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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10
Bunions and Rank.

ut is extraordinary" writes Sir Hen
~ Drummond Wolff in Rambling Rec
objections. : to observe in England the
weakness that most people have for
boasting Of their friends in high places
and the Difference that they show to
them. The daughter of lady Of very
high rank had some pain in her foot
which the mother asked the governess
to be good enough to look at. The lat
ter after examining it said, IF it were
not for her ladyship's exalted rank I
should say 1t was bunion.'"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10
Sign Of Precoeity.

Il behave" declared the Irishman,
"thot me youngest sons born t be a
surgeon
'Phwat leads ye t say thotg asked
his friend.
"Oi caught him usin' TIL scissors on
a book Ord lately bought an, before
OF cd stop him he cut out tn appin-
dix Bohemian.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10

So I am out to defend the honor
already given me by other wrestlers.
I really hope to hear from you soon
in regard to this. Respectfully yours,
TOM NECHAS,
Lidgerwood, N. ID.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10

Joy In life is like the oil In the lamp,
when the oil commences to fail, the
wick burns with a glimmering red
flame. filing the air about 1t with a
black smoke. Life also without little
joy burns unprofitably. filling the air
with depression and sadness.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10
H ! |: Geel.

It's hard luck to pay for first-class
plumbing and after a few months Of
use discover you've been handed a
gold brick In the shape Of the cheap
est and most unsatisfactory work and
material. It happens every day and
is due solely to efforts to practice So
called economy. Don't be so foolish.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10

The hawk eats the dove, but the
hawk seems to be surrounded BY as
many dangers as the dove. Atchison
Globe
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10
Get { Away

from the plumber who offers to do a
job at a price far below what any
other plumber wants. You'll get just
what you pay forcheap work, poor
material. It pays to buy the best.
The saving IN repairs the first year
will more than make up for your
Initial expense. Come to us. Well
give you an estimate based on the
highest grade Of work and backed by
our guarantee. II the work is done
by us, it will be done right. Eli.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10
The Golden Rule
GROCERIES and NOTIONS

n ~ 1s ~ ~ . ~ ~ .
No. lamp chimneys. each. Sc
No. 2 lamp chimneys, each &c
No. 2 Rochester lamp chimneys
eacn $3.50. 1Oc
doz. either No. or lamp wicks &c
Either No. 1 or 2 lamp burners,
eacn ...5o
12-qt. heavy tin pals, each. 200
loot. enamel pals, each $50
s tumblers for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 15e
6 glass sauce dishes for 15c
1-gal. oil cans, each .15c
Don't forget we have as fine cheese
as can be got, price only 15c per lb.
and fresh eggs, per doz. 15c.
Gal pail syrup, only .45c
Gal. pail NJ. o. molasses soc
Gal. pail sorghum soc
| Fancy head rice, long slim kernel
| per Id .................... .1oc
lbs. Jap rice for ...............25 c
Apricots, per lb. .20c
II 1Oc packages any kind Of spices,
only =. ............ $1,000. 15c
Corn starch, per package &c
| Or Tor .zoc
Gloss starch, per package .......7c
We have Rub No More Soap and
Rub No More Powder, and they are
| what tFa name imn1ies onIy &c each
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10

USE TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS.
USE TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10

USE TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10
Telephone Orders sent c. 0. !

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
Origin of Sea Phrases.

There is hardly a language which
has not been called upon to provide
at least one Df the curious sea terms
which Are Ill constant use and whose
origin is 80 obscure. For instance
the word admiral" is not of English
origin, but Is from the Arabic emil el
baeh." Or lord Of the sea. Captain
comes from the Latin "caput," but
mate Is from Icelandic, and means a
companion or equal.
Commodore is not SO difficult to
trace to it's beginning. 1t is simply
the Italian comandatore," meaning
commander
No such person as Davy Jones ever
existed. though we often hear of him
and his locker One should speak OF
Duffy JOnah locker" for that was
the original Duffy" is the West In
dian name for spirit Or ghost, while
Jonah refers. of course, to the proph
et
Another curious case of a tern
gradually corrupted out of the orig
inal form is the dog watch. 1t wal
originally the dodge watch" because
it lasted only two hours instead o.
four. and thus makes 1t possible thai
the same mea shall not be on duty
every day ducing certain hours.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
Built From Wreckaue.

The village Of MapletOn, near Horn
sea. furnishes a novelty in the shape
of peculiar shed.
The front of the building, which is
in the occupation of T. AXE, joiner, is
decorated with the figure heads and
name boards of vessels which have
been picked up from time to time on
the coast ia the intermediate neighbor-
hood. and the arrangement is so in
genious that the shed is constant
source of attraction. The AmeOtt, for
instance. VS. wrecked at AldbOrough,
a few miles farther along the coast,
but before the lifeboat could reach
her the crew had persisted.
The church is close to the shed. II
was restpred in 1886, when spire
was added 80 the tower. The stone
employed for building this was part
of the cargo Of vessel wrecked near.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
CURIOUS CHINESE CUSTOM,
Elaborate Ceremony Attending First
Cutting Of Boys Hair.

Elaborate Ceremony Attending First
Cutting Of Boys Hair.
One of the most ancient and curious
customs among the Chinese, and onk
rarely commemorated in this country,
was observed with great pomp and
circumstance in Chinatown Sunday
night, when Fong Hook, leading
merchant, who for years has had the
supervision of the Chinese discounts
in the Anglo-C Californian Bank of San
Francisco, entertained his relatives to
remote degree with a magnificent
banquet in honor of the first cutting
Of the hair of his only son.
The banquet took place at an Eighth
street restaurant, and there were $50
guests. A notable feature was the
fact that the wives and children of the
guests sat down at the same table
with the heads of families. A most
elaborate menu, comprising birds
nest soup, steam stuffed duck, Foon
YOn Ha, sharks fins and other rare
and costly Celestial dishes were
served
The banquet cost the happy father
$1,000. During the evening quite a
number of prominent members of the
San Francisco clearing house called at
the restaurant to offer their felicia
tons to him. The hair cutting cere-
mony, which was observed with pic
turesque rites, symbolizes that Fong
Hooks heir is now factor in the
family. The guests brought presents
for the little son worth thousands Of
dollars
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
BIG SUIT OVER SMALL SUM.
Frenchman Piles Up Costs Against &

Frenchman Piles Up Costs Against
Railroad for an Overcharga.
A wealthy, Frenchman recently
bought a ticket at a Paris railway
terminus, but missed the train he in.
tended 20 take. While waiting for the
next train, which left two hours later,
he studied the companys tariff to pass
away the time.
He then found, as the Railway and
Engineering Review. that he had been
charged ii francs 45 centimes, where
as the proper fare was only IA francs
AZ centimes. He asked for his money
back at the office, but without result.
An interview with the station master
was also unsuccessful. He afterward
wrote a number of letters to the COM
pany, but received no answer. He
then commenced an action to recover
the three centimes.
He won the action in the lower
court, but the company took it to the
appeal court, afterward to the COur de
Cessation. Both courts dismissed the
appeal, and the company was ordered
to pay the plaintiff the three centimes.
The cost of the company amounted
to $3.50 francs, or $3.50.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
The 8iq Mans Belt.

Billy James. probate court clerk,
was looking at belts in Euclid ave-
ME haberdashary the other day.
He had some difficulty in getting
one that suited him, and that was at
the same time long enough to meet
the requirements of his girth
Elbow much is this?" he asked at
last, when he saw one that seemed
to be about it
The clerk told him it would cost
him 81.
"Good heavensi" exclaimed the ge
NAL Billy. Amt that a pretty stifl
price for one beit?" he inquirde.
Eyes" admitted the clerk, ''but after
they get up into regular surcingle size
we charge for them by the pound"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
tllle.

y thirreen-story ''fire-prooI" build
ing in New York City burned like
unCer Saturday and four persons lost
their lives III the cOnflagratiOn. Tie
water towers reached ONLY to The
eighth story and several t!renen WHO
We're at WO TX on the roof had to
climb down on ladders. the latter
burning behind them. The crowds
were kept back for fear the steel
frame would warp and let the walls
down Those skyscrapers are any
thing but safe in time of fire, and
ought to be prohibited The writer
was caught on the seventh floor OF
the old Tribune building in Mime
apOliS some years ago, when the third
floor was all ablaze, and escaped by
the skin of his teeth. It's bad
enough to be up that high with the
building afire underneath you; but
what would it be six stories higher?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
"Hanoed" and "HunQ."

Perhaps the bible has had and in
fluence in preventing many people
from distinguishing between the uses
Of hanged and hung" says Lon
don writer They hanged Hamen,
but the Jews in captivity also hanged
their harps upon the willows and in
the New Testament we read 1T We're
better for him that a milestone were
hanged about hfs neck" If hanged"
was correct in either sense in the
days of the Authorized Version those
who are not strong upon grammar
may be subconsciously induced to be-
lieve that hung" is correct in both
senses now But it is curious that
the exclamation I'll be hanged" new.
or appears as I'll be hung"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
New Linen Fiber From Brazil.

The Brazilian linen plant is expect
ed to exert an important influence
upon the textile world in the near
future.
1t is a common weed which reaches
a height of eighteen feet in twelve
months. When carefully cultivated it
natures within three months, and can
yield three crops in year. The fiber
has all the qualities necessary for high
class use-strength, fineness, fexibil-
ity and adaptability for bleaching,
dyeing, etc.
Every part of the plant can be used
for some industrial purpose, more
especially for the manufacturing Of
writing paper. The cultivation was
commenced by the state government.
and now is said to have emerged from
the experimental state successfully
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
MUDDY River Fish Story.

Several negroes came into the city
the other day from the northern Sec
ton of the city with long strings Of
fish.
They report that the rise in the river
caused it's water to get so muddy that
the fish were forced to the top in or
der to get air, as the water was too
impure to allow them to breathe suffi-
GENTLY. The negroes report that they
took sacks, nets and in some instances
used merely their hands to scoop the
fish out onto the banks Of the stream.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
Ell the paper last May upon the soil

itatIon of Jas. R. Bennett il, Lot
knowing that the document was ~
lie used as maui to pound Mime
sota's executive with. They say thy
ale all strong Johnson men and that
the gay and festive Jim fooled EN-
Having arrived at years CT maturity
tt csc gentlemen should have known
better than to have signed paper
without first having acquainted them
selves with its contents. They will
doubtless be more careful in the flu
tue
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

The Chicago Great Western road
has made application for temporary
receivership. This action was taken
a.; result of the management being
ments for meeting obligations due in
the spring. The road has spent $40,
00V, 900 in betterment OF its roadbed
and equipment during the past year
aid was making successful arrange
ments to meet s1O,OOO,O0O OF notes
due, when the temporary stringency
in the money market came on. The
strike of the boiler makers tied up
large part of the equipment for some
months and entailed large expense
upon the company All these condi
tons forced the receivership. A. B.
Stickney, the president of the COM
pany, has done much for the entire
Northwest in the matter OF securing
and maintaining proper rates between
the Twin cities and Chicago and his
energy will doubtless bring the road
through all right in tine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

greater publicity among the taxpay-
ers OF the county. The Herald calm
slOneTs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

Harry Thaw, since his incarcera-
tion in the ToE1bs, is said to have
grown soul. That being the case
his Imprisonment has not been in
vain. providing, of course, the soul
is any good.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

The Thaw nastiness is being again
ventilated in the courts. When that
lie will draw long sign OF relief
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16
The COUNTY PRINTING


Times in it's editorial columns of Jan
81 the Times and Der Nordstern have
| been awarded the official printing al
Stearns county at full legal rates and
have divided the money, each getting
half So close a corporation has tile
county board been that no other pa
per in the cOuny could receive the
| slightest recognition at their hands.
| The Times and NOrdstern have SIM
ply commanded and the board has SUI
pinely done their bidding. The off
| cial proceedings have been sent to the
subscribers of these two papers. Hun.
dreds of taxpayers in the county do
not subscribe for and read these two
papers, hence, for the past twenty
years have not known what the coun-
ty board has been doing.
This year seven of the legal pa
pers in the county, namely, the ST..
Cloud Journal-Press, the Sank Centre
Herald, the Melrose Beacon, the AL
baby Tribune, the Paynesville Press,
the Cold Springs Record and the Rich
mond Standard, combined in the eff
fort to secure a square deal" The
.Journal-Press put in the bid for the
work at one-half legal rates, offer
ing the combined circulation of its
weekly and daily editions and that
of the other six papers named, as a
medium for sending the official print
ing to the taxpayers of the county
This circulation exceeds by at least
1000 that of the Times and Der
Nordstern in the county.
The Times submitted it's customary
bid at full legal rates. The bids
were opened the morning of the first
day of the annual meeting of the COM
missioners, but their consideration
WAS postponed 48 hours. Meantime
the representatives of the Times
All. Der Nordstern saw" the COM
lrissioners and when the board con-
yened in it's final session the Times
attorney blandly informed the board
that it could reject all bids and make
a new award. One OF the commits
sioners-we forget his name, and the
voters are likely to 'go and do like
wise"-drew from an inside pocket
resolution awarding the printing to
the Times at one-half legal rates.
The attorney for the JOurnal-Press
and it's allies submitted new bid
for one-fOurth legal rates. Where
unon Commissioner Garfield of Sank
Centre moved that the Times be made
the official paper. The resolution
carried without dissenting voice,
though one or two 0 the board lack
ed the sand to vote either way. Thus
the matter was settled The attorn-
ey for the seven papers filed a form
al notice of protest and the commits
sioners departed for their homes.
The bid of the seven papers, first
submitted, would have saved the coun
ty over a thousand dollars. The
Times tried to hold the county up
for twice that amount. 1t was finally
compelled to accept the contract at
half price. The second bid of the
seven papers would have saved the
taxpayers at least $780, But in the
face of that fact the commissioners
ignored the offer of the seven papers
to give the people a square DEAL and
larger publicity, and handed the con-
tract to its masters.
Just why the commissioners should
take this action The Herald is unable
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

Thomas Lowry has expressed d
willingness to 60 to the republican
national convention as delegate.
We were afraid he would decline
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

Tom Shevlin is reOrted to have
bet $4,000 that Johnson if nominated,
to the presidency, would not be elect
ed That ought to insure Johns
success
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16


nissioners. and ii The Herald mis-
takes not: the people will be liable
cali upon them for their reasons.
The official organ o the board, III
its account OF the proceedings, falls
t. mention the tact that the second
bid of the Journal-Press Was one
half that of the Times second bid. 1t
tells only half the truth; but tina; s
worth something: possibly in tie
course of time it may reach a point
where it can state facts, at least once
i'll a while. 1t also sets up the puerlit
cry that the efforts OF the seven pa
pers to secure q square deal 10
the people was Republican rand
ar attempt TO capture the printing
for the Republican, papers, and thai
too, in the strongest Democratic coun-
ty in the state" (Quotd from Times
editorial of Jan. 81. AS a matte
OF fact but two OF the seven papers
are Republican, namely, the Journal
Press and the PayneSviile Press; the
Albany Tribune and the Cold Springs
Record are Democratic, while the 9TH
er three are independent Either
the person who wrote that editorial
for the Times is ignorant of the facts
or he Intentionally falsifies; The
Herald leaves him to take either horn
of the dilemma There was abso-
lutely no politics in the proposition
of the seven papers; it WAS simply
d bushes proposition which, if &C
cepted, would have given the county
better service and wider publicity
than it has had for the past two de-
cades, and at a price fifty per cent
lower than is to be paid.
The whole proceeding is evidence
that there is something rotten in
Denmark. County commissioners
are supposed to be elected to serve
the people; the five persons who COM
pose the board of commissioners in
Stearns county do not seem to enter
tain that high conception of the duties
VI IueiI OlllCe. 1ueS uluouoIouIy
acted within their legal rights. But
does that abslove them? Does it
excuse them? Is there no higher
law that obtains in cases like these?
Some of the worst acts of rascaliity
are done within the pale of the law.
The Herald combined with six 9TH
er papers to secure square DEAL
ali round. The commissioners evil
IDENTIFY do not believe in square
deal. The peoples money has been
voted away recklessly to persons who
openly boast that they own the COM
body, soul and breeches.
That boast seems to have been well
founded. The Herald is satisfied to
leave the record of the board in this
matter with the people. The Herald
is glad that it stood with the six
other papers for d square deal" for
the people Meantime it can stand
if the people and the commissioners
can.
AS a number of taxpayers have ask
ed the publisher of The Herald why
the county commissioners took the
action they did, and he was unable
to give reason, The Herald has de-
ci6ed to open it's columns to the COM
individually or collective
ly or both, to give them an apportun-
ity to state their case to the people
The Herald is glad to make this Of
fer and believes the members the
board will be glad to improve the OPP
portunity to tell the taxpayers of the
why they took the action
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

The esteemed New York World
trOts out Judge Gray, of Delaware
as No. 3 in it's list of democratic presi
Dental possibilities The World
seems to have quite a large stabl:
full of political thoroughbreds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

Bedes Budget and Characteristic
came to hand last week bright and
newsy and full the humOr of Adam
Bede and his son Ebert Bede fills
bids fair to rival Bede pere in his
peculiar line The regeneration of
Bede's Budget is welcome sight to
the printers of the state and it ought
to make a hit with the masses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

Tn Republican party leadership in
Minnesota needs mixing up and re-
moulding.-BrOWns Valley Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

Tn commissioners of Stearns cOun-
t. heard their masters voice and
obeyed so far as they could while
hampered by the square deai' pro-
posed by the Journal Press and six
other county papers including the
Sank Centre Herald.