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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
Venus Reyenged.

Long after the visitors hour in the
art gallery the statues engaged In
conversation.
"Say, Vene," called Neptune's
daughter, tell US the truth. How
did you lose your arms?"
"You won't breathe 1t to any one?"
asked Venus.
"You don't mean to say that a
woman would tell secret, do your"
"Well, I'll tell you. was trying
to get my hands over my Merry
Widow hat to attach the hatpin and
my arms snapped or"
And the statues laughed so hilar-
iously that Mars awoke from his nap
and grabbed his ear.-Chicago
News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
Hnmeneal bargains.

$50 women hold Office down
here?" Intercepted the stranger 1T
the rural county seat.
There's one in the clerks Office"
responded the proud citizen.
HAS she proved an advantage to
the community"
"Well, l should say SO. AS soon as
she got in office she reduced the mar
riage license fee from 81 to ninety
nine cents, and there has been a ru9b
ever since. Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
Wnrld,s oIdest HALLWAY.

One travels over the Swansea and
Mumbles Railway, one Of the earliest
public railways sanctioned. 1t is, In
deed, only fifth down the list, but as
the first four lines have been aban-
doned entirely in two cases, and the
unabandoned portions of the other
two have been absorbed by other rail-
ways, the Swansea and Mumbles Rail-
way may well be given the distinction
of being the oldest railway in the
world.--London Railway Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
He Favored a Whistle.

A local church appointed a COM
mittee to getsubscriptionsf for chime
OF bells. They had seen nearly all
the congregation. When they went
to see rather poor member they told
him they would like a small amount
toward It. He promised to give as
much as he could, but he said, Don't
you think 1t would be cheaper to put
q whistle in2"-Argonaut.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
Male Friendsbips.

Remarks have been made lately as
regards the apparent decline OF close
personal friendship between men.
Perhaps something in our modern
busy life accounts for our lower note
In masculine friendships. Perhaps,
tao. much that belonged to inter-
changes between man and man IL now
possible between woman and man, aa
eQuAls.--London Light
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
A Reclamation.

"Gayman, l saw you in the conser-
vatory the other afternoon embracing
an elderly spinster,"
II don't deny it, Goodsole. was
trying to conserve our natural re-
sources"
"Wh-what?"
"Reclaiming an arid waist, "-Cht
cago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
TRY II ON the Dog.

Cultivate pleasant tone of voice
by practicing on the dog" says a
Kansas man. "He doesn't care so
much what you say, but he is very
particular how Jou say it."--Kansas
CITY Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24

Kidney Pills, kidney
disease was slowly
poisoning me. Dir
zy spells almost
made me fall, sharp
pains like knife
thrusts would catch
me in the back, and
aun11u - n44nnIr ~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
Only a Form.

The rich man arrested on charge
of murder looked bored.
Guilty or not guilty?" demanded
the Court.
"Oh, now, your Honor" said the
prisoner, what's the use Of all this?''
Philadelphia Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24

grip left me with a constant agoniz-
ing backache. Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me quickly, and in three
weeks time there was not symptom
of kidney trouble remaining"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
Entirely simpIifed.

Abstracted Theorist-What do you
think of the race problem?
Disguised Gothamite-Ain't no prob
lem. What's the use of picking
winner if you can't put bet up on
him?-Baltimor American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
Her Annual Balance.

The summer girl checks up her &C
counts, striving to strike balance be-
tween the damaged complexion and
her conquered young man-Chicago
News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24

Less is heard nowadays than there
once was of the cry that the profess
slons are overcrowded, but 1t appears
from the examination Of statistics
that this may be due not so much to
the business expansion of the country,
which leads more men into mercan-
tile paths, as to an increase in the
number of so-called professional oc-
equations. The great individual
wealth of Americans of this genera
ton must be attributed in large meas
ure to the fact that In this day Of ex-
perts there are more kinds of expert
ness than there has ever been be-
fore.
The doctor and the lawyer are in
as great demand as ever, of course,
but the engineer, the chemist and
the architect. dividing their work in
to a dozen departments, have taken
their stand alongside them among
the professionals. Not only are these
twentieth century specialists as i'm
portant to the community, but they
are also as highly rewarded. In fact,
they are fast moving ahead of their
brethren of the old-tlme learned
professions" in respect to this impor-
tant consideration.
OF 1856 men belonging to one class
that has been out Of the oldest Amer
lean technical school for ten years
one-thlrd are receiving salaries above
$4,000 a year, as a recent report
shows. Ten receive 100000 or more,
and one has $35 900, though this last
case would be exceptional, of course
in any profession or business. The
largest number, in grouping accord
ing to each $500 Of income, are earn
ing between $500 and $4,000 year
the average of the whole 1856 is 3d.
082, and of the total number forty
FIVE receive incomes above the aver
age.
It is doubtful II a generation ago
at least, any similar body of gradu-
ates Of classical" institution could
have shown such we'll doing in Its
first decade, and the record of these
men seems to be possible only be.
cause there are nowadays so many
and such varied occupations seeking
the man with technical training. Fur
thermore, what can hardly be said Of
any classical" college, every member
of each graduating class at the insti
tuition mentioned for several years
has been engaged for a position be-
fore he received his diploma. THAI
gives an encouraging start thai
makes many things attainable.
Infinite Variety of Pursuits.
The variety of pursuits that require
the man with technical education
seems almost infinite. There are the
civil engineers, who build railroad:
and bridges and highways; electrical
mining and telephone engineers; en-
gineers who lay out water supply
systems, others who devise sewer sys
TENS and still others who give theil
attention to sanitation and collabor
ate with both there; and mechanical
rSh6lhCCib WIZ aAO opOCAdAAoLb III liza
chinery and its uses, not only in re
gard to planning and installing man
ufacturing plants, but as inventors
too. Scarcely factory of any kline
can get along without chemist now
adays, while the sort of laborator!
to which these scientists were former
ly restricted needs their services NOR,
than ever. The field of the industrial
chemist is almost boundless; he Il
an important official in the sugar re
fnary, the tannery, the textile mill
the dye house, the soap factory, thu
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesintiamma-
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c e bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
THREE WEEKS

Brought About Remarkable Change.
( Mrs. A. ]. Davis, of Murray, KY.
aAYa; when l began using Doan'a
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-10-24
H6vESTIsESENTs

DE1FNEss AND CATARRH oURE.
TNHALENT CATARRHAL JELLY Cures
Il Deafness and Catarrh, Trial treatment py
mall free, REA CO, Mlnneapollsi MINI. ,-y.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
A Perfect Marriage.


Most people know and admire the
work Of the versatile William Blake,
poet and artist, but few people know
the story of his perfect marriage, for
perfect marriage 1t was indeed. In
1850 Blake fell in love with a pretty
girl called Clara Woods, but she did
not care for him, and the blow was
severe one to the impressionabley young
man. He left London and took up his
abode at Richmond, where he lodged
with nursery gardener named Bouch-
er. Mr.. Boucher had beautiful daugh-
ter, Catherine, and she became the
confidant of the poets love affair, and
her generous sympathy SO cheered
Blake's mental sufferings that he grad
ually fell in love with the gentle girl.
His affection was warmly returned,
and Catherine Boucher married Will
liam Blake on Aug. 10, 1882. 1t was
an ideal union. The young husband
took delight in teaching his wife.
who was all eagerness to learn, and
the modest gardeners daughter be-
came eventually a cultured woman,
who was an ardent hero worshiper Of
her clever husband and who cheered
his life more than any one else could.
Mrs. Blake learned to color her hus-
bands drawings and was extraordi-
narily adept in the work
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
IN THE HOUSE

Washington, d. c., April 1s.-A
sharp criticism of the lavish enter
tainment by rich American diplo-
mats in order to establish their Soc
ial standard abroad was heard in the
house of representatives in the course
of consideration of the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill.
The occupation of Dorshecter
house, London, by Ambassador Reid
and a similar display of wealth in
Berlin by Ambassador Tower were
particularly emphasized in that con-
nection. AS one means of counter
acting the effect of this ostentation
it was urged by many that America
should own its legation buildings.
The charge that Emperor Wilhelm
based his objection to DR.. Hill as
ambassador to Berlin on account of
that gentleman's lack of fortune.
was repeated by Mr.. Longworth of
Ohio.
Mr.. Harrison of New York was
particularly severe in criticism of
Ambassador White at Paris and first
secretary of the embassy at London
John Ridgely Carter He depicted
Ambassador White as a"dinner table
or dietetic diplomat and accused
him of violation of the express stat
ute by frequently appearing in court
costume. AS to Mr.. Carter, he pic
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
Discovery Of osteopathy.

''The man who discovered osteopathy
was a great sufferer from headache"
said man who claims to know. "He
tried every remedy on earth almost,
but could get no permanent relief. One
day he had terrible headache and
went out into his front yard to lie un-
der the shade of big tree and rest his
throbbing head on the cooling grass.
Suspended from limb Of the tree was
rope swing used by the children.
The man lay under this swing for
awhile and finally put the rope under
his head to act as support. In few
moments he was surprised and pleased
to find that his headache was much
better. In half an hour the pain had
gone. He began an investigation. He
discovered that the rope swing pressed
on the nerve In the back Of the head.
This pressure stopped the headache.
With more study he decided that many
pains could be relieved If nerves could
be given the proper treatment-a mas
sage. He started an osteopathic school
and has made a grand success
Nashville Tennesseean.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
circumstantiaI Evidence.


During q discussion in regard to cir
cumstantial evidence lawyer told of
a remarkable case which, he said, ap-
pears in the Virginia reports. 1t was
this: 8a
A man was discovered drawing a
knife from the PROSTATE form of an
other man near roadside The wit
nesses rushed upon him and took the
weapon from him. 1t was still drip
ping with the warm blood of the vic
tim He was accused of the murder,
but asserted his innocence. He claim
ed that he had happened along the
road but few moments before and
saw his alleged victim struggling with
another man. Before he could come up
the unknown had driven his knife
home and had fed into some brush
close by. Seeing the knife still In the
breast Of the fallen man, he stopped
over and drew it forth just as his &C.
cusers came on the scene That was
his story. The knife being identified as
the property Of the accused. no Gre
dence whatever was placed in his tale.
He was tried, convicted and hanged.
A year later the man who had really
committed the crime while on his
deathbed confessed that he was the
murderer and told how he had stolen
the knife from the innocent man who
had been sent to the gallows.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
CONGRESSIONAL
in The SENATE

Washington, D. G., April 49,
Tributes of respect to the memory
of the late Senators Morgan and
Pettus Of Alabama, both of whom
died during the recess of congress
last summer, occupied nearly the en-
tire session of the senate today. On
both the Republican and Democratic
sides of the chamber the leaders who
had known the Alabama senators
during many years, Joined in giving
their testimony as to the splendid
qualities of mind and heart that had
given them enviable places in Amer
lean history.
The District of Columbia appro-
priation bill was reported during the
day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
CRYSTAL GAZING.
# You Want to Try It, This Viii Tell
You How to Proceed,


Having satisfied myself that some
people really would see hallucinatory
pictures In glass ball or in water, !
examined the chronological side of the
question. found by studying works
of travel and anthropology that many
savage and barbarous races gaze into
water, polished basalt, rock crystals,
and so on, for the purpose of seeing
distant events. foreseeing the future,
detecting criminals, and SO forth. 1t
does not seem to me credible that so
many and SO widely separated peoples
should agree with ancient Greeks and
the races of western Europe in staring
away If they did not see hallucinatory
pictures. So believe that some peo-
pie do see them. Nor Is this fact now
denied by professors of psychology.
I have never been able to foresee
from character, complexion, habit of
mind and other indications what per-
sons would prove capable of deserving
even fancy pictures in a glass ball.
The best gazers of my acquaintance,
luOSC WIN la Ou pAClulCS SVAACAuCAIoi
with actual events unknown to them
or with the secret thoughts of a COM
panion, are both Of them not unfamil-
lar with other curious experiences.
But have tried with the glass ball
two or three other friends who have
seen what are vulgarly called ghosts
in haunted houses, and In the glass
ball they can see nothing, while people
who never saw ghosts do see "c0inci-
dental" pictures In glass ball.
If any readers care to make expert
ments, they can begin by purchasing
a bail, or, Of course, glass Jug Of wa
ter will do. or even teaspoonful Of
ink, in some cases, but both are incon-
venient and may spill. Having got the
ball, it is best to go alone into q room.
sit down, with the back to the light,
place the ball at just focus in the
lap on a dark dress or dark piece of
cloth, try to exclude reflections, think
Of anything you please and stare for
FIVE minutes, say, at the ball. That Is
ALL II after two or three trials you
see nothing in the way of pictures In
the ball, you will probably never sue
ceed.-Andrew Lang.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19

tured him strolling through the
drawing rooms of London and COM
pared him with white rabbit in
"Alice in Wonderland. Mr.. Har-
rison also accused Secretary Root of
being led by Great Britain in matters
pertaining to the Congo Free States.
and of attacking Kink Leopold,
The diplomatic bill was passed I'M
der suspension of the rules. 1t car
ries an aggregate Of $3,52O,2s3. At
ter having been in continuous session
since April 6, by resorting to the
process of recessing from day to day,
the house at G:15 p. M, adjourned
until 12 o'clock tomorrow, when
eulogies will be delivered on the
late Congressman George Smith Of
Illinois.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
new RULES
CONTINUED from page ~

CONTINUED from page ID
and prudent policy she has adopted
IN regard to the holy sacrement of
ma .rimony, ever investing this sac
red union of man and woman with
solemnity, of law and form, the time.
" and suitable to conserve the dig
nifty Of the marriage state. Christ
has placed in the keeping of the
church seven sacraments; and Of the,
seven, matrimony is the most expos
ed to suffer from men and women,
through perversion of it's noble pur-
pose through carnal passion, descre-
tion of its sanctity by martial in
fidelity and violation of it's life-bind-
ing union by divorce
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
SIXTEEN new
| N. D. DOCTORS

At the meeting of the state board Of
medical examiners in Fargo the other
day the following successfully passed
the examination:
D. A. Baker, Bowman.
j. F.. Inner, Emmett. rue =
A. o. Aaker, Ruso.
A. C. Hoff, Sheldon
John ]. Black, Park River.
R. A. Scott, Cavalier.
Guy Frank Rogers, aFrgo.
Louis D. Tenbrook, Oberon.
Louis L. Maryland, Bismarck.
W. K. jacob, Willow iCty. xR
c. D. Powell, Minnewaukon.
Miss Jessie Hattendorf, jamestown,
Fred Dorland, Sherwood.
Guy Stone, Minot.
Charles E. Howardf Coggswell,
The members of the board were DR..
F. r. Smyth, Bismarck, president: DR..
H. M. Wheeler, Grand Forks, secre.
tary; DR.. Geo. Carpenter. Fargo; DR..
II. G. Woutatt, Grand Forks; DR..
James Aylen, Missoula (farmerly of
Sheldon; DR.. W. F. Hobart, SAWYER:
DR.. H. ]. Rowe, Casselton; Attorney
Lee Combs, Valley City
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
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Portland, Ore, April 1S.-Yester-
days primaries resulted in the nomi-
nation for United States senator ON
the Republican ticket of Henry NJ.
Cake OF Portland, by over 5000 ma
1ority over United States Senator
Chas. w. Fulton, and on the Demo-
cratic ticket of Gov. Geo. E. Chamber.
lain, whose nomination was uncon,
tested. Both successful candidates
candidates favor Oregon's present law
for the nomination of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
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:: SHERMAN WINS THE :.
:: POOL CHAMPIONSHIP =

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Chicago, April 1S-The pool turna-
ment for the national professional
championship, which has been in
progress here for week, closed to-
night.
Frank Sherman of Washington, D..
c., was the winner. He finished with
six victories and one defeat. Charles
Weston Of Kansas City was second
with five wins to his credit
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19

Will You Be in the Swim?
'-ou want to be in the swim this
morning buy a carnation for your but
tonhole. Jorgenson's Candy Shop.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-19
Texas Has for Some Time
Been DeIuged With Rains
in Plenty
Everything Is Under Wafer.
Estimated Railroad Loss
About $l25,OOO

Fort Worth, Texas April 49,
Throughout northern Texas the heav-
lest rains in many years are reported,
causing tremendous loss to farmers
and stockmen, flooding lowlands and
rendering country roads impossible,
hundreds of bridges having been
washed away.
At Fort Worth, Trinity river, which
rose to it's highest record, is receding
tonight, but street car traffic between
Fort Worth and North Fort Worth
will probably not be restored before
noon tomorrow. Railroad traffic into
and out of the city was paralyzed all
day.
| The Texas & Pacific and the Cotton
Belt railways are apparently the
greatest sufferers from thes torn.
1t is estimated that the damage to
the railroads will reach $125,00O
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-11-14
CRAZE FOR TITLED HUSBANDS.
Cynical Bachelor critIclzes Aims Of
Average Rich American Mother.

mot only an English earl, but an
Italian prince and a German count
proposed to my daughter while we
were abroad, but
That is the sort of thing" said
cynical bachelor, that We hear on all
sides from the average rich mother on
her return from Europe, What does
1t denote? Why, hang II, 1t denotes
that the average American mother
feels actually ashamed nowadays II
her daughter doesn't marry into no
BILE foreign family. To marry into the
foreign nobility is the correct thing to
do, and the girl who doesn't land a
duke or count or something feels
ashamed, and her mother feels more
deeply ashamed still
81 don't want to boast, but, consider
ing the quality of US American men,
! think it's terrible that American
heiresses only marry US as last re.
sort when they are ashamed Of their
failure to get duke or marquis.
IF you think I'm exeggerating, lis
ten to the shamefaced mothers of mar
riageable daughters who have returned
from Europe without title In tow
Like parrots they say nothing but:
Yes, Prince Petit and Lord Lac
land and Count Sage all proposed t.
| Mamie, but"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-11-14
TELLS OF SIBERIAN HORRORS.
Sufferer Describes Auonles Endured In
Russian Penal Settlement.

Horrid is the picture OF existence In
the penal colonies of northern Siberia
given in book just published in Ger
many by L. Tame, who returned to life
after burial of eight and half years
in the living grave Of Kolymsk. In
that time, he says, he saw one after
another of his fellows sucoumb to sui
eide, hunger and insanity. They were
all young men and all were sent away
for terms ranging from five to ten
years for political offenses.
The trip to Kolymsk takes 10
months. Il was 20 years DID," he says,
when l was convicted for harboring
liberal convictions. In our party were
a 16-year-old boy and another year
younger. All told we were 50 politi-
calls" The writer describes the az.
onies of hunger which the deported
"polittcals" had to endure. Mail was
received three times year.
81 shall never forget one mail day."
he says. In Is months a certain one
of our number had not heard from
home. This mail brought him letter.
1t was a last greeting written in an
uncertain hand by his mother on her
deathbed. In desperation he did what
so many of our party had done before
him, and which others did after We
had laid him away"