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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
Problems Of
Middle Class

"This rapid change in ex IRENE
fashions has but one object;
namely, to force everybody who
can to buy anew as often as pos
sible. 1t has another effect;
namely, to induce the great mid
die class to spend all it can
earn."-Dean Eugene Davenport.
Before the French Revolution
France was divided into three class
es or "estates"-the Mobility, the
Clergy and the Common People.
We cannot close our eyes to tho
fact that in America. today, as fa/ as
money matters are concerned, socie.
ty is again DIVIDED into three class.
es-the Rich, the Poor and the Great
Middle Class, neither rich MOI poor.
Troubles Of Riches.
The very rich have their troubles,
such as unwelcome publicity and the
annoyances and insults of agitators
of n kind or another, to say moth
ing of the burdens imposed by the
care of their fortunes and the en-
forced maintenance of an elaborate
scale of living.
Middle Glass.
The disadvantages and discomfOrts
OF poverty are too we'll known to
need more than mention as we pass
on to consider the sorrows of the
Great Middle Class, to which the
great bulk of our citizens belong.
At the present time this large part
of u population is being ground, SO
to SPEAK, between the upper mill.
stone of the necessity or keeping up
appearances and the neither one of
the high cost Of everything.
Our grandmothers wore calico
dresses costing not more than seven
ty-five cents. 1t would now take
the price of ten to twenty such dress
es to buy a hat for one Of our daugh-
tiers in the high school. What is
more significant, our grandmothers
earned the dresses themselves by
working perhaps a whole week at
homework. Do our young girls earn
their hats?
OF course, times are different and
WI don't expect our young daughters
to earn their clothing. But the fact
remains that the present generation
must pay exorbitantly for its cloth
ing. There seems to be something
like a conspiracy between the de-
signers and the manufacturers of wo-
mems hats and dresses to prevent
the development of a Standardization
of styles.
Every year brings a radical change
in cut, color and texture, compelling
the purchase of complete new out
fits unless a woman wants to he out
of style, which is nothing short of a
calamity from the feminine point Of
view, or the masculine either, for
that matter.
This is one thing which for the
time is beyond our control, but there
are many others involving our ex-
penditure of money which we can re-
gulate, and doing so is the only hope
of economic salvation for us, of the
Great Middle Glass, for by so doing
we are enabled to save some of our
resources and build up a reserve fund
the earnings of which will exc out
II own.
T. D. Mac Gregor.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

While Casselman and Tapa settle
an issue purely of veracity, in which
the people of Burleigh county have
little or no interest, the humble tax
payer stands the freight. The high
er court probably will resent being
used as a clearinghouse for political
squabbles.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
rHE sMoUT OF MONSIEUR.

uVVe 0vVVO VT "SbN0ue W. taF
my lawyer told me-" continued M.
Caillaux. that nothing could he
done. / then said to my wife: BE
treasured. 4 will 60 and smash Cal
mette's snout myself Paris Dis
patch.
The Hon. Gunboat Smith could not
have expressed It more neatly,
though perhaps he would have pre-
.ferred q punch in the snoot" as the
proper treatment for M. Calmette.
M. Caillaux is plainly as great a
master Of that exquisite instrument,
French prose rs IN. Anatole France,
or even M. George Carpenter him.
self.
Why, oh why, did not madame
await the smashing Of m. Calmette's
snout, and let 1t 90 at that! A duel
would have followed, Of course; but
nobady would have been hurt.-Mil-
waukee Sentinel.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
CAN'T USE FLAG.

CAN'T USE FLAG.
John Orchard. secretary of the Com
mercial club Of Dickinson grew weary
of seeing the United States flag used
as an advertisement for a brewery
firm offering to send their product
anywhere In the union. He took the
matter up with the federal authori-
ties, but was informed by District
Attorney Engerud that there was no
law prohibiting It although the Off.
Ger greatly regretted the fact.
Mr., Orchard took the matter up
with Secretary William Jennings
Bryan calling his attention to this
misuse of the flag and is greatly
pleased to note that on July 10 the
United States senate passed a bill
making 1t q misdemeanor to use the
American flag or the national coat Of
arms or any other national insignia
as an advertisement, trade mark or
label.
It is high time that such action
was taken. Everyone beneath the
flag ought to be trained to respect 1t,
and 1t ought never to be desecrated
by such employment. Let 1t he kept
for the nations use.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

came. In return. ths idol Of that nation To-
hundreds Of years to come.
But Louise WAS not only Q noble and
ssaS1aoraflcing Queen; she was . loving
and much loved wife and mother % we'll.
and . woman whose happy homo relations
mdeAt well servo @ Q model tor those who
1ul 1ess exalted positions.
Augusts 'Wslhslmine Amslis Louise was
born March n. lin In Hanover. where
hsr fsthse vas 3eadmazshal of the house
hold beigada Tho little gin seemed
0eorned 20 . Hfs Of sorrow. for she va
hut . baby of ok years whom she lost her
mothse. Her father married the little
clrt's aunt shortly afterward in order to
provide his children with maternal love
and care. But she, too. died within four
teen months Of her marriage. thus leaving
little Louise motheraess twice before her
ninth year. The consequence was that tho
child became . serious little person. what
We to-day would call . rather old fash
tened tyne Of childhood. She was studious.
confederate Of others and tender hearted.
- 10 shown by q little episode which 10
related Of her early life.
At that time It va the custom to have q
number Of footmen run at the side OF the
royal carriage. no matter how speedy the
sait. Louise. discovering that the father
Of n Of her little playmates was commits
stoned to this arduous work and was suf-
feEing 20 severely. a. q result. that his life
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
BARN IS srRucK.

jamestown, N. ". July 31.-The
large barn IN the farm Of Pierce
Blewett was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. Fortunately,
the live stock had been turned into
the pasture and none were in the
barn. The barn was built less than q
year ago at a cost Of $3.50 and was
insured for $500. Ut is probable that
Mr.. Blewett will rebuild soon.
The barn on the Ed. Griess farm,
ten miles south of the city. was also
struck by lightning and burned.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
PIONEER ATTORNEY PASSES
AWAY, l

Duluth, Mimi, July 31.-Philip Sey-
mour, one of Duluth's most prominent
land attorneys, died here suddenly of
heart disease. Mr.. Seymour was an
important figure in the early days of
litigation over timber and mine lands
in Minnesota. He came here in 1891
from Washington, DC, to take part
in the famous section 30 lawsuit, and
remained. He was an attorney in the
land department in Washington and
"a considered one of the best land
law experts in the United States. He
was a member Of the Scottish Rite
Masonic order, and was 81 years old.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

means of his head. Most of the
juries r confined to the head and
shoulders.
Immediately after the accident, Mr..
Reed was taken to DR.. PraJ's office,
where he received the best possible
attention. He was taken to the
Northern Pacific Hospital at Brain
erd, but died before reaching Fargo.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
eYPHON %EXPlooED.

Minot. July 3D. Mrs. William J.
Norbeck, living on SA5 East Harrison
street, is confined TO her bed. with
blood poisoning as the result Of a sy-
phon bottle full of water exploding
while she was charging 1t.
At the time Of the accident her
thumb and hand was severely LAGER
ated by the flying glass. A physician
was summoned and after giving her
cloroform sewed up the wound. How.
ever, owing to the heat, blood poison.
ing set in and Mrs. Norbeck IL ser.
iously i'll at her home.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

1t is now being proposed that there
be general public provision for the
playing of games by the people who
are no longer nominally boys and
girls, golf in particular. 1t comes
with all the charm of the new dis
covery, only to meet with the usual
sequel that it is not new, say in its
new locality. In new England and
generally in America the publicly
owned golf course is next to un-
known. A few cities have provided
for the sport somewhere in the park
system, but At has not occurred to
the smaller city or the town that has
been liberal in playground provision
for the children that there should be
free chance, for the older people to
indulge their play impulse. Gener'
ally golf is available only through
membership In some country club or
as a guest Of the hotel that holds out
the facilities for the sport in its list
of attractions. The case is easily ar
gued that what is good is good for
all, and the demand once made for
public golf links, as 1t has nov been
made, the response Is to be expected.
Easy to. Find Chance.
1t. is no challenge of the distinctive
ness of golf to say that it is not diff
ficult for any enthusiast in the sport,
or ever the learner, to find a chance
to indulge or to practise. There are
so many of the clubs and the mem.
bers are SO hospitable that the man
wandering about with full equipment
of sticks and no place to play may
be said to- be purely imaginary. You
may be sure that the mar or woman
with the sticks is going to links that
r waiting, and is usually going at
a pace that is not restrained by any
uncertainty about the playing. But
another certainty is that the priv.
lege has been gained by the process
of joining a club, advancing up the
slow path of the waiting list and
passing the gate only upon payment
Of the considerable fee that will cap.
italize his share in the property. The
arrangement is fair, the realization OF
the community idea, but it stops
short of being public and democratic.
Tennis Playing.
None of the cities of size are with.
out some provision for tennis playing,
but probably none of them have such
a number and distribution of the
courts IS to make them available for
any large proportion of the people.
The notion of making the grown-up
sports easy for the run of people is
to place the facilities within easy
reach of the man or woman who
would turn to them for an hour al
the end of the day in exercise that
has every reason to be as attractive
to him or her as to the privileged
person of wealth and leisure. Scat.
tered all about the city and the town
are numbers of places that could be
publicly leased, If not owned, and
used for tennis even if they were
not brought to the condition that the
expert demands of the court.
In Massachusetts the Legislature is
passing a law that provides for re
creation commissions in a number Of
cities. They are to have powers d
administration over the Fairgrounds
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
FELL DOWN STAIRS.

Sheldon N. D., July 31.-Little
Edith Cullen met with an unfortu-
nate accident when she fell down the
cellar stairs breaking her collar bone.
The injury did not seem to cause the
little miss much discomfort until the
shoulder became badly swollen sew.
eral days after.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
LocALizlso WAR.

M. ..-. aa. - vWVN /. WYNN H,.a.Es3-
Efforts are being made by England
and other powers to localize the Aus
tro-servian embroglio which threat
ems all Europe. Russia, however,
has indicated that this struggle can
not DO localized % was the Balkan
war. Austria has brought Europe
On the verge Of . bloody struggle to
maintain the present balance Of pow
81. Russia by ties Of blood and pro
ptnquity IL naturally the ally Of Ser.
VI. II the Russian government feels
forcsd to protect Servia against the
Entertainments Of Austria. there can.
b no localisation Of war.
Russia will not stand idle and let
Austria crush Servia and the Balkan
states. Her political interest In
maintaining the present status quo
Of these allies Is too great for such
indifference.
Any overt act Of Germany to as.
sist Austria in this crisis will precipi-
tate Z European war, and disrupt the
treaties Of the Hague which for years
have held the war dogs In leash.
The nations Of Europe have been
preparing quietly for just such q sit
Eustion. The dispatches from Vienna
for years have foreshadowed compli-
cations now evident.
Austria's attitude toward servia
naturally il taken by the slavs as an.
excuse to humiliate that race. This
struggle between the Teuton and
slav will be . terrific one when it
comes. Aside from q val Of nations,
It win be one Of races too with all
the bitterness that such Z contest
implies.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

Tapa. in the case Of Casselman
W. Tapa, says that he was drunk on
the evening of June 21-very drunk.
Says II under oath. Now ten # more
witnesses say that Tapa was sober
as q Judge. Tapa's Jag must have
been Of the invisible variety.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

Bryan must be working for n OF
those Nobel peace prizes. With all
Europe at war, the United States
stands a good show Of being the
peace center of the world. X
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

Denver is finding its commission
form Of government under Democrat
ic auspices an expensive luxury. It
cost that city 100000 . year more
under the new than the old form.
The form of government, however,
is not to blame, but those who are
operating It.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
The Weather

Bismarck, NJ. o., July 81, 1914.
Temperature, 100 q. N. yesterday g
Highest temperature yesterday :. s.
Lowest temperature yesterday -. 6!
Highest wind velocity and direc-
tion,yesterday ......... 14-S0utl
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
BRIGHTEST LAMP.

sg HE 0nsSSV v6Ov 6SWVs
The brightest electric lamp in the
world was lighted on the night Of
July 1S In the New York Navy Yard.
This giant searchlight viii be visible,
under favorable conditions, more
than 100 miles away. There is no
other lamp like it,in existence. 1t is
called the Beck searchlfght and is
the invention of Heinrich Beck. a
German scientist, who IL in New
York conducting the tests of his
lamp for the U. s. Government.
Measured at two miles from the
lamp It Is stated that ESQ, 000, 900
candle power Is obtained from a lamp
with a 44-inch reflector. The present
44-inch lamp, in 8 on battleships,
gives only 60,OOO,000 candle power.
For coast defense a 6O-inch reflector
Is now in use. Such q reflector
hitched to the Bees searchlight gives
1000 100000 candle power as against
-80,000yO0O candle power now obtain
able. III the tests satisfy the Govern
ment It Is likely that; the new lamp
will replace the searchlights In use
in our Navy. Several hundred are
being built for the German navy.
Present lamps of 44-inch diameter
have carbons an inch and a half in
diameter, and heretofore 1t has not
been possible to use smaller carbons
because they would vaporize. Theo-
retically a mathematical point In
front Of a parabolic mirror would
give the best beam OF light. and
therefore the larger the source Of
light the poorer the reflected candle
Beck light is able to use carbons
only five.eighths Of an inch in diam
eter. They are made with a metal
lie core and a jet Of gas is played on
the ends Of the carbons. This tends
to cool them and prevent vaporiza-
tion.-Army and Navy Journal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
FORAGE VALUE OF RUSSIAN
THISTLE,

The department of agriculture
states that while the Russian this.
tie has commonly been regarded as
a troublesome weed, the fact re-
mains that where it occurs abund-
antly 1t has been used both for pas
turage and for hay. The young
green plants are relished by cattle
and sheep from the time they APP
pear until about full bloom, when
they become SO spiny that animals
avoid them. This permits, however,
Of a grazing period Of six or eight
weeks.
III harvested for hay, the plants
should be cut while In bloom when
the plants are still tender and be-
fore the spines harden. In dry re-
gions the cut material can he stacked
at once: or left to cure In the field
and stacked later; or wilted and then
stacked to cure, and fed from the
shock. Whichever method is used,
the hay should be handled like other
hay and not left exposed to the wea-
ther, Is In that g much Of the
valuable feeding material is bleached
out.
There is no record Of Russian this.
tie having been used % ensilage, but
there seems to be no reason why the
plant should not be valuable in this
form. The only objection would be
the difficulty In ensiling the plant so
that 1t would be sufficiently compact
to secure proper fermentation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
SATURDAY, AUGUST !, 1914.

- -
. WHERE THE TRIBUNE CAN
. De BOUGHT.
80
Fargo, n. D.
Waldorf Hotel.
Gardner Hotel.
Grand Forks, N. D.
Hotel Frederick.
w. w. Fegan, News Agent.
pevtls Lake, N. D. Z
H. b. Rosenberg, News Agent.
&C. J. b. Turner. News Agent.
Minot, N. D.
Mansen Bros.
Dickinson, N. D.
st. Charles Hotel.
Minneapolis, MINI.
Kemp & Cohen, News Agents.
Hotel Dyckman.
Hotel Radiss0n.
West Hotel.
Nicollet Hotel.
o. Paul, Mlnn.
Merchants Hotel.
st. Marie, 5th st. News Agent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
"A Bit O' Nonsense
DIDN'T Look.

Some time ago ! little girl rambled
into a country grocery store and plac-
ing an earthen jar on the counter
asked for 10 cents worth Of molass-
es. Soon the jar was filled, and pick
ing 1t up, the child started for the
door.
Hold on, there. youngster," hastily
Intercepted the groc ryman. Have.
mt you forgotten something"
mo sir, | guess not" answered the
girl, pausing and looking around.
what Is it,"
"The money for that molasses,"
answered the grocer. Don't give 1t
away for I n advertisement any
more.'
y thought you got the money"
was the startling rejoinder Of the
youngster. Mother put it In the
jar. "-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
Indications.

For North Dakota: Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday. Probably To-
cal showers; somewhat higher ten
perature In the northeast portion to
oRRls ". ROBERTS,
Section Director.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

The Department Of Agriculture,
Warrington, D.. c., has issued q
warning to beware Of anti.fat cures.
Quite superauous during the hot
wave.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

ROUND the figure Of
Queen Louise Of Prus.
d. hovers . halo q
romance which grows.
rather than lessons, -
tho years roll on. For
hers y the story Of .
y . who sacrificed
herself Tor the rake Of
hap nation and h.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

Kenmare. Jonas johnson has been
making extensive repairs on the Ber-
telson mine. A new shaft has been
sunk and a new slope run, which
places the mine in position to handle
an immense amount Of coal. Mr..
J0hnson's business has been espe-
cially good since he purchased the
mine the first Of the year, and with
the improvements just completed, he
is in a position now to handle q much
larger volume than before.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
Labor SAVING Method.

.3I LABOR saving Metnoo.
Some time ago a hobo meekly tap
ped o. the back door Of a suburban
home and asked for something to eat.
The good housewife responded that
she would feed him on the back step
along with Fido provided he was will
ing to earn the meal by cleaning out
the gutter.
The tramp agreed and when he
had eaten his way through several
sandwiches the housewife came out
with a reliable looking hoe.
"You needn't have gone to that
trouble, madam" said the hobo. IL
never use a hoe in cleaning out a
gutter
Never use a hoe" said the wo-
man.. What do you use, then, q
shovel"
"No, madam" sweetly replied the
hobo, starting for the back gate, my
method is to pray for rain."-Boston
Advertiser.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
Taking His Cue.

Takinig His Cue.
A small street urchin from the city,
who was spending some time in a
fresh-air camp. was the source of
much entertainment to members OF
the family at q farm where he fire.
quently called for milk and apples.
"Whaddye think about the young
ster anyhow" the farmer asked his
wife one evening.
He's a nice little fellow" the wife
replied, "but can't just make him
out" II
Every time .granpaw sneezes
Tsch!'sthat boy atlus laughs and yells
'Ka Edible! Judge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

Dunsfeith. Burglars entered four
residences in Dunseith, in all of
which the families we're asleep.
Those visited were the homes Of E.
8. johnson, r. G. Wynkoop, E. Bush
ong and Lynn Gilbert. Wearing ap-
parel seemed to be the chief object
of the burglars, but nearly all Of It
was left on the ground outside the
houses. Mrs. E. s. johnson lost a
silk dress but Mr.. Johnson's clothes
were left on the ground outside the
house.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01
Found.

This story Is told of an absent
minded professor at Drew Theologi.
cal seminary. One evening while
studying he had need of a bookmark.
Seeing nothing else handy he used
his wife's scissors which lay on the
sewing table. "A few minutes later
the wife wanted the scissors, but .
diligent search failed to reveal them.
The next day the professor appear
ed before his class and opened his
fbooy There lay the lost scissors.
He picked them up, and, holding
them above his head, shouted:
Here they are, dear!"
Yes, the class got it.-Everybody's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-01

Grand Forks. Robbed by his com.
panion while they were riding on top
Of the Oriental limited, the Great
Northern crack passenger train from
Grand Forks to Fargo, George Brown
was ordered to leap fran the train.
making forty miles an hour. The
fact that the robber relented, allow
ing Brown to ride to Hillsboro, re-
suited in the arrest of the alleged
robber, William Levin. Brown when
he left the train notified the authori-
ties and Levin was captured when
the train reached Grand Forks.