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Evening star., 1912-12-01

he said to Damon dts Wallaces man Corrigan.
@Have him up cried Damon. Hell help us out a
lot. He recognized yesterday-I meant to tell you.
Presently Corrgan red OF cheek and blue OF Jow and
rather sheepsh of eye, stood before the men, shift
ing his weight from one foot to the other.
"Good morning, Corrigan.' Damon greeted him.
"Have you come from Mr. Waace?'
"No Sir I'm after coming on my own account, re-
piled Corrigan
another cup of coffee. "What do you want?"
"Im after leaving Mr.. Wallace Sir, said Corrigan,
"and I'd like you to be taking me back please, Sir
$50 you want me to take you back?' asked Damon in
measured tone
"If you would, Sir" returned the man eagerly. II
never well pleased with any gentleman as was
had handler If l may make so bold, Sir
it isn't every could change from valet to chauffeur
and back again if need be, and not mind the stepping
down and stepping up
"No one would deny your usefulness" said Damon
"But there that little matter of our parting COM
pany- :, rs
I've been on the water wagon ever since Sir After ALL
it very little spill out in the roadway gave you
turned you out gently as you'd turn baby out of
its cradle, and only for the young lady getting mad
like about it, though she didn't get her dress TORE
don't think you have had the heart to discharge
Sir"
Damon wondered wildly about the young lady "You
admit that the lady is not accustomed to that sort
of ending to a drive" he said severely
Il know that WELL replied Corrigan, "and I'm sorry
for the tip gave her and yourself Too well off was
indeed! I gave you good service, Mr.. Damon; but,
then, it far more interesting life had with you
than with Others and liked all the travel in foreign
lands did that time first knew you when you
Mr. Creghton's secretary, and along to that
of his And if I'd known you to go travelling your
self would have kept on the water wagon forever 1t
would have been excitement enough to be with you; for
things do somehow happen to YOU"
"If you had behaved yourself long enough you have
seen that I'd be travelling again, and you could have
come along said Damon, still in severely judicial
tone.
a would point out to you Sir though in the way
of excuse" said Corrigan meekly "that you told me
Evening star., 1912-12-01

"Rgllt, Sir; thank SAID COrrgan, retreat
ing with a broad smile of delight.
Upon my word Larrabee, said Henderson admir-
- ingly, "you ought to be the stage!"
Damon smiled with some compacency. ooh, it
easy. Corrgan took me much for granted But |
learned something used to be someone's private sec
retary.
Il could have told you that" said Henderson.
"Look here! suppose you tell me all you do know
about So far you mostly been talking about the
elder Larrabee Damon Are parents alive, and have
l any brothers and sisters?'
"You much orphan as Angela Give. Your
mother died when you were entering preparatory school,
your father died when you were leaving it. You in
herited about ten thousand dollars,-not from your
father, who poor Western schoolteacher, but
from your mother, who came of thrifty New England
family. Although your home was in the West, you
there very little after your mother died. and what
connections you made were Eastern. judge that
the first year after your fathers death you must have
felt rather subdued in spirit and maybe your mothers
New England spirit showed itself for little while In
any you taught school, like your father and you
didn't touch your capital But the next year your rec
less Damon blood began to make demands You gave
up position and drew your capital and began
to the world. judge from your casual references
in letters you wrote me that you have been almost
every place. When your money gave out you became
private secretary and courier to rich man. who also
had the travelling mania. That must have been where
you met Corrigan Then your inheritance, and
this journey the South Sea Islands with your friend
of whom know absolutely nothing
Damon nodded refectively "And now to work! 1
suppose, Mr. Henderson, that you think ought to
through all Damon's letters, and so on?'
Something like that
"First of ALL though, III go down to my hotel and
treve what things have there. [ rather like my
steamer trunk. After that l am yours to command
IN little more than hour Damon was back with
what he called the last relics of Jimmy Sylvester.
Then he proceeded by external evidence, to collect
what proof he could of the personality and experience of
Larrabee Damon Henderson had gone out, and so the
Young man busted himself first with examining the books
in the living There was good deal OF history,
Confined page is
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you were going to settle down; that
there would be no more grand hair
trigger leaps from one pole of the world
to the other; nothing. you said, but an
occasional domestic journey to Paris
and London.
At the word domestic cold chill
settled upon Damon's spirit. Perhaps
there was some information Corrigan
could give him that he was far from
willing to hear.
"You might have known l couldn't
keep from wandering all over the face
of the EARTH, he said.
"Yes, Sir, know it now, Sir" replied
Corrigan. "Do get taken back, Mr..
Damon? left Mr. Wallace last night
1t was just chance went to him, Sir
l didn't know when l took the place
that you stood between him and an
other fortune.
Il can't see that it would have made
much difference if you had," said Da-
mon.
at would have seemed some treacher-
Gus like, Sir" explained Corrigan, ito
60 to him, and him cursing you in his
heart"
did you hear his heart cursing me?"
"Belike l heard enough said Cor
rigan sulkily. "If you don't want me,
Mr.. Damon, please say so, Sir, and I'll
be going. l have ate all the humble pie
already any Irishman can stomach
you'll eat no more." said Damon,
rising. "Back you come, at the old
terms, and here's my hand on it, Cor
rigan!'
Corngan shook hands gratefully.
"And you'll have all the travel you
want soon," said Damon. "Mr Hen
derson, who is very. very dear friend OF
mine, is going to take us on trip soon.
as it Mr.. Henderson you went off
with last year, Sir:?' asked Corrigan.
mo, it was someone else," said Da-
mon, glad to make one statement that
he was sure OF.
an what capacity do l come back,
Sir?" asked Corrigan. @Have you got
a new car yet?"
you II have to be general factotum
for awhile" said Damon. "My plans
aren't fully settled yet
@Thank you, Sir Then I'll take my
old room, suppose, Sir? III look over
your clothes this morning, Mr. Da-
mOn."
mo, Corrgan. Take the day off and
report tonight. III be busy with Mr..
Henderson all day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
An. Exciting Esesps.

Prince Kropotkin, the Russian revo.
lutionist, once made an exciting es'
cape from q fortress prison In st.
Petersburg. After two years In the
prison he had been removed to the jail
hospital, where plans were matured
by his friends for his flight. He was
allowed to walk for al hour each after
noon, guarded by armed sentries, In
the grounds. A line OF spies outside
maintained a system Of signals to no.
tify the prince when the adjoining
streets should he clear. When all was
we'll a friend in a kiosk opposite the
gate played upon a violin. After one
OF two false starts the vlolinist burst
into a mad melody. and the prisoner,
finging or an outer garment, lcaped
for It. Sentries tried to stab him with
their bayonets; others hesltated to
shoot, believing that they could catch
him. A carriage with a racing horse
In the shafts was waiting. Into it
be sprang. and they left at a gallop.
His beard was cut of, his clothes
changed. and he spent the first hours
Of his hiding In the best cafe in st.
Petersburg.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
Now moo.. Jaw Cot Il, Name.

Moose Jaw is a strange name for a
city, and 1t may be Of interest to know
how such a name was given. Some
fifty years ago, SO the story goes, a
pioneer with his team of oxen and
prairie schooner" while passing along
the banks Of the river, was obliged to
camp at this point, In Saskatchewan.
on account of an accident to his cart
as a spoke had fallen out during the
day, and the wheel was falling apart.
He looked around lor something to in
sert for a temporary brace for the
wheel, while his wife busted herself
with the evening meal. The pioneers
child, while romping around, found
the jawbone of a moose, which she
held up to her father, who by this
time almost despaired Of finding some
thing with which to mend his wagon,
and was delighted to find that the jaw.
bone exactly fitted the place Of the
missing spoke. The Indians thereafter
named this part Of the river 'The
Place Where the White Man Found the
Moose Jaw" This accounts for the
towns unforgettable name.-London
Standard. ia
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
The Rriaand Chief.

Not many years ago the highways OF
Mexico and especially that OF Guadal-
java, were infested with brigands, who
usually stopped all travellers whom
they met. Whenever a conveyance en-
tered the capital with the curtains re-
moved it was taken for granted that
the victim Of the brigands had taken
them to use as a substitute for bis
own garments of which he had been
deprived. The situation at length be-
came u%ubearable. and. a daring rob.
berry having been committed. the au'
thorities sent ont troops to pursue the
malefactors. The leader of the gang
was captured. bound, placed on a mule
and escorted to the city. The presi-
dent sent for the chief of police. He
was not forthcoming.
Does any one know where he Is to
he found?" asked the president.
"Why, yes, sir" the men replied In
chorus; "he is on the mule"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
An Extensive Shave.

When Salmon P. Chase was a school.
boy ut Worthington, o., he was one day
left at home with orders to kill and
dress q pig while Bishop Chase and
most Of the older members Of the fam
lily were gone. In telling Of this expert.
ence he wrote in an old letter:
IL had no trouble in catching and
slaughtering a fat young porker. ! had
the tub of water all ready for plunging
him in, preparatory to taking of his
bristles. Unfortunately, however, the
water was too hot, or perhaps when l
soused the pig l kept him in too long.
At any rate, when l undertook to re-
move the bristles l couldn't start one
Of them. They were set! But that pig
had to be dressed. l bethought me of
my cousins razor-a new one, just pur.
chased by that spruce young clergy
man. No sooner said than done! ! got
the razor and shaved the pig from tail
o snout."
This is undoubtedly one Of the most
extensive shaves on record.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
The Japanese Bath.

One of the most detailed accounts OF
the japanese bath In good native no.
tells which have not come under for.
eign influence is given by Mr.. Stat
ford Ransome in Japan In Transi-
don." 1t is commonly n rectangular
structure OF wood, let in so that the
top is about flush with the floor, filed
with cold water through a bamboo
tube and heated by a fire underneath
or BY the side. It startles us to read
that the water Is rarely changed more
than once or twice a day, SO that from
q score to a hundred of persons may
use the same. But Mr.. Kansome ex-
plains why this Is not the dirty ar.
rangement 1t seems. 1T would be II
the Japanese treated the bath as we
d0-that Is to say. as a place to wash
in-but he does not. He gets into his
bath for the purpose Of raising the
temperature of Ms body after he has
been thoroughly washed all over."-
London Chronicle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
e~eId.mith,. Snowy Clothes.

Goldsmith was ludicrously fond Of
snowy clothes. When he sought to
take orders in Ireland he tried to daz-
zle his bishop by a pair Of scarlet
breaches. While studying medicine In
Edinburgh he wore rich sky blue
SATIN" Zine sky blue shalIoon' and
silver hat lace. Before Johnson, Rey-
nolds and Garrick he strutted about
Dragging Of his bloom col0red coat.
and when his reputation had been
made by his two principal poems be
blazed forth in purple silk small
clothes. a scarlet greatcoat and 4 ply
sician's wig. He carried u gold head.
cd cane, and a sword hung BY his side.
. weapon 50 disproportioned to bis
diminutive stature that a coxcomb who
passed him in the Strand called out to
his companion to "look at that ~ With
Q long pin stuck through It"
.Ast% ~ 'FF NFN~ 'EHLL IA
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
First liohtnina Rod.

Nearly everybody believes that Ben.
jamin Franklin was the inventor and
constructor Of the first lightning. rod.
In this particular they are mistaken,
as the first lightning catcher was In
vented by a poor monk of Bohemia,
who put up the first lightning rod on
the palace Of the curator Of Preditz,
Noravia. June Is. 1854. The appara-
tus was composed of a pole surmOunt-
ed by an iron rod, supporting twelve
curved branches and terminating in as
many metallic boxes filed with iron
ore. The entire system Of wires was
united to the earth by a large chain.
The enemies of the inventor, jealous of
his success, excited, the peasants Of the
locality against him and under the pre-
text that his lightning rod was the
cause OF the excessive dry weather had
the rod. taken down and the inventor
Observation-Disclosures.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
carlyIe's Influence.

Thomas Carlyle, ''the sage OF Chel-
sea-" died without winning much per-
sOnaI popularity, a fact, however,
which is forgotten in admiration Of his
genius. Carlyle exerted a greater in
nuence on British literature during the
middle Of the nineteenth century and
on the religious and political beliefs Of
his time than possibly any other Brit
ish writer. He never wrote a line that
he did not believe, and in regard to
style he certainly had no superior.
From the position Of schoolmaster in
an obscure village this great Scotsman
rose to be a leader in the world Of let
ters.-LOndOn Graphic. a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
Stephen 3. Leacock.

F l .
Professor Stephen 3. Leacock, one
Of the most widely known Of Canadi-
an educators, was born in England,
December 80, 1869. He came to An
erica in his boyho0d and received his
education at Upper Canada college
and Toronto university. Later he
took a postgraduate course at the
University Of Chicago. As a political
scientist Professor Leacock is widely
known. N 1891 he Joined the faculty
of Upper Canada college and later he
became the head of the department
of economics and political science at
McGill university. In 1907 Professor
Leacock was selected by the Rhodes
Trust to make a tour of the British
empire, delivering lectures on impe-
rial problems.
Congratulations To:
Earl of LondesbOroug, As years old
today.
Rudyard kipling, the famous III.
thor, A years old today.
Simon Guggenhein, United States,
senator from Colorado, 81 years old
today.
Mgr. Michel T. LabrecQue. Roman
Catholic bishop of Chicoutimi, Que
bee, 63 years old today.
Lieut.. General Sir George B. HILL
man, a distinguished veteran of the
British army, 80 years old today
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
TODAY in HISTORY

1769-Dartmouth college chartered.
1SO3-Francis Lewis. a signer Of the
Declaration of Independence,
died In New York. Born in
Wales in 1713.
1S19-Gen. John A. Geary, governor
of Pennsylvania 1862, born.
Died Feb. 8, 1873, ~
1S53-Louis Kossuth, the famous
Hungarian patriot, spoke before
the United States congress.
lS53-The Gadsden purchase brought
to the United States all. Of Ar
iona south of the CHA.
1S61-Banks In New York, Boston
and other cities suspended spe.
Gle payments.
lS62-The famous ironSclad Monitor
foundered in a gale OFT Cape
Hatteras.
1S9O-Henry B. Brown of Michigan
commissioned associate Justice
of the supreme court OF the
United States.
19O3-Six hundred lives lost in fire
and panic in the Iroquois the
alter, Chicago.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30

Severe punishment should be met.
ed out to the party or parties who
gave or sold Intoxicating liquor to an
Indian here Sunday. This particular
individual is known to be a bad man
when under the influence Of liquor
and has but recently been tried on a
murder charge, THE killing having
been done when the Indian was
drunk. 1t apears to be but little
trouble for anyone to get a drink or
drunk here now, in spite OF the fact
that one drug store and one club has
been closed during the past few
weeks. 1t is apparently mot the fault
OF the police, as three men covering
this city for the entire day have
enough to do as patrolnen without
becoming detectives.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
Motifs Champaign Cider
What Rules the World.

Many years ago John Brougham.
Lester Wallack. Artemus Ward ana
others used to meet after the play at
Windhurst's, in Park row, in New
York. One night the question, "What
rules the world?" arose, and various
opinions were expressed. William Ross
Wallace, who was present, retired be-
fore long and some time later called
Thomas J. Leigh from the room and
handed to him a poem which he had
Just written. Mr.. Leigh read it aloud
to the company, and Mr.. Brougham
made a happy little speech Of acknowl.
edgment. The thing was entitled
.What Rules the World" and the first
stanza ran:
They say that man Is mighty,
He governs land and sea,
He Yields a mighty scepter
Der lesser powers that be.
But a migttier power and stronger
Man from his throne has hurled,
And the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
Punishment For . Thief.

"Richard, by the grace of God. king
Of England. II any one cast any
reproach or bad word against another
or invoke Gods Madison on him let
him for every offense pay an ounce OF
silver. Let a convicted thief be shorn
like q prizefighter, after which let boil
ing pitch be poured on his head and a
feather pillow be shaken over it so as
to make him a laughing stock. Then
let him be put ashore at the first land
where the ships touch. Witness my
self at Chinon." These are two Of the
ordinances of Chinon quoted by Miss
Maude Nj. Holbach in In the Foot
steps Of Richard Occur de Lion"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30

ed. It had failed three times TO win
with a western candidate with west.
ern connections, and INC with an
eastern candidate with eastern con.
ncctions, says the Washington Star.
What other refuge had 1t? A south.
crn MAJ with southern connections
was out OF the question. The demo.
Gratis looked f~iabbergasted, and no
body attempted to forecast their next
move.
Relief and hope came from an UNI
expected quarter. What they chad
been unable to do for themselves was
now to be done for them. The repub.
leans began their latest lease of pow.
or by falling out among themselves,
and in less than six months were at
one another'S throats in the rough.
est and readlest style Dcmoraliza.
ton followed: and all the democrats
had to do was to sit tight and watch
the scrimmage. This they did, and
in time the enemy, divided and mad
dened, was delivered into their hands.
The tariff did it. A campaign prom
Use of revision had to be met, and ar
gumcnt arose as to the precise mean.
ing Of the promise. Revision down
ward, yes. But how far downward?
In that way the fuss began.
Here is a history worthy of the
closest study by the democrats. They
are coming into power well heeled In
the way of numbers. While Mr.. vii.
son is a minority man, he yet receiv.
ed Il large vote, and while the senate
is close, the house Is overwhelmingly
democratic. They have a great op.
%portunity. and if it is improved they
may hold office for a long time. The
republicans are still divided and an
Cry.
But here is the tariff again, and. as
four years %ago-and, indeed. as at
all times-a SQUIRE OF anxiety. The
democrats have been voted in on a
promise of revision, but what form
shall ii take and how far be carried
Is it to be based on til" proposition
that protection is unconstitutional
and must go; that the Payne law is
responsible for the high cost OF liv.
ing, and that revision must produce
lower prices for both foodstuffs and
clothing?
Such is the contention of one fac.
ton of the democracy; and among
the leaders Of THAT faction are some
men OF fighting weight and quality.
But Mr.. Wilson is not Of the nuTner
He does not hold that protection is
unconstitutional, and does no. eA,oc:
mere revision to revolutioniza prices
Of everyday commodities.
What will the harvest be What
can it be, with the reapers, as four
years ago, wuangling among them.
selves about the crop and the posi-.
bilities? ,..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30

Another mar has taken revenge
on an editor and this time Harry
Dence of the Belfield Times is the vic
tim and Charles Nolan, father OF the
defeated candidate for superintendent
of schools Of Stark county, Mary
Nolan. the assailant. Nolan probably
got a lot of temporary satisfaction
out Of the assault, but If he could read
all the comments that will be made
in the newspapers Of the state he
would be pretty sick Of his game.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
a Mind Reader.

One night at a court ball in the TUT
leries Napoleon III. was SO attentive to
Z beautiful young woman as to excite
comment among the other women. At
last in response to a direct tribute to
her beauty she said:
"Ah, but your majesty compliments
me too much!w
"How remarkable" he replied, with
Z twinkle in his eye, that you should
isay just what every other woman here
IL thinkingw
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
Sharp Practice.

n took her home in a taxicab. She
asked me to come in and meet her
mother. l told the taxicab man to
wait. Her mother proved very enter
tanning"
EYES,"
"The taxicab man waited two hours"
"What's the answer"
"Why, l found out afterward that
her mother was a stakeholder in the
taxicab company."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-30
Didn't Need to .

Cholly-A fellow told me today that
/ didn't know enough to 60 in when it
rained.
Miss Sharp-And what did you say?
Cholly-I assured him it was quite
unnecessary. doncher know, because l
neyah 50 out when it rains. London
Telegraph.