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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
THE CENTURY PLANT.

Il Blooms, Says Florist, Every Twen.
ty-sive to Forty Years.
1.-The regular century plant" said an
expert in Horticulture, lis not a cactus.
1t belongs to Il family by itself 1t has
a large. broad leaf. sometimes two or
three feet long and several inches
thick where they branch from the cen
ter. There are two varieties. one the
variegated and the other green. The
only difference Is that the variegated
has a white stripe along the outer edge
of the leaf. Both bloom every twenty
five to forty years. A stock perhaps
eight or ten inches In diameter shoots
up from the center to a height Of IT.
teen or twenty feet. and around this
stock cluster small blossoms. They are
neither pretty nor fragrant. They were
formerly supposed to bloom once in a
hundred years.
THE nearest thing to a century
: plant Is a night blooming cereus 1t ts
q cactus and blooms once In about
every twenty-five years or SO. The
flower, Is large. very beautiful and has
a delightful odor. One plant may have
several blossoms. but each flower lasts
only one night.
There is no such plant as century
cactus The cactuses that many have
mistaken for century cactuses' will
bloom in four or i've years II kept IN
der glass or about seven years ii not
In a dollhouse. Because they are so
long in blooming. suppose. they have
been called century cactuses,' and the
name has been handed down until it Is
considered the proper term for them.
They bloom yearly after the first bios
SONS appear. They are just an ordi-
nary cactus. but they have pretty.
fragrant aower."--SeattleT Times.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
ANTIQUITY OF DICE.
or3oin Of These Devices Buried In tho
Remote Past.

or;oin Of These Devices Buried In tho
Remote Past.
Scholars have delved In vain Tor the
origin of dice, which, In various
shapes, have been used in forms of
worship and religious ceremonies since
the dawn Of history. Their earlier use
was for the forecasting of events and
obtaining of divine guidance. Their
adaptation to game of chance was
comparatively quite recent.
There is a surprising number OF
varieties Of dice, but they may be d.
vided into two general classes. The
most familiar form is the cube. With
two exceptions-the Korean and Etrus-
can-cubical dice have the spots so ar
ranged that the six and one, five and
two and three and four are opposite,
making the sum of the opposite sides
invariably seven. In all ages the num-
Der seven has been regarded with par
ticular awe and as having much mys-
tic import.
The dice just described are not only
proper to modern Europe and Amer
lea, but to classical Greece and Rome,
ancient Syria, Persia, India, China,
Japan and Siam. The other form is
the long, square prism sometimes
found amid prehistoric ruins in Europe
and existing today in India.
A most interesting form is the top
or spinning dice, with four or pix
sides, which was twirled with the
thumb and second finger, Of which
specimen was discovered in the re-
mains of Naucratis, Greek colony of
600 B. c. Two specimens of dice have
been discovered at Babylon.-Harpers
Weekly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
What Is a Gentleman

I'll have to give you the real detin1-
ton of Il real gentleman: "A man
that's clean inside and out; who neither
looks up to the rich nor down on the
poor; who can lose without sQuealing
and who can win without Dragging;
who is considerable OF women, chill
dren and old people; who is too brave
to lie, too generous to cheat and who
takes his share Of the world and let's
other people have theirs."-New York
Sun.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
FOO fEE NsPEel0Rs' HIRED !!
GOVERNMENT INSPECTION IS IN
EFFICIENT AccoRp'Ne TO
REPORT.
INSPECTION in Cities is Often Aandi-
capped On Account Of Lack OF
Money to Pay inspectors - Despite
Shortcomings Inspection Has Bee"
Doing Good Work.

Washington, Jan. 3.-That half the
meat eaten in the United States car
be called uninspected and that a rea|
and serious danger to the public ex
lists as a result, is one of the con
cllrsions reached by DR.. A. D. Mel
vim, chief of the United States bureau
of animal industry, in his annual re
port to the secretary of agriculture
Inef1ciency of the government in
spection because Of its lack Of autho r
ity to reach business done entirely
within the state. is given as one OF
the causes, and DIR. Melvin points out
the great need of supplementing the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
WELCOME WORDS TO WOMEN

Women who suffer with disorders peculiar to their
should write DR.. Pierce and receive free the
"a skilled and successful specialist in the diseases
of women. Every letter of this sort has the most
careful consideration and is regarded sacredly
confidential. Many sensitively modest women write
fully to DR.. Pierce what they would shrink from
telling their local physician. The local physician
is pretty to say that he cannot do anything
without ian examination" DR.. Pierce holds that
these distastefu examinations generally need
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
CANINE JUSTICE.
Eskimo Dogs Seem to Have Laws OF
Their Own.

Eskimo Dogs Seem to Have Laws Of
Their Own.
In his voyage Of polar exploration
Commander Fiala observed among his
dogs a sort of government quite indie
pendent of that of their keepers. They
were of the Eskimo variety and were
trained to work in teams. In their
general conduct, however, they acted
as a community, and their rules had
reference to the common good. There
was no penalty less than that Of death
During the period Of darkness we
lost eight dogs. Three Of them, splen-
did large animals, were killed by their
companions. The other five either wan
dered of on the young ice and were
blown away or were killed by the pack
at distance from camp. Every dog
was known by name.
It is a curious fact that when one
dog has antagonized the others the
only way to save him from destruction
later on is to chain him. Then the
other dogs let him alone. Unfortunate
" for us, the dogs that seemed to In
cur the enmity Of their fellows were
the large, strong animals, the DULLES
and fighters.
There seemed to be degree Of JUS
tice in their judgments. From close
observation found that the dogs gen.
orally forgave bite on the head or
body, but that an attack on the legs
seemed to be considered foul play and
must be paid for by the life Of the Of
Tending canine. The whole pack unit
ed in his execution.-Youth's Compan-
ion
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
LAZY Live

II find Cascarets 30 good that would
not be without them. was troubled
great deal with torpid liver and headache.
Nov since taking Cascarets Candy Cathar:
tic / feel very much better. shall Ger
tainly recommend them to my tr1ends Is
the best medicine I have ever SEEN"
Anna Bazinet,
Osborn Mill No. 2, Fall River, Mass
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Taste Coco.
DO Good, Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe.
ia. 2Sc. Soc. Never sold In bulk. The eenu-
mo tablet stamped c 6. Gussaneeeon so
cure Of your money back. 10
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
HORRORS OF THE ARCTIC.
Terrible Experience Of tho Grew Of the
III Eatod Jeannette.

When Ross in 1918 touched at Etah
the Esks thought they were being WIS.,
tied by ghosts. With her white sails
appearing on the horizon. where the
sky melts into an abyss OF ocean,
what else could the ship be but some
great white winged ghost. and what
those strange creatures on her decks
but lost souls? They thought she. i"
great bird. had flown from the moon.
where wood was abundant. and when
they saw her close. her wooden belly
and her masts. they whispered. How
much wood there Is in the mOon-how
very much" Wood is like gold to the
Esks.
One of the unhappy crew of the
Jeanette writes: Il put some mercury
to freeze and beat it out on the anvil
Our frozen brandy looked like black
topaz. We divided meat. oil and bread
with II Ratchet Joshua forgot to put
on his right glove; In moment his
hand was frozen. The poor devil wish
ed to thaw his lifeless hand in warm
water 1t was Immediately covered
with pieces Of ice. The doctor was
forced to cut the uniucky mates hand
off. and he died next day. Toward the
middle of January caravan OF Esks
came to ask us for some dried fish and
brandy. We added little tobacco to
these presents. which they received
with tears of joy. The chief. feeble
a. t01A hnfnrp
he had eaten his wife and two sons."
Cold more terrible than the white
wolf and bear seizes its victims I'm.
awares. instantaneously. fatally. The
cold purifies the blood. sharpens appe'
tite, favors digestion and stomach. 1t
soothes to sleep by bringing death In
the midst Of beautiful dreams. This
intense cold. 80 dry. so pure, stops pu
trefaction, sweetens the air by greatly
Increasing its density and purities wa.
ter. Cold takes the place of cooking,
for it makes raw meat. raw fish and
tallow eatable.
A Roman nosed people could not
hold their own in the arctic. A Roman
nose would be too often frozen on.
The Esk fat nose Is less exposed. The
name Eskimo. or raw food eaters. is q
nickname given by the Labrador In
dams. Their true name in their own
tongue is lnoit and means man." II
patriotism be virtue the Esks have 1t
surprisingly. Never was a land OF
verdant groves. golden harvests and
willows mirrored in the streamlets and
silvery waves better beloved than their
snow fields and ice hills and gloomy.
sinking tents and igloos.-New York
Press.
No Misunderstanding.
III hear you have had mis"n-
Outstanding with your old political
friends"
NO." said Senator Sorghum; "the
worst of it is the impossibility OF mis-
understanding. We have expressed
our opinions of each other in terms SO
explicit as to be unmistakable."-
Washington Star.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
Pitfalls of SIano.

Pitfalls Of Slang.
Host Tin lndia)-Do you see that ia
matte over there? He has sat on that
corner and in that posture without
moving for six months. Traveller
(from America) Gee. that's going
some!-Chicago Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04
NOTICE TO ICE DEALERS.

All persons are warned against cut
ting ice, for sale in the city of Bis
nrarck, near the outlets of the city
or Indian school sewers in the river.
Ice liable to pollution may be con-
demned as dangerous to the public
health.
Bismarck, n. d., December 20.
F. R. SMYTH,
City Health Officer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04

Papa's Plan Prevents Proposal.
he Ompecunious)-But you say your
self that your father is anxious to get
you off his hands. She-Yes; that's
why 1 don't think he'll listen to YOU
EXCHANGE.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04

Little minds are tanned and subdued
by misfortune. but great MINDS rise
above it.-lrving.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04

less that should submit them
Dr. Pirce's will right privacy of
your owl His "Favorite Prescription" has
hundreds of thousands, them of
1t medicine of its kind that the product regularly graduated
The
There's will
habitfori9
medicine Don't take Don't tribe
Worlds Medical Dr. R.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-04

combination Of magaznes with tne
making single clubbing rate with nearly a tne
money on
Make combination wish and ask tor rate &. -
applies IN
:. Address: BISMARCK TRIBUNE COMPANY
Bismarck, North Dakota
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-25
Not Many There

Edinburg Tribune: One man out or
every thousand in Devils Lake at
tended Judge LADDERS speech when he
appeared here recently. Isn't 1t pos
sible that this cold reception, which
has already been recorded on the pag-
es of political history under the sug-
gestive appellation of "The Devils
Lake Frost" a forerunner of another
frost on the 29th? Let us hope so.
There are too many playing the game
of battledoor and shuttlecock in this
campaign and the sooner they are
sem to the rear the better. The meth
DDS which were execrated by the judge.
at the Grand Forks convention have
been adopted by him and held in sec
red i%nvioIability. On the floor Of the
convention he denounced Tom Mar
shall in terms that fairly reeked with
filth. The judge did not believe in
elimination or endorsement and his
attacks on Marshall through the press
are still fresh in the minds of the
people. But the Judge was "seen"
and a change of front took place and
he was endorsed by the boss COM
.littee and sent out to shout. But q
conversion along these lines is not
generally accepted as a guarantee OF
ones sincerity and so the insurgents
are not crowding one another in their
rush to zeal Lauder speak. The frost
at Devils Lake, while the s%everest,
was but one of many he has encoun-
tered OH his short itinerary.
LaMcure Echo: We are more than
pleased 70 note the fact that the Hon.
j. B. Sharpe has announced his can
didacy for lieutenant governor of his
state. MIR. Sharpe for many years
has been senator from La Moure
county, and is the father of our pri-
mary election law. His public record
is an enviable one; nothing but praise
can be said of it. We feel that every
republican voter in La Moure coutny
ought to support Mr.. Sharpe at the pri-
maries. AS senator he has, put forth
every effort to secure La Moure coun-
ty and its interests the best legisla-
ton possible, and has been the means
Of placing Oh the statute books Of
this state many of it's best laws. Again
say, let every republican voter
support him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-25

Ray Recorder. The candidacy of
Hon. C. A. Johnson, for governor is
growing in western North Dakota and
it is almost a certainty that he will
be the republican nominee. MI. John
son has always stood we'll IN this COM
munity and has always received a
good vote, but this year will exceed all
others, as he is receiving much
stronger support that ever. he was
our representative in the legislature
for two terms and ras been a faithful
worker for our district, =
Mr.. Johnson vas defeated two years
ago for governor, owing to the several
county division fights in Ward county.
the second term idea and the senator.
ial fight None of these conditions
exist this year, and Mr.. johnson is one
of the strongest men the republicans
can put up. He was up against a
game two years ag5 that could not be
beat and nov the republicans think
he is the place, s;oY that victory is
in sight.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-25
Skulason's Candidacy

Bardi G. Skulason, Republican can
didate for congress who's announce
ment appears in another column, is a
North Dakota product, having come
to the territory of Dakota in 1876,
from Iceland, where he was born in
1871.
In 1895 he graduated from the Uni
versity of North Dakota, studied law
and was admitted to the bar in 1897.
Since his admission to the bar he has
been practicing law in Grand Forks.
For the. last ten years he has beer.
connected with the law department Of
the State University in the capacity
of lecturer on one legal subject each
year. He was a member of the last
legislative assembly, having been ell
ected from the Sixth district as an
insurgent republican. He was chair
man of the judiciary committee and
one OF the leaders of the house. Last
fall he announced himself as an insur-
gent candidate for congress and not
w~ithstanding the attempt Of the Val
ley City Elimination Committee to
shut him out, he is still in the race
With excellent prospects Of landing
the nomination.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-25
Lauder Now With Marshall

Grand Forks Times. ANY man has
G perfect right to change his political
allegiance, whether it be from n
faction 20 another, or from n party
to the other. He also has q right to
say, under either alliance, just what
he thinks of the leaders and principles
of the other side. But when he be-
comes a candidate for party confidence
ent alliance, the people have a perfect
right to- measure both his sincerity
and his reliability by his record, and
because that record is of its own de-
Lucrative making he can not complain.
if the facts r against him.
Judge Lauder is q candidate for the
republican nomination for congress.
He is on the insurgent ticket which
is headed by Thomas Marshall as a
candidate for United States senator.
Two. years ago Mr.. Marshall was d
candidate for the same office, and on;
E?cember 10, 1907, shortly after tho
conference in the city at which a slate
was prepared. by insurgents. Judge
Lauder published an; OPEN letter, IN
which he made the following state.
ment. concerning Mr.. Marshall: & Il
l said that the conference (the ono
held In thisScity) had been packedsgtn
Mr.. MarshalIs interest, and I told the
truth. ! had been q supporteraaG the
Good Government league from t1a
time CT its organization and l. wished
to see it succeed in the good work in
which it was engaged, and i resisted
the coarse attempt of a mere machine
politician" by the lavish use 81 money
to obtain control of the organization
and use It to promote his own selfish
ends.
Mr.. Marshall has never been tn
sympathy with the work of the Good
Government league. On the contrary;
no mangin the state has abused III
members more p~ersistently than hA..
For a Year past he has been WORKING
industriously to induce the state ms,
chine" to. take him up as a candidate
for senator, and he turned to the Good
Government league only after 1t had
been made plain to him that the ma.
chine would not support him, but had
another candidate. 9 g%s
Quite like Mr.. Marshall could see
nothing Inconsistent or Homogeneous III
g q q 0f his type and record asking
Tor an endorsement for senator ut the
handsi0 the Good Government league.
He has been SO IN the habit Of pur.s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-25
Can FIJI His Place

Judge Engerud is a candidate Tor
the short term in the United states
senate. This is the place made va
cant by the death Of Martin N. Jonn-
son, who defeated Tom Marshall two
year ago. Mr.. E%ngerud's opponent
is A. j. Gronna, who, like MI. Mar
shall, was a prominent member OF the
regular Republican organization OF
this state until he found that the
leaders of the party would not help
him to turn down his superiors In
ability and thus make a place for
him in the United States senate.
Mr.. Engerud was formerly a mem
Der of the state supreme court. He
is a Republican who believes in Re
publican principles, and who Will
not help to still the 'cost of living"
cry by helping to remove or lower
the tariff on the products of west
ern farms. He is a man Of splendid
character, and one of the ablest law
yers in the state. With McCumber
and Engerud in the United States
senate, the people of the common
wealth of North Dakotalwill not have
reason to fear comparison of their
senators with those of any state in
the Union.
The members of the last session of
the legislature of this state believed
that the positions of supreme and
district Judge should be removed
from politics. To this end they en-
acted a law that candidates for such
offices should go on the ticket at the
primary and regular elections with
out any party designation. When
the voter goes to the polls on the
Goth of this month he will be given
a separate ticket bearing the ten
names of the candidates for the SUI
preme court. There are three posi- /
lions of this character to be filled.
At the primary the voter will vote
for six candidates. The six having
the highest numbers will go OF the
ballot at. the fall election, and the
voter will then cast his ballot for
three of the six. Among the hest
OF the candidates is Charles ]. Fish.
a present incumbent of the Office.
to the state who are not
acquainted with the standing of any
of the candidates often ask soma old
timer as to the standing of such-and-
such a candidate On the state ticket.
The writer is asked that question OF
ten; and, when he is asked it in re-
lation to the supreme-court ticket, ne
will say that Judge Fisk, although a
is one of the fairest and
squarest men who ever sat on any
court; and that Charles M. Cooley,
S. E. Ellsworth (now a MEMBER,
William J.. Kneeshaw, P. H. Rourke
and Silver Serumgard are all able
and men of statewide repu.
tation for honesty and fair-dealing.--
Emmons County Record.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-06-25

acter of citizenship in Mclean county.
In this county, essentially IN agricul-
tural community, the sturdy honesty
of the people is illustrated in courts
of justice. A jury of farmers in Nc
Lean county, especially when presided
over by a severe and upright Judge,
may be expected to administer JUS
tice according to the evidence. The
evidence in the blind pig case men,
toned by the Tribune, in which a
change Of venue was taken to this
county, was overwhelmingly against
the defendant and there was no eva
sion on the part of the jury and no
attempt at p~alliation on the part of
Judge Kneeshaw who sat in the case.
1t is because of the sterling qualities
of the honorable gentleman from
Pembina that he is prominently men.
toned for the supreme bench. The
Tribune article in question is quoted
in full beneath:
In the blind pigger case of White,
change of venue asked for and OBJ.
talIed to Mclean county, from Bur-
leigh, there was little trouble in the
trial and the securing of a verdict &C.
cording to the evidence. Thus is the
force of the Tribune's position in
favor of a change OF venue in some
of these blind pig cases from Bur-
leigh confirmed. But it is evident
that the piggers are as much divided
into factions and classes as are the
epublican and democratic politicians.
When a pigger is touched" who has
a pull a little out OF the ordinary,
either in the renting Of premises or
the control of voters, he is in a class
by himself and-'protected." If the
Higgins case had been sent to Nc
Lean county, away from and indie
pendent of local pulls and ,prejudices
and with Judge z-nceshaW on the
bench, infal!iblc and exact justice
may have been expected and with
less expense, by many hundreds of
dollars, than can possibly, in the light
Of experience in the past, be expect
ed in the future. And it is in the
expense that the taxpayers are quite
bit interested. Our courts are ex-
pensive. Why? Because they are
hindered, one reason or another, from
out speedy ~justice-some-
lines because of the corruption of the
machinery, sometimes from
he spineless Indifference of the court,
and sometimes, and not infrequently,
because of the absolute duplicity and
,owardness of the people themselves
those who are to give evidence and
sit on juries.