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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14

The next spring I was Waterman
on the big sidewheel St. Louis and
st. Joseph packet A. B. Chambers,
Capt. James Gormaley. We arrived
at St. Joseph all right, but on our
way down struck an obstruction at
Rushville Landing, two miles above
Atchison, and sunk. We all took the
steamer New Lucy the next day and
went to St. Louis on her. After land
ing there the captain sent the mate
engineer, myself and others up to the
wreck to save what we could. At
that time the whole country was e1.
cited as to whether Kansas should
be slave or free state. We took
passage on the steamer Martha Jew.
EFT, Capt. B. H. Silvers, with other
passengers. There was on board an
organized company of young men from
South Carolina, possibly fifty or more,
armed with Sharp's rifles, the first
breach loading gun made.
They also had a large number Of
slaves with them. The boat landed all
of them at Atchison, both men and
slaves.
While working at the wreck we
would hear of the slavery men and
free state men having lots Of trouble.
The slavery men put free state man
whom they called at that time abolit-
ionist, in a large barrel, headed it up
and rolled him into the river.
Shortly afterward the steamer star
of the West, took load Of free state
men on at Alton, Ill, and took them to
Atchison. The slavery men would not
let them land, put an armed guard on
and made the boat take them back
to Alton, that being the first landing
that could be made in a free state.
The officers were Capt. Ed. Dix,
Bill Parkerson, mate, and Capt. G. w.
Blunt, pilot. The latter also was an
owner in the boat and became captain
of her later on. His son ia a captain
and pilot and now works for Capt.
Baker Of Bismarck.
Many persons think the trouble at
Atchison was the commencement of
the civil war. Atchison was the head.
quarters for both slavery and free
state men.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
EVENING Schools.

Evening schools owe their existence
to the Rev. Thomas Charles. who about
1911 set up one at Bala, Wales. which
proved to be quite successful. In 1880
or 1910 the English Bishop Kinds
strongly recommended such schools for
poor adults. who. on account Of en-.
forced labor had no chance to secure
an education The idea was taken In
hand by the British privy council in
1861, and from that date evening
schools began to be considered serious
". At the present time they are nu-
merous throughout Great Britain.
America and many other leading ma.
tions.-New York American,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
the scRAPPY OSTRICH.
Hs 10 Full Of 1rsaehsry and Dearly
Loves 70 Fight.

He 10 Full Of 1rsaehsry and Dearly
Loves to Fight.
Those who manage ostrich farms de-
clare that much diplomacy is required
in the handling Of the ostrich. which
in more respects than one is decidedly
queer bird.
The ostrich requires, aside from
ether necessary qualifications, mas
ter's hand, q strict hand, tempered by
Justice and mercy. Not that the ostrich
II at all appreciative Of kindness. In
deed, he never becomes thoroughly
domesticated. say those who know
him In captivity.
On tho contrary, the ostrich II
haught1ly and stolidly irresponsive to
Kindness, and 20 treacherous 10 he
when full grown that even his daily
attendants never approach him unless
equipped with the necessary appn'
ances to bring him to terms when in
IN ugly or dangerous mood.
The ostrich's chief object In life
seems to be to fight on every possible
occasion. Indeed, q fight to him II
the very spice Of things.
The male ostrich IL not without COM
mendable qualities, however. For in.
stance, be mates but once and forever.
Should be, 40 often happens in the
course Of q domestic complication, kick
biz mate to death he remains true and
constant to her memory, never seeking
q successor. In the ordinary phases Of
domeadeity he 10 attentive and help
full He digs the whole In the ground
that n to serve 40 q nest, and during
tie process Of incubation, which con.
tiaues for forty day., be relieves the
mother bird Of her duties from early
evening TIL late the next morning.
A curious habit Of the male ostrich
- his constitutional" At sunrise and
Just before twilight the male birds line
up in single de and race around the
Enclosure at whirlwind speed until
thoroughly nmbered up Then, sud.
Asnly arransing themselves in sets,
they execute q grotesque minuet with
ludicrous gravity.-Harpers Weekly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
through the furnaces in the manufac'
ture Of iron and steel.

through the furnaces in the manufac'
ture Of iron and steel.
Enormous quantities Of this strange
variety Of wool are used on board for
the purposes of underclothing the bulk
heads and the more delicate portions
Of the ships body. This invaluable
substance acts equally well az a pro-
tector from heat and from cold It -
such a remarkable nonconductor Of
heat that It IL used for covering the
refrigerators and the cold storage
chambers and therefore the explosive
stores.
In the dockyards all men who are
employed in packing the mineral wool
in the spaces on the ships are obliged
to wear masks. This Is to prevent the
sharp needleliks particles from being
inhaled and 20 causing chest troubles
Of fatal character.
The ammunition rooms themselves
are kept cool BY a refrigerating plant
in addition to being clothed In mineral
wool, the same applying to the ammu-
milton passages. The wool II also
hacked between the double bulkheads
which separate the boiler spaces from
the other portions Of the vessel. Alto
eether the uses Of the mineral wool on
board are extremely numerous. Even
reindeer hair b 30 be met With on
board in the capacity Of q particular
sort Of underclothins. This material
10 very light eonsiderably lighter than
cork, for instancs-and It 10 not 20 sub
let to decay. For this reason among
it, many uses Il II Of great value % .
dll1ng for ths life buoya - Boston
Transcript.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
The Injured One,

what did that woman do when her
pet dog jumped on you and bit your
"She gave me very reproachful
look" replied Flooding Pete, IAN then
she ordered the dogs valet to give it a
bath.-Washington Star.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
A Insulting Addition.

An irate citizen started for the ONCE
Of his local newspaper for the purpose
Of clubbing the editor. One Of his
friends asked him what the editor had
Done to him, and he said:
II sent him 4 letter signed 'Honestas'
ana he printed It, but added another
b'"-Minneapolis Journal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
Watsrsa.

IF you are looking for bargains, -
said the broker, II can suit you. I can
offer you some stocks at 10 cents q
SHARE"
But Why are they % cheapr' de-
manded the lady shopper.
You see, they have been slightly
damaged By observation-disclosures Her
aid.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
0oH Confidence,

0oH Confidence.
DO you believe In an the views you
advocate?"
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum,
after some hesitation, II DO, but l
doubt whether q le0s skilful reasonef
than myself would b able to convince
me of the correctness Of some OF
them."-Washinston Star:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
0melelne Defees Moals.

0n,ol<ine Dofoes Moala
People VIII persist in smoking, even
aftor they have read the following
from that eminent authority, The Lon.
don Lancet:
Smoking Just before meals b to b
deprecated, because the pungency Of
to pyroligneus products contained n
tobacco smoke renders the buccal mu-
eosa insenhtive to alimentary stimuli
ton. In fact, the effect = % dull or
abolish the olfacto- guStatoey redex,
thus depriving % Of what Pawlow
calls appetite Juice"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
The Restorative.

No UOov0fovtV0.
flows your wife's cold this morn.
ingf' asked a neighbor.
much better. thank you. There's
q dance tomorrow evening that she
wants to 60 to."-Detroit Free Press
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
DRESSING i ! |: 4 SHIP.
4 Man.of.W War Wears More Than
One Suit of Clothes.
INNER AND OUTER GARMENTS.

Besides lts Coat Of Armor Plate Il Has
q Special Set Of UndsreIethss to Pro.
tset the Vital Parts Of IL Anatomy.
Mineral Wool MufF'srs.
Battleships wear coats Of stout ar.
NOR plate, as everybody knows. but
everybody does not know that they
wear undergarmenh which are pro.
duced chiefly from cocoanuts. Your
most powerful man-of-war 10 really q
very delicate object and requires
special underclothing 20 that some
vital parts of its anatomy may not BE-
come too cold and 20 that other equal
" vital portions may not become too
hot.
From stem to stern, which b another
way Of saying from head to toe, your
enormous super readnought 70 envel'
oped in IN undergarment placed i'm
naediately behind tn topcoat or armor
plato. This IL it, special mackintosh,
OF. rather. waterproof, which acts % q
protection from DIRE % well % water.
In tho ordinary way II shot pierced
the side Of 4 battleship water would
pour in at the hole and possibly the
chip might sink, but this u obviatsd
By providing q backing to the armor.
Great secrecy 10 kept in the various
navies regarding the material used and
tn arrangement
In many Of the latest battleoh1ps,
however. the coating u made Of eeIlu.
lose, which again ~ obtained 6om the
6brouD cocoanut rind. Celluloso pos-
sssses the peculiar property Of sw1ll'
ing Immediately IL It comes In contact
With salt water. Therefore the moment
that water pours in at hole at the
ships side the cellulose almost in
SANITY expands and % closes the apeF-
tura. OF course the celluloss u e.
pecially treated in order 10 render Il
lreproof.
A man-of.war has its vitality suoE-
nously diminished II certain portions
Of It become too cold, in much the
same way AZ ito human tenants. Ac'
cordingly its boiler and steam pipes
are clothed with Jackets" In some
cases the jackets are made Of ordinary
blanketing. others Of 6brous clay.like
competition or even Of close grained
wood. In general the material used
for 4 ships underclothing Of this de-
ecription consists Of mineral wool.
However, the great ship II more Ike
y to suffer from the effects Of heat
than from those Of cold. There II al.
ways the danger owing to the newer
typ Of machinery employed that the
powder magazines may get too hot
In the latest men-of-war the stores
are surrounded BY q thick coating Of
mineral wool. Mineral wool, BY the
way, has nothing whatever to do with
wool, ~ It conEists Of Q mass Of snowy
threads Of a kind Of glass. 1t IL made
BY blowing Jets Of high pEeesure steam
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14

Ddmculty II only a word indicating
the degree Of strength requisite for &C.
eomplishing q particular object.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
Full Pay.

He-No, the boss doesn't pay me any
more than am worth. She-How In
the world do you manage to live on 4?
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
|CAPI, GRANT MARSH Tells
|l)F WRECK Of STEAMER KATE
sweeney IN PIONEER DAYS
Bismarck Riverman Tells Some Ex=
periences of Former Days

PART OF CREW STEAMER WERE PROBABLY KILLED
BAND OF INDIANS - TELLS OF TRIP ON SLAVE
CARRYING BOAT STATE MAN HEADED BARREL
AND rHowh INTO RIVER TROUBLE Between FREE STATE
AND SLAVERY MEN ON RIVER IN EARLY
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14
ADVERTISED LIST

ADVERTISED LIST.
For the week ending Saturday.
March -, 1911.
Aston, A. A.
Brown. Amy.
Beattie, Joseph
Curshned, Martin
Depeora, Generese
Dorsey, Bert
DAZZLE, Mrs. Ella
Edes, w. J.
Freize, T. T. (2)
Goldberg, J.
Gill, Haney
Holmes, Grace.
Humphrey, Mrs. E.
Johnson, Wayne
Jones, Katherine Mae
johnson, Hannah
James, uliss Libbie
Kiesler, Gunda
Kangas, M.
Krenz, w. F.
Loren, Prof.
Mauk, George E.
Morrow, J. A.
McAndrew, J. C.
Manley, Rodger
Nelson, Geo. E. w.
Owens, s. W.,
Outzen, Carl
Olsen, Ellen
Ode, Adolph
Peterson, August.
Pfaff, Charley
Rocker, Mrs. Chloe
Richards, Elizabeth.
Rouche, Geo.
Ryberg, J. H.
Sleight, Fred s.
Stevens, Lee
Savage, J. H.
Vail, Miss Ida
Valour, ]. J.
Wright, Mrs. Geo.
The above list will be held two
weeks. after which it will be sent
o the Dead Letter Office.
Agatha G. Patterson, P. NJ.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14

Queer Comparison.
briggs reminds me of an encyclc
pedia."
"Smart?"
''No: ck."-Boston Transcript.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-14

The above list will be held two
weeks, after which it will be sent
to the Dead Letter Office.
Agatha G. Patterson, P, NJ.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-18

was quite evident that none OF them
had found favor in her eyes. and that
she was still free. He would enter II,
he decided; but how!
First OF all, something must be done
TO bring Gormly himself into the pub
lie eye in some other capacity, some
higher capacity, some more attractive
capacity, than that OF mere retailer
OF ribbons, 30 TO speak; the public eye
for Gorrnly being MissGI;aldane's Iiq-
uid orbs. And GorTrley knew that the
way TO private consideration IL more
often than not through public inter
est. He had 10 do something to justi-
fy himself, therefore. to make himself
known In some env'1ble way; in short,
OF her. And again the question arose;
but how?
He had thought vaguely OF the ra-
cling game, Of the most magnificent OF
yachts, OF the finest and speediest Of
stables, OF the fastest string OF auto
mobiles, OF a thousand similar things
which he had dismissed as unworthy
OF his high purpose and inadequate TO
his end; until finally, fortune favortEg
him, he hit upon the field Of politics.
Miss Haldane in some OF those now
rather frequent conferences, had cas-
ually enough remarked that she liked
men who did things, who really nc
complished something for good In this
world.
Gormly instantly resolved to do
something. Now II any man really
wants TO accomplish good IN this
world, there are few opportunities Of
greater possibilities than those pre-
sented in the political arena There
is also no field In which II is harder
TO accomplish the end. Gormly az a
political force was entirely unknown
He was without experience One
requisite, popularly considered vital.
he had, and, that was an abundance OF
money. Another requisite he pos
sessed albeit unwittingiy, was char
acter And still third was his, and
that was Imagination coupled with
capacity--the ideal and the real: the
dreamer and the practical man In one!
An irresistible combination that!
Fortune was further kind to him.
however, for concurrently with his de-
cision she presented him with an
opening. Gormly's business was sufn-
ciently great to have enabled him TO
extend it In several directions. He
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-18

four as a possible father, and she had
no hesitation In approaching Gormly
with much more familiarity than she
would have dreamed OF allowing her
self had he been younger And yet
Gormiy himself was young looking
man for forty-four. He was still as
tall and slender. not TO say spare, as
he had been when boy. He was
smooth shaven, and the fiecks OF gray
In his blond hair were scarcely notice
able. II Miss Haldane had ever given
thought OF his age, she would have
supposed him ten years younger than
he was; that is, on appearance. When
she thought OF his business, she would
have considered him sixty. Ever since
she could remember, she had dealt
at the great shop. and Gormly himself
unconsciously took on to her the as
pect OF ancient history.
So the little affair ran on; Gormly
consciously becoming more and more
deeply involved, Miss Haldane uncon-
sciously Interviewing herself In the
same tangled web.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-18

on comparison now shows that the
great ceiba tree has not changed,
save In podding each year, in all that
length Of time. Scientists deduce that
the tree is nearly one thousand years
old.
1t stands just at the back of the
British post office In Nassau-its
great top outspreading like a huge
umbrella with branches soaring as
far as 100 feet from the main stem.
The trunk is Of huge girth and it is
this with the interwinding of branches
above that gives the idea of COM
bat.
But the giant roots of the ceiba are
its most distinctive feature. Diverg-
ing from the main stem long before
they strike into the ground, they form
such buttresses as to make the ceiba
seem a regular citadel of almost un-
assailable strength.
From the pods on the tree sticky,
silk-like substance is obtained once a
year and used for the stufflng OF
cushions. Natives of the islands say
the same tree had served their ances-
tors with clothing from it's pods since
the earliest legends of the island.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-18

reader. He had neither the time nor
the inclination to search the journals
in which were chronicled the doinXs
OF social New YOrk-ln which the Hal
dane name was prominent: so he In.
struCted his private secretary, Cha
loner, upon whose discretion he could
rely, to have sent TO him at his private
ADDRESS all clippings relating to Miss
Haldane. Gormly, therefore, knew the
life OF the object of his attention as
well as II could be known from its out
ward and visible presentation before
the public. Indeed. there was. little
that was concealable under such cir
cumstances-the higher you rise the
less privacy you have, obscurity being
the prerogative, or the penalty, of the
humble-so that he was entirely
aware of Miss Haldane's goings and
comings, who her friends were. what
houses she visited, what diversions
she affected, who paid her attention,
and so on.
Meanwhile the man did not neglect
his business-nothing would ever
make him do that-but he divided his
time between It and the young woman
which was a great concession 90 her
influence. One reason why he had be-
come such an assiduous student OF the
clippings was because he wanted TO
know whether Miss Haldane was, or
was likely 10 be, engaged TO be mar
ried. His apprehensions on that score
were soon set at rest II was Miss
Haldane's second season. She had
created an instant furor when she had
been launched in society the year be-
fore. The usual contingent OF i'm
pecunious foreigners had promptly
laid their coronets at her feet; but II
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-18

/ brought Ireland England. France,
Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy, and
the Orient into New York bay and un-
F! loaded them in his great institution.
He had conceived, some dozen years
before after paying tremendous freight
charges, the proprlety of establishing
his own line Of freight steamers 1t
had ans>sed him to combine the prac-
tise of the ancient merchant prince
with the customs Of the modern one.
He had bought the controlling inter
est In a freight line of half n dozen
large steamers, which he found no
difficulty I'm using as cargo carriers
for other people when they were not
supplying his own needs.
The purchase OF the freight line had
with Il lease OF one of the piers in
the North river. The lease had run
out the year before. He had there
after availed himself OF what he con-
ceived TO be an excellent opportunity
OF subleasing another pier in the East
river. The city had just completed an
elaborate railroad. surface and sub
way. for the transportation Of heavy
freight from the water front TO the
great mercantile establishments In
land. This system had been leased
to the Gotham Freight Traction COM
pany. vast corporation with full
set OF ostensible promoters and d.
rectors, but which had back OF Il pow
ers and persons unknown 10 the gen.
eral public, carefully concealed from
II in fact.
The corporation bad not been form
ed TO promote the health of It's mem
bers. Therefore when Gormly ap-
piled to the authorities for permis-
sion TO construct o switch from his
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-18
QUEER DISEASE IS
IN UNITED STATES
Many Here Afflicted With Odd
Ailment, Says Prof.
Munyon.
GREWS0ME CREATURES
VERY COMMON,
FINDS EXPERT.

Many people in the United States are
efnicted with queer disease, according
James NJ. Munyon. He made the follow
Ing remarkable and rather grewsoms
statement:
Many Sersons who come and write to
SITS. Philadelphia, Pa. think they are
suffering from a simple stomach trouble,
when In reality they are the victims OF
tape worm. These tape worms are huge
Internal parasites, which locate in the
upper bowel and consume large per-
food. They sometimes grow TO a length
or forty 10 sixty feet One may have Q
tape worm for years and never know
the cause or his or her Ill health.
Persons who are suffering from one
Of these creatures become nervous weak
and irritable. and tire at the least ex-
ertion. The tape worms rob one OF am
bition and vitality and strength. but they
are rarely fatal.
The victim OF this disease Is apt to
believe that he is suffering from chronic
without relief This is not the fault OF
the physicians he consults. for there IL
no absolute diagnosis that will tell posi-
lively that one Is not a victim Of tape
worm.
The most common symptom OF this
trouble Is an abnormal appetite. At
times the person is ravenously hungry
anc cannot get enough to eat. AT other
times the very sight OF food Is loathsome.
There is a gnawing, faint sensation at
the pit OF the stomach, and the victim
has headaches, fits OF dizziness and nau-
sea. He cannot sleep at night and often
thinks he is suffering from nervous pros
tration.
"I have a treatment which has had
wonderful success In eliminating these
great creatures from the system. In the
course Of Its regular action in aiding
digestion. and Kidding the blood. kidneys
and liver OF impurities II has proven fatal
to these great worms. II one has a tape
worm. this treatment will. in nine cases
out OF ten, stupefy and pass II away. but
IL not. the treatment will rebuild the
rundown person, who Is probably suffer.
ing from stomach trouble and a general
snaemlc condition. Ny doctors report
marvellous success here with this treat
ment. Fully dozen persons have passed
these worms, but they are naturally reti-
cent about discussing them, and OF course
we cannot violate thefr confidence by CIV
Ing their names to the public"
Letters addressed to Professor James
NJ Munyon. SD and Jefferson Streets.
Philadelphia, Pa. will receive as careful
attention as though the patient called In
person. Medical advice and consultatiou
absolutely free. Not penny to pay.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-18
THE GRAVE OF JOSH BILLINGS
Remains Of the Quaint Humorous
Writer and Lecturer Rest Near
Ganesborough, Mass.

Ganesborough, Mass.-Henry Wheel
er Shaw, whose pen name was Josh
Billings" was born at Ganesborough,
Mass, and died at Monterey, Cal,
1885.
Starting at the age OF fifteen in
search of fortune, he led an unsettled
life for several years. He tried farm.
Ing, running a steamboat on the Ohio,
store keeping and teaching, but was
unsuccessful in all of them. He drift
ed back east and settled in Pough-
keepsie, n. Y, 1858, as an auctioneer.
His contributions to the newspapers,
under the pen name Josh Billings" ,"
brought him liberal returns. His writ
ings are characterized by a quaint
shrewdness, and a humorous element
intensified by the crude phonetic spell
ing which he adopted. He lectured
throughout the country, and in addi-