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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Only Changed One Shoe.

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While an East side matron was bus
lily preparing togo to the theater the
other afternoon, a gossipy neighbor
came to the front door. The woman
stopped In the middle of the process
OF, putting on her best shoes and
talked to the neighbor for some time
When the neighbor left she looked at
the clock and saw she would have to
hurry. So she hastily finished dress.
ing and made. a dash for the car.
She noticed q young man watched
her all the way downtown. She
searched her coat thoroughly for Z
stray raveling, but found none.
After attending the theater she
boarded a a and still noticed that
she attracted attention. She followed
one girls eye and saw that it centered
on the bottom of her dress. Looking
to discover the cause she found that
in her haste she had only changed one
Of her shoes and on her left she wore
a patent kid shoe, while on the other
there was a gunmetal calf shoe!-In.
diarapolis News.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Finest COURAGE,

The soldier going forth to battle,
the nurse ministering in the pestilent
wards of our hospitals, the physician
fighting virulent disease, the sailor
In his lifeboat facing death with ev.,
cry dip of his oars, the politician
cleaning out the city's haunts Of vi.
ciousness, the missionary facing for
the first time a cannibal group,
evince no more courage than the man
or woman-who, while bending be-
meath his own almost unbearable bur
dens, at the same time will bear the
burdens ct others in his own home OF
community. God bless this uncaien,
dared courage wherever found!
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
BIRDS NOT PROPERLY NAMED
Many Have Misleading AppelIations-
Meadow Lark" One Of the Clear.
est Illustrations.

Many of U birds are often called,
even in books, by names which are
misleading. The average young bird
student really knows more about birds
than the folks who gave some of our
birds their names. While these birds
We're as yet without English names
Harry would naturally stick" espe.
cially II the names were reminders Of
the birds the early settlers had known
across the sea. But the ."misntting"
names are by no means ell due to this
cause as We shall sea ss,
Meadow lark" is an example of one
kind OF nlisnaming, The real American
representatives OF the European larks
IRE our horned larks. These are much
smaller, more qulet and less snowy
birds than the big starlings; hence
they failed to attract attention. But
these starlings Of the open meadows,
with their habit Of singing on the
wing, sometimes as they circled to
alight, suggested to the people, how.
ever remotely, their beloved larks; SO
they were called meadow larks.
Robin" as applied to our ruddy.
breasted thrush, is another example,
but a less serious one. Even to this
day one occasionally hears our bird
called "redbreast," as was done by the
early colonists on account of the rud.
dy coloring which 1t had in common
with the English warbler, which they
had known so we'll as "%robin.red-
breast. st. Nicholas.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
WOODS THAT ARE VALUABLE EFFECTIVE WAY 70 TEACH
Many Countries Contribute varietiss
u crsat Demand for Various
Purposss.

Rosewood Is the name applied to the
wood of different trees in their respec.
stve countries. 50. the commercial rose
wood Is not always the same. The rose.
wood Of Brazil is considered the finest
In every way, and y made into beauti,
full furniture.
The myrtle tree. q common one in
Palestine, Is useful because its leaves
are used for sachet powders, and from
it an oil is obtained which is used in
perfume. The myrtle is an emblem Of
the Jewish feast OF the passover and is
mentioned several times in the Bible.
1t is not large tree, for 20 feet Is
usually its maximum height.
Ebony Of the best quality comes
from India, Ceylon and other tropical
countries, where It is obtained in logs
sometimes Is and 20 feet long. The
darkness Of the wood increases with
the age of the tree. 1t is a very hard
wood and hence It is desirable for fur.
nitnre making. Its unique color, too.
makes it always. worthy of notice, and
1t was combined with ivory by the
Greeks to bring out its color.
Satinwood is produced both in the
East and. WestaIndies, and, indeed, an
inferior variety comes from Florida. It
is another very hard wood. of fine,
light grain-almost canary yellow in
color. 1t is used for cabinet work and
nowadays very-largely for the backs
of hair brushes AID clothes brushes. 1t
takes a very high, satiny polish.
Lignum vitae, another very hard
wood, comes also from the West Indies.
It is SO hard that it is useful for max
ing pestles. pulleys and other things
that require great strength. 1t has a
Hover like the hepatica, which comes
In clusters.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Fear Of Poverty.

W. have grown literally afraid ia
be poor. We despise anyone who
elects to be poor in order to simplify
and save his inner life. We have
lost the power Of ever imagining
what the ancient idealization Of pow
erty could have meant; the Liberation
from material attachments, the un,
brtbed soul, the lnanlier indifference,
the paying u way by what we are OF
40, and not by what we have, the
right to fling away our life at any mo,
ment frresponsibly-the more athletic
trim. in short, the moral fighting shape:
1t is certain that the prevalent
fear of poverty among the educated
classes is the worst moral disease
from which u civilization suffers.
Prot. William James.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
HAPPINESS FOUND IN WORK
Labor Also Isa GreatRullder of Char
&aetsr a. Well %, o.
ty,. Fortune.

One day we happened along where
there was a woodworking bee, says
the Breeders Gazette. N%eighbors
had turned out to improve the high
way and to make safe some danger.
u stretches of Q much.traveled road.
Among the workers n was especial
ly notable for his energy and enthusi-
asm. He worked as though he en-
joyed itiShis heart was in the en-.
deavor and he shoyeled earth, rolled
rocks and laid on gravel with cheerful
enthusiasm.
Another man raj a laggard, who
tat often watching the workers, offer
lag them advice more in raillery than
in a spirit of desire to aid. Here is
what we we're told:
See that man who works so hard?
He does not need to work. He start.
ed thirty years ago with his two
hands, his head, an old gray mare and
fifty acres of poor land. Today he
owns numbers of farms, besides inter
est in all sorts Of enterprises. He is
a good citizen, always public-spirited
and ready to help. That fellow sit
ting on the fence? Well, he has never
yet been on the township as a public
burden, but that is the best l can say
of him. Work and he fell out many
a long day ago."
It is not SO hard to guess which
of these two men spent that day the
happier hours, who spends year after
year the happier hours. Work builds
men as we'll as fortunes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
MAKING OF IMITATION GEMS
Business Lends Itself to Fraud When
the Dealer - Not Over.
ScrupuIous.

The first artificial rubies were made
by fusing the duet of small and in
ferior rubies, and the products were
called reconstructed rubies. They
broughtHfrom $50 to $50 a carat, and
were soon driven from the market
by the cheaper synthetic or scientific
rubies. These are made by mixing
and fusing certain chemicals which
are not costly, and the Imitation gems
are sold by legitimate dealers for a
small part of the price of the old.
reconstructed rubies. One fraud is
In selling the synthetic rubies at high
prices, calling them reconstructed,
and representing them as made up Of
real, natural rubies.
Another fraud is in selling artificial
white sapphires as synthetic dia.
monds. The jewelers. say that no syn.
thetic diamonds have ever been made
for the market. Diamond dust has
been made at enormous cost in ex-
periments, but no diamonds suitable
for ornaments have ever been made
artificially., The diamond dust made
by a French. chemist would cost vast
ly more than similar dust from the
diamond mines Of South Africa.
The dishonest dealer can get a
much higher price for the synthetic
sapphire ii he can persuade his Gus
toner that 1t is a diamond. Blue is
the desirable solor for a sapphire, and
therefore artificial white sapphires
are not Of much account when sold
simply for what they are
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Indirect Method and Concrete Example
Alike Praised by Writer In,
Maaaxins.

The indirect method and the ION.
crete example are the most effective
ways to teach. according to q writer in
I.eslie's. The girls canning clubs, or.
ganized throughout the South BY the
general education board. cooperating
with the federal department OF, agri.
culture, have not only taught thou.
sands of girls how to can scientifically,
but have indirectly opened the eyes Of
as many mothers to the possibilities Of
home system and home DEVELOPMENT,
and have exerted strong and helpful
social influences IN hundreds of farm
Ing communities. Tho method has been
to assign to each girl joining . can.
ming club one-tenth of an acre, and
to teach her how to select the seed.
to plant, cultivate and perfect the
growth Of the tomato plant, When the
tomatoes are ripe, the girls meet first
1T one home, then at another. to can
the product. Everything is done in
the most up-to-date style, and the girls
are taught the necessity of scrupulous
cleanliness and sterilization. Canning
club day becomes an occasion of social
importance in which all Of the family
are included, so that indirectly the
clubs have helped to awaken q com
munity social spirit. There has been
financial profit, as well as practical in
struction and social pleasure. The
average profit made by girls reporting
In II states was $ei.ss. In the four
years the canning clubs have been in
operation the number Of girls has in
creased from 325 to $4,000, and the APP
preparation OF the general education
board has advanced from ss,eeo to
$4,000. The board has spent 40 money
anywhere that has secured better or
more far-reaching results,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Rubber STAGE trees.

Pneumatic scenery and stage set.
tings are now being used in an en-.
deavor to make them more realistic
and at the same time conserve the por.
tableness and convenience of the pres.
ent type Of fat and built-up paper and
wood forms. This is made of a rub.
belized fabric and so arranged that it
may be inflated quickly and moved
about with ease. The idea has been
worked out in reproducing trees upon
the stage, with the result that they ap.
pear very real from a short distance.
A very large oak tree may be collapsed
and packed In a small space for ship.
ment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
East Using Western Products. .

Americans who have been Influenced
by the Orient to the extent Of taking
their tea clear, without milk or sugar.
are now learning that the Occident is
bent on teaching the Chinese to use
milk with their detection Of tea leaves
-and condensed milk at that. Al Cd.
terprising condensed milk company IL
pushing the campaign, and expects ia
be successful. This concern has IL.
ready introduced condensed milk Ice
cream to the Chinese and they like II
so we'll that many Of the restaurants
keep It always on hand. Practically
no fresh milk Is to be had in China, al
though the natives seem familiar
enough with the virtues Of both the
fresh and the condensed article.
Canned salmon is another Western
staple that has made q decided i'm,
preston on the far East.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Cynical Clerk.

The office boy In a law office Of this
town himself hopes to be q lawyer
some day. He has begun his studies
already by asking questions Of the
clerks whenever he hears a legal term
as to which he desires information
The other day he approached one oil
the clerks with this question:
What do they mean by a contingent
fee?"
ITS like this" explained the clerk;
III you lose the case your lawyer gets
nothing; II you win you get nothing"
-Roseleaf.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
One Way TO Put Il.

A certain prominent railway direc.
tor was asked by an employee whose
parents lived in the country for a
pass to visit his family.
You are in the employ OF the com.
pany" inquired the director.
eyes"
well, now, surprising you were
working for d farmer instead Of the
company, would you expect your EN-.
ployer to take out his horses every
Saturday night and carry you homer"
NO." said the employee, politely;
Il should not expect that. But II the
farmer had his horses out and was
going my way, I should call him Z
very mean fellow If he would not let
me ride!"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Wood Alcohol Dangerous.

The danger connected with the
handling Of wood alcohol and with
working where even small quantities
Of the fumes Of this liquid may be in
hailed have been brought out promi.
nently as the result Of recent scientific
Investigations, which demonstrated
that quantities Of wood alcohol as
small as 2 Of l per cent in the in.
spired air may lead to the absorption
of the product into the body to an in
furious extent. With such quantities
as this the absorption is slow, but
eventually the body becomes sat
urated" with 1t. The greatest danger
In inhaling the fumes of wood alcohol
Is their effect on the optic nerve, which
often results in total and incurable
bfihdness.-Popular Mechanics.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
MATTER OF COMMON SENSE
Aftsr Explanation, Il Was Easy TO W.
derstand Why Ehen choss
Eliza.

All Morley had expected EDen Joyce
OF the Forks farm to marry Ellen
WINS, his nearest neighbor on the
South Fork road. Ellen was pretty,
competent. well lowered, OF suitable
age-Eben was we'll past his youth
and 1t was not believed that, II prop
erly entertained, she would remain
permanently averse to matrimony.
When he announced that he was en-.
gagged, not to Ellen but to Eliza Little
tree. there was much wonder and gos.
sip, for Eliza, although an excellent
woman and housewife, was ten years
older than no and Of unalluring voice
and. feature.
"Eben, why did ye do it," Uncle Eli
Emmons at last inquired frankly. from
the keg which Morley politely always
left free for him, rs the dean Of
the social circle Of the grocery. until
he appeared to claim 1t.
Eben. slowly slowing assorted pack.
ages In his various bullying pockets.
recognized the Questioner 40 the
spokesman OF a pubic opinion natu.
rally and OF right concerned with his
affairs. He was not offended.
Il s'pose folks was some surprised,
he explained. amiably, but twas nat.
eral enough. Soon's We REILLY give
your mind to It. takin' all the cir
cumstances into constellation, you'll
swing round to my pint of view-seei
ye don't. There's the farm. PUNK in
the crotch Of the Forks. There's Ellen
and I amt got a word against Ell.
len; she's q grand woman in her way
well. there's Ellen q long mile
down to the South Fork road. And q
scant half mile up the North Fork
road there's Eliza. Some of yes mar.
ried men, and some Of yes wishful
to be, and the rest Of yes watched
other fellers sparkin', eff they haven't
spanked themselves. Ye all know how
us. No matter how much sense a
woman's got. she's a woman, and she's
bound to keep ye tendin' out and
dancin' round and trottin' to and fro
for goodness knows how long before
ye can bring her to q plain yes or
no. It's the way Of 'em. 1t has to be
stood. The best a man can do is to
reckon his time and distance keerful.
and that's what, I did. Eliza saved me
a mile trudge, and a quarter of an
hour time whenever l came courtinr
her, By jest not ivin' where Ellen
did
Gosh" whispered the man, on the
cracker box, gently. He was the
youngest present.
-Eben." said Uncle Eli solemnly-
he was the oldest-"Tve done We an
injustice. l never suspicioned ye had
an intellect capable OF graspin' details
In sech an amazin' and illumination
manner. No, I never did. Ye're q
plumb wonder!!"
Not at all, not at all, Uncle Eli"
said Eben, departing with a flattered
smile. 1T want anything but jest
plain common sense."-Youth's Com.
panion.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Second Aibino Snake Found.

What is reported to be the second
albino snake ever found, and the first
ever caught alive and watched careful
ly for purposes of scientific study az
to characteristics and habits, was Civ.
en- to Professor Storer of the depart
ment Of vertebrate zoology, by a farm
er who found it in the country near
Berkeley, Cal. The snake is about the
size Of the ordinary gopher snake, but
IL marked by the entire absence Of
color. This peculiar reptile, which has
a sort of feshy hue with a bit of a
pinkish tinge, is being closely watched
by the members of the class who fire.
quent the museum of vertebrate 20
ology for any developments of unusual
characteristics.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Nervous Energy.

In every individual, at a given time,
there Is a limited amount Of potential
energy stored up in the cells of the
brain. This function seems to rest
In the chromatin granules Of the nerve
cells, and 1t has been shown repeat
eddy that a liberation Of nervous en-
ergy, whether in response to q
psychic or sensory stimulus, results
In a physiological degeneration Of
the chromatin granules, and conse.
quently the cells themselves. Obvi-
ously, a prolonged discharge Of nerv-
Gus energy diminishes by 80 much
the amount left in the brain cells.
Furthermore, stimuli Of sufficient
number, intensity Or duration may
cause exhaustion and death.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
y, Is sleep,

We read Of the creation that the
world was made IN six days and that
the Creator rested on the seventh.
Edison said that sleep, otherwise rest,
IS a loss of useful hours. alternating
annals in our latitude curl up for the
entire winter and neither eat MOI walk
nor crawl. The earth doesn't stop in
its revolution, either on it's. axis at
the rate of more than 1000 miles an
hour, or in its orbital revolution Of
about Is miles a second. Possibly It
is this which suggested to Mr.. Edison
that the time will come when we shall
have no need Of sIeep.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
l~nstructina The CUB.

When Fred Heiskell was city editor
Of the Arkansas Gazette a cub re.
porter turned in a STORY" that ran
like this: Buck Seymour. was seen
with . two-inch auger going down the
river road this morning. Wonder what
Buck is after now?"
Here, young man." called out the
city editor, this story is incomplete.
We don't print that kind of items in
the Gazette. Tell what Buck was do.
ing with the auger."
IL didn't find out" the cub
stammered.
well, I'll tell you this one time.
Plainly, he was going after grease
fish. You catch 'em by boring a hole
in the water and batting the surface
with dried prunes. The grease fish
comes out, eats the prunes and swells
up SO he can't get back in the hole."-
New York Mail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Classifying widow.

-r.-.H EFtEH.
The Wall street broker had been to
. dinner where the iz1 fizzled mer-
rily and he was right onto. the fizz
wagon.
Hello, cid top" a friend greeted
him on his way home about midnight;
"been to Browns dinner? What kind
Of a time did you have"
Fine" he replied, pulling himself
together. "sat next to a gray gas
widow who
"A what?" broke in the friend.
"A gray gras-no," he corrected him.
self rubbing his mouth out with the
back Of his hand; mo, a gay grass
widow. and she"
That's different .aAghed the
friend and let him finish his story. !.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON WORK
Observation Has Shown That lt Has
Much influence on Ones
Capacity.

In Connecticut the effect OF changes,
Of temperature from day to day Is about
half as great as the effect Of the
changes from season to season. II the
temperature remains unchanged peo-
pie work slowly. If it rises they may
be stimulated a little. II IT falls, on
the other hand, provided the fall Is not:
excessive, there is q decided stimulus.
The effect Of constant changes Of
weather may be compared to that pro
duced upon a horse by q good driver.
If the animal is allowed to 60 his own
gait, with no stimulus whatever, ne
will travel fast at first and then settle
down to q slow pace which will pro-
tract a journey indefinitely. II he 10
constantly urged to his topmost speed
he may make the first journey quickly,
but he will soon break down. The
wise driver urges him for q short time
and then lets him 90 more slowly. BY.
constantly repeating this process he
gets good speed from his animal, and
yet prevents him from becoming ex.
hausted. This is what constant
changes Of temperature seem to do to;
man. Therefore, in reckoning the value.
of any climate from the point Of view
Of efficiency. storms must be rated al
Of high value. If they alone were the
controlling element southern Canada,
from Alberta eastward, would possess
the best climate in the world, while the
northern United States, from the Da.
kotas and Nebraska eastward, the
northwestern part OF Europe, northern
Italy and Japan would come next. Eng.
land, it will be noticed, is the only
country included both in the regions
just mentioned and in those where the
mean temperature Of the seasons up
proaches the ideal.-Harper's Maya
zine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Dam l. as1 Feet Hlnh.

Work On the great Arrow Rock dam
on the Boise river, Idaho, Is approach.
Ing completion and could, If necessary,
be finished within a few weeks, al.
though probably it will go on for an.
other year. The dam will be 351 feet
high, 100 feet wide and about 400 feet
long at the base and 1000 feet long at
the top. 1t is of REINFORCED concrete,
Of which $4,000 cubic yards have
been used. It will store water to a
depth Of $50 feet. The back water will
extend 20 miles upstream, making q
lake containing 100000 acre.feet of wa.
tel. A thousand tons Of steel have
been used for the i've gates.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
Wa and Ua.

Governor.elect Whitman, at q din.
ner in New York, praised the New
Year resolution habit.
"A good habit" he said, and q very,
very old one 1t dates, In fact, from
the stone age.
Dressed in the furs Of wild beasts
two men of the stone age, Wa and Ug,
met one New. Years morning.
"'Say. Wa said the first man, lend
me your crowbar, will your
What, for, Ug? asked the second
man.
81 want to 60 home said the first.
and turn over a new Leaf"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
eestriets sale 81 WeapcnA

A Greek law 81 July SO, 1914, pro.
hibits the importation, manufacture
and sale Of certain weapons, includ.
ing stilettos, dasgerp and spring or
double-edged pocket knives. The i'm
p~ortation Of firearms Of all kinds with
out government permission is likewis,
prohibited,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-16
The Time to Braa.

Before they are married she will lei
him brag about himself for hours at a
time and she will let on that she be.
lieves every word he says. But later
on, when they are married, he is afraid
to do any Dragging for two reasons;
she wouldn't listen to him, and, if she
did. she would know that he was o
wall-eyed liar.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.