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New-York tribune., 1912-12-02
VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION.

THE NATIONAL GERMAN AMERICAN
BANK or ST PAUL. located az 81. Paul, In
the state Of Minnesota, IS closing lts aIla.is
All note holders and other creditors Of the As
sociation are. therefore, hereby notified 10 pre-
sent the notes and other claims for payment
DONALD :. CULVER President
Dated November 18th. 1872.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-02

% Broad strcet. NoNcmbeF =" W.
4 regular quarterly dividend OF one and
one half per cent. Il 49, will be paid Janu
airy . 1918. to preferred stockholders ot
record at close OF business. December l''
1oio IAMES l. MORGAN. Treasurer
New-York tribune., 1912-12-02
GENERAL. CHEMICAL COMPANY.

25 BROAD 81, New iorh, NOV ~ = -
The Directors have this day declared an
.vtra dividend upon the common stock or
Ave per cent C5cs) payable after February !,
1913 in the common stock OF the COMPANY:
OF par. 10 stockholders OF record az cIoso VI
business December 81. 1912.
JAMES l. MORGAN. Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-02
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.


highest and final prices OF tns week "
tho high and low p'ees IN 'ne SeA 1910 WIZ"
ia and low pe 1911;
New-York tribune., 1912-12-02
DIVIDEND NOTICES.
THE NIAGARA FALLS POWER co.

THE NIAGARA FALLS POWER co.
Is Broad 81. New York. November 20 l9l-
At a meeting OF the Board % Directors or
,his company held on the roth day Of No
vcmber. 1912, a dividend Of 81 per share was
declared on the capital stock OF this Com .
psny. payable on and after the lotn day =,
January 1918 20 stockholders OF record at
the close OF business on the 3lst day OF De-
ccmher 1912
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
WAITING 1t the Plas..

No team ever won II Eennant thai
was not a waiting team that l.. one
that could compel the opposing pi.cE
er to put 'em over in the groove II
does not necessarily follow thai 70 ~.
q good waiting tc@ln" u team 'n&
draw many free passes to ti:st. ~
object Is not so much to for t.
pitcher to serve four wide pitches II
to force him to use hia full strenp;.
and to get him in the hole" which
In baseball means to force him into =
position where. to avoid giving II pass
he must pitch the ball over the plate
II the count ia two balls and no strikes
the batter Is morally certain the next
will be over the plate. whether 1t Is
straight or a curve. and he also knows
that In his anxiety to make certain
Of throwing the ball owe the plate the
pitcher will not dare ''put as much on
the ball as he would do II there Were
two strikes and one or two balls calle!
Therefore he is practically certain final
the next ball will be a good one to hit
and he will ''set himself" grab a toe
hold" and, double his chances Of n base
ntzhugh, 8. Fullerton In American
Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
L.oend o; the sunksn Bells.

Somewhere beneath the soil OF Sus-
sex, England. there lies a peal OF
bells, while In the church near by a
solitary bell calls to prayer. In tho
middle ages. 1t is said, a certain val
liant knight wished to present to the
church a peal of bells that should be
Of use and perpetuate his memory as
we'll, but the vessel that brought them
careened on approaching the harbor.
and the bells fell out and sank into the
mud. Thereupon the donor declared:
"Never shall the church have a chime
until that peal l give 1t be dragged
from the sea by a team Of four milk
white oxen"
The oxen seem to have been difficult
to obtain. At any rate. the fact re-
mains that to this day the edifce to
which the pious knight made bis bene-
faction has never possessed more than
Z single bell.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
4 GENEROUS BANDIT.
The Double Action Trick That Wa
Turned by Carteuehs.

The Double Action Trick That Was
Turned by carteuehs.
Old time bandits were much more
attractive than those Of today. There
II nothing chivairous about the auto
mobile robbers Of America and France.
a. there was about such men as Car
touche. Here Is m anecdote OF which
Cartouche was the hero:
One evening he was crossing the
Pont Neuf. in Paris, when he saw a
Door wretch about to leap over the
parapet into the Seine. The brigand
stopped him and asked why he wanted
to bid adieu to life. The would be sui
eide informed him that he was on the
point of bankruptcy and that he pre-
ferred facing death to facing his cred
itOrs. s.,. a.r
Cartouche was touched and told the
man to call his creditors together on
the morrow and they should be paid
In full.
The creditors assembled. Cartouche
went over their accounts, paid them
all. got their receipts and said goodby
to his grateful beneficiary.
II Is almost needless to add that
when the creditors left Cartouche met
them and relieved them Of all he had
given.-Exchange.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
PINEAPPLE PLANTS.
Yhey DO Not Die After eruitino, but
Reprodues Themselves,


Pineapples do not grow on trees. I'm.
agine a plant four feet In extreme
height from the ground to the tip Of
leaves, a single stalk at the surface,
but dividing ut ono into swordlike
blades or leaves. fifteen In number,
from the center Of which appears a
stiff, upright stem. at the top of which
Ii the fruit. This stem Is short. and
the crown Of the fruit when fully
grown Is a foot or nor below the
points of the leaves.
At the end Of a year and a half from
planting each plant produces a single
fruit, even as a cabbage plant produces
q single head. But the pineapple does
not die after fruiting once. Down on
the stem below the fruit and among
the long, narrow leaves a sucker ap-
pears. II allowed to remain this will
soon become the head Of the plant, and
within another year 1t will yield IN.
other fruit. This process may 90 on
for a term Of years. In the meantime.
however, other suckers will make their
appearance.
These are broken of, and when stuck
into the ground they put out roots and
become other plants. Thus a single
pineapple plant may produce a dozen
or more others while 1t Is yielding
fruit from year to year.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
The Miohtv Herr;na.

Few Of US realize the vastness Of
the herring industry. yet 1t Is highly
important In many places. including
New Brunswick. Nova Scotia. Quebec.
British Columbia, Newfoundland. Eng
land, Scotland. Wales, Ireland. Nor
way, Sweden. Denmark. Russia. Ger
many. Holland. Belgium. France. ia
pan and Siberia. So long ago as l72o
some 1900 Of 1.-The principal gentlemen
Of Scotland" formed a company for
herring fishing. but were quickly dis,
rupted. leaving a mournful lot Of stock.
holders. Thirty years later the Prince
Of Wales became president or governor
of a herring fishery. with a capital Of
100000. Efforts were made to learn
the secrets Of the Dutch methods OF
curing behring's. but the company soon
collapsed. The spawning and feeding
grounds Of behring's have determined
the location of cities. and in several
instances the actual destiny of nations
and the fate Of monarchs appear to
have been involved in the herring fish
ery.-LOndOn Answers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
The Intruder.

A certain boat coming up the Mis-
sissippi one day during u food lost
her way and bumped up against a
frame house. She hadn't more than
touched it before an old darby ram
med his head up through a hole in the
roof. where the chimney once came
out, and yelled at the captain on the
roof: "Whar's you gwine wild dat boat?
Can't you see nothin'? .Fust thing you
knows you gwine to turn dis house
ober, spill de old woman an de chiren
out in de food an drown 'em. What
you dom out here in de country wild
your boat. anyhow? Go on back yam
der froo de co'nfelds an get back
into de ribber whar you b'longs. Amt
rot no business sewn miles out In the
country foolin' roun' peoples houses
nohow!" And the boat backed out
Life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
Tho Wild Horse.

The wild horse" which until recent
years was comparatively plentiful IN
the southwest and west, was the on
spring of the horses introduced Into
the western continent by the Span
lards. When Pizarr0 and Cortes IN
vaded Peru and Mexico they took with
them the horses (the first ever known
in the new world) from which sprang
the droves Of mustangs and bron'
chos that used to roam in unfettered
freedom over the plains of Texas, Call
f0rnia and New Mexico and the wide
pampas Of South America. Some OF
the wild horses were of good size and
very beautiful. but most of them. ow'
ing probably to lack Of proper breed
Ing, were Of the pony ~variety.-New
York American.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
aow Laced Mon.

Do not revile the bow legged man.
for he plays an important part In the
world. 1t is estimated that 40 per cent
of mankind are bow legged, SO nu-
merically this class is entitled to great
respect. Bow legs invariably accom-
pany a robust physique. We find them
one Of the conspicuous features Of
athletes. Comedians are almost al
ways bow legged. OF the bow legged
geniuses to which humanity points
with pride the most illustrious exam
pies are Caesar, Horace, Napoleon.
Wellington, Schopenhauer and Cavour,
the celebrated Italian statesman.-Lon-
don Answers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
An Eovpti.n p.,;o.ev.

Every country has its own little deli.
cacies. and Egypt is famous for Its
kabobs. The kabob Is broiled meat.
but Is broilcd IN 40 ridiculous q fash
lon as to Ike really funny. The ped
der uses a little charcoal furnace.
something like that In use by Dur plum.
bers. In II he keeps up q small but
hot fire. Attached to the side Of the
furnace are a lot of iron skewers.
When o customer approaches the hawk
er takes a small piece of meat. mutton
or goat. the latter being the most pop.
ular. cuts 1t with a sharp knife into a
long ribbon. winds It around the skew
e. and places it upon the charcoal fire.
Some Of the drippings are collected
and. with a little salt and spice. make a
pleasant for the kabob when 1t IL
done.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
FIRE DANGER At SEA.
Cow Flamss Can sweep the lWsids o.
Even q Metal Shin.

UoW tla0noo D 0WOOp wv s"s'"S "
Even . Metal ship.
The danger from fire on q transat.
hntic liner Is more serious than Is gen.
orally believed. 1t is much greater
than the danger from collision aud Is
becoming more and more dangerous
with the increased outlay upon luxury
and display. The main structure Of the
ship and most Of IT. essential parts are
Of metal, but many Of the fittings. near
" every feature Of ornament and every
trapping Of luxury. are highly intlam.
mable.
No one who has not been aboard the
Spanish wrecks ut Santiago can con
ceive how fire can sweep the inside Of
ever a metal ship. Admiral Cervera
described to MI the experience on
board the Teresa In these words: "The
second shot that came on board set us
on fire. The fire main was damaged.
Soon we were unable to cope with the
fire. 1t swept through her from bow
to stern. There was not a space as big
as the palm Of your hand where life
could have been sustained. An insect
could not have lived on board. We had
to get overheard or be burned"
1t Is true the %Spaniards had not cut
out their woodwork and thrown over
board all unnecessary inlammables, as
We had In the American ieet, but the
inflammability Of n Of their war
ships was much less than that Of a
luxurious ocean llner.-Captain Rich
mond Pearson Hobson In Engineering
Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
A Good Eater,

When Gustavus of Sweden was be-
sieging Prague a boor Of extraordinary
aspect gained admittance to his tent
and offered. by way Of amusing bis
majesty. to devour a large hog in bis
presence. Old General Konigsmarck.
who was in attendance, at once sug.
sested that the man with the Gargan-
tuan appetite should be burned as q
witch. whereupon the boor, whose feel.
ings were hurt by this observation. ex.
claimed, III your majesty will but
make that old gentleman take of his
sword and spurs | will eat him before
l begin the pig" This was accompa-
MED by such Il "hideous expansion of
the jaws and mouth" that the general.
though he had given his proofs" on
many a field. turned pale and fed in
continently to his tent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
CATS AS THEY FALL.
Troy Can Land on Their Feet No Mat.
ter How They Drop.

" univ SSsSS w wv" w
ter How They Drop.
1t IL a commo saying that II a cat
3 dropped In any way whatever 1t will
always alight OH It's feet. Since a man
cannot lift himself by his boot straps
or a boat cannot propel itself through
the water except by pressing against
the water In some way one may well
wonder whether this Is not II Of the
common sayings which are fallacious.
The general principles involved are Of
such interest that the question was
taken up a few years ago for consider
alton ut a session Of u French scien-
tiHc society.
1t Is a fact that it Is dynamically
possible for a cat to turn over, no mat
ter how dropped, and experiments
have shown that they actually do It.
II q balloonist or air man should fall
from a great height and should dnd
that he were descending 80 as to strike
ON his head he could turn himself over
30 as to strike upon his feet II he
knew the proper means Of accomplish.
Ing 1t. But the distance he would have
to fall in order to have time to turn
over would be SO great that he could
have only an academic interest In strik-
ing on his feet rather than on his head,
for the final result to him would he
the same in either case.-POpular Me.
chanics Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
A Dandy In Fiji.

The styles In Fiji may not concern
- deeply. and Of course we may not
COPY any OF them except In a swim
ming tank. Still. they have styles. A
returning traveller. interviewed In Lon
don, says the prevailing mode Is two
yards Of blue jeans combined with 4
chintz p~attern-this for the men. The
real pacemakers among the women
wear silk pinafores lin town. (mean'
ing Suva). whereas In the country
there IL no silk and possibly no pima
fore. "a. syt H..
The beach Is the promenade in the
Polynesian islands. and there the trav.
eler found the Fijian Berry Wall. He
wore trousers and boots. a collar Out
no shirt and a top hat. Naturally, on
account Of the topper. the observation
was made late in the day.-Chicago
Post
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
III. LARGEST Described Snake.

Spoke in his narrative Of the jour-
ney to the source Of the Nile describes
the largest snake that has ever been
seen by man. II shuddered," he says,
''as I looked upon the effects of his
tremendous dying strength. For yards
around where he lay grass, bushes and
saplings-in fact, everything except
full grown trees-were cut clean of.
40 II they had been trimmed with an
immense scythe. The monster when
measured was ffty-one feet two and
one-half inches in extreme length,
while around the thickest portions of
its body the girth was nearly three
feet."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03

the Wholesome pfeJlidires OF society
Umbrellas may be 'hedged about by
cobweb statutes. will not swear that
It IL not so. There may be laws that
make such things property. but ! am
sure that the kissing contempt, the
lond mouthed Indignation. Of all CIV
ilized society would sibilate and roar
ut the bloodless poltroOn who should
engage law on His side to obtain for
him the restitution Of a lent umbrella"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
The Pepper Vine.

The pepper vine grows best in a
wooded valley where there Is plenty of
moisture and abundant foliage to pro.
tect 1t from the heat Of the un. 1t is
given a rude sort Of cultivation. The
growers plant It. keeping the grass
from its roots. and when the tree cal
which 1t ia planted has no lower
branches strings or poles are placed in
proper position to enable the vine to
climb the tree. 1t needs no further at,
tentiOn.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
A. Odd Moorish Custom.

Al q people the Moors are already
well inclined to anything that gilds
life. A correspondent says: Nothing
delights them more as a means OF
agreeably spending an hour or two
than saquatting on their heels In the
streets or on some door stoop, gazing
1t the passersby. exchanging complt.
ments with their acQuaintances, IA.
tive .swells' consequently promenade
with a piece Of felt under their arms,
on which to sit when they wish"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
VIVA. Not - Lend.

Douglas Jerrold. the celebrated wit.
said: There are three things that no
man but a fool lends OF, having lent,
IL not in the most helpless state Of
mental crassitude II he ever hopes TO
get back again. These three things
are books. money and umbrellas.
believe q certain fiction Of the law as
sumes a remedy against the borrower.
but I know OF "a case In which any
man, being suflciently bastard to glib
bet his reputation a. plaintiff In such
. suit ever fairly succeeded against
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
Cases n Point,

Rivers-Brooks, that's the second
time I've heard you use the phrase
'aching void" l wish you would tell
me how q void can ache.
Brooks-Well, not to speak Of a hol-
low tooth, don't you sometimes have a
headache ?-L0ndon Telegraph.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
IL the Mountains.

Climb the mountains and get their
rood tdings. Natures peace will flow
into you as sunshine flows into trees.
The winds will blow their own fresh
ness into you, and the storms their
energy, while cares will drop of like
autumn leaves.-John Muir.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
!. Her Fault.

A certain Scotch professor vas left
q widower In bis old age. Not very
long after he suddenly announced his
intention Of marrying again. half apol-
osetically adding. II never would
have thought Of It II Lizzie hadn't
died."-Harper's Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
LOCKING Ahead.

Il was the first night Of a new play.
II say" remarked the author to the
manager, '''that scene shifter over there
u a most peculiar looking fellow"
"Yes: he's an Eskimo" said the
manager.
IAN Eskimo! What on earth made
you take him on"
"Oh, I thought it would be a COM
fort to see one happy face If the play
turns out to be a frost"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
NJ. B.. A.

BROTHERHOOD OF Am
erica meets first Monday and Third
Saturday Of each month at X. r.
Hall. Terrence f. White, presi.
dent, George LaLone, secretary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
COMMERCIAL CLUB.

COMMERCIAL CLUB OF BISMARCK
Regular meeting Of club member
ship the first Tuesday In each
ronth; regular meeting CT board OF
directors the first Frldsy OF ea"h
month at Commercial club rooms,
Third street. F. l.. Conklin, pres
ident; F. E. Young, secretary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
Es.

X. o. T. NJ. Meets every first and
third Thursday OF each month at
8 o'clock p. m. at I. O. o. F. hall.
Visiting members cordially invited.
D. G. Ramp, commander; Erick
Erickson, record keeper.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
III. pimsrsne,.

"Who is the more contented-a man
with a million dollars or q man with
six daughters|
1.-THE man with six daughters. The
man with the million wants more"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
OMEsTEADERS

CAPITAL CITY HOMESTEAD NO.
300. Meets first Saturday OF the
month at X. P. hall at 8 p. m. Fred
Roberts, president; W. E. Jensen,
secretary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
wh,r, Did They Put VI

Yeast-When they do housekeeping
at home I have the greatest trouble in
finding anything. Crimsonbeak-Me
too. They cleaned house at my place
the other d. I'd when l get home,
do you know. I! couldn't find the key
hole for the longest me.-YOnkers
Statesman.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03

The arrows Of sarcasm are barbed
with contempt. It Is the sneer in the
satire or ridicule that gals and wounds.
w. GLADDEN..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
r.. Usual Result.

Little Willie-Pa. I'll be awful clad
when I eet old enough to do 40 !
ulease. Pa-Naturally, my son. ana
when You reach that age you'll proba'
~ get married and. moi. DO It
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
Attached.

Glow do you like me for a travelling
companion?' asked the detective 90 he
handcu6ed his prisoner to himself.
"Oh, I'm very much attached TO
you," replied the prisoner promptly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
L. o. o. NJ.

BISMARCK LODGE NO. IA, LOYAL
Order of Moose. Regular meetings
every Monday evening OF eaca
month. P. F. Strock. dictator, 5.
E. Register secretary visiting
members welcome.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
Punishment For Whom3

Boss Barber-What? You have cut
the gentleman four times? Well, just
for punishment you must shave him
III over again right away!-Fliegende
Batter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03

PYTH1AN SISTERS.
LINCOLN TEMPLE NO. 8. Meets
second and fourth Mondays Of each
month at K. P. hall. Mrs. Laura
Sanders, M. E. c.; Mrs. Nellie
Evarts, M. OF D. & G.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
Domestjc ejiss.

"You are always reaching for some-
thing you can't afford"
you were not always Of that opin-
lon"
"Oh, Is that SOP"
II think SO At least you didn't say
that when l proposed."-Houston Post.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
or r, EMFNs COURT 747.

CATHOLIC ORDER OF FOREST
ers. Meets every secord am
fourth Wednesday. Al visiting
members invited. E. W. Wascae.
C. r.; Anton Beer, s. r.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
KNIGHTS or PYTHiAS.

ST. ELMO LODGE NO. A. Meets each
Wednesday evening at X. P. 1all'
l.. X. Thompson, G. c.; G.. G. Wat
tam. K. Of r. e 8.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
NJ. W. A.

BISMARCK CAMP NO. 1854, NJ. W.
A. Meets the fourth Friday In each
month at X. OF P. hall. Francis
Jaszkowiak, v. c.; W. F. Jones,
Clerk.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-03
REBEkAHS.

NICHOLSON LODGE NO. 40. Meets
the first and third Fridays in eacn
month in X. P. hall. Mrs. l. w.
Healy, N. G.; Mrs. Nellie Evarts,
secretary.