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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-02-18
JAP PROMISE
The Japs Pledge Themselves to Main
tain the sovereignty Of China
and Corea. 8~r1

New York, Feb. Is.-A Berlin dis
patch to The World quotes M Kurino,
the retiring Japanese minister at St. Pet
|ersburg as saying:
Having gone 10 war with Russia to
maintain the sovereignty of the Coreall
and the Chinese empires we will re-
|spect that sovereignty if successful. We
pledge ourselves to maintain the open
Edoor wherever the fortunes of war
|elothe us with ascendancy in the far
east
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-02-18
BOMBARDED THE INSURGENTS
The Americana Are Said to Have Fired on sar
Dominican Insurgents.

San Juan, Porto Rico. Feb. 18.-A
private message has been received from
Santo Domingo City, saying that an
American warship bombarded the insur-
gents at Pajarito, near Santo Domingo,
land .hen landed marines. These men,
however, subsequently re-enbarked.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-02-18
WRECK ON PENNSYLVANIA
One Man Was Killed In q Wreck Near Al
toona, Pa

4 Altoona, Pa. Feb. I8,-A west bound
freight on the PENNSYLVANIA road collid-I
ed with locomotive at Granville. One
man was killed. The train bearing the
remains Of Senator Hanna to Cleveland,
was delayed an hour. ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-02-18
TRAIN AT CLEVELAND.

Cleveland, Feb. is, The special
train carrying the body Of Senator
Hanna and the members Of the family
and friends arrived at the Euclid Ave
|nue station iii ii today. Thousands
Of citizens gathered IN the vicinity d
the station A Gordon Of police main
tanned perfect order.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-02-18
I. TRANSFERRED.

St. Petersburg, Feb. I8.--M Pleske
has been relieved from the temporary
post Of minister Of finance and trans
ferred to the council of the empire
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-02-18
TROOPS ON THE YALU RIVER,
The Russians Are Encamped on the River
Ready for q Scrap.

81 Seoul, Feb. 49, Three thousand Rus
sian troops are reported encamped on
the Yalu River opposite VIII.
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Miseetlaneuas 8eading.
"The Path the Calf Made"

Tho Faith tho Calf made.
One day, thru the primeval wood,
A calf walked home, as good calves
should;
But made a trail all bent askew.
A crooked trail, as all calves do.
Since then two hundred years have
fed,
And, I infer, the calf Is dead.
But still he left behind his trail,
And thereby hangs my moral tale.
The trail was taken up next day,
BY a lone dog that passed that way
And then a wise bell-wether sheep
Pursued the trail DER vale and steep,
And drew the flock behind him, too,
AS good bell-wethers always do.
And from that day DER hill and glade
Thru those old woods a path was
made;
And many men wound in and out,
And lodged, and turned. and bent
about
And uttered words Of righteous wrath
Because twas such crooked path.
But still they followed-do not laugh
The first migrations Of that calf,
And thru this winding woodway stalk
ed,
Because he wabbled when he walked.
This forest path became a lane,
That bent, and turned, and turned
again;
This crooked lane became a road,
Where many poor horse with his load
Toiled on beneath the burning sun,
And travelled some three miles in one.
And thus, a century and half
mi t., f1n or nf 40
The years passed on in swiftness fleet,
The road became village street;
And this, before men were aware,
A city's crowded thorofare;
And soon the central street was this
OF a renowned metropolis,
And men two centuries and half
Trod in the footsteps Of that calf.
Each day hundred thousand rout
Followed the zig-Zag calf about;
And DER his crooked journey went
The traffic Of continent.
A hundred thousand men were led
BY one calf near three centuries dead,
They followed still his crooked way,
And lost one hundred years a day;
For such reverence Is lent
To we'll established precedent.
A moral lesson this might teach,
Were I ordained and called to preach
For men are prone to go It blind
Along the calf paths Of the mind,
And work away from sun to sun
To do what other men have done.
They follow in the beaten track,
And out, and in, and forth, and back,
And still their devious course pursue,
To keep the path that others do.
But how the wise old wood gods laugh
Who saw the first primeval calf;
All! many things this tale might teach,
But I am not ordained to preach.
Sam Walter Foss.
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Uncle Terry
go. By....
CHARLES CLARK MUM

SYNopsIs.-Uncle Terry is the keeper
of the Cape light on Southport Island.
He has an adopted daughter Telly
(Etelka), grown to womanhood, who
was rescued when a baby from the
wreck Of the Norwegian ship Peterson.
Albert and Alice Page are two or
phans with a heritage Of debt, living in
the village Of Sandgate. Albert Is a
college graduate, and through the in
fiuence Of his chum. Frank Mason, gets
q position in the law Office of "Old
Nick" Frye in Boston. Frye Is scound-
rel and is attorney for Franks father,
a wealthy Boston merchant. He wants
Albert to keep up his intimacy with
Frank, who has yacht, plenty Of mon
ey and nothing to do but amuse him
self. In an evenings outing with
Frank, Albert fritters away $40. At
the same time Alice Is walking four
miles a day to teach school and sup
porting herself and Aunt Susan. Frye
increases Albert's pay from $75 to $175
a month as a bribe to spy upon the
Nasons. Albert tells Frank Of his
debts, Alice's strue >les and his dislike
of expensive follies Frank confesses
his disgust with an lille life and induces
his father to make Albert his attorney
in place Of Frye. Albert has $4,000 a
year to attend to Nason's affairs. He
takes Frank to his village home for
Christmas, with the inevitable result
that his friend is smitten with Alice.
Frank is delighted with the country
holiday Of sleighrides and skating.
Alice keeps him at distance and tells
her brother that his chum ought to
work for living.
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She aOatched him take out the contents.
drawing long Whit Of smoke and
slowly emitting 1t in rings. "It's been
so many years. an since got thinkin'
bout it I'd like to take look at 'em,
jest to remind me O. that fortunate
day We came to u.s."
The girl arose and, going upstairs, re-
turned with small tin box shaped like
a trunk and, drawing the table up in
front of Uncle Terry, set the box down
upon it. AS he opened it she perched
herself on the arm Of his chair and,
leaning against his shoulder, passed one
arm caressingly around his neck and
watched him take out the contents.
First came soft, fleecy blanket, then
two little garments, once whitest mus
lin, but now yellow with age, and then
another smaller one of flannel. Pinned
to this were two tiny shoes Of knitted
wool. In the bottom Of the box was u
small wooden shoe, and though clumsy
in comparison, yet evidently fashioned
to fit lady's foot. Tucked in this was
little box tied with faded ribbon, and
In this were locket and chain, two
rings and scrap of paper. The writ
ing on the paper, once hastily scrawled
by despairing mothers hand, had al
most faded, and inside the locket were
two faces, one mans with strongly
marked features, the other girlish with
big eyes and hair in curls.
These were all the heritage OF this
waif of the sea who nov. q fair girl
with eyes and face like the woman's
picture. was leaning on the shoulder
Of her foster father, and they told q
pathetic tale Of life and death; of ro-
nance and mystery not yet unwoven.
How many times that orphan girl
had imagined what that tale might be;
how often before she had examined
every one of those mute tokens; how
many times gazed with mute eyes at
the faces in the locket; and how, as
the years bearing her onward toward
maturity passed, had she hoped and
waited, hoping ever that some word,
some whisper from that farof land Of
her birth might reach her!
And as she looked at those mute rel
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"I'n jist breathe easy an sag up,"
he said to himself, same as though l
was crossin' thin ice, an If nothin'
comes ont nobody II be the worse for
worryin'."
Then he cut the slip out and hid it in
his black leather wallet and then cut
out the entire page and burned it
"WimmIn are sich curis creeters
they'd be sure to want to know what
I'd cut out O that page" he said to
himself. "an' never rest till told 'em."
When Aunt Lissy and Telly came
home Uncle Terry was as composed
as a rock and sat quietly putting his
pipe, with his feet on top Of chair
and pointing toward the fire.
"Were you lonesome. father?" asked
Telly, who usually led conversation In
the Terry home. "We stopped at Bas-
CONS. and you know he never stops
talking"
Hes worse'n burdock burs ter git
away from" answered Uncle Terry.
IAN We can't be perlite ter him unless
We want t. spend the rest O. yer life
listenin'. His tongue allus seemed ter
be hung In the middle an wag both
ways. l wasn't lonesome" he contin-
ued, rising and adding a few sticks
to the fire as the two women laid aside
their wraps and drew chairs up. "Ive
read the paper purity we'll through an
had a spell O. livin' over bygones," and
then. turning 70 Telly and smiling, he
added: 81 got thinkin' O. the day ye
came ashore, an mother she got that
excited she sot the box we was in on
the stove an then put more wood In.
It's wonder she didn't put ye in the
stove instead O. the wood"
AS this joke was not new to the lis
teners no notice was taken Of it, and
the three lupsed into silence.
Outside the steady boom Of the surf
beating on the rocks came with monot-
onous regularity, and inside the clock
licked. For long time Uncle Terry
sat and smoked on in silence, resum-
ing, perhaps. his bygones, and then
said: by the way, Telly, what's be-
come O. them trinkets O. yourn ye had
on that Gay? It's been so long now.
most twenty years, l bout forgot 'em.
1 s'pose ye hain't lost 'em. hev ye?"
"Why, no. father" she answered, a
little surprised. 81 hope not. They
are all in box in my bureau. and no
one ever disturbs them"
"Ye wouldn't mind fetchin' 'em now,
would We. Telly?" he continued after
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I" lHE effect Of Albert Pages v1g-
orous efforts to attain success
NSl was not lost upon his friend
After their Christmas visit to Sand
gate Albert had applied himself dill
gently to the care Of Mr.. Nason's legal
needs This brought him into contact
with other business men, and the fact
that John Mason employed him easily
secured for him other clients. In two
months he not only had Mr.. Nason's
affairs to look after. but all his re-
naming time was taken up by others.
He had spent several evenings at the
Nasons' home and found the family a
much more agreeable one than Frank
had led him to expect. Both that
young mans sisters were bright and
agreeable young ladies, and though q
little affected, they treated him with
charming courtesy and extended to
him a cordial invitation to have his
sister make them visit.
Since the day he had shaken his fist
at the closed door Of Mr.. Frye's law Of
fee Albert had met that hawk nosed
lawyer twice and received only chill
ing bow. The memory Of that con-
temtible contract he had tacitly allow
ed FRYE to consider as made brought n
blush to his face every time he thought
of it, but he kept his own counsel
Once or twice he had been on the point
of telling Frank the whole story, but
had refrained.
In his intimate relations with John
Mason he saw enough to satisfy himself
that Frye's insinuation against that
busy mans character was entirely
false. Mr.. Mason seldom spent an
evening away from his home, and when
be did it was to attend the theater with
his family.
After their visit to Sandgate Frank
and himself naturally drifted into more
intimate relations, and a day seldom
passed that Frank did not step into his
Office for chat.
Don't mind me, Bert" that uneasy
man would say when he saw that
Page was busy. land If you don't want
me to talk any time, tell me to shut up.
I shan't feel offended. The fact is
don't know what to do with myself.
If it were only summer I'd go off on
the Gypsy even If had to go alone"
One evening at the club he made AL
bert q rather surprising proposition.
Albert, who seldom entered into any
card games and only occasionally play
ed POOL or billiards, was In the reading
room as usual enjoying cigar and
the evening paper when Frank drew
up a chair and sat down. They were
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main street is well paved with granite
and is efficiently drained. The side
walks are raised and asphalted, the
houses-ofices or public buildings as
they may be-are imposing and lofty
structures Of brick. The pretensions
to architectural beauty which vladi-
vostok boasts come to those who know
Siberia and the untidy wastes Of the
towns there as a pleasing contrast.
Labor in vladivostok is native
Chinese, Korean or Japanese. the Rus
sian authorities finding that greater
efficiency is procurable at the hands Of
these workmen than Is the case when
the work Is given over to the Russians.
There is, therefore, a very large native
population, alien to Russian authori-
ties, but contented, peaceful and in
dustrious. This section Of the popula-
tion not only supplies the labor mar
ket, but controls large proportion Of
the trade. which makes Vladivostok It's
centre. The trade Of Vladivoetok is
comprehensive. It's imports include
most Of the products Of the west, while
its exports are characteristic Of its po-
sition and quite local as regards their
destination. AS a commercial centre
vladivostok is superior to Dalny, al
though the wonderful city which is In
course Of completion in the vicinity
Of Port Arthur threatens one day to
eclipse its northern sister.
There is a very cosmopolitan popu-
lation in vladivostok, made up Of ad-
venturers from all climes, English,
French, German and American busi-
ness men from the west and a sprink-
ling of pretty women from San Fran
cisco. Upon the whole, 1t is motley,
uninviting community, in which the
principles of morality are strangely
wanting. However, the days speed
merrily enough in Vladivostok; there
Is no little social gayety, and, although
the place is military and naval CEN
tire, there Is little harshness Of disci-
pline and much good feeling. The
country around Vladivostok Is bare and
hilly; there is no timber; yet, excluding
the reservations given over to the mil
itary authorities, 1t Is quite possible to
enjoy sport in the immediate vicinity
Of the harbor. The authorities offer
few obstacles to such means Of recre-
alton. Indeed, they welcome the
stranger with frank and open hos
pitality so long as he preserves dis
cretion, exercises tact and conceals his
camera The. camera and curiosity are
at the root of any trouble that occurs
at Vladivostok.
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BAD PLACE TO BE BoRN.-The people
inhabiting the district around the Con-
go river share with the Ashantees the
belief that If their high priest, the Chi
tome, were to die a natural death the
whole world would follow suit at once
and would dissolve at once into thin
air. For the world and all that Is
therein is held together by his person.
al will.
When the pontiff falls Ill. and the ILL
ness is severe enough to make a fatal
termination probable, a successor Is
nominated and he, as soon as he Is con-
secrated, enters the priests hut and
clubs or strangles the former to death.
A similar custom obtains In Unyoro
when the king falls seriously Ill and
seems likely to die, for his wives to kill
him. The same rule follows II he lives
beyond a certain age, for an old Un-
yoro prophecy states that the throne
will pass away from the family In the
event Of the king dying natural death.
New York Herald.
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took out papers legally adoptiT her,
an so she's ourn. From a paper we
found pinned to her clothes we learned
her name was Etelka Peterson, an
that her mother. an we supposed her
father went down that day right in
sight O. us. Thar was locket round
the child's neck an couple O. rings in
the box, an we have kept 'em an the
papers an all her baby clothes ever
since. That's the hull story"
"How did this child live to get
ashore?" asked Frye, keenly interest
ed.
THAT'S the curis part" replied Uncle
Terry. "She was put in box an
tied tween two feather beds an cum
ashore dry as duck"
Frye stroked his nose ref1ectively,
STOPPING over as he did and watching
his visitor with hawk-like eyes.
"a very we'll told tale, Mr.. Terry"
he said at last. "a very well told tale
indeed! OF course you have retained
all the articles you say were found on
the child?"
"Yes, we've kept ''em all, you may
be sure" replied Uncle Terry.
"And why did you never make any
official report Of this wreck and Of the
facts you state?" asked Frye.
II did at the time," answered Uncle
Terry, "but nothin' cum ont. 1 guess
nv report Is thar in Washington now,
If it amt lost"
"And do I understand you wish to
retain me as your counsel in this mat
ter and lay claim to this estate, Mr..
Terry?" continued Frye.
"Waal, I've told ye the facts" re-
piled Uncle Terry, "an' If the gals got
money comm I'd like to see her git
it. What's goin' to be the cost O. doin'
the business?"
"The matter of expense is hard to
state in such a case as this" answered
Frye cautiously. "The estate is a large
one. There may be, and no doubt will
be, other claimants. Litigation may
follow, and so the cost is an uncertain
one. shall be glad to act for you in
this matter and will do 80 If you re-
tain me-"
It is said that those who hesitate are
lost, and at this critical moment Uncle
Terry hesitated.
He did not like the looks of Frye.
He suspected him to be what he was
a shrewd. smooth, plausible villain.
Had he obeyed his first impulse he
would have picked up his hat and left
Frye to wash his hands with invisible
soap. and laid his case before some
other lawyer, but he hesitated. Frye,
he knew, had the matter in his hands
and might make the claim that his
story was false and fight it with all
the legal weapons Uncle Terry so much
dreaded. In the end he decided to put
the matter in Frye's hands and hope
for the best.
II shall want you to send me de-
tailed story Of this wreck, Sworn to
by yourself and wife," said Frye; "also
the articles found on this child, and
I will lay your affldavits before the at
torneys for this estate and report
progress to you later on"
When Uncle Terry turned his face
toward home his pocket was lighter
by 5000.
81 s'posed I'd git skinned" he NUT
tered to himself after he was well on
his way home, "an' / reckon I have!
A lawyer knows a farmer at sight, an
when he ketches one he takes his hay!
He's taken mine fur sartin, an begin
to think I'm q consarned old fool, that
don't know huff to 60 in when 1t rains!
How I'm goin' to git the wimmin to
give up them trinkets 'thout 'lowin'
I've lost my senses is one too many
fur me-"
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HELD HIM IN HIGH ESTEEM.
What tho Common Soldiers Thought
Of StonewaII jackson.

What the Common Soldiers Thought
Of StonewaII jackson.
Few generals were so beloved and
revered by their soldiers as Stonewall
Jackson, the great fanker," was by
his. His simplicity, strength, daring.
skill and indomitable will endeared
him to his troops. while his successes
reused their admiration. Whenever
great cheering was heard in Jackson's
camp those who were detained from
being present at the occasion would
say: Here comes either Jackson or
an old rabbit"
While in camp and winter quarters;
Jackson's soldiers indulged in jocular
stories-"camp stories," as they were
called, made up by them about their
general.
"Stonewall died." ran one Of these
stories, "and two angels came down
from heaven to take him back with
them. They went to his tent-he was not
there; they went to the prayer-meet-
ing-he was not there. SO they had
to return without him. But when they
came to heaven they found that he
had made flank march and had
reached heaven ahead Of them"
Another story was this:
The soldiers declared that General
Jackson was greater than Moses.
1T took Moses" they said, forty
years to lead the Israelites through the
wilderness, with mamma to feed them
on; Stonewall Jackson would have
double -quicked them through it In
three days on half rations."
At one time when Jackson's camp
was on the southern bank Of the Rap
pahannock and that Of the Federals
on the northern bank Of the river,
friendly intercourse-not only confin-
ed to the exchange Of coffee and to-
bacco-existed between the outposts OF
the two armies, and friendly greetings
were often exchanged across the riV-
er. One day, when Jackson rode along
the river and the Confederate troops
ran together as was their custom, to
greet him with q yell, the Federal
pickets shouted across the river, ask
ing what it was all about. "StonewaH
Is coming" was the reply, and imme-
diately, to Jackson's astonishment, the
cry "Hurrah for Stonewall Jackson!"
rang out from the Federal ranks.
Thus the voice of north and south,
prophetic Of time Of renewed unity,
mingled in acclamation Of great SOL
dier.-Los Angeles Times.
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les which told so little ana yet so much
of her history. while the old man who
had been all that kind father could
be to her took them out one by one,
she realized more than ever what a
debt of gratitude she owed to him.
When he had looked them over and
put them back in the exact order in
which they had been packed, he closed
the box and, taking the little hand that
had been caressing his face in his own
wrinkled and bony one, held it for a
When he released it the girl
stopped and, pressing her lips to his
weather Drowned cheek. arose and re-
sumed her seat.
"Waal, ye better put the box away
now" said Uncle Terry at last. "Ill
Jest 60 out an take look off'n the
pint, and then it'll be time to turn in"
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alone, ana as Page laid his paper aside
FRO nL eaid.

alone, ana as Page laid his paper aside
Frank said:
"Do you know, am getting abso-
lutely tired and sick Of doing nothing.
Ever since I left college I've been an
idler, and I can't say I'm enjoying it.
I arise in the morning and wonder how
1 can manage to get through the day.
I read the papers, 60 down to the store,
up to the club, down to your office,
back to the club to lunch and maybe
play pool for an hour or two with
some poor devil as lonesome as I am
or 60 to the matinee, and in the even
ing only do begin to enjoy myself a
little. I am beginning to realize that
q life of idleness is a beastly bore, and
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4P An American professor has pub
lished the results Of his study OF TO-
900 suicides during the last ten years.
Among the other interesting points ne
finds that the favorite age for suicide
is between thirty-f1ve and forty. Tne
popular day is Sunday for women, and
Monday for men, and the favorite
method is shooting.
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sT When a man Is content with what
he Is, he is never content with what
he has.
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CHAPTER XIII.

fSYTN summer Southport island, as
I8I l yet untainted by the tide OF
kss( outing travel, was spot to
(SH&j inspire dreams, poetry and
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CHAPTER XIV.

~ 1HE effect of Albert Pages Wig
orous efforts to attain success
k was not lost upon his friend
INE2S0I Frank
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CHAPTER XIV.

'G1Y'VE got ter 60 ter Boston,"
I8I said Uncle Terry to his wife
Ss( a few days later. 'Thars
lASHSJ some money due us that we
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TO BE CONTINUED.