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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-04-19
- SPECIAL EASTER EDITION ~
PART 1.
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THE EGG DANCE
aus Easter Custom OF Ancient
l'e--A Royal Romance.

~ In very ancient times most curious
Easter custom prevailed in France
Wooing lads and lasses would come
forward as applicants for the egg and
matrimonial, dance" A hundred eggs
were arranged on level sward spread
with sand, and all the young tenantry
selected their partners to dance on the
green among the eggs. ..e.s ... g.
The story is told by an old chronicler
that Philibert. duke of Savoy, was out
hunting and, being in the neighborhood
Of the beautiful palace of Margaret of
Flanders, called to pay his respects to
her. All the tenantry were dancing on
the green, the eggs were laid, and the
lovers were treading a measure of the
national dance amid them Few there
were who managed to dance through
without breaking some of the obstruc-
tions. If they succeeded not even the
nay of the parents prevailed to break
lip the match. 1t was an evidence of
the intentions of Providence to smile on
the union. e.. ~ ~
While many had tried and been I'M
successful, the duke besougEt the prin-
cess to try the dance with him.. Though
it was the first time they had met. she
agreed, and. they executed the national
dance without breaking an egg. They
were greeted with enthusiastic cheers,
and, as it was sure sign that they
were afianced by divine will and their
welded life would be one of great bliss,
they bowed to the fates that ordained
it so, and in the sentiment of the ro-
nance they were married and lived
happily ever after" says The Philadel-
phia Press. -. M n
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The Past Career Tells
Small Musical Instruments.

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Music Rolls in beautiful assorted leather, all sizes,
all prices. ~. zE ~.
Toy Pianos-H Handsome little instruments that will
please every little girl Prices from sI.oo to $500.
yiolins Our stock is very carefully selected and
every Instrument is to give satisfaction. Prices
range from 500 to 500 each s.
zitlhers In cherry ebony and mahogany finish.
beautifully inlaid, from $500 up.
Accordions In al styles. French. German and Ital-
ian at prices from IS cents up. III
Kazoos- 18th one you can initiate almost anything
by simply hummng in the mouthpiece. each 10 cents
Autoharps Anyone can play them delicious music,
81 and up.
Drums Big drums. little drums, toy drums, all kinds
and sizes, as cheap as 20 cents.
Flies Flutes, aagolets. all kinds, all sizes. Prices
from 10 cents to $40 each. S
fiarmoncas Plain. fancy. Pipe Organ. Orchestrion.
Brass Band In fact all kinds Prices from r5c 500
each. s # stss s
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The Finch guns in broadsde on pedes-
tai mounts on the gun deck, behind Finch
armor, each gun being isolated by splinter
bulkheads Of nickel steel of from ~ to
2 inches thickness; forward and after
guns arranged to fire straight ahead and
straight astern, respectively. Other 7-inch
guns to have the usual broadside train.
The guns Of the secondary battery in
commanding positions. having g, large arc
of unobstructed fire and protected wher-
ever practicable. r -. -.
All the finch guns are so arranged that
their muzzles train inside the line Of the
side armor, thus leaving clear and I'M
INSTRUCTED side when it Is desired to &c
alongside a pier or vessel. Arrangements
will be made whereby the 3-inch guns
on the main deck can be quickly ard con-
veniently dismounted, housed and secured
Armor and Protection.
The hull is protected at the waterline
by complete belt of arn1or, 8 feet
inches wide, having a maximum thickness
of II inches for about 200 feet amidships
Forward and aft Of this, the maximum
thickness is inches within the limits q
magazines, from which points the thick
ness is gradually decreased to inchesTa
the stem and stern. The lower casematt
armor extends to the limits of the maya.
zine spaces and reaches from the top O.
the waterline belt to the lower edge o
the 1-inch gun ports on the main deck
and is 6 inches in thickness, the athwart
ship bull1heads at the ends Of this case,
| mate also being inches thick.
| The 12-inch barbette extends from The
protective deck about feet above tn.
main deck and consists of 10. inches o
armor in front and Z u inches in the real
above the gun deck. Between the tWt
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kroner and the municipalities 245,0O0
kroner, while 100000 kroner were used
for educational and charitable purposes.
Directly for the furtherance of the tenn
perance cause there were donated IT,
600 kroner by twentyei eight 9 sam
lags.' Since the first ''samlag' was
established in 1871, from the profits of
25,000,0OO kroner ($6,7OO,OOO) to educa-
tional and charitable institutions.
Regarding the number Of persons who
has been refused service on account of
intoxication and tender age, the figures
are for Christiania 10000 intoxicated
and 900 minors, while 13,4OO were ar
rested for drunkenness. The number
Of persons refused service and Of those
arrested on account of intoxication is
decreasing. In 1897 these figures, for
Christiania, were $4,000 and 2l,5oO, re-
spectively. Consumption Of liquor for
the country is gradually decreasing,
despite the increase Of population.
Compared with other countries, Norway
shows up very favorably, as there is
only one country, Finland, where the
consumption is less than in Norway. AS
No. comes the United States.
The Good Templars and other temper
ance societies have in all about one
hundred and seventy-fve thousand
adult members and $4,000 children.
which makes about 10 per cent Of the
population.
The temperance peaple have just had
series of interesting lectures deliv-
cred in this city, the keynote of which
has been to teach the people how fool
ish it is to get drunk and how sensible
the man is who stays sober. The lee
lures have all been delivered by men
of science, mostly physicians.
1 Two members of the Danish literary
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RETIRED OFFICERS
MAKING SOLDIERS
Secretary Of War Reports on For.
mer Fighting Men Now
Teaching III Northwest.
BY w. w. Jermane

Washington, Feb. 4.-In response to a
recent senate resolution, the secretary Of
war has had compiled list of regular
army officers on the retired list who are
detailed for service with the national
guard in the several states, and at edu-
cational institutions, Thirty-one of
these retired officers are in the service
of the national guard in as many sepa-
rate states. ri: Thirty eight of them are
at educational institutions with full
pay, but without allowances. Five are
at education institutions with only re.
tired pay. Three are on recruiting duty
with full pay and allowances. The fol
lowing officers from this list are in the
northwest: s----.
With. the National Guard-Lieutenant
Colonel William Gerlach, ST.. Paul
Major J. A. Olmsted, Des Moines; Cap
tain Charles King, Madison, Wis.
On recruiting eryice-Major Charles
| B. Vogdes, Fargo, n. D. 49,.
At Educational Institutions with Full
Pay but No Allowances-Ma DAME
Robinson, Simpson college, Indianola
Iowa; Major Louis B. Lawton, Shattucl
school, Faribault, Mimi; Major James
Ulio, Dakota Agricultural college, Far
go, N. D.; Captain c.. A. Curtis, stat,
| university, Madison, Wis; Captain AS;
r. Abbott, University of South Dakota
Vermillion, s. D.; First Lieutenan
George R. Burnett, Iowa state uni
| yersitv, Iowa City, ~.
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ing from the bewildering network of
scaffolding makes an imposing picture;
deck guns have been cut in the hull end
the armor that protects the, gunners
from the enemy's fire has been put
around each The ponderous coming
tower, with the bridge leading from 1t
to the sides of the ship s superstructure,
has been set in position and the entire
ship is being freshly painted.
Weight on supt. Doughty's Shoulders
The man to whom the general super
vision Of the putting afoat of the brave
ship Minnesota has been intrusted is
M. V. D. Doughty, the highest salaried
and probably most expert superlnten-
dent of hull construction in the world.
He has successfully launched one hun
bred and thirty-odd naval and merchant
ships in his long and remarka career;
EXCEPT for hitch in the launching Of
the cruiser Maryland, which failed to
clear the ways-an accident attended
? with not a dollar s worth of damage
Superintendent Doughty has never made
q slip.
The launching of ship is always a
matter Of interest to the public and the
shipbuilder. TO the former it is an in
teresting affair from spectacular view
point; to the latter the process is
fraupht with the most intense anxiety
as there is always doubt in his mind
that some Of the numerous details calcu
lated with mathematical precision, may
0o wrong. The launching of the Min
nesota. enormous bulk of steel that she
IS. is not only a matter of careful calcu
lation, but involves the exercise of fine
skill and much labor.
Should anything interrupt the az.
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GREAT RII|ZESHIP MINNESOTA
SOON TO SLIDE: INTO THE SEA
de1m Craft With AH the Latest Ideas NaUa1 Fighting Ma
& chiue,y-Detaized Description of Goutyuc
and Equibnent

ranged program-such as delays in
clearing the ship of her shores and
blocks, or the unlocked for obstructive
evolutions Of some passing craft-then
comes moment of awful suspense for
the man having the launching in charge,
who knows Just how long he can wait
and how far the limit of safety extends.
Should the ship refuse to slide from the
ways, or stick, as it is termed, the
safety Of the vessel is gravely menaced.
There is also, after the ship has
started down to her first plunge, a
severe mental strain to the man in
charge and the builders, for the danger
of disaster irremediable is never past
until the vessel is afloat. !.
The Details of Construction
Never before has a vessel been
launched at an American shipyard car
rying such enormous gross tonnage as
will the Minnesota. Her weight on
launching day, it is estimated, will be
5000 tons. When completed, the bat:
tleship will have a gross tonnage OF
10000 tons.
Naval and shipbuilding men the
world over will watch with great inter
est the feat to be attempted in putting
the huge fighter overheard.
A detailed description of the new bat
tleship is given below:
Length Of load waterline, feet.... IS
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NORWAY rs. STRICKEN
WITH ANOTHER DISASTER
BY NJ. ALaER.

st-s. !. + 2 - : Z - *
cept in special trades, employment in
Christiania has been plentiful, and the
best evidence of fair conditions among
the masses is that the note circulation
of, the Norges bank has only slightly
declined. On Dec. 1904, it was &c.
64l 900 kroner; on the same date in
1899, 60, 759,000 kroner. On Dec. Z,
1893, in the year when the boom had
just commenced, it was only As, 836, 900
are now much larger than eleven
years ago; they have been greatly i'm
proved and more hands find employ
ment. But the financial results to the
owners have Of late years been meager.
General improvement is not, however,
to be expected before the capitalists
now .smarting under their heavy losses
regain confidence, which will not hap
pen until money has been for some time
80 cheap that they are no longer salts
fed with low interest, and until gen
eraI improvement in the trade Of the
world with rise in freights.
The returns Of the cod fisheries fol-
1904 were poor, the aggregate 1880,
600 of Gods being some 100000 below
the sa figure Of the last thr ST.
the total value Of the fishery, notwith
standing the high prices, fell considera
bly, below what might have been ex
pected. The finished products of tn
fisheries have been fairly remunerative
tho allowance must be made for tn
4 high cost Of raw materials. Steame,
4 medicinal oil saw heavy fluctuations
butt later on tho demand and turnove
were both fair. J. Brown has been con
stantly declining and closes at a yer,
| low level. i- -.
The fishery Of large herring, whic1
! had been rather dull in the closin
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There will be three tunnels, each 100
feet above the base line. :sa 5zr
The following auxiliary steam machinery
of approved make and design, in addition
to that pertaining to the main engines
and dependencies, is to be supplied:
Steering engine, windla SIS engine, ash hoist
engine for each flreroon, forced draft
blowers ice plant with cooling effect of
three tons of ice in twenty-four hours;
evaporating plant to consist of not less
than four units having total capacity
OF 16,500 gallons of fresh water day;
distilling apparatus capable OF con
densing at least 10000 gallons of water
day. ..afS
The vessel Is to be heated by steam
turnout.
The weight of all machinery, tools and
spare parts will be about 1900 tons. The
vessel will be lighted thruout by cleo
ltricity. The electric plant is to. consist
| of eight N10O-kilowatt steam driven gen.
| Grating sets all to be Of 125 volts pres.
sure at the terminals, disposed in two
separate and Independent dynamo rooms
There will be fitted all the usual means
4 of interior communication, such as tele.
phones. voice pipes, call bells. buzzers
| gongs and annunciators, engine and steer
/ ing telegraphs, revolution and rudder In.
!, dicators heeling Indicators, automatic
fire alarm, warning signals etc.
With the exception Of the auxiliarie:
above mentioned as being operated by
steam, all power will be electric, as fo1
/ instance for boat cranes, deck winches
| Understanding motors, Ventnatlon-DloWel
motors.
The following boats will be carried
] Two electrically operated boat cranes
i eight pairs OF boat davits. adjustable boa
j ehocks and all necessary fittings being
] provided; ono S60-foot steam cutter two
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Trade in Norway remained slack all
thru 1904 The money market has
gradually. gained strength, and capital
has accumulated in the private banks
to such an extent that when the Norges
bank raised it's discount in October to
per cent, the private banks decided to
keep their deposit rate at ~ per cent.
In the autumn were seen the first
signs that the depression, which has
weighed so heavily upon Norwegian
business since the crisis of 1899, was at
last lifting. Unfortunately, three cir
cumstances have retarded the hoped-for
ern Norway, the poor fisheries .(partic-
ularly the herring fishery on the west
coast), and, finally, the unprecedented
drough in east Norway. We have also
suffered a great banking catastrophe,
Christiania Handelsbank being COM
PEELED on June II to suspend payment.
The year has not been a prosperous
one for Norwegian trade and indus
tries; the freight market has been
worse than ever; in the wood trade
prices have been declining, and of tho
export industries only the cellulose and
the paper trade have done well.
In spite Of all these serious draw
backs, the long and painful liquidation
ing to a close. The business commun
| ity has had time to reduce liabilities
and trade is generally sound. It is 6
noteworthy fact that not one really
first class firm has succumbed. TIL,
heavy losses have fallen mostly on small
concerns. zzz.fi.2, - szs
The masses have not suffered to any
thing like the extent one might sup
pose from the economic reaction. Ex
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Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Newport News. Va, Feb. 1.-The live
lest interest is already evinccd in the
launching OF the frst-class battleship
Minnesota, which will be sent overheard
at the yard of the Newport News Ship
building company some time in March.
Preliminary arrangements are now
in progress here. 1t is not improbable
that President Roosevelt will be among
the guests of honor, occupying place
on the launching platform with the gov
ernors Of Minnesota and Virginia.
From the shipbuilder's viewpoint, the
process of launching a vessel begins
with the placing of the cradle beneath
the hull, which operation is usually
started about five or six weeks before
the day set for sending the vessel over
board. Work on the Minnesota s launch
ing cradle was begun several days ago
and is now being pushed rapidly:
The Minnesota is at present the only
warships on stocks at the yard and it is
likely that she will be afloat beSQre the
keels for the new armored cruisers are
laid. The huge sea fighter is 50 per
cent completed and the officials of the
shipbuilding company promise that the
battleship will be 60 per cent advanced
by Minnesota launching day.
AS she now appears on the stocks
the great riveted mass of steel presents
q handsome spectacle, bidding fair tt
prove what the builders claim for her
that the Minnesota will be one OF thu
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repetition to Greenland, Myths Erich.
sen and Mr.. Rasmussen, were guests Of
honor at the Geographical society meet
Welcomed wei ONE by c The president. Professor
guished persons present were Otto
Sverdrup and Carsten Borchgrevink,
both men well known in connection
with arctic and antarctic discoveries,
and Hialmar Johansen, who was with
Frithjof Nansen "farthest north.
The tales told by the two guests OF
honor about the queer inhabitants Of
the frozen north were very interesting,
acquaintance with the natives of
Greenland. AS a result, steps will be
taken to bring the light Of Christianity
and civilization to these people who
know so very little about the outside
world and to whom the white man 10
still strange mystic being.
Yesterday W. Randall Cremer, the
winner Of the Nobel peace prize In
1908, delivered the obligatory lecture in
this city. His theme was: The
Progress and Advantages Of Interna-
tional Arbitration ~
| Having at length, and In very elo-
quent words treated the superiority Of
international arbitration over war and
what already had been accomplished by
the Universal Peace organization, he
1HYet there is much work undone, but
the universal peace movement especial
lily lately-has made wonderful adj
lvances. The darkness is fading away,
q new day is breaking forth, and the
I future is ours.
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there will besa uniform thickness Of 6
inches.
The coming tower and shield will each
be 8 inches thick and the signal tower
inches. An armor tube &c inches in
diameter will extend from the base Of
the coming tower to the protective deck
and will be inches thruout
The Protective Deck.
There is a complete; protective deck
extending from stem to stern, the deck be-
ing fiat amidships but sloped at the sides
turnout and sloped at each end. It will
be built up to the 20-pound plating thru
out, with nickel-stael Of 40 pounds on the
flat and 100 pounds on the slopes.
Cofferdams about 80 inches thick and ex-
tending from protective berth deck Level
will be worked from end to end Of the YES
sci, these cofferdams being extended above
the berth deck forward and abaft the
transverse armor to a height of about 81
inches. The ,cofferdams will be packed
with; cellMose or other approved water
excluding material. fhFs, -. 80.
I = -. 49, Ammunition.
The magazines and shellrooms are 81
arranged that about one-half the tota
supply Of ammunition may be carried a
each end Of the ship.
| . Magazine bulkheads adjacent to heated
| compartments, such as f1rerooms, engine
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Breadth, extreme at load water
Displacement on trial, not more y,
than tons lo,ouO
Mean draft to bottom Of keel, at
trial, displacement, feet........ "A ID
Gross draft, full load, feet. ....... rs ga
Total bunker capacity. tons. 1000
The hull of the Minnesota is of steel
turnout and will be fitted with docking
and bilge keels.
Armament of the Ship.
The main battery will consist Of four
12-inch breech loading rifles; eight S-inch
Ibreech-loading rifles; twelve Finch breech-
loading rifles.
The secondary battery is to be COM
posed of twenty 3-inch 14-pounder rapid
fire guns; twelve 3-pounder semi-auto-
matte guns; six 1-pounder automatic
guns; two 1-pounder semi automatic
guns; two 3-inch field pieces; two ma
| chine guns, caliber 80: six automatic guns,
caliber 30.
The battery will be mounted as follows:
The 12-inch guns in pairs in TWO cleo
| trcally- controlled balanced elliptical tur-
refs on the center line, one forward and
one aft each with an arc Of fire Of about
! 270 degrees.
The S-inch guns in pairs, in four cleo
trically- controlled. balanced elllptical ,tur-
refs, two on each beam, at each end OF
the superstructure.
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Correspondence >of The journal.

Correspondence of The Journal
Christiania, Norway, Jan. IAN
other disaster has befallen this unhappy
country, before the memories Of the
Aalesund fire and the Norge shipwreek
had begun to grow dim in the public
mind. The mails and wires have Just
brought the first intelligence Of huge
avalanche, followed by a death ealing
tidal wave, In a remote corner of N or
way, in which .ffty-nine persons. lost
their lives in most tragic way: The
cable will have taken to America the
outlines of the affair long before my
letter can reach the eyes of journal
readers. And, indeed, the particulars
have not reached us as I write. .s
Last Sunday night at II O'Clock a
huge mass of rock fell from Ravnefjeld
and crashed down into the lake of
Loenvand, in Nordfjord. So huge was
sixty feet high to rush forth on it's
destructi tive mission This wave, in it's
resistless rush, swept away farmhouscs
and their sleeping occupants, as well
as barns, cattle and other property. Be
sides the long list Of dead, there are
many injured. s-, ..sS.,.
On the shores of the lake nestled 8
small village, cut off from any wire
connection with the world, and it took
reach this city. The Nordfjord is wei
known for it's wild and beautiful seen
cry and is much visited by tourists il
summer. The people were all in be-
when, without warning, the whelmins
wave came. g.. .,..- ~ -.
Some idea of the force of the wav,
may be obtained from the fact that {
bridge at the other end of the lake
nearly four miles away, was demol
ished {.
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months of 1908, improved tho first half
Of January, but the Aalesund conf1agra-
tion, together with heavy storms, ham,
pered the fishery and improvement was
not visible again until the latter half Of
February. Last autumn the fishery was
rather poor, owing to the exceptionally
late opening Of the season. The tat
herring fishery has been sad. disap-
pointment after the hope Of an improve
The year 1904 was simply the worst on
record. This remarkable absence of
herring has Influenced all the rest of the
Norwegian coast fisheries in an 'un-
tfavorab BILE way. .s5-. .y
Sale Of Liquors in Norway.
As is we'll known, the liquor traffic is
a state monopoly in Norway, and only
the "samlags" are allowed to sell spir-
itous liquors. According to statistics
just published there were in 1908, thir-
Norway has sixty.three towns, it viii
be seen that but half Of them had places
where liquors were sold. In 1895, there
were g samlags in ffty-one towns.
The profits are divided as follows: Is
per cent to the municipality where the
'ssamlag' or Gquor-selling company is
located, 20 per cent for benevolent and
charitable institutions Of the district
| and the balance, IS per cent, to the state
treasury. :.
| Of private persons holding life priv
lege of selling liquor, there are only ten
left in Christiania and very few else
w9 There - are r'f sold 100000 itres of
brandy by the samlags" in 1908, with
"a profit of 1,733,000 kroner, Of which
the state treasury received l.060,00t