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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-16

or less of charlatan who made much
of the secrecy of his process and prob
ably also dabbled in magic. Thus the
legend grew up that he had sold his
soul to the Devil He actually married
a girl named Margaret. ressurected by
Goethe as the heroine of his opera.
The next heard of Fust, or Faust. Is
when he turns up in Paris, an old man.
trying to sell some of the Gutenberg
Bibles. He had embellished the print
ed letters by hand and was trying u
palm them off on the Parisians as
manuscripts. He actually sold one OF
Two Of them. In Paris he became ac-
quainted with a young man named
Schoeffer, an illuminator of manu-
scripts, who so appealed to the old NAH
that he induced him to return with him
to Mainz and gave him the hand OF his
granddaughter, Christine, in marriage
Schoeffer carried on the business after
Faust's death and became one OF tht
great printers of all time. And Fus',
for all that is known to the contrary,
died peacefully in his bed instead OF
being carried off by the Devil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-16
MAGICIAN FAUSTUS
WAS B|BLEPEDDLER
One of Books He Printed May
Be Sold to United States
Government.

Johannes Faustus-the medieval ma
eician who sold his soul to the devil
and then repented so bitterly of his
bargain-not only was a historical per
Sonage, but really was a printer and
peddler of Bibles.
One of his copies of the Holy Writ,
today probably the most valuable vol
ume in the world soon may become the
property of the United States Govern
ment. If Congress passes a bill now be-
fore it to purchase the incunabula COL
lection of DR.. Otto II. F. Vollbahr OF
Berlin
DR. Vollhehr. now in Washington, pre-
. sents quite a different picture than that
of the malefeasant doctor Of Goethe or
Christopher NARROW. In l448, accord
ing to the Berlin collectors account,
one Henne yum Gaensfleisch returned
to his native city of Mainz with a mys-
ferrous invention and borrowed 800
Ruilders from Hans Fust, a young gold
smith, to put it into operation. Fust
became a partner in the enterprise.
The two men worked behind closed
doors and curtained windows with a
few helpers sworn to secrecy.
Books Began to Issue.
From the little shop began to come
Will dSlu1lSIltLlB IdpANlly lOl VI OOOhS-
Previously a book could be reproduced
only with months of labor with the pen.
The two men obviously had some magi-
cal process. and the good folks of Mainz
naturally thought that the devil had
hand in it. They gained the reputation
of being practitioners OF the black
art"-as, indeed. they we're.
For Henne yum Gaenfieisch is now
known in history as Johannes Guten-
berg. after the native town of his
mother-the inventor of printing. He
and Fust had set up the first printing
press in Christendom. Among the
choisest products of the new art was
the Bible The invention that has since
transformed the face of the world
ruined the inventor He was a poor
business man and few years later was
sued by his Junior partner for 1862
guilders, which Fust claimed he had
advanced for the business. Gaenstieisch
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1t was one of the parchment Bibles
printed by Gutenberg and peddled by
Fust in Paris under false pretense thai
it was manuscript, which now is val
ued conservatiyely at more than mil
lion dollars and is likely to be purchaser
by the government. The purchaser
either sold or gave it to a Benedictine
monastery located in the Black Forest.
Here the precious volume remained
through the centuries, until the monks
were forced to flee to Austria before
Napoleons armies. 1t was purchased
from them before the war by DR.. Voll-
behr.
Monk May Visit ID. C.
If the Gutenberg Bible comes tc
America. DR.. Vollbehr plans to make it
colorful occasion. He will try to per-
suade the head of the Bsnedictine
monastery to bring it to Washington il
person, clad in the robes of his order,
and pass it over to the proper au-
thorities.
Much of the Legendary concerning
Fust, 1t is believed. sprang up during his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-16

Bible -peddling wanderings over Ger
many. A man by the same name. prob
ably the printer himself, received de-
gree of doctor of philosophy from the
University of Heidelberg in 1910. In
1913 friend of the reformer, Melanch-
then, wrote of seeing him in an inn, "a
boastful and fatuous fellow. who called
himself a philosopher. I heard him
Boosting at the inn, but refrained from
chastizing his audacity.''
For all Fust's charlantanry he seems
to have been an able Bible salesman,
perhaps due partly to the atmosphere
of mystery he threw about himself But
when he died it was generally reported
that the Devil had strangled him
His corpse" says one chronicler, LAY
face downward on the bier all the time,
though it was turned over five times. y
Most of the Bibles peddled by. Faust.
according TO DR. Vollbehr. we're printed
on paper and now single sheets torn
from them bring minimum of $3.50
at auctions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-16

or Gutenberg let the case go by default
and FuSt took the machinery and books
in satisfaction of his claim
This partnership marks the first ap-
pearance of one of the most mysterious
characters in medieval history-the
magician Faustus. When the partnership
was dissolved Fust tried to carry on the
business alone also working as an itin-
Grant bookseller Gutenberg also was
trying to sell the Bibles he had saved
from the wreck
Fust was a poor printer compared
with Gutenberg. DR. Vollbehr has one
book a primitive edition of st. Angus
tine, undoubtedly set up BY Fust's hand
He also is believed to have been more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-16
VOYNICH WILL ORDERS
SALE OF BACON PAPERS

Names Widow and Former Col
leagues to Negotiate With Some
Public Institution for Disposal.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 16.-Sale to some
public institution of the famous cipher
manuscript of Roger Bacon was ordered
in the will of Wilfred M. Voynich, bib
liophile and authority on medieval man
uscripts, filed yesterday for probate.
The sale is to be negotiated by the
widow, by Miss Anne M. Hill OF New
York and Dr.. William Warner Bishop
of the University of Michigan and
Prof. John Manly and Prof. Westfall
Thompson of the University of Chicago
Each is to receive $4,000 for his trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-16

The will also gives 10 per cent Of the
proceeds to the widow of Prof. William
Romans Newbold of the University of
Pennsylvania. who aided MIR. Voynich in
discovering the key to the cipher: 5 per
cent to Prof. Roland G. Kent of the
same university and the balance to the
residuary estate
The residue is divided between the
widow, Mrs. Ethel Lillian Voynich. a
novelist, and Miss Hill, collaboration
of Voynich
The cipher supposed to contain SCI
entific discoveries and speculations
which the thirteenth century Franciscan
friar feared to make public during his
life. was discovered by the testator in
an italian castle in 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-16

Sketched-NdDy crem NTH
an adorable little peplum Jacket
and unite crepe bodice. SIS.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23
d Is the
Anniversary of
PERRY'S BIRTH

On Aug. %, 1885, Oliver Hazard
Perry, noted American naval officer,
whose celebrated victory on Lake
Erie is regarded one of the most
heroic episodes of the War of 1912,
was born at South Kingston, r. I.
Entering the navy at the age of IA.
Perry gained valuable experience but
10 years later in the. war against
Tripoli, shortly after the outbreak
of the War of 1872, he was sent to
Erie to take charge of the construc-
zion of a fleet with which the Amer
leans hoped to wrest from the British
the control of Lake Erie.
BY the end of the summer of 1918
he succeeded in. building and man.
ming a squadron of nine vessels. He
sailed them against the British fleet,
comprising six larger and stronger
ships. The English so holly attacked
the Lawrence, Pcrry's flagship, that
out of I01 men on it only Is escaped
injury. At this juncture Perry left
the Lawrence and. was rowed to the
Niagara in a small boat.
Resuming the conflict, he gained a
brilliant victory, taking all the British
ships. He sent the following dispatch
announcing the result: we have
met the enemy and they are ours.
Two ships, two brigs. one schooner
and one sloop." For this service Con-
gress gave Perry a gold medal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23
They Give Us Too Much Credit
(B6aCh Advancel

we very much appreciate the compliment some folks
pay the Advance when they cuss us for being optimistic
as to crop Yields, this year, because, as they say, the
Chanber OF Commerce or Chicago Board of Trade sees
OF the great grain exchanges ned scan newspapers to
see how things are here or elsewhere, for long ago they
nad their scouts In the field and have a better esti-
mate than any local newspaper can make; the railway
company has Its employees all along the line making
weekly or oftener reports; every elevator on the line is
q news bureau for the terminals. and any bit of optim-
ism the home paper may e::..",'A in an effort to help
The morale OF the people is prooac'- never noticed
beyond the confines of the county.
We are not OF the kind TT = happiest when un-
where, especially in this year when conditions here are
so much better than in most places over the entire
country. and If this cs:-.y - = 5,-bushel crop it would
cut as little figure on the market as a single PROPOSE
We of the Golden Valley really have much to be
thankful for, even though conditions are -. anyways
near what we could wish them.
Lamentations will not boost prices, increase the yield
nor change the weather. If they did We would head
the procession with q b. r-um and a sledge hammer!
It's a darned site better for us to face things as best
me may, study the situation, cd t-y to hcs.c agai-~t
another visitation of like conditions.
We have splenC~ farm land hers: we have able fern.
ers to till 1t. Even the famous Nile valley has its disas-
terS ano ciop!>-3 years, and "'lture everywhere has
its seasons of ups and d., as the cotton raisers, the
frult growers and all who west a living from Mother
Earth. SO we must carry on with that spirit which has
kept faris"rs going from the beginning of creation
Inc csaH that keeps them going In good times and bad
and with a hOpefulncsS beyond compare.
We know of no other occupation that demands SO
much courage, and We know Of no other business wherein
it's workers I'D keep ~-"~~ IN the face of such trials
and trh,'-' '-G.
Farming. like other ~----..ions. is often depressing
enough without the p---imist working overtime to make
it worse, or irn:oining things that have no foundation
in fact.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23
The Danger of Delay

The fact that one person in every seven over the age
Of 30 now dies Of cancer makes it extremely important
that the general public take advantage of every facility
that medical science offers for the checking of this
disease. In this connection the current bulletin OF the
American Society for the Control Of Cancer prints an
article that is worth quoting from here.
If there is one fact of which we have clear and GER
tain knowledge" writes DR.. David Arthur Welsh, 1T is
that cancer is often durable. Yet in this enlightened age
one is astounded at the extent to which patients will
ALLOW cancers to grow before they seek advice. They
hesitate and hesitate until they are indeed lost. Whereas.
II they had consulted their doctor at an earlier stage, and
the doctor had known what to do, a tragedy might have
been averted. The experience Of all who had dealings
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23
Citizenship for Balchen
New York Time

OyeW tOEk llNlGS)
Bernt Balchen, the Norwegian American pilot, was one
OF the real heroes Of the Byrd antarctic expedition. His
fighting confused air currents to lift the plane up
through the Axel Helberg gorge to the polar plateau
INDICATED. his commanders judgment of him as always
true, a capable and dependable man." It is not pleas
an American citizen, having taken out his first papers
in 1877, may be penalized for serving two years under
Admiral Byrd in the Antarctic.
JOnn Buys, a HOllander, who served as a seaman with
the Byrd expedition, finds himself in the same predica-
naent. He too had taken out his first papers. Absence
residence, says the naturalization law. Commissioner
Crist is reported as holding that both men, if the law
is strictly followed, must begin the term of five years
residence again. Apparently it has not always been
strictly followed. An act of 1924 permits temporary alb
senccs from the United States of six months. In his
report for 1926 Commissioner Crist said:
The requirement of residence is susceptible of
such wide latitude in its constructions that citi-
zenship has been conferred repeatedly where the
alien has been absent from the United States for
from three to four and a half years during the
five years, as evidenced by cases appearing in the
published reports.
the courts when constituting the five years continuous"
residence provision. He declared that there had been
no uniformity OF rule in the Interpretation of this
most vital provision of the law" It Is conceivable that
the courts might reckon service at Little America as in
the nature of the continuous residence required, but
a short cut to the relief Of the two applicants is pro-
posed in the bill introduced in the house by Representa-
tive Bloom of New York on May 20. It provided that
II an alien proved to the satisfaction of the court that,
while absent from the United States, he had been under
employment by or contract with the government of the
United States or an American institution of research"
period of absence could be counted as part of the five
year term Of residence.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23

want is for it to become a hectic
boom town, with the resultant unstable
prosperity that goes with boom towns.
They ri more careful and ~far-seeing.
Warn Against Sharks
In fact, they warn that the Union
Pacific will not employ more than 800
men In building the railroad and that
work on Boulder Dam itself will not
start before next spring. They also
warn against wild speculation in real
estate. like that experienced at Muscle
Shoals. explaining to investors that
much of the adjacent land is at too
high an altitude to be irrigated. even
after the great development is COM
pleted. A number Of companies to
sell lots in the area have already been
formed.
They want prosperity and they in
tend to get It. but they want the solid
kind.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23

Some day a newspaper paragrapher
is going to read a story on escaped
gas or hot air and not even think of
making q wisecrack about Congress.
X \ X
A waiter in Paris, a news dispatch
reads, has become a popular opera
star. Proving again that all good
things come to him who waits.
X X \
It will be just a stroke Of fate, of
course, that will bring those mixed-up
babies together in a Pullman car
some day and have them argue about
their berths.
Women are to wear skirts longer.
And II the business depression con-
tinues, they'll be wearing 'em longer
than they expect.
X X X
The theatrical season Is SO poor
that many actors in Chicago are
working in stores. Probably in meat
stores; where they can rub elbows
with The hams.
Men. according to the headlines,
used to END their lives over their fl
ancees, but now it's because Of their
finances.
\ X X
Maine went delirious over Rudy
Vallee when the famous crooner Wis
tied his native state the other day.
Many will see little appropriateness
now in the expression: LAS Maine
goes. so goes the nation"
Copyright, 1880, NEA Service. Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23

BY NEA Service
Las Vegas, N. NJ, Aug. 23.-After
years of discussion and planning.
Uncle Sans biggest construction job
since Muscle Shoals and one Of the
biggest since the Panama Canal Is
oon to get under way.
On or about Oct. /. actual work on
the $165 ,000, 900 Boulder Dam project
will be started when the Union Pa
cific railroad begins building a spur
track from Bracken, New, just south
of Las Vegas. to a point near tie dam
site on the Colorado river. Following
this will come construction of the
great dam with its accompanying
huge locks and hydro-eleetric plants.
a task that will require years.
Las Vegas is only 30 miles away
and, Of course. will benefit by this
great improvement but about the last
thing the city's leading business me
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23
Editorial Comment
Side Issues
tEmmOns County Free Press

tEnnmOns County Free PresSJ
A friend who recently attended a college commence
nent, made the following remark, which hits conditions
in all towns including Linton.
Most of what these young people have learned in
this college" she said, will soon be forgotten. But
one thing they have learned, and college graduates
usually have that power, is that they become able to
distinguish side issues from really important things"
This gift is not confined to college graduates. A lot
of people who have but little education Lave it. But it
makes all the difference in the world to . person or to a
community. Take organizations. A society will be run
ming along fine. And then someone gets elected to some
office, andpeople think that person wears the wrong
kind OF clothes, or fails to use good grammar, or docs
not go with the right set. If that person is doing good
work on the job. these side issues make no particular
difference. But q lot of people can't see it, and they get
sore over these side issues, and qui. or lose interest and
the organization suffers a decline.
Take community progress. Someone starts a good
project. which ought to be put through. But some peo-
Pile think the one that started it does not belong to the
right crowd, or they find minor flaws in his idea. They
turn down the whole proposition because of some quar-
rel about these little side issues, and the plan is wrecked:
A lot OF people in their own personal efforts are con-
stantly being diverted by side issues from the real ends
OF life. ANY one who keeps reading good books, maya
zines: and newspapers. and tries to associate with intel
llgent and thoughtful people, is apt to keep his mind
on the main aims and detectives Of life, and not waste
effort and do harm by dwelling too much on the side
issues.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23
from the things they do" Maria
Germanova.

from the things they do" ~ Maria
Germanova.
"virture is its own punishment
Harrison Owen.
II doubt if work ever killed any.
hody."-Arnold Bennett.
X X X
Morality for its own sake has no
claim upon us."-Dr. Hornell Hart, of
Bryn Mawr.
"The secret of my success Is that I
am really looking for my Dream
Girl."-Rudy Vallee, crooner.
X X 4
I'VE must interpret a bad temper
as the sign of an inferioriN complex"
DIR. Alfred Adler, psychiatrist.
"The Anglo-Saxon conscience does
not prevent the Anglo Saxon from
sinning-it prevents him from enjoy
ing his sin."-Salvador de Madariaga.
X X \
Some negotiations have to be dis
cussed man to man, in private
Henry L. Stimson, secretary OF state.
\
'"I know. now, that these In the
high places are those first attacked
by fate."-Norma Shearer, movie &C.
tress.
\ i y
Books are too often associated
with the unattractive grind, the dry
as-dust professor, the ~pretentious in
tellectual, and the sentimental school
girl devouring the latest trash,"-W.
w. Norton, writer.
X X X
81 find life very beautiful. Heavens,
how beautiful sleeping is! I sleep
long and happily Hans Moser,
comic acter.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23

The Union Pacific trackage to a
point called Summit-22 miles Of
grading - will cost approximately
81, 500, 600. From Summit, it is 7.13
miles to the dam site. This link will
be built by the Union Pacific for the
government on q basis of cost. plus
10 per cent. Because Of the moun
famous country 1t represents unusu-
ally difficult engineering problems.
Elevators for Workers
The dam will built at the mouth
OF the Black Canyon on the roaring
Colorado river. On the meSaS above
the stream-several hundred feet
from the bottom Of the canyon-a
city will be built to accommodate
workers. Elevators will take the men
to and from their work IN the canyon
floor.
Before the dam foundations can be
laid It will he necessary to dry up"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-23

a year ago, when they began turning
yellow. I wash them after each meal
but within q few hours q yellow sub
stance collects on them which I ear
remove with q nail file. I would ap-
preciate your advice about this"
Answer: Yellewish teeth are the
natural condition with some people.
However, it Is possible some other
condition is responsible in your own
case and I would advise you to con
suit q good dentist. Do not use q mai!
file to scrape your teeth because by
doing so you r apt to injure them
and make them subject to decay.
Palate Falls
Question: Mrs. T. N. asks: "HoH
can ! keep my palate from being down
so much?"
Answer: You may be able to
strengthen the cords Of your palate by
the use Of vocal exercises and by fol-
lowing the diet for overcoming Ca
tarrh.
Copyright, 1880, by The Bell
Syndicate, Incl