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Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-03-08
An Author Up a Tree.

Appleton's: Roy Norton was never
up a tree but once, and, oddly
enough, that was when he was writ
ing his novel, '4The Vanishing Fleet" !"
at Lake Hopatkong, in New Jersey,
where he had gone for peace and
quiet. He gradually became the
center Of group Of summer borders
immensely interested in the news
that he was writing a mysterious
romance. Hemmed in and losing
ground little by little, Mr.. Norton
first took to the water and tried
writing offshore in a boat. But In
terrnptions from neighboring canoes
were SO frequent he improved on this
by hiring carpenter to build stout
platform for his hundred and ninety
pounds in the upper crotch of a
large tree. Here, in true aboriginal
fashion, he brought all necessaries.
and here it was, he wrote the book.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-03-08
The Skunk RetaIiated.

Forest and. Stream: Leaning
against the hen house was a spade
which the hired man had ground,
as sharp as a spade could be ground,
/ for the purpose of cutting roots when
gru'bbing out second growth timber.
This | took with me and with the
trap carried under my arm, went up
to the orchard. Ny plan was to set
sthe trap down, lift up the lid, and
when my friend stuck his head out,
cut it off with the spade Accord
ingly I set the trap down carefully,
straddled it and lifted the lid just
about three inches. The skunk
seemed perfectly contented, and in
no hurry to come out of his new
quarters, but finally he put his head
out and looked up at me with his lit
tie black eyes. Down came the spade
on his neck and about the same in
slant there was something doing in
the box.
Great Scott! Talk about your San
Juan Hill or Gettysburg with their
clouds of smoke and sulphurous gas
es. They were nothing compared
to the engagement l found myself
involved in. The atmosphere sur
rounding me would have stopped a
-sls II. Is -
town clock. / could not breathe.
The tears ran out of my eyes and I
was. to say the least, very much en-
barrassed. However, as he had thus
was bound to put Observation-Disclosures
basely betrayed my confidence was
bound to put his distillery out Of
commission If had to stay there all
summer, so with streaming eyes /
rode on the spade until his light went
out.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-03-08
SUPREME COURT
PRINCIPAL MUST REPuDiATE
UNAUTHORIZED ACT OF AGENT
OR BE DEEMED TO HAVE RAT,
TITLED 1T.

w. D. Russell, respondent, VS.. Wa.
terloo Threshing Machine Co., appel
I liant.
Unless a principal repudiates the
unauthorized act of his agent within
reasonable time after knowledge
of the unauthorized act, he will
deemed to have ratified the same.
There may be an implied ratifica.
tion by silence in reference to the un
authorized acts of an agent done with
the principals knowledge where the
party dealing with such agent is
thereby led to believe to his preju.
dice that the act of the agent is ac-
quiesced in.
Retaining possession Of property
purchased by an agent not authoriz-
ed to do so, after knowledge of the
unauthorized act, and acquiescing in
the sale OF sacn property to anoth
iasn implied ratification of the un
authorized punches of such property.
If a principal Intentionally ratifies
an unauthorized act of an agent WITH
out full knowledge of all the facts,
when such facts are ascertainable, he
cannot thereafter repudiate the un-
authorized act to the prejudice OF the
other party.
! hTe facts are set forth in The opin.
ion and are held to show a ratifica.
tion of the act Of an agent acting
beyond his authority.
Notes taken by an agent in the
name of his principal for the purchase
price of machine sold without an
thcrity, Of which fact the principal
was afterwards informed, are comIet-
ent evidence bearing on the question
whether there was ratification of
the act with knowledge OF all the ma.
terial facts.
Appeal from the district court OF
Grard Forks county; Hon. Charles J
Fisk, Judge
w. J. Mayer for appellant.
Geo. Bangs for respondent.
Fisk, judge, disqualified. Knee
shaw, district Judge, sitting by re
quest
Judgment affirmed.
Opinion by Morgan, county Judge
All concur.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-03-08
Why PEOPLE
Want TAFT
lBy Walter j. Ballard.)

The people want VIM. Howtrd |
Taft for president because he is an
American through and through.
The people want aft because,
when he is called upon to face
public question or public duty, he
does not ask: ''Will it pay me po-
1itically to do this, or not do that?"
but, on the contrary, his guiding
thought is, "What shall do with
this question, or this duty, in the
best interests of my country?"
Finding for himself the answer to
that self-sacrificing, patriotic ques-
tion, he acts accordingly.
The people want Taft because he
has successfully performed every
public duty which has been intrusted
to his charge, since that day in Jan
uary, 1881, when he received his
first public appointment, as assist
ant prosecuting attorney for Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
The people want Taft because of
his successful organization of the
Philippine Civil Commission; his ad-
1ninistration of the islands and his
adaptation thereto of American forms
of government; his missions in
those islands to various divisions of
natives and their pacifiotion; his
vigorous upholding of the flag nd
the submission thereto of the insur-
rectos; his support Of American edu-
cation OF the people Of all ranks,
classes, conditions and creeds; his
fearless advocacy then and since and
now of the rights Of the PHILIPPINES
TO equal treatment under our laws.
The people want Taft because they
realize that the success of his mis-
sion to the Vatican regarding our
purchase of the friars' lands in the
Philippines, is all the evidence re-
quired to prove that he possesses
diplomatic ability of the highest or
der-such diplomatic ability, which
is strengthened by experience, as will
be needed by whoever shall be presi-
dent OF this great nation of ours, in
the years of international anxiety and
American responsibility which are
before us.
The people want Taft because
when but recently, revolution threat
ened our great trade and investment
interests in Cuba, he hurried down
: there, and by diplomacy and candor
averted the catastrophe, indusing
the malcontents on both sides to ac-
cept provisional government at
American hands; under which gov
ernment the island is peaceful and
prosperous.
The people want Taft because,
though vigorously urged by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to accept seat for
life on the bench of the supreme court
of the United states-the most high
iy respected judicial body in the
world-he remained true to his prom
ise to the people of the Philippines
that he would not leave them until
civil government was firmly estab-
lished
The people want Taft because
when the need aruse, mainly in the
interest of speedy construction of the
American Panama canal, he accepted
the great office of secretary of war,
and by personal visits to Panama,
by the cutting of "red tape,'' by care
In letting contracts and buying sup
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-03-08
Shave Yourself

Buy a Keen Kuter Safety Razor.
Do it now and shave yourself with
ease, comfort and economy for the
rest of your life. Blades require no
honing or stropping. fears of effort
have resulted in producing a safety
razor that will do all that is claimed
for it. We want you to know 1t as
we know it. Our proposition: Take
one and use it for 80 days, and ii
found Unsatisfactory return it and get
your money back Keen Kutter goods
are known and used in every, quarter
Of the world. World wide use is the
result. not the cause of their suprem.
acy. See Wolbert's east show win.
dow. 1t is full Of Keen Kutters.
G. w WoLBERT HARDWARE CO
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-03-08
Wood Delivered

The Wachter Dray Line is prepared
to deliver wood in any quantity where.
ever you want 1t in the city. Terms
reasonable. Phone 62.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-03-08

Te sell what you have to offer and
to buy what you need inIthe best mar.
ket is TO prosper. This!is the reas
for the existence Of the advertIsIn,
columns in the Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-03-08
Let Opportunity
Find You at Home

and ready when she knocks at your
door. An account at good bank is
always helpful in attracting the atten-s
ton of opportunity. The amount of
your bank balance is material, yet
. not 50 much so as the fact that you
Z have balance, that you give good
s care to your account, that you handle
your financial affairs in systematic
manner and the habits you will form
in building the account to such proper
tons as will enable you to make salts.
factory and profitable investments.
We would like to have every man, ey-
cry woman, every child in this vicinity
open an account with us; it would
mean better town and more pros
porous community. Come in and talk
with us about it.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-03-08
EASTER POSTAL CARDS

You can see fine assortment of
Easter Postal Cards at the Fair De-
partment Store.
Sc each, or for Sc,
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10

coutziHea easse as n she had seen X
And SOS aae ssicsee saxio..sly ior tns
answer.
MOI yet she said coapssssonateiy
S~liFs sezs Neskeaea and shs
cswicssed a the isztse shelf besors hsr
!; ioos a Baazsauf ~ s~.lio~ the thing
IN s.r skEe~f Thea sl. H.AsEHs1E.a
ITS s~e ~csks~
Yes BH he'd have 10 b. pretty
proauH; - gel d here by this time
sally had besn sare q sEis prOmsit.
ness. n never occsrrea - her o.
aosos- she ~0aia not have Wasted a
minute She tarnea hoyeiessly swsy
Perhaps se-morro~'~ said the Kind
posi- mistress
sally vee-ed- smiling
Yoa think ss7'
~orry dear Yoa see the address was
very vague and IL may be some time
before they hnd him
~Yos don't think !; is too lsteg~
4 hope mot dear
She had not thought Of thai before
She had faaciea him waiting for some
such recall But. u course. he had
formed other ti.s--he would be glad
TO forget her lie might bs married.
OF course he vas Otherwise he could
not be a president
Il guess IT'S too late" she said
again.
\ would not think that The sd
dress was very vague. but. after you
we're gone took the precsuti0n TO
put return address on the envelope
and n he does not get n. h viii come
back but that ~ill take some little
time"
There was nothing the next dsy nor
the next. nor for the many DAYS after
ward thai she went to the post office
She was no longer dressed up for the
trip. and she was glad now she had no;
told his father
For while she had 10 lock herself
In her room when the desire came on
her to so 20 the posts once And then
she remained away three DAYS. then
week, and then the post mistress ad
mitted that the letter had had time
though. Strange things happen some
times. with letters.
The letter had been returned. the
post mistress had IL then But she
pityingly thought It best that Sally
should wait for 1t still. while she tried
to send Il back to him.
Otherwise 1t was very much as Sally
had planned and hoped. save that she
was bit sadder. She kept SeHys
fathers house, as, perhaps, no house
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10
SvNOeS,S
DO0N uUT0E0 LONG

The crownlne dszire IN the life Of old
t.inn.e tnef y - gslilsin possession 81 a
h'...'.ilii - nl,isi',S Tee preseriy vas ~
athletic Valuz zirl Bstllnieartucr came g.
rssilze thai his only hepe Of obtalnins
riaEe 81 bis son = phenilah 20 sarah
Pressed lu nlurk auctipn 'sofy A.
sspieniiah o. Hsuussartner Dr.. Is pope
b. Sarah Cor 81 sarah Pressed Is quite the
erpsaitr uf senf Bsumgartner gives
seay sonis tss-uus in coiift-hip. Baum
pointea sisar,iiau u sally. sbe promises
SefF that 81" viii never Kiss any man
hut him sam Frttz. = drunken grocery
clerk. rslls on sally and Interrupts the
kissing -erY goes 70 sleep and b.gins
snoring sally ieaves the room in a hufi
sayine Good night. gentlemen. s.nv
tells his fafh.r ~ has humiliation of how
sam frttz bad pinned 10 he bosom while
he si'sVt - pastehoitrd tombstone. ssny
and sally meet ~ the Poison spring She
urges lin o. DO something % redeem
himself The father advises Seffy 10 take
Sally home from church THIS would b.
the crucial test according o. the custom
~ the times " was the rule In such
test that the one " hose arm the girl
cepted when leaving the church would be
The favored suitor Then sam takes
and Semy is i,ft in disgrace sam con
tinues his drinking aud sally begins 10
~ tghltt ~" hahit hahms srtner curses son
and strikes him powerful blow with hsi,
tul IN the face. Then the repentant Ia
Their gathers the youth IN his arms HIS
cries attract sally and sam rritz Sallv
PUSHES up 10 Semvs room and finds him
unconscious In the morning S.ffy has
disappeared. u Is sad aud lonesome
winter for old Baumgartnsr He thinks
his son Is dead somewhere from the ef
fects Of the cruel blow. W hen old Baum
gsrtner goes 10 Sally's home TO sur
render to her his papers as her guardian
he finds her hagRsrd end worn with sor-
row She agrees to quit drinking N he
win take the papers back and continue as
her guardian, Old Bsumgsrtner and Sally
continue as bosom friends. sam dies Of
drinking and Sally goes TO Keep hous.
for old Baumgsrtner. Reading THE
Farm Journal" she In attracted by "A
mastery article by =. p. BaumgsrtBcr.
Jr., president Of the Kansas state Farm
.rs league" She writes. pleading with
him to return.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10

was ever kept before. She had not
been famous for the keeping of her
own house in the days OF her coQuette-
ship. Her grandmother had attended
to this-and then . maid who in
terpreted her faultlessly. But nov her
own hands did all-and did II with
love. And she did replace SeRy-and
more. For she ploved. and. after
brief apprenticeship. no one did IT bet
ter The bay mare WAS As kind to
Sally As she had been to Sefy Moth
ing in his life had ever been 80 sweet
to the old man AS those rests when
they met. And no food was ever so
piquant as that eaten under the trees
at their incoming.
Sally still went to the post once,
and the post mistress still had her let
ter where she could have put her hand
hand upon it, though she mercifully
concealed this.
But there was no hope. Not q word
Of confidence had passed between
Sally and the kind post mistress, but
each knew that the other understood
QuttS - II tncif COuHutncc SaB COm-
plete. So that It was as IL they spoke
of an old matter when Sally said, one
day:
"YesJ guess it's too late. He's
married"
Il woul4n't think so, IL I were you.
till ! heard from him." said the com
passionate woman behind the coun-
ter. Il thought SO once. He went to
war. l heard that ne was killed.
married another man-just-oh, just
because, Then he came back have
always been sorry"
Something filled the speakers eyes
and Sally. with the dumb intuition
OF the primitive nature. stood there
a long time and said only, Thank
you"
But after that hope rose and lived
again.
That night the post-mistress re-
ceived, from Washington. the address
of the Kansas State League of Farm
ers' clubs. and put it on the face of the
returned letter and sent it forth again
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10
cavos MGrroos or ss,mm,ne
Which VEN Lens In oispseci~o ~
opiW1ie anA oistaN.


The invention Of the art of spinning
was ascribed by the ancieAts to NJ
nerva. the goddess of wisdom. says .
writer in The Housekeeper. The date.
1900 B. C.. Ii given ~ that Of the BE-
ginning Of the art In Greece under The
direction Of the king of Arcadia, but
pictured inscriptions on Egyptian mon
uments show that the use Of the spin
die and distaR was known In that
country much earlier. The Arst Dis
tan was simply . stick. around which
the hber to be spun was loosely cOileA.
held in the left hand; the spindle was
4 sort Of top set in motion by . twin
OF the hand. the nber passing between
the finger and thumb OF the night
hand. This invention was Improved
upon in the course OF time by placing
the spindle in . frame and making It
revolve by mechanical action Of tie
hand or foot in connectioa with .
wheel or treadle-thus givinG the true
spinning wheel The first recorded
use of this was in the early years q
the sixteenth century, but II was prob
ably made and used long before this.
The first spinning jenny. . machine
working eight spindles, was invented
in 1861.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10

a. poaee uiss at the uo-la-
sally. SAID The o.l ..An. -s..n k
ssce@
~Nery uics az-.sd sally
Fsst also there - Ros ssax la shi~
TO sea1 oac nsesssaTy Dscs ~ard And
sals q szs doinz tss bosh OF saax
@f.sery lsesdg dSa haf ma ssch n.
so-uszhf And she every bod b.
sAoazhg Of a. ke sighed ~a~--saev
Nc. nj eSess soaS sighed s.Ily.
p-0ppanz hsr head ssroa his kHee.
~saIlg who d. ysa mean By xery
body
just one person admitted sally
the sans one yog mean
Vas said sefsy father very sofs-
y. and then they we're ssseet
Nebby some got no Aonses-sas
est freezing tonight the Old man
said presently
Il hope not. said sally We cou,a
take them In here II We knew where
they AFe-coaian We. pappyy~
But that last note wAs the one which
dams gy tears.
Nas--if ~s kaowed where then air
Ny God-if We chass kaoSea where
they air sally. don't you meter turn no
one away from the door IN Q cosa win
sers night Yos don't know ~ho II
might be-"
I'm never turn any one away from
the door'- said sally with emotion.
That's right Sally somes dead
Id rather be dead than haf no home
And l." agreed sally
Nor no friends"
sally nodded
sally. how hong is it sence you was
marriedg"
More than four years-nearly FIVE
pappy"
My, hut sings is changed" said
the old man. Elem the sun don't
seem so bright no more"
Yes. things are changed. said the
girl.
"Yit II must he chust an idee Why
the Bible says thai summer and winter
shall not change tell eferysing come to
pass-efery ysine-eiery sing" Then
his voice broke. Hit-yit-yit it's
one sing amt come to pass and II
seems like it's nefer going to. Its bet
ter sence you come. But yit the house
is damp-and shifery. he shiversd
himself-"and empty-'like 1t was . fu.
neral about all the time. YM it's nc
one dead-Do ones dead--he's not
dead-chust gone. You said so-you
said II first' And some day he'll come
back and well git on our knees and
beg his pardon. But It's so long-oh
my God-so long Oh. 0eRy-Seny-
little Seny-I got q pain In ny breast
about you You was all I he'd. Come
back to income back! I'm q al
moa. And I'm sorry-sWry-an
bFOAe-broke dowa. Bvt n youll come
beck-oally, - you tAiak I'll has Q
scar 0a his face,"
Something stified his ~ erasee IT,
girl put out = soft hand 10 comfort
him.
Some day We shall know-see, BE
brave,"
NRs-yas-that's easy to say. But
you nefer struck no one right in the
face-when they was looking up at
you-in that pleading kind Of q way"
She said piteously, mo"
Then you don't know nossing about
it, Oh, my God. if you'd had 1t before
YOU for more than four years-like .
picture-morning and efening-day
and night-eferywheres. The blood On
him-and the bed and me-"
CTO BE CONTINCED)
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10
CHAPTER xiv.-cscticve<

She watched her put II into the bag
and then went dreaming home, and
for all of the two weeks OF waiting she
was very happy-dreaming always.
Poor girl-she had made her life so
unhappy that joy seemed divine She
was sure of Seffy. Sometimes she won
dered with a blush and a start IL he
might not come himself in answer
She would not have been surprised to
have him steal up behind her-that
was his way. she remembered-and
call out softly her name. So she went
about almost on tip4Oes so that she
might hear him if he should 1t was
little difficult TO keep 1t from the in
quisitive old man. who did not quite
understand her sudden happiness. But
she did IT,
And, finally, the two weeks were up.
She was quite sure Seffy would not
waste a moment with his answer. And
he might use that mysterious instru-
ment, the telegraph, which she under
stood would not take more than an
hour from Kansas. She supposed his
message, even If he used the tele-
graph. would come to the post-office.
The ceremonial of a letter, with
simple people. is as much q matter of
concern as 4 treaty between two ma
tions. And now, as she dressed her
self in her best clothes to go to the
post-office, she felt, somehow, As IL
she were to be in SefYy's personal
presence, and must be as immaculate
as always. She wondered how he
would address her-forgetting that his
answer must come to the one whose
name she had signed. She had heard
of various most dear headlines to let
ters. ! am afraid she blushed at all
this. For. as she looked In the glass.
she saw a face so radiant that she
looked again to identify it.
So, all the more she dressed herself
with the same care she would have
taken were she going to him instead
of to the post-office for his letter. She
remembered what he had said about
her hair, and she ventured to pull it
about her face. much as it had been
that night in the dark parlor. But at
tDt tuouRnt OF tnat tne tears came
slowly into her eyes. She had been
very happy that night. II was all the
happiness she had ever known, il
seemed now. She dried her eyes and
then she sat 1t the table where Seffy
had often sat. and looked again in his
broken mirror. The radiance was
quenched. Her face was pale and thin
now. She thought of it quite as if he
were soon to see it
Il wonder IL he'll think me hand
some, now" She shook her head
doubtfully at the face she saw in the
glass. No, I have no red cheeks no
more-and my eyes are bigger-and
my lips thinner-and my hair is paier
and my hands
She remembered how he had kissed
them, and put her head down and
sobbed. They did not seem fit to be
kissed now-nor worth kissing
But the post-mistress liked her bet
ter that way and so do l. For she had
H~'-+i-ass that was aIrnos,
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10
Nic WiOh Came Ys,eo.

Prof. Edgar L. Larkin. the noted
astroeomer, was discussing marriage
at q dinner in San Francisco Prof.
Larkin believes that ii 10 criminal to
continue for life marriages that are
unhappy. Why condemA," he said.
with . grim laugh, "men and wo0en
to such misery as afflicts our mutual
friends. the Blanks? We have all mu-
tual friends in the Blanks position.
At the height of their nightly quarrel
the other day Mrs. Blank choked back
4 sob and said reproachfully: I was
reading one Of your old love letters
to-day. James. and you said in 1t that
you would rather live in endless tor
ment with me than in bliss by your
self. Well, i got my wish Blank
growled."
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10
Careless

''Oh, George. dear, our wedding
must be postponed NO, darling,
no. 1t must not be" 'But It must.
George. dear. Father has lost III his
money in the market" You are right,
dear. You are right. The wedding
must be postponed. l never thought
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10

Shall Semy Enter At This Cue,

Winter had come again-the fifth
one. They sat together in the great
hearth of the kitchen. in their charac-
teristic attitude when before a fire.
The hickory logs sputtered savagely.
Gunnison news-champion., 1908-07-10

Issues Money orders Payable a; Par
Anywhere Ia the United states at
the follow ing rates.
On sums not eScegdtug b.. t20 cents
Dvey bIe and not exc ding 40 10 cents
over see and not exc ding SO. rs cents
over $50 and not exc d8nA Sc. ~ ccntS
Over ose and not exc dlns lee. % cents
Larger sums at the same ratio.
This Is the cheapest and most conVen-
lent way 70 send money. and II perfect
~ safe. Try it,
Also issues money orders payable In
foreign countries.
Pays the Highest Market Price for
County and School Warrants and Court
Certificates
Loans and Discounts at Reasonable
Rates
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-03-07
Has Changed its Name.

The name of the kindergarten
Association has been changed 10 the
Williamsburg Educational AsSocia-
ton. At a meeting held in the Kin
dergarten rooms Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. George P. Coleman was elected
president.
Interesting papers on the moral
training Of children were read al this
meeting by Mrs. Van +. Garrett anc
Mrs. r. T. Bennett. The associa-
ton is rapidly growing in numbers
and the interest man ifested IS very
gratifying.