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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17

lie Jlngl6d a handful
! OF pennies and nickels in his pocket
| and wondered how in the world a bov
with stock Of unsold papers on his
/ hands and only % cents with which
TO have his Christmas feast. keen
MIN through the night and start him
In business the next morning. had
! much chance to be 81 very happy.
AS he plodded aimlessly across
Forty-third street a big man, hulking
! OF shoulder, lantern jawed and deem
. cnestod, numbered out of gam
bling house near by and swung into
broadway. Grumbling about hitting
me pretty hard and never had any
luck IN my life" he pIowed his way
across the sidewalk, lunging against
any one whose path lay across his.
lie bOWled through a line of mincing
men and women who blocked the side
walk in front Of an all night res
taurant, scattering them like tenpins
and making no apologies. Blind to
everything but his own iii luck, he no
ticed nothing until he came upon q dis
heveled and boisterous man holding
a newsboy and trying to take his pa
pers from him.
What tn ell Y doin'?" growled the
gam bier, as he gave the unsteady man
a quick punch and tumbled him into
q pile Of dirt, allowing the lad to dart
out Of harms way, yelling in glee at
the fallen tyrant.
y big stiff threatened the gam
ble", as he leaned over the man. 'if
y peep another wo~d I'll wiring yer
head of. Cit up nov an go home t
-Cut- We N 7 ~'ncse yrrlI heat
her : git even," he commented, as he
turned away.
few blocks further he heard
voice at his elbow:
Say, mister, I want t. thank y fer
heipln' me when that dude pinched me
papers"
Run along, sonny; don't let it worry
y none"
y want t. give Y a paper, mister"
''Trot," returned the other. curtly
Please take a paper, mister" per
sisted the lad, running along beside
the man and holding out his bundle,
e cause, gee! we don't of'en have folks
help US like you done. I'm stuck to-
hight, anyway, an have got plenty to
spare
The gambler stood still and shifted |
the air as if at that moment, for the |
first time, he had caught the infection !
OF the Christmas atmosphere.
Pretty tough on some of you kids"
he said. Here, take this and go blow |
yourself" he added, as he pulled a |
sreenback from his pocket, pressed it |
into the boys hand and continued on |
his way.
"I amt askin' you fer money" called |
Patsey, tagging along in the mans
wake q jes' wanted t give you a
paper for helpin' me-
The gambler made no reply, but !
walked on all the faster He had gone
4 block further and evidently thought
himself rid of the boy, when the latter
suddenly piped out again:
please take yer money back, will
YER
cav, beat it," said the gambler,
;avagely.
'orm of nis big man fade into the
darkness and Ell looked at the crum-
lied greenback in his hands.
Gee. wouldn't dat mosly crimp
yer?" he mu5ed as he turned back into
he canyon Of electric lights and head
I'd for o place where he knew
le would find cranberry sauce,
.+ooy,oaI SJD1nIiuoS and niuce ME at
lewsD0y rates.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17
Stranger-My friend why are you

swearing SO? Cussity-Why? Be-
cause of a blank fool of doctor. |
got some pills for a pain in my back,
and the directions read Take one a
hall hour before you feel the pain
c0nD1ing on"-Judge.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17
Of
an Army
Christmas
By CoL J. Il. M AZROUS, US.A.

HAT was my most
memorable G b ri S t =
mas?
The one which al
ways sernes back to
me when tilla.ing over
Christmas festivities
comes rushing in at
the head Of the line
is that CT 1862, but in
telling Of it i j. be
necessary to bring in
the army, and | sup
pose you do not want
anything that reminds
of war in a Christmas
talk"
From a number of
voices, childish an d
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17
4 " ea0sboy's S
Merry
Christmas
by u. III. EDWARDS

T WAS Christmas night
and Patsey Higgins
was "stuck"-that is.
he had more papers
than he could sell.
With a small bundle
under one arm and
hands thrust deep in
his pockets he strolled
UP Broadway in the
h a ppy c hris S t m a s
crowds. Through the
diamond frocte win
dows OF the restaU.
lants he could see the
diners within laughing
and animated over
their holiday banquets.
He lin pIoI n boo5f,,1
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17
Under the Mistletoe,

Young Jones was coming down the stair
A night not long ago,
And saw a figure in the hall
Beneath the mistletoe.
He chuekled softly to himself.
And said Now, here's lark,
Whoe'er it is, I'll creep behind
And kiss her in the dark
He did-but on her face the light
Fell suddenly aslant;
He looked, and to his horror saw
It was his maiden aunt
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17

New York's Chinatown has a pop
ulation of 5000.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17

The giant bees Of India build
hOneycombes as high as 18 feet.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17
, TOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
ansr Tr0rble M1Ees You Miserable

s.~.,s, everybody who reads the roy,e
~a.F IS sure to know Of the wonGo,f,,.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-17
This is Worth Reading.

Don't be kn0cker-be a booster.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
TO ENTER "s0CIETY."
You must Have Treasure, Tempera-
ment and Tact.

You must Have Treasure, TemPera-
nent and Tact.
"2 To enter paradise you had to be
good and you had to be dead. To
enter society you do not have to be
either. On the contrary. though what
you do have to be is harder to tell
than it is to get there. But certain
requisites may be mentioned. These
are treasure, temperament and tact.
Treasure. which is the basis Of all
scrumptiousness, speaks for itself.
Temperament is more complex. Tenn
permanent is the art Of holding your
own on the subject of nothing at all
with experts who have devoted their
lives to the subject. That is clearly
abnormal. Tact, while less unnatural,
is more abstruse. Tact is the ability
to put your vibrations into harmony
with those of others about you. AS
pirants may be rich, righteous and
ready. yet if they lack that ability,
whatever their efforts, they are no.
where. If they possess it, then, though
they be nobodies, they have only to
choose where they want to go and get
generally speaking, that is, and
provided they are not in hurry.
Taste is very mercantile, besides being
unbecoming. Edgar Saltus in Broad
way Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
The Deceased Wife,a Sister.

The law against marrying deceased
wife's sister, which caused SO much
discussion in England, grew out of
the ancient tribal law forbidding ia
Their to sell more than one daughter to
the same man when the Briton was
emerging from polygamy and when
for q shillings Of the present money
a man might dismiss his wife or Kill
her If she would not go. AS civil law
it was to protect the living wife and
knit tribes closer together by inter-
marriage. When ecclesiastical law be-
came supreme a misleading of some
Scripture text was used to put the
sister Of a mans wife among the pro.
hibited degrees Of relationship. This
was the act Of 1541 l32 Henry Wild.
"A man may not marry his deceased
wife's sister or her daughter, but he
may marry his first cousin. London
Standard. z
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
A Memory Test.

A professor OF mnemonics had gone
to lecture at or near Canterbury.
After the lecture was finished he had
to wait for his London train. 1t was
most comfortless day, and he re-
tired to an inn for shelter and refresh
ment. To pass the time he began to
exhibit his feats of memory to the
yokels in the inn parlcr, and one and
all were thundersHuck except the
waiter. There is always one skeptic
In every communion, whether Of
saints or sinners. Do what he would
he could not mitigate the acrid smile
Of acid incredulity of that gloriaed
potman! In the midst OF one Of his
most difficult feats the whistle sound
ed of the sonly train to London to-
night" and he rushed of to catch 1t.
He caught it at the station, and his
reputation caught it in the inn parlor,
for the waiter coming In with some
ordered refreshments and finding him
gone pointed to the corner where he
had been sitting and exclaimed. "Sil-
" 'umbug, he's forgot his umbrellag'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
MULES. or MEXICO.
They Are Even More Knowing Than
Our Own Meek Brand,

Our Own Meek Brand,
Everybody knows that all mules
are brainy, but the mules of old Mex
leo have something on other mules for
a sort Of prescience of their own" said
man who has spent many years in
the neighboring republic. "a Mexican
mule will do just so much work and
not blamed bit more.
1.-THE riding mule, for instance, is
fully aware Of the distance, down to a
rod, he is supposed and required to
traverse in the progress of one travel
Ing day, and all the sharp sticks or
goads or dynamite on earth won't get
him to do bit more than what he
knows to be the correct distance. The
Mexicans have got a peculiar saying in
connection with this characteristic of
the Mexican mule. You ask a Mex
lean, for instance, how far it is by
mule back to such and such a point.
1.-TWO days journey If you are not
rushed, but three days If you are in a
hurry the Mexican will reply. u,
"His meaning is that if you don't
ask more Of your mule than you should
ask of him, the mule will be able to
make the trip in two days. But If you
attempt to drive the brute he'll soldier
on you, and in consequence the jour
ney will take you three days.n--Ex-
change.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
A GREAT SURPRISE.
Tho Singular Nobleman Who Wanted
an American Heiress.

The Singular Nohleman Who Wanted
an American Heiress.
The American father Of the heiress
greeted the count who was sutton for
her hand with dignifed frigidity.
"Sare," said the count, your daugh,
ter has done me re honnaire of con.
senting to be my wife. am called
to complete re negotiations
"All right" YEARLY said the father.
"How much of a cash settlement do
you expect?'
"Nossing. sare."
what! How much will / have to
pay for your poker debts?"
Messing. sare. do not gamble"
Glow much will ! have to pay to
rebuild your castle?' ST
Messing, sare. 1t is in fine repair
"But there must be some expense fol
me. Out with itr'
No. sare; Messing. / simply love
your daughter and she loves me, and
we wish to be married. Is not Eat
enough? Is it not enough to ask you
to give me, your daughter wizzout
your expecting to-
Come to my arms!" exclaimed the
American father and tried to fall upon
the neck of the delighted count.
But he aWoke on the floor, having
tumbled from his bed as a finish to his
amazing dream.-Judge. s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
Brittle Lizards.

Some kinds Of lizards break in two
when suddenly startled. In the bush
In Australia the traveller often comes
across number Of these little silyery
reptiles basking on log or piece Of
old bark. AS soon as they perceive
the invader there 10 great commotion.
They dart hither and thither SO quick
" that the eye can scarcely follow
their movements. The effects OF the
shock are evident from the quantity Of
wriggling tails lying about which have
been cast of in the hurry, while the
mutilated owners may be seen scurry-
ing away to safety still wagging the
stumps that remain. 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
party leaders and followers should
join in giving the completed ticket
a phenomenal majority.
Editor Clark and the Primary.

Minot Reporter: After reading the
Grand Forks Herald's article on the
primary law that "has come to stay"
we sat for some little time, tilted
back in our easy chair, occasionally
splitting at knot-hole and contem-
plating a steel engraving which
hangs ferinist us on the wall of the
Reporter sanctum. The engraving
is that of the Hon. Thomas F. Mar
shall, t'the man who does things"
In our imagination we can see Tom
smile as he looks down upon us from
the wall, and somehow we can COM
mence to understand something of
this primary law. Anyone who has
ever imagined a Tom Marshall smile
knows that it is just the proper &C
compartment for primary elections.
We have faint recollection of smil-
ing just about that way ourselves
when the returns commenced to pour
in and when the results were final
ly known, we felt just about as tick
led as Tom generally looks.
We suppose that there is little
doubt but that the Herald is right
the primary law is here to stay.
Like mother-in-law it is welcome,
there is no alternative. May the
Great" Jehova give us strength; we
need it. Since June "a we have been
arguing with ourself that it is right;
the last week we have been able to
whistle a little, but the sound re-
minds us of one that might eminate
from combination of the hooking
bird and the owl Perhaps when
time and experience seasons us, and
the primary cause for complaint has
been deadened, we may be, able to
emit our usual sound of the Ameri-
can eagle and turtle-dove. If the
primary law has come to stay, thank
heaven we have two-year waits be-
tween rounds. ....rs
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
fT;2}aossip po|itipo[Fi5
Dissatisfaction in Ward County.


Minot Reporter: There is rumor
aS1oat that an independent Republi-
can ticket will be put in the field
in Ward county this year. There
seems to be much dissatisfaction
over the ticket as nominated and the
rumor that a ticket will be formed
seems to be well founded. The Re-
publican ticket as nominated is al
most unanimously Scandinavian,
which fact does not especially appeal
to the American voters, who feel that
Scandinavians have been nominated
regardless of their qualifications for
the respective offices. The Reporter
would prefer to see the Republicans
line UP for. the ticket as nominated.
While the primaries played many
pranks and the result was not entire
1y satisfactory, still those who made
theprimary campaign went to con-
siderable expense and having won
the fight fairly, it is up to the good
Republicans to accord them the sup
port which they have earned. How
ever, if the Independent ticket S
put in tn field, it will doubtless re-
ceive hearty support at the hands
of those who are dissatisfied with
the ticket nominated.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
ODD USES FOR FISH.
One Makes Good Barometer, Another
q Weathercock,

One Makes Good Barometer, Another
a Weathercock.
Fishes have been put to many queer
uses while still alive, but probably the
srangest was that suggested to the
war department. by an inventor. The
propulsion of submarine torpedoes was
the subject under, discussion, and he
proposed that shark be imprisoned
in tube at the rear end of the projecs
tile, It's movements to be controlled by
the active application of electricity.
In case the shark attempted to swim
away it was to be given an electric
shock, and in this way kept on its
course until the torpedo had reached
its target.
Another remarkable use to which a
fish has been put is as barometer.
The leach Is very susceptible to atmos-
pheric changes, and when retained in
an aquarium is likely to throw itself
out at the approach of or during any
remarkable change of wind or wealth
er, or if In pond or stream will some
times Jump on the bank. 1t has been
kept alive in aquaria as living ba-
rometer from the supposition that GER
tain movements indicate particular
changes that are about to occur in the
weather. In Russia the dead body Of
Cottus gobio. the miller's thumb, is
used as a weathercock. Hung by a
single thread, it will point to the: direc-
ton whence the wind blows.-M Mime
apolis Journal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
The Rich Turkish Ressar.

Beggars are never suppressed in Tur-
key. The story is told land they say It
Is true) about an American lady who by
mistake gave beggar Of Constantine.
pie a gold piece. The man had left his
post when she returned, but one OF his
colleagues told her where he resided. !"
It was a fine house, and at the door
was servant, who politely informed
the lady that my master Ia dressing.
He viii be down soon." And then the
well groomed beggar, dressed for din
ner, appeared and gladly returned the
gold piece, exclaiming in the mean
while that such mistakes were highly
embarrassing. Charities and Com
mons
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
Proposals.

Sealed proposals for the erection of
a porch to the Burleigh county court
house at Bismarck, n. D., and for the
laying Of cement sidewalks and cross
ings in said Court House square, will
be received by the board of county
commissioners at the county auditors
office in said court house until IL
o'clock a. m. August 4th. 1908, at
which time and place the same will
be opened in the presence of the bid
ders.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
State, County and City Directory

State Live Stock Sanitary Board Dugald
Campbell, Kintyre; w. l. Richards, Dick
inson; Andrew Yeitch, Grand Forks; E. j.
Walsh, Willow City; ]. w Robinson, Coal
Harbor. Executive officer, w. F. CreWe,
y Devils Lake. s5 isS
State Library Commission Frank j. Thomp-
son, Fargo; w. L. Stockwell; Mrs. Minnie
e. Budlong, Bismarck; Zana Il MiileE,
librarian and director for commission.
BARRIERS Examining Board-Chas. Elsberry,
Rolia; Edward Richardson, Devils Lake; i.
L. Hooker, Fargo. Va MI
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners-F.
L. Cusack Darlington. S. P. Smith. Cando;
j. F. Sylvester, Langdon.
State Historical Society-C. F.. Amidon, Far
90, President; NJ. H Jewell, Bismarck,
Vice President; O. 6. Libby, University,
Secretary; ]. I, Cashel, Grafton Treas
urer; E. r. Steinbrueck, Bismarck, field
officer; Sh% Ftll s7 "
State Weather and Crop Service o. w. Rob
II eats. director, Bismarck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
Density Of City Population.

Although there is a certain area Of
about three and half acres on Man
haitian Island where the density Of
population fssat the rate of CSC, 200 to
the square mile, vet the city OF Paris
shows far greater average density
of population than New York, the fig
ureg for Paris being 793o0 a square
mile and for New York city proper
10000 a square mile. The average
density Of London's population is 3d.
900 square mile and that OF Berlin
81, 600 Federation Review.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
Give EN- Both a Chance.

Lisbon Free Press: If the senator
ial fight between Johnson and Mar
shall is left free to be settled by the
Republican electorate, without at
tempted combinations the whole state
Republican ticket will be immensely
benefited thereby and the designa-
ton Of factions as stalwarts or pro-
gressive will not be heard as shib-
boleths to awaken the partisans of
each. 1t will be enough to be a
Republican and as every phase of
party effort is represented in the
ticket nominated at the primary, the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
Force Of Storm Waves.

The average storm wave Is thirty
feet in height The highest storm
waves ever measured were between
forty-four and forty-eight feet high.
The gigantic force OF storm waves Is
shown by the fact that at Skerryvore
lighthouse. Off the west coast Of Scot
land, mass OF rock weighing ave and
a half tons was once hurled to a height
OF seventy-two feet above the sea lev
ell while mass Weighing thirteen and
q half tons was torn from a cliff seven
ty-four feet high Pail Mall Gazette.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
COUNTY AND DISTRICT.
Legislative

Legislative
State Senator s7th Districtc. B. Little, Bis.
s marck.
Representatives, 9th District--R. N. Stevens.
T. R. Mockler, Bismarck.
Judicial
District Judge Hon. w. H. Winchester, Bis.
marck; Court Stenographcr, George Schnep
per, Bismarck. a
County
sherif--D. j. McGillis.
Register q Dseds-f 4, = Peterson.
Clerk Of Court---A; w. 4 Cook.
statss AtsornsyI Fed :. Patterson.
County Judge-M. J. Mckenzie e vs.
Surveyor-Walter SHELTON.
Supt. of Schools. L. Vignsss
County ommissioners-First district, E. G.
Patterson; Second district w. H. Webb,
Jr,; Third district, John F. Eelslund.
AssessoITs-First district Alex. Mclean; Sec
-. E. Little.
Justice Of the Peace. S. Pierce.
County Board Of Health---Dr.s F. r. Smyth.
superintendent; w. I. Cochrane. states at,
Insanity BoardaDr. E. P. Quain, =. H.
Register; and states attorney ex-of6cio.
County Physicisn-Dr. N. O. Ramstad,
Official Newspapers Weekly Tribune, Pallad-
Jun, Driscoll News. s!5s{a
Public Officials and offieers
County Officials-Ofices at court house. ex-
cept as herein otherwise indicated.
City Council--regular meetings first Monday
2 IF each month at council chambers in Tay-
lor block, 80 Main street. }$8..$S3
Chambers of Hon. w. H. Winchester, district
Judge, Dahl block, Ala Main street.
Mayor Cook Block
City Treasurer ITO Fourth street
City Auditor ...... First Nat. Bank BLOCH
County Justice .....5..... Odd Fellows BLOCH
Supt. of Schools ...... Court House
y. S. Land Office 1890. First Nat Blk. Biz
U. S. Surveyor General. 1880. Webb Bloct
u. S.. Court Rooms. 3. -. Webb BLOCH
u. S. Commissioner, Murdoch Mckenzie, Frs
National Bank Block.
u. S. Weather Bureau land state weather
q and crop service), o. w. Roberts, director
government reservation, Main and First
streets.
313 Main street. ss
St. Alexius Hospital. Main and Sixth streets
u. S. Pension Examining Board-Dr. w H
lRordenstad, president; w. G. Matchan, seq
rotary; DR.. F. r. Smyth, treasurer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-26
Explained al Last.

The late DR.. Morgan DIX" safd a
clergyman OF New York. had droli
way Of Tightening grave subjects with
little humorous asides. Once heard
him addressing q graduating class at
q medical school. He began In this
way:
Psychologists tell us, gentlemen,
that the older man grows the smaller
his brain becomes This explains why
the old man knows nothing and the
young one everything"