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whom the bugbear of probable inva.
sion by Germany is ever a matter of
anxiety.
The last four lines of the Seer's
rhymed intimation of coming disaster
deserves consideration together:
when Neptune's back with stripes 10 rcd
The sickly Lion shall hide his head
When seven and six shall make but one
The Lions might shall be undone."
Possibly these four lines foretell ter
rible battles on the sea, Neptune be-
ing the NEUROLOGICAL god of the OCEAN,
and prophesy naval war in which
the waters will be literally ablaze with
the red stripes shooting from the
| cannons' mouths. Or reference may
| be had to the planet Neptune, instead
of the sea god-that heavenly body
which of our planetary system Is the
furthest away from the sun, being
the last few years astronomers have
expressed the opinion that Neptune,
like Saturn, has red or bright belts
about it, and if the telescopes can be
made more powerful these "red
stripes" will be in view. Is 1t then
that we may expect "The sickly lion
shall hide his head?"
Or it may be that the last two lines
refer to the United States, or else
indicate the death and numerical des-
ignation of King Edward VII. In the
first instance seven and six make 13.
the generally accepted symbol of the
United States represented In the
stripes of the flag. when seven and
six shall make but one" might stand
for the time when all the territories
now under our flag shall all be admit
ted to statehood, and all these new
governments be represented on our
national standard.
| Or the lines might have direct refer
ence to King Edwards death. Tht
lands Seventh Edward" or spelling
out the two words we have: 8 1, e I
VS., E 4, N 5, T 6, H z; and E 1. D q.
W 3, A 4, r 5, D 6-showing clearly
the seven and six numerals forming
one king. Upon his death 'The eng.
| lish) Lions might shall be undone.
In connection with the final predie
tion it is not too much to say thai
England has not for years been in such
an unsettled state politically or called
upon to face so many perplexing prob
lens.
Edward, seventh Of the name. the
Peacemaker, sleeps with his fathers.
and George v. mounts the throne OF
his ancestors, while from all parts OF
the great empire people gather to do
him homage. What Of the future!
Has the might of England passed
away with the life of her peacemaker.
or is one prophecy to prove false
where so many other predictions made
by the mystic student Of the stars in
the long ago have been fulfilled to the
uttermost?
Copyright. 1911. by w. G. Chapman)
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on the Chesapeake gave as his dying
words the order. Don't give up the
ship" but fate compelled his crew to
first American frigate to sail around
Cape Horn into the Pacific, found a
British vessel waiting for her, and in
the battle which ersued the enemy
came off victorious. In the midst of
these disasters the New Englanders
were disregarding " majority Of
votes what the national government at
Washington decreed They quietly and
secretly published a most unsatisfac-
tory report that WIS supposed by
many to have had is origin in an at
tempt to break up tie federal power.
The south and middle west were 10y
al to tho federal edits. Jackson's mar
velous victory at New Orleans, while
possibly one of the most pronounced
military successes h the history of
civilized warfare, WIS achieved after
peace had been declared, and hence
cannot be said to hive had any bear
ing on the ending d hostilities. The
terms of peace wen largely brought
about through FrenG influence, as be-
cause Of the militar conditions ex-
listing between Enghnd and France,
the British found II impolitic to fol
low up the American campaign, al
though the war wa in their favor.
Here, then, is an ait illustration of
how the French (ths Cock) protected
the Eagles nest (Anerica). So much
for the first line; he next is espe-
cially prophetic:
'"The stars shall rise IL In the West"
Immediately after the war Of 1872
the stars began to 8ther In our flag.
and they all came fpm the west, for
1t should be rememb red that In those
days any country ly yng on the sun
down side of the Allghany mountains
was considered west Hence the open
ing up of the greet western terri
tory with the immediate admission of
the new states broight forth the
rise of the stars allfn the west" un-
LulS udy, WACh 10 AAcS hcSo oihSO
1872 seen 80 stars rte In the west.
| .~Uhen ships abovs th clouds shall sail
The Lions strength sh4l surely faH
It requires no greet stretch of i'm
agination to apply tb above lines to
the present era whenhviators are the
heroes Of the hour, an long continued
flights in airships haze ceased to be
a novelty. And one might take the
failing of the lions strength" to re-
fer to the lessening of the British
navy's far famed powf when confront
ed with the POSSIBILITY OF attack by
enemies floating in tie air. When a
certain Frenchman no long ago cross
ed the channel in an srship and land
ed safely on British sol, great was the
alarm manifested throughout the
realm of King George. The event al
most caused panic mong those to
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The Lion shall crouch beneath their
might"
This could be accepted as referring
to the united forces of the colonists
(the Dove), and the French (the
Cock), at the final engagement before
Yorktown. This siege and battle re-
suited in tho American victory, and
therefore the union Of Americans and
French resulted in the Lion" being
compelled to crouch beneath their
might"
when the Cock shall guard the Eagles
nest,
The stars shall rise-all In the West"
Here we find an allusion to the sub
sequent history Of the three nations
American, French and English. When
independence was recognized, the SYM
Dol Of the United States appeared in
the form of bald eagle, "The bird Of
freedom and imperial power"
The second test Of martial power be-
tween American and England came in
1912, and on both sea and land we
Oo oONOlO lOOoOS, kA0 CdQiIO1 dI
Washington being destroyed by the en-
emy and the city itself falling into pos
session of the British. But the shield
ing attitude of France toward the
eagles nest (the young republic rep
resented by the American eagle) made
IL possible for the states to attain VIC
tory from what the world had almost
pronounced defeat. The New Eng
land stateg were never in sympathy
with the war, and. indeed, an interest
ing non-national page, bordering on
secessional attitude, falls into the his
tory of the puritanic section of our
country. The invasion OF Canada was
a decided failure. Hull's surrender
has always been considered unsatisfac-
tory and totally unnecessary; he was
court-martialed and sentenced to be
shot; but his Revolutionary military
record saved his life and he was par
doned. The brave Captain Lawrence
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long, dark blue gownsAnd with their
hair in neatly plated queues. None
but girls with natural feet are admit
ted to these schools, sensible rule
which the officials are determined to
maintain. For the fot-binding GUS
tom is dying hard In Runnan. There
are two simple reason for this. In
the first place, none Of the women OF
the hill tribes, who ae regarded as
savages by the Chinee, bind their
feet. Again, all famtes with any
pretentions to spcial Fank own one
or two slave girls. whf strict custom.
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The Old Gao.

Miss Lillian B. Rowe, at an adver-
tisement writer's dinner in Denver,
said of the harem skirt:
1T will soon be so widely worn that
the old gag, perpetrated in the '40s on
men, may profitably be revived for
women victims.
Some sharper, you know, will re-
vive the gag by advertising in the
Ladies' Own
"'Send 81 and learn how to keep
your harem skirt from becoming
fringed at the bottom
Thousands of dollars will pour in.
and to each victim the sharper will
reply:
"'Wear knickers'"
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Take Kindly to Education

the good Of the province is the spread
OF the educational movement. In the
Tall and Yungchang procedures many
new schools have been opened, where
teaching is being conducted on new
principles. Formerly any dirty little
cubicle served as schoolroom, and a
crowd Of unkempt youngsters, pre-.
sided over by an ill-paid, bespectacled
pedagogue. produced appalling dis
cord by reciting, at the top Of their
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Free to Our Readers.

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago,
for 48-page illustrated Eye Book Free.
Write all about Your Eye Trouble and
they will advise as to the Proper Applica-
ton Of the Murine Eye Remedies in Your
that Murine Relieves Sore Eyes, Strength
ems Weak Eyes. Doesn't Smart, Soothes
Eye Pain, and sells for Soc. Try It in
Your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes for Scaly
Eyelids and Granulation.
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AAO writer
possesses an heraldic sketch designed
oy FRANKLIN while in Europe, actu-
ally indicating England's cruel
though motherly treatment of her
children, the thirteen colonies, indicat-
ing the French concern in the well
fare of these struggling dependencies
"a remarkable similarity to the lines
under consideration. In these her
aldic pictures Franklin represents the
colonies as of the calm and peaceful
animal kingdom, the crane and also
the dove. In fact a committee dele
gated to devise signature for the
United States, reported in 1882 that
the goddess of America (Columbia)
have upon her dexter hand perched a
dove argent (white)." While the elab-
crate design was not accepted by the
continental congress 1t indicates that
in these days the colonies were often
symbolized by a dove, in fact, that
peace-loving and mfnding your own
business was finally accepted in the
symbolism of the "olive branch" in
! the right talon Of the adopted eagle
also indicated in the peace tincture of
the American shield which according
to law is an argent (white or silvery)
peace emblem, upon it blazoned six
red stripes.
when men like moles work underground
The Lion Virgin true shall wound"
| During the last years of the Revolu-
tion the continentals frequently at
tempted to make approaches to the
camp and redoubts Of the British by
underground passages. This tunnel
method was evidently French sug-
gestion, as it was a part of early
French military tactics. The digging
in the earth is also well illustrated in
the winter headquarters at Valley
Forge, where the telling of trees to
establish their log cabins was slow
work; and when the cold winter set in
many were the holes In the ground
that served as lodgings for the freez-
| ing troops. The line, "The Lion a
Virgin true shall wound" might be
taken as a reference to the terrible
massacres, expeditions of plunder and
destruction in Virginia, named the Vir-
gin colony in honor Of Queen Eliza
beth. This country of the virgin was
indeed wounded, for no other section
of the country suffered such bloody
military attacks. 1t was estimated by
Jefferson that the raids of Benedict
Arnold through Virginia cost the
enormous sum of $15,O00,OOO in prop
erty, besides the thousands Of lives
sacrificed under conditions of the
most frightful tortare.
when the Dove ard the Cock the Lion
| shall fight
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based on convenience, demands should
go barefooted. If, therefore, the yum
nanese mother continues to prac-
tice foot-binding, it is chiefly with
the idea Of distinguishing her daugh-
ters from the handmaids." Picking
Correspondence London Times.
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Chinese Are Making Rapid Strides
Along Lines Of Western Civ.
iIization.

A friend of mine. who has just re.
turned to Peking from Yunnan. sends
me the following interesting note on
the conditions prevailing in that part
of Yunnan which adjoins British ter
ritory:
"The change that will tell most for
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Intricate Letter,

When Bilkins was away from home
on long business trip, he got letter
from his wife that still puzzles him
It ended thus:
Baby is well and lots brighter than
she used to be. Hoping you are the
same, 1 remain, your loving wife,
Everybody's.
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Paper MachIne-BeItlng.

Paper machine betting, protected on
the edges by leather. is being tried
out IN England with measure Of suo
cess. One advantage claimed 1sf =
10 that It does not stretch.
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The Kaiser Likes The RIbIe.

The kaiser is great reader, and
while he tries to keep himself abreast
Of current events, his favorite book is
the Bible, says the London Chronicle
A well thumbed and marked copy is
always by his bedside. When Mr..
Roosevelt visited Berlin last year, the
kaiser made him a present of a num-
Der of books. About half of them re-
ferred to theology and the others to
military subjects. These two classes
indicate the kaiser's own preferences.
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Method.

Mrs. Knicker-Will your furniture
go in the new fiat?
Mrs. Bocker-It will after it's
smashed.
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The Herb laxative, Garfield Tea, over
comes constipation, giving freedom from
sick-headache and bilious attacks.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23

Garfield Tea will set the liver right,
correct constipation, cleanse the system,
purify the blood and clear the complexion.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-23

Speak kindly to all. It lies in Gods
hands whether or no that spoken
word shall be the last you utter to
the one you are addressing.
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In this world one must be little
too kind to be kind eneagh.-Mari-
vaux.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhammar
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c q bottle.
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USE ALIENS FOOT-EASE
the Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes
for tired aching feet 1t takes the sting out Of
and bunions and makes walking delight. Sold
everywhere, 25c. Refuse substitutes. For FREE
trial package, address A. 8. Olmsted LIE Roy, NY.
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Chew and smoke untaxed tobacco cbeap and
undoped Meriwether Edwards Clarksyilie. Tenn
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A self-made man? Yes, and wor-
ships his creator.-Henry Clapp.
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God pays, but not every Saturday,
Alphonse Karr.
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To apprehend contempt is to have
deserved it already.-Pierre Lott.
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Do not expect friend to ask OF
you; anticipate bis need.-Socrates.
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SarsapariIIa

Eradicates scrofula and all
other humors, cures all their
effects, makes the blood rich
and abundant, strengthens all
the vital organs. Take it.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
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The Exception.

Post-There are as good fish in the
sea as ever were caught.
Parker-Hm! I guess you haven't
heard Thompson's latest fish story
Harper's Bazaar.
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BY RRuE RaL/0RA1U

HE coronation of King
George V. of Eng
land brings to mind
a series of peculiar
prophecies contained
in an old but little
known poem-prophe-
cies, some Of which
would appear on an
investigation to have
proved oddly correct
in regard to certain
events transpiring in
American and Eng
lish history, both
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appointing a
commission, of
which Benja-
min Franklin
was one, to
v / S it t h Q
French at Que
bee, and ad-
NIT Of French
courtship in
the aid of the
American Rev.
olution; and
how the con-
tinarta1a In
1 z z 6 di s.
patched him
to France, to
further admit
Of the courtly
attentions to
bring about a
wedding Of in
terests; how
he procured
.
t TO m t h @
French king
2 6, , 0 0 o, 0 0
francs, t h e
very money
which m a d g
further rebel
HOu pOSSlDl0.
And at this
point England
realized, and
for the first
time, that the
uprising in the
colonies was
indeed a very
serious mat
ter, a n d it
provoked the
Britishers to
learn of our
affection for
france to a
point where
The mother
the child did
cease to love-"
The writer
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-23
A Lone Credit.

The motto Of the highland host that
1attled for the Stuart cause. which
oonny Prince Charlie headed, appar-
entity was that heaven helps those who
help themselves literally. They levied
toll on the henroost, stable and, &C.
cording to the author of '"The Land of
Romance" even on the pockets of the
C0venanters.
At Swarthholm party Of these ma
sauders overhauled the house Of a tai
]or, and when one Of them was about
to cut up web Of homespun that had
taken his fancy the good wife earnest
" demonstrated.
"A day'll come when yen ha' tae
pay for that" she solemnly assured
him.
Scissors in hand, Donald paused.
"An' when will she pc hating to do
that?" he asked.
AT the last day." said she.
AN that will pc fiery goot long
credit" the robber coolly returned.
"She wass going to PIE only taking a
coat, but now she will pc taking a
waistcoat as WELL"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-23
A Mountain In tho Skv.

Somewhere many miles away from
this earth an enormous mountain
twenty miles high Is flying through
space. The mountain is known astro-
nomically as the planet Eros. The or
binary man has long taken it for
granted that all the planets are more
or less round in shape. The small
planet Eros, however, is an exception
to this rule. According to the latest
astronomical information, it is a mere
mountain n~space, without form and
void" and as 1t turns upon its axis
first one corner and then another is
presented to view. These small worlds
few are over ten or twenty miles
across are not large enough to have
sufficient gravity to draw their struc-
ture into symmetry and remain as
when launched into space-mammoth
meteorites. A tantalizing fact for as
tronOmers is that Eros passed very
close to us about Jan. "a, 1S9Ebefore
the planet was recognized-and that
quite so near an approach is not due
again till 1915.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-23
10MB0F WASHINGTON IS
DEC0RATEDBY FLOWERS

Mount Vernon, Va, Feb. 22.-Upon
plain marble sarcophagus containing
the body of George Washington in a
hillside tomb on the estate where the
greatest American spent the final years
of his life, two beautiful memorial
wreaths were placed today by patriotic
admirers to commemorate the 10th an
nversary of his birth. The flag for
which he so valiantly fought draped
above the open work iron doors and
flowers and evergreens formed the only
other decorations on the tomb. These
were placed there by Mt. Vernon Ladies
association of the Union, to which the
country is indebted for the preservation
of Washington's estate on the Potomac
and for the gathering together therein
of hundreds of priceless relics. Nine
hundred Americans during the day Wis
tied the tomb Among these were sew
eral hundred prominent Masons from
all parts of the country. Farther down
the Potomac river at Wakefield. West
noreland county, Virginia, near where
Washington was born, citizens of the
vicinity appropriately celebrated the
day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-23
CROP ROTATION OFFERED
AS TOMATO BLIGHT CURE
BY WASHINGTON GROWERS

kota," said MIR. Wright, in Spokane
today, the blight first attacks the
root of the tomato plant. The rest OF
it soon becomes affected and is rem
dered worthless. Each year adds to the
amount of injurious germs in the land
and the crop becomes smaller. In some
instances the soil is so infected that
tomatoes will not grow and that soon
will be the case in many parts of the
west if the blight is not checked.
"Ihe growers must unite if the fight
on the blight is to- be successful, as
the germs are easily spread by irriga-
ton bitches, wind and farm imple-
ments. To insure healthy plants every
grower should raise his seed from Wig
orous. blight-resisting stock. and use
only fresh and purified soil in making
the hotbed and take care of the plants
after they shave been set out in the
field. The remedy is so simple that
every tomato-grower should join in
this. campaign against: the blight"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-23

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. %. 49, The
rivers and harbors appropriation bill IS
still in conference, two propositions, IN
serted by the senate known as the Beau
mont Orange project, and the continual
ton of the waterways commission DC,
ing the particular features of the bill
over which there is much debate. the
senate and the house conferees divid-
ing on the subject. Last Friday the
conferecs had all extended session and
very many of the items in the con
troversy were agreed to, leaving the
larger propositions to be threshed ou'
at another meeting to be held Tues
day. :,
There is probably no subject that
more vitality affects a great proportion
of the American people than that OF
TRANSFORMATION. With the growth OF
population and production, the need tor
transportation grows still more rapid
" under mathematical law identical
with that under which the telephone ex-
change breaks down in large city.
Two persons or two towns may be con-
nected by single transportation line
or half a line to each; three persons
or towns can be connected by only two
lines or one each, and four only by six
lines or one and half each; and so
the ratio runs up until the Transporter
ton burden by any given means may
become unbearable when new means or
short cuts must be devised.
The great marvel Of all human his
tory has been the development of rail-
way transportation in the United States,
though it has come about so steadily
as to seem more commonplace than
marvellous For half a century our
railways, confident in their growing
strength, have undertaken to meet our
transportation requirements and most
generally they have discouraged other
devices During the stage OF extensive
development they performed their duly
we'll; but now that the stage Of inten-
sive development is upon us, with in
creasing density of population and i'm
proved modes of production, the sys-
tenn has broken down-it has reached
lis own and necessary limit. An ear
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-23

Spokane, WASH, Feb. 22.-Discovery
has been made by S. A. Wright, fruit
grower and truck farmer at Opportun-
ity, WASH, that western tomato blight
is caused by form of bacteria in the
soil. His remedy is crop rotating to
purify the earth, treating the seed with
a solution of formaldehyde and setting
the plants in non-infected soil after
taking them from the hotbed.
Mr.. Wright has reported his discov-
cry to the experiment station of the
Washington state college at Pullman,
and expects to interest agricultural COL
leges and experiment stations in the
Northwest in movement to stamp out
the mysterious disease, which has baf-
fled experts for years and cost market
gardeners Of, the Pacific slope country
hundreds of thousands OF dollars.
Like the so-called wilt which is
literally wiping out the flax industry in
many parts of Montana and North d.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-23
BRILLAT.sAvARIN.
frItuiattons Of TO- Famous French
Epicuru and Jurist.

Epicurs and Jurist.
Brillat-Savarin, the author Of 1.-The
Physiology Of Taste" was the abso-
lutte realization of the typical good
liver. :.'he French revolution confis-
Gated his property and removed him
from his Office as civil judge. He fed
to Switzerland and then to the United
States, where he played fiddle In
New York theater to gain a living.
His property was afterward returned
to him, and he was made a counselor
Of the supreme court, an office he
chung to successfully through changes
Of empire and kingdom. His "Physi-
ology Of Taste" shared the fate of
many celebrated books. 1t was re-
fused by several publishers and even
tually was published at the authors
expense, but without his name at
tached to 1t, as he considered the ma
ture Of the work incompatible with his
judicial functions.
It was Brillat-savarin who declared
that "the discovery Of new food does
more for the happiness Of the human
race than the discovery of a star"
''Monsieur the counselor" a hostess
asked him one day, (which do you pre-
fer, burgundy or bordeaux" 1850.
- MADAME" replied the judicial au-
thority, that is a lawsuit in which I
have so much pleasure In taking the
evidence that always postpone judg.
ment." d: