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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-13

"A young girl to do light
housework during school vacation.
Good wages. Can have place to
work for board and go to school if
so desiring. Call at Mrs. Frank
Harris, COS Second street.
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Labor Unions

UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPEN
tiers and Joiners, No. 111s. Meets eve4
Wednesday evening at /. o. o. F. hall. Al
brothers cordially invited to meet with d
b Charles B. johnson, president; c. L. Hat
son, recording secretary.
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COURT BISMARCK, NO. ss7. MEEN
every fourth Thursday in each month 4
Oddfellows' hall. John YegaD, c. R.; VIZ
Moore. R. s.: / w. Heal7. F. S.
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M. 8. a.

n. B. A. MEETS FIRST AND THIN
Wednesdays of each month at Maennerchd
hall. Thoss Anderson, president; A. E
Marquett, secretary.
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FOR EXCHANGE.

TO EXCHANGE For North Dakota
land, a nice home in the city Of
Mankato. Mimi. about ~ acres OF
\ black loan SOIL q good room house
with cellar and cistern and barn; a
good well; new cement sidewalks;
orchard and fine timothy and clover
pasture. Less than Is mile from,
state normal school. This place Is
especially adapted for fruit and
I truck farming. For further particu-
lars address Patterson Land Co, ST.
Paul, MINI. care Of the Brokerage,
Bldg. &
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wan S

Advertisements under this head will be in
serted for ONE CENT "A WORD each inscr-
ton. No publication for less than 15c. Cash
must accompany out of town orders.
Advertisements in this column having letters
or numbers MUST be answered through cor
respondence
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Maccabees.

*. @. T. M.-MEETS EVERY FIRST AM
third Thursday of each month at c'clos@
p. M. at II @. o. F. Hall. Visiting membej
cordially welcomed. d. C. Ramp, Cor
sa mander: Erick Erickson. Record Keeper.
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A. o. u. w
q. ~. m.
y " AI.

BISMARCK CAMP No. 4ie4, NJ. W. /
Meets the second Tuesday ia esch monn
T. R. Mockier, v. c.; A. w. Cook, clerl
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Rehekahs.

NICHOLSON LODGE NO. 40. MEETS TIN
6rst and third Saturdays IN each nonsh d
Oddfellows' hall Mrs. Elizabeth Belk, N.
G.; Mrs. Nellie Eyarts, secretary.
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Commercial Club.

COMMERCIAL CLUB OF BrsMARcs
Regular, meeting Of club membership u
rs hrst Tuesday ii each month; regular mee
each month, at Comnercisl club rooms. Pa
terson building, Main street. F. e, Conf
81 lin, president; F. E. Young, secretary.
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q. a.. y.

CAPITAL CITY LODGE. NO. .. MEETS
4 every Thursday evening q Odd Fellows
Is N G.;fsC G. l.. Hanson, secretary; A. 3.
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"a good girl for general
homework on small dairy farm.
Wages 81 per week. Six miles
south of Menoken. Mrs. Robert
R. Boyd.
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MONEY!

New York, June 12.. Money on call
easy at 1Ato ~ per cent; ruling
rate, III; closing bod. IN, offered at
.1A; time loans, quiet and steady; so
days, . to az per cent; 80 days, IA
to w per cent; 6 months, s1s to sA
per cent.
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FOR SALE House at a bargain. If
you want to buy city lots, houses
or farms, see the Maher Land Co.
Phone 423.
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FEMALE HELP WANTED

WANTED Girl for general house
work; good wages. Apply eos5
Thayer st. 838
WANTED Girl for general house
work. Apply to Mrs. Rose Walden,
70S e. Main street.
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FOR RENT.
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR SALE Two second hand gaso-
line engines, cheap: One in good
running order. F. Jaszkowiak, AL
Twelfth street, Bismarck, N. D.
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FOR SALEA one and one-haf story
barn. Will accommodate u head
q Of horses. Gould be made over
into good house. Apply to Fred
Strauss.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
The Qniddifs of the Law.

Delk, a switchman, undertook to
adjust the automatic couplers of two
cars on the st. Louis & San Francisco
Railroad, but the couplers were out of
order; the man was injured, and he
sued the company and got judgment
for $4,000. The Circuit Court of Ap-
peals reversed this decision, and the
case has now reached the Supreme
Court on a petition tor writ of GER
tiorari
The extraordinary defense of the
company is that while the law re-
quires the cars to be equipped with
automatic couplers, it does not require
the company to keep the couplers in
good order. This remarkable con-
struction Of the law has been sustained
by an appellate tribunal, and this is
the occasion for the Intervention of
the Attorney General before the Su-
preme Court.
If the couplers are not in good or
der they are of no use. They might as
well not be on the car. If they are
out OF order they might as we'll be
under the car or on the roof of the
car as at the ends; they might as well
be inside as outside of the car. Con-
gress provided that cars should be
equipped with automatic couplers for
the express and sole purpose of saving
the trainmen and switchmen from risk
of life or limb. This coupler was in
bad order, and in consequence thereof
the man who attempted to couple the
cars was injured. The case could not
be clearer if the car had been without
the automatic couplers.
The theory that while the law re-
quires the use of automatic couplers,
it does not require that they should
be kept constantly in good order, is
one of the most remarkable pieces of
legal construction we have come
across. An automatic coupler that
won't couple automatically is a con-
tradiction in terms. If it won't work
it isn't the thing that the law requires
the car to be equipped with.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
TO HOLD JOBS FOR LIFE.
President Puts $4,000 Postmasters LII
Classified Service.

Washington, Dec. From Maine
to the Mississippi river, north of the
Ohio, all of the fourth-class post
masters are taken under the protect
ing shelter of the classified service.
This order was signed by the Presi-
dent yesterday and today announced
by Postmaster-G Meyer.
The classification OF these postmas-
ters, however, is made merely as a
trial, only portion of the country
now being under this regulation.
Should it prove satisfactory during
the next administration all postmas-
ters of the fourth class are expected
to enjoy the benefits of the classified
service.
The order gives to these postmas-
ters positions practically for life.
Over $4,000 fourth-class postmas-
ters are affected by the order, distri-
buted by States as follows Maine,
S93; New Hampshire, 414; Vermont,
395; Massachusetts,, $50; Rhode Is
land, 100; Connecticut, 2S7; New York,
2,301; New Jersey, 636; Pennsylvania,
1888; Ohio, 1893; Indiana, 1,0S4; Ill
inois, 1,505; Wisconsin, 1,00S, and
Michigan, 1924.
Another executive order of the Pres
ident signed at the same time author
ICES the Postoffice Department to fill
vacancies in fourth-class postmaster
ships without civil-service examin-
alton until the Civil Service Commits
sion shall certify to the department
that it is able to hold examinations
and make certification to such posi-
tions. This was necessary because
time is required before any position
can be filled by examination and GER
tification from the commission.
The Presidents order is the begin
ming of policy to eventually include
in the classified service all postoffices
where the salary is less than $1,000.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
TO ABOLISH TOLLGATES.
Governor CrOthers Expects All The
Roads to Be Free.

Governor Crothers has expressed
the hope that before his present term
as Governor is ended every tollgate
in the State would be abolished and
every road would be free. He be-
lieves that the work of the Good
Roads Commission will ultimately re-
suit in the abolition of these toll-gates,
which he regards as relic of a time
that has gone by and not in keeping
with a progressive State such as Mary
land is and ought to be.
'The tollgate," said the Governor,
"is not of this age and has no proper
place in this time. 1t is ridiculous to
think of charging people money for
coming to your city. l expect the
Good Roads Commission to deal with
this question with the view of finally
abolishing the last tollgate in the
State and having all our roads free
to the public and without charge OF
any sort I hope to see this done be
fore my administration is over"
Asked as to how the Good Roads
Commission would deal with the pri-
vate turnpikes, the Governor said that
it did not intend to buy any turnpikes
'The commission" he said, will
not purchase turnpikes. We do not
intend to buy any of these roads, but
wherever the owners desire to turn
those roads over to the State in order
that we may use them for the bene-
fit of the whole community we will
be glad to take up the question with
them. Already several propositions
of this sort have been made. Some
of our roads will probably parallel
existing turnpikes, and even if we dc
not acquire the private toll roads the
fact that our State road runs parallel
to them would relieve the people from
paying toll.
There is no disposition upon the
part of the Good Roads Commission
to deal unfairly with the owners o1
the private turnpikes. We want then
to have justice, but the policy of the
commission is against buying turn.
pixies, and we do not expect to change
| this policy
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
SUGGESTED BY CHILDREN.
Origin of the Areand Lamp and the
Telescope.

Telescope.
Some of our most useful mechanical
appliances owe their existence to the
ingenuity of children in fashioning
their playthings. Argand, who in
vented lamp with wick fitted into
a hollow cylinder, was one day busy
in his workroom. Sitting before the
burning lamp, his little brother was
amusing himself by placing bottom
Suddenly he placed it upon the fame
of the lamp, which instantly shot up
the long circular neck of the flask
with increased brilliancy. Argand did
not allow such q suggestive occur
renee to escape him. The idea of the
lamp chimney almost Immediately
came into his head, and in short
time his invention was perfected.
The telescope owes Its origin to a
similar occurrence. The children of
Dutch spectacle maker happened to
be playing one day with some of their
fathers glasses in front Of the shop
door. Placing two of the glasses to-
gether, they peeped through them and
were exceedingly astonished to see
the weathercock Of the neighboring
steeple brought within a short distance
Of their eyes. They were naturally
puzzled and called their father to see
the strange sight. When the spec
tacle maker looked through the glasses
he was no less surprised than the
children had been. He went indoors
and thought the matter over, and then
construct a curious new toy which
would give people a good deal of
amusement. Not long after the tele-
ScODe was an ACCOMPLISHED fact
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
THE SUBTLE FEMALE.
How She WheedIes and Bullies the
Poor Man Creature.

Poor Man Creature.
AS woman gradually impressed upon
man the futility Of strutting around in
finery and the necessity of being prac-
tically useful his garb has become more
and more sober and workaday in ap-
pearance. Ethnologists tell us that
the decorations of primitive man were
intended to fascinate feminine eyes
but woman presently began to make
it clear that she was not hunting foI
"a fine, snowy article" but something
solid and plain and useful, warranted
to stand wear and tear AS for the or
namentaf role, she was going to repre-
sent the family herself in that line.
In fact. when one reflects how man
has been stripped Of gauds and whee-
died out of his flipperies one by one,
one cannot help feeling a tender pity
for this victim Of feminine self aggran-
dizement. Poor, timid trembler! A
vague, general fear Of the female sex
haunts him. Afraid Of being married
against his will, he is circumvented by
some subtle female creature who makes
him think that it Is his will to marry
her. An observer remarks that man
very often in running away from the
right woman runs straight into the
arms of the wrong woman. And the
wrong woman, that great opportunist.
is always waiting there to block his
headlong fight and switch it toward
the altar.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat,
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE, WESTMINSTER. Md
MILLION DIVORCES IN 90 YEARS.
One Married Couple Out of Every
Twelve Separate.

The Federal inquiry into marriage
and divorce has been completed and
the data is ready for consideration
by Congress. This covers the 20 year
period, from 1887 to 1906, and is the
second investigation of it's kind made
in this country.
Two decades ago there was SINH
lar inquiry for the period extending
from 1867 to 1886. Therefore, we
now have marriage and divorce sta
tistics for every year since the close
of the Civil War. The results of the
second inquiry are startling as COM
pared with 20 years Immediately fol-
lowing the Civil War.
These facts are set forth in Census
Bulletin 96, which shows that during
the last 20 years there have been over
12,S32,044 marriages in the United
States.
In the same period there have been
over 100000 marital failures-the
number of divorces recorded being
945,625, up to 1906.
During the 20 years following the
Civil War, 1867 to 1886, the number
of divorces was 32S,716.
In 40 years, since 1867, the number
of divorces granted in this country
was 1,274,341, and this does not in
clude the grinding of the divorce mills
during 1907 and 1908.
Wives obtain twice as many di-
vorces as husbands, two-thirds of the
number granted during the last 20
years having gone to the women.
Only Is per cent. of the divorce
cases were ever contested.
One divorced wife in every eight
gets alimony.
The average duration of divorced
marriages is about 10 years.
The rate of divorce per 100000 of
population in 1900 was 73, as against
3S of 1880. The divorce rate was
lower in the South Atlantic States
than in any other section of the coun-
try.
The only State in which there has
been a decrease in divorces has been
South Carolina. None have been
granted in that State since 1878, when
all laws permitting divorce were re-
pealed.
1t appears that at the end of the 40
year period divorces are increasing
about three times as fast as popula-
ton, while in the first decade GS7O
to 1SS0) they increased only about two
and two-thirds as fast.
Each year 4 married couples out OF
every 1000 secure a divorce. This
does not mean that only marriages
out of 1000 are terminated by di-
vorce The available data indicate
that not less than 1 marriage in II
is ultimately terminated by divorce.
The most common single ground
for divorce is desertion. This ac-
counts for 3S9 per cent. of all di-
vorces (period 1887 to 1906, 49.4 pei
cent. or almost one-nalf of those
granted to the husband, and 33.5 pei
cent, or one-third, of those granted
to the wife.
The next most important ground
of divorce is, for husbands, adultery
and for wives, cruelty. Of the di
vorces granted to husband Q8S7 tt
1906), 2SS per cent were for adultery
and of those granted to wives, 27.'
per cent. were for cruelty.
Drunkenness was the ground for di
vorce in 53 per cent. of the cases il
which the wife brought suit, and il
IL per cent. of the cases in which th'
suit was brought by the husband.
Children were reported in 1913 Pc
cent. of the total number of divorced
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
An Easy Job,

Indifference displayed tn the face OF
the uncertainties and dangers of life Is
characteristic of the Wessex dwellers
in the Islands Of the Vale according
to Eleanor G. Hayden, the author OF
the book of the title, who supports her
statement with story OF humorous
turn.
A certain cottage and its old mistress
had improved so greatly in comfort
and appearance that a visitor shrewd'
ly surmised that the son OF the house.
a lazy ne'er do well, had turned over
a new leaf He inquired about 1t.
'Yes, sir, my sons in work now
said the smiling old mother. "Takes
good money, he does, too. All he has
to do is to 60 twice day to the circus
and put his head in the lions mouth
The rest of. the time he has to him.
SELF
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
Plenty of Coal.

Biologists who are presumed to be
great economists, or economists who
are supposed to be eminent biologists
try to scare the world from time to
time by predicting the speedy exhaus-
ton of coal or gold or timber. We are
using all of them lavishly, and so far
as we know nature is producing no
additional minerals. The forests are
cut off, but it can be done whenever
mankind shall become sufficiently
alarmed about the interests of poster
ity, and the mineral wealth of the
world is greater than alarmists have
calculated. About so years ago Eng
land was warned that she was ap-
preaching the end of her coal supply
but she is still able to produce enor-
mously in excess of her own require
ments. Twenty-Five years ago the
world was warned that no more large
finds of gold were possible, and since
then the South African and the Alas
kan fields have been discovered and
most Of the older gold regions have
greatly increased their output.
The preliminary report on the Min
eral Resources of the United States
for 1907 is distinctly reassuring. Mr..
Campbell calculates that at the end
of last year there was easily accessible
in the fields of the United States near
ly two million tons of coal, or enough
to last more than 1000 years at the
rate of production in 1907. AS to this
State, and particularly in regard to
anthracite. the calculations are much
less satisfactory, but he believes the
bituminous coal in this State would
last nearly 500 years at last years
rate of production. The rate is in
creasing every year, but two or three
centuries is as far ahead as we need
to look. When we think of the econ
omy of fuel in the use Of gas engines,
of the possibilities of electric power
generated at waterfalls, and the pos
sibilities of the solar engine, we feel
that we need not be anxious about our
descendants beyond the year 2200 He
estimates that the anthracite would
not last 200 years at last years rate
and without waste. But there is waste,
and last years rate will be exceeded.
Still, if it shall hold out a century we
may expect the world to have other
means of generating smokeless heat
and power by the time all the hard
coal is gone.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18

Then you do not feel thar wav
nowT' he pressed.
"You are not hatefui-yet." she con.
eeded. II think that I should like you
IT were not certain that Mrs. Bayard
Is looking everywhere for us to give
the detested introduction
Then don't let us be fntrodueed.n -
pleaded Chisholm. 81 mean not by our
hostess. We can get some one else to
introduce us, and when Mrs. Bayard
sees us talking together she will leave
US alone"
Perhaps that might be done"
agreed Ethel thoughtfully. 4'The only
trouble Is that so few here know me,
1t would be running a risk to go in
search Of an introducer''
"Then we might go and took for
the devil" he completed Unexpectedly
as the palms which screened the en-
trance parted and Mrs. Bayard swept
in.
'There you are" she cried, shaking
plump, roguish forefinger at the pair.
Mrs. Bayard would insist on being kit
tenish in spite of 200 pounds of all too
solid flesh. "I have been looking ev-
erywhere for you two" she added,
and Chisholm groaned. Evidently they
were one of Mrs. Bayard's pairs"
II think it's shame" continued the
good lady. 'There are Mr.. Wynne and
Miss Maurer flirting desperately, and
all the time I've been looking for you
two to introduce you to them.''
A gleam of interest shone in Chis.
holm's eyes.
"Dear Mrs. Bayard," he suggested,
don't you think that perhaps it would
be well to let that infatuated couple
alone and rest content with introduc.
ing us to each otherf"
miss Sprague-Mr. Chisholm" re.
peated the hostess, adding, II am sure
that you will like Miss Maufer when
you meet her, MF Chisholm"
II am quite convinced of that" as,
sented Chisholm calmly. 'T am al.
ready very grateful to Miss Maurer
for occupying Dir. Wynne's atten-
tions"
There was no mistaking the meaning
and the mastery m Chisholm's tones.
Mrs. Bayard turned and fed. CHS
holm faced the blushing girl.
"Since it was fate and not Mrs. Bay
ard who took an interest IN our at
fairs" he said significantly, '1-that is
there Is good half hour before the
supper dance. Let's spend the time in
getting better acquainted" And he
sat down again, this time on the bench
beside her.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
THE GOVERNORS VIEWS.
Not Entirely Satisfied With Corrupt
Practices Act.

| Governor CrOtherS has been scan
ming the reports of the treasurers in
the different counties, and while these
reports indicate that much less money
was spent than in any previous cam
paign and that there was little or nc
vote buying the Governor thinks the act
has one or two weak spots.
"The law" he said, worked splen-
didIy in most cases, and 1t unquestiOn-
ably put an end to the out-and-out
buying and selling of votes, but it did
| not work as we'll as it should have
worked, and these reports show the
weak place in the act to be just the
one 1 anticipated.
The law should be amended at the
next session so as to make it impos-
sible to spend single dollar for mes
sengers, runners, cOnveyances, chal-
lengers, watchers, or anything of
that sort 1t should be also amend
ed so as to make it violation of the
law for a candidate to evade the stat
tute by contributing his money
through a friend or through some
other person. This is direct eva
sion, and should not be permitted. l
would like to see these two amend
ments put on the law, and will do
everything in my power at the next
session of the Legislature to secure
their enactment. The law should be
as rigid and as ironbound as we can
make it.
The Governor derives considerable
satisfaction from the report of the
Democratic committee in his own
county of Cecil. Mr.. John M. Tuck
er is treasurer of the committee and
the report filed by him shows that
he collected all told the sum of $425
The amount expended was $406.50
leaving a balance on hand of $3.50.
Of the money expended $34S.S2 went
for meetings, $30.S4 for postage and
printing and $26.S4 for club meetings
and expenses. There were no other
expenses. Not cent was given for
runners, watchers or challengers
No vehicles or conveyances were hired
and no carfare paid.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18
LOOK TO YOUR HEALTH.
BLISS NATIVE HERBS.

BLISS NATIVE HEkBS.
The Great Blood Purifier. Kidney
and Liver Regulator. Sure Cure for
Constipation, Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
&c. 200 doses for $1.00. Mailed to
any address upon receipt of prices.
Also
BLISS NATIVE OIL
for Burns, Cuts, Catarrh. &C., and
NATIVE BALSAM
for Coughs, Colds, &C., at Is and 80
cents per bottle. Not sold In Drug
Stores. Prepared exclusively by the
Alonzo 0. Bliss Co.. Washington, d. c.
II. B. GRAMMER. Agent,
147 e. Main Street.
Westminster, Md.
He refers, by permission, to the fol-
lowing persons who have used the Ma
tive Herbs, and testify to their efficacy
as a reliable family medicine.
Rev. p H. Miller II. d. Harbaugh.
Joel S. Fisher. Mrs. VIM. F. Helm.
M. E. Campbell, Jacob F. Elgen,
John e. Eckenrode, Abram l. Geiman,
Joseph s. Witter Mrs. Rebecca Wagner.
Mrs. Elizabeth j. Stoner, Carroll N. Lockaru.
ian 3-ly
The Democratic advocate., 1908-12-18

The human eye can discern an OBJ
ject as small as 1,625th of an inch in
diameter.