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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
An Old London Dining Club.

An old London dining club, the Dilet-
tanti, was founded in 1888. This at
one time was an extremely wealthy
club. for, in addition to their subscrip-
ton, members had to pay a fine when
any money was bequeathed them. In
1890 the Dilettanti had 10000 in hand.
Soon after it's foundation Horace Wal
pole wrote that 1.-THE qualification for
the D%ilettanti is having been In Italy
and the real one being, drunk" 1t has
grown respectable with years. but even
now, when a new member is balloted,
all the members have to make a COM
plete circuit of the dining table before
placing the ball in the box. And a
rule still survives that EVERY member
who shall produce on the table a dish
Of tea or coffee must pay into the gen.
eral fund a guinea for every such
drink.-London Spectator.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22

Old Time Personally Conducted Tour.
The campanile looked down upon the
6rst agencies for conducted tours Of
which we have record. Five hundred
years ago Venice controlled the pilgrim
traffic to the Holy Land, and quite a
number Of firms made a good thing Of
It. They had their offices in st. Marks
square, with all the apparatus Of adj
vertisement hoardings, flags and COM
missionaries. The contract stipulated
how much space aboard . ship and
what food each pilgrim was to get,
and the agents undertook not merely
to carry the pilgrim cross the sea. but
to conduct him personally to Jerusalem
and to take over all negotiations with
the officials. For the whole journey
the charge was Is to 80. ducats, a third
to be paid before starting, a third in
Palestine and a third after returning
Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
A PROBLEM IN PICTURES.
And the Peculiar Coincidence b,
Which Il Was Solved.

Some years ago II publishing house
was preparing to issue a new edition
Of the writings of Thoreau. writes
Charles s. Olcott In Art and Progress.
The head Of the house and a member
of his staff were In consultation about
the method Of illustration. 1t was
agreed that the pictures must be true
10 nature. but how to get them was
the problem. Artists who do book H.
Illustrating could not be expected to go
into the woods and make pictures
which would In any way assist the
text to reveal nature as Thoreau saw
II. Photographs would be admirable.
but where was the professional photog-
rapher to. be found who would under
take to 20 into Thofeau's country In
sunshine and rain. in summer and win
ter. to catch all the phases Of nature
which Thoreau recorded in his Jour
naI:"
while the two men pondered a caller
sat in the outer office with a large port
folio under his arm. Five years before
he had read Thoreau's journal" and
had taken up his residence in Concord
that he might visit the scenes there
described. In all seasons and all kinds
Of weather he had wandered through
the woods and Over the fields with
his camera. Passionately fond of na.
ture, he was no less devoted to art.
TO him photography was a pastime.
II was not his profession. For the
pure love of nature and Of art and
with no thought Of pecuniary gain he
had accomplished the very feat which
the two business men had thought so
difficult. and by a curious coincidence
he appeared at the office to exhibit
the result of his work at the precise
moment when its desirability was be-
ing discussed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
POWER Of THE OCTOPUS.
The Force Exsrssd by lts Formidable
Sucker Lined Arms.

Both the octopus and the cuttlefsh
have arms that are clothed with a
formidable array Of suckers, which are
wonderful pieces Of mechanism. When
the sucker comes into contact with an
object the central piston. having pre-
viOusly been raised so rs to complete,
" oil the cavity Of the sucker, Is at
once withdrawn and n perfect vac.
uum produced. explaining the great te.
nacity with which the suckers cling.
They number upward Of 100 pairs to
each arm Of the octopus. and nee they
obtain n grip Oh the victim, unless the
arm Is actually torn away from the
body of the octopus, 1t Is practically
impossible for Its prey to disentangle
itself.
In addition to these suckers the octo-
pus has a powerful pair of jaws, shap-
ed like the beak Of a parrot, behind
which Is a formidable armor plated
tongue used as a rasping organ. The
octopus will attack and kill crabs and
Holsters Of considerable size, ripping
open the body by means Of its power
full Jaws and devouring the contents.
In spite of being a creature Of such
awe inspiring looks the octopus has
several enemies in various species of
whales. sharks and conger cells. In
fact. the latter are particularly fond
Of %devouring the smaller %octopuses.
Conger eels hunt for the octopus and
when found proceed to browse on its
limbs. The octopus tries to hug the
slippery, Shiny conger tight, but in
vain. and. finding its limbs growing
less, discharges its ink in the face of
the foe and under cover of the turbid
water beats a hasty retreat. 1t Is to
escape the too pressing attention Of
its foes that the octopus possesses the
power of changing Its color to CORE.
spond with that Of its surroundings.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
muRkY GREEN PETROLEUM.
Processes by Which II 10 Converted
Into Refined oil.

ProcoSSo0 BY Whlcn " 10 NonvorSOu
Into Refined Oil.
In its original state petroleum Is Of a
murky green color. 1t is distilled In
pans with great furnaces blazing be-
meath them, and as the vapors arise
from the boiling liquid they are con.
veyed into pipes surrounded by cold
water in which>they are condensed.
The first vapors condense into naph-
tina and those produced by further
heating give the burning oil. A very
small percentage Of the crude oil put
into the pans or stills remains in the
form Of tar. which by another process
Is converted into parafin and coke.
After distillation the refined oil Is no
longer green, but is as transparent as
spring water and beautifully tinged
with puppies and blues. 1t is not yet
ready for use, however, since it must
be washed" The fluid Is emptied into
a large circular tank in which it IS
treated with acids. these being poured
in and mixed with 1t by mea Of pow.
erful pressure from beneath.
When it has been well shaken 1t IS
allowed to settle, and the acids then
separate from it and sink to the bot.
tom of the tank, taking with them
some Of the tar that remained In the
oil.
The acids are then removed and the
oil Is washed with salt water. Finally
It is b%leached, and it is then ready for
the market.-Harper's Weekly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
His Painful Debut.

II shall rot easily forget my debut"
Sir Charles Wyndham said on n oc'
casion. I'VE opened at Washington.
and l appeared as a character who
had to declare. Il am drunk with love
and enthusiasm Having uttered the
first three words. | was seized with
stage fright and said no more. This
is what l read in a New York paper
the next morning: "A Mr.. Wyndham
represented a young mar from South
America. He had better 80 there him
SELF"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Handicapped.

"Ah tell yo'," said the negro who was
working on the mans shoes, woman
Is a peculiar thing. Yo' gotta know
Jest how to handle huh or yo' goin' to
git the worst uf 1t. Lots Of times she'll
git mad at 20 an then yo' gotta talk
to huh. Talk to %huh-that's the way to
mastah huh. She won't stand TO- no
beatin' or nothin' lax that. Talk to
huh. That's the way Alb handle ma
wife"
Another negro working next to him
looked up. "Whah did 70 git that
black eye yo' got, Rufe?" he asked.
"Well, ma wife done 1t, but
"Why didn't 70 talk to huhY'
slow could Ah?" came from the
arst. "she had me by the throat VIII
ma wind shet of."-New York Tele-
graph.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
ST. PauI's. London.

London's great downtown cathedral,
between Fleet street and Cheapslde,
stands like a huge rock fair amid the
yeas Of traffic that wash up Ludgate
hill from the Strand and on the east
to the Bank Of England; different from
the Abbey, which stands remote at
Westminster. st. Paul's was rebuilt
by Sir Christopher Wren after the
great fire Of 1866. 1t Is SIG feet long
and 219 feet wide; took twenty-five
years to build until the time Of OPEN
ing and thirteen years more for COM
pletlon. st. Paul's is the tomb Of
many great men,. Over the north door
Is the inscription, "Lector 81 monu-
mentum requlris, circumspice." Read
or, If you seek this monument, look
about you"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
A BULL RING BEGGAR.
The Intruder Wanted Bread. but He
Got "Thumbs Down."

The Intruder Wanted Bread, but He
Got Thumbs Down."
Sometimes the buIlfght In Spain Is
used to compel the attention Of the
authorities to grievances that would
otherwise 60 unnoticed, as Is seen In
the following incident described by
Harry a. Franck In "Four Months
Afoot In Spaln:"
1.-THE newcomer will long remember
bis FIRST bull-certainly II. as In my
own case, the first banderillero slips
ut the moment of thrusting his barbed
darts and Ia booted like a socce foot.
ball half around the ring by the snort.
ing animal Still less shall ! forget
the chill that shot through me when.
with the fifth bull at the height of bis
fury, a gaunt and awkward boy Of IF.
teen sprang suddenly over the barriers
and shook his ragged blouse a dozen
times In the animals face, As many
times he escaped ooring by the clos
est margin.
"The toreros did not for a moment
lose their heads. Calmly and dex.
terously they Unanswered until n Of
them drew the bull of. when another
caught the intruder BY the arm and
marched him across the ring to the
shade of the mayors box. There the
youth. who had taken this means OF
gaining an. audience. lifted up a
mournful voice and asked for food,
asserting that he was starving = a
statement that seemed by no means
improbable. The response was thumbs
down. But he gained his point, In a
way, for he was given a fortnight In
prison.
%"lncidents Of the sort had grown 90
frequent Of late In Seville as to make
necessary a new law. promulgated In
large letters on that days program.
Printed words in all probability meant
nothing to this neglected sou Of Sc
Ville.n
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Life without Microbes.

Microbes are not Indispensable to all
life If they are Indispensable to any.
The question has been definitely set
tied. A cage completely sterilized at
80 degrees vas made and the open.
ings Of the cage closely stopped with
cotton and protected from the outside
by a Theoretically closed metallic cham
Der. Such %manipulations as were nee.
essary in opening the cage were made
by hands guarded by aseptic rubber
cloth. Into such a sterilizcd cage three
hens eggs were placed after having
been externally sterilized. The cage
was fitted with a glass pavilion or
chicken run, where the chickens could
develop during their six weeks s~ojourn
In the cage. In the cage were sterilized
air, pure water, sterilized sand and
sterilized feed. The experiment showed
that life does not depend upon mi
crobes, but that the vital work of the
organism is easy and natural when
everything is sterilized.-Harper's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
BURIED LIVING PERSONS.
Horrible Custom Of Japanese Prior "a
Year GAG A. D.

OOVVsoSO NuSto" oI JdPaUoSO TVIor 20
Year GAG A. D.
Prior to the year GAG A. d. the Japa-
nese had one of the most horrible bur-
ial customs that a be im~agined-that
Of burying all the immediate friends
and retainers of a prince or other per-
son Of note In a standing position
around the pOtentate's grave and leav.
ing them in the earth up to their necks
to perish of thirst and hunger.
The custom cannot be said to have
been general as late as the date given.
for the Japanese records prove that in
the time Of the Emperor SUNNI 1870
B, c. the burial rites Of royal person
ages were so modified as to partially
abolish former cruelties. Speaking Of
a young brother Of SUNNI. who died
and had his retinue buried standing
around his grave. the old record says:
'For many days they died not, but
wept and cried aloud. At last they
died. Dogs and crows assembled and
ate of their heads. The emperor's
compassion was aroused. and he de.
sired to change the manner Of burial.
When the empress died, soon after. the
mikado inquired of his officers If some.
thing in the way of a change could
not be suggested. and Il proposed to
make clay figures Of men and bury
them as substitutes"
That this did not entirely do away
with the former custom is proved by
an edict issued in the year GAG A. D.,
the date given first above, which for
babe the burial of living persons and
provided u penalty for further adher-
ence to the awful rite.-St. Louis Re-
public.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
BISMARCK
Fine Feature Film 1onioht

We are going to present tonight to
the people of this city one OF the best
shows that has been seen here for
some time. Mr.. Wingreene has per.
sonally selected these pictures, he
being in touch with the film exchanges
consequently has spared no time or
money in sending us these films. Such
pictures as Attacked by a Lion" and
"The Autumn Sunset Dream must
be seen to be appreciated. Then we
have two good comedys and one Ed.
ucational picture. Come and spend
one hour and a half with us we will
make the evening as pleasant as pos
Sible for you.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Relic. Of Piuoriss.

Though the pillory has been abolish.
Cd, there are still to be found in vari-
ous parts Of rural England relics Of
this old time method Of punishment.
One Of the most complete examples
may be seen within a few miles Of the
metropolitan border. In the pictur-
ssque village Of Roydon, Essex. not
only are the old stocks and whipping
post still preserved, but close beside
them stands also the wooden cage
IN which the roysterer Of bygone days
was ~incarcerated. ID there another
such interesting trio Of punitive relics
10 b. fopnd elsewhere IN Hnslandi-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22

around in the blood vessels, the color
Is red. Hit the skin hard enough to
break some Of the little blood vessels
beneath the surface and the little red
cells escape from the injured blood
vessels, wander about for awhile In
the tissues and die. When they die
the iron that made them red before
then changes TO black and blue color
ing. After awhile this iron Is taken up
by the glands called the lymphatics
and made over again into nice red cells.
The iron Is taken up very much more
quickly by the lymphatics If the black
and blue spot is rubbed and massaged.
st. Nicholas.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Motherly Advice.

my dear, you mustn't be so sharp
with strange young men. You know
you may give them a wrong impress
sion"
whats the matter now, motherY
"You scarcely spoke u word to that
young man you were introduced to
last evening"
II didn't like his way, mother"
"Did you know him"
mo; I'd never met him before"
"Do you know anything about himY'
"Nothing, except that he seemed to
me to be very i~mpertinent."
"Still, you shouldn't have snubbed
him, at least until you had learned
more about him. Once l snubbed a
young man that way without knowing
who he was, and l regretted it ever
after, because / found out later that
he was very rich. might have mar
ried him II l had been mor careful"
Detroit Free Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
N AND CARD GAMES.
In Chile Such a Combination Would
Create q Sensation.

-" "-.-' VOO - @
A woman who Is q native Of Chile
was talking recently about the diff
Guilty she had In accustoming herself
to card playing among women when
she came to this country. She said:
I'm Chile card playing among WON.
en- is undreamed of. Perhaps 1t Is not
too much to say that a Chilean woman
would no more play cards than a New
York woman would enter a Broadway
saloon. 1t isn't that it Is exactly or
wholly a matter of morals with us.
It Just isn't the thing to do. 1t Is not
conventional.
"When l came to New York l
brought my daughter-ln-law with me.
q Chilean girl. She and were both
horribly shocked to receive an invita-
tion to a bridge party in the daytime.
It was too much for us, and we de-
clined. Other similar invitations came
and kept coming. Finally u curiosi-
ty got the best Of us, and we went to
one Of these affairs. Even after we
got over our sense of outraged con-
vention the whole thing seemed Gu
rtous to us.
'The funniest sight of all was the
women with little tags on them, as II
marked by fast express or running
up to another woman with a little
card to be punched Finally We got
sufficiently accustomed to take a
but even yet l never do 1t with
out a covert feeling that l am putting
myself beyond the pale."-New York
Post.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Amusements

Something Doing Again Tonight.

Something Doing Again Tonight.
With two good vaudeville acts, a
program of those classy photoplays
That are always to be seen at the pop.
ular theater and new songs by the
new song singer the Orpheum is sure
to be well attended tonight and to-
morrow night. Lew Wood is billed as
That Ventro.oquist" and surely made
a hit at the Post last evening. Kate
Fowler in a novelty pianologue act
will complete the vaudeville program.
Joe r. Eastwood has been secured to
sing illustrated songs and is sure to
make good with every patron of the
Orpheum. You know the kind of pic
lures that are to be seen at the old
stand by.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
The Uncertain Apple Tree.

An apple tree Is the result Of a graft
from the tree that Is known to be q
producer Of a certain kind and flavor
Of apples. If the seed were planted
and one relied on II TO produce q select
grade Of fruit the result would be dis.
appointing, for the reason that from
the seed the most remarkable varieties
viii be shown. Perhaps they viii b.
miserable little crabapples Or misshap
On. bitter fruit or q useless conglomera.
don. The seed somehow or other hanks
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Crack. IL the Floor.

There are several ways Of stopping
the cracks in a floor between boards
that have shrunken apart. One Is to
tsar newspapers into small bits and
soak them In flour paste, having the
haste warm. Stir this until thick and
al the crack with It using q broad
knife to smooth the paste down into
the cracks. Or sawdust and glue may.
DO used with the same result. TO q
pound Of glue allow a gallon Of water,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
WILLING to b one.

sWhatw began the father explosive
". "You want to marry my daughter7
You, who haven't a penny on earth7
You, who aren't worth a picayune?
You? Sir, let me ask you this: Don't
you know that my daughter Is accus-
toned to all the luxuries Of Wealth.
"Y-yes, sir" replied the sutton, mis-
erably. "But amt I one Of emf
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22

lech got into the saddle. He hired for
his service all the scum and scoundrels
of the country. lothian was really q
ane gentleman. The Sechemites were
the first to kick him of. They said
all the III they could Of him In their ia
bic talk. They drank health to his con-
FUSION"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22

back to its origin, Notwithstanding
years Of cultivation. The varieties OF
apples known today are a result Of
careful selection and constant grating
Of the better kind from year to year
until the present development has been
attained. -Harper'a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Mean Thing.

"No," said Miss Passay, Il don't like
the photos Kamrer made for me. They
make me look like a woman Of forty"
"Well," replied Miss Pepprey, lyon
should have told him not to touch them
up IL you didn't want them to look 20
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Richa. and contentmsnt.

'ContentmeEt Is better than riches"
said the ready made philosopher.
"True." replied Mr.. Dustin Stax, but
my observation is that a man who Is
rich has Il better chance Of becoming
content than a man who Is contented
has of becoming ich."-Washington
Stur,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
A crushsr.

Cleveland once made a Joke. An
effusive politician burst in upon him
and exclaimed loudly, "Mr. President,
| owe you an apology"
what for?" said Cleveland.
"For not having called upon you
earlier. sir"
"Well," said Cleveland. CURLY, Il
haven't been lonesome"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Fairy Stories,

Mr.. Bacon-When Il woman tells a
fairy story she always begins like this.
"Once upon a time" Mrs. Bacon
Yes. and when a man tells u fairy story
he always begins like this: There.
now, dear, don't be angry with me.
You see, It was like this."-Yonkers
Statesman.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Written n sIano.

Matthew Henry's commentary on the
Bible was written for the common peo-
pie and In the slang Of the day. In.
commenting on Judges * he says:
I'VE are here told by sYhat aets. Abime-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22

Why Bruises Become Black and Blue.
The color Of blood IL due chiefly to
iron In the little blood cells. When
the iron is kept in these little blood
cells, which are. Lying and travelling
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22

Didn't Have to Make Her.
"Well. l saw my wife off for the West
Indies this morning"
"Jamaica""
"No: she went of her own Accord
Princeton Tiger.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Painful Proof.

"What are you crying about, WillieT'
sQne Of tn boys called me teachers
pet,' an l went an told her, an she
licked me to prove l wasn't. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
A Safe Lover.

Perkins-Does the young man who
is counting your daughter leave at q
reasonable hour? Pater-Yes; have
no reason to kick Boston Transcript.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
TOO Much Lioht.

Daughter-I love him. He II tho
ught Of my life. Father-Well, that's
ali right, but l object to having my
house lit up by him after midnight
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22

You can do In n second what It takes
years to get over regretting.-New
Yol K Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22

and when melted stir into 1t fine saw.
dust until 1t Is stiff paste. Fill the
cracks with this. packing 1t as solidly
az possible. smoothing even with a
broad knife.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22
Alike. Vet Different.

Alike, Vet Different.
Mrs. Youngbride-My husband Is very
determined. He never gives up. Mrs.
Klosefst (sadly)-Neither does mine
Boston Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-22

Harsh counsels have no effect They
the hammers which are always -
Avlsed BY the anvtl.-Helvstius.