Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-25

however, In catching a lot OF fish, which
he brought home. The other day MS
wife prepared some Of the fish for sup
per and In one Of the fish she found the
diamond ring which her husband had
lost.
The present day agitation of the prob
lens presented by the high cost OF living
has caused many real or. would-be ex-
perts to spring new theories concerning
the best methods Of reducing the cost
of living upon the public. Some time
ago one Of the students Of Cornell work
ed out q plan which would enable a per-
son to live on s. cents a week. Now an
ambitious New York student OF econom-
les has gone him one better by dis
closing how a person could comfortably
live on five cents a day. Cornmeal, oat-
meal and beans form the chief compon-
cnts of the diet suggested and the
amount of food to be consumed is limit
ed to two and one-half ounces of food
per meal. The figures given by the orig
inator Of the new theory. to prove that
this diet would amply suffice for the
needs of the body, as they contain all
the protein, carbohydrates, etc. requir
ed by the human system, are quite i'm
pressive, but scarcely convincing to the
average individual.
John d. Rockefeller. ST., recently add
ed to his big estate at Pocantico Hills by
buying some property adjoining his es-
tate from George Ferguson, an iceman.
The new addition includes a big pond
from which the former owner used to
harvest his ice crop. 1t is stated. how
ever. that Mr., Rockefeller does not in
tend to venture into the ice business.
No story or play could present the
tragedy of the drug fiend's life more
drastically than the recent act Of a man,
a victim Of the cocaine habit. In this
city. re began to use the drug about
six or eight months ago and quickly be-
came a habitual user Of cocaine. Be
coming incapacitated by the drug. he lost
his position and soon found himself in
the down and out" class. Homeless and
starving. he wandered through. the
streets. intent only upon begging enough
money to be able to procure enough Of
the drug to satisfy his craving. At
last the moment came when his resources
failed him and in O m Of despair
the thought came to the degraded vic
tim to end 1t all. AS a last ray Of hope
the idea came to him to sell his secret
of the sources from which he obtained
the cocaine for enough money to satisfy
his craving once more and then to place
ls-,,n1f In t1,o- In oAc nf thn. lou. This
plan he carried out! He informed two
detectives that he knew of a place where
cocaine and other tabooed drugs were
sold to habitual. users and volunteered
to prove his statement if they would
give him money enough to buy some Of
the drug. The detectives agreed and
the plan was carried out. The man OBJ
tained his dope" the detectives arrest
ed the man who had sold it and also the
man who had given the information and
he will be sent to, an institution where
an effort will be MADE to cure him Of the
insane craving.
The violent ringing Of a burglar alarm
caused great commotion in n of the,
downtown hotels the other night. An
investigation showed that one of the
guests, fearing somebody might break
into his room at night. had fastened a
burglar alarm to his door knob. In
some manner the alarm was set off. but
although everybody else in the house was
aroused from. sleep the owner Of the
alarm continued to sleep peacefully
throughout all the noise and commotion.
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