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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29

Exuding Greek and Latin,
The dinner bell will bring the sage
the scholar and the cynic, and dinner
will become sort of scientific clinic,
Astronomers will talk of Mars, Of Sa.
turn and of Venus, and Latinists re
call a few romances of Silenus. The
Juncbug will be mentioned as the
genus Lachnosterna, and other bugs
will speak of land as being terra
firma. They'll quarrel. shout, and
sometimes swear in Arabic and Greek,
and now and then dainty hand will
clasp a damask cheek. And all the
while the farmer, full of wondering
and doubt, will deeply marvel what
the hotel Bill it's all about.
The anti-saloon league willing, the
21st will be the longest day of the
year. Upon that date the sun will
reach the Tropic Of Cancer in the nor
therly declination, and will start south
again. On the same day the month
will pass out of the influence of
Gemini the Twins, and persons born
after the 21st need not be afraid
They will not have any. Upon the
contrary, the stork will fill only sin
gle orders under the zodiacal sign of
Cancer the Crab. Children born I'M
der this sign will crawl backward and
cry for crabapple jelly
The smiling heavens will inspire
The skylark and the 1innet,
And the busy persons will turn out
A new bride every minute.
A few friends will throw shoes and
rice,
And taste the wedding cake,
And then make bets among them.
selves
On whether it will take.
Mr.. Bryan will complete his wall
around Denver about the Both, and
will set deadfaIl at the gate of Gov
ernor Johnson In the course Of the
month all Democrats who have fought
| fist fights on the floor of congress- or
in any other way distinguished them
selves, will be honorably mentioned
for vice president.
The boys will seek the swimming hole
In quite excited packs,
And paddle in it till the sun
Puts blisters on their backs;
And when the disobedients
Come wet haired back to town,
They'll get few more blisters raised
| A little lower down. q
| Commencements viii come in again,
and knowing we'll this bore, the willy
parent will take up seat quite near
the door; and when his own child
has detained and shown its skill and
pluck, he'll lead the plaudits for a
time, and impolitely duck.
The hungry boy will stow a few
green apples in his tum, and his ma
will lay him belly up out in the blaz
ing sun; and after while the pain will
cease, the agony and grippe, because
by virtue of the sun, the once green
fruit is ripe.
4 And then the Fourth will come again
With death and 1ockjaw from It,,
And Pixies Peak in the public eye,
i With Bryan on the summit.
i THE ANTi-sPITTING CRUSADE
Everybody should help stop the pub
lie splitting habit, by sending a two
cent stamp today for our attractive
unique hanger card which warns
4 against splitting nuisances. People
will take notice of this card, and, once
seen, never forgotten. Address Domi
nocards Co. 1907 chouteau, st. Louis
Mo.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29
WILLIAM MANIFESTATIONS.


William jayne his old neghbors and friends Springfield Ill.,
Of Dakota territory Springfield
BE organized the territorial
being In his those
surviving said Lincoln"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29
GdnderbOne's Juue Forecast
Copyright 1907 by G. H. Rieth

1t was the seventeenth of June.
&. And great was the convention
The vote was coming pretty soon,
And thrilling was the tension.
"Alabama!" cried the clerk,
And some there were went daft,
When a U. S. mashal showed his head
Out in the seething mass and said:
Count % for Taft
The Cannon men turned pale as
ghosts,
And the Hughes men gasped for
breath
The men for Fairbanks chung to posts
As colorless as death.
Arkansas" the clerk exclaimed,
And the hall shook fore and aft,
When a spry postmaster white of hair,
Hoped to the main deck of his chair
And cried Eighteen for Taft.
The Fairbanks men exuded groans,.
And Cannon men shed tears
And the Hughes men uttered none but
means
That once had uttered cheers.
california; doomed the clerk,
And the whole convention laughed
When a revenue collector rose
And whistled shrilly through his nose
"Count 20 more for Taft"
The Hughes men looked sat the Can.
non men,
And they crowded out on their
chairs
And the Fairbanks fellows joined
them when
They pulled their Teddy Bears.
And they all rushed up on the center
stage
As men who had made ready
And when the din and the tumuh died,
And the dust had settled down inside
The candidate was Teddy
And when Bill Taft discovers what
a mean trick thev have played on him
| he'll shed his coat and go to find the
man who has betrayed him. Hell
timber up the White House steps, with
each jump growing warmer, and Ted
will hear him coming in, and slip into
his armor. They'll spar around the
room a bit, and Ted will cry, "See
here, Bill, know the whole affair
must look all thunderation queer, Bill
but listen: You'll be named for vice
and when we're both elected, why, I'll
resign. You'll get 1t, Bill-fact is
that suspected Bryan would defeat
you Bill, which made it necessary for
me to head the ticket, Bill, lest every
| thing miscarry."
| And Bill will sink into a chair
aware that he has messed it, and will
exclaim, Il see it now, BY Jove,
should have guessed it. o., most I'M
grateful wretch am, to think thai
you who made me-my benefactor anG
my friend-had shamelessly betrayed
me- 2
Whereat they embrace and hug II.
AS lovers reunited,
And Ted will rest on Williams Dreas
And softly say, e-lighted.'
June gets its name from Juno, the
Roman goddess of marriage. Junt
was supposed to see everybody hap
PLY married. She was highly quail
fed to do this, for she herself hat
married Jupiter, who was a worse run
about than Boni Gould. When ths
celestial chorus was playing Parnas
sus, Jupiter hung around the stag,
door like Pittsburger. He stirred Vi
more scandals than Tom Platt, AMI
was as bold as Gilmanarie Corey
Juno finally avenge dhersef upon he
4 rivals by turning them into COWS
I, which made Jupiter a cattle king -
The college graduate will hear
The Macedonian cry
4 OF Kansas farmers who must get
i The wheat cut by July.
They'll rustic out while yet the lar,
Is chirruping his matin, 81 81
And chase the binder round the feel
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29
TENT SHOW

Arnold's comedians, whoever they
may be, have arrived In the city and
erected q tent wherein to perform on
the vacant lot west OF the North star
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29
BOUGHT VALUABLE PROPERTY

J. 3. Perry has bought the three
lots at the corner of Main and First
streets from J. F. Philbrick. There is
a little house on the north lot, which
Mr.. Perry is Transforming into mod
ern dwelling.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29
The Plymouth Clothing House

No uncertainties with Hunts Per-
feet baking powder. Every ingredi-
ent entering into It is vigorously test
ed IN our laboratory by competent
chemist.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29

Plants and Flowers or all kinds at
Faunce's, Fourth street Call and see
me for prices and quality.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29

USE TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29
THIRD STREET LOOKS RETTER

The rough places on Third street
have been leyeled of and the center
OF the street rounded up, which is a
great improvement over late condi-
tions.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-29

USE TRIRrrNn WANT COLUMN
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

Contrary to the general opinion, ships
at sea are frequently struck by light
ming, but their masts and rigging are
excellent conductors. and the current
passes off without doing damage, tho
there are very thrilling exhibitions Of
electrical discharges falling around the
ships. Sometimes lightning sets fire to
inaammable things on the ships. DAM
age only occurs when the course OF the
lightning to the water is interrupted.
and for his reason care is now taken
to provide conductors from the tops of
the masts uninterruptedly to the water.
SirguIarly, it Is the foremast Of the
ship that is most frequently struck, the
main less frequently and the mizzen
least of all. One British ship noticed
after a severe electrical storm that her
compasses showed a startling deviation.
It was discovered that the lightning had
struck the ship and fused some Of the
conductors, which produced the varia-
ton.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

Oregon gave Taft plurality Of 24,s
900. and elected four Republicans to
the Legislature for every Democrat st
the same time it nominated Gov. George
E. Chamberlain, Democrat. for tho
Senate by a majority of $1,000. OF the
80 new members Of the Legislature 81
were pledged to vote for the man whom
the people should prefer. Ex-senator
Fulton, who wants the seat for himself.
insists that the Republican legislators
owe superior duty to their party not
to send man to the Senate "to fight
Taft" His view Is not shared by most
OF the other Republican leaders. who
say that every member voluntarily
signed the agreement to vote for the
choice of the people. and that no quib-'
bIes of pettifogging win relieve them
from the moral duty Of abiding by thetr
pledges. This Is the way that 1t wiz
look to all honorable men, and the talE
about It being unconstitutional to- di-
vest the Legislature Of its option In Sc
fecting q Senator is repudiated. as It
ought to be. The same argument would
apply to the members Of the Electoral
College. but what Elector would Shink
of taking advantage OF his constitu-
tional prerogative and voting for any
other than the man he was chosen to
vote for?
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

The Superior Court of Cook Co., H.,
has given decision of much import
ance to the National Guard. Jos. B.
Klein was an enlisted man In the 1st
III. N. c., which regiment was ordered
to duty at Springfield during the trou-
bIes arising from the negro massacres.
Klein was put on duty as guard over
the ammunition In the baggage car,
with strict orders to let no unauthor-
ized person enter the car. One Mel
son persisted in trying to force his way
in when Klein bayoneted him, from the
effects of which Nelson died. Klein
was arrested and tried for manslaught-
er. The court ordered him discharged,
taking the broad ground that even tho
the bayonetting was Intentional no Of
fense was committed against the State.
Klein was a soldier, bound to obey Or
ders, and relieved from any conse-
qvences of suGh obedience. His respon-
sibilities and inamunities began when
his command was ordered into service,
and only ended when it broke ranks
at the conclusion OF that service.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

The desire for revision has even
reached the Vatican. and the Pope has
commissioned the Very Rev. F. A. Cas-
quet. Abbot of the English Benedic-
tines, to make a revision Of the yul-
gate, the Bible used by the English
speaking Roman Catholics for centuries.
The Abbot is going about his work with
the great deliberation customary with
revisers. He is having list made of
some 800, 900 Latin Bibles known to be
in existence. and is also preparing $50
copies of the Vulgate printed on sheets.
on which there will be in parallel col
umns the text Of the SO or so best
known manuscripts of the Bible.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17
The National Tribune does not o,

The National Tribune does not be-
lieve for an instant that there was any
crookedness in the Panama DEAL For
years France was torn by scandals con-
nected with the Panama Canal. II was
one of the most gigantic swindles ever
perpetrated on a people. The first COM
pany worked the thrifty, Industrious
Frenchmen with INSCRIPTIONS skill,
getting In all the enormous sum of
1900. 900 francs (s26O. 00o,O ,OO0) out
of them. When one remembers that a
franc looks much larger to the average
Frenchman than dollar does to an
the immensity of this plum
der will be understood, and also the
bitterness it engendered. 1t was shown
resorted to by the rascalIy managers
Deputies had been purchased and great
newspapers subsidized. The exposures
brought about an astounding crop of
suicides, duels and ruined regulations.
while for years the papers were full of
revelations and reerin1inations. When
the company went into bankruptcy in
1889 only one-elghth of the work had
been done. Then the liquidstor organ
lied a new company with $4,000, 900
capital, of which it expended $4,000, 900
before selling out to the United States
Now. the point we make is that, in view
of all that had happened, every dollar
received from the United States was
under fierce electric light and watched
with lynx eyes to its final destination.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17
THE Ex-pRrsoNERs OF WAR.

A delegation OF ES-Prisoners Of War,
headed by Gen. Harry White, the Com
mander-in- Chief, and comprising Col. j.
D. walker. the Adjutant General, J. +.
Holliger. William Adelsperger ana
Henry weitzel, Of Toledo. o.: n. B. Ma
son and Rev. s. H. Raudebaugh, OF
O.; P. B. Oliver. OF Find
lay. and others, were in Washington
this week to urge the passage Of the
Ex-Prisoners of War Bill. In company
with Comrade John McElroy they vis-
tied the committees and renewed their
appeals for Congress to give long de-
layed justice to the men who had suf'
fered far more than any other in the
prison pens of the South. They were
confronted with the statements as to
the alarming decrease in the revenues,
the heavy deficit and other reasons.
but received assurances of efforts TO get
the bill out Of the committee room into
the House, where IL was felt that 1t
would be successful is the members
were allowed a chance to vote upon it.
Comrades White, Walker and others
have received 50 many letters from
members Of Congress that they feel
confident that if they can once get the
bill before the House for considere-
ton, IL win pass.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

As we believed from the first, the
energetic action by the British Gov
ernment has nipped the proposed re-
bellion in India In the bud. The Gov
ernment had timely information az to
the plans of the conspirators. and nine
of the most prominent have bean ar.
rested, and sent out Of the country.
Without leaders, the unrest In India
will never amount to anything serious.
The vast mass Of Hindoos are tfrid.
weak, ignorant men. without sufficient
force of character to initiate violence.
They only become terrible when the
mass Is aroused and they encounter no
serious oppcsition, then like all mobS
they are barharous to the last degree.
The whole trouble arises, as k always
does in countries like India, from 8
small class Of men who are ambitious
to rule and pIunder these submissive.
nerveless people. 1t is precisely tho
same way in Haiti, where s5 per cent
of the people are stupid, ignoranf
blacks, with the other five percent un-
scrupulous raseals, who fight among
themselves for the privilege of plunder-
ing the rest.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

When the present irrigation projects
are completed the United States will
have three of the greatest dams In the
world. The Shoshone Dam will be 32s
feet high and IT'S feet long, but in spite
of this shortness will store 45s,000 acre
feet Of water. The Pathfinder Dam
will be 2f5 feet high and 22s feet long,
and will store 1,o25,e coo acre feet. The
Roosevelt Dam will be 2S4 feet high
and 1880 feet long. and will store
1,2S4,000 acre feet! The only greater
dam than is that Of the Nile at AS
souan, which will store 1,ss0,0oo acre
feet Of water.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

The question Of the religious belief
Of Presidents has been discussed, and
reveals that Washington, Madison, Mon
roe, William II. Harrison, Tyler, Tay-
lor and Arthur were Episcopalians:
John Adams. John Quincy Adams and
MiIlard Fillmore were Unitarians; JEFF
erson was a Deist, and Jackson, Polk,
Lincoln. Cleveland, Buchanan and Ben
jamin Harrison were Presbyterians
Garfield was Disciple. Pierce a Con-
gregationalist and Hayes, Grant and
Mckinley were Methodists. President
Roosevelt Is a member Of the Dutch
Reformed Church.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

proposition that seems important
is to substitute for searchIigits on war
vessels guns which will fire intensely
luminous projectiles. One form Is to
have the light only appear ON striking
the water, and for this calcium car
bide will be used, which upon reaching
the water will generate acetylene gas
that will burn with an intense light
The calcium carbide will be in two
wooden cylinders. On striking the wa
ter the projectile win sink and allow
the carbide to become saturated, and
as IT rises to the surface emit a gas
which will infiame from ssIne hydrogen
phosphide mixed with lime. This
will ignite spontaneously, and not be
affected even by the water. It Is rath-
er increased in brightness by the action
of the waves, so that an intense light Is
produced even in a high sea- The light
will have an intensity of 1000 candles,
and life Of three hours, and the bombs
can be fired a distance of two miles.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

Some people have the most remark
able ideas as to what constitutes fun
and a practical joke. Some "friends''
of Joseph Bergstrom, Of Iowa, thought
it would be fun to kidnap him on his
wedding night, and tie him to a tree,
where he was left for several hours,
exposed to the chill night air. He con-
tracted consumption, and has now gone
to Colorado to recover his health. It
would seem to be up to the Grand Jury
and the Judge to give these friends
some much-needed information as to
what are the limitations as to "jokes."
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

The European papers with one ac-
cord applaud the agreement between
Japan and the United States, and call
it the crowning glory of President
RoossveIt's Administration. It settles
in the best way the control of the great
Pacific as a highway Of commerce, and
assures the integrity Of China with her
open ports. Japan has no more rights
over China than America or Europe
has. and that great country will be
open alike to the commerce and en-
terprise of all civilized Nations,
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

A map of Greenland has been made
at last, and It is discovered to be the
worlds largest iSsand. if Australia is
called a continent. The last step In
tracing the cosstfHne cost three mems
lives. March rs 1902. DR.. Mylius
Erichsen, with Lieut.. Hagen and Bron-
Iund. Greenland native. started out
for desperate rush to follow the
northeast coast until it came to where
it had been traced by Lieut.. Peary at
Independence Bay. The party consist
ed of 10 men in 10 sledges drawn by
So dogs. One detachment carried food
for the surveyors. Hagen died Nov. IL.
and Mylius Erichsen 10 days later,
when only a few miles from the food
cache. Bronlund reached the food
cache and lived several days, but finally
died. He left several pages In his note
book filled with a description of the
wanderings and suaerings which had
overcome his comrades. In a bottle
slung around his neck were found the
survey sheets.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

1t looks, at last as il we are to have
something of real value in the way of
cancer curing. 1t is called ionic medi-
cation, and consists practically in ap-
plying a solution of sulphate of zine or
copper to the cancer or ulcer, and then
using electricity to diffuse the medicine
thru the tissues. This treatment has
been found very effective for warts.
ringworm, sciatica, rheumatism and ul-
GERS, and it Is believed that it will have
equal value for the more dreadful dis
ease. salicyiate Of sodium and iodine
have been used IN. this way very sue
cessfully for sciatica.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17

George NJ. Coffin. formerly Deputy
Comptroller of the Currency. raises his
voice against postal savings banks He
claims. first. that it will cost $4,000, zoe
annually against an income Of only
100000. Next 1t is an unwarrantable
invasion by the Government of a legiti-
mate field OF private enterprise. Instead
of there being only II States with prop
er savings bank facilities, as stated by
Mr.. Taft. there are 20 States which seem
to be fairly well supplied. Mr.. Coffin
figures that if the deposits in each OF
the 10000 post offices average $1,000
the total will be s40.o00,0oo, for which
the Government will pay two per cent
interest and loan 1t out again to banks
at two and one-quarter per cent. Out
Of this quarter Of one per cent it will
have to pay for stationery, clerks, in
spection, furniture, fixtures, safes. etc.
The greater the business the greater
would be the loss.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17
AN rxrERsrsTs TROUBLE rs BREW

vi '0HING.
ri aye
Some tiHae inIthe dim azure of the
past the siingoi Indians were driven
out of the iohiS Valley by the Della
wares. Itaswas apparently during as
dry a Summer as the past; the waters
of the ohip River were very low, and
the Mingossfefr a story of their nisfor-
tunes chiseIed on, the solid rock OF the
banks of the river near the town OF
Smiths Ferry. last Summer the water
was so low as to again expose these
pictured rocks, and President George,
Of the Geneva College, at Beaver FAILS.
Pa, took out hand of stone masons
and neatly cfiseIed out the rocks. which
he carried off to his college. and placed
them in its relic room. The point Is near
where Pennsylvania and West Virginia
join, and a number Of West virginians
are quite indignant at having their
State deprived of the relics. As the
projected dams will submerge perma-
nently the part of the river where the
rocks were, DIR. George and his friends
claim that he has done a good work in
putting the stones where they can be
seen and studied The United States
Geological Survey is also a party to the
dispute, since it claims that the rocks
are United States property.
The remarkable increase in the de-
felt of the Post Office Department ex-
cites general attention and varied COM
ment. Last year the deficit was ST.
100000, but this year 1t will reach
'$16,S73,222. Undoubtedly there has
of the Department and its better re-
sponse to the needs Of the people, yet
it looks as if the day when it should be
is not growing higher.
1t is pointed out that the railroads are
the greatest benefciaries of the Post
Office Department, and they get much
higher pay from the Government than
they can possibly get from private pa
irons. It is asserted that the railroads
are paid every year the full cost OF
every mail car used by them, and their
contract with the Government is very
much fatter thing than those they are
able to make with the express compa-
nies, the Standard Oil and similar great
corporations. The express companies
do business which the Post Office De-
partments should do, and which the
Post Office Departments Of every other
country find the most profitable; that
is, the sending Of small packages.
1T is doubtful, however, whether the
parcels post would prove Ias profitable
in this country ,dss in England. Ger
many and France, on account or the
much greater Instances that the par
GELS would have to be carried. After
all, our deficit Is astonishingly below
that of Great Britain, which usually
loses about s75, 600 600 year in the
Post Office Department. This, however.
includes the parcels post and telegraph
systems and IN many localities the tele-
phone system.
The National tribune., 1908-12-17
Almost anvthing can. haupen bal th

Almost anything can happen in this
great country. and something that is
the jury which had been impaneIed at
Memphis in a sensational murder case
One Of the jurors suddenly became in
sane with the belief that he was ac-
.cused OF numbering his mother. He was
so violent that his II feIlow-jurors had
great difficulty in restraining him. and
they battied all night Ions, fearing to
call in even physician or help. lest
they violate their oaths Of non-com-
munication.