Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-14
tive markets for inventions and pro-

| vide opportunities FOR utlllZlng them
1t will, for instance, enable the groc
err, the drugstore proprietor, thu
hardware merchant, or any othel
dealer, for that matter, to cut The
prices of any patented articles so al
to enable the poorer folks to buy
those patented articles at prices tha
| would under other conditions be be
! yond their limited means. 1t will en-
! able the farmers, the workers OF al
! classes and conditions, the women al
| we'll as the men, to buy at cut price
and at lower rates articles which
powerful trusts, combinations, OF
wealthy and INSCRIPTIONS capitalists
or manufacturers compel the dealers
to sell for fixed and extortionate
prices. 1t will be the entering wedge
in the only square effort this session
of Congress to reduce the widely-com.
planned of high cost of living. There
are many other equally important
changes mdae through the media OF
the various provisions or clauses of
this exceedingly meritorious bill
which will be ventilated later on.
The danes of fashion at the Ma
tional Capital are discussing in their
boudoirs and drawing rooms the lat
est agony, wherein, for once, London
fashion has taken a direction which
promises to be of general benefit to
humanity. Womankind, or at least,
such as have access to the longest
and fullest purses, are shortly to use
snake.skin for garment of quite ev-
eryday wear.
One can scarcely imagine more
poetic revenge by the lovely daughter
of Eve on her old enemy, the serpent
tempter. Whether the new robes will
prove as artistic as is expected re-
mains to be seen; they will certainly
lend themselves in skillful hands to
the emphasizing of whatever graces
there may be in the wearer; and, il
the new fashion thins out the number
of these dangerous reptiles all over
the world, humanity will owe debt
of gratitude to the inventor of new
modes.
The cable advices tell us that in
view of the coming demand, the
market prices for skins have already
gone up to very high figure, and in
Borneo, Sumatra, and all over the
iMalaysian archipelago, native hunt
ers are securing the wilderness,
tempted by the Turing offers of wide
awake dealers in Paris, Vienna and
and killing or capturing ev-
cry big snake they encounter.
One of the most beautiful and veal
thy of the many charming women in
the diplomatic set says that four fair.
sized skins will make touring coat,
but she suggests that they may be
some difficulty in matching them per-
fectly, which will, of course, add a.
bit to the cost of the garment. Other
uses will doubtless be found for a
species of lesser girth, and the ladies
and others will soon note the novel
change which will come over the dry
good windows when the fashion is
fully established, and snakeskins be-
come common articles of everyday
wear.
Apropos'> of diplomats, one of them
who is thoroughly we'll posted on the
personal fads and alleged accomplish
ments of the crowned heads Of Con-
tinental Europe is authority for the
statement that a musical concert CIV
en- by their majesties would shape it.
self up as follows on the programme:
king of the Belgians, tenor;
ne knows Wagner by heart, and plays
Is we'll as he sings. Ferdinand, Gar
Of the Bulgars, basso; he has a voice
hat seems to come up from the eel
ar. Wilhelm, Kaiser and Emperor Of
Jeramny, barytone; he Is very fond
If solos and choruses, also likes pick
es which put an edge on the. voice.
Victor Emmanuel, king of Italy, car
lies the air and is good at straight
away singing. Abdul Hamid, ex-sul-
an of Turkey, accompanist; he plays
he organ with the grace of profess
'or Alfonso, king Of Spain, whistler,
md can fill in between the acts; he
also dances very well. George, king
If England, conductor; he was never
Known to sing note, but is excellent
1t handling the baton.
The high prices t food OF all sorts
in Washington appear to keep pace
with the skyward movement through
out the country. Meats and vegeta-
Dles share alike in the "up and up
Jumps and the dealers say there's
but little, if any, hope of any down.
ward tendency for months to come.
There's no comfort in that statement
for the frugal housewife, whose
'worser half's" wages or salary (gov-
clerks don't like the word
'wages") remains at the same figure
that it did at this time last summer,
when market prices were about Is
to 40 per cent lower than they are
today. Take beef, for instance, it
seems to soar, for club steaks cost
40 and upwards pound; porter
house, 80 to 96 cents; sirloin, % to
81; top, round, "a; lower, round, %
to "a; hamburg, Is; prime rib roast
30 to So; chuck roast, % to Is; beef
sweetbreads, a set, 80 cents to 81;
corned beef, Is to %. Veal comes
high too, for breast of veal sells at
20 cents; shoulders, % and "a; veal
chops, rs and %; outlets 80 and AZ;
loin, 30; calves feet, set, 60 to 20;
salves liver, 40 to As pound. Bak.
Ing chickens fetch Is to 40 cents a
pound; fryers, 80 to As; broilers, 40