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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
BIG BLOWERS LIVE LONG.
Playing Wind Instruments Doesn't
Tend to Shorten Life.

Playing Wind Instruments Doesn't
Tend to Shorten Life.
Ailments OF the heart and lungs have
been frequently attributed by patholo-
g1sts ana others to the blowing or
wind Instruments. II has even been
asserted. without any definite founda-
ton in fact. that the corDet. from
bone or oboe player Is blowing MS
lungs away" and will die before his
time.
DR.. Forcheimer IN his "Prophylaxis
and Treatment OF international Dis
eases" shows the failacy OF this belief
He states emphatically that lust as
many players of stringed instruments
have emphysema as players OF wind
Instruments" and after long expert.
ence Of musicians he has come to the
conclusion that neither emphysema
nor its predispositon is result Of
their occupation"
TO determine statist1cally the effects
on longevity OF playing upon wind In.
struments DR.. James F. Rogers con-
suited Groves ''Dictionary OF Music
and Musicians" and Champlin's "Cy-
clopedia of Music and Musicians and
calculated the average age OF 100 per-
formers upon wind instruments and OF
q like number upon stringed instru-
ments. The average length Of life OF
players upon wind instruments was
63.6 years and of players upon string
Cd instruments 62 years. OF the for.
mer "a per cent reached ages above
70 years.
For the different wind instruments
tho average ages were as follows:
Flute. 61.2 years; oboe, 60 years; bas'
soon, 60 years; horn. GA years; clar.
met $50 years; trumpet and cornet.
6o.1 years. 1t Is interesting that the
players on wind instruments who ex.
ert the greatest intra-pneumatic pres
sure-namely, performers on the tum.
pct and cornet-were the longest lived.
while the players who exert the least
pressure. the flutists. were the short
est.-New York World
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
To Eiuht tho Fly.

So completely have houseflies been
exterminated in England that screens
are no longer used in windows and
doors. This shows what can be done.
A solution of formalin or formalde-
hyde in water is the best and cheap
est exterminator. Put spoonful of
formalin in half a teacupful of water
and expose it in saucer in your
room. Try it once and you will see.
Burn pyrethrum powder in a room and
sweep out the stupefed flies or put
twenty drops Of carbollc acid on a hot
shovel. The vapor is deadly to the
pest. Put dram of bichromate of
potash in half a glass Of water and
sweeten. Expose little Of the solu-
ton in saucers. Sticky fly paper also
will do the work.-Louisville Courier
Journal
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
WALTON'S FAST,
The "Plunser' Did Even More Than
tho Doctor Suggested.

The "Plunssr' Did Even More Than
tho Doctor Suggested.
Race track lovers Of some years ago
all knew "Plunger" Francis
Theodore Walton, as he was christen-
ed. Everything that Walton did be
did as thoroughly as he plunged on the
races. This habit was illustrated by
his famous fast Rheumatism caused
him considerable suffering for years.
Across the street from him lived
doctor, who said one day:
"Walton. you eat too much. That's
what's the matter with you. Do as
say and you will cure your rheuma.
tism. Don't let food tempt you so
much. Just taper of your meals, and
don't eat except when you really feel
like it."
Some time passed before the two
men met again. The physician In
quired what results followed from
needing bis directions. he listened
thunderstruck to the following report:
THAT advice Of yours sounded easy,
and l didn't eat morsel for twenty
one days. No. sir; not single particle
Of food passed my lips. Every hour
that was awake I did drink a glass
Of water ] suffered no great pangs Of
hunger. was comfortable and had
a good time 1t was my wife's anxiety
that made me break my fast She got
the notion that was losing weight too
fast You see, l once weighed 2S5
pounds. When began the fast
weighed 246. At the end Of twenty.
one days l weighed an even 200. Your
advice was all right."-New York Trib.
une.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
A FAMOUS OLD BEACON.
St. Agnes Light, OF the British Coast,
Is TO Ojsappeac

St. Agnes Light, on the British Coast,
Is to Disappear.
One Of the oldest and most famous
lighthouses in the world is to disap-
pear. According to an official notice to
mariners. the St. Agnes light. Scilly. is
to be replaced by light on Peninnis
head. st. Mary. For centuries 1t has
gladdened the eyes of passengers from
the other side Of the Atlantic or has
blinked a parting to emigrants.
It stands inland on the highest
ground in the island of st. Agnes, and
the first light was lit on the spot as
long ago as 1880. Coal was the only
illuminant. and the light was often al
lowed to 60 out. But in 1880 oil lamps
and reaectors were installed, and
flashes Of the present one minute re-
volving light can be seen at distance
of thirty miles.
Probably one Of the chief motives
which prompted the placing Of a guild
ing light on the island was the reputa-
ton which St. Agnes bore for wrecking
in the old days. Many a ship was
lured on the rocks by false lights, and
the tradition was preserved among
seamen for many years afterward.
1t is stated that almost within living
memory a crew who were shipwrecked
on the island kept their would be res
cuers at bay with stones. They feared
that they would be massacred and
could be approached only when they
dropped helpless from hunger and ex'
haustiOn.
The new light will be exhibited from
a circular iron tower which will be
painted white and will be forty-fve
feet in height.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
The Air Mans Heart.

NJ. Dastre. one of the professors In
the Faculty of Sciences. in Paris. re-
Gently read paper before the acad-
envy, the subject dealt with being
'Mal des Amateurs" The trouble OF
aviators is said to be very like noun
tain sickness. only it comes on mucn
more rapidly. The sensation is expe-
rienced ut a height of about 4OOO feet
and again in the descent. One thing
NJ. Dastre endeavored to impress upon
his hearers was that sol.:r heart
was before all things necessary for
those ascending to great heights. An
other point of advice was that any
one who had experienced i'll effects
from an ascent should not allow the
matter to rest when the sensations
had passed away. He should make a
point of consulting his doctor at the
earliest opportunity.-London Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
London Slang.

If some London slang has short
life the street sayings current for
time pass away even more quickly.
Most Of these. such as HAS your
mother sold her mangle?" who shot
the dog?" and How are you of for
soap?" survive only in the pages Of
contemporary novelists. Some. how
ever. have a long life. docs your
mother know you're out?' has been
traced back to 1910 and may possibly
have been current before then. Others
are revived. with slight alterations.
Ten years ago rude little boys would
shout. Where did you get that hat?"
when their grandfathers would ex-
claim. What. the same old hat!' And
the expression of dissent emphasized
nowadays by Not in these trousers?
used to be conveyed thirty years ago
by the tag mot in these boots!-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
REMARKABLE SERMONS.
Seine Were Cruelty Long. and Others
Were Models OF erevity.

Seine Were Cruelty Long. and othsra
Were Models OF 8revity.
Sermons are not SO lengthy as they
used to be. and one seldom sees In the
comic prints the joke. 50 familiar In
other times. wherein the minister was
chided tor his "tourteeDthIy" remark.
which was supposed to mark q period
In bis sermon somewhat toward Its
close.
1t Is said that Thomas Hooker
thought his duty III performed IT bis
sermon did not consume three hours
Once it is related that the famous d.
vine did deliver a really short ser.
incorporating exactly fifteen min
utes. Be sat down. but after q brief
rest was up and at 1t again for two
hours more Every one of Cranmers
sermons was q small volume in itself.
and Bunyan. Calvin. Baxter and Knox
are all said to have been only a little
more mercifuI to their bearers.
In striking contrast to these long
winded discourses may be mentioned
some startlingly brief sermons OF late
years. Perhaps the shortest OF all was
that delivered by clergyman at
Ocean Grove. N. j.. who. after an
nouncing his text. impressively sur.
veyed bis congregation and then said:
"Don't worry: it's wicked" He then
sat down.
1t would be difficult to exceed this
in brevity and effectiveness. but
north OF England vicar in the last cen
fury closely Appropriated 1t. He gave
out the text. "sod so loved the world.
etc., to which be added this observa'
ton:
my friends. did | speak an hour
couldn't make that message any
palmer. III just leave it with you"
Another example Of brief but ex.
traordinariIy effective sermon was fur
nished by an aged and feeble clergy
man IN Ohio He had been requested
to deliver a charity address on behalf
OF orphan children. but his strength
was unequal to the task. 1t was there
fore an inspiration indeed that moved
him to stretch forth one feeble arm
In the direction OF the little unfortu
mates sitting near the pulpit and to
exclaim with no little pathos. "Whence
shall we ind bread that these may
eatY
50 impressed was the congregation
that the collection was the largest ever
taken In that vicinity.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
BEeGARs OF LONDON.
Many Of Thorn Partial to the Hired
Sickly Infant Scheme,

Many OF Thorn Partial to the Hired
siekiy Infant Scheme.
There Is no city in Europe. according
to an American citizen who has return
ed from business trip to England.
where there may be seen so many beg;
gars in the streets as In the British
metropolis. says the Washington Her
aid.
''These beggars-'halt. blind, maim-
ed'-come for the most part from the
'beggars' colony the most lawless dis.
trict in all London. 1t is hidden in
the haze Of mean streets In the bor-
ough of Kensington and is called Not
tingdale.
"These tale pitchers as they call
themselves. are men and women who
hire starved looking children by the
day to enlist the sympathy Of the be-
nevolent There are old soldiers and
sailors with bogus boards and rec
ords complete; there are shabby gen.
teel' men in tattered frock coats and
carefully brushed broken boots, who
talk Of college days. there are the
musical beggars. who live by singing;
there are the begging letter writer's.
and. finally. there are the beggars
who solicit under the pretext Of offer
ing matches. collar buttons or shoe
strings for sale.
"A tale pitcher who knows the
ropes can hire a sickly infant at the
rate Of about IL cents day. An
unusually wretched looking infant will
be dearer. but whole family Of neg
lected mites can be borrowed for 81
cents and no questions asked Many
Of these professional beggars make az
much a. "a a day."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
When New York Sleeps.

In recent number Of the Vienna
Neue Freie Presse Stefan Zweig gives
his impression Of New York after
"sojourn of few days" BE COM
ments on the vastness Of the city. its
tumuk and hurry. amid which be has
discovered the Irresistible storm Gre
ating rhythm of the American me-
tropolis. The night life under the
glare of the brilliant illumination has
its fascination as much as the day
scenes. but when it is all over and the
streets have become empty and only
the roof signs remain to attract atten-
ton then New York is ugly. There
is nothing more ugly" he adds than
New York asleep-New York without
people,"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
GOOD VENTILATION.
Il Possesses an Actual Cash Value In
the Workshop.

Il Possesses an Actual Cash Value In
the Workshop.
That proper ventilation in factories
has an actual cash value has been well
illustrated in the case Of firm OF
shirt and collar manufacturers in Ber
LIN, Ont. where the following results
have been obtained from four years
attention to the material welfare Of
the workers:
The amount Of business made was
doubled, wages increased 80 per cent,
by cutting out contingent help" the
number Of employees was reduced 20
per cent, the absences on account OF
sickness were reduced one-third. To
the firm this meant that 430 employees
did 30 per cent more work in one year
than was accomplished by 522 employ.
ees in a similar period four years pre-
vious. To the workers it meant that
40 Of them earned in twelve months
$4,000 more than 522 did during a
previous twelve months.
DR.: @. e. A. Winslow of the Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology made
q study of the amount of illness pre-
vailing among the female operators in
the telephone central at Cambridge.
Mass, before and after the installation
OF a system Of artificial ventilation.
The figures obtained by him show that
during the two winters preceding the
change. when doors and windows had
to be kept closed, on the average about
one girl In twenty was absent daily
because Of illness. During the CORE
spending months Of the following year.
when the ventilation had been mate
rally improved. only one girl in fifty
was absent from duty each day.-St
Louis Post Dispatch.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
NEVER SAW ST. HELENA.
That's the Latest French Story About
the Great Napoleon.

That's the Latest French Story About
the Great Napoleon.
What ii Napoleon never saw st. He
lena?
What II he fooled the English to the
last and died. as he lived. a free man?
"Absurd:' you exclaim. Tons OF
literature. written in every language
Of modern civilization. tell you he did
die prisoner on that rocky island.
You believe in it as you believe In the
Fourth of July or in Thanksgiving
day. 1t is hard. solid fact. which no.
body ever doubts.
And yet a very distinguished French
historian has been doubling 1t for years
and has searched for proofs to back
his doubts for a decade. Finally he
has boldly declared to the world that
history for once is wrong.
NJ. Omcssa. the historian in question.
boldly declares that Napoleon l.. after
losing all on the field OF Waterloo. re-
fused to give himself up to the hated
English. escaped to Italy and. instead
Of himself. sent bis double, Private
Robeant. to st. Helena, in accordance
with plans laid long beforehand. Gen.
eral Bertrand. the friend Of lifetime,
made the supreme sacrifice Of accom-
panying Robeant to the island so as to
blind the English to the trick being
played on them. For seven years, &C.
cording to Omessa, the real Napoleon
lived in Verona, selling spectacles to
British travellers. At last the desire
again to see his only son. whom he
adored Tor was it some new political
plans in that restless brain p. got the
better Of his caution. The ex-emperor,
the former conqueror of Europe. the
hero Of the finest army the world has
ever seen, went to Vienna. where his
little son was in the care Of Francis
H., Austrian emperor. who had thought
1t an honor to call Napoleon son-in-law.
and was shot down like dog while
trying to climb the wall which divided
him from his son.
Omessa. whose declarations have Gre
ated a tremendous sensation through
out Europe. backs his statement with
various documents. Paris Cor. New
York World.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
A Ghost In the Corn n ons.

A certain Nj. p. lying I'll on the
continent number Of years ago. re-
ceived an urgent whip" for a critical
division in the house and replied that
he would be present at all cost to his
health or convenience. On the event
full night when the house divided the
tellers at the division lobby door saw
the NJ. P. in question. and bis vote
was recorded. The day atterward It
was discovered that the number OF
votes recorded by the division clerks
was one short of the number given
by the tellers. 1t was afterward
found that at the time the division
was taken the NJ. p. had breathed bis
last.-London Mail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
Hone.

Hope Is anticipation. It Is an in.
herent feeling in mankind and divine
provision for the sustentation Of In.
terest in life. Hope is chord which
strikes pleasant desires for the future;
it is every ones sunshine, the rainbow
In the storm. the silver lining to the
present cloud, star set In the firma.
ment of our lives. to brighten, Tighten
and cheer the way and differs in mag.
nitude and brightness according to &C.
casion. Hope is an antidote of misery,
a cordial for the Responding and a
chain with many links.-Nellie E.
Mate.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
The Better Lot.

1t is evident that Dickens characters
were alive TO hlm as well as to his
readers and that he moved them on
and Off the board with sympathy and
consideration
Il can never forgive you. Mr.. Dick
ens." a lady once said to him, for the
death OF Little Nell in The Old Curios-
1ty Shop"
Surely" he replied. you would not
have liked her to marry butcher or
q baker"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
Traffic REGULATIONS In Paris.

An iron structure with semaphore
arms has been erected in the center OF
the square at Montmartre. where the
traffic is very heavy at all hours Of the
day. The apparatus is fitted with four
signal arms. and these can be seen at
a considerable distance. Drivers Of We
hicles arriving on the square will halt
If the signal is against them and wait
for a white disk to be shown before
proceeding. At night red and green
TIGHTS will replace the red and white
asks Of daytime.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
Simple Spot Remover.

This Is recipe for the very best
"spot remover you ever tried:
Two ounces OF CASTLE soap shaved
fine and two quarts Of pure soft water.
Boil till soap Is thoroughly dissolved.
strain and cool. When cool add one
ounce sulphuric ether and two ounces
OF wo alcohol. Shake it we'll and
keep corked.
1t Is now ready for use and viii re-
move spots and stains from your cloth.
ing like magic. especially wooden gar.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
Patience.

There's no music in a rest" that l
know Of. but there's the making Of
music in it. And people are always
missing that part Of the life melody.
always talking Of perseverance and
courage and fortftude. but patience Is
the finest and worthiest part of forti-
tude, and the rarest too.-Ruskin.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
Europe's Oldest House.

Count Matuschka- Griffenklau recent
" convoked conference of archaeolo-
gists in his house at Winkel-on-the-
Rhine. The conference unanimously
expressed the opinion that the counts
is the oldest house still occupied In
Europe 1t was formerly the dwelling
of the bishop Of Mayence. Rabnus
Maurus. who died there in S50.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
QUEEN MARY STOOD.
A Royal Rebuke to the Ladies Who
Insisted on Smoking.

A Royal Rebuks to the Ladies Who
Insisted on Smoking.
Queen Mary does not like ladies
smoking in her presence, and it Is
never done by any ladies' In the en-
tourage of royalty. though there are
as a matter of fact, two ladies attach
ed to the court who indulge In an &C.
casional cigarette, but they never do so
in the presence of her majesty. Some
few years ago the queen showed her
dislike to the cigarette habit being in
dulged in by ladies in manner that
was not without its humorous aspect.
Her majesty. then Princess Of Wales
was the dinner guest of well known
American hostess, who. after dinner.
sought and of course Obtained the
royal assent to some Of the ladies
smoking cigarettes, the queens dislike
to this practice not then being gener-
ally known. but during the. consump-
ton of the cigarettes the queen re-
NAMED standing. and Of course every
other lady in the room had to do like.
wise.
The hostess had the shrewdness to
guess why her royal guest did not sit
down and in few minutes managed
to convey her wish to the ladies' who
were smoking that they should throw
away their cigarettes, which they glad
" did. for they also suspected why
they were kept standing. The queen
then sat down. and her majesty has
never since had reason to express her
dislike of ladies smoking in her pres
ence.-LOndOn NJ. A. p.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
An Old limo Champion.

Robert Barclay Allardice. Scotch
captain in the British army. who was
born in 1919 and died IN 1854. was
noted pedestrian. At the age of fifteen
he walked six miles within an hour.
When he was twenty he covered $50
miles on foot in two days. and In June.
1901. III excessively hot weather ne
walked ::un miles in five days. His
most surprising performance was walk.
n. l.tkK) miles III 1000 successive
hours \ hart million dollars was
>iaEtG on the result
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
Mistaken AHabjlitv.

What made our pirate chief compel
the prisoner 10 walk the plank so has
tily:' asked the pirate.
He was one of those CHEEKY and
familiar ready made humorists The
first thing he said when he saw the
chief was Lob. you Captain Kiddp -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
INSULTS IN GERMANY.
Calling q Native an EneIishman 10
Punished With q Fine.

pun1Sheo WIN u TITO
According to New York lawyer
who recently returned from Berlin,
even the mildest sort Of personal cpl
thets are dangerous things to use IN
Germany. The use Of pet names OF
the same class as our ''gink" or ''bone-
head" may land the author in the
courts. and If found guilty he is liable
to a fine.
"A certain DR.. Eissel. hailing from
Bohemia" said the New Yorker, has
Just prosecuted in the courts rival
who had beat him at chess for the
offense of beleidigung. Beleidigung
means 'offense' or insult Daily you
read of cases OF hitherto stainless citi-
zens being fined for using such abuse
as good for nothing 'loafer' and
Sleeps head Recently policeman
was prosecuted for calling q man
whose address he was taking 'fel-
low (kerl). Not until there had been
two appeals and trials in three differ
ent instances was the prosecutor salts
fed. The man who beat DR.. Eissel at
chess was even more obscenely vitu-
perative, for he hurled at his Mortified
enemy the intolerable epithet Eng
laender.
I'm court DR.. Eissel characterized
this insult as severe and declared
that he was not an Englishman and
had never been in England. He was
merely an AngIomaniac. who wore
English clothes. had son at an Eng
lish school and had learned 'boxen.'
The court gave him a verdict. and the
offender. therefore. was fined. New
York Mail,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
Branding Him.

Jim doesn't think much Of me, I
guess"
Eyes. he does. old man. Just the
other day be told me you were
brick"
"'I'm surprised"
HE went further than that He
said you were regular gold brickr'-
Toledo Blade.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
Natural Selection.

Although fifty years have elapsed
since Darwin's Origin Of Species"
was accepted. not single variety or
SPECIES OF any wild animal or plant
has been proved to have originated by
natural selection.-San Francisco Ar
gdnant
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-23
kIil,nu a Fashion.

IT." nntf reached its highest point In
lL- reign ut Louis Nv. Then fashion
utN'In'rd tor Il cloth muf instead OF
ilr and the turner's made a great up
roar tlt,AiN some ingenious merchant
hr,l,-u the ln:lIl>nan to carry cloth
muit nu tA."ntlun day The women
ShranK from >urn n>SOrlatiOn. and tht
fur won The day