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Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

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There was general interest in the
limerick contest inaugurated BY KNAPP
pen & LaMoure. the Fifth street sta
TONERS, and nearly two hundred sug-
gestions Of missing lines were re-
ceiyed, and Of these Miss Airline
White was adjudged first prize among
the ladies and w. q. Coates OF the
gentlemen. A number Of excellent
lines were disqualified because the
writers made use of the word know =
as the final word, and as this occurred
as the last word in the second line,
such lines were disqualified as prize
winners, although some of them
earned honorable mention. The qnali-
" OF the lines submitted was general
" good. and there were suggestions
enough to make Hmericks for months
to come. The judges, in addition 1t
awarding the prizes, selected some
lines that were in the nearly as
good class and gave them honorable
mention. 81. n
N The prize limerick as completed by
Miss Airline White was as follows:
There's a store where you all ought
to go,
Kept by Knappen & LaMoure, you
know;
Their book line is new,
They sell candy, too,
So bring in the imam with the dough- Z
Mr.. Coates winning line was go
alone, go in crowds, take your beau
e Of the gentlemen, j. w. Pinckney
suggested the line @And if you're from
Missouri they'll show" George Do
Ian offered this: What's missing
they'll send for, you know" All OF
these lines were awarded honorable
mention. Of the ladies, honorable
mention was awarded three lines sug
gested by Mrs. C. T. Fawcett: Look
elsewhere, well, should say no;'
just mention the fact to your beau,
and Just the thing for that best girl
you know" Miss Josephine Nelson
submitted a line deemed worthy o.
j honorable mention in ''Fve been there
and / know 'tis so.'' /:
A splendid fiv-pound box of candy
1 was awarded Miss White and a boz
Eof cigars to Mr.. Coates. Suitable
awards were also made to those hon
orably mentioned. The contest at
\ tracted wide interest and has beer
the means of generous advertising o
q the new firm. y*4s
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20
Big CATALOGUE
THE OSCAR II. Will u COMPANY
PREPARING 10 MAIL ANNUAL
ASNou NcEMENT.

Oscar H. Will & Company, the Bis
marck seedsmen, are beginning to
mail their 26th annual catalogue. In
Guiding the cover It consists of eighty
four pages. On the front page is a
beautiful lithograph Of q seven-color
bunch OF pansies, on the back of the
cover Is autograph picture Of all
the garden vegetables raised In the
northern states and on the inside
pages Of the cover are half-tone views
of the Will seed store. the nursery on
the bottoms and the Northern Pacific
depot and grounds.
There are many half-tone cuts of
the various vegetables and flowers as
well as electrotypes. It Is printed on
book paper and Is a highly calendered
book.
1t required Is tons and 300 pounds
Of paper and 800 pounds OF ink for
the 125, 900 catalogues printed. There
were /, 100000 impressions OF press,
work. It will cost $250O for the post
age necessary to mail them.
This job has been handled by the
Tribune while doing the regular work
Of the Office. The seed company has
a force at work which gets about
1000 books q day ready for mailing.
These figures give some idea Of the
magnitude of the business Of the seed
company It expects to do a larger
business than ever.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20
he Golden Rule
FAMILY GROcERs

Macaroni, 2 lbs. for 15c, Of 4 lbs. &
for \. I. 4. I. \. .s.s. rs
Dried Blalckberries. lbs. for rs
316 OF. pkg Seeded Raisins 4. IL
3-Crown loose Muscatel Raisins 10
Candied Citron, per lib. Il. i. .25
Pearl Tapiaco, 2 lbs. 15c, or
Tbs. for i. 1. /. g. .5.,.a. rs
Roasted Peanuts. per lb. l.3.s. 10
Filberts, per lb. zoe, Or two lbs.
for !. Z. q. .. !. 335 335
Brazil Nuts, per lb. 4. !. s.3. Ii
Large Pecans, per lb. 8. (. !. I. /. 20
Soft shelled Wainuts. per lb Csc, u
or two lbs. for i. =. ], s. AS
Almonds. per lib. .. /. .. !. &. !. 90
Fancy Naval Oranges. per doz.. 80
Large Sized Pineapples, each {. Is
Large sized Lemons, per doz 80
zoe Candies, a very large assort-
ment, per lb. 15c, or 2 lbs for rs
This is g very fine assortment Of
candies and can be bought by
the pail, per lb. 8. Z. IN. ! ]. ]. .# III
/ Pearl Hominy, lbs. for 15c, or
Shelled Popcorn, per lb.5 Z. 4 3. !. /. 05
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20
THE WINNERS

MISS AIRLINE WHITE AND WILL
COATES SECURE THE PRIZES
FOR THE BEST LINE IN BIS
tARck STATIONERY cos LINZ
ERlcK.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

Saturday was busy day for the
Sheridan county people who are in the
city to advise the governor on the
appointment of commissioners for the
new county. Every train for the last
two days has added TO the number
until about forty are on hand
Saturday afternoon they assembled
at the governors office and he lis
tened for several hours to their pre-
sentation OF what they wished done.
There seems to he several fac lions
which are aligned on the county seat
proposition. One wants McCl Clusky,
one Denhoff and another Goodrich.
They all agreed on recommending w.
A. Buckley of cClusky, and August
Liebig of Denhoff for commissioners.
The people here are not able to
agree on the third man. They have
met together in caucus but are unable
to come to an agreement. The gov,
Eernor told them il they could agree
he would make all the appointments
as recommended and if they could not
he would make the appointment him
self and get the best man possible fol
the third place.
The county seat matter has com
plicated the situation and everything
else is lost sight Of in the anxiety
OF the different towns to secure 1T
It is understood the governor will
settle the question by making the
appointment Of the Sheridan county
commis ssioners Monday
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20
THOMAS JEFFERSON.

The opera house was packed last
night to see Thomas Jefferson, the
able son Of his father, portray the old
favorite character Of Rip Van Wrinkle
which a long line Of the name Of
Jefferson has made well known all
over the world. Thomas Jefferson's
Interpretation of the part is very sim
liar in many respects to that of his
esteemed father and old theatre goers
were more than once reminded Of.
that great fayorite of the stage. The
house was In full sympathy with the
star, no matter which of the features
OF the character he was at the time
portraying, and everyone left the.
house well pleased with the produc-
ton. g. I'D D
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

Our best satisfied diamond custom
ers are those who have become posted
as to price and quality at other places.
KNOWLES & HANaY.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20
REFRESHING

Christmas shoppers will find cup
Of Hot Chocolate, Hot Beef Tea, Hot
/ Bouilli lion. beef or clam, a Hot Lem
onade or Matted Milk served with
whipped cream and waters, daintily
served in fine china. most inyigorat-
ing after hard day in the stores.
3Beardsley & Finney's drug store.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20
l1aNcE WEDNESDAY,

Arrangements have been made by
some Of the young gentlemen to give
q dance In Odd Fellows hail We'd
nesday evening. All are invited.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

a nice pair Of patent leather shoes
would make a nice Christmas present.
a fine line for sale at The Boston.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

Constantly increasing sales tell a
welcome story, and proves the wis
dom of buying and selling diamonds
right. Knowles & Haney, jewelers.
and diamond merchants.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20
SHULTz MAY BE
DEPoRTED 10 GERMANY.

Fargo, N. D, Dec. 19It is prob
able that Herman Schultz, who was
yesterday afternoon found guilty un-
der two counts by a federal jury,
will be deported to Germany. Under
the federal laws a criminal is liable
to deportation II not q citizen Of the
United States. and it is evident that
Schultz is plainly an Undesirable citi.
zen. It is believed that Uncle Sam
will ship him back to his native land.
He has been in America only two
years.
It is alleged IN the Indictment that
Schultz had broken into q building in
which a postofiee was located with
the intent to commit larceny and that
he had stolen stamps there from eith-
er Of which II proved were SUFFICIENT
to send him over the road.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20
TEMPTING
Bill Of Fare Offered by coonens Cafe
Sunday, Dec. 20, 1908.
Canape Madison
Blue Point Cocktail


Queen Olives Dill Pickles
Boiled Columbia River Salmon sf
Pommes Natural Oyster Sauce
Roast Prime Beef au Jus
Roast Little Pig, Fareie Puree 4
Young Turkey, Stuffed with Apples,
Cranberry Jelly
Fresh Shrimp in Cases. al la NeWburg
Fillet of Magnon an Champicnons
Steamed Potatoes Mashed Potatoes
Early June Peas
Salad a la Waldorf
Apple Pie Mince Pie Pumpkin Pie
Steamed Fig Pudding, Brandy Sauce
Tea Coffee Milk Cocoa
CSC.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

Sweeping compound at Eauneas,.
;c per tb.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

. Candy canes, all sizes and prices, at
Richholt's.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20
Who Will THE
THIRD NAN BE?!

PARTlzANs or TOWNS IN NEW
gstsH sHERlDAN COUNTY AGREE ON
TWO NAMES FOR COMMISSION.
lERs BUT GOVERNOR WILL HAVE
TO CUT TIL GoRDIAN KNOT BY
Clio oslNG THE THIRD MAN ON
MONDAY.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

USE TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

Joss Sticks J. " !. :" 3. si.u'ssss sssR
Stationery Co.'s on Firth street.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-20

Fancy china at low prices at j. N.
Kuhn e Co.'S
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

Il am all tiredout this morning"
said q resident. Last night I
dreamt I fought a cyclone-a ter
rife one -and the last / remember
of it | was sailing away thru the
air at the rate of about 100 miles
an hour hanging onto the rim of q
knot hole sucked out of q tree"
No wonder he was tired.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
Cape Town, South Africa.

i Z
Table Mountain, and is comprised
Of about 800, 900 souls, mostly Ma
lays. The houses ara mostly &C.
mented on the outside. It has a
fine street car or Tram system as
it is called in that place. The fresh
ocean breezes are always helping
to make the place comfortable.
One of the finest of parks and
museums is located here. The
government buildings, the Queens
Place and Sea Point are all places
of interest, as also Signal Hill.
From this place comes the famous
silver leaf-and many of them
have / picked. A signal station
is placed on the top Of this hill
overlooking the sea where ships
can be sighted 35 miles out at sea.
AS to the industries of Cape Town
I know of but few. The making
of fertilizer, obtained from the
Guano Islands, and it's fisheries
and ostrich farms are about all I
can remember of seeing. The rails
ing of grapes is also included.
We will now 20 back to the
Corinthia and the mules and see
the unloading, then take in the
city. Here great crowd was as
sembled as this was about the first
load of mules ever brought to this
place. Just before we start to un.
load I must tell you of little in
cident that befell me. It being
winter time to me [ was surprised
to see the Kafirs and others eat
ing ripe watermelons and in fact
all kinds of fruit. Of course I at
once became very hungry and de.
cided to buy some. The mate
kindly gave me a pound and I
went ashore to where I saw Elm.
doc sitting with a large basket of
all kinds of fruit. Now [ did
not know the denominations of
the English money or what change
was supposed to receive in re-
turn. The mate merely told me
for six pence l could get all The
grapes [ could eat and more too.
So [ told the Hindoo / wanted
six pence worth of grapes and the
same of pears. l knew that was
shilling or bob, as the English
call it, and [ knew l should re-
ceive eight shillings in return for
my pound. The smaller money I
was not used to, anyhow the Hin
doc took up sack that looked as
big as flour sack to me and be-
gan filling it with grapes. [ kept
telling him l only wanted a ten
ner's worth for such six pence is
called. He only laughed and kept
putting in more grapes until the
sack was full, then he placed about
ten fine pears on top and started
to give me my change. When he
got thru l had a piece of every
kind Of English money excepting
the pound gave him, a five bob
piece and a guinea. [ had whole
handful, not knowing how to count
it and thinking | had beaten the
Hindoo | quickly put it in my
pocket, and taking my bag returned
to the ship. After giving all some of
the fruit I went to the mate and
told him what | thought about
/, the change and showed him what
[ had. After he had counted it
over he started to laugh and said
l was a couple of shillings shy.
[ also noticed the Hindoo had
moved. I learned to know the
money right there and had no more
trouble with change.
Now to the mules. The gang
way was all fixed and we started
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
SIDE LIGHTS ~. ;; z:::
Happy New Year!

FFJ
Don't forget to date your letters
1909.
The tobacco man is beginning
to smoke up.
They say Powers elbow grease
is better than the soap.
Old Hutch says his name is not
Hutch. clutch? Not much"
Emperor Wilhelm IL is now the
sick man of Europe. His prestige
has been shattered.
The days are lengthening and
terms of incarceration are shorten
ing-for some Of them.
Here boarders are locked in from
the outside. On the outside out
siders are locked out from the in
side.
Everybody in the cities is going
to The Devil. There are now about
60 companies performing this pop
ular play.
"Here's a list of things you may
take" said Dr.. Stebbins to a pa.
tent. Eyes, if 1 knight 'em," he
replied.
Mic the whitewash man is like
Bryan in one respect. He says:
II am standing candidate-to
get out"
Gilbert, the captains runner,
says the rumor floating around
that he has been practicing on the
"catarrh" is false.
"The second cook is out again"
SAID feliah. 81 hope he comes
back. He's a good cook Now
what do you think of that?
A colored gentleman asked Otto
where he kept "them bell-divers"
he read about in ''de papah." Otto
has put bells on the bluejays.
"Can you play a jewsharp?' one
Teller asked another. "No." he re-
piled, "but l can play phono-
graph If it is in good working or
der"
Erid says: GA fifteen-year SEN
tence is not SO bad" No, not when
it is compared with the seventy
year sentences of the Spanish In
QUESTION.
Badly, the galleryman on the
fifth tier, was caught whispering
in his own earsthe other day. His
predecessor, Shorty, has become
stone deaf-and dumb besides.
Loco the Jonah in that vicinity.
The Pjttsburg Dispatch says: "A
French army officer has invented
eyeglasses which enable the wearer
to see on all sides and the rear"
Just the kind of glasses some of
the boys here would no doubt like
to have.
A couple of residents were whis-
pering to each other, when another
chap observing them, said sharply,
"cut it out" The aforesaid gents
ducked quickly and flew off i'll diff
ferent directions as if His Satanic
Majesty was after them.
''The first thing I shall do when
I get out" said the slim printer,
will be to get nice, crisp bunch
of celery. The next thing after
that will be to get q job that will
bring me in nice. crisp salary
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

the home brew. Of course q per
son can get any kind he wants if
dollar q bottle suits him. The
beer made there is, 1 understand,
chemical process and called tick
ey ale or beer. For three pence
or tickey so-called one can buy
quart of said beer. 1t does not
make one intoxicated like our
beers do. The food also could be
purchased much cheaper than
here. For instance, for half
shilling you can buy meal that
would cost you quarter in the
u. S.
1 had little fun in buying a
pair of shoes over there. You see
they call shoes boots, and slippers
shoes. | went into store and
asked to see pair of shoes. The
clerk took down a box and opened
it, but they we're slippers. [ told
him [ wanted shoes not slippers.
[ didn't know whether he was try
ing to hand me anything or not
but boots to them mean shoes to
us.
I also went out to Green Point
or Sea Point where there were a
lot of Boer prisoners, those taken
in war. All you could hear was
war, war, war. 1 never saw so
many soldiers with so many differ
ent company names. Here is a
list of few of the names: Cape
Town HIgblanders, Dublin Fusil-
iers, Imperial Yeoman, Mounted
Rifles, Cape Town Mounted Po-
lice, Royal Irish Lancers, The
Yorksh1res, The Lancashires, The
Kings Own Body Guard, The
Queens Own. Duke of Edin-
burgh's Own Volunteers, The Els
sex, The Yeomen, etc., and many
from Australia and Canada. A
grand review of troops before
Lord Roberts showed nearly $780,
600 men to be in South Africa
ready-and some already at the
| front.
I went over to the fine park and
used to sit there for hours enjoy
ing the beautiful sights of the park
and the interesting things to he
seen in the museum situated in
the park. There is Il whales head
in this museum at the very en-,
trance, on whose jaw 80 men can
sit So to those of you who have
any doubts as to my whale stories
I would say that trip to either
place would soon convince you of
the truth. l write these stories
not as fiction but as true stories of
travel and trust that such they
may be considered. AS I was to
say, in the park at Cape Town you
can always find bunch of Angora
cats and most beautiful they are.
Many hours have / petted and
played with them and they seemed
to enjoy it AS much as | did.
Many people spend hours at time
in the park and the sight of a
Yank, as | was called, always
meant lot Of liking on my part.
The expressions or slang the Eng
llsh use sounded terrible to me-
such sentences as these: God
blime me-" "God perish me stone
blind" Blast me bloody, bloom
ing bleeding eyes," The Lords
name is surely out of place in any
sentence not pertaining to that for
for which it should be used.
As I hare now shown you a lit
tie of the city and its ways [ will
bring this part to a close and in
the next partsof this story you will
fad me serving Her Majesty,
Oman Victoria. having enlisted
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31
BY AvIso.

his assistant Peter, are learning
the business all right. They be-
lieve in putting 10 jobs with plen-
ty of comebacks to them. No
sooner do they get one pipe fixed
than another one bursts. Old
George could profit by their ex-
ample. When he fixed things they
stayed fixed. But then he over
looked the first principle of the
business-''soak 'em."
knowledge is born Of expert
ence. Education not combined
with practical experience is OF lit
tie value. Experience counts more
than education. A large percent
age of college graduates amount
to practically nothing. They af-
feet to believe they know it all
when they get their diplomas. All
of the great inventors of the world
and most of it's great generals
and statesmen-were men educated
in the school of experience. The
late Jere Rusk was one of the
greatest men this country pro-
duced. In the opening sentence
Of one of his famous speeches he
said: 81 seen my duty and l done
it," But Rusk nevertheless was a
man of brains and ability.
The warden of the penitentiary
at Fort Madison in his report to
the Board of Control of the State
of Iowa advocates these innova-
tions: Abolition of prison garb.
Clothing prisoners in tailor made
suits of good material, including
Numbered linen and polished
shoes. Feeding the inmates as
we'll as they would be fed on the
outside if regularly employed at
profitable labor. Paying the de-
tanned a liberal part of their earn
ings. He also recommends more
and better amusements, shorter
hours Of labor and a greater va
riety of out-of-door sports. He is
also opposed to the practice of
prosecutors inducing prisoners to
plead guilty as in many cases in
nocent men are railroaded in that
manner. The Fort Madison warden
speaks in the most glowing and
eulogistic terms of the men in his
charge and severely upbraids the
present system of penal govern
ment in HE state. He charges 80
per cent of the convictions to
booze and adds that there should
be no stigma upon the average in
mate who has "done time
A very intelligent young lady
writes: "Wcman suffrage is sure
to come" If the women really
want to vote they ought to be al
lowed to do SO. Fact is, very few
women avail themselves of the op-
portunity Of voting at school cleo
tons, which they are now privi-
legged to do. Ali female taxpayers
or owners of securities certainly
ought to be enfranchised. One
third of the bank and railroad
stocks of this country are owned
by women. To deprive them of
an opportunity of having a voice
in the affairs of the government
in which they live and pay taxes
is unjust. There is no valid reason
why women should not be permit
ted to cast ballots as we'll as men.
at one time public sentiment was
opposed to CO. education. The first
women doctors and lawyers were
ridlculed. Today women are found
among the ablest scientists, lee
turers, lawyers, physicians sur
geons and professional authors and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

walk right off without any trouble
or urging. About this time We
sent down big line back Texas
mule, one of the meanest that ever
walked. On reaching the bottom
a Kaffir made a grab for his halter
and the mule stopped. What hap
pened now was the funniest and
yet one Of the saddest sights one
could wish for. The Kaffir gave
the halter strap to another and
told him to start off and he would
get behind and push. His family
missed him that night. Our warn
ing cry did not stop him-but the
ship did-he striking it in such a
way he could go no farther. AS
the little boy once said, papa,
what would happen if man
pushed a mnle?" "You would
never know in this world, my son, !"
his father replied.
After the Kaffirs had seen the
results of trying to help the mule
along by pushing they steered
pretty clear of that busy part of
him. They were almost in a panic,
but when the next scene took
place it was hard to get one within
twenty feet of a mule. It happened
like this: We sent down Mis-
souri, mule that was called the man
eater and he surely deserved the
name. While on the ship he ate
up everything except his halter
chain that was in reach. On reach
ing the bottom of the gangway the
first thing that met his sight was
a Kafir ready to grab him, and
not liking his looks and thinking
we we've putting him again in bad
company, he made rush with
mouth wide open at the Kaftir who
started to run. No use to run from
a mule like that, he will get you
anyway sometime. Well, old Mis-
souri, cleared the docks ia short
order and remained anxiously
waiting for another foe to appear.
Finally some of Us went down on
the dock armed with pitchforks,
small cannon, etc., and rounded up
the old fellow and took him over
with the rest of the bunch. The
Kafirs were all willing to quit by
this time, not being able to under
stand how to manage both ends of
these terrible fighting machines.
1t took about day and a half to
get everything on shore, as there
were lots of feed, hay, etc, to be
unloaded. After which we went
over to the shipping Offices where
we were paid off.
The first thing I did after get
ting paid off was to go and see
Col. Stowe, the U. S. Consul and
get a passport from him. 1 had a
long talk with him and was bene-
flied by his kindly advice. He
told me if ever I needed his help
to be sure and call. Then secur-
ing lodgings I started out to see
the city. The first pace [ looked
over was the prison, it being built
right on the ocean shore, and is
one of the first things you see on
coming into the bay. The prison
is built on a sort of hill and
slopes down into u deep quarry
where the men work. They are
also worked on the government
docks helping with stone and other
things. They all wear corduroy
clothes and they have large, white
numbers marked all over the trous-
ers and the backs of their coats.
The town was full of soldiers of
all nations and nationalities, and
if I was asked once I was asked
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

A country editor dunned SUBJ
scriber for past due account.
"What'll you do if | don't pay itP''
asked the debtor. 'sRoast you in
the paper" the editor replied.
"(}o ahead and roast" retorted the
debtor, Fl can walk out of your
circulation in 30 minutes"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-01

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