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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-22
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Washington. Oct. 2l.-Secretary
Garrison left last night for New
York. to sail tomorrow for the Pana-
ma canal, where ne will inspect the
construction work and confer with
officials over plans for the permanent
government for the zone.
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-22

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:: New York, Oct. 21.-six (
!. workmen were killed by the ex-
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:. Richmont LIGHT and Power !
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!. known.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
GETS DEATH SIGN"

back. One of the most common signs is made by uniting the tips of the thumb and forefinger, forming ring, while the other fingers are extended circular motion of the hands means I'll tear you up.' One finger is hur- riedly passed across the throat-and that threat needs no interpretation. Sometimes the man making the threat slashes upward with one finger on his breast or stomach. That Is I'll rip your heart out The first and second fingers may be extended. pitchfork like, and sudden jab made toward the eyes, I'll blind you
 But there are too many signs to be listed. Every little secret associa- tion of Italian criminals may have it's own code. Many of the signs have their origin In the village from which the actors come and might not be recognized by outsiders. Remember there are eighty-nine distinct dialects spoken in Italy. But the meaning of all IS contained in a most expressive gesture of the Calabrians. which means:
 If I get hold of you I'll cut you up-and if you run I'll shoot you
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term could be applied to any quanty or attribute of Miss Browne. With her umbrella folded in her hand, tht professor of economics picked her va down the gravelly walk toward the q trance. Then the class and Mil Browne simultaneously perceived second figure, bent, irresolute. mi dle-aged figure approaching the same portals from the classroom in Roman history.
 And then occurred peculiar phe- nomenon such as had never been known to happen during the memory of the class. For Miss Browne, instead of continuing upon her resolute way toward the gate, made a short cut across the soggy grass-Miss Browne. whose state of health was alweys known to be exactly commensurate with the hygienic condition of Ter overshoes.
 And, as an immovable body encoun- ters an irresistible force, so Miss Agatha Browne encountered Professor Boylett beside the portals of the Led ham Seminary for Young Ladies. Tho professor saw her, strengthened him self, and spoke.
 "Er-among the Samnites there ex- isted a custom"-he began.
 "I have always told my class" Miss Browne remarked at the same mo- ment, "that the custom which rs- strains the female half of the com munity-'
 (Which would be the last to con demn-"
 From taking the first step"
 When hints and gentle glances failed"
 Leading toward the marriage con-
 gro effect a matrimonial proposition -er@"
 "Oh, professor!" exclaimed Miss Agatha, and could say no more.
 Inside the seminary there was g great hustle at thiss moment.
 "Milly, Milly." cried the voice Of Mary Campbell, Eve got dandy pair of opera glasses upstairs"
 Don't need them," shouted her friend. "Oh, Mary, didn't you see! Look! Look! Professor Boylett has kissed Miss Agatha. Isn't it dread ful?"
 "Dreadful?" answered Miss Mary. "Why, l think it's grand. And just think: Next term the classes in economies and Roman history will be merged!"
 (Copyrieht. 191s by w. G. Chapman)
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
PATRIOT |S' DYING.
0"Donovan RoSSa Nearing End
 of a Troubled Career.
He Fought and Long Suffered lm- prisonment in the Struggle for Erin's reedom-LIberated
 by Queen Victoria.

New York.-When Jeremiah Dono- van, the Irish patriot and picturesque Fenian, adopted the name "ODono- van Rossa" fifty years ago and col lected sum said to have exceeded S90,000. much of 1t from Irish girls throughout the United States, he promised to free Ireland by drastic measures. The avowed aim of his life and purpose of the fund was the lib- eration of Ireland from English rule.
 ODonoyan Rossa, now nearing his eighty-third year, is said to be dying Of Rheumatism and complications at 194 Richmond terrace, New Brighton. Staten Island, where he lives in a queer ramshackle cottage with his wife and three daughters. says a cor respondent.
 At the end of stormy life he is in comparative poverty, and the Irish so- cieties are about to give him a sub stantlal testimonial in recognition of ms perfervtd patriotism, which led to Imprisonment and banishment.
 In the Life in Prison,' published AASAA bdl lCldy SIIeel Ill 1oJS, lOSSd wrote:
 England has proclaimed war against me and forbids me to tread my native land, and so help me God, will wage war against her until she is stricken to her knees or until l am stricken to my grave"
 O'Donovan Rossa is as uncompro- missing today as he was in the days when he was confined in a dungeon with his hands tied behind his back, eating his scant rations from the floor. He was always physical force, having little sympathy with those who sought for and gained compro- misc
 Born in County Cork in 1881, his father, who was in fairly good cir cumstances, sent him to school until 1844. Then came crop failures and agitations, followed by troublous times in Ireland. He became part of the young Ireland movement. His mother. brothers and sisters emigrated to Philadelphia and he was left alone at Skibbereen, apprenticed to kinsman who had a store. In a short time young O'Donoyan had a store of his own and was leader in the patriotic movement. famed by the fenian lead CTS.
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puttino tho Matter souareIy.

Ben Butler was once chairman Of a meeting at which Rufus Choate was booked for an address. MT. Choate was about to begin his address when 8 man crawled up to Butler, and whis- pered to him that the joists in the floor and the supporting beams were giving way because of the heavy pres sure on the floor, and they were like ly to collapse any moment. Butler turned to the man and whispered to him: Keep quiet" Then turning to the audience, he said: "A man has brought me information that outside of this hall there are not less than twenty thousand people clamoring for admission. I propose to adjourn this meeting to the common, where all can hear MT. Choate. Now just see how quickly we can empty this hall" Meanwhile Choate was tugging at But ler's coat tails, saying: Ben. don't! Stop, Ben. Why, can't see to read on the common; my voice won't carry in the open air; I can't make them hear" and so on. After most of the audience had left, Butler turned around to Choate, and said: Say, Choate. would you rather deliver this speech here in this hall or in hell?"-San Francisco Argonaut.
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Woman in Court Paints When
 She Sees Fatal Gesture.
Is Code of the Camorrlsts-Membe of Criminal Society Have Ghastly Ways of Telling Victim of
 Impending Doom.

New York.-Annie Greece was get ting along beautifully in her testi- mony the other day. Her statements were lucid. her memory perfect, her sense of the dramatic keen. Then some one in the packed mob toward the rear of the court room caught Anntes eye-and bit the knuckle of his bent forefinger. His features wrinkled up in a snarl, as do those of 2 dog when he worries bone. Annie pitched sidewise out of her chair in . faint.
 That" said an old secret service man. was only one of perhaps a dozen death signs Any one of them would be recognized by any Italian. because they all have their origin in that instinct of dramatization com mon to the race. The knuckle biting meant death, of course. More nearly 1t meant I'll tear you to bits If you ever see an enraged Camorrist biting at his knuckle bone and growing like bulldog. you'll admit that sign is
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
HAD BEEN PRETTY
And Had Also Seen 35 Summers When the Unexpected Pro-
 posal Came.
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

Miss Agatha Browne was thirty-hve and looked older. She had been pretty when she was girl-that could easily be seen from the regular contour of her face, her soft, clear skin, and the gray eyes which even her detractors allowed would be beautiful if she did not hide them behind those hideous round spectacle lenses. Miss Agatha Browne was professor of economies at Ledham seminary, which. as most people know, receives only selected girl pupils from among the first fami- lies of the south
 Prof Sampson Boylett instructed the same select young ladies in Ro- man history. He was forty-tive and looked his age. He was short-sight- ed bachelor who lived for his hobby, was not thinking about them, he was usually not thinking about anything.
 When the professor passed Miss Browne he was entirely oblivious of that fact. If they met face to faee In an exceedingly narrow alley he would discover an obstruction, slowly .aise his short-sighted eyes until they fixed themselves upon Miss Brownes spec tacles, and then retreat hastily with an apology and timid expression.
 The select families of the south were not so different, in their indi- vidual membership, from families that flourish and die like mute, inglorious wallf1owers. Some of the young ladies of Ledham seminary might have been seen with their heads very close to- gether one evening after the profes- sor had concluded his lecture. He rad been expounding "The Marriage Gus toms of the Samnites."
 Mustn't 1t have been dreadful in those days!" said Miss Philippa Clark, reading from her notebook. "Just think! Among the Samnite ladies it was not an uncommon thing to take the initiative in the proposal of a mat r;monial alliance. When gentle glances and hints failed to accomplish their purpose. the Samnite woman did rot
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
HE FLED BEFORE THE BROOM
Plucky Los Angeles Woman Puts Burglar to Flight With Domes-
 tic Weapon.

Armed with a kitchen broom Mrs. A E. Howard batted sneak thief through the window of her home the other day after he had cooked and eaten 8 midnight repast in her kitchen and was in the act of carrying away the dining room silver. which he had carefully wrapped in tablecloth.
 Mrs. Howard and her husband live at 729 College street. Her slumbers early in the morning were disturbed by rattling sound downstairs in the dining room. Descending, she beheld a young man wrapping her silver in a tablecloth. Grabbing a broom, Mrs. Howard rushed into the dining room, crying:
 Get out of here!" stE-T.
 The burglar recovered from his labors just in time to dodge . mighty swipe of the broom aimed at his head.
 Get out of here; do you hear? What do you mean by trying to steal my silver?" angrily exclaimed Mrs. Howard as she made the broom fairly sing through the air. The burglar stood transfixed, gazing at her in st lent awe.
 Don't you hear me% cried the woman as she swung third time at the intruder, who ducked just as the broom whizzed by his ear.
 Then Mrs. Howard charged. This seemed to awaken him to full realt- zation of his peril, for he turned and ran toward an open window, through which he had made his entrance. Al he started to leap into space the broom landed, fairly battering him through the easement.
 Later Mrs. Howard discovered that the burglar before wrapping up her sil- verware had prepared and eaten a hearty meal in the kitchen.-Los An geles Times.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
Electrical Weapon Invented by PhiIa- delphian Will Subdue the
 Disorderly.

Philadelphia.-Poli obdurate criminals. women who have to be abroad at night, reformers. working girls and Johnny pestered members of fhe chorus-there's a combination ought to rise up and call blessed Jere- miah Creedon. the Philadelphia North American says.
 MT. Creedon. one of the oldest and most respected engineers of the Bal timore and Ohio, has evolved by pro- found thought on his days off an in vention. which. he says. will revolu- tionize methods of making arrests subduing unruly persons and resisting attacks" And Uncle Sam has just signed, sealed and delivered to him a patent for his device.
 Don't club 'em; shock 'em," Is MT Creedon's advice to the police in han ding the obstreperous. He proposes to arm the guardian of the law with portable lightning. easily applied through the hands, where it will dc the most good.
 With the same innocent means oi defense. he points out, the timid spin ster may come and go at any hour, the shop girl need no longer use her hat pin as lethal weapon. For. at the waist of each unprotected female there may be a battery. and in hel gloves electrodes; and she has simply to grasp an assailant. be he footpad or masher. and he becomes helpless 1T her hands
 It was the sight of an unruly pris oner being clubbed into submission that stirred the compassion and the inventive genius of MT. Creedon. He's
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ern coats, though any reason for their existence has long since departed. AS wealth increased, gold and silver but tons made their appearance. At lat e. date cloth buttons became very pop ular. but when Birmingham began to turn out metal buttons an act was passed in the reign of George I. for bidding the manufacture of cloth but tons in order that the new industry of metal buttons might have a chance to flourish.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
LIGHT GLOBE FOR DEFENSE,

big. two listed chap himself. but he couldn't stand the spectacle of even, a criminal suffering such needless punishment. From this his idea grew until he saw how it could be adapted for the protection of night workers and unescorted women.
 Creedons device is simple yet ef fective. It consists essentially of a pair of gloves provided with cleo trodes. which may be brought in con tact with an assailant by the hand of the wearer. An electric circuit is formed as soon as the electrodes are touched and the current is sufficient to administer such shock that the victim will be helpless as long as the current is kept on.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
COPE LIBRARY IS ON SALE
Prominent Dealers and Collectors From Both Sides of Atlantic
 Seek Rare Books.

London-The library of Sir Anthony and interesting collection of Ameri- cana, was put up at public sale at Sotheby's. Prominent dealers and collectors from both sides of the At lantic were on hand, with view to securing some of the rare books en- braced in the collection. These includ- ed fine copy of Bossus' Travels Through Louisiana" dated 1771; J. Carver's Travels Through North America in 1766, 1767 and 176S," with maps and plates; H. Ellis Voyage to Hudson Bay" and California, 1746. 1747."
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21

"Er-Among the Samnites There Ex-
 isted Custom" hesitate to address herself openly to the backward suitor.'"
 "Dreadful?" exclaimed Miss Mary Campbell, one of the most select of the young ladies. Why, think 1t was grand"
 Well, now just listen to this," inter- posed Miss Millicent Day, who was taking the economics course. "'The custom which restraints the fem.le half of the community from taking the first step leading toward the marriage contract is of economic origin and due to the fact that, in our modern civiIi- zation, the male is the bread-winner. When the earning capacities of both parties are equal this archaic survival should be, and often is. abrogated'"
 Miss Browne said that?" inquired Miss Mary breathlessly.
 "She surely did," answered Miss Mil ncent.
 "Oh!" exclaimed the chorus breath lessly.
 Professor Boylett appeared unusual ly preoccupied on the second day aft erward. His lecture on Roman his tory. in fact, was distinctly an absent. minded one.
 "Er-one moment. ladies'" he began as the class waited it's dismissal. Gan anyone tell me whether there is a-er any attache of this institution whose initials are A. B.?"
 Miss Agatha Browne, professor of economies" chanted the class. Nnd the professor. after staring speechless ly at them for an instant, suddenly bolted thr ough the door.
 At that instant Miss Browne was saying:
 "A most insulting thing has hap. pened to me, girls. hesitate to men ton it. and should not, did not fear 1t b some practical joke engineered by some unworthy member of this seminary. have received an anony. nous letter containing-in short, . proposal of marriage"
 the class in horror.
 Ladies. your attitude does you credit" said the professor of econo. mics. "Er-by the way, is there my person connected with this seminary whose initials are s. B.7"
 Prof. Sampson Boylett," shouted the class in economies in unison. Then an extraordinary th.rg hap pened. Behind Miss Browne's large spectacles reddish hue, arising in the neighborhood of either ear, spread and expanded until 1t completely GOV cred her face.
 Dear me, this Is very painful!' murmured Miss Browne. The class is dismissed"
 The class, released from its duties rushed to the windows and looked out rron the campus It saw Miss Browne emerge from the portals of the Ia nous institution of learning with c hurried and yet furtivs step. if such |
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In 1858 he became a full member and in the next year he served his first term In Cork Jail. His business was ruined his country demoralized. Still in the revolutionary movement, he travelled over Ireland, England and Scotland organizing Fenian bands.
 In 1863, Ireland becoming too hot for him, he came here on visit He went back after few months, be- came involved in an aggressive cam paign and fell into the hands of the English authorities. and from 1865 to 1871 he was In jail He was released only to be banished from Great Brit ain and her possessions.
 In this country he published news paper, wrote books. travelled and lec- tured. Through correspondence and influence and funds he collected, he still kept things stirred up in his na-
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The FIrst Clothes Buttons.

Tho but on as an article of use, and not merely as an ornament. may be
 aald to data from the reign of Edward |. Those early buttons were of modest lappearance and were manufactured from bone to have two buttons stitch a on the coat at the small of the back to enable man to button his c0at tails sc that he could walk or 1Eaw hie sword the mere easily These .tWe but1Gns arc still retained on mod.
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The anecdote was repeated as the witness said General Eckert had relat- cd So him by Rev James veit. as- sistant pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes here. testifying for the defense.
 Tn 1862." he quoted General Eckert as saying, when l was an officer in charge of the telegraph bureau with the rank of captain. Secretary of War Stanton called me to his office, He told me he had received advice that I was not attending to my duties. and that my dismissal had been written
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tive land, although thousands of miles away from 1t.
 The New York newspapers of Feb ruary 3, 1885, recounted the shooting of Rossa in Chambers street by Yseulte Dudley, an English trained nurse. who resented his utterance at meeting held in Dynamite Row. which was near Rossa's office. In 1891 the edict of punishment was raised and Rossa returned to Cork, where he was made clerk of the coun- ty council at comfortable salary Queen Victoria, as jubilee favor granted him full pardon.
 In the meantime, less strenuous ar. guments than O'Donovan Rossa's have impelled the British house of com mons to pass an Irish home rule bill the third reading having been carried by vote of 367 to 257.
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easily read. Another is the handker- chief sign. Tears sometimes stream down their faces as they twist hand kerchief between their hands. Some times 1t Is clinched in their teeth. Their code is primitive enough to go back to the men who lived in trees.
 Sometimes the threat Is expressed by wringing the two hands together. It is over in second-but it has sent a promise to the threatened person that he will be torn into pieces. Some times nasty motion of the two hands over the knees means, I'll break your
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
AYERS LINCOLN SAVED HIM
Witness in Eckert VIII Contest Re- peats Anecdote Concerning For
 mer Head of Western Union.

New York.-How Gen. Thomas T. Eckert, former head of the Western Union Telegraph company. nearly lost his commission during the Civil war was related on the witness stand here during the trial of the contest over the generals will. which his son.. James C1endennin Eckert, is pressing.
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On the Job.

Herbert stood on clair. The chair stood in the pantry.
 The jam stood on the shelf. Her. bert's mother stood on the threshold. Herbert stood his ground.
 My son." said the mother, point Ing at him with astonishment, "I am s-u-rprised! To think that my little boy would do thing like that"
 Herbert resourcefully and not at all abashed, looking his mother straight in the eye. Please do not interfere with the minnuvers or boy scout. he said.
 "A boy scout?"
 .Yes. mother. after supplies"
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
A Link With the Far Past.

London.-M. Wahl, an editor of Silkeborg, Jutland, who died recently at the age of eighty-seven, had a brother who died 123 years ago. Wahl was the youngest of IS children and between the birth of his father and his own death there was period of 153 years. His father, who was born in 1759. married twice, the editor being the youngest child of the second mar riage. The aged editor was younger than any of his nephews and nieces.
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A Minus Quantity.

When young Sappleigh complained of not being able to make money, old MT Dodgers advised him to exercise his wits"
 Hal Hal"
 Why do you laugh?"
 Advising young Sappleigh to exer. else his wits is like advising a beggar to exercise his team of Arabian horses"
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Sold cast-on WIfe for sss.

New Castle. Pa.-Eli Kleirch, tired of his wife and took another sweet. heart, but he was distracted because he could not marry her. He found d man who admired Mrs. Kleirch, sold her to him for $55, and then got a marriage license to wed No. 2. A judge fined him $25 and explained to him the workings of the law.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-03-21
Wearing of Shoes a Crime.

Boston.-Prof. K Jefferson Rich. ards champions going barefooted at all seasons as remedy for the ail ments of the human race Tt was never intended" says the learned professor. that well-developed foot should be pinched, distorted and pun ished by being shut up in pieces of Sewed leather"
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out. While was standing speechless before him, felt a hand on my shoul der, and some one said:
 "T vouch for Captain Eckert. l have had occasion to go to his office several times and always found him there, attending to his duties It was Abraham Lincoln. Stanton broke the silence I apologize to Major Eckert.' he said"
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Settlement Work.

SettIemene Work. Post-Thompson has gone in for settlement work. n. Parker Helping the poor or bin col lecting ?-Judge.
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Wasted Time.

Well, what did you do when the problem came up?"
 Wasted time. Went out and asked the advice of IT friends"
 What did you get?"
 "sHenteen different solutions" And thenr"
 Then took the advice of an eigh- teenth friend and won out"
 And who was your eighteenth friend?"
 "Myself." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Daily Thought. Men do less than they ought unless they do all they can.-Cariyle
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Little Headway.

"Jorkin boasts that he pays as he goes"
 That explains . remark I heard one of Jorkin's friendL make the oth- CT day"
 And what was it?''
 He said Jorkin never seemed ts get anywhere