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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
A Real Jchn Doe.

"There goes a man who would be
justified in, changing his name" said
the city salesman. Ellis name Is real;
" Doe, and John in the bargain-John
Doe. Moreover, he has sister Jane.
I wonder what kind of joke their par
ents were trying to perpetrate on those
helpless mortals. Doe as a surname
was bad enough without adding to the
offense by lacking on John and Jane,
When l first met John Doe didn't
take his name seriously. l Thought
the man who introduced us was en-
joying a little pleasantly at my ex-
pense or maybe at the expense of John
Doe. I smiled. John Doe did not
smile.
"'YGu don't believe it, he said, but
unfortunately it is true. l am the fa-
nous Doe
Later met his sister Jane and the
rest Of that particular Doe family.
They assured me that there are num-
Der of Does in town. presume there
are, but I trust that in most cases the
old folks had sense enough not to
christen their offspring John and
Jane."-New York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
Field Of Honor Commission.


Perhaps wit Is stimulated by q slight
arrangement Of the nerves, and good
things said on the field Of battle are
sometimes recorded. When Bully"
Egan fought Curran with pistols the
bulky Egan complained that his oppo-
nent was as thin as blade Of grass.
LET my size be chalked out upon your
body" said Curran. land any hits out
side of the line shall not count"
1t was not good form; however, to
make q parade Of magnanimity, and
the coxcombical practice Of firing in
the air or dumb shooting. or ''chil-
dren's play" was strictly prohibited by
the rules, of which thirty-six were
drawn up by representatives of the five
most eminent countiesLGalway, Tip
perary, Mayo Sligo and Roscommon-
in lit. They met at the summer as
sizes at Clonmel and seem to, have
done their work very gravely and hon.
estly, including a special rule for 'sim:
pie, unprecedented encounters with
the small sword" There Is a large
element Of absurdity about it all no
doubt, but even dueling has had its
place as rough, inenicient test Of
manhood:-Blackwood's Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
Ne READ His MAN.
Lincoln's Rsbuke to Visitor Win
Would Not Meet His Gaze.

LincoIn's Rsbuke to Visitor Win
.> Would Not Meet His Gaze.
AS came up to the railing In front
of the president he was reading u pa
per that had just been presented to
him by a man who sat in the chair
opposite him and who seemed by his
restlessness and unsteady eyes to be
Of a nervous disposition or under great
excitement.
Mr.. Lincoln. still holding tho paper
up and without movement of any kind.
paused and, raising his eyes, looked
for long time at this mans face and
seemed to be looking down into his
very soul. Then. resuming his reading
for a few moments. he again paused
and cast the same piercing look upon
his visitor.
Suddenly, without warning, he drop
ped the paper. and, stretching out his
long arm, he pointed his finger directly
in the face Of his vis-a-vis and said.
whats the matter with your
The man stammered and finally re-
piled. Nothing"
Eyes. there is" said Lincoln. You
can't look me in the face! You have
not looked me in the nee since you
sat there! Even now you are looking
out that window and cannot look me
I'm the eyer
Then. fiinging the paper in the mans
lap. he cried: Take 1t back! There ia
something wrong about this! l will
have nothing to do with I'll" And the
discounted individual retired.-T. B.
Bancroft in McClure's Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
ORIENTAL .PARAG0NS.
Japan's Four and Twenty Models ..
Filial Pisty.

Japan. Four and Twenty Models Of
FiliaI Pisty.
Filial piety. as is well known, is the
special virtue Of China and Japan.
From it springs loyalty to the emperor,
who is regarded. AS ''the father and
mother of his people," There are no
greater favorites with the Japanese
than the flour and twenty paragons
of filial piety," whose acts Of virtue
are the subjects Of Chinese legend.
One Of the paragons had a cruel
stepmother. who was very fond Of
fish. Never repining at her cruel treat
ment of him, he lay down on the fro
zen surface of lake. The warmth Of
his body melted hole in the ice, at
which two carp came up to breathe.
These he caught and took home to his
stepmother.
Another paragon, who was Of the
female sex, chung to the jaws Of a IT,
ger that was about to devOur her IA
Their until the latter escaped.
The drollest of all these stories is
that of Rorashi. This paragon. though
seventy years old, used to dress in ba-.
by's clothes and crawl about on the
floor, his object being to delude his
parents, who were really over ninety
years Of age. into the idea that they
could not be so very old, after all, as
they had such an exceedingly infantile
son.-Sunday Magazine. &c.,.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25

is said that there was considerable
dust in under the bed and that it had
not been disturbed for some time.
On Wednesday last Detective Spen-
Ger arrived at Drake and on Friday
it is said that Reed locked himself
in his room and would not admit
anyone. 1t is asserted that he at
this time composed letter which he
sprung on Saturday. The letter is
supposed to have been from the party
who stole the money, which, together
with large number of other stolen
goods, comprising sixty-three pieces
in all, we're shipped to one w. H. F.
Dollhouse at Moose Jaw, in bar
rel.
Following out the clue given In
the letter the detectives Immediately
got on the trail of the barrel and
intercepted it at Portal and 1927
of the cash, together with the other
goods, were recovered.
1t is asserted by the detectives that
the letter which was supposed to have
been written by friend of Reed and
in which the friend admitted steal
ing the money and other articles in
the barrel, was, in fact, composed by
Reed himself, while locked in his
room on Friday afternoon before
his arrest. 1t is asserted that while
the handwriting is disguised it can
be proven as Reeds. Moreover, it is
asserted that Reed claims that he re-
ceived the letter by railway mail, but
that the letter was enclosed in a
large 500 envelope, which the Off
Gals say is not used for railway mail
at all.
It is said that the detectives have
considerable other evidence which
will be introduced when Reed is
brought to trial in the district court.
The accused man came from Fes-
sender about two weeks ago. He pos
sesses an excellent education, and is
polished in every way. He is about
forty-flve years of age, but looks to
be much younger. He is a native of
Australia, served in the Boer+ war,
has had considerable railroad expert
ence and travelled extensively. The
detectives working on the Drake case
say that they believe he is a man
with record.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
500 Line Agent Who Told
Robbery Story Valves
Examination
Held in Bonds Of $4,000
for Trial in the Dis.
triCt Court

Drake, N. D., March 24.-Charles
Reed, the 500 station agent at Drake
who claimed that he was robbed of
81, 400 while asleep in a hotel in that
city, and who was arrested on COM
plant sworn out by Bond Detective
Spencer and Special Agent Hicks of
the 500 line, and lodged in jail at
Towner, was given preliminary
hearing at Towner on charge of de-
frauding the 500 line. He waived
examination, however, and was
bound over to the district court in
the sum Of $4,000.
It is asserted that Reed after hav-
ing been checked up by the 500 off,.
cials, was found to be short $1,100
in his accounts. A search for the
money was started, and Reed later
asserted that he had been robbed.
The robbery was supposed to have
happened a week ago Sunday night.
On Monday following Detective
Hicks Of the 500 appeared on the
scene and Immediately started an
investigation. 1t is said that Reed
said that somebody must have been
under the bed when he retired for
the night, and the party stole the
money while he was asleep. On
making an investigation, however, it
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
OIL. /. FOUND IN
WELL At RYDER
EXCITEMENT AT RYDER OVER
DISCOVERY OF FREE ILLUM-
MATING OIL IN WELLS.
NEIGHBORS FILL OIL CANS
WATER IN THE WE'LL Is HALF
OIL AND CANNOT BE PUMP
ED OUT. .-.ng

Ryder, N. D., March 24.-Great ex-
element prevails in Ryder over the
discovery of oil in paying quaint
ties. H.
The we'll of Joe Wustner for the
last two years has shown traces of
oil, and for the last three days
horses have refused to drink the
water.
Today an attempt was made to
pump the we'll out and rid It of oil,
Investigation showed that one-half
the water is oil, oil that will burn.
It cannot be pumped out.
1t is presumed that. the spring
thaw has opened and oil vein, and
If this be true the whole territory is
a paying oil field. 1.:,:*:,
All the citizens are taking lamps,
oil cans and vessels of all kinds to
the we'll, and supplying themselves
with free oil.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
CAUGHT Thorn All Around.

y ~ Caught Them All Around.
= A Moslem ruler spoke to his people
one Friday from the pulpit in the mar
ket place.
"People, what shall preach to you
about todayY I'VE do not know"
they replied. "Well, If you don't know
I shall not tell you" And down he
came from the pulpit. There was no
sermon that Sabbath.
The next week the old inquiry was
made, and the people rejoined, I'VE
know" When the royal preacher said,
IF you know you do not need me to
tell you" And again an abrupt close
to the services. -.
The third week the people were more
wary and replied, "Some Of US know.
and some do not know" And now
they expected to trap the man. but he
was wiser than they thought. LET
those who know tell those who do not
know" came his utterance, and the
people were trapped instead.-Boston
Post.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
A Rats Tail,

A rats tail is wonderful thing.
The great naturalist Culver says that
there are more muscles in this curious
appendage than are to be found in that
part of the human anatomy which is
most admired for its ingenious struc.
ture-namely, the hand. To the rat, in
fact, it's tail serves as sort Of hand,
by means Of which the animal IS en-
abled to crawl along narrow lodges or
other difficult passages, using it to bal
ance with or to gain hold. 1t is pre-
hensile. like the tails Of some mon
keys. By means Of it the little beast
can jump up heights otherwise. mac
cessible, employing it as a projectile
spring.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
Hurt Worse Than tho Razor.

The Barber-You've got nasty, deep
lot of crows feet, sir, and. them lines
runnin' down from the corners Of the
mouth Is somethin' fierce. A mas
sage The Patient (fiercely)-You've
got hump like camel and a chest
like a doughnut, and don't believe,
with legs like those, you could stop an
elephant up an alley, let alone q pig.
But, hang it, man, do you want to be
reminded Of it every time you get q
shave?-New Orleans Times-Democrat
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
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L. i. Lyman received a fine new
threshing machine through the VOL
bert Hardware company Of Bis
marck.
M. H. Nelson was in Bismarck
Wednesday. @."
C. H. Lundquist was over from
Driscoll on business Tuesday and
Thursday. ,,..
Will Schaper did business in Bis
marck Wednesday. ~.
Miss Annie Mckay came over from
Menoken for the dance wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Baroney and her two
children came up from Chicago We'd
nesday, and will move on her farm
about twenty-five miles north of
here. @..f.E
Schaper Bros dance Wednesday
night was gala night in Sterling.
Dancers came over from both Dris-
coll and Mckenzie, and everyone who
attended reports very good time.
Lloyd Gosney and wife are up from
Braddock visiting Lloyd's brother,
Presley. They we're doing business
in Sterling Thursday. .
Peter M. Brausch came over from
Driscoll Thursday on business. ~s.'.
Mrs. Carufel came down from Bis
parck Wednesday to visit with Mrs.
P. Random. - > sd ;
Antoine Schmitz did business in
town Friday. +~
VIM. Taylor was down from his
farm Wednesday. He will have a
sale on the 9th of March, and has
a lot of good young stuff advertised.
D. C. Langford did business in
Jamestown Saturday. "
F. B. Ruddy was seen on our
streets Saturday. .
August Gangas and Helmer Ma
lander did business in town Satur-
day. :,s
Virgil Merchant was over. from
Mckenzie on business Saturday. =
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Thorldsen de-
parted for Sanborn Monday. ,y.a:
VIM. Taylor and Arthur Dersch
were in town Monday arranging for
sales. Taylor will hold one on the
9th, and Dersch's will be April
9Th. .t&.5.,,-,
Died. Mrs: Arthur Dersch died at
her parents home near Sanborn the
fore part of last week. We are with
out particulars of her death, but un-
derstand it was very sudden. She
was visiting, with her parents. . sT4. =
Charley Lupdquist di business here
Saturday and Monday.
Mrs. Carufel and children return
ed to Bismorck Monday. They have
been visiting at Peter Random's.
G.. A. Evenson returned Sunday
from his home visit with his parents
at Calmar, Iowa. Gil has accepted
a position at bank at H1gnmore'
S. D., and will go there in few days.
Here's luck to Gil. "
! Peter Random had the misfortune
to lose fine three-year~old colt the
other day. He has evidence which
tends to show that one Of the neigh
bors shot the horse with a % rifle.
If he can prove that 1t will go hard
with the .'man behind the gun
and 1t should 5
Charles Adsed was down from Bis
marck Monday. He is figuring on
putting in q bakery here.
schaper Bros are digging cellar
under their store.
II a woman Is "bargain-hunter'
her husband need not be quite such
4 harriad m0ney-hunter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
Evils Of Tobacco.

An illustration Of the evils resulting
from the use Of tobacco is found In the
life Of 4 Georgia man Of eighty-two
years who has chewed since he was
eleven and Is now the father Of TWEEN
ty-hve children. Cut out tobacco.
young man.-Clio (Ala.) Free Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
The Moor and HE Horse.

The horsemastership~o OF the Moors is
primitive and entirely successful. A
Moor never walks when he can ride
and never by any chance gets of to
ease his beast. How a Moorish pony
would have chuckled ut the weary
walks enforced on tired men by well
meaning cavalry colonies in South AT.
rica! He would have said to himself:
II don't think much Of animals that
can't carry fifteen stone fifteen hours a
day. I must be o really superior kind
Of beast" The Moorish land Goumier)
horse always spends his nights in the
open. He Is never groomed or clip
ped. His youth is passed wandering
INTENDED over the vast fields. When
in work he gets all the barley he
wants at night and q drink before his
feed fnEthe' evening: From "a. m. to z
p. m. he expects to work and to work
hard without bite or sup. His saddle
is a wooden tree superimposed on at
least half dozen folded blankets, the
thickness of which often reaches six
inches, and he never gets a sore back.
London Spectator.
Something Similar.
"Have you a copy Of the stolen
Roper" inquired visitor to music
seller.
II am afraid I don't know OF such
a song"
"Why, it goes like this" And the
customer bummed the tune.
"Why, you mean The Lost Chordr :"
said the assistant
"Ah, that's itr'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
Wi,iino 10 ~ II,

"A fool and, his money are soon part
3D." quoted the pessimist. II s 5ss 4
. yes" rejoined the optimist, .but it's
worth while being q fool to have the
money to part with. Chicago News. 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25

II a woman r. "bargain-hunter"
her husband need not be quite such
q harried money-hunter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
A Bravo Patient.

. A Brave Patient.
Dentist Ito assistant)----I think heard
patient in the waiting room. AS
sistant-Yes, but can't bring him In.
He's turned the key on the inside
Neggendorfer Batter. r &5s##r@1 q
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25

= Politeness is one Of the best invest
ments known. It pays enormous divi
Aon6a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
Occupying,

Occupying.
Dressing dolls has become the serious
business of a great many people, but
especially of American men.-Puck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
Rebuksd.

y. =. g95i Hebuked. n. -
Guilty or not guilty r. asked a Dutch
justice Of q prisoner. e..
mot guilty"
"Den vat you want here7 Go about
your >business"'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
Grand psepl, In London In 1906.

Grand People In London In 1906.
II came to town on Wednesday and
intended to go to the Ancient Music;
made a Bungle about my Ticket; 1t
was too late to get 1t. Che Drawing
Room was the object yesterday. They
made a mistake in my Dress. It Was
not deep enough for my Mourning,
and the glass of my Sedan Chair, was
not mended. Looked at my Lodgings:
found them Accountable. walked all
over the Town till I was, Lord, how
tired! Looked in upon the Duchess Of
Gordon while she took OF her Hoop to
Dine with the Bedfords." ~ .'.@>.
This was Jane, duchess Of Gordon,
who rode down the High street of Ed
inburgh on pigs back in the days Of
her wild girlhood and raised recruits
for the new highland regiment when
other means had failed, by allowing
each man to take the shilling. from be-
tween her lips. Hoops were de rigueur
for court dress until the days Of George
w., although in private life the ladies'
skirts had been growing more and
more scanty since the days Of the
French revolution.-From "John Hook
ham Frere and His Friends" BY Ga
brielle Festing r, E. ~ e ''' IT.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
hiahly Elattered.

6t9nIy fJatteroo.
"Your glasses" she said. have made
q great difference in your appearance"
do you think soT' he asked.
Eyes. You look SO intelligent with
them on."-Chicago Record. Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
SEEING and Thinking.

Most people see an object when they
think of it. They can see before their
eyes geometrical drawing or the fig
ures on a chessboard when they think
of them. In order to think at all most
men make use Of images, though they
may be Of different kinds. Thus one
man when he thinks Of Italy sees
just the printed word; another sees the
eountry's outline on. a map; another
may see the country spread out before
him, with its villages and towns
Psychologists are beginning to classify
the different aids or images of which
men make use. Some, for example,
hear the words of their thought within
themselves; others read them, as If
the words were written generally in
black on white ground.-London
Post.
To Pluck Them.
Lord Justice Mathew once tried 6
case in which money lender sued 9
youth who had fallen into his hands
The plaintiff demurred at counsel's re
ferring to him constantly as money
lender and protested that he was
something in addition to that.
what is the addition?' inquired thu
judge.
"well 1'm-well. a dealer in-er-
BIRDS"
neutrality-suspicious." quietly asked
the judge.-London Telegraph.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25

Family Prsseisnos.
Nearly every family picks the wrong
member for the fool.--Llfe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25

USE TRIBUNE WANT co.UxNs
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-25
"a Way They, Have.

= : FNFWv VHey fsJ1V0sS" :. n -
Some men,, said Uncle Eben, has
a way Of keepin' der consciences quiet
by takin' de minister's advice on Sun
day an de lawyers advice all de res
O. de week."-Washington Star. %>~.,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-29
PENTloNED AT 81.

New York Cashier Who Had Fou1-
teen Days of in Fifty-Two Years.
For fifty-two years Louis Nicolo-
Wan had been cashier and Office man
ager for Scheffer, Schramm & Vogel,
bankers and commission merchants
at 47G Broome street, and in that
time he had lost fourteen days, the
New York Times says These came
so far apart that most of the men
in the Office do not now remember
that he was ever away.
On Tuesday the tall. straight black
haired old man did not appear at MS
desk. The employees remembered that
he had often said that he hated 20
see Sunday come in TO spoil MS
WORK; that when on Monday morn
ing he got back again to his figures
he had always seemed as happy as
a boy let out of school.
1t was almost preposterous to think
of him, though he was 81 years old,
as sick; it was even mvre prepos-
ferrous to think that he had allowed
any ordinary thing to keep him away
from his ledger. Yet no word came
from him.
The big iorce of men over whom
he had charge tailed in whispers
about the extraordinary thing that
must have kept Louis Nicolov1an
away from his work. His chair seem
ed strangely vacant. There was about
his closed desk and the corner where
he always sat depressing loneli-
ness. 1t seemed as desolate as an
old country house when its occu-
pants have departed and it's windows
are nailed up.
Yesterday. after three days alb
sence, the old man entered the office.
The employees expected him to take
his chair and go on with his figures.
He didn't. He walked into the nri-
vate office of Carl Schefer senior
member of the firm, and remained
there a long time. When he came
out he walked to his old desk, anG,
weeping, babe it a silent farewell.
Then he went out.
in the last few days his 81 years
had at last forced him to recognize
their claim He had voluntarily re-
tired. For the rest of his life he is
to get a pension OF half his salary
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-12-29
SNOW IN JOHANNESBURG.

A letter has been received from a
residence in johannesburg dealing
with the recent fall of snow in that
city. The writer says: "Of course,
you now, you have seen by the news
papers Johannesburg's latest excite
ment Snow, of all things, to fail
here! Last Monday there was ratn
er cold wind, but the day was clear
and warm on the whole. On tues
day morning at seven O'Clock the
ground was covered with five inches
of snow, and hrge fakes falling. 1t
was a lovely sight certainly. The eX-
element throughout the day was in
tense. People who had never seen
snow before. went crazy, and the Or
der of the day was snowbalnng.
They broke thirty windows in the
Stock Exchange, while two deaths
were caused in the streets through
it Not a stroke of business was
done that day, and it was really not
safe to walk through the streets.
''Rovs got on the roofs of build
ings and simply showered down balls
on any and every one. One katlr
boy thought he had awakened in
heaven. and refused to work or cat
It showed heavily all that day, and
nv evening there were sixteen inches
of snow. All the trees were in full
leaf. and MANY branches snapped
under the weight. At luncheon, we
heard a crash-a very tall tree hao
fallen across the roof of the mouse
next door Not being used to snow
neople had no idea of clearing 1t
away. consequently we dwelt in
thick slush for couple Of days, the
sun eventually drying it up. Today
went out without jacket, and an
ordinary cotton blouse on. The sun
was very hot"-London Standard.