasant family group stood a ragged newsboy with a bundle of papers under his arm. All unconscious of the rather naughty stare of the little girl and the wondering eyes of the other little boy. the street waif hoped on first one foot and then the other, while he tried to sell the father q paper. When the sale was consunlmated the 'newsie" hustled off, crying his wares in shrill tones, cheerful and unabashed. Perhaps he isn't old enough yet to realize that he is battling against a hard world, or perhaps he has already acquired the newsboy's stoiclsm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
UNUSUAL FREEDOM.

''Are all married men as carefully watched as jolIesmiths say they are2"
 "Oertainly not l know married man who Is allowed two nights out every week. just so he comes home before Ii o'clock and tells his wife exactly where he has been and brings some sort of little gift. j,1st to show that he has been thinking about her all the time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
THE OLD, OLD WAY.

From the Baltimore American.
 "So you and your sweetheart have quarreled. How did that happen?'
 Tn the old way, l guess. First we fell in love, and then we fell out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

President-elect Taft proposes to visit the canal zone every year while he is President and if he should be reelected he may sail through it of hcially
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Carrie Nation found she was weak in all her methods when she met the suffragettes who lock themselves to a cause. Carrie is too anxious to get away to lock herself to bar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Tx Marvel, who is dead at the age of S6, was the successor of Irving in American literature. But who is Ik Marveps successor in general literary product? Indiana will please answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

The German aerostations company proposes to handle freight and pas sengers among 27. towns. Eggs and glass carried at special rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Many men can remember when buf falo robes were a drug at $3 each Now they readily command $1O0C each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Mexico is contributing strawberries to our Christmas, but only Carnegie and Rockefeller can afford to order them by bucketfulls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

The iconoclasts forget that history consists of fiction crystallized into fact and they should quit undermining all the history we have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Standard Oil and Carrie Nation ip- yaded Scotland simultaneously and the Scotch are up against 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

The White House on the Savan- nah is more a focal point than the one on the Potomac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Castro will have to amputate his dinners as well as his kidneys if he wants to get back to health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Five million dollars in Christmas presents have been sent to Europe and Boni and the Abruzzi got noth- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Nothing less than a Hague eo'Rier ere would settled the differences Se tween MT. Roosevelt and MT. fuii'zei'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

The Dutch blockade of Venezuela is strong enough at any rate to keep Castro out of his country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

If all lelse fails him Mfs Burton VII stay i the house, which Ns after al his bst place for serving hist country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

The Ananias club will have no head while Theodore is in Africa and will necessarily belnn a sl,tate of suspense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
A nrsAGREEABIE soRT.

The world is full of carping wights
 Whose forte is crtioising; They keep it up for days and nights In manner most surprising. And still they stand, with frown1ng looE Your modest efforts viewing, And coldly murmur, Get the hook, No matter what you're doing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Gene Debs gains votes but he does not gain them as fast as his imag- ination suggests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

MT. Roosevelt is now but an actor in the wings after the cue for his successor has been given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

February 12 is to be double cen tennial. Lincoln and Darwin were both born on that day 100 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

Depew says he Is "only senator, D but he failed to state what kind of a senator he is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
GREAT SPORT.

Who owns great big auto car
 And never toots the horn, Is either much averse to noise,
 Or else he's quite forlorn, Since haif the fun of motoring
 At a speed to take ones breath Is to monk behind pedestrians And scare them most to deathi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
A DIPLOMATIC CLERK.

DIPLOMATIC ClEINh- Tt is quite coincidence" observed the celebrated pugilist, coldly, that every time I apply for accommodations at this hotel the house is full.'
 Tt is a bit singular agreed the clerk, edging as far away from the register as possible, "but we trust that you will con- tinue to let us have the refusal of your patronage"
 A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT. Oh, sing a song of Christmas time To give the Giver praise, And don't forget the child of grime Who sobs in alley ways.
 A WISE HISTORIAN. 'I knew too well that one could not dispute with the unshakable optimism of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

America may lack poets but she 's mot complaining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

MT. Taft has no desire to be Can nonized by misleading words or acts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
HnR mIN1sH.
sTOICIsM.

Who takes things as He haps to find them, Will soon get so
 He'll never mind them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23
REPLIES.

A failure is a man who Keeps cart index of excuses Oftentimes man who makes big
 noise isn't big gun at all, but just a
 popgun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-23

But when the greater malady is fixed, The lesser Is scarce felt. 4 king Lear.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
MRS. ANDREW JOHNSON.
The Life In Washington Was Not q.
Happy Time For Her.

The Life In Washington Was Not a
Happy Time For Her. a &
+; Mrs. johnson was SO much of an In
valid that outside of intimate family
friends very few knew her. She APP
.peared only twice In public during her
husbands administration. Still, her In
fiuence was a strong one, and It was
exerted in the direction Of liberation
and gentleness. A slight movement Of
her hands, a touch on her husbands
arm, d ..Now, Andrew made 1t easy
to see that the woman who had helped
him through his struggling youth and
given her health to his service, who
had taught him to write and had read
to him through long winter evenings
in the little tailor shop that his active
mind might be fed while he was prac-
ticing his trade still held her place in
his life. She was q sweet faced wo-
man who showed traces Of beauty
through the sharpened lines caused BY
the old fashioned consumption which
was wearing her out. Her face was
not unlike that OF the late Mrs. Nc
Kinley. The death 81 her eldest son
was a blow from which she never
fully recovered. The life In Washing
ton was not a happy time for her She
told me herself that she was far more
content when her husband was an In
dustrious young tailor. William 81.
Crook In Century. 4 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
THE SECURING RUSH.
A Queer Plant That Can BE Changed
te into a Mineral

A Queer Plant That Can BE Changed
into Mineral.
The securing rush, Equisetum hie-
male, is an interesting plant which has
been put to practical use. In old times
its hollow, finty stems were In great
repute for kitchen cleaning purposes,
The stems are hollow and are easily
separated at the joints. If one would
satisfy himself as to the peculiar prop
erty that first suggested the use of this
rush for securing purposes he has only
to draw a joint across the edge Of his
teeth to find it like file.
A very pretty chemical experiment.
is frequently made with the rush. If
one takes d small vial of nitric acid
into which any ordinary lead is Inn
mersed he will quickly see it dissolve,
literally eaten up by the acid. But
what does the securing rush do under
such circumstances?
Immediately upon its intro duction
to the acid the sizzling process begins
The green pulp Of the stem is grad
ualIy consumed, the tube, however,
still retaining its shape, becoming paler
and paler IN color until after a few
hours the specimen is transit formed into
pure white aiabaster-like column
which defes any further attack from
the. acid. n . .s.ss
L On taking it from the vial and wash
ing 1t carefully In running water the
operator holds in his hands beauti-
full tube Of pure, CLASSY flint, or slick,
an object Of great microscopic beauty
Of construction. The securing rush is
no longer a vegetable, but a mineral,
and in observing Its skeleton Of stone
the secret of its utility as a securing
brush Is easily understood New York
Tribune. III 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
CORKs HAVE DISEASES.
Caused BY Small Worm Which Spells
s8s the Flavor of The Best Wines.

Caused by Small Worm Which Spells
I the Flavor Of the Best Wines.
To the average person a cork Is q
cork. said a well known restaurant
man the other day. But smell this
cordial. Would you believe It Z. And
he held up a bottle supposed to have
the bouquet Of cherries all the way
from the blossom to the pit. The odor.
was musty and altogether unpleasant
4 In fact, 1t was decidedly bad. He con-.
gtinued: ssstt
Now, the man paying 20 cents for
his tiny glass of cordial after dinner
is entitled to have 1t free from imper-s
fections. II he bought a bottle Of
wine with that flavor, he would say
the wine was bad, for ninety men out
of a hundred know nothing about bad
corks. He would want another, bottle
of wine or his money refunded. and he
would sbe right. .553.s
The defect5is In a tiny worm IN the
cork that iss often invisible to- the man
cutting corks and some times cannot be
seen after the cork is drawn. A GUS
toner will taste the wine and say,
bad wine, You explain about the
cork, and he Will say: Imp ssible.
That was beautiful cork beautifulH
And vet we know that sthe contents Of
the bottle never could have that flavor
under other condi tions.
81 tell you there are millions OF dol
lars waiting for the man who can in
vent perfect cork that VIII stand the
test Of years for favor and preserving
qualities. If 1t could be proved that
his invention was perfect he would
make millions in month. - New York
Herald. II. III #
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
Depth Of Cyclones.

From the study Of clouds an official
of the United States weather bureau
concludes that ordinary cyclones
which traverse our country from west
to east are not more than two or three
miles In depth, although their diameter
Ii many hundreds Of miles. In other
words. their motion does not affect the
upper regions Of the atmosphere. In
the case Of hurricanes this authority
finds that the depth Is greater, amount
ing to as much as Eve or SIX miles.
But higher currents blow directly
across the cyclonic and anticyclonic
areas which produce storms and fair
weather at the surface of the earth.
Chicago Inter Ocean. Us
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
Nubar Pasha and tho pipes.

Nubar Rasha and the Pipes
L Soon after the occupation of Cairo
by the British troops the late Nubar'
Pasha took a prodigious fancy to the
music Of the Black Watch and had the.
idea OF having a servant taught the
use of the bagpipes. Nubar dispatched
a French friend, who spoke English
very wen, to interview piper on the
subject. 33$
Donald replied: ..Weel, he MIGHT
learn or he MIGHT no. Bit, let me tell
We, 1t needs wind an n1ickle strength
tae fill the bags o. the pipes an keep
blawin'. Sac If yin o. thae Egyptian
chaps took the job on he'd need .tae be
bandaged a. ow're like yin O. thae auld
tmummies. or maybe he'd burst him
sell =
&. This conversati on was reported to
Nubar, who took the piper's remarks
seriously. So he gave up the idea Of
having skirler attached to his house
hold. as the use Of the bagpipes was
attended with the prospect Of such
danger to the performer Westminster
/ Gazette.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
Easy Monex.

Theodore Hook was zone Of the Gar,
rick clubs most famous members He
generally arrived at the club late in
the afternoon and never went home
tin morning He had been told by
the doctors. he said, to avoid the night
air. a member Of the club In Hooks
time predicted the advent Of the mill
lennium at the end of three years.
1All right cried Hook. "Giye me a
I'VE pound note now, and Will repay
you ESQ at the millennium
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
Poiso., Henalock.

Water hemlock is a deadly plant
common In most country neighbor-
hoods. Its roots are eaten often In
spring by mistake for some edible root,
and death frequently results. Cattle
are often poisoned by drinking water
Id marshes where 1t grows The poison
hemlock from which the Greeks made
poisons Is near relative to the water
si1emiock. 1t stands from two to seven
feet high and has clusters OF small
white flowers and large, parsleylike
leaves. The stalk, being hollow, Is Of
ten made into whistles by country
boys, and many children are poisoned
I'm this fashion. 4. 3 B.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
Ignite Coal Supplies.

Bids are requested to furnish 800
tons (more or less), best lump Zig
mite coal, delivered as required. to-
the city schools during the years
10000, The same to sbe opened at
regular meeting Of board Tuesday.
the 18th inst, s b. M, VIII school.
Right reserved to reject any or all
oTers.
BY order Of the board Of educa-
tion.
RICHARD PENWARDEN.
~ Clerk.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10

than a million holders, be rescu-
ed from the confiscation on the
one hand and prevented from
using improperly its vast power
on the other. Only under safe
guards against injustice inspired
by demagogic attacks, and with
assurance that the capital actu-
ally invested will be permitted to
earn a reasonable return, Is
there any hope that railroad en-
terprise can secure even a por-
ton of the $5,O0O,OoO. 900 or more
required to build tracks and pur-
chase terminals required for the
traffic when business is no
longer contracted or brought to
standstill by the fear of legis-
lative aggression" Mss
Mr.. Hill is not usually an alarmist
and although his interests are in
railroad properties, it is well to re
member that he has considerable rep
utation as a prophet Of the world Of
business. tits true, as he says, that
there must be railroad regulation.
but the business and prosperity OF
the country, are so interviewer with
railroad prosperity, and the number
of persons dependent for their daily
bread on the railroad transportation
of the country, is evidence that UNI
lust legislation toward the roads can
only be persisted in at the cost of
the country's prosperity. Public
men are generally agreed that, while
there is a wide field for sound rail-
road legislation, it should be pur-
sued in a spirit of absolute fairness
and consideration for the immense
interests involved, and that nothing
but harm can come from the per.
sistents efforts of demagogues to
build themselves up at the expense
of the biggest single business In
terest of the country.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10

Manager Sid Adams is issuing some
ingenious documents in the interest
of Mr.. Marshall for the senate and
among them small leaflet showing
that while in congress Mr.. Johnson
failed to secure the passage of any
measures introduced by him, while
Mr.. Marshall has forty to his credit.
But perhaps the contrast would not
be so great had the conditions been
similar. Mr.. johnson had Demo-
cratic house to contend with and
hostile senators. Mr.. Marshall can
only complain of the latter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10

A draft for $27 from the Norsk
Credit bank of Christiania, Norway,
in favor Of the Tribune, and received
at the business Office in payment TOR
a job of printing done for the Credit
bank, proves that there is no limit
to the field of an enterprising bust
ness concern. I. b .es57s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10

North Dakota Republicans will re-
greet that Governor Cummins of Iowa.
who expected to make two or three
political speeches in North Dakota,
has been compelled, on account of
the exactions of the committee in
his own state, to cancel his North
Dakota assignments. s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN NEW
/ Work


The trade school schol arships have
been useful to many d boy BY enab1-
ing him to perfect himself in a chos-
en- trade. In the different branches
Of our schools, progress has been con-
sistently made year by year improve
ments In methods and results, and
undoubtedly today the schools in their
different branches, turns out young
men better fitted for their work in
life, for less expense, than any simil-
ar organization in the world.
This, in my opinion, Is due almost
entirely to the sound sense, broad
mindedness and unflagging industry
OF our school committee whose wise
selection of teachers and instructors,
whose hearts are in the work, is, in a.
large measure, resp onsible for the
increased efficiency Of the schools,
and our schools in all its branches
is something that we may well be
proud Of. When you consider that over
1900 young men are receiving i'm
struction, we may well be thankful
for the spirit Of humanity and love,
that was, to a large extent. the NOV
ing force that organized the work.
The word mechanic" with its many
definitions by different men, has to
], ..,y<,r 49,, x.7,7 II, a !, 3,Sa
an apology. A good mechanic stands
for more than the manual perform
ance Of an appointed task. He stands
|. for the ideal, the mind formed pic
ture OF an object to be attained. the
constructor both sound and true, to
be seen and felt for all time.
How very carefully the board Of
education Is proceeding is indicated
by the efforts made BY Chairman
Goudert and Commissioners Sullivan,
Greene, Donnelly and Katzenberg to
get at the needs Of New York. They.
have gone out to get the cooperation
lsof the business men Of the city. They
are asking them what they want and.
are employing experts to find out the
needs OF the city. What it wants
has not been made known Now that
the national spirit has been led into
larger lines Of industrial and CONNER
fetal life, the needs for higher lines
| Of industrial development due to edu-
4 cation. is being forced upon our manu-
facturers The committee, Of which;
Mr.. Condert lis chairman. issued a
circular letter asking for information
4 such as the mannfa cturers alone are
able to supply. The committee wants
/ to know what all the manufacturers
think and what they are willing to
impart covering the needs Of the boys
and girls who go into the shops They
ask for opinions about the education
now afforded by the public schools,
4 its value or lack Of value in fitting
d boys and girls for their life work
1t is a glorious work as far as it has
i gone. Nobody questions the need
4 now It is due TO the board that they
i have been discovered II. G. Monag-
4 han. in American Industries for oc-
4 tober.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
Color

OF the light rays that fall upon an
object some are taken up by the object
and others are reflected. It is to the
reflected rays that we are to turn for
the explanation of color. For instance,
sheet Of white paper is white be-
cause all the seven kinds of light are
reflected from its surface while the
sunfoWer is yellow because when
light falls on it the violet, indigo, blue
and green rays are selected for abb
sorption. and yellow principally is re-
fected. The reflective rays, received
by the eye, produce the sensation OF
color. This is an explanation of near
" all the colors that exist
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
DUTCH STREET I CARS.

The Conductor Carries More Docu-s
rnents Than Congressman.
Countries may be known by their
street cars The rush and jar Of our
big cities are exemplifed in the rapid,
rude transit OF Its inha bitants. So the
character Of orderly little Holland may
be gathered from observation Of her
car service. Says ]. U. Higinbotham
in "Three Weeks in Holland and Bel
GUM"
Street car fare in Holland is 3 cents
trip, and for 4 cents you receive a
return ticket. The conductor carries
more documents than congressman.
For every fare he opens an aluminium
box about by 6 and hands out re-
ceipt or a return ticket, as the case
may be.
When the passengers pay their tick
cts he places the tickets in leather
pouch hung by q strap round his neck!
It is important that you retain the re-
ceipt given you, for at uncertain In
tervals controller" gets on the
car and examines all receipts, puts his
O. Il. on them with a rubber stamp
and compares the result with the man
fest or log carried By the conductor,
EIt is quite, the correct thing to Dip the
conductor with a Dutch cent or two.
Each car has a card inside stating
how many places there are, and on
leach platform Is another saying how
many people may stand thereon.
When the seats and both platforms are
full the sign '.vol' is put up and NO
more are permitted to get aboard
Our car probably had thirty people in
I &c and on the. platforms and was turn.
Ing business away at every crossing
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
DANGEROUS.

8 Giles How's your son gettin' on up
% Lunnon? Cargo Very well. He
tells me he's got a job partly behind
the counter and partly out o. doors.
Gfies--And what 'appens when the
door slams? London Telegraph.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10

The Republican state committee is
endeavoring to secure Senator Car
ter Of Montana, for a speech or two
in North Dakota during the CAM
paign. Bismarck appreciated Mr..
Carter's speech a few years ago and
he would receive warm welcome
this year. " r.=
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
Handkerchief.

4 .sWhat profession do you think our
boy Joe had better adopt9' asked Mrs.
Brown.
81 81 dunno, " answered her husband.
aJoe ID rather handicapped by circum-
stances. The only profession he's nat
urally adapted to Is that Of capital
fist, and don't quite see where he's
goin' to get the money.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-10-10
lyfakes Covyarjs 81 IJa Ali.

There Is nothing from which even
the bravest man shrinks so pitifulIy
AZ the lancet Of the surgeon. even
when 1t Is welded by the most skilIfr:;
Of bis craft London Sketch.