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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-10-23
Apple Butter.

This may be made Of sweet or sour
apples. or half and half. Boil q gall
lon OF fresh cider down to one half
of its original bulk. Quarter the APP.
pies, peel and core and cut into small
pieces. Put into the boiling elder as
many Of the apples as car cook at D.
time without burning When the APP
pies are soft, skim out, add more and
SO on until all are cooked. Then mash
as soft as possible, put all together
again In the cider and simmer gently
until about half their original bulk
and as thick az marmalade. Stir often
with smooth wooden spoon or nat
stick, taking a great deal Of pains
not 10 let the butter stick ON the
bottom. 1t Ii the part OF wisdom to
keep one Of the asbestos mats under
the kettle during the last hour or two.
Turn into small stone crooks, and keep
In cool, dry place. II YOU wish the
apple butter to have spicy flavor
allow one teaspoonfui each or CHINA
mon. nutmeg and allspice to each gall
lon OF the sauce. putting 1t In when
nearly done. This simple sweet makes
good appetizer at breakfast and
finds favor with the children for their
luncheons when spread on bread. An
occe sional variation ID furnished by
adding chopped buttsrnnt Or walnut
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-10-23

One of the best remedies for burns
is the white OF an egg. Beat to a
froth and apply evenly. Several APP
plications will soothe the pain and by
excluding the air permit the abrasure
to heal quickly.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-10-23
SNOW STORM IN MISSOURI.

Considerable Suffering of Livestock
Reported in Northeastern Section.
st. Joseph, Mo-, Oct. 2s.-Northwest
Missouri experienced it's first snow
storm of the season today. The tenn
perature is not low but there Is COM
siderable suffering of live stock.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-10-23
Peach cobbIer.

This is unlike the dish that usually
goes by that name. Nearly fill a pud-
ding dish with pared whole peaches;
cover with biscuit dough nearly an
inch thick. Set on top Of range tight
~ covered withSa pie pan or lid. so
that the crust may cook by the steam
from the fruit. When done (try with
broom straw cut slit In top big
enough to pour in one cup OF sugar,
one-half cup of boiling water and
two tablespoons of butter melted to-
gether Set In oven until crust is
brown. The sugar. water and butter,
together with the peach juice, make a
delicious sauce; no other is needed.
This can be made In winter with cam
ned fruit
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-10-23
Remedy for Burns.

her ears, was found twelve miles down
the canyon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-10-23

secondhand goods bought and cold
J. G.. Lally. S1o-612 First avenue
north. Fargo Phone 472.L
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
The Earlisst Anchors.

The earliest anchors Of witch We
have any record were OF wood. ard
gradually through the iron anchor OF
enc HOOK and the anchor In the shape
Of q rake, there was evolved the an
eAor with the straight thick shank.
u two curving arms with fattened
26emities and the long cross stock.
1Ae process Of storing one of these old
anchors was long and laborious one.
u was hove close up to the capstan
e windlass; a man was let down By
nope to hook on huge tackle. by
which the anchor was then hoisted.
stlll perpendicular, to stout project
ing timber, Then the lower end had
b be hoisted up horizontally by an
other tackle and the whole made fast,
N the modern stockless anchor 4
chain Il attached to It at the balancing
point, ana this is passed through q
pulley at the head of the anchor dayit,
Wnsn the anchor is high enough, dav
ana all swing round until the anchor
u over the billboard, where 1t rests
ana L. secured by chains.-Lopdon
Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Strengthened Out tn, o,undsr.

Beef was very scarce In T.adysmftA
during the siege, but General Sir Ian
Hamilton. then Il colonel. insisted that
horse Is not half bad when properly
cooked and when ohe is used to- It,
In fact" he said. concluding a discus.
sion. Il have joint cooked tonight,
which I hope you will all sample. OF
course. there's beef, too--tonight!" Ev.
cry one at the table preferred the beef,
with the exception Of ColoEels Ward
and Ian Hamilton, who ostentatiously
carved generous slices front the horse.
desh." The dinner was nearly over
when one OF the servants whisper ed a
communication to Ward Up he sprans
I'm distressed. gentlemen" he an.
nounced to the startled company. "A
silly mistake has been made. Those
Joints were mixed up somehow, and
you have been eating the horse. I'm
really annoyed. But l hope you'll be
convinced now that the meat Is splen.
did eating. I'm sure you all seemed
to enjoy It." Chances were exchanged;
mustaches were twirled. Nobody seem.
ID ready with a response. Then 4
voice from the bottom OF the table
piped up: "Oh. don't distress yourself.
Ward! thought some mistake had
been made. so l just changed those
dishes as they stood on the sldeboard.
It was you and Hamilton who had the
horseflesh all right"'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Iceland From a Lava Wall

The general impression that Iceland
IL a cold country is a false one, says a
writer in Travel Magazine In Reyk
javik, the capital Of the island, I one
day perched myself on one OF the lava
walls and looked at scene Of summer
warmth and beauty. Familiar cows
and cats and hens were busy In the
sunshine. Children. thinly clad, were
playing about with shouts OF merri
ment Potatoes were in full blossom,
and cabbage and various vegetables
added to the sense of homelike comfort
But such days are GASES IN vast deserts
Of rain, for II Iceland In summer Is
not cold 1t Is not comfortable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Working In Steel Mako.

The workman wore a steel mask
with glazed eyeholes, a rubber suit,
rubber gloves and rubber boots, and he
carried q pair Of tongs Of snvery alu.
minium.
I'm certain departments of the
plant" said the dynamite manufac-
turer. 'all our workmen are dressed
like that. They must be. Otherwise
they would be smeared with chemicals
and splashed with acids that would eat
their flesh like liquid 6re.''
but the aluminium tongsY
'They are for lifting the gun cotton
out of its nitric acid bath. Aluminium
IL the only metal upon which the nitric
acid has no effect"
He turned to the workman.
Everything all right. George7" he
said.
80. So" came sepulchral answe,
from behind the mask of steel-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
At His Word.

Many postof1ice names are queer
enough to make one desire an explana.
ton Of them. Sometimes the eXplana.
ton is queerer than the name itself. A
minister in Cass county wrote ia
Washington IN behalf Of the residents
Of growing hamlet, asking that q
postoffice be added to its institutions.
The request was favorably received,
and he was asked to suggest name
that would be acceptable to his neigh
bors. He replied that they were TO;
hard to please so long as the name was
peculiar. The postof1ice department,
took him at his word. and peculiar
is the name of the Office to this day
Kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
The Oyster and the Cookie.

II the average person were asked
what was the strongest living thing I.
b probable that he would name the
lion or some such huge denlzen Of the
forest and would not even think of the
anassertiyc bivalve. But so great Is
the power possessed by the oyster that
to open 1t force equal to 1905 times
the weight Of its shell-less body Is re
CURED The shell-less I1lpet pulls
1854 times its own weight when In the
air and about double when measured
in the water The Mediterranean coo
kle Venus vurrucosa) can exert q pull
ing power equal to 2,071 times the
weight of its own body. If the human
being possessed strength as great In
proportion as that the average man
would be able to lift the enormous
weight Of . 916,O0O pounds, pulling IL
the same degree as the limpet. And II
the man pulled in the same proportion
ate degree as the cookie he would sus
tain 4 weight Of no less than 3, LOG, SOC
pounds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Hyperhole.

A Rochester clergyman was accus-
toned to use scientific terms, which the
people did not understand A deputa.
don waited on him with the request
that In the future whenever he used
such terms he would explain them. On
the following Sunday he used the term
hyperbole and added: "As agreed on,
I beg to explain this word. Were l ia
say that at this moment the whole Of
my congregation are sound asleep II
would be hyperbole, but II l say that
one-half are asleep that Is no hyper
bole, but the truth" The next day the
deputation again called to say that the
minister need not explain technical
terms. The people would learn their
meaning from a dictionary.-Roches
Herald
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Slang Of Other Days.

Slang has always been fruitful
source for the expansion Of language
and instances may be multiplied OF
words now respectable which We're
once tabooed rs vu!garisms. But, on
the other hand. there have been many
slang phrases in use for centuries
which have never become acceptable
to the purists. AS long ago as 1850 the
celebrated letter writer Horace Wal.
pole used to speak of Sitting guzzling'
and getting drunk as an owl" Then
again in the diary of one of the most
prominent woman writers of the eight
eenth century, Frances Burney. ars
found good slang phrases Of the Amer
lean college girl Of today, as, for in
stance, 81 sneaked out" did you
ever know such toad?" and II had
q vile cold."-St. Louis Republic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Room Doors on the Stage.

In real HE room doors always upeI
In toward the room itself. On tA'
stage, however, room doors. as rule
open outward, or away from the roosu
Exits are one Of the most difficult parts
Of the actors art, and if he or she '!a'
to tumble With the handle, pull ths
door toward them, step round ii anC
pass through they would probahl!
make a clumsy dodge OF it. That l.
why. as a rule, doors are constructs
to open outward at push.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Nobody Ever Eat" London.

A case of irreyularity occurs in =
Gu blegram that announces from New
York the residence of certain ar
eused person at London" You vii
perceive ut once the absurdity of thoSs
words-"at London" \ New Yorker
may want to get at London. but those
who live there live Tin London" And
it Is one Of the triumphs Of London
and language Though most Irregular,
that no one is ever Eat" London. Yon
can drop off at Paris on the way to
anywhere. and you may spend the win
ter "at" st. Petersburg or lat" New
York. You may change cars lat" Chi
cago. But there comes moment when
the English language gets irregular. Il
It when the fifth million IS passed? No
Englishman was ever Eat" London. II
would be as irregular as being lat"
Asia or lat" heaven.-.I.ondon Stand
ard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
8ett IS Gift.

A Lancashire vicar was asked by the
choir to call upon DID Betty, who was
deaf, but who insis ed In Joining In III.
solo Of the anthem. and to ask he,
only to sing In the hymns. He shoutet
into her ear. Betty, I've been request
ed to speak to you about your sing
ing" At last she caught the Wort
singing" and replied: Not to me b.
the praise, sir. IT'S 4 gift"-PaN Nal
Gazette
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
The Case Of Emergency.

While on the march in India the pic
neer corporal Of a famous Irish regi
ment, went to the Quartermaster for e
loan Of camel to carry spare tent
but the quartermaster refused, saying
Il have only the cart, and this spar
camel am keeping :or a case Of emer
gency."
The corporal said. Cant you put the
case Of emergency on the cart sir. and
set me have the camelr'-Red Letter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
GRAPHIC or any other newspaper.

We desire to call the attention Of all our subscribers
to paragraph of Section 1876 Postal Laws and Rngla
tons:
"a reasonable time will be allowed publishers to Sc
cure renewal OF subscription but unless subscriptions
expressly renewed after the terms for which thew
are paid within the following periods: Daes THREE
MONTHS, weeklies within NINE MONTHS thev shall
not be counted in the legitimate list of subscribers and
copies mailed on account thereof shall not be accepted for
mailing at second-class postage rate.''
The foregoing law. is selfexplanatory It makes Il
absolutely binding on the Graphic to stop every sub
scrpton to the Graphic that past due months and
every daily subscriber that past due three months m
less renewed within reasonable time The regulations
went into effect January 1905 but owing to the fact
that no previous notice had been given publishers we
have been granted reasonable time to notify all such
subscribers and give them chance to renew befora
stopping their paper
Hence, we earnestly call upon every one of our SUBJ
scrbers who are past due to either call and settle or mail
us the amount to extend his subscriptions as reoued
by the Post-of6ce department. 4
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Chinese Troop. Good Runners.

In the drilling Of recruits for tho
Chinese army each man is required to
carry sand in his knapsack. For the
drst day he carries two ounces: on
each succeeding day he increases this
amount by two ounces until at last he
Is carrying sixteen pounds. These men
can run at a dog trot for ten consecu
tive hours and arrive at the end OF
that time In At condition for fighting
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Wasteful Ignorance.

The ordinary waste Of food in ar
English middle class family would be
sufficient wholly to maintain French
family of similar station. and the
waste Of food Is at least largely due
to the ignorance Of cookery which pre-.
vails among the classes from which
English domestic servants are derived
London Lancet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Better Than His Pick.

A story IS told Of an Irishman who
while walking With his friend, passed
q jewelers. shop where there We're .
lot Of precious stones In the window
~WOuld you not like to have you'
pickY
mot me pick, but me shovel" SAID
Nike
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
FOR RENT By n. T. ROBERTS &
son, 113 MAIN STREET

Two-story 8-room house. No. 627
East Third avenue, fine location for
boarding house, city water; $50.
Six-room house, No. 625 East Third
avenue, city water; $15.
Three-room house No. 214 Louisiana
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Would Like II Very Much.

"By the way" asked the walter.
how would you like to have your
5teakT'
Every much. indeed" replied the
mild man, who had been patiently
waiting for twenty minutes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Exasperatino.

Mrs. Subub-Oh. George. the cook
left this morning. and the Outertowns
are coming to dinner! Mr.. Subub-
Darn 1t! They always catch us be
tween cooks.-Brooklyn Life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27

A man who makes two Jobs grow
where one grew before Is about the
best working definition OF patriot
Nashville American. ....
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27

It Is rot possible for men to be ncv
eoctly blessed AID Happy, except re"
Plato.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27


They sailed around water sprin. ]:
from fountain, and as the tiny drop:
fell they sang song of love. But all
Paur Debonair saw was a beautiful
face, swelling bosom, pair Of & y,
tyes.
Paul Debonair realized that he
being shared. Matrimony had bee
horror to him, and this only poss -
outcome to the widows witchc",e -
Dalled him. He left on the Nc >,r.ser
Or for Europe. Angelica follow L; +
One evening while he was at !. ~ II
the American embassy at Rome the
orchestra struck up the waltz to which
he had danced with the Widow Balou,
He was standing in dream Of that
6ne dangerous dance of his life when
Guddenly an arm was laid upon his
8houlder. His own passed involuntarily
around waist. and he was whirled
kway. Again he was in the tolls of the
witch.
: When they rested. the game had
SSen played to Gnish and the widow
had won. Paul Debonair had surren-
nered while they whired. She led him
eAptive back to America, and the
&aunts that had known him knew hin.
20 more. Every one said what pity
5pto spoil SO delightful a bachelor by
making married man OF him.
GWENDOLlN ADAMS
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-09
MR.. JONES CHARGED with
VIOLATING MILK ORDINANCE
President Of Common Counc'i Sum
mono to Appear IN the Police
Court

President u :. Jones. Of The com
mon council Was SUNNI ned yes "l-
day by Patrolman Sh'll"u 10 appear
in the polio" court this mOrh'ns TO
answer the Charg" & violating n
city milk ordinance. IN" summers
was made on a Warrant sworn cut bE
Superintendent X. X. i'rriS. Of the
health department.
|: is alleged that Mr.. J"a"s. who
conducts "A GARY farm in til" county
beyond this city and >'l, milk here,
has failed % comply with that sec
ton OF the milk crIinatr" which re
Uuires all dairymen wkn sell milk i'll
the CIV to have their c'AS inSp"rich
b. competent veterinary ant 10 Ill"
tn" certificate of such inspection VITA
city health officer. lr. John X. l'aI
by. Before December | l!"'>.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-09
VOLUNTEER ARMY BILL.
Presented in Senate and Endorsed in
Special Message.
(Bv Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, ID. G., o.. S.-A2
emergency volunteer army m"aShr"
was advocated today by Pres dent
Roosevelt, in special message to
Congress AMI the Graft OF the bill &C
companying the message was INTRO
duced in the Senate by Mr. CTilom'
The President says he b'l' = IN
tended 20 replace ~" pre- rn: law
which was placed on the statute
books "pieremeal and hurriedly. part
" on the eve OF the war with Spain
and partly after hostilities had a.
,ually.- commenced"
After Geclar ng the present law 70
be faulty and wholly inadequate 10
speedy and proper organization d
a volunteer force. the Presidnet says
the bill pro; osed. which was drawn
under supervision OF the 6hlef o!
staff of the army. has the tartE 'p
rroval of the war department.
The proposed bill is elastic. "a un
der its provisions / force of 2.'"p.'"C
men could be rails, d as wei rs OH
of $4,000.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-09
PRESIDENT WOULD NOT
BREAK UP COMBINATIONS

there had been TWO sales CT Panama
Canal bonds amounting in The agra
gate To $54 1861 $50. and an issue OF
three pc" cent certificates OF indebted
ness under the act Of June -. 1898.
amounting to $lJ 4'6, 300. Refundln%
operations Of the Treasury Depart
men, under the act OF March II. 1900,
res rlt,d in tn" conversion into TWO
per cont cOnsnls Of 1890 OF $20n,309
4Oo bonds bearing higher rates of III
trrcSt. \ decrease of $H.GS7.95G N
he annual intert ST charge resulted
from theS" operations.
In short. during ihe seven years
and three months there has been Il
net surplus OF nearly one hundred mil
lions OF receipts over eXp' nditurcS. Il
reduction Of the interest bearing deb;
by ninety millions. in spite Of the
extraordinary expenses of the Panama
Canal. and a saving OF nearly nine
millions on the annual interest charge.
This is an exceedingly satisfactory
showing. especially in view Of the
fact thai curing this period the Ma
ton has never heSita'ed to under
take any expenditure that it regard
cd as nrce> Saly There have l"en
40 new taxes and 10 increases OF
taxes: Oh tn" contrary some taxes
have been taken OFF there has been
a reduction Of taxation.
Corporations.
AS regards the great corporal; los
engaged IN interstate business. and
especially HE railroads. | can only
repeat what | have already again and
again said in my message to the Con
gross. | believe that under the inter-
state ella, So OF tn" Constitution the
United States has complete and
PAL amount right to control all agen-
believe that the National Govern
ment alone can exercise this rich,
with wisdom and effectiveness so "a
both to secure justice from and to
do justice to. the great corporations
which are the most important fac
tors in modern business. believe
that it is worse than folly TO attemp:
to prohibit all combinations as is done
by the Sherman antitrust law. be-
cause such a law can be enforced only
imperfectly and unequally. and its EN-
forcement works almost as much
hardship as good. strongly advo-
cate that instead of an unwise effort
to prohibit all combinations, there
shall be substituted a law which shall
expressly permit combinations which
are in the interest Of the public. Int
Shal; at the same time give TO some
CONTINUED on Fifth Page).
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-09

Objectionable as Mr. Read seemed 10
think. that the avenue narrowed as
proposed, sltll would BE- as wide as
the side streets and its appearance
could be improved by the planting
OF trees. flowers. etc. on the den
ed sidewalks. He said that MI.
Pearsc had rot originated the idea,
although he had. upon being applied
to, Expressed the opinirn that II was
a f,asibl" engineering proposition.
A vote being taken. Mr. Reads mo
ii ion WAS carr ed. Mr.. West being III"
only member 10 vote nay
Rules Suspended.
When the paving question was
taken up, Mi. West moved hat GER
,ain out sidcrs who desired to b" heart
be granted the floor. Mr.. Weston
objected saying that the council mad
heard enough talk. and there was 40
necessity ( r more. Upon a melton
by Mr.. West the rules were sus-
pended in order TO grant the floor 10
on, siders. MIR Weston voting nay.
Mr.. Brown. who lives on Thirty
nth street. was the fir, to speak.
He expressed the opinion that Thirty
fifth street was one Of the principal
streets seen by visitors In driving
over the city. and that 1t should,
therefore. be- paved between Wash
ingtoa aEl West avenues.
Tpyn a mott ION by Mr.. helms. Mr..
o. |. Bachelor was granted the
floor.
Mr.. Ratchclor spoke a length. re-,
peating practically what was contain,
ed in his communication addressed to
ago and various other things besides.
He c0r,enied that his company was
not treated fairly in not being grant
ed a hearing by the common COUNCIL.
and said that Mr.. Davis was present
at one of the ward conferences. ii"
declared that his client, the loves,
bidder for brick paving. offered the
PENNSYLVANIA brick. a brck that wa3
better than the PEBBLES block, and
that the company would gladly pay
for a ties: in a lab ra;ory to prov"
this. Numerous letters OF recon-
mendation were read The fact that
Mr.. Davis Is a local man. he said. hai
Influenced the members of the lower
branch in arriving a. their decision
The test made by City Engineer
Pearse. he said. was not a proper
Que, and amounted to nothing. In
conclusion. Mr.. Bachelor said that
his company was the lowest bidder
and that the council could not do
OF her than award the contract TO the
Cleveland company If brick paving
were used.
Mr.. Pearse Explains.
Mr.. Pearse. being called upon by
Continued On Second Pase)
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-09
MURDERS FAMILY AND
COMMITS SUICIDE
Kills Four, Splitting Their Heads
With Axe-Shoots Fifth. Then
Ends Own Life.
(Ry Associated Press.)

TRINIDAD. COLO. Dec. S.-Maggie
Garcia. IS years old and Francis
Martinez -wLo was suspected OF haF-
ing murdered four members IA"
Garcia family last week. were f"'inG
dead yesterday "a miles west Cf IN"
Garcia ranch in the extreme eastern
mart of Las Animas county.
Apparently Martinez murdered tie
girl and then committed suicide
The bodies Of the Garcia family
were found at their home last FRIDAY
night. their heads having been split
omen with an axe