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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-22

Figures for 1911 are incomplete,
having been computed only until De-
cember 1, and all figures referred to
are third class passengers only. The
decrease may man one of SeFeral
things, said Williams, commissioner
Of immigration.
1T may mean that industrial condt
tions here are much disturbed. It
may mean that third class passengers
are more prosperous, and are going
to and from more than. usual, or it
may mean that the long looked for
natural ebb in the tide has come.
Personally, do not know" =
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-22

A-Stations.
B-Lowest temperature last night
C-Direction of wind.
D-Velocity Of wind.
EPrecipitation in last "A hours
E-State Of weather.
Weather Conditions.
TIL Z p. m. Saturday.
For North Dakota: Fair tom1gm
and Saturday; cooler east portion TO-
night.
r For Bismarck and Vicinity: fair
toni9ht and Saturday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02

TREiiT STORE. 40. lis.
!rSt ana Second streets
district.
DOUGLAS Il. TAYLOR.
AS North Eighth street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02
f u Rent at Low Rates
iouE RENT ACCOUNT WIT
Epps-Epps & Go.
FOR RENT.

ffHernl Desirable homes near city,
n .Hr line
-. T. T. c'HAFFlN & co. INC
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05
Mexico's Way With Women.

Woman's place in Mexican life is
the inevitable mingling of the Moor
ish ideas of the Spanish conquerors
and the savage ideas of the natives,
the Milwaukee Sentinel says. The
Castilian hides his wife and daughters
behind stone walls and the picturesque
lattices of romance, and he is their
lord and master. On the other hand,
the Indian tribes are, of course. still
bound by the spirit of the ancient saw
age customs. Historians tell of one OF
the baptismal ceremonies of the Mash
ic tribes, who fought their way to SUI
premacy long before the Spanish ar
rived on the scene. To each boy baby
the priests chanted this command:
'Thy profession and faculty is war,
thy obligation to give the sun to drink
blood of the enemies and the earth
corpses of the foes" To the girl baby
they said with far less ceremonial:
"You are to stay within the house, as
the heart does within the body. Our
Lord enshrines you in that place, and
your Office is to fetch and to grind
maize in the metate."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05
Truth About King Arthur.

In all probability the Arthurian
story compiled by Sir Thomas Mallory
in the fifteenth century represents a
body of legends almost as old as
Christianity, which have properly no
connection with the great British
chieftain called Arthur, who distin-
guished himself in the wars against
the intruding Saxons, defeating them
in the battle of Mount Badon about
the end of the sixth century, and who
was perhaps betrayed by an unfaithful
wife, and killed by near kinsman.
Arthur was probably legitimate hero
OF those early days, and it was per-
he )s natural that when the tales of
the Holy Grail, or Chalice, in which
Joseph OF Arimathaea was tabled to
have preserved the blood or our Saw
our. were told to amuse and interest
Christian children, they should be as
ISOLATED with his memory. The Arthur
of Tennyson and of Hawker is purely
mythical. No such court and Round
Table as ne is credited with establish.
ing could have existed in the rough,
times in which the real
Arthur lived.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05
OYSTER ISLANDS.
Their Growth Is Exactly Analogous to
That of Coral Reefs.

Oyster islands similar to those form
ed of coral are found in several parts
of the world. The islands in Newport
river and Beaufort harbor, North Car
DINA, says writer in the Century
Path Magazine, have been discovered
to have as base reef to which the
spawn were attached and above this
layer upon layer of oysters, vegetable
grows and debris brought by the ac-
ton of the waves and winds, all of
which finally grows high enough to
rise above the surface of the water.
This growth is exactly analogous to
that of the coral inlands of the Pacific
The islands near the mouth OF the
river Tagus, in Portugal, are said to
have been built up in this way also.
Here, where there is such quantity
of oysters that 100, 100000 year would
scarcely be missed if they were re-
moved, the expanse OF water just be-
yond the rivers mouth is dotted with
oyster islands. AS in the case OF the
coral reefs, which on the seward side
may be covered with living, growing
coral, live oysters thrive in the same
waters where the accumulation of
dead generations has served to form
the islands.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05
A sULTAN'S SEVEN BEDS.
Abdul Hamid Changed His Sleeping
Place Every Night.

An interesting renaissance of Alb
dull Hamid, the former sultan of Tur-
key, who was known as Abdul the
Accused and by several other more
or less unpleasant titles, is given in
the description of visit to Yildiz
Kiosk by Colonel Count Gleichen in
the Household Brigade Magazine.
"The house was a perfect labyrinth
of small rooms" he writes. I'm no
fewer than seven of these rooms we're
beds on which the sultan used to
sleep-not ordinary beds, but large
touches, sloping at considerable an
gle from the head end downward, SO
that, covered with a quilt or two, his
majesty could sleep in semi-upright
condition and spring up at moments
"No one knew in which of the seven
notice to be ready for anything.
rooms the sultan was going to sleep,
for he changed his resting place every
night for fear of hidden dangers.
Along the main passage which led
past many of these rooms most in
GENIUS arrangement existed for Civ
ing warning of the approach of any
one. The floor was composed of loose
planks under the carpet, so that mere
ly to walk along it started a changing
sound which must invariably have
walked light and nervous sleeper
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05

that are being made upon the protect
i've system. We believe the governor
is right in holding Mr.. Cummins to a
great extent responsible. He admits
that in former years he urged that
Canadian reciprocity would not hurt
the American farmer. He states that
he has now changed his mind. He
has sown the wind and now that the
whirlwind is upon him he would seek
TO avoid responsibility. .';"c and
again it was pointed out that while
tariff revision meant cheaper manu-
featured products to the farmers OF
the northwest, to the rest Of the Unit
ed States it meant cheaper food prod
ucts and that when the test came, the
farmer would find himself in the mi
nority This is just what has hap.
pened with the policy of tearing down
the protective wall once started, 1t is
but natural that the process should
begin at the most defenseless point
and this naturally is with the farmers
who are unorganized and who have
the least opportunity to present their
claims.
| No man has yet been able to explain
how we can have a reduced cost OF
living without an equal reduction ir
the price of food products.
The continued prosecution of trusts
and combinations are right and just
and necessary, but when they are
coupled with continued tariff agitation,
when no industry may know today
what tomorrow may bring forth, bus
mess conditions must remain unset
tied, unsatisfactory and at best, with
out progression. At this time no new
enterprises of Importance are being
launched in any part of the United
States. Railroad building, save in the
far northwest, is at standstill, and
the business interests of the country
are awaiting with fear and trembling
to see what havoc will be worked by
the storm of unrest and to save some
thing from the wreck if possible. From
a larger view it may be best that the
country pass through this crisis. The
air may be purer and clearer when
once the electricity is drawn from the
clouds. At the same time there are a
host of men and a host of industries
that are going to be struck by light
ming.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05
A DANGER SIGNAL.

The business interests of this coun-
try are being harried and bounded to
the death. The recent decision of the
supreme court leaves the question
open as to legal and illegal combina-
tons. But it is SO wide open that
no man knoweth when he is transgres-
sing the law or when he is engaged in
legitimate business. 1t is we'll enough
to sit on the side lines and Singer
hypocritically when some big business
concern is caught in the meshes OF
the law. But these big business men
are doing just what every business
man would do if he had the oppor-
tunity. There is not business house
in Denison which would not be glad
to have some working agreement with
competitors to shut out unfair COM
petition" as it is called. 1t is the drift
of the age, the tendency of the times,
the new light that has dawned upon
the business world, that cut-throat
competition is the death of honest en-
deavor and that more is to be gained
by working together than by continued
fighting.
We have no sympathy with the So
called magazine trust, because many
of it's members have been the loudest-
mouthed in denouncing the very thing
they were doing themselves. But look
at the so-called magazine trust for
moment. There was no question that
the price had been raised to the ulti-
mate consumer. The man who gets
any one of the standard magazines for
$3.50 is getting his moneys worth. 1t
is luxury anyway and no man needs
to subscribe. But the magazines We're
engaged in bitter war. The man
who was getting the benefit was the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05
MORE AND BETTER OATS.
international Harvester Company Of
America Offers Valuable Pre-.
miums for Best Oats.

1t is high time that every farmer
in the state of Iowa should take 1t
upon himself to see that his oat crop
is a profitable one. For the past few
years this crop has not paid as well
as it should. There is a reason for
this OF course, the season, to be sure,
has something to do with it, but not
all. In many cases where the farmer
plated his oats early, treated
for smut, and perhaps drilled, the
lack OF a good crop was due to the
fact that he used an inferior variety
and one not adapted to his locality.
More depends on getting the right
kind of oats and getting started right
than most of us think. The selecting
of the right variety is one of the most
difficult things for the farmer to do,
and the best way to determine Wheth-
err or not the variety you are now
growing is adapted to your locality,
is by comparison. Compare your oats
with those grown by your, neighbor
under similar conditions, and you will
have some idea whether or not the
variety you are using Is best adapted
to your locality.
For every farmer to do this indie
pendently would not only incur great
expense, but would be practically i'm
possible. 1t would mean the hiring of
expert judges, involving an endless
amount of detail To aid the farmer
in accomplishing such an undertake
ing is the purpose of the annual ex-
position of the Iowa Corn Growers as
ISOLATION Through the l. H. c. oat
contest, held under the auspices of
this association, every farmer in Iowa
will be able to compare his oats with
those grown by his neighbOr. This in
itself will be very beneficial and he
will also have chance of winning
one of the valuable prizes given by
the International Harvester company
of America. These prizes consist OF
such machines as binders, wagons
manure spreaders, haying tools. gas
oline engines, etc.
The time will soon be at hand to
prepare for this contest. In most OF
the classes four-inch bundle of sheaf
oats must be exhibited along with
bushel of this threshed grain. Just
before harvest is the time to pull the
oats up by the roots, hang the bundle
to dry somewhere out of reach of the
rats and mice. Sheaf oats will assist
the Judge in according the premiums
where competition is close.
The state is divided into four Sec
tons, as has been the practice hereto
fore, thus giving each contestant very
similar climatic conditions. The class
es will be broad enough to include
every variety of oats grown in Iowa.
There will be professional class for
those who have won first, second or
third place in previous state or nation
al contests; and for the man who has
not exhibited before, an amateur class
will be provided. Every farmer in the
state should be represented in this
contest.
For full particulars write the sec
rotary of the Iowa Corn Growers as
ISOLATION, Waterloo, Iowa, or see the
|. H. G.. local dealer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05

Repose of manner was considered at
one time essential to the well bred
woman. but this is an ideal long con-
signed to the past. Every one fidgets
in these restless days, no one has time
to sit still nor to listen for more than
minute at ia time without being
bored and SHOWING it.-London Queen.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05

Chicago is an ideal summer resort;
plenty of rest and excitement, hold
ups every night, bombs exploded while
you wait and sensational divorce suits
in every court room.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05

The bum who steals a ride is guilty
of an offense but the man who forces
him to get off swiftly moving train
is guilty of-shall We say murder?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05
Funny, but Not Humorous.

Funny, but Not Humorous.
Who says there are no women hui
mOriSts?
don't know Why?
My typewriter spells as funny as
Artemus Ward in his palmiest days.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05

If the price of spuds keeps up din
ing cars will be offering patrons their
choice. grape fruit or potatoes?"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05

He is doubtless sorry for it now,
but Cummins is the man who rocked
the boat.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-07-05
NeXt-Old Settlers Picnic.

True men and women are all physi-
clans to make us well.-C. A. Bartol.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-27

In Logan county, H., they are grow.
ing new berry, called the Yankee
Prince kaspberry-Strawberry, that
bids fair to revolutionize the flavor of
the berry industry-which is peculiar
to itself, and is slightly like the null
berry and a lingering delicate after ia
vor. II grows on bush about three
feet high, aud the berry is the size of a
hulled walnut. a small patch, 5 feet
wide and loo feet long produced 500
worth of fruit. Anotherithing about the
berry is that it requires no cultivation.
The vines are moved either late in the
fall or early in the spring, close To the
ground, and the new shoots that come
up bear IN same season. Hiram l..
Barrett, living on Grand View, this
city, showed .usla berry quite similar to
this, If We remember. rightly, about two
wears ago.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-27
Methodist Church Notes.

Eleven members of the sunday
school, including representatives from
the Primary, intermediate and Senior
grades, were presented two-yeafs-per-
fect-attendanee pins Cross and Crown
SYSTEM last sunday.
The Fourth Quarterly conference Of
The year will be held Saturday evening
at the parsonage The district super
iniendent viii be present and reports
viii be given.
District superintendent J II New
land OF Norwich will preach sunday
morning at l0.a0 O'Clock
Next Tuesday evening, Jan 3lst,
Mrs Richardson's and Miss Leach 5
classes viii hold an old fashion social
in the church parlors The admission
Zee is q nut or ,es table. ~ lar as
possible both ladies and gents are sup
posed 10 wear old clothes. 4 fine viii
be charged Tor unnecessary ornaments
poughnuts, coffee cookies, candy and
cornhalls will be for sale.
The Chicken Pie supper Wednesday
evening, served by the Rho Delta class,
was gratifying success, The supper
was excellent and the patronage good.
over $50 was cleared,
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-27
Interesting Locals

Exchange Neaf Old Edison Records
for new up-to-date ones al shaw.
save money by renewing your mag
atine subscriptions at Geo. r. Shaw 5
Club rate catalogue free Ask for it.
Clearance Sale ON Blankets, Harness
and Robes. Must be sold at once 10
make room fer new stock. p. \. Gar
diner
Your best silk umbrella needs new
cover Geo. +. shaw is agent for
HUH umbrellas See Feb. 5 Satur-
Gay Evening Post and woman's Home
Companion for March.
The entire stock on hand in our
storeroom which WAS damaged by fire
and water last week, was disposed OF
last Monday. Much of this stock was
not injured but We reserved nothing
prefering 10 start with new and clean
stock. Fortunately water and smoke
did not reach our salesroom or other
storeroom, therefore there was no IN
terruption TO our business. W. h.
Mansfield 4 Co.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-27
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT January ~ reII

not in a bad way. 1t is as peaceful as
any city in the State, and We want 10
have peace without trouble. A police
officer is a public servant. 1t Is ms
duty to help peopIe-not to boss them.
To help them to be law abiding. This
will help him. The fact that there Is
a difference between the prosecuting
attorney snd the officer, does not mean
that there will not be protection in
both the north and the south half Of
the city.
lie asked that the case be continued
for two weeks, and that the accused be
placed in the custody Of the probation
officer. This va, done.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-27
Adventist Church Notes.

Services next Sunday, as usual, at
1870 am. The Pastor will speak from
the following subject Joseph Open
ing the Storehouses.'
sunday school al | : noon.
Evening service at p. N.
All are invited and welcome.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-27
CONN, ASSEMBLY
WELLOHITS Wal
Senatorial Ceremonies harke.
With Address by Mclean.
FLOOD OF LEGISLATION BEGIH'

President Hslsn's Court Of Comnosrc
Lau and Many Other Measures c
importance Pot In-Ssnator SpeI
lsey's Special Committee on Work
mems compsnsstion Question Meet
With Defeat In sensts--cisrk spsf
ford Of 1909 Senate Not Promoted
Be eisrk Of Bills.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1911-01-27

We have cut the prices 50
deep that there is nothing left
but the Quality-it will pay.
you to look through these lines.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-31

height It was near midnight and the
paper was within short time OF 90
ing to press. There was not the slight
est chance Of getting the story In be-
fore the edition got away. The rival
reporters realized the conditions and
gritted their teeth. Without a word,
the man In question went to a fre
alarm signal box. The door was open.
He unlimbered the Morse key within
and tapped call to friendly opera
tor at ire headquarters. With rapidity
and skill he communicated to his
friend graphic account Of transpiring
events. Ten minutes later the city
editor Of the paper had the story. It
was distinct beat for the resource
ful In the career Of man who was
later to become national figure.
John e. Wilkie. famous as the head
Of the secret service. was the reporter.
He had picked up telegraphy while
covering the night police and fire
headquarters for his paper. Now Mr..
Wilkie in addition to his secret serv.
ice duties Is head Of tho United States
customs agents. ~ fftiP
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-31
NEvADAv|LLE NOTES

E. j. McCord came up from Den
yer last Sunday on visit to Mrs.
Prouse and family.
Joseph Kramer returned from Chey.
enne, Wyo., last Sunday.
Mrs. Matt Kramer and children left
for Arvada last Sunday. aF
The Misses Mable and Florence
Maddern came up from Golden last
Friday on visit to their sister, Mrs.
VIM. Bolitho.
Matt and Jos. Kramer were visit
ors to Boulder last Sunday.
Mrs. P. Nichols left for Denver last
Sunday morning, returning in the
evening.
Frank White. wife and family left
for Golden Tuesday, where they in
tend making their future home.
Mrs. Chat. Rutherford and sons,
left for their home in Golden last
Thursday.
Principal Crist handed in his res
| ignation to the school board during
the past week.
Miss Gladys Bolsinger entertained
few OF her friends Monday even
ing in honor of her guest, Miss Lu.
celle Neumeyer, Of Denver. Gard
playing, vocal and Instrumental mu
sic were enjoyed by all. Later dainty
refreshments were served. Those
present were: Lucelle Neumeyer, Mr.
H. C. Brown, Of Denver, Florence
Enos, Henry Bolsinger. Bessie Clark
Oscar Rachofsky. Gladys Bolsinge:
and Mr.. Dudley Enos.
DR.. Enos and his guests returned
Monday after a very pleasant outing
at Boulder park.
Henry Bolsinger returned Sunday
with his family after an enjoyable
outing for a week at Boulder park.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-31

UOcJVt DOIvACvs oADCuUSOO oAo SuAsSss~
collection Of paintings and advertise
ments. Of which the candy box Is tho
most unique. he recalled the history Of
Big Hand" Gilbert. II was due to this
counterfeitsr's work that the custom
Of confiscating paintings Of money was
established.
Gilbert was ostensibly q German
farmer. living over ON the Jersey side.
He made bi-weekly trips to New York
city. and on every trip stopped at
little bar where. above the long rows
Of bottles. hung a painting OF q 81
bill. Whenever Gilbert. VINO at that
time really was q farmer. stopped for
his drink the painting. with every line
Of the bill accurately followed. stared
him In the face.
That was in 1889. Two years later
Gilbert. whose hands were so large
and apparently clumsy that they won
him the nickname Of the man with the
big hands. recalled that when boy in
Germany he had been proficient with
pen and that great future as an
etcher had been predicted for him.
So one night. after gazing for an
hour at the bill. Gilbert went to his lit
tie farm across the river and told his
wife. a hard working woman, that he
had conceived the idea of an invention
which would make them rich. He
said that he wished to keep the nature
OF his device q secret and refused
nightfall. he labored for months be-
fore he produced his first bill--a Ham
ilton $40 certificate.
His work was 10 perfect and his
hands so large and clumsy in appear
ance that no one ever suspected him.
and while he went about New York.
making . small purchase here and
there at different places. he was noat-
ing quite a goodly number Of bad
twenties and ffties. !
There was absolutely no clew to hx
the identity Of the maker. The treas
ury agents were at a standstill, and
then Gilbert, having progressed In his
hidden occupation. 800 bills began to
rake their appearance, and three OF
these-two Farragut heads and q Lin
coin head-fell into the hands Of the
agents. having passed through the
New York subtreasury undetected.
and caught at the treasury depart
ment.
The unintentional application Of
test. which we would urge everybody
to use, caused Gilbert's undoing." said
Captain Moran In speaking Of the
case.
No matter how carefully . counter
felt bill is made. whether engraved or
etched. certain portions OF It will blur
when dampened. This Is especially
true in regard to the numbers on coun-
terfeit bills. The government bills
from the bureau Of engraving and
printing do not blur.
There have been other instances
Of pen etched work. But Gilbert was
a genius at It. No pen note man ever
even approximated the accuracy OF
detail and cleancut work he did. And
he used cnly ordinary bond paper. too.
but. of course. a good quality. The
silk threads Of the government paper
were simulated by lines. and II really
took a government expert to catch his
work"
And this IL why the government
won't let you display q painting OF
money or use the design Of . dollar
Or stamp on an advertisement
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-31

lies conhscated at
the United States
secret ervi c .
headquarters In
the treasury de-
partment in WASH
ington.
1t 10 but the
latest. although In
some respects the
strangest addi-
tion to the most
unusual collection
Of relics made BY
government. There