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Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
AUTOMOBILE THIEF
is UNDER ARREST

Williston, N. d., Dec. 22.-The sieT-
IFS Office received, some time ago, a
card sent by Sheriff Duggan Of Sher-
idan county, Mont, advertising for
one Fred Jenson, a youth of 19, who
left Montana taking with him Sax
on runabout car and a couple of shot
guns which we're the properly of otil.
er people, Information was picked
up from various sources that young
man answering the description was IN
the country northwest of here.
A trip by Deputy Strom proved that
he information was correct and a
second trip resulted in ,Tenson's ar
rest, He was working under his own
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
CHICAGO.

HOGS-Receipts $4,000; weak.
mostly Is cents lower; bulk Sc to
$3.50; light $5.65 to $3.50; mixed
$5.95 to $3.50; heavy $6.10 to $3.50;
rough 500 to $625; pigs $4.25 to
$40.
CATTLE-Receipts 10000; firm;
native beef steers $3.50 to $1O.2o;
western steers $500 to $500; cows
and heifers $2.85 to $40; calves
$6.25 to $3.50. j..
SHEEP-Receipts 1900: steady;
ewes $4.20 to $50; lambs $6.75 to
$3.50.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
MEETING OF RAILROAD COM.
's> MISStONERS.

The North Dakota Board OF iiail-
road Commissioners will ho1i a meet.
ing at Bismarck, January 4, ) and 6,
for the transaction of any business
within their jurisdiction Which may
come before the Board.
- y. w. F. CUSHING,
'.'' Secretary.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
: r y = y n n. II n
ADVERTISE EsTRAY ANIMALS.

Any person taking up an estray AMI
NAL must advertise the same within
ten days In some newspaper. They
must also within ten days send notice
of advertisement to the county audi
tor and another by registered mail
to the commissioner Of agriculture at
Bismarck. II you fai. to do this, you
are likely to get into trouble. .
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
ST. PAUL..

-. ST. PAUL.
HOGS-Receipts 1,4O0; 10 to Is
cents lower; range $5.75 to 1920;
bulk $3.50 to Sc.
CATTLE-Receipts 1900; killers,
weak; steers 1915 to $S.75; COWS and
heifers $4.25 to $6; calves, steady,
1926 to 1925; stockers and feeders,
steady to SLOW, 81 to $6.75.
lambs 50 to $S.65; wethers $4.75 to
$685.; ewes $3.50 to SO. - ',''@+.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
500 LIN ES
GOING NORTH

No. PSI, Minot passenger, lv. 7:30am
No. 2G0, Arr. from Minot 5:5Opm
No. e., Local freight, lv. 4:00am
No. Sc Frgt., arr. Bismarck 5:3Opm
GOING SOUTH
No. 255, Arr. from Twin Cities $40 pm
No. 254 Twin Cities pass, lv 1915 am
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23

name on the Don Wilder farm. TAe
car was located near Zahl. The sher-
iff from Montana came this week 10
gete his man.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
now 70 ANSWER BLIND ADS.

All ads signed with numbers or
initials. care Tribune must be an
swered by letter addressed to the
number given in the ad. Tribune en-
ployes are not permitted to tell who
any advertiser is. Mail or send your
answer to Tribune No. -, and we
viii forward It to the advertiser.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
r. E. YOUNG

F. E. YOUNG
FOR SALE-An improved quarter
section near Menoken; $25 per acre
$500 cash, balance one-half the
crop each year. ...-, a.. . ..
FOR SAIE-A low quarter near Men.
oxen, at only $21.00 per acre; can
break every acre. no cash required,
payments one.half the crop each
year.
r. E. YOUNG -
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
BoARDERs WANTED

MANY people are looking for good
board. Can't you take care of one
or two young men or women? They
: are watching this column, and look
ing for good honey" place to
stay. Advertise and get this sur
plus change for yourself, and make
aomeone satisfied with life
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23

You have not read ali tho news N
til you have read the want aAs.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
sALEsMEN WANTED
FARM LANDS

THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS are
very valuable if you have farm
lands fer sale. Many big deals are
pulled through" after being start
ed through a little classified ad.
WANTED-To hear from owner of
good business for sale. State cash
price and complete particulars. D.
F. Bush. Minneapolis, MINI.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
AGENTS

AGENTS WANTED-Big money to
be made. Apply for full particulars
to Cut Price Phonograph Co., 1856
Prospect Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. .
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23
pREssMAKINQ

HAVE YOU ANY DRESSMAi<ING
talent? Well, don't hide It "under
bushel," but advertise in this col.
umn and gold will cover your palm.
Notwithstanding by the day.
Phone SOAK l2-12.1mo
Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-23

Juuge UI t1Ie CUuHty CUuTt.
12.2.9.16.23.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Peculiar Case Of Oklahoma Boy
Again Draws Attention.
Is Rapidly R%egaining His Normal
Health and the "Ossified" Condi-
ton of His Body Is Dis
appearing.

Enid, Okla.-Merle Rea, the thir-
teen.year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. e.
A. Rea of near Enid, Okla, who at
tracted nationwide attention a few
months ago as the "ossified" boy, Is
rapidly regaining his normal health
and the "ossifed" condition OF his
body is disappearing. This boy vas
afflicted in a way that was a puzzle to
all the physicians who examined him,
and there was v a man for a long
time who would even attempt a dag
nosis of the disease. The boy was al
most a human rock"
Some time before the disease made
its appearance he received a fall from
a second-story building, striking ON
his back and shoulders. He appar-
emily was not seriously injured at the
time, but some time later his mother,
in washing him, noticed that there was
a hard place on the back of his neck.
Soon this became very noticeable and
began to spread. The boys body was
literally petrifying. His skin became
so hard from the top of his head to
the soles Of his feet that he was not
able to move around at all. Then the
disease began to spread to his internal
& and the flesh of his body. His
tongue became hardened so that he
couldn't move 1t at all.
About that time physicians all over
the western part Of the United States
became interested in the case and a
number of clinics were held and the
lad examined in every way. However.
according to them. there was e a
parallel case before in the history Of
medicine.
Finally a treatment was taken up
on the supposition that the lad had
been injured in the fall and that there
was a spinal cord pressure that was
in some way tying up the muscular
action to an extent that the part OF
the body affected was simply dying.
Apparently the guess was correct.
for the body responded to the treat
ment, and the lad, now is almost well.
His disease in the first place and
then the apparent cure, form n Of
the most amazing cases science has a
record Of.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30

was correct. the gases, on the rife
being fired, would be stopped by the
block of wood and would hurl the
weapon backward. The rifle was fired
and, as expected, 1t was flung back
ward against the wall Of the shop.
Browning's principle was established.
Very quickly the inventor had this
kick" harnessed in such a way that
the gas pressure was transferred to
the breech mechanism and made to
operate all the movements of the gun.
1t did SO with such speed, after the
first pulling of the trigger, that no
fewer than 600 bullets could be fired
in a minute.
When applied in the automatic pts.
tol it was found that eight shells could
be discharged in the brief space Of
one and three-fifths seconds. The re.
suit was that these weapons were
quickly adopted by half a dozen gov.
ernments for use in their armies and
navies.
Germans Use His Patents.
Since their capture Of the city of
Liege the Germans, it Is understood.
have been turning out weapons on the
Browning patents by the thousands at
the works Of the Belgian Fabrique
National. Whether they have kept &C.
curate count of what they owe him
in the way Of royalties, Browning does
not know and will not hazard an
opinion.
Browning can never be induced to
say anything definite as to the sum he
receives in royalties. To form an
estimate his friends find as difficult
as to gain an admission from the in
ventor himself. Some of his hundred
or more successful patents he has
sold outright. From those which he
has placed on royalties his income
has been estimated at from $loO,Ooo
all the way up to 100000 a year.
On one occasion the experts OF a
well-known arms firm labored for
more than a year, it is said, In ef-
forts to copy in smaller caliber, a
browning gun the concern hau pui'
chased from the inventor. Eventually
the president of the company sent foI
Browning and offered him $4,000 to
accomplish the task. Browning, hia
friends say, did it while on the train
on his way home from New York.
Mr.. Browning is sixty years old and
has eight children, whose ages range
from twelve to thirtyfour. Some Of
the sons are following their fathers
footsteps. Others are devoting them
selves to music and literature. The
inventor is 6 feet 3 incEes tall and
straight as a young Indian. When
not fishing he is fond OF a hunting
expedition, and with his brother and
co.worker, Matthew S. Browning, ha
won many trophies as a trap shooter.
In his home at Ogden his principle
diversion is his banjo. Mr.. Browning
says he thinks he plays "tolrobly well
for an old 'un." His favorite melo-
dies are 1.-THE Blue Bells of Scotland
and 1.-THE Beautiful Blue Danube"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
OCTOGENARlAN is A WALKER
New Jersey Man Attributes Almost
Perfect Health to Daily
Exercise.

Hammonton, N. J.-William Berns.
house, who is known as the grand old
man Of Hamnonton," attributes his
almost perfect health to the fact that
he is an enthusiastic pedestrian and
that he never INDUCED in intoxicating
liquor. He settled in Hammonton in
the f~orties, at a time when there were
less than a dozen houses in what now
is the second largest municipality in
Atlantic county.
Although in his eighty-second year,
Bernshouse averages from fifty to
sixty miles of walking each week.
About a year ago he was one of a
party of surveyors who inspected and
appraised the damage done to a tim
Der tract where more than 1000 acres
were burned over by fire, supposedly
caused by sparks from a locomotive.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
LIFTS FIRE. OUT OF HOUSE
Autoist Rescuer Also Saves Dinner
From Blazing Stove in New
Jersey Town.

A. R. Gerber. a local clothing mer-
chant, was the hero at a fire to which
he was called as he was passing
through Hartford in his automobile on
his way home from Philadelphia.
When a woman ran from her house
and yelled that her kitchen was on
fire Gerber didn't need any second
alarm. Slamming on the emergency
brake, he jumped from his machine
before it was stopped and found the
gasoline stove ablaze.
Calmly moving some furniture out
Of his way and taking the woman's
dinner from the stove so it would not
be ruined, he pulled the blazing stove
right out the back door and landed It
where it could do no further damage
except to itself.-Mount Holly IN. j.
Dispatch Philadelphia Record.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Submarine Position.Einder,

A new device, which will enable a
submarine to find her own position un-
der water, and will do away with the
dungeons necessity Of coming to the
surface for that purpose. is announced
by MIR. Hudson Maxim, the inventor.
Mr.. Maxim says that the implement
Eermits the commander of a subma-
zine to find his position on a map at
any time. within a hundred feet OF so.
A position indicator, of a cruiser de-
sign, Mr.. Maxim claims, is now in
S in practically all the navies Of the
world. Its installation on a submarine
costs about $4,000, whereas Mr.. Max
inns device could be installed for only
$1,000.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
INVENTED MOST
DEADLY Of GUNS;
LITTLE KNOWN
Machine Gun and Automatic
Pistol the Work of a
Mormon.
FOND OF BANJO AND FISHING
John M. Browning of Ogden, Utah,
Honored by King Albert of BEL
GUM, Who Gave Kaiser Mil
lionth Weapon, Made In
Gold.

Ogden, Utah.-That the inventor Of
some of the most deadly weapons be.
ing used in the war in Europe should
be an American is but a natural ex-
%pectation from the Unborn inventive
ness of the people of this country, but
that he should be a mar of peace, a
member in good standing of the Nor
mon church and practically unknown
to the world at large will come as a
surprise to many.
This notable inventor is John NJ.
Browning of Ogden, Utah. Through
out his own state he is hailed as the
firearm wizard" but the great major
ity of newspaper readers probably
have never heard of him.
Browning is the first man who ever
harnessed the kick" of a gun, and his
invention revolutionized practically
every form of firearm. Many thous-
ands of his machine guns and more
than a million of his automatic pistols
are in use on the battlefields of
Europe today. They are to be found
wherever there is an armed force
throughout the civilized world.
Plays Simple Melodies.
Yet John M. Browning's chief de-
light in life lies in playing simple
tunes on his banjo in his home, and
when he takes a vacation 1t is usually
in the form Of a quiet fishing expedi-
ton with some of his sons and friends.
His name has rarely been mentioned,
though that Of the weapons he in
vented is a household word.
All the same, this simple. unassum.
ing inventor has associated with roy
atty, and a memento of his work is
one of the most curious possessions of
nc less a parsonage than the kaiser.
a little pistol on which William II
must look with strangely mixed feel
ings these days. 1t Is a gift to him
from Albert, King Of the Belgians.
Every part of the Colt machine
gun, the deadly work of which was
first seen in the Philippines, was in.
vented by John NJ. Browning. From
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
NO LONGER OSSIFIED
FINDS HER SON AFTER YEARS
Woman Advertises Him as the Heir
to Big Estate" and Gets
Results.

Kansas City, Mo.-Frequent dreams
that her boy, who was taken from her
while she was i'll in the general hos.
pital in 1900, was not dead, caused
Mrs. A. E. Evans of this city to con-
tinue a search for him during the last
fifteen years.
Advertising brought M results un-
til recently, when she stated in an
advertisement that a big estate was
coming to the SOM Harry Gordon
from her father.
Then a woman came to see Mrs.
Evans and told her that while she
was an attendant at an orphan boys
home in 1906, Harry Gordon was sent
to live with Thomas R. Cain, a farm.
er near Jacksonville, Ill. A letter to
the chief of police there brought q
communication from Cain that Harry
always had believed his mother to be
dead.
Then Mrs. Evans announced that
the supposed estate was a myth.
Il advertised that there was an
estate merely to see If l could not
get results-and l did," she said. Il
simply want to see Harry"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30

Leopold. A replica of the millionth
pistol. built Of gold, was presented by
King Albert to the German Emperor
and accepted by William as a pretty
memento Of a noteworthy achieve
ment. This happened last year just
before the war broke out.
Father Was Gunsmith.
Little known as he is, Browning
has been a gun inventor all his life,
a born one. His father was Jonathan
Browning. a native of Tennessee, who
moved to Iowa in the early thirties
and conducted a gun store and tink.
er's shop ear Kanesville on Mosquito
creek. In 1852 Jonathan Browning
crossed the great plains with an OK
team, a three months journey, and
settled in Ogden.
In his fathers shop in Ogden John
M. Browning made his first gun at
the age of thirteen from iron taken
from his fathers scrap heap. In 1879,
when twenty-five, Browning obtained
his first patent. 1t was for a breech-
loading rifle. In 1884 he perfected his
famous repeating rifle, and in 1895
the box magazine which was used by
the United States army in the war
with Spain.
His name was unheralded in con-
nection with all these inventions, be-
cause in every case Browning sold
his patents. 1t was the name of the
maker, not that Of the inventor which
became famous.
How He Used "Kick."
Browning's friends tell an interest
ing story in connection with the dis
covery. The inventor, they say, en-
tered his shop one morning carry
ing a rifle and a block Of wood
through which he had bored a hole
the size of a As bullet. Fastening
the block to the floor, he set up the
rifle so that the muzzle just touched
the hole in the wood.
He explained that if the idea he had
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
DEPTH OF MAUD'S AFFECTION
Hypnotism Drew Forth Secrets Which
Frightened ~Edgar-She Wanted
Diamonds and Oysters.

Now, Maud" said Edgar, with a
complacent smile, II am ready to try
that little experiment. l am sure |
can bring you under the hypnotic in.
fiuence IL you will agree not to resist.
Just put your mind in a passive con-
dition. Try to think of nothing at all.
Fix your eye on that light now and
don't forget to keep you mind a blank.
In the meantime l will count 60 sec
onds by my watch"
The girl followed directions literal
ly. In 20 seconds her eyelids blinked;
in 40 they closed.
"Ah, I knew / would succeed" ex-
claimed Edgar, highly elated. Now,
Maud, ! command you to tell me the
secrets Of your heart. Whom do you
love? Tell me, / command you'll"
A momentary expression Of resist.
ance crossed the girls face; then she
spoke in a monotone:
81 love Edgar Popham, and"
"Yes, yes!" cried Edgar, trembling
with delight. go on. Tell me all the
secrets of your heart"
Il love Edgar Popham," continued
the girl in the same tone, land
would love him more If he were not
SO stingy. l want to go to a theater
twice a week. and he takes me only
once in three months. l want dia-
mond rings, and he gives me rings
with cheap stones in them. When
go out with him and get hungry he
never thinks of oysters. When /"
Enough" cried the young man.
Awake! I command you'll" And he
fled without waiting to see the result
of his command.-New York Evening
Journal.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30

has built himself a coffin, all ready
for use.
81 thought I would build a coffin
while l had the lumber around the
place." he said. Some Of the white
pine I put into 1t has been seasoning
for twenty years and ought to be in
good shape for the use l am putting
1t to-"
Dessart is a Belgian who came to
this country when four years old. Fe
first moved to Wisconsin, but thirty
years ago he went to Nadeau, settling
on his farm, which has since become
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30

A Washington man has in his en-
ploy a faithful but, at times. stupid
servant in the person of an old darky
named Zeke.
Recently, when the employer had
vainly ~endeavored to get something
done in a certain way, he gave up in
despair, exclaiming:
"Zeke! Zeke! Whatever do you
think your head is for?"
Zeke, who evidently thought that
this was another Of the troublesome
questions that his employer was al
ways asking. %pondered it deeply. FL
nally he replied:
well, boss, I guess it's to keep my
collar on"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30

his patents also are made every part
Of the still more widely known and
almost equally deadly Colt automatic
pistol. Browning first invented a re-
peating rifle, and since then has taken
out more than a hundred patents on
firearms.
His millionth vest pocket automatic
pistol vas made by the Fabrique Ma
tionale at Liege, Belgium, To cele.
brate the occasion a banquet was
given in Liege In honor Of the In.
ventor, and King Albert bestowed up
on Browning the Belgian Order OF
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
prosperous. Dessart has raised a fam.
lily OF twelve children.
coaehman WuIed Home.

La Crosse. Wis.-The will of Albert
w. Pettibone, filed recently, dis.
tributes $4,000 among local charities.
The La Crosse Hospital gets $1,000:
the Hub Library $4,000. and the
Women's and Children's Home 5000.
Joseph Zenker, coachman for the zap,
italist, received q house and lot worth
$4,000. and other servants recei "a
from $1,000 to $4,000 each
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Blinded by Blue Heron,

A blue Heron, alighting in the yard
Of a school in Asbury Park, N. j.. at
tackled a boy, pecking him in the left
eye and destroying its sight. An eye
specialist, called to attend him, fears
that the right eye may be affected and
the boy become totally blind as a re-
suit Of the injury. The boy attempted
to catch the bird to have 1t for a pet.
1t turned on him and plunged its long
leak into the left eye several times
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Girls Killed RattIers,

W%enatchee, Wash.-Four girls who
left Wenatchee two weeks ago for a
hunting and camping trip on Lake
Chelan have returned. They slept
outdoors one night In a pine bough
house they made themselves. While
on the trip they caught several big
trout, killed several rattlesnakes and
also shot a lynx.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
MADE IN SPARE MOMENTS
Belgian, Living In Michigan. Builds
Casket for Himself With
Seasoned Pine.

Menominee, Mich.-Victor Dessart,
who owns a farm three miles east OF
Nadeau, believes in preparing for the
future. You never cal tell what Will
happen, In his opinion.
He has prepared for the worst that
may come. Although he is only sixty.
five years old and In good health. he
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Went to Smash,

First Idiot-Terrible accident in the
victrola factory.
Part Of the Second Part-How's
that?
First Idiot-This years sales broke
all records.-Harvard Lampoon.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Doing Hic Best.

Judge-You say that this lady's dog
bit you. Will you relate to the court
Just what you we're doing when that
event took place?
Book Agent-Your honor, I was GOV.
erfng NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Punch
Bowl.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Nautical.

Father" wired the young yachts
man, please advance me some money.
My boat is entered in tomorrow's race
and I'm sure she will win"
And father replied: mot with q
time allowance from me-"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Traye, In pory to Fair.

San Francisco.-After a voyage Of
1900 miles from Unga. Alaska. in a
sixteen.foot fishing dorv. Thomas R.
Thompson and John Abrams. Alaska
fishermen. sailed through the Golden
Gate. They made the trip In forty.
five days.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
His Trouble.

How are you getting on with your
golf?"
Not very WELL"
whats the trouble?"
I'm not able to get off often enough
to get on"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Eixlnu the Hlame.

The Parson-To whom am ! indebt.
ed for this visit?
The Bridegroom-To Mamie's moth.
err; she thought I'd been counting her
long enough and she said 81
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
stir abor

when the paste was upset. our
maid worked for an hour before 1t
was cleaned up to her satisfaction
We'll. It was natural II a case like
that to stick to the Job"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
A Mean Slam.

This scientific article states that
100000 germs can collect on a pin.
head. Wife, what do you think OF
that?"
In that case you had better keep
your hat on, my dear"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
Oriuin of an Old Excuse.

0TE8NT Ut "F SFV INVuoCs
Merry King Art-Now. Just what
are your reasons for wishing to re-
sign from the Round Table?
Sir Lionel-My wife objects to this
knight work.-Pelican.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30

Still. you doubtless have noticed
that most of those who claim to be 'as
good as anybody" aren't.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-09-30
OminouS.

my sons bought an auto and he's
got a garage"
Good gracious! Who's the grudge
against"