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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-01
NO CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
Reported IN BISMARCK
REPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH COM.
MISSIONER CONTAINS INTER-
EsTING FIGURES.
Several More Births Reported for the
Month than Deaths, which Gives the
Stork a Lead in the First Month Of
the New Year.

the NC" year,
The report of Public Health Com.
missioner F. R. Smyth Of Bismarck,
for the month of January has just
been issued and contains some inter
esting facts. There were ten deaths
during that period, and thirteen births.
Another interesting item is the fact
that there were no cases of contag'
ious disease reported for the month.
The report in full follows:
Report of public health commission
er, city of Bismarck, North Dakota,
January, 1911.
Population, SAB.
Deaths, resident, 9; nonresident, l.;
total /.
Deaths, January, 1910: resident, 2;
nonresident, 3; total 5.
Births: male, 5; female, 8; total II.
Births, January, 1910, 1.
Causes Of Death.
Male
Female
Ages
Basilar Meningitis go. ~
Valvular heart disease. Az
~
Acute infectice enteritis
Obstructive Jaundice -. 40
Hepatic Cirrhosis ...... "a
Premature birth ......... l
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morning How could that button have gotten into the apple basket?"
 Ut must be that a fairy has dropped them to earth for us," declared one of the little girls. ~'Yes, that surely is the case" said the other little girl. And their father only laughed at them say ing: Tt certainly is strange how each of you should find button-and both ex- actly alike! Strange things do happen occasionally"
 And so 1t came to pass that the two buttons that were lost and found In town that day had very happy time. They were put upon the little white fur capes belonging to the two little girls, and helped to hold the capes close about the two little necks for ribbon loops were sewn on opposite to the buttons, and were slipped over the buttons as fasteners And everywhere the little maids went the two pretty buttons went also. And every one who saw them declared they were the very "beautiful- est'' capebuttons they had ever seon And when Jamie went home again she carried the one button still in her posses sion along to put into the button-box with the odd one that had been left there. And in the box those two buttons remain to this day. though 1t has been five years since Janies mother bought them for the little blue broadcloth jacket. And Janie is a great girl now, 15 years old. and in high school. And whenever she sews buttons upon any garment. she says: "I'll do a better job than I did when so long ago, I was so little then. And now-oh, I am most a grown-up lady"
 And the two-cut-steel buttons in the basket hearh her and smile.
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oAID the snapper, If you're working o l do not care rap; You see I'm not compelled to work,
 Because have snap"

upon the soft earth of the street, and Jamie did not hear It. Then, within a few steps, off went another button, fall ing into a basket which stood in front of a grocery store. This basket con tained red-cheeked apples.
 few steps behind Jamie came the two little sisters, and ones eyes fell upon the button in the street. She picked 1t up, and, turned about to show it to any passersby. hoping to find its owner But no one claimed 1t. So the little girl said 1t was hers by right of discovery, I'll keep it till I hear of its owner" she said. Then down the street the two lit. tie maids went. stopping at their fathers grocery store to show the lovely button.
 See, papa" cried the little girl who held the button. Isn't 1t grand? If looks like silver" Then she explained that she had found 1t at the postoffice door, and had shown 1t to all who came along at the time, but that no one had claimed it. "So,. unless I find an owner for it, the beautiful button is mine. I'll sew It upon my fur cape. l need a but
 But while the little girl was talking, her sister was picking over the apples in the basket, hunting for very red one.
 "Ohr' she cried, thrusting her hand to the bottom of the basket, There is an other button-just like the one you found, sister,"
 Well, well, well!'' calculated the father of the dear little girls. That's a mystery, for not a lady-or a girl-has stopped to buy apples from me this after noon, and the basket was not there this
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The Fafe of Five Buttons.

after the first wearing of the jacket one button was found missing. It was on the train en route to Janie's grandparents home. "Oh. mamma one of my buttons Is gone!" cried Jamie. upon discovering the loss.
 Well, that pretty button was looked for everywhere in the cars, the porter being informed by Mrs. Young that 1t must be some place either in the Pullman car or the dining--car. But in vain was the search made. The button was not found
 The fact is, the button had dropped of Janies jacket as she was boarding the train for the East Aud little hoy who was selling newspapers had seen 1t a few minutes after the train had pulled out, and had picked it up and looked it over. It'll make a nice breastpin for Aunt Man," he said. Then he put 1t into his dingy little pocket and went his way.
 Three days later the little newsboy put a small parcel beside his aunt's breakfast plate. When that good woman opened it she gave an exclpmation of happy sur
 "oh. Tad!" she cried, "a breastpin for mep ,
 'Yes. Aunt Nan, aint 1t great7 Found 1t on the platform by the station. It wuz a button-but ten cents put n pin on It. Gee, how 1t shines when it's on your black dress!''
 Aunt Nan had fastened the button-pin upon the bosom of her black cotton waist And she was prouder. of that little orna- ment than many rich lady Is of q dia- mond brooch. And into a tiny paste board box, filled with n bit of pink cot ton, the button safely lay, except when worn on a grand occasion by Aunt Nan And happier button you could not find in all the land, for it was prized highly and made much of by its proud owner
 Well, we will leave the lost and found button and return to little Jamie. After arriving at the home of her grandparents she went walking daily with jolly old grandpa. And one day when she re- turned from stroll along the river which was frozen over-she missed sec ond button from her jacket. That button was dropped in the path which wound round long field, and soon after Jamie and her grandfather had gone on their way a little girl, swinging a basket on her arm, came tripping along. She was going to town with some eggs to sell to a groceryman. When her eyes fell on the glittering button she stopped and picked it up. I"Oh, what pretty buttonr'' she cried 'I'll put it on my charm-string It looks just like silver" And on her way she went, the button in her coat pocket.
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picture of George Washington when young, and had succeeded in finding one in q valuable biography. Not only was the good clear print there but detailed description of the costume worn by Washington. Georgie,' being something of an artist, made an accurate drawing from the print, and copied the description of the costume. These were turned over to the tailor, who followed them abso- lutely. The result was, Georgie, when dressed. looked for all the world like q small edition of the great man whose name he bore so proudly.
 You look as though you has stepped from an old portrait frame." declared Mrs. King And the wig-it's perfect! Why. sonny, you have real Washington features-your nose is especially like the nose in the Stuart portrait. Only, of course, you are so young that your nose hasn't become quite formed. But when you are grown--why, Pm quite sure 1t will be exactly like the Washington nose in the Stuart portrait. And that is said to be the truest likeness ever painted of Washington" M
 Georgie felt of his nose, and was glad to hear that 1t resembled the Great Washington's nose. He was very proud
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c AID the beaver, q am working N To stem the rushing flood, While the lazy snapping turtle
 Is sleeping in the mud"

After she had disposed of the eggs she hurried homeward as fast as she could go, carrying the button with her, for she was very proud of the pretty thing, which had been cast in her path. But on show ing 1t to her mother that good lady said We must try to find the owner. Let me see-who of our neighbors wears buttons like this beautiful one?' But she could not recall ever having seen any of the women of her neighborhood owning coat or jacket adorned with such brilliant but tons "We'll put 1t away till we have asked everywhere about it." she said.
 'Then. if no one claims It, you may have it for your eharm-string."
 But of every neighbor did the good lady ask in vain about the beautiful button old Grandmother Young was not asked re- farmers wife that the dear, old-fashioned lady could think of wearing the glistening button. She always wore heavy shawl, which could not be buttoned. and the news of Janie's and her mothers visit i'll the neighborhood had not yet been herald ed about, for they had surprised their kinfolks by coming in unexpectedly.
 So after week, the little girf who had found button number two was allowed to have it to put upon her charm-string. And there that great, shining steel but ton was the queen among her sister but tons. Every little country maid who was shown the charm-string cried out: "Oh, how lovely!' And then its little owIier would relate how she had found 1t in
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the path one morning on her way to town with basket of eggs.
 Well, there were still three buttons left on Janie's jacket, and an odd one at home in the button box. When Mrs. Young noticed the absence of the second button, she said: Jamie, you sewed on these buttons very badly. You have lost two. And only one is at home to supply the vacancy. What shall we do?'
 Mamma. I guess I'll have to remove these three buttons and substitute the smoked pearl ones from my old jacket" suggested Jamie. "I am so sorry I have lost two of my pretty cut-steel buttons. But do hope someone has found them who will appreciate their worth and beauty"
 Jamie did not substitute the pearl but tons for the steel ones that day, because Grandfather called to her to join him for a bob sled ride into town. So she put on her jacket and went with him. On her return she found two more buttons gone.
 "Oh, how careless of mel" she cried "I should have taken care not to lose any more of these lovely buttons. Now I have but two-one on the jacket and one at home. l shall surely put the pearl buttons on this jacket today" And she did; putting away the one remaining button.
 We'll, the two buttons she had lost while in town fell into the hands of two dear little sisters. Jamie was coming out of the postoffice with Grandfather when off dropped one of the buttons. It fell
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Betty Flames, one of the merry partici- pants of the dance. Instantly her frock was ablaze. Consterna tion reigned. Girls ran screaming about the room, hiding their faces in tneir hands. Boys stood spellbound. not knowing that the pre- cious moments were flying and the flames In the young girls dress growing. Betty ran wildly about the room, her shrieks filling the air. Mrs. King was not in the room at the moment, and the cries brought her from the parlor.'
 But there was one boy who did not stand spellbound. He saw the danger in- stantly and sprang from the room to the hall There he jerked from it's pole heavy velvet curtain, which was draped across cozy corner behind the stairs. With another leap he was back In the dancing room and had the screaming Betty wrapped from head to foot in the curtain. The crowd of boys and girls be- came silent as they watched the quick work of their host, for 1t was none other than Georgie, who had the presence of mind to smother the burning frock of Miss Betty. The lower part of her frock was badly damaged, almost burnt away. But the flame thanks to Gcor- gie's quick work-had not reached to Betty's wildlyfying arms or head. So she was not even scorched
 After the excitement had subsided and MT. and Mrs. King had learned all about the accident from dozen mouths--all speaking at once-Mr. King stopped over Georgie, who was standing calmly in corner of the room as if seeking to hide himself: Say, son. you had wise head. You acted in the nick of time. Good for you, my young Washington"
 And after the guests had departed to the strains of Home, Sweet Home," Mrs King put her arms about Georgie, whis-' pering: My boy showed tonight that he is hero. The occasion presented itself without his trying to bring it about. But 1t showed him to be made of the right stuff"
 And never once did I think of doing any thing other than I ought to do," de- eared Georgte honestly. Tt all hap pened so quickly that I had no time to wonder whether or not l was hero I acted on the impulse"
 And that is the way all real HEROES act" explained Mrs. King.
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srT was Janie's mamma who selected
 the buttons for Janie's jacket They
 had looked so very pretty resting on
 a white card In the box at the shop.
 and Janie's mamma, Mrs. Young, asked Jamie (who was with her on shop ping expedition) if she liked them And Janie had said: ''Oh, yes. mamma, they Il look perfectly lovely on my new jacket. You see, the buttons are so bright, and sparkle so, that they'll be just the thing for the blue cloth"
 ''Yes, l think they will be admirable on the blue,'' agreed Mrs. Young. ''So we'll look no farther. They are cut-steel. and will wear forever" Then Mrs. Young gave the salesady her order "Send me half dozen of these buttons," she said. "And some blue silk thread-the color of this sample-and some buttonhole twist, same shade"
 Then Mrs. Young and Janie went home. and the next day Mrs. Young finished up the pretty blue broadcloth Jacket. And a few days later Mrs. Young and Jamie set out on a long journey. They were go- ing to pay Janie's grandparents visit. And that was why Janie had the new broadcloth jacket Her old last springs jacket would have done for another sea son had she been staying at home but to go to a great Eastern city-well, that was different matter. Sne nau TO nave a lot of pretty new things.
 'Grandmamma loves to see rttle girls well-groomed and neatly dresaed," said Mrs. Young. .She always impressed on my mind, when 1 was a bit of girl like you, that could not be too care ful about my toilet. My hair must always be done as slick and shining as a wig hair was worn smooth in my young days. And my fingers and nails and ears-Oh, how very. very careful I had to be re- garding them. And my frocks must be nicely mended and as neat as wax. And my aprons looked as though they had never been touched by human hand. You see, Granny was most particular mother"
 ''Oh, she must have been,. said Janie. "Well mamma, I shall do my best to please Granny in all such matters. And l shall also show her that l am a good housekeeper as well.'
 While talking, Jamie was sewing the cut-steel buttons onto her jacket, for her mother always left that part of the work for her to do. Now, daughter. sew them on tightly" Mrs. Young had Warned.
 Janie had fully intended to sew the buttons on so firmly that thSy would never come off-unless they were cut off. But somehow she had sighted them. for
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~ NCE upon spring day, " mild,
 Played about little child In an orchard where there grew Cherry trees, and pear trees, too. With a hatchet he did play In the orchard on that day, And a cherry tree cut down, Which since then has had renown. When the father found the tree That his son had cut down he Called the boy and sternly said: Did you wreck that tree, my
 lad?"
 First, in shame, George hung his
 head,
 Then erect he stood and said: "Yes, Sire, with my hatchet I Cut the tree-I cannot lie"
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A Peep Info inc Orient.

followers over the site of the future town. and plucked an apple from a tree. Upon eating it she found to her disgust and annoyance n worm at its core. As she threw it away in anger, she declared that the new city should be called Kerm-an q worm. Herman is certainly very ancient city; the inhabitants claim that 1t was n large city In the time of Solo, mon. But the first time that 1t Is men tioned in history is by Herodotus. Alex ander Is said to have marched his army through Herman on his way to India Perhaps few places have suffered more at the hands of invaders than Herman. It has been sacked at least six times and in 1794 the city was almost entirely destroyed by Agha Mohammed Khan. The city was bravely defended by the prince governor, who was one of the last of the Zend dynasty. He sustained long and severe siege till two-thirds of his troops had perished from starvation, and then the city was betrayed into the hands of the enemy and its brave defenders obliged to flee, only to meet with n cruel death some two years later from the hands of the same oppressor. This incarnation of cruelty, Agha Mohammed Khan, gave the city over to the will of his soldiers, who resembled their leader in cruelty and bar parity. There was no compassion in his heart for the unfortunate inhabitants nor would he withdraw his troops from the city until he had received a gift of 10000 pairs of human eyes. When these were brought to him, he insisted on count ing them himself to see if the number was correct.
 "The city never recovered from this ter rble blow, and today Herman Is by- word among Persians for its poverty and extraordinary number of beggars. If you were to ride through the bazars you would be struck by the number of beg gars, all holding out their hands, be- seeching you for the love of God to give them copper.
 There is a quaint saying among the beggars of Persia, which one hears very often. It Is as follows 'Khuda guft, "Beddeh;'' Shaitan guft .Neddeh, says, mot give"
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~ OURTEEN years before the date of
 A this story baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. King. And as he came on the anniversary of the
 birth of George Washington, he was named for that much beloved hero, and as the years went by. and little George Washington King grew and grew, he be- came more and more proud of the name he bore He learned every thing there was to learn about the illustrious George Washington, and the more he learned, the more he longed and longed to become hero himself.
 How I should love to go forth and fight the savage Indians, as George Wash ington did," said young George to his mother one day.
 Mrs King smiled. 'There are no say age Indians now, son. But there are many, many heroic deeds to be performed every day by brave boys During our Great Washington's time, fighting for Liberty and Justice was every colonist's s duty-not his pleasure, dear. But the Great George Washington would have pre- ferred peace rather than war, had his mind in the matter been questioned. But he had no choice. It meant liberty for the people of that time, and war was a necessity. The hostile tribes that ,menaced the life of the early settlers of this coun- try forced cruel bloodshed. But now that sweet peace reigns over all our land there Is no need for my boy to long to go forth to fight. There are many, many ways of becoming a hero, sonny, other than hero of war But-let's speak of your birthday. It will come next week. Shall we have aNpartyf"
 ;. .Yes, Mamma, let's have a George Washington party suggested Georgie. Lets ask the guests to wear colonial costume, and to come prepared to read or recite or sing something about The Father of our Country l think that the only appropriate way of celebrating the twenty-second of February. It's the birthday of greater person than l, Nam ma, and should be celebrated in digni- fled manner"
 Again Mrs. King smiled at her fourteen year-old son, or at least he would be fourteen years old on Washingtohs birth day. ''All right. dear, we'll give you a Washington party I'm sure your friends will enjoy 1t. And they'll have just time enough to prepare their costumes, if the invitations are sent out today. So, let's get to work writing the invitations. While run up town for the cards. you make out your list of guests
 + The following morning there was great excitement and happy anticipation in many of the homes in Greysville, Georgie Kings invitations to a Washington Party being the causeA Little maids and lads were busy discussing "whnt to wear." And their mothers and big sisters and aunts and grandmothers were giving sugges- tions and advice. Dainty fabrics and sheer laces were being fashioned in Colonial style -.a.s,..l. .... .lt ,-..s s .-4.
 And so the week passed away before the Washington Party at the home of young George King. And the busiest per son of all was Mrs. King. who planned everything and attended to the develop ment of her plans, Georgie was hard. working boy, and studious, and she felt that q little social recreation flor him and his comrades was quite necessary during
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N R1ENTAL countries are always full A of interest and mystery to the peo-
 pie of the Occident. It is a land of AW sunshine without and darkness with in. The people of that part of the world live as did their ancestors. fearing and hating change. Any reform moves slowly in the Orient, for the people are satisfied-or think they are satisfed-with the laws and customs handed down by their fore fathers. Caste is observed everywhere, and is the one deeply rooted custom hard est to undo. Born into certain station. one must remain there for life What ever one's grandfather was, so must he be also. And never shall he marry Into a caste above his own.
 One of the most interesting places In Persia for the western tourist Is Ker- man. And a little visit to that city in the Land of the Lion and the Sun-as Persia is called by her people-may give pleasure to the young reader. The jour ney may be made in the company of the wife of a missionary doctor, whom we quote here from Behind the Veil in PersiaO:
 "The first view we had of Herman was a very picturesque one. We had been travelling for 20 days, and on Easter Eve reached lovely garden some four or five hours ride from Herman, and here we decided to stay for Easter Day. On Monday morning we started on the last stage of our journey. Just as the sun was rising we came to the top of hill, and there away in the distance lay the city of Herman.
 Herman is very interesting old city, having passed through many vicissitudes and seen changes during its checkered history. It is surrounded on three sides by the eternal mountains, with their ever changing shades and shadows. and forming a magnificent background to the city nestling at their feet. On the fourth side the desert stretches away to Yezd and Ispahan
 "Kerman Is said to have derived its name from Persian word, Kern, mean ing worm. and the legend connected with ed the city was one day walking with her
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Maybe you will son." said MT. King. "But-- hero is often developed when least planned on. If you are looking for something to happen-it rarely happens. The unexpected makes a hero.'
 Guess you are right, Papa," said George. "But-- should like to show that I am made of good stuff-that I'm no coward"
 At last the evening of the party came, and at the appointed hour the many little guests assembled. There were pretty girls from 12 to 15, in the dainty frocks such as were worn by our great-great- grandmothers There were handsome boys-from 12 to 16-who went about in powdered wigs and wristrufles, great shining buckles on their low-cut shoes and at their knees And the young folks wore a certain dignity of demeanor that was assumed, for they felt there was a fitness of things. Colonial dress naturally called for Colonial manners. The parlors had been decorated for the occasion, and instead of gas lights fine wax candles fickered in all candlesticks on tables and mantels.
 After the supper, which had been served at 6 o'clock, the young folks adjourned to the parlor till the tables should be cleared from the dining-room for dancing. The evening was to be theirs till o:S0. when