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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-29
POWERS lake Votes
FOR IMPROVEMENTS

POWERS LAKE, N. D., Sept. o.
Civic pride of Powers Lake can best
be judged by the fact that it has Just
voted favorably in the question of is
suing $4,000 in bonds for improve
ments. The cash will be expended in
fire fighting apparatus, improved street
crossings and general road work.
Devils Lake has another drug store.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-29
APPEAL WILL CASE.

DEVILS LAKE, N. D., Sept. o.
Probabilities are that there will be
an appeal to the district court from
tie decision of the county probate
court in the case instituted by legal
heirs Of Henry Barensheer In an ef-
fort to set aside the will in which
he makes his widow the sole heir to
about $4,000 worth of property. The
probate court held the will was good.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-29

: John Deere, the man who assaulted
night Waterman Refer Of Darlington,
made his escape from the Foster county
jail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-29

Rev. w. K Bloom of Williston, was
elected moderator of the Congregation
al conference held at Minot
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-29

Three Minot women were gathered
in by the police on a charge Of vagran-
cy and bound over to the district court.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-29

The newspaper fraternity of the state
sympathized deeply with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Wilson of the Bathgate Pink
Paper in the accidental death of their
son.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-29

Devils Lake has another drug store.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
HANDS BURNED LIKE FIRE

IT can truthfully say Cuticura Rem
edies have cured me Of four long
years of eczema. About four years
ago ! noticed some little pimples
coming on my little finger, and not
giving It any attention, 1t soon became
worse and Apread all over my hands.
II / would have them in water for q
long time, they would burn like fire
ana large cracks would come. could
lay q pin in them. After using all
the salves l could think Of. / went to
three different doctors, but all did
me no good. The only relief got was
scratching.
$50 after hearing so much about the
wonderful Cuticura Remedies, I pur-
chased one complete set, and after
using them three days my hands were
much better. Today my hands are
entirely well, one set being all / used"
(Signed) Miss Eta Narber, r. F. D. 2,
Spring Lake, Mich, Sept. rs, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
Of each, With 32.page book, will be-
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. L, Boston.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

VEGETABLE HAND AND FACE
Curious Freak Produced by Two Ears
Of corn-Potato Has Face Like
Bloated Old Loafer.

OF course we all know that corn has
ears, but the accompanying picture
will convince you that a stalk Of corn
may be gifted with hand as well.
The picture was taken from photo
graph made Of two ears Of corn. each
Of which closely resembled a human
hand. The one shown in the illustra-
ton was the more perfect Of the two
specimens, and you can readily see
that most Of the proportions resem-
BILE those Of a hand with amusing cor
rectness. Hands of corn are not I'M
common, q certain variety Of the veg
etable having been named hand
corn" by the Indians owing to Its
tendency to produce hand.like ears.
Nature produces some curious freaks.
particularly among potatoes. Often
the potato digger will turn up great,
fat tuber looking for all the world
like the face Of bloated old loafer.
The Chinese and Japanese make a
practice of cultivating curiosities Of
the vegetable kingdom. At the
Worlds Fair Of 1893 some Chinese
stunted pines were exhibited that
were only few inches high. but were
hundreds OF years old. These curious
little dwarfs had all the Characters
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
His Christmas Check.

Al Ryan, the hospitable flint glass
worker of Lockport. N. Y, and former
ly organizer of the socialist local at.
that place. was being congratulated.
by the boys at the glass factory.
YES" said AL. my uncle out in
Tiffin is mighty good to me. The day
before Christmas he sent me check
for 800 just as q little Christmas.
gift"
After the usual congratulatory COM
ments had been duly made all around
AL added:
yes. he certainly is fine old fel-
low. In the postscript Of his letter
containing the check, he said:
dear AL. II you manage to get this
check cashed, please send me "a. l
need a pair Of shoes. THE Coming
Nation.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
WHY DO WE COUNT BY TENS?
Easily Seen How Much Easier and
Better II Would Be to Reckon by
Dozens-Flngers to Blame.

Why do we count by tens and not
by twelves? It is unfortunate that our
system of numbers has not two more
signs so that the first number Of two
figures would be the number We now
represent by ~" Twelve can be d.
vided by two, three, four and six. and
ten can be divided by only two and
Ave. You can see how much better
and easier It would be to reckon sums
by dozens when you must divide the
numbers every once In awhile. and
you might think that the people that
Invented numbers would have seen
this. But nobody did invent numbers.
Numbers were already invented be-
fore people knew that there could be
such q thing as counting.
Look at your hands. and you will
see why people count by tens. Every
one counts on his fingers sometimes.
and there was once time when not
every one could do even that Some
savage tribes in Africa are so stupid
that they cannot count above Eve.
When they have got that fer they say
they have counted a hand" and two
hands" are a "mah." II men lad
been born with u figures instead Of
10, we should have counted by dog
ems almost from the beginning.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF HIM
Remark by No Means Complimentary
Made by Constituent Of Repre-.
sentative Underwood.

Representative Underwood, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee In congress, represents what is'
known as q manufacturing district"
because It contains all the factories
and smelters in and about Birming-
ham, Ala. But he also has among his
constituents lot Of farmers-of which
fact he is now PAINFULLY aware.
He drove out to q settlement In
Bib county one afternoon to persuade
the farmers they ought to vote for
him. AS he stepped up to the porch
Of little store an old man rushed up
to him with the request:
please sign this paper. It's a petit
ion to Congressman Underwood to
have q young lady postmistress here"
I'D be glad to sign It," said Under
wood politely; but as I'm not a resi-
dent Of this community, my name
wouldn't help you"
''Oh, yes, 1t would" the old farmer
assured him. Were getting every
body to sign It, strangers and all
Go ahead and put your name down!
That fool congressman will never
know the difference!"-The Sunday
Magazine.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
MAKE YOUR OWN DOLL HOUSE
Directions for Making One That Any
Little Girl Can Put Under Her
Arm and Carry Away.

You have probably heard Of the man
who took up his bed and walked, but
here is a bedroom that any girl can
carry under her arm without the least
difficulty. The best Of 1t is that the
young housewife can make the whole
thing by a careful use Of glue and
part Of some old book. This Is the
way to go about It:
Get your father to give you some old
volume with sound covers and a strong
back. Then carefully cut the pages
out Of the book and stiffen the back
with a piece Of strong cardboard.
which must be glued into place. Then
cut two pieces Of cardboard OF equal
length for your end walls and cut an
other piece sufficiently long to make
the ceiling. These strips should be as
wide as the space formerly occupied
by the leaves. Glue the three strips to
one Of the book covers to correspond
with the end walls and ceiling Of the
bedroom in the picture. This part
of the bedroom can be made stronger
by pasting bracing pieces at the joints.
II is a simple matter to cut out n
window similar to the one in the pic
ture, and any bright girl can shape
the necessary bedroom furniture from
pretty colored cardboard. An Open
Window club button will complete the
furnishing after the window has been
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
MOST DURABLE KIND OF DOLL
American Concern Has Brought Out
Toy, Said to Be Wonderful Ad-
vance In Construction.

Although Germany has for many
years been credited with the newest
and best ideas in children's toys, an
American concern has designed and
brought out doll which is said to be
wonderful advance in doll construc-
ton. In the first place. the new type
Of doll is all wood, the head being
solid. The head, arms and legs are
Joined to the trunk by means Of steel
spring swivel and hinge joints, which
completely eliminate the use Of rubber
cord. The face, being Of aolid wood
instead Of composition, is artistically
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
Spiders Store No Food.

It is said that spiders store away no
food in winter quarters. Quantities
Of eggs are laid and carefully shelter
ed in velvety cobweb sacks that defy
the weather. These sacks may be
found swinging by silken ropes from
the goldenrod and corners Of board
fences and stone walls. The little
spiders creep from their coy sleeping
bags which the wise mother has pro
vided for them. and II they escape
their cannibal brothers and sisteiH
they enter at once on a career Of trap
ping and hunting.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
A Pocket Bedroom.

draped with curtain. Perhaps bet
ter way would be to get your boy
friends to white you out a dainty
bedroom set.
One Of the advantages of the book
room is that thrifty housewife can
add to the number Of her apartments
as rapidly as she may make the rooms
In this way girl might have a veri-
table mansion Of rooms that. when
placed up on a shelf, side by side,
would look as dignihed as a set Of
books.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

It IL announced that Russian caviar
q q cure for the cholera. Probably
Il works on the principle that anyone
Who knows he would have to eat Rus
sian caviar viii refuse to have the
cholera. :
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

tics of gnarled old trees, and 1t was
asserted that they had been family
heirlooms for over 1000 years in some
cases. The trees grew in pots, and
some Of the smaller ones could be
easily hidden under a silk hat.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

An eastern young woman wants
every young woman in the country
20 sign pledge not to marry q man
Who smokes. This. however, win
hardly AFFECT the smoke habit either
one way or the other.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
Msanlno Of Death.

Small Robert did not know the
meaning Of death. 30 when he was
told a man across the street was dead
be asked his five-year-old sister what
4 meant to be dead. After q moments
hesitation she answered: Why. %
Be dead means that-that-you are.
an in.s
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
Roman Gossin.

Mummy 1.-THE village oanke-)-What
do you suppose the young fellows In
ancient Rome did to pass the timer"
Phunny (the village philosopher)-
oh, don't know. suppose they used
to hang around and talk about what
a punk town Rome was.-Puck.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

In q duel between two Hungarian
counts the other day the right ear OF
one Of them was slashed in two II
Hungarian duels are going to DO as
sanguinary IS that they win have TO
b stopped.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

The Pennsylvania man who, while
intoxicated, took out a marriage IL
cease, thinking 1t was a dog license.
well deserves the dogs life that his
marriage is apparently leading him.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

With the wife Of one model hus,
band" committing suicide and the
Of another suing for divorce, the com.
mon everyday kind Of husband may
bo better thought Of.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Sandwiches made Of finely chopped
Violets spread over thin slices Of but
tered bread are being sold in New
York grill rooms. Evidently cloves
are too plebsian for some Of the New
Workers..
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

When we read the lives Of distin-
guIshed men in any department We
find them always celebrated for the
amotnt of labor they could PERFORM
Everett.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
New American Doll.

carved, and painted in oil colors SO
that It can be washed. The nicely
shaped hands and feet are cut from
solid hardwood. In the whole make
up of the new dolls there is nothing to
easily wear or get out Of order.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05
quite Changed.

why. papa" said Frances, who
was looking at the album; surely this
isn't u picture Of your Yes" re-
piled papa; shat IL a picture Of me
when was quite young." We'll"
commented the little girl. 1T doesn't
box a. much IKE you - you loot
now" -
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Elated. apparently. at the addition
Of an ''h" to its name. Pittsburgh IL
TO have a 40-story bank building. The
Smoky City is feeling the uplifting
tendencies q the times.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Within ten minutes after landing in
New York a Toledo citizen had been
robbed twice. New York may keep
that record for speed as long rs 1t
likes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Now a physician rises to remark
that there is really no such thing as
seasickness. The imitation. however.
h so good as to deceive the most ex-
perienced.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

II a man smokes in the house and
his wife is afraid her curtains will be-
ruined, ne should be obliged to take
them down.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

A temperance society in Cleveland
b trying to nnd out what highball
%. II may be unnecessary to state
that the society in question is a strict
" feminine one.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

The samples Of Ice cream contain
ing 100000 bacteria to the cubic CEN
hmeter seem to DO minor leaguers
compared to those containing g.
100000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

American women. according to
German. do not know how to pose for
o photograph. In the art Of arriving
with both feet. however. they are
quite sophisticated.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

History 10 repeating ITSELF A de-
mand is forming for the regulation
az aviation because the birdmen IN
their machines brighten horses Later
n automobiles IN their turn win Be
rumpIaining Of seroplanes. biplanes
SirIeIblo balloons and other eircFAft
EunnlnE hen down
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

A st. Louis man committed suicide
because his wife was too affectionate.
In other words. she loved him to
death.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

"Aviatrice" II the new word for tho
woman aviator. AS there Is only one
90 far We needn't bother our heads
about what the plural Of "aviatrice"
q.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Boston has the distinction Of having
the first mortgaged aeroplane. But,
then, on an airship It ought to be easy
70 raise q mortgage.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

An Akron (o.) man was found walk
ing in his sleep with baby in his
arms. That's our notion of q model
husband!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Il is reported that Egyptian coats
are the latest in woman's garb. AfteH
viewing chromos portraying Cleopatra
We gather that a miscrpscope will be
needed to find the coats.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Forty years ago this fall Q COW in
Chicago kicked over q lamp and
burned the town down. It has. how
ever, picked UP remarkably well ever
ainca
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Atwood says he is not going to ny
any more. Maybe there is one man
who knows when he has had enough.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

A physician findc that there is an.
UGher standard life prolonger-sauer-
kraut The discovery was made in
Cincinnati.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

"A London girl smoked q calabash
pipe on the streets OF that city. And
Still they say over there that Ameri-
can girls are forward.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

The chap who sips his coffee at
breakfast behind a newspaper is now
clSssed with the end-seat hog.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Speaking Of speed records. there ID
the bandit who robbed two restau-
rants In 20 minutes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Farmers are having a glorious pic.
nc season.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Poverty hath its own reward. A poor
man isn't asked to contribute to cam
paigg fund.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Speed has its victims whether Of
the air. the rail, the race track or fast
life.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Winter would not be 30 bad II the
eantaloupe would stick around.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Keep the ewes in the stable on dry
feed for q day or two.
The boar should be Of good type and
character and Of pure blood
To maintain normal soil fertility the
supply OF humus must be conserved.
Blood.meal Is better for ducks than
meat scraps, and 1t works into mash
fine.
Persistency In milk flow is one Of
the qualities which makes q profitable
dairy cow.
The country fairs are announced. Be
sure not miss them, especially the
home one.
Poultry cannot be successfully
raised without the application Of brain
and muscles.
Be careful about feeding horses in
clined to heaves. too much hay, or
hay that is dusty.
A fowl that will not fatten when
heavily fed on corn is not in good
physical condition.
Extra feed increases the growth OF
q proper kind and makes larger AMI
mails at maturity.
II when the hogs are growing fast
their hind legs become weak. feed
little bone meal daily.
Stop the churn as soon as the but
ter graduates II you want to work
out all the butter milk.
What has become OF the old-fash.
Toned farmer who used to keep a saw.
age dog to catch his hogs?
Culling the pullets may seem q
small matter to many, but 1t adds dol
lars to the years profits.
A bull tied in the stall will get lazy
and useless, besides making extra
work in his care and feed.
Use your skim milk. Five pounds
of skim milk have been found equal
to one pound of grain for pigs.
A drove Of hogs Of all colors and
sizes brings as much money as drove
Of the same breed, color and size.
To obtain a maximum supply OF
milk, small pastures, allowing frequent
changes of feed, should be provided.
II q small Matching house is once
used, no poultry keeper ever likes to
do without its convenience afterward.
AS a rule, a large flow Of milk 10
associated with low per cent. Of fat,
while a small flow shows higher
test.
Sheep are comfort lovers and the
man who neglects to provide them
with good, dry shelter makes q costly
error.
Grinding the grain makes It more
and the more digestible the
feed the more milk from a given
II is not a common sight at any
Of the stock yards to see large drove
Of hogs from one farm all showing
he same breed.
Oats. wheat bran, and little corn or
is a grain ration that will
keep the lambs growing and in good
flesh by winter.
There should be no hidden, mac
cessible places in milk vessels. The
seams should be soldered over
smoothly inside and out.
The reproducing qualities Of the
hen, like the butter-making qualities
,f the COW, will determine the hens |
value at the end Of the year.
Veal calves in hot weather will grow
better II kept during the day in a
lark, cool stable, but the stable must |
be cleaned out and we'll ventilated.
Except in unusual cases of rush
work, the teams should cease work in
time to cool on before the dampness
and falling temperature OF evening.
A mixture Of barley. corn-meal,
wheat bran and roots viii put flesh on
horses fast. With this, of course. a
small quantity Of hay should be given.
II care 10 taken to keep the sur
lace Of the silage level, two and ono
half inches removed daily will be SUI.
acient to keep the silage from decSS-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

Soils that are heavily MANFRED for
cabbage. lettuce. celery and other
crops WIN not need very much manure
the following year. when planted with
tomatoes, peppers and root crops, 81
pooiaIly q q fair amount Of commercial
foriilissr q used.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-10-05

II your COW has obstructed teats. be
very cautious about inserting nix
tubes, probes, or quilts. Nothing Of
the kind should be inserted in q cows
teat. excepting as q last resort; and
then only with the most extreme care
and cleanliness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-09
BUDDING ACTORS FEW
French Conservatoire Trials
Give Poor Results This Year.
lBy cable 70 The Tribune.l

Paris. July S-The annual pubic conf
petition trials Of pupils of the Conser-
vatoire in opera, opera comique TRAGEDY
and comedy before jury composed Oh
the leading dramatists and critics IN the
presence of an audience of two thou-
sand IT the Odeon. have lasted during
the week and give a poorer result thah
any other year on record.
The trend Of opinion consequently IS
now in favor Of spppressing altogether
these public competition trials, which
are no real test Of pupils talent ana
arc distorted in their results by violent
disputes and rows between hot headed
partisans Of each competitor.
There is no pupil Of real talent this
year in any class. The opera singers
male and female. arc below mediocrity
No young actor or actress Of tragedy
has been produced Of more than com
monplace qualities, and the only young
comedians or condolences worthy OF
mention are Robert Cot nineteen years
Of age. son Of Got, the famous actor Of
the Theatre Francois who died ten
years ago. and Niles Boreli and Ducos,
two bright and clever actresses Of light
comedy. aged respectively twenty-five
and twentv-four years.