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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23
TRIAL By RICE.
The Way Suspected Criminals In Ben
GAL Are Treated.

The Way Suspected Criminals In Ben
gal Are Treated.
They have peculiar methods OF try
ing suspects in Bengal. One of these
is called trial by rice" says writer
in the Wide World Magazine. After
priest had been consulted as to an
suspicious day every person suspected
and those who were usually near the
place at night were ordered to be pres
ent at 10 O'Clock that morning. On
that date all turned up. First the
people were made to sit in semi
circle. and a plate" IA square OF plan
tain leaf was set before each. Then
a priest walked up and down chanting
and scattering flowers. These said
flowers. by the way, must be picked BY
Brahman and they must be those
which are facing the sun. This cere-
nlony over, one Of the clerks went to
each man and gave him about two
ounces of dry raw rice and told him to
chew it to a pulp. Then commenced
what looked like a chewing match
After about ten minutes had elapsed
they were told to stop and eject 1t into
the plaintain leaf. All did SO easily
with the exception of three men. In
the case of these three the chewed
rice had in two cases become slightly
moistened, but not sufficiently SO to al
low of it's being easily elected. AND
they had much ado to get rid OF IL.
The third man had chewed his into
-four, and it came out as such. perfect
" dry One of these three men prompt
" commenced to cry and begged Tor
mercy. confessing everything and stat
ing that man No. 3. who had acted as
a kind Of -four mill. was the CHER IN
stigator 1t is a curious fact that fear.
arising from an evil conscience. pre-
vents saliva coming to the mouth. with
the ccsult described.
A Travellers Tale.
The passengers were beguiling the
tourney with pleasant conversation.
One man in particular, who had the
look of a traveller. told of long sojourns
in foreign lands and kept them all in
terested with his anecdotes. yes
gentlemen" said he, there is nothing
like travel to expand the mind. Now.
/ don't suppose. for instance. that
many Of you have ever seen beet root
putting on a waistcoat?' His fellow
passengers stared In surprise. mo:
we certainly have notw ''Or lettuce
donning a pair Of trousers? No"
"Or aspiring onion fixing on its tie and
collar!~ mo. not even thatr' "Wei.
gentlemen" said the traveller as the.
train drew up at the terminus and he
prepared to alight. you may believe
me or not, as You like. but severas
times In my travels l have seen not
only q beet root or a lettuce or an
onion but whole salad dressing r
London Mail. I'd ]* ss
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23

New York, Oct. 21-Dr. W. r.
Horna day, president of the Ameri-
can Bison Society,", has received a
telegr am from A. r. Hodges, warden
of the new bison range at Ravilli,
Mont, stating that the thirty-four
head Of bison selected and purchased
last month at Kalispel, from the
Coma herd, to form the principle
part Of the Montana bison herd, were
deliver red at the range in perfect con-
dition- "a
With the thirty-four head pur-
chased came the finest bull and cow
of the Conrad herd, gift from the
C C.E Conrad estate. and also one
bison from Charles Goodnight, which
had been kept since last spring at
Kalispell. Although all of the gift
bison sare not yet on the range, the
Monta ma national bison herd is now
an I'D complished fact. In addition
to the thirty-seven head now on the
range, twelve other gift bison will
be delivered as soon as conditions
will permit.
1t is probable that the gift of Jas.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23

terest and unon execution of the contracts
in duplicate, the duplicate contract will be
thereupon delivered to the purchaser.
state on each contract will be divided into
four equal installments due respectively on
January LIST of the years 1915, 1920, 1926 and
eipal bearing interest at the rate Of six per
cent per annum, payable on January LIST each
year in advance, to the county treasurer Of
any nstaent Of pnepa Or WITH
in thirty DAYS after the same shall have be-
come due, the contract will be subject to
cancellation by the Board of University. and
sold will be entered for taxation immediately
after the sale. and will be entered upon the
assessment rolls for the year 1910.
The Board of University and School Lands
reserves the right to reject any or all bids
made at such sale and refund to the bidder
the money paid at the sale.
The following Is list of lands to be so
offered for sale:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23
Notice of Sale at Public
Auction of School and
State Lands.

The following described school and state
lands, situated in Walsh county and state
of North Dakota, will be offered for sale at
public auction to the, highest bidder, at the
court house in the city of Grafton, in said
county, being the county seat thereof. which
sale will be conducted according to law be
tween the hours of 10 O'Clock a. m, and hive
December, A. D. 1909, and will be continued
from day to day until all lands herein de-
scribed have been sold or offered for sale:
tracts as hereinafter designated and will not
be further subdivided at the time of sale, and
contract fee must be paid for each contract
sold as herein described.
tract will be offered at its appraised value pc
acre and no tract will be sold for less than
its appraised value as herein stated. Bids
advance per acre on each bid and each trac.
will be struck off to the highest bidder, who
will be required to pay at once to the county
OF SAID seS sa5e Ss &
amount of ONE-FIFTH Of the total purchase
price of the land so sold, and in addition
thereto the purchaser will be required to pay
at the same time the legal contract fee
$500 for each tract purchased. The purchases
will receive a receipt from the county treas
urer at time of sale for the amount 50 paid
til the contracts have been prepared by tn.
state and ready for delivery to the pur
chaser. When the contracts have been pre-
pared they will be sent to the county andito
of said county and each purchaser will b
duly notified thereof. together with state
ment of the advance interest due thereon
from date of sale to January 1. 1911, and
upon payment by the purchaser of such in
terest and upon execution of the contracts
in duplicate, the duplicate contract viii be
thsreupon delivered to the, purchaser.
state on each contract will be divided int
four equal installments due respectively
January lst of the years 1915, 1920, 1895 am
1880. All such deferred payments of prn
cipal bearing interest at the rate Of six PEI
cent per annum, payable on January list cacl
year in advance, to the county treasurer OF
said county,. and upon default Of payment. @;
in thirty days after the same shall have be
come due, the contract will be subject to
cancellation by the Board of University and
School Lands according 20 law. All lands so
sold viii be entered for taxation Immediately
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23
Notice of Sale at Public
Auction of School and
State Lands.

The following described school and state
lands, situated in Pembina county and state
of North Dakota, will be offered. for sale at
public auction to the highest bidder, at the
county, being the. county seat thereof, which
sale will be conducted according to law be.
tween the hours of 10 o'clock a. M, and five
P A. 1eo sesa aaS viii BE- aaS
from day to day until all lands herein de.
scribed have been sold or offered: for sale.
All such lands will be offered for sale in
be further subdivided at the time Of sale, and
contract fee must be paid for each contract
sold as herein described.
The terms Of sale are as follows: Each
tract will be offered at its appraised value per
acre and no tract will be sole for less than
its appraised value as herein stated. Bids
will be accepted of not less than rs cents
will be struck off to the highest bidder, who
will be required to pay at once to the county
treasurer of said county, in cash, check or
draft, acceptable to such treasurer, the full
thereto the purchaser will be required to pay
at the same time the legal contract fee of
$500 for each tract purchased The purchaser
urer at time of sale for the amount so paid
and no further payment will be required I'M
til the contracts have been prepared by the
state and ready for delivery TO the the pu us
pared they will be sent to the county auditor
of said county and each purchaser will be
duly notified thereof, together with state
ment of the advance interest due thereon
from date of sale to January l, 1911, and
upon payment by the purchaser of such in
terest and upon execution of the contracts
in duplicate, the duplicate contract will be
thereupon delivered to the, purchaser. -,
The balance of the purchase price due the
state on each contract will be divided into
four equal installments due respectively on
January LIST of the years 1915, 1920, 1925 and
1880. All such deferred payments of prin
cpal bearing interest at the rate of six per
cent per annun,, payable on January LIST each
year in advance. to the county treasurer Of Of
any installment Of principal or interest with
in thirty days after the am; 81 shall lh have BE-
School Lands according to law. All lands so
sold will be entered for taxation Immediately
after the sale, and will be entered upon the
assessment rolls for the year 1910.
The Board of University and School Lands
reserves the right to reject any or all bids
made at such sale and refund to the bidder
the money paid at the sale.
The following is list of lands to be so
offered for sale:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23

four equal installments due respectively on
1880. Ali such deferred payments of prin.
cipal bearing interest at the rate Of six per
cent per annum, payable on January lst each
year in advance, to the county treasurer Of
said county, and upon default of payment Of
any instaliment of principal OF interest with
in thirty days after the same shall have be-
come due, the contract will be subject to
ehoo aw aSds
sold will .e entered for taxation Immediately
after the sale, and will be entered upon the
assessment rolls for the year 1910.
The Board of University and School Lands
reserves the right to reject any or all bids
made at such sale and refund to the bidder
the money paid at the sale.
The following is list of lands to be SO
offered for sale:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23

Dated at Bismarck, N. D., this 18th day
of September, A. D. 1909.
Land Commissioner.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23
Entertaining and Hospitality.


have no sympathy with the tired
murmur Of the straining women who
speak Of entertaining as "a duty to
society" We all have duties to socie-
ty, but entertaining is not one OF them.
There Is no more obligation for wo-
man to entertain than there is for a
man to swap horses with a neighbor.
The conditions as they now exist are
identical. The neighbor may desire to
swap his horse, but no man feels
bound on that account to exchange his
own for it against bis wish. Since l
have recognized the market value OF
my own horse and how much l am al
ways expected to give Ito boot" l
never swap. $780,. -
The real and usually neglected duty
to society is hospitality. and that has
an important distinction from enter
tanning. 1t is hospitality only when
the entertainment is without hope of
reward. The moment the host hopes
to receive in exchange even good
opinion, a little affection or admira-
tion 1t ceases to be hospitality and be-
comes entertaining. The foundation
Of hospitality must be perfect unself-
ishness. ,fEs * r 81 = = u
The question left us to solve In indi-
yidual cases lis. Which will give the
most satisfaction as society is now or
agnized r. Ethel Davis In Dishonesty
and Caste" -. 49,, i Z. !
y. sS3l' III Her, Logic. - 5&.,4 53 ].
A United States senator In one OF his
campaigns told this story to illustrate
] the logic Of an opponent: Did you evet
hear about the young woman In Fort
Dodge? One spring morning she sat
on the piazza of her pretty little home
sewing button on her husbands coat.
The husband himself appeared. and
she said fretfnliy: .Its q perfect
shame the careless way the tailor sew-
ca this button on. This is the 1fth
time rye had TO sew II on again for
you.n
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23

ALEX. MACDONALD,
Land Commissioner.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-23

after the sale, and will be entered upon the
assessment rolls for the. year 19lo. IVA E
The Board of University and School Lands
reserves the right to reject any Or all bids
made at such sale and refund to the bidder
the money paid at the sale. 1,,,}t&. l% 5
The following is list of lands to be 90
offered for sale: -,-eL1tL y, .r@1rL
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27
oLDTIME CUSTOMS.

In the seventeenth century, in Eng
land the practise of juvenile smoking
was almost universal, at least accord
ing to Jorevin de Rochefort, a French
traveller of that period. III an account
published in 1871 he gives a deserip-
ton of an evening he spent in Wor-
cester. He was catehized by one of
the townsmen as to the habits of the
French people. while we were talk
ing about the town. he writes, 'he
aked me if it was the custom in France
as in England that when the children
went to school they carried in their
satchel, with their books, a pipe of
tobacco, which their mother took care
to fill early in the morning, it serving
them instead of breakfast, and that
at the accustomed hour every one laid
aside his book to light his pipe, the
master smoking with them and teach
ing them how to hold their pipes and
draw in their tobacco, thus accustom-
ing them to it from their youths, be-
lieving it absolutely necessary for a
mans health
Women of England in the eighteenth
century wore large hats Samuel
Rogers once Travelled to Ranelagh in
the same coach with a woman who
was compelled to sit on a stool on the
floor of the coach on account of the
inconvenient height of her headdress
Hannah More who was all for sim
plic1ty in costume, writes in her diary
that she has seen a women wearing
on their heads IAN acre and a half
Of shrubbery, besides slopes, grass
plats, tulip beds, clumps of peonies,
Kitchen gardens and greenhouses.
The credit of killing this fashion is
given to Garrick. He appeared one
night on the stage with a mass of
vegetables on his head and a carrot
suspended from each side, to the
shame and confusion of MANY fair
members of his audience.
Cleanliness was not a fad in the
Middle Ages. King Edward " of
england was supplied with a barber
10 shave him once a week, and eff so
De necessary To wash his head and
feet. One medieval laundress was
given so little to wash that the wash
ing bill of a ducal establishment came
TO 40 shilling $500 a year. Four shirts
was considered a large allowance of
hrlen for Lord Howard, and point
is made of the fact that Master How
ara was actually given a shirt to 90
10 coliege with.-Chieago News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27
THE LATSET IN BUNDLE WRAP
PING

''When they began giving me parcels
not tied up with Irvine string, but Sc
cured with an elastic band said a
shopper, 81 thought we had about
reached the limit, but it seems we had
pot.
"When a little roll of stuff I was
going to carry home myself came back
to me from the wrapping department
this morning how do you think / found
it fastened? Not with cord or with
an elastic band, but with strip of ad-
hesive paper.
Apparently they have this paper on
rollers, like adhesive tape, only the
paper is perforated at even short dist
ances apart, SO that YOU can tear off
pieces of it handily, and you Just tear
off strip and moisten it and clap it on
the bundle over the part where the
paper laps, and there you are.
"Cord, elastic bands, strips of ad-
hesive paper. What do you suppose we
will have next? ''-Washingto Post.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27
WHY THE JEW SAVES.

The Bishop of Stepney, speaking az
the annual meeting of the East L,,;dnn
Fund for the Jews, held at Church
House, Westminster, said he believed
that the Jews love of money was part
iy due to the very terror which had
come upon him through the age
long hunting. He boarded because we
had thieved, and he saved because he
never knew when and where he might
be stranded in restitution He believed
that we We're largely to blame for the
Jews tenacity in regard to money.
The Bishop of London said that thew
lad met in support of the most unpop-
uiar, the most difficult and yet the
most repaying work connected with
the Church of England.
1t was unpopular for three reasons.
Some people did not like the Jews at
all, and would have nothing to do
with them. Others felt that, as the
Jews had a religion, why should they
interfere with it2 Others. again.
thought they ought not to use the fact
that they were showing hospitality to
a people to force a religion upon them
He would like to answer those three
things. In the first place, no Christ
ian had any right to- dislike the Jews:
Christ, when He came to earth, saw
fit to be born a Jew. As to the Jews
having religion, we were paying the
greatest honor to that religion by
showing them the completion of it,
the coping stone. With regard to the
hospitality argument, we We're, in Of
fering them Christianity, offering
them the best we had got. The Jews
had wonderful energy and wonderful
power, and if they could be won over
they would make the Jewish portion
of East London the most forward and
spiritual of ali.-London Mail.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27
SIBERIAN HARDTACK.

Of all the bareback breads of the
universe | have found by actual ex-
perience the small ringed bread of Sibe-
ria the most substantial. When the
Russian engineering parties were con
strueting the Siberian Railroad this
white ringed bread with the coarse rye
bread) was their main staff of life.
1t is made without salt or yeast and
is first steamed, then lightly baked to
expel the moisture. Some curious uses
were made OF these breads by the en-.
gineers. When soaked in hot pure tai
low for a few moments till they sank
they were used for a few moments till
they sank they were used in soups Or
soaked in and eaten with tea during
the severe winter months. This tallow
bread was considered the most heat
producing article in the dietary. It
should be utilized by our Arctic ex-
plorers.
Another curious use to which it is
put is as an extempore candle, or coffee
pot boiler. A nail is used to make
about eight holes in the tallow ringed
bread; wax yestas are place in these
and ignited. 1t will burn slowly for
about an hour, emitting a strong heat
sufficient to warm and light a small
tent and boil the tea or coffee water.
There is a rather strong odor of toast
ing bread, but that is tolerated in pref
erence to smoke. While sojourning with
the engineers in Siberia I have also
seen them using the larger sizes of
ringed bread as makeshift quoits for
Sunday afternoon sport in their tents,
and the bread would stand the knock
ing about pretty well and would even
tually appear in the soup at the even
ing meal.
Small Siberian storekeepers also use
the ringed bread as an abacus, or
primitive counting apparatus for cal
culating small sums in rubles and
kopeks, and simple figuring. Three
strings are suspended above the coun-
ter; ten breads are strung on each; the
top line represents the rubles (their
money transactions rarely going above
ten) and the two lower strings stand
for the kopeks. Of course, the strings
of bread can be increased to mount
into the thousands and up if desired
Scientific American.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27
SMALL SCALE LOVE,

DR.. Pierce Underhill delivered a lee
ture on divorce recently in a fashion
able Indianapolis church.
Extravaganza. - he began, els one
Of the big causes of divorce. My
cousin, bank clerk, married a pretty
girl and took her home to a nice little
fiat. But she frowned and bit her lip.
ooh, Jack she said, Il can't live
in tiny fiat like this!'
" You don't love me when you say
that, darling. said my cousin.
tOh, yes, I do, said she, sbut not
on such a small scale -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27
A KINGS FRUGAL MEAL.

There are few more democratic mon.
archs alive today than King Victor of
Italy. He is very fond of going out
chamois hunting quite unattended, and
one day he met with an amusing ex-
perienee. He had shot ehamois, and
peasant boy, who had seen the ami
NAL fall, offered to go and get it. The
King thanked him, but the lad inquir-
ed what was to be his reward ''Well,
what do you want?' asked King Vic,
tor. :" A franc and half your lunch
corr was the reply. The bargain was
struck. and the peasant went off and
fetched the dead chamois.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27

Buckle. on visit to Naples, went
into cafe where chess was PLAYED,
and was challenged TO a game. s'For
one lire, l supposed" said his antag-
onist. q As you like, - ''Perhaps for
two lire?'' ''For two, then" ''You
might prefer fve2' GA hundred. if
you Hke?'' There was a pause. and the
Italian was thoughtful. HPerhaps.'' he
said, pensively, '@you are Signor
Boocle? In that case, I will not play
with you at ALL
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27

lady turned to the daughter OF the
ih1u1m1orist, then little girl, and said:
Your father is a very funny man. ),
Yes, . responded the child, when we
have company We
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27

Years ago Mark Twain use5 +, no
fond of telling this stow. A. +be
dinnertaDie one day there was a party
his best in the way of entersa;n,oy /
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-27

In winter sports held in northern
Sweden in February automobiles were
used TO tow ice yachts to the starting
point, the tires being wrapped with
chain to enable them to grip the ice.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-28
SYNOPSIS.

Vanishing Fleets a story Of what
might have happened" opens in Wash
ington with the United States and Japan
near war. Guy Hitler. secretary of the
British embassy, and Miss Norma Rob-
ertS, chief aide of Inventor Roberts. are
introduced as lovers. Japan declares war
ard takes the Philippines. Guy Hitler
leaves Washington for the Florida coast.
Hawaii is captured by the Japs. All ports
are closed. Tokyo learns of missing jap
anese fleet and whole world becomes con-
vinced that United States has powerful
war agency. England decides to send
a fleet to American waters as Canadian
protection against what the British sup
lier is sent with a message. Fleet mys-
teriously disappears. The kaiser is miss
ing. King Edward of England is con-
fronted by Admiral BevinS of the United
States. The Dreadnaught, biggest of Eng
lands warships, is discovered at an i'm
passable point in the Thames. The story
now goes back to time many months
before the war breaks out, and Inventor
Roberts visits the president and cabinet.
ton. This overcomes friction when cleo
tritied and is to be applied to vessels to
increase speed to over 80 miles an hour.
A city for the manufacture OF the mys-
FERROUS discovery is built on the coast of
Florida. Dr. Roberts first attempt to cleo
trify plates proves failure. In a second
effort Norma is knocked unconscious. but
making the most important discovery of
centuries. Roberts evolves great flying
machine. rendering warShipS useless.
The cabinet is taken for A visit and plans
for a radioplane war against Japanese
are started.