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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-19
The Bromley
Revival Meeting
Starts Sunday at Armory. Arrange
ments About Completed. Prof.
Meyers Meets Choir Men,
bers Saturday Nigh.

The great Bromley revival, that has
been advertised and talked about for
many weeks, will begin next Sunday
morning at 10 80 O'Clock. All the ser
vices in the churches that are enlisted
in the campaign will be dicontinued
during the meetings, except some of
the minor sessions, and the whole en-
erey of the people of the coneresa-
tions will be devoted to he great
evangelistic campaign.
), The armory is now being fitted up
with seats. and a platform that will
accommodate the big choir, and will be
in readiness by the close of the week.
Ushers have been appointed. and all
the arrangements for the suitable care
of the audiences have been made. so
that everything will 90 off with smooth
machinery, with the initial meeting
next Sunday.
Mr.. Bromley and his party are in the
city. stopping for the present at the St.
Charles, where they will be handy for
meeting the public, and forming the
acquaintance of those desiring to meet
them. They are captivating people, So
cially, and will add much to the valued
circle of friends, of those who meet
them.
MIR. Meyers, the chorus leader. is an
their secretary is allowed a neat little
xious to meet all the SINGERS. Saturday
evening at the armory. for preliminary
practice, and has his plans all laid
for making the concert feature of the
campaign one of the most taking and
attractive, items in the evangelistic
feffort. At 80 every evening. the
great chorus under his leadership will
Fsive half hour concert, which, with
1.-TWO pianos and several orchestra pieces,
fthat are now planned for, is expected
lesd make this one of the most enjoyable
portions of the program.
The coming of these men, who hold
places Of national repute in the evan
gelistic field, is one of the most excel
lent opportunities that Dickinson has
ever had for hearing specialists of this
type. and will give our city the privi-
lege of increasing the moral worth that
invariably attends these widespread
campaigns, and also the opportunity
of taking the lead in these things as
she has usually done in regard to ma.
terial things.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-19

Sophie Jahr leads the high school by
almost I per cent.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-19
e0v'T. MAKES SUCCESS OF
BRlQvl1TED LleNlTE

washington, April H. 1le vast
and almost untouched areas of Ignite
in North Dakota and rexas still contain
enormous supplies of fuel that European
experience has taught is we'll adapted
to briquetting and that is much more
usuable in that form than in the raw
state" is the statement made in a
bulletin just published by the United
States geological survey on the subject
of briquet products in 1912. ..
THE school of mines in the North
Dakota university has been making
some interesting and valuable expert
ments in briquetting," the report con-
tinues, land has already obtained ex-
cellent results. This work is in charge
of Professor E. J. Babcock.'
THE quantity of briquetted fuel
manufactured in the United States in
1912 showed a small gain over the out
put of 1911, and the briquet industry
may be considered as now passing out
of the experimental stage and assum~
ing more substantial and permanent
character. The quantity of briquetted
fuel made in 1912, at 10 plants, was
220, 064 short tons, valued at $952, 261.
as compared with 218. 443 tons valued
at $50, 721 in 1911. Of these plants
seven used anthracite culm, nine used
bituminous or semi.Dituminous slack,
one used residue from gas manufactured
from oil, one used mixed anthracite
clum and bituminous slack, and one
used peat. The largest producer of bri-
quetts in the United States in 1912 was
the Berwind Fuel Company of Superior,
Wias sthe output of which was q: little
in excess Of 50, 600 short tons. The
plant has capacity of between IS and
40 tons of briquetts an hour.
THE quantity of raw material avail
able for the manufacture of briquetts,
is ample and may be obtained at slight
cost. The most desirable material for
producing smokeless product is anth-
racite culm. plentiful supply of which
still remains in the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania and more is produced
daily in the mining operations. 1t is
not too :auch to believe or to hope that
in the near future the small sizes of
anthracite, such as buckwheat and
smaller, that are now sold for making
steam, in competition with bituminous
coal and at prices below that actual
cost of production, will become more
valuable as a raw material for the
briquet manufacturer.
''Slack from noncoking bituminous
subbituminous and semi-anthracite
Goals is another cheap and abundant
raw material. 1t is obtainable in all
the coal mining regions of the middle
west, where at many places it is now
wasted or almost Given away. Some
slack piles have been burned to prevent
their cumberine the ground: others
have ignited spontaneously and de-
voured themselves. The 220, 064 tons
of briquets made in 1912 represent but
a drop taken from the bucket of avail
able material.
The peat now produced in the
United States is used for stable litter.
fertilizer, etc. None is used for fuel.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Perpetual Motion cr.nk..

Judging from the applications for
patents. one week. all Great Britain
apparently Is trying to invent a perpet-
ual motion machine. only Great Britain
calls 1t self moving enDne" The
wires and bones of models may be
found bleaching In hundreds on the
shelves of the patent office. 1t goes
without saying that not one shows the
slightest inclination to move itself.
Varied and often pathetic are the his
tories OF the inventors. Not few Of
them have spent the years of their
prime in the chase Of this unattaina Bile
will O. the wisp; others have dropped
thousands Of pounds in the quest; still
others have trailed the quarry into the
Insane asylums. II all the wasted en-
ergy spent in seeking the solution Of
this problem had been converted into
the beaten channels Of endeavor the
patent Office officials believe there
would be few problems of mechanics
left today unsolved.-New York Sun.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
ALLAH's HuNDREDTH NAME.
Only the Came: Knows Il, Hence ti,a
Il. onssr on Its Faos.

Only the Came: Knows lt, Hence tiss
Ii enssr on tts Faes.
The 99o widows Of the mosque Of
Sultan selim remind one Of the ninety.
nine names Of Allah These ninety
nine names. the Arabs say, are written
In the palms Of the hands Of all true
believers. The explanation Is inter
esting. and even an unbeliever can
test 1t.
The Arabic numeral 8 Is written like
an inverted v Of the English alpha.
bet. BY holding up your left hand, with
the thumb and fingers bent slightly
inward the lines of the palms viii be
seen to take the form Of rough Al,
which makes the Arabic figures 81.
Placing the right hand under the left
In the same way makes the figures
10 (1M). The total IL 90.
There ought really to be 100, but the
hundredth is lost to every creature
but one.
Why does the camel wear such su.
percilious expression1 The heavy pen.
dulous under lip and the snarling curl
Of the upper give an expression Of
sneering contempt which can hardly
be equaled In the brute creation.
No wonder The camel alone knows
the hundredth name Of Allah, and he
won't tell it-Manchester Guardian.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Just Beino Human.

Whatever else may be ashamed of,
let me not be ashamed Of being hui
man. l may we'll blush for my little
store Of knowledge, for it might have
been greater, and for my imperfect
wisdom, which might have been sound
er; for my sins, that might have been
fewer, and for my righteousness,
which Is paltry enough. For excuses,
lacks and want of balance l may be
Justly blamed, but for any genuine hu-
man feeling I have no right to hang
my head. So l dare say frankly that
l love to eat and to drink, love wo-
man and the child, love my slippered
ease and chat with good company,
l love adventure and the shining sail.
l love rousing book, clever play
and fair fight. And whatever pride
or Joy is built upon the contempt Of
others, I hate. The best part of the
heritage the twentieth century brings
me is the privilege of being wholly
human and not ashamed of it-Dr.
Frank Crane in Woman's World.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
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The Old Man'o Monoy.,

4, I2sF the Ot0 NAME W0noys
did you hear bout the old mans
experience In the bankin' business
''No.- What was it?''
.Why. he put $50 in bank-hrst mon
~ he'd ever put thefe-an' the boys
toll. him that he'd better keep Z eye
on the bank, a. they failed mighty ire
quent an hewus liable to lose all."
"Well3"
"Wsll, he hung round that hank 20;
constant that the bank people got sus-
picious Of him an thought he wuz
goin' to blow the bank up. Whenever
he seen the cashier come out he fol.
iered him round town, always keepin'
him in sight An 1t wuz the same
way with the bank president an all
the clerks. An when he finally ap-
piled for job as janitor O the In
sdtuton, SOS he could be on the spot
in case o trouble. they had him arrest
ed, an the judge decided that he wuz
crazy, an they wuz jest about to send
him to lunadc asylum when his
friends explained things. an the bank
folks give him his money an toll him
to git"@Exchange
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Romance Of a eain.borouah.

A great dealer, now dead, once told
ME that sauntering into an auction
room he observed the portrait Of boy
In hat. ascribed to Gainsborough.
He had that power of eye which can
pierce through superposed paint. and,
looking deep down intt that picture. he
felt certain that the hat was an addi-
ton and the boy girl He bought
the portrait for seng, to find that
his dream had come true. 1t was q
true Gainsborough. and the likeness Of
beautiful girl. What had probably
happened brings drama before us.
Some old Squire Western had disin-
herited an clipping daughter, had pull
ed the Gainsborough down and sent
1t to country dauber for transforma-
ton. "Dash his wig and buttons"
(only the oath was worse) If he would
ever look on the undutiful, migrate
full baggage again. The picture had
cost good money and must be kept,
though bad she had proved. 1t should
be boy.-Walter Sichel in T. P.'s
Weekly of London.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Meilhac's Failure.

Meilhac was one Of the most sensi-
tive of authors, and NJ. Felix Duques.
mel relates his reception Of the news
Of one Of his rare failures at the Odeon.
He had taken refuge from his nervous
ness in the managers Office, and
friends came to him from time to time
to tell him how things were going.
They could only tell him first that
things were going badly and then that
they were going worse. At the end
OF the fourth act they no longer
thought 1t worth while to tell him any
thing at all. He in the meantime had
collapsed. He had tumbled out Of the
armchair, fallen on the floor and rolled
under the desk, and it was there that
he was found, with his head buried in
his hands, when an attendant at last
entered to turn out the gas and lock
the door.-Paris Temps.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Going Up.tair. Backward.

Walking upstairs backward is urged
by a London physician as useful
practice in cases Of heart weakness
and as helping In more equal distri-
button Of muscular wear and tear.
"Firstly and most important" he
says, walking upstairs backward
would prevent any tendency to hurry
No matter how inveterate stair rush
a man might be, he would have to
moderate his pace il going backward.
This enforced elaboration would, of
course, be Of great value in heart dis.
ease. The second effect would be to
relieve the strain from the ordinary
walking and climbing muscles Chose
on the front Of the thigh and to press
into service those on the back Of the
leg, which ordinarily do no work in
climbing stairs. The total result,
therefore, might be a saving in muscu-
lar wear and tear through a more eco
nomical distribution of effort. This. of
course, would also be of value In cases
Of heart weakness."-London Mail.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Nautical Terms.

Terms used aboard ship are inter.
esting and might. in collision. be use,
full Toward the shir.'s head is for
ward pronounced for'ard, The oppo-
site direction is aft
Looking for'ard and to the right ls
starh0ard; to the left is port. The
quarter from which the wind blows is
!windward: its opposite is to leewartl
pronounced ieo'ard,
A Scuttle is window on board ship;
q stairway is companion ladder: a
bed is a bunk: kitchen range Ia a
galley. This term Is also applied to the
captains own boat The forecastle
pronounced fo'c's'lel is any covered in
place in the bows. A knot is a speed
Of one sea mile per hour. $3.50 feet.
The ship wears a flag: that is the cor
rect term. Passages are gangways
Bollards are stout pillars round
which run the hnwsers-steel wire
ropes The bridge is sacred to the cap
tain and o6fcers.-London Tit Bits.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
The Russian Frontier.

One feature in which the Russian
frontier differs from others is the com.
plete ignorance Of those living near the
border of what lies beyond
A correspondent OF the Autocar says
that he called at the Automobile club
in Breslau, hoping to gain some infor.
nation. 1.-THE members received me
most kindly and did all they could to
help. but explained that they never
crossed the frontier and had no first
hand knowledge. The German customs
officer, living for ten years within
yards of Russia, spoke no word of Rus
sian, and the Russians beyond the
chain spoke no German.
There is neutral strip some three
or four yards wide between Russia
and Germany, along which many Rus
sian sentries are posted. and mounted
Cossacks pass at short Intervals, rid
ing the boundary."-New York Sun.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Cooked Meats.

N00NO0 m0at3s
Boiled meat may lose some Of its
best foodstutf properties II too much
water Is used In its boiling or II 1t is
taken from the water in which 1t is
boiling. instead of allowing it to re-
main and recover. by absorption some
of its valuable properties. Eight
pounds Of beef after It is boiled will
weigh SIX and a half pounds After
1t is baked 1t will lose two pounds and
six ounces. After 1t IL roasted 1t will
lose three pounds and ten ounces. 9th.
er meat loses almost in the same pro-
portions when It is cooked 1t will be
noticed that roasting meat causes it to
decrease considerably more than boil
ing. One great trouble, Of course, In
boiling meat Is that it loses nearly As
per cent of it's mineral matter and IL
per cent Of its fats and nearly 8 per
cent of its proteids. Housewives
should not worry over this, however,
when it is known that there is great
er percentage of nutriment in cooked
meats. notwithstanding the loss BY
cooking, than there Is in raw meats
New York American.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Satisfied His Curiosity.

Bayard Taylors widest fame was
won as traveller and lecturer on his
travels. He prided himself on his
poetry more than on his prose. One
can imagine therefore the sort Of grim
amusement he felt in telling this story
and he often told 1t to his friends:
II had delivered lecture in a rural
town out west. and several of my audi
tors were accosting me with express
sions OF their satisfaction. One person
in particular was enusively eager. say.
Ing: I am delighted, Mr.. Taylor, to
make your acquaintance. have read
everything you have ever written and
have greatly enjoyed It ALL This was
pleasant to hear, and, as he grasped
my hand with evident friendship, l re-
sponded with request for his opinion
of my poetry. A look Of overwhelming
establishment and perplexity came into
his face Your poetryr he exclaimed.
Have you ever written any poetry
This, need not tell you, fully satisfied
my curiosity" Chicago Record Herald.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
- r
Noiae.

."t5rt4 NolSos 80
y Noise was not invented by the Amer.
lean people, but they have done more
to develop 1t than any one else. Il
you doubt this so to dinner party
given by an American society woman.
The manufacture Of noise in most
countries Is produced BY natural
causes. In America it is the work Of
specialists. There are more people
making a living out of noise in this
country than anywhere else on earth.
Scientists are constantly trying to in
vent new Noises. We depend as much
upon new, fresh noises as we do upon
new novels. new plays. and new adul-
terations Noise consists Of vibrations,
arranged in the notsest way. A loud
noise Is not to be despised. but the
test Of all noises is the one that is Diff
ferent from any other we have ever
heard. Huge factories are devoted to
the production of noise It Is canned.
metalized and strung on wires. Moth
ing succeeds like noise. When we
reach the millennium we shall live on
noiseless noise. Hasten the day!-Life.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Tho Nelson Golden cecotaoh.

One Of the most valuable relics of
Nelson In exis,eure Is Il small golden
cenotaph constructed to the order Of
Alexander Dawson. the army contract
or, who made Nelson's acquaintance at
Quebec in 1852 aud thenceforward I'M
til his death remained on the closest
terms of intimacy with him. This
cenotapb was east in the form of a
pyramid out of the eiyhty-four guineas
found after Nelson's death In his escri-
toire on board the Victory When
Dawson came to grief II was sold by
auction. together with some other Nell
son relics. OF which the most interest
ing was isiniature Of Lady Hamilton,
with II lock Of her hair at the back,
taken from his neck after he received
his death wound In April. 1875, the
cenotaph wis announced for sale by q
Pail Mall dealer. but where 1t Is now
appears difficult to discover-London
Graphic.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
wh.,n,. II. eus,. Wa. . eens.

VVsVtu wv 008sV WOO = 0Vts0s
When John q. Wilde, formerly chief
Of the secret service, was young be
served with distinction among the bor-
der lighters of the west In their raids
en- bands Of tnsurgent Indians and cat
tie rustIers
On one occasion. according to Mr..
Wilkie. the posse on which he wae
serving ran out of available horses,
and car horses had to be forced into
commission. These animals were un-
accustomed to any command other
than that Of the car bell and refused
to obey the customary bugle calls
Accordingly the posse found 1t neces-
sary to procure large gong which
was struck once for the troop to stop
and twice for It to advance. In this
manner they kept fairly good order
One Of the company. bit of a
wag. composed Il parody on Barbara
Fr1etchie." q portion If which ran:
who touches Il hair VI yon gr:A head
Dies like dog. Dingding!'" he said
Youths Companion.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
Unexpected Answers.


The French government, wishing to
obtain definite statistics on points re-
lating to certain Turkish provinces,
sent blanks with questions to be an.
swered to the provincial governors.
The replies received from the pasha Of
Damascus are worth quoting:
Q.-What is the death rate in your
province? Ain Damascus it Is the
will Of Allah that all should die. Some
die young and some die old.
Q.-What is the annual number Of
births? A.-God alone can say. do
not know and hesitate to inquire.
Q.-Are the supplies of water sufi-
cient and of good quality? A.-From
the remotest period no one has died
in Damascus of thirst.
General remarks as to the local sani-
tation: Man should not bother himself
or his brother with questions that con-
Germ only God.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
What Happened.

"Are you the man who writes all
this Joyous advice about scattering sun
shine and giving every body that seems
worried glad hand and a word of en-
couragement?"
"Yes," said the man with scarce hair
and inky fingers. II am one Of the
professional optimists who do that sort
Of thing"
"Well. I'm not going to sue you for
damages or false pretenses or anything
Of that. kind. l just want to let you
know that tried to heed your lesson.
I went to one Of our great cities and
tried to speak words of cheer and COM
fort to the overwhelmed souls that l
saw rushing past me-"
"What happened?"
Before had cheered up four peo-
pie got arrested for being a conf
dence man. Washington Star.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
What First Aid Did For Him.

Over the telephone came a message
that a man had been seriously hurt,
and the specialist was urged to imme-
diate attention. On entering the room
where the patient lay the great doctor
paused with look Of astonishment
my dear man." he exclaimed to the
patient, Il didn't expect to find you
in . condition like this! What have
yeu been doing to yourself? Was It
an automobile7'
"No. doctor" feebly replied the pa
tient II was walking along the street
and slipped on banana skin"
Skipped on banana skim" cried
the doctor, with greater amazsment
do you mean to tell me that banana
skin did all this?"
"No, Doctor was the weak re1oindef
Of the patient. when fell was
carried into a store and treated by
somebody who had studied nrst aid to
the injured" Philadelphia Telegraph.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
GIGANTIC WATER WHEELS.

crsakIns. Dreaming Monsters That En-.
livsn . City In syria.
Hama. In Syria. says writer In the
Wide World Magazine. Is famed for
its huge water wheels. locally known
as naura. There are four Of them.
and they are driven BY the river Or.
ontes, which lows through the town.
Each Of the wheels bears a disun.
guished name, and the visitor to the
city Is made aware of their presence
long before he sees them by the creak.
ing and groaning aoise which greets
his ear. At 6rst It suggests pipe or.
gan and later q brass band practicing.
The wheels are built Of a dark ma.
hogany, which gives them at a dis
lance the appearaace Of iron. The lar.
gest Of them boasts OF diameter Of
seventy-five feet and is declared to be
the biggest water wheel in existence.
The uaura are erected on what 10
known as the undershot principle
that Is to say, they are driven BY the
water striking them at their base
They serve not only to supply the town
with water. but also irrigate the ad.
jacent gardens.
The wheels never stop. summer or
winter, and day and night their creak.
ing and groaning are heard. In the
summer months small boys may al
ways be seen bathing in the river In
the neighborhood of the wheels, and
for small coin they will get In be-
tween the spokes Of the wheels and al
low themselves to be carried around
many times or hang on the outside IL
the wheel and drop back into the va.
ter when halfway up.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08
A Railway Aero.. til. open Sea.

- Railway Across tho Open Sea.
The Florida Keys railway runs from
the mainland for distance of 124
miles over what Is practically open sea.
Imagine string Of tiny tslets stretch
Ing like the broken of piers Of some
Titanic bridge right out into the great
salt ocean and you have the Florida
keys. Most of them are only few
rods In extent Here and there Is one
that reckons its area in acres, while
four or Eve among them are islands
rather than islets. covering several
square miles. Big or little. however,
they serve merely as stations for the
railway, which runs over and upon
them with the open sea on either side
Of 1t. Moreover. the viaducts and en-
bankments that carry the trains, al
though immensely strong, are so mar
row and steep that the passengers look
out upon ocean only. There is no land
whatever in sight during the greater
part Of the trip.-Exchange.