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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
Fake Telephone Calls.

THE second day after the new maid
came the mistress had company Just
before the callers arrived the maid said
contidentially:
Shall 60 out and telephone to you
while they are here?"
''Telephone?' exclaimed the mistress,
what on earth should you telephone
to me about?'
''Oh. anything, responded the maid.
Il always did il at the last place
worked and the place before that. The
ladies wanted me to 1t gave the i'm
preston that they were very popular
and We're overrun with engagements
But the mistress. remembering many
suspicious telephone calls that had in
terrupted the conversation when she
herself had been calling, declined to
purchase popularity on those terms.
New York Press
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
DR.. HILL AS A DIPLOMAT.
How the New Ambassador to Ger
many Obliged Reporter.

How the New Ambassador to Ger
many Obliged Reporter.
When DR.. David Jayne Hill, who
will succeed Charlemagne Tower as
American ambassador to Berlin. was
assistant secretary of state he was
known as the smoothest born diplomat
in Washington. says the New York
World. He was the pink of courtesy
and never refused request to any
body, but his way of granting one was
sometimes bewildering to the recipient
For instance, once young reporter
was sent to see him at his house late
at night about an unexpected develop
ment in a diplomatic matter. After Il
good deal Of doorbell ringing Win
dow was opened. and the head of DR..
Hill emerged. The reporter apologize "a
for breaking the diplomats rest and
explained what he wanted.
II shall be very glad to inform you"
said DR.. Hill with the utmost gracious
ness. "but must necessarily be guard
ed in my language. At present the dip
lomatic status of the affair is as fol-
lows" And here flood Of Latin fell
on the reporter below
The reporter. whose memory Of Latin
was limited to something about the
division Of all Gaul into three parts.
listened hopelessly and then said:
"I'm afraid don't quite understand
that, Mr.. Secretary"
"Indeed?" said DR.. Hill, with polite
surprise. Then will try to make it
palmer" And this time he showered
about five minutes of Greek on the
man below.
II don't catch that" ventured the
gasping reporter.
'Then will repeat it." said DR.. Hill
with unwearied courtesy. And he did
in French. The reporter thanked him
and went away. Next day the chief OF
the bureau in which the young man
was employed told DR.. Hill that his
subordinate had not got much out of
him the previous night.
"Indeed?' said DR.. Hill. ''And yet ]
gave him some important information
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
Man at Close Range.

said, "a United States consul was usu-
ally eaten before he'd had time to open
much mall" Between 5000 and 1000
samples were collected from this sys-
tematic search, and of all these only
two or three were found to be of any
use. But they were sufficient and re
suited in the incandescent lamp.
A Telegraphie Feat.
An incident of Mr.. Edison's early ca
reer, in which he displayed his re.
markable ability as a telegraph op-
orator, is described by friend.
II don't think" said he to a group
seated in the rear room of one of the
most comfortable hostelries of Orange
N. j., ''that you have ever heard the
story of how the wizard first came east
He was only young man, careless
generous, jovial and totally ignorant OF
the value Of dollar He had been
knocking around in western towns In
various small telegraph Offices until the
reputation Of his wonderful swiftness
as an operator got him into the centra
Office Of a western city. From there he
was ordered to report to Boston to fl
vacancy. 1t was warm weather fol
the season when he started east, anG
he donned linen trousers and buster
BY the time he reached Boston the
weather had got cold, raw and stormy
He didn't care and reported just as hi
was. Linen trousers and buster top
ped by a slouchy, broad brimmed hal
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
IMAGINATION AND TEETH.
An Anaesthetic Failed, but the Patient
Felt No Pain.

An Anaesthetic Failed, but the Patient
Felt No Pain.
Writing to London paper, med
ical man tells this story:
"a remarkable incident happened re-
Gently at London dental hospital. A
teeth extracted. The anaesthetic de-
cided upon by the dental surgeon was
ethyl chloride, and this was admins
tered by the usual form of apparatus.
An india rubber cap is placed over the
patients mouth and nostrils, and con-
nected with it is a bag into which a
sealed capsule of ethyl chloride is in
troduced. BY the turning of a screw
from the outside the capsule is broken
and the anaesthetic liberated. The
screw was turned, the patient went off
gradually into the usual condition OF
insensibility, five teeth were extracted
and the patient awakened without feel
ing any part Of the operation.
'"The whole case appeared perfectly
normal. Only when the young woman
had left the room and the apparatus
was being made ready for another pa
tent was 1t discovered that the cap
sule of ethyl chloride had by some
mischance not been broken at all. The
whole condition Of insensibility had
been brought about by the self hypno
tism Of the patient. The idea that ar
anaesthetic was being administered
was so strong in her mind that she hal
passed into insensibility entirely by
hypnotic suggestion"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
By WALTON WILLIAMS.

"HE inventions of Thomas A. Edi-
son are of such universal appli-
cation that they are in use
wherever civilized man dwells.
No man ever lived whose inventive
genius conferred such vast benefits up
on the race. Edison has made the world
lighter, brighter and better.
First among his long list Of inven-
lions comes naturally to mind the in
candescent electric light. Edison in
vented and perfected the electric light.
This new illuminant now turns night
practically into day throughout the in
habited world.
But the Edison talking machine seems
to be a greater marvel. Forty years
ago any person bold enough to predict
that the human voice could be record
ed, stored up and turned off at will
again and again would have been adj
judged insane. Thomas A. Edison's in.
vention, known as the phonograph and
under various other names, does pre-.
cisely that. It does more. It stores
up splendid music as well as simple
airs and songs, SO that they can be re.
produced out of tiny box through q
funnel and give JOY to millions who are
not rich enough to attend the opera OF
to have costly musical instruments in
their homes.
Do you enjoy the moving pictures p
Edison made them possible. He in
vented the kaleidoscope. by means OF
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
Bonapsrte as a Desdhead.

Frederic Febvre publishes in the
Paris Gaulois an interesting docu
ment preserved in the archives of the
Theatre Francois. 1t runs as follows:
''Pass the citizen Bonaparte to this
evenings performance of 'Manilus.'-
Talma"
This shows, of course, that the EN-
peror Napoleon when he was only a
lieutenant of artillery was very glad
Of "orders" for the theater. NJ. Febvre
adds story which he heard from Tai
mas son to the effect that the future
ruler Of France used to lie in wait for
the tragedian in the galleries Of the
Palais Royal and that the tragediaD
used often to whisper to his compan-
ion: 'The other way. if you don't
mind. l see Bonaparte coming, and
I'm afraid he'll ask me for Seats
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08

weren't the fashion in Boston in the
best Of weather, and on raw day a
man with limp, wet buster on and wet
linen trousers sticking to his legs was
something to provoke smile. He
walked into the superintendent room
and said:
Here am
"The superintendent eyed him from
head to foot and said:
who are your
tom Edison
who's Tom EdisonY
'sThe young operator explained that
he had been ordered to report for duty.
and the superintendent told him to sit
down in the operating room. His adj
vent had created much merriment, and
the operators guyed him loud enough
for HIM to hear them. He didn't care,
though. Several hours later New
York sender noted for his swiftness
called the Office, and there was no one
to take him.
"'Well, let that new fellow try him,
anyway said the superintendent
Young Edison sat down and for four
hours and half wrote out messages
in clear, round hand, stuck date
and number on them and threw them
on the floor for the Office boy to pick
up. The time he took in numbering
and dating was the only time he
was not writing out transmitted words.
Faster and faster licked the instru-
ment, faster and faster went Edison's
fingers, till the rapidity with which the
messages came tumbling out on the
floor attracted the attention Of the 9th.
er operators. who, when their work
was done. gathered around to witness
the spectacle. At the close OF four
hours and a half and the New York
| business there flashed from New York
the salutation:
sHellov
Hello. yourselfv licked back Ed
ison.
/ a.Who are your ratified into the Of
fee.
Tom Edison was licked back.
Shake, Tom Edison came over the
wires.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
Some Of the Trials of Writers.

Professor Lounsbury of Yale calls at
tention to some of the difficulties of
English grammar with which writer's
have constantly to struggle in their de-
sire to avoid obscurity and be correct
at the same time. In Harper's Maya
zine Professor Lounsbury takes up the
use of whose" as relative pronoun
referring to inanimate objects and JUS
titles its use since nothing better can
be devised. He discusses the use of
the singular pronoun with the word
everybody" as in There everybody
met his friends" This is manifestly
inadequate, and "his or her friends Is
clumsy. Jane Austen, writes the pro-
fessor, avoided the difficulty by using
the plural pronoun, as in her sentence,
'"They say everybody is in love once
In their lives He thinks no satisfac-
tory solution of this problem can, in
the nature of the case, ever be reached
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
Trees at Mckinley Monument.

About thirty young trees were set
out in the grass plots about the Nc
Kinley monument in Buffalo the other
day by the park department, says the
Buffalo Times. The appearance of the
circle is not at all enhanced by this
latest addition, and many people who
watched the planting Of the trees were
Of the belief that the monument effect
in later years when these trees grow
tall will be spoiled. Just now the mon
ument can be seen for many blocks.
but when it is surrounded by trees it
will be necessary to go up to it in Or
der to see it at all. However, the plac-
ing of shade trees enters into the gen.
eral scheme. and the trees were plant
ed to stay.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
Parachute Thrillers.

Among the latest thrillers is the
triple parachute leap. in which one
aeronaut uses three different para
chutes before reaching earth, says
Popular Mechanics. He leaves the
balloon in his downward flight with a
red parachute. but after falling short
distance liberates it and makes a Sec
ond plunge through space with white
parachute. This feat is repeated again
after another drop. and he finally lands
with blue parachute.
Another thriller is double para
chute leap from the same balloon. In
which man and woman race to earth
in parachutes which fall 800 or 600 feet
before opening out.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
BunioHS.

"By the way" said the old shoe
maker, do you know what makes a
bunion? No? Well, it is simply get
ting shoes too short. In a short shoe
the foot cannot follow the dictates Of
growth imposed by nature. But it SIM
ply cannot keep from growing.
$50 the tissue and bone and flesh
that should go into the toes is simply
sidetracked into a bunch wherever it
can get the easiest and forms bun
ion."- Philadelphia North American.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
Evidence Against Him.

Il am proud to say" said the man
with the loud voice, that have never
made a serious mistake in my life"
But you are mistaken" said the
mild hammered man with the scholarly
stoop You have made one very seri-
Gus mistake"
IT'D like to know where you get your
authority for saying So"
'Your declaration is evidence that
you have never tried to see yourself as
others see you."-Exchange
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
The Marvellous Resistance Of Water

If it were possible to impart to a
sheet of water an inch in thickness
sufficient velocity, the most powerful
bomb shells would be Immediately
stopped in their flight when they came
into contact with It, 1t would offer
the same resistance as the steel armor
of the most modern battleship.-Strand
Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
The offer Of Chan "a Yuen.

A Chinese merchant named Chan
Tai Yuen Of Chinese company offers
to pay the government, says the South
China Post. $4,000 year for the mo-
nopoly Of collecting all tile waste paper
in the Kwongchow and Shiuhing pre-
lectures for the purpose Of manufac-
turing firecrackers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
His Loss Our Gain.

Poet-I had poem here, but while
I was waiting for you carelessly
upset some ink over it, and I fear that
/ cannot remember it to rewrite it.
Editor-That's good.-New York Press
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08
The Laws Delay.

Betty-That case hasn't come on yet.
Isn't the laws delay maddening? Cis-
sic (absentmindedly)- fright
full! I've been six months getting that
young barrister to propose.-London
Opinion.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-08

which photographs are taken with such
rapidity, one after the other, that every
movement Of human beings, animals,
machines, water, trees and anything
that stirs Is recorded, to be reproduced
exactly and accurately over and over
again, just as the human voice is stored
and reproduced by. the talking ma
chine.
In the telegraphing line Mr.. Edison's
inventions are numerous. They include
the printing telegraph, the quadruplex
telegraph, the carbon telegraph trans
mitter and others. Edison also invent
ed the useful mimeograph and the
handy megaphone.
Pumped Concrete House.
Among the latest Of the great wiz
ards works is the pumped concrete
house. The claim made for this proc
ess of house building is that in half a
day three story dwelling may be con-
structed by pumping concrete into
molds at a cost SO low that any work
ingman may own his home. Thus Edi-
son reprOduces hOuses-any number
from the same mold just as he repro.
duces the human voice and other
sounds and the movements Of men and
things.
Still another Of the later achieve
ments of the wizard is an electric stor-
age battery which, it is claimed, will
revolutionize the motor industry, max
ing 1t possible for the poor man to own
and operate an automobile for business
or pleasure.
The most striking instance not only
Of Edison's persistence, but also Of his
systematic methods, is seen In the &C.
counts of the invention Of the incan.
descent lamp.
The flament gave him the greatest
trouble, and in his search for suitable
material he sent hundreds Of letters
to United States consuls in all parts Of
the world. requesting samples Of BAN
boos, reeds and other vegetable fbers
and he followed this up by Dispatch
ing special explorers to search wild
and uncivilized countries where, as
Frank MCGOWAN. one Of the explorers
Evening journal., 1908-05-04
WITH THE SPORTSMEN
SEBRING SOLD,
GOESTOStNATORS
"ChiCk" Hartley, "Red"
Owens and Scott Get
in the Game

Local baseball circlss have been
much agitated during the past week
or ten days over rumors that have
been circulated broadcast to the effect
that there would be a shake-up in the
personnel Of the Tri-state team, and
the elimination of the rumors came
on Saturday afternoon, when Jimmy"
Sebring, captain and outfelder for the
locals, was sold to Harrisburg. Sc
bring left for Harrisburg this morn
ing.
Sebring, among many OF the fans,
was one Of the most popular players
on the Peaches" team and his de-
parture to the ranks Of the Senators"
Is to be regretted.
Saturdays game that was scheduled
with Johnstown, was called in the last
half Of the second inning on account
of rain, the score being / to 0 in Will
mingtons favor.
Clunn was In the box for the locals,
while Murphy was on the mound for
Johnstown. In the first half of the
initial inning the visitors were retired
in one, two three order In the home
teams half Martin flied to right field.
Owens was out to short; Cassidy hit
for two bags and was followed by a
two-bagger by Hartley on which Cas-
sidy scored, Hartley going out at third
on Gradys life.
This ended the run getting, as in the
second inning Johnstown failed 10
score, while in Wilmington's half of
this inning the agme was called on ac-
count of rain, with two OF the local
men down
The changes In the local team made
Il necessary for a change in Saturday
| Iline-up. Catiz played at third base,
Marhekfa was at second, Scott played
! in right garden, Owens was at short
and Hartley was stationed in centre
field.
Evening journal., 1908-05-04
CHICKS WON FIRST
SUNDAY GAME
Defeated the Paterson Union
LeagueTS by Score Of
3 to z

PATERSON, N. J.. May Wilmington
Union Leaguers played their first Sunday
game Of the season here yesterday and
defeated the local team by a score Of 3 to
? before a crowd Of 5000 spectators Will
mington is now tied for second place. The
weather was far too cold for baseball and
overcoats were a necessity on the ball
grounds. Bussey was in the box for tha
visiting team and allowed the Jerseymen
six hits. no runs resulting until the sew
enth inning when Paterson scored two on
errors. Hoover, for Wilmington, played a
great game in right field and robbed
Childs of home run by pulling down,
with his left hand. one that was heading
over the fence. Smith in center for the
visitors made three running catches of
hard hit balls.
Townsend held down first sack for the
Chickens and let nothing get past him.
Bussey worked his spit ball to perfection
and kept the Paterson men guessing.
After the game J. II: Yale. prominent
New York business man and lessee Of
Ryle Park, at which place the Paterson
Union League Club is situated. acquired
the holdings of AL. w. Lawson in the
club and is now sole owner
Eugene Mccain will be retained as
manager and the team will be reorganized
at once.
The score:
Evening journal., 1908-05-04
LEADS AS
TRI-STATE HITTER
Twenty Men Are Hitting at a
300 Clip in the Flag
Race

According to the first installment Of
Tri-state averages that have been COM
piled so far and which include games
played by the clubs up to and including
Wednesday, there are twenty men who
have so far hit at 800 clip. among
whom are three Wilmington men, owens,
Grady and Mcfarland.
Murray. of Trenton, leads the individual
batting list with .44O. Baker, Of Reading,
is not far behind with .429 and Eddie
Foster OF Wfllamsport, is third with S91
owens is eighth with $50; Grady four
teenth with an average Of 1888, while Nc
Farland is nineteenth, his average being
3Of
Cassidy has batted .2ssi Lynch. 1872 Mar
tin. 179.
In club batting Williamsport leads with
an average Of POS. Wilmington stands sew
enth in line with .2iO Harrisburg brings
up the rear with an average Of 100.
Fielding Averages.
In the fielding averages there are @
pitchers who have averages OF 100,
among whom are McCanerty. Peterson,
Clunn, jackson and Bressler, of Whining
ton.
In fielding averages Grady and Murray,
OF Trenton are the only two catchers who
have not made an Qror The former in
the first seven games of the season had
30 put outs. assists and no errors.
In the hrstbasemans fielding average
list Pete Cassidy stands third with six
games played, 66 put outs, assists and
error, which places his figures at .9s5
In the fielding averages Of second base
men Mike Lynch is sixth. III seven games
played he had Is put outs. s assists and
errors his average being .92O.
Covalesld in seven games played al
third base stands seventh. He had II pu
outs IA assists and errors. his average
being .s4s
In the matter of outfelders there are !.
who have 1000 in fielding average among
them being Sebring, Mcfarland, MartiT
and Scott who was purchased fion
Johnstown, by the Wilmington team.
Ten pitchers have pitching averages o.
1000, among whom is Clunn who has wor
two games and lost none. Peterson an,
jackson stand at 500 having each won and
lost one game.
The above averages only apply TO thos'
players who have taken part in sever
games and who have played in the posi-
ton named. The showing made by the 10
cal Tri-Staters, averages omitted, follows
Evening journal., 1908-05-04
SPRINGS PLAYS
LENOX TONIGHT

Tonight the fourth game Of roller
polo in the championship series viii
be played at Eleventh Street Rink be-
tween the Lenox and Springs teams
and as there is a possibility of this
game deciding the championship there
is no question but that there will be
a big crowd of rooters.
Mr.. Stevens has recovered from his
injuries and win play with the Lenox.
The regular lineup of both teams will
be in the game. The Springs having
won two of the series would be de-
clared the champions il fortunate with
tonight's game. In case of the LenOS
winning tonight the fifth game would
be necessary to decide the question.
The Wilmington five has chal-
lenged the winner of the cup and this
second series win follow Immediately,
after which the rink will close to b.
fitted up for other purposes until the
fall
Evening journal., 1908-05-04
LOCAL BOYS MADE GOOD
Won in Several Events in Inter sehol
astie Meet at Swarthmore.


Athletes from the Wilmington High
School who participated in the inter-
scholastic events at Swarthmore on
Saturday carried off their shore of the
honors and made a fine showing in
the events in which they were entered.
Walter Simpson, winner in the shot
put contest, threw the 16-pound ball
thirty feet, eight and one-half inches
j. Wilbur Brown won the mile and a
half run in seven minutse and thirty.
nine seconds.
Other Wilmington entries were Edgar
Goldberg, pole vault; J. Draper Brown.
100 yards dash; Aubrey Vandever, Jr..
Joseph Tatnall. ]. d. Brown and J.
Harmer Rile, Jr., relay race. In ad
dition to winning the shot put, Simp-
son got third place in the broad jump.
J. d. Brown qualified in the preliminary
mile and a half run, but did not get
place in the final. St Luke's team
won the relay race with Wilmington
second Goldberg got third place n
the pole vaulting contest.
Because OF having such a good show
ing at Franklin Field. Philadelphia, on
the previous Saturday the loca; attn
letes were moved from third rate class
to the first rate class in the events
Of Saturday
Evening journal., 1908-05-04
Birthday Parvt.


A pleasant party was given at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hafner,
No. 102 East Sixteenth street, in honor
of their son, Harry's, 18th birthday an
niversary. The guests were entertain
ed by members of the Philadelphia
Whist Musical club.
Those present were: Misses Grace
Foster, Agnes sIiller, May Frain,
Frances Neidermaier, Margaret Gin
der, Leona Suranehart, Edna Herd
man. Catherine McDonough, Marie
Rowe, Helen Snyder, Anna Malloy.
Irene Ritter, Margaret Cullen, Mildrei
Bennett. Henry Ryan, James McDon-
ough, John Fitzgerald; Larkin Beeson,
Leroy Turner, Joseph Malloy. James
Malloy, John ]. Malloy, Leslie Scullery,
Francis Grady, John Walsh, Joseph
Bader, LYNN Smith and Harry Hafner.