Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-07-18
Thouqht She Had Arrived,

Thought She Had Arrived.
II have moved into perfect gem OF
an apartment on the sixth floor Of one
Of those new houses" said the woman
who paints china, land am reveling ir
its liberal supply Of fresh air and sun
light
But don't you find the stairs an
overbalancing disadvantage" asked
an acquaintance.
'The thought Of the coy quarters at
such moderate cost colors my climb
with the roseate hue of optimism, -
laughed the artist, "but one of my GUS
toners, middle aged and filled with
good food and the joy Of living, evil
IDENTIFY found it a narrowing expert
| ence.
ut seemed ages that waited in the
hall after the ringing Of the lower
bell, and upon hearing the labored
breathing Of my ascending visitor I
ran back for the smelling salts.
4 when I had administered all the
means Of resuscitation at y hand she
smaaaged to articulate between gasps:
"'I thought st. Peter always opened
the door, New York Times
The Planet Mercury.
Though Mercury is one of the small
est Of the planets, it is perhaps the
most troublesome to the astronomer.
1t lies so close to the sun that it is
seen but seldom in comparison with
the other great planets. Its orbit is
very eccentric. and it experiences dis
turbances by the attraction of other
bodies in way not yet fully under
stood. A special difficulty has also
| been found in the attempt to place
Mercury in the weighing scales. We
can weigh the whole earth. we can
weigh the sun, the moon and even
Jupiter and other planets, but Mercury
presents difficulties Of q peculiar char
acter. LIE Verrier, however, succeeded
in devising a method Of weighing it: :
He demonstrated that our earth is
attracted by this planet, and he showed
how the amount of attraction may be
disclosed by observations of the sun,
so that from an examination Of the OBJ
servations he made an approximate
| determination of the mass of Mercury.
LIE Verrier's result Indicated that the
weight of the planet was about the if
teenth part of the wight of the earth.
In other words. If our earth was placed
In a balance and fifteen globes, each
T equal to Mercury. were laid in the
other the scales would hang evenly
/ "Story of the Heavens" TIN
/ Expense No Object. Z 81;
T. During an inclement spell Of weather
{ a lady of the order Of the newly rich
was so unfortunate as to contract a
painful affection of the throat, and she
accordingly accepted the advice OF a
| friend that she consult a great Lon
don specialist noted for his expensive
fees. 80 -. r - ( = - .~f;' - As5
"Your ailment. is not a serious one"
! said the specialist after examination.
you'll soon be all right. 5I'll just in
dictate to your family surgeon pre-.
cisely where 70 touch your throat with
meet the case exactly" a..
"Oh. &doctor." protested the wealthy
matron III d tone of mingled surprise
and indignation, Edo order him to use
nitrate Of gold! Expense is a matter,
I assure you, quite immaterial to met
London Answers. / 1 t.. %S
Are You 8sgsar7
All the $beggars are not holding out
| hand to passersby In the street. You
probably know the man who is ever
whining for help. If farmer, he
thinks his neighbors should help him
get in his grain or lido bis blowing.
II in business, he is always trying to
borrow or wanting some one to boost
him or drum up customers. He never
seems to think ofsreIying on his own
efforts. There us a well known fable
about the larks II g grainfield. AS
long as the farmer depended on his
neighbors and relations to come and
cut bis grain the larks felt perfectly
safe. When the man determined to
cut the grain himself the larks knew
1t was time to seek safety elsewhere.
f There are times when every one
needs help, but help should be asked
only when one has made every posi-.
Bile effort for himself. ~" ~ ''''s',S.
Too much help given man weakens
his: character.-Afilwauk journal.
T. sT All About Her. &fa<s Il
II Winkle-See that little woman IN
black over there? e I'll bet, there are
more men crazy about that woman
than any woman in town. Hinkle
What makes you think sol Wrinkle
Well, she's the matron out at the In
Tsane asylum. '47.s :. 5z
without friend the world h .
! wilderness German Proverh
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