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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30

spec tatOrS were about % give hin Il,
as lost several bargcs were seen t.
start suddenly from Governors island
then in possession of the British. ant
move toward some object near tn,
Asia. ship Of the line. and as suddenly
they were seen to put about and steer
for the island with Springing oars II
two or three minutes IN explosion
took place from the surface Of the WA
Ter. resembling Il WatorSpOut. which
aroused the whole city. The cnciny's
ships took the alarm. cut their cables
and proceeded to the Hook with all
possible dispatch. sweeping their bot.
toms with cha inS and with difficulty
preventing their atrrightcd crews from
leaping overheard.
"Colonel Lee. coming to the surface
during this scene Of CONSERVATION.
was obliged again to descend to avoid
the eneny's shot from the island.
After forcing his machine against Il
strong current under water he landed
safe at the Battery amid a great
crowd. General Washington express.
ing himself as much pleased that the
object was effected without the loss Of
life
Colonel Lee had been under the
Asia more than two hours endeavor-
ing to penetrate her bottom, which. be-
ing sheathed with copper. resisted all
attempts to attach the magazine to
the ship"
Apparently the American Turtle
made one more attempt to annoy the
enemy's shipping" before she ended her
career. Another old diary preserved by
a Connecticut family mentions this in
cident 1t seems that the Turtle.
manned by some nameless hero. per-
haps again by Colonel Lee, though the
chronicler does not state. made IN at
tempt to blow up British ship in the
East river. BY this time the British
appear to have discovered what nature
of craft it was that had essayed to de-
stroy the Asia and SO were on the
lookout for anything suspicious that
disturbed the surface of the water. At
any rate. the American submarine was
before she had made any
progress on her second mission of de-
struction.
The British boats gave chase. Con-
sidering that the maximum speed of
the Turtle was three miles an hour.
the pursuit could not have been a very
long one. At any rate, an American
vessel, probably some small schooner,
was waiting for the submarine. and
he Turtle fled thither for protection.
Hastily the odd looking craft was
1oisted aboard. sail was set. and the
American boat tried to show clean
pair of heels to her pursuer, but it was
n vain. She was sunk by the English
guns. ,,
For long time the Turtle lay in the
vessels hold. After the war
vas over, however, the ship was raised
md the Turtle was recovered and car
led back to Saybrook. II every one
Use had forgotten her and her achieve
pepts by that time the people Of her !;
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30
TULIP MADNESS.
The Craze That Ragged In Holland lrs
the Last Century.

During the tulip craze in Holland in,
the last century in one year the sales
aggregated lO,OOO.OOO tlorins. Holland
went tulip mad The bulbs were quot
ed on the Stock Exchange. Ownership
in them was divided into shares. Spec
ulators sold them short. At one time
more tulips were sold than existed. At
Lille brewer sold his trade and good
will in exchange for a bulb, which was
thereafter known as the Brewery tu-
lip. In Amsterdam father gave one
by way Of dover with his child There
after the variety was known as the
Marriage of My Daughter. At Rotter
dam a hungry sailor, happening on &
few. mistook them for onions and ate
them. The repast became as famous
as Cleopatra's pearls and probably ex-
ceeded it In cost. At The Hague q
poor fellow managed to raise a black
tulip. The rumor Of that vegetable
marvel spread. Presently he was WIS.,
tied by a deputation from syndicate
For that eve lamb Of his the deputa-
ton offered 1000 forms. which he re-
fused. He was offered 10000 forms.
Still he refused. Cascades Of gold
were poured before his resisting eyes.
Finally, tormented and tempted, he
succumbed. There and then the depu-
tation trampled that tulip under their
feet Afterward it appeared that the
syndicate had already grown gem
precisely similar and unable to bear
the idea that rival existed. had au-
thorized the deputation If needful to
offer ten times the amount which it
I'D
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30
REFRIGERATOR CARS.
Evolution Of the Idea of IAN Icebox on
Wheels"


| The refrigerator car was never in.
vented, but just fixed up" 1t was
the idea Of a New England railway
man who needed some such thing rs
| far back as 1851.
in June of that year the first refrig-
orator car is said to have made its
trip from Ogdensburg, N. y. to Bos-
ton. The car owed it's origin princi-
pally to the fact that the farmers near
Ogdensburg. who made great deal
of butter, were unable to ship it ex-
cept in cold wcat her
A railroad man named Wilder. at
that time in charge Of the through
freight, thought it would be good
idea to rig up IAN icebox on wheels. "
and he told this to the president Of the
road, who gave orders that the mas
ter mechanic should plan several Of
them.
At this time farmers were receiving
only IL cents a pound for their butter.
The iced car was loaded with eight
tons of it, sent through and allowed
to stand in Boston till the product was
Sold 1t brought II cents a pound
after paying all expenses and COM
missions, and the plan was voted a
success. In Il short time the road had
a regular service on, using a number
Of cars. and the idea spread rapidly.
Wilder did not patent his idea, but
allowed it to be used by whoever so
desired.-St. Louis Republic.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30
SUBMARINE.
The American Turtle Was Tried
Out at New York In 1776.
GAVE THE BRITISH A SCARE.
Her Attempt 70 Blow Up the English
Frigate Asia Didn't Succeed, but tho
Enemy's Ships Fled In Terror-Her
Second Escapaee Sealed Her Fate.

/ Second EscapaGe Sealed Her Fate.
The American Turtle deserved bet
ter fate 1t WAS the first submarin
war vessel Of the United States.
was tried out in 1776 in New Yorl
| harbor. Its inventor and builder wa
David Bushnell Of Connecticut. 0
whom little is known. The man wh'
went under water with it and in New
York bay tried to blow up the British
frigate Asia, under General Washing
tons orders, was Colonel Ezra Lee.
The Turtle was built ut Saybrook
Conn. After it's vicissitudes Of beins
captured. sunk and resting for years al
the bottom of the East river it was
raised and taken back to its birthplace
There. after more years, it was taken
to pieces. It's metal went into grand
fathers clocks. which are still ticking
in the Railways Of New York and New
England homes. Its oaken. pitch
smeared timbers were put to struc
tural uses and all trace of them lost.
Bushnell did not get even tardy re-
ward for his inventiveness. The coun-
Gil of safety of Connecticut in TIT d.
rected that he be paid 600 for his
services in annoying Ships" but there
is no record that he ever got the
money.
Here is the story Of the American
Turtles first exploit as it is told in
the quaint phraseology Of the yellow
ing manuscript where it was set dow
long ago:
when the British feet lay in the
North river. opposite the city Of New
York, and while General Washington
had possession of the city he was
very anxious to be rid Of such neigh
bors. David Bushnell of Saybrook in
vented submarine curiosity called
the American Turtle. which received
General Washington's approval for
that purpose. A brother of the in.
ventor was to operate the machine. but
Oh trial he declined to hazard his serv-
ice. Colonel Lee, distinguished for his
courage and patriotism. volunteered
his services. aud after practicing with
the machine to discover its powers
night was fixed upon for the attempt.
General Washington and his associ-
ates in the secret took their stations
upon the roof of a house on Broad
way. anxiously awaiting the result.
Morning came. but no intelligence of
the bold navigator. While the anxious
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30
BANK CHECKS.
The Part They Play, In tho Payment Of
Debt

The Part They Play, In tho Payment o
aDebt.
A young man had kept in his pos
session for several days check from
his uncle. His uncle died, and ht
fastened to the bank to cash the
check. When he found the bank would
not pay the check until it had orders
from the heirs or from the courts he
was surprised and observed to his ia
Their that lie thought Of check as be-
ing so much money if the signature
was good.
AS matter Of fact, however, q
check is merely an order from A. to
B., who holds some Of AS money. to
pay Il certain amount thereof to c.
It is not money. even if the names on
the check are good and we'll known
and the bank is solid as the govern
ment Although checks are given in
payment Of debt and receipt usually
is signed on the spot. yet the passing
of check does not constitute pay
ment of Indebtedness until it is paid
by the bank.
Nor will the concurrent receipting of
the debt for which it is given change
this. If the check is not paid on pres
entation to the bank the original claim
stands against the drawer or giver Of
the check. But certified check con-
stitutes payment on the part of the
person who draws 1t.
Checks may be antedated or post
dated-that is, dated before or after
the date Of delivery. If postdated
checks are paid before the day speci-
fed the drawer can recover the mon
ey, for the bank has acted not in &C.
cordance with any order from him.
but on its own responsibility.
If a blank is left for the date the
holder is authorized to insert the true
date Of delivery, but no other date.
The insertion Of any other date OK
changing the date without the consent
Of the drawer makes the check void
New York Herald
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30
GANDERBONE'S FORECAST
FOR DECEM Der.

The wind will push against the door,
and our old friend Boreas will roar
and fill the winter night and fell with
samples of his college yell. The price
of eggs will feel imbued to beat the
mark for altitude, and butter will ca
wort around about two miles above the
ground.
o happy man that has his hold
stocked up against the winters cold,
and has no urgent need to reck how
many sttEns may sweep his deck.
Who has his scuppers bullying kraut
and all things ship-shape in and out,
and all the products of his cline
right at the portfolios all the time.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30

O happy day that fixed our pick
upon this land and bade us stick our
newborn colors in the ground and
claim the country lying round! And
cheeres, moreover, one, two, three, for
freedoms aborigine, VINO did not
prove so awful stout but what We all
could throw him out!
1t is the place, and no mistake, for
raising provender to bake, and giving
freely of the least essential to a
Christmas feast. A bug or so is on
the job, and the weather frequently
plays hob, but on the whole and in
the sum we're dog-gone happy that
we come.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30

On the 21st of December the sun
will cross the Tropic Of Capricorn
which will give the trusts the ball on
our five-yard line, one down to 60
They will 60 over on the next play
and Mr.. Rockefeller, who is playing
greenback for the trusts this year, will
kick the goal. The feature of Christ.
mas will be that Mr.. Roosevelt won't
have any. He isn't taking any chances
of Santa Claus even handing him any.
thing else this year.
Our Mr.. Morgan will revert
To hanging up his spacious shirt,
And tying up the til to pot
Whatever Santa Claus has got.
o woe is us! How tough it is
To hang our stockings under his!
But faith is hope, and hope is trust,
And some fine day the tail will bust.
As manythings have bust before,
and bingo! on the parlor floor will go
the Christmas odds and ends with
which his catch-'em-all distends. The
costly presents and the rare, and
while we all grab here and there for
each his share of it the mirth of Santa
Claus will fill the earth
Those merry peals which rouse the
dead will wake the echoes overhead,
and laughter favored with reprOof
around the roof. He
never menat we should pervert tn
day with hanging up shirt, nor yer
thought, BY any chance, of filling
pants.
A sockful each is all there is, and
woe to him who takes for his a great
or portion, hook or crook, than each
took. For every person
that descends to tying pants around
the ends, and closing shirts around
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30
Copyright 1910 by G. H. Rieth.

Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
Thought to steal another one,
But when, with bacon 40 cents,
He thought upon the consequence,
And what he probably would get,
In case he landed in the net,
The lawyers he would have to hire
TO save him from the butchers ire,
The money Cudahy would spend
TO push it to the bitter end,
The merciless concern of Swift
TO see he was not set adrift,
The sum that Armour, if he fed,
Would offer for him, live or dead,
And how the unforgiving lust
For vengeance would move the trusr
To make example of him lest
Some other piper's son protest
Against pork chops at thirty fiat,
And picked pigs feet selling at
Six-bits dozen, souse a bit,
And sausage even close to it
When Tom considered it, in brief,
And also how much more thief
He would be this time than before,
He wisely passed the butchers door
Rejoiced that self had stood the test
And went on hoping for the best.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30

inventors native town still held the
Turtle in alfcctionate remembrance
Thaddeus S. Dayton in Boston Post.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30

December is from the Latin deem,
meaning ten. 1t was originally the
tenth month of the year, but owing to
the whispered unpreparedness for
Christmas it has been showed along
from time to time, until it occurs now
as far back as We have been able to
get it. Caesar, wha was in the habit
of making each of his soldiers some
kind of present, even suggested push
ing it further along still and having
about fifteen months in the year, but
the Roman merchants protested that
it was impossible to sell holiday goods
except in very cold weather, and Bru-
tus, Cassius and several other Roman
business men finally stabbed him.
The custom Of giving presents was
originated by the Greeks, and they
had such a faculty for getting the bet
ter of it when they exchanged presents
with anyone that the expression BE
ware of the Greeks bearing gifts"
became historic. It was on Christ
mas day when all the Greeks were
showing what they had gotten and
we're laughing about it that Diogenes,
who made practice of criticising
the national faults in some amusing
way, set out on his famous search for
an honest man. The Persians one
time resorted to arms in an effort to
get their presents back, but they were
badly defeated at the battle of Mara
thon, and no serious attempt to get
presents back has ever been made
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-30

The colt will burrow in the stack,
and the festive colt will arch his back
and gambol at fearful gait to make
his ichor circulate. The bear will
slumber in his bed and dream that
Roosevelt is dead, and the Winter
night will worry through with the wolf
ki-yi.ing down the flue.
The oasis., 1910-07-09
Returns to the Soil.

Thursday Nogales was visited by Mir. w. E. Balcom, who was super intendent many years for the Salero Mines Company, in the Santa Rita
 mountains, and was latterly in charge of valuable properties in the Parker region on the Colorado river, in western Arizona. The death of Mr. c. H. Ferry of New York, who was chief owner in both min ing enterprises mentioned, has caused 8 suspension of operations, and MT. BalcOm has concluded to return to farming, calling he abandoned for mining many years ago-while yet 8 boy. He was raised on a farm in California. With that idea MT. Balcom bought several years ago two fine farms in the Santa Cruz yalley-one about three miles below Tubac, embracing 180 acres he bought from Samuel Kaphan; the other near the old Tumacacori mission, that includes 160 acres of fine land. MT. Bal com will devote his time and capi. tai to improvement of both places and make them model farms.
The oasis., 1910-07-09
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Mr. Brseey Curtis Endorsed for Nom lnstlon for Delegate from
 Santa cruz County.

As intimated last week in THE OASIS, there had been conferences called by the republican county central committee to consider the subject of a suitable nominee for delegate to the constitutional con- vention' The movement culmin- ated last Saturday evening in a general county meeting called by the committee, which meeting as- sembled in the court room.
 There were present a large nun. Der of representative republicans. The meeting was organized by se- lection of Judge A. s. Henderson of Patagonia as chairman and H. E. Creighton of Nogales as secre- tary. The gathering was harmon. ious throughout. After consider. able discussion a resolution was adopted reciting that the sense of the meeting was that MT. Bracey Curtis of Nogales unites in an em- inent degree the qualifications that are demanded in the representative from Santa Cruz county at the constitutional convention and that all good citizens irrespective ol party may unite upon him, and that he should be nominated to the place, to work for which nomina. tion all present signed a written pledge embodied in the resolution A committee consisting of Con O'Keefe, H. M. Claggett, Allen T Bird, 0. K. Franklin, and H. M Creighton, was appointed to secure additional signatures to the pledge
The oasis., 1910-07-09

the building to replace the part of the structure destroyed by fire in March will be erected and as soon as convenient Lulley's Buffet will be moved into that, when that part of the old structure-which was saved from the fire-will be re- moved and the new building ex- tended to cover the site. When all is complete MT. Lulley will return to that part of the new building and MT. Manuel Mascare- fias IT,, will occupy the rest of the building with a new retail clothing store.
The oasis., 1910-07-09
Plans ios Msvs Hagss Bulldlng.

Mir. R. NJ. Parsons, the architect, has in hand the preparation of plans for new building for Mr. Dan Hagan of Los Angeles, which Nlll>be erected upon the premises occupied by the Boston Store, de- s'rOyed by fire in March last. The new building will be a three store OGe'sIOry structure, with walls of width sufficient to admit another TToIy; the property occupied by AGIley's buffet will be included.
 he building will be constructed VI concrete and concrete blocks and VII, Tlll nave a front of eighty-six feet siOnG the new line of Morley ave- nue. Construction will begin "0OO' the first of September. First
The oasis., 1910-07-09
William Sehuster Dead.

MEXICO, D. F., July 1, 191Ol MR. ALLEN T. BIRD,
 THE OASIS,
 Nogales, Arizona. DEAR SIR AND FRIEND:
 Having just returned from tho Isthmus of rehuantepec 1 learned at Rincon Antonio, Oaxaca, that the old time prospectOF of Arisona and Sonora, Bill Schuster, died ah that place on the 3lst of Dece mbsr :. 1908. Thinking that this, perhaps, will be news to you and to a great many of the readers of TIE OASIS, l write this.
 Mrs. Scho6eld, who runs tRs- railway eating station at Santa. Lucrecia, Vera Cruz, on the y. O. Nacional de TehuantepeC, nursed him and holds in her possession an old silver watch which belonged to- old Bill. and she is willing 10 give it up to anyone who has Q just claim to it. Very truly yours,
 ,.,..e,"...- MAX w. CoHKr
The oasis., 1910-07-09
sAmrA CRUZ clvs cElEsRArEs.
q Very EnIoysbls Observance es the
 Fourth at the Club Rooms.

In accordance with announce ments published in the press and distributed also among the mem- bers, the Santa Cruz club kept open house Monday in honor of the great American anniversary; and the club rooms, in the Lyric Theater building, were filled with members and their guests, who en- joyed greatly the good things pro- vided by the entertainment com mittee.
 Baldenegro's orchestra had been engaged and that fine musical organization discoursed patriotic and appropriate music. During the first hour the members enjoyed social conversation, card games, billiards, pool, etc., and cigars and refreshments were served.
 At Il o'clock the master of cere. monies, MT. w. w. Carney, called to order the assemblage and con- ducted the programme that had been arranged, reading of the De- Claration of Independence by w. A. O'Connor being the first num- Der. Patriotic addresses were made by Hon. A. V. Dye, Ameri. can consul in Nogales, Sonora; Hon. Daniel Montes, consul of the United States of Mexico, in Nogal- es, Arizona; Colonel Allen T. Bird of THE OASIS; Mir. Alberto Masca- rehas, manager of the local branch of the Banco de Sonora; and MT, W. F. Overton, agent for We'll: Fargo Company's express. That stirring patriotic poem, "Sheridan's Ride," was read effectively by Mir. T. J. Thompson.
 The literary exercises over there was presented for delectation and amusement of the crowd, bur lesque of the Johnson.Je Jeffries fight at Reno. A squared circle" was improvised and two small sized boys, one blacked for the occasion with referee, time keeper, seconds etc., were introduced and after the usual iormalitiee proceeded to cut out work according to the Marqui: of Queensbury rules. The heavy boxing gloves they wore prevented any harm to either. To add g touch of realism, when the spor, was at it's height, in the middle o the sixth round the sheriff anC undersheriff of Santa Cruz county Harry J. Saxon and J.. J. Lowe broke into the ring, stopped tho light" and arrested everybody present.
 And that wound up the day'' festivities.
The oasis., 1910-07-09
Whole No. 8es

play of fireworks on Cerro de lss Campana, which lasted from nine until ten o'clock. At the Hotel Arcadia the merry making con. tinued until about three o'clock inp the morning. At the HermosAlO. brewery the big dome was illumine- ated by scores of electric lights.
 MT. Robert Branaugh, dry farm ing expert for the Mexican govern ment, who is conducting experi- ments in the Hermosillo valley, left Tuesday for the City of Mexico, to confer with President Diaz in regard to enlarging the scope of operations. MT. Branaugh is very enthusiastic over the proposition and says there is no doubt what ever of the success of dry farming in Mexico.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Davis of San Xavier arrived in Hermosillo on Friday of last week and left Sunday for Gardena, California, where their daughter, Miss Bessie Davis, has been attending school for the past two years. Later, ac- companied by Miss Davis, they will visit a number of California. towns. In September Mir. and Mrs. Davis will return to Sonora and Miss Davis will return to hex studies at Gardena.
 While in Hermosillo early in the, week THE OASIS correspondent and the foreman of THE OASIS office visited the Hermosillo brewery and were shown through the institu-, ton by Master Brewer Adolf Schmidt. Mir. Schmidt is a descen7- dant of long line of brewers. The. Schmidts were brewers to the royal family of Germany as far back as5 the history of the two families can be traced. The Schmidts are the possessors of secret in beer mak. ing that has never passed outside the family and is used only in brewing special beer for the royal family on state occasions. Beer of that brew Mir. Schmidt will make at the Hermosillo brewery for the Centenial celebration of Mexican, Independence. He will brew just one supply of the beverage, per haps enough to last two or three days. It will be the first tilne it was ever brewed outside of Ger many and for others than the royal family of Germany, and it SAay bs the last time.