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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15
WARRANT SALE IS
new PROPOSITION
FEARED THAT BIDS SUBMITTED
AT ADJOURNED MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY
EVENING WILL NOT COMPLY
WITH INVITATION.

While 1t is believed that several
bids will be received from local finan-
ciers for a part OF the special improve
ment fund warrants, advertised by the
city, it is feared that eastern finan-
ciers don't understand the proposition
at present and unless they have rep
resentatives on the ground it is more
than likely that their bids will not
comply with the invitation issued by
the city.
Always in the past the rate Of in
terest on the paper has been fixed.
the difference in the bids being in
the premium offered.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15
GOING TO night SCHOOL
Exhibitor Jordan Presented With Or
der to Learn Scandinavian Lam
auago Evenings.

When Receiver J. ]. Jordan arrived
at the landoffice this morning he was
presented with an order on a local
business college for zone full evening
course in scandinavian" The executor
hasn't announced whether he will take
advantage Of the offer, all of which
will develop in the near future.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15
TYPHOID FEVER
MOST PREVALENT
VITAL STATISTICS ISSUED BY
STATE BOARD or HEALTH
sHoW THAT sToRK KEEPS
WELL AHEAD OF THE MAN
WITH THE scYTHE.

Typhoid fever has been the most
prevalent disease in North Dakota
during the last month according to the
report OF the state board Of health,
just issued in the monthly bulletin.
Eighty mine cases in all were reported,
twelve Of them being fatal. Only six
new cases Of tuberculosis, one Of
smallpox. wenty-th three OF scarlet
fever and nine OF measles were report
ed, with no deaths. There were thirty
four cases Of diphtheria with two
deaths and nine other contagious dis
eases with two deaths.
The total births in the state was 61s
for the month with 21s deaths.
The following are the births and
deaths by counties:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15
Co.'s Isl NExT WIKI.
Robert NassI VIII BE Escorted to
Ohio Soon,

Robert Nagel, held insane by the
county commission, will be taken
back to his relatives near Cincinnati
next week, where he will be left for
treatment. The fact that he is not
resident OF North Dakota bars him
from the state insane asylum.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15

filled out nave been received by Aud
itor Morgan and it is easily apparent
that the fasteners don't appreciate
what is offered them The man who
offers to take the warrants at the
lowest rate or interest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15
COMPUTATION PROOF
FRANC o. Butts Makes Final Proof on
a Fine Claim in Wells
County.

Communication proof was this morn
ing offered at the local United States
landoffice by Frank D. Butts, who set
tied on the e. " OF Sc II Of SW "
OF Sc u and the Sc u Of the SW "
of section 4-I45-69.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15
MAKES A CORRECTION.

Notwithstanding the excellent equip
ment expert teachers and unexcelled
facilities offered by the Dakota Bush
ness college, it costs no more to take
q business OF shorthand course there
than at other business schools-but the
results are different.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15
a chsan ouartsr Section.

Read today's offer of tho Page Bene-
dict Land Co., II you are seeking an
exceptional opportunity to get a farm
on terms that you can practically make
the land pay for itself, your labor alone
added.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15

In the $4,000 warrant issue the rate
of interest is left blank, that to be
fixed by the bidders. It was antici-
pated that it would vary with the diff
ferent bids from 5 to per cent
Many inquiries and blanks to be
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15
PROF. WATKINS save.

Some people get the idea that be-
cause of d. b. c. superb equipment, the
prominent specialists giving the in
securing facilities, the tuition must be
higher than at other BUSINESS schools.
This Is not true"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
THE STRUGGLE OF TIE RICH.

I could have dropped out some time ago
but l stayed in for the satisfaction I de
rlved.-E. H. Hartman.
That's what's the matter with men Of
It isn't at all that they need
The money for which they will peril their
souls:
1t is simply ambitions greed.
They want to be part of the magnate push,
And to mix in a row to see
Which one of the captains shall gain
Of the stuff that spells Victory.
1t is only to win in a corporate war
That they stay in the game and play,
While a helpless and suffering world
looks on,
With the blood of the bill to pay.
Theirs isn't the struggle that millions
To secure their daily bread,
and give of their lives that others may
It is power they're after instead.
For that they will hazard the best that
they have.
Their health and their peAce of mind;
Their consciences go with the rest as we'll,
For the pleasure they think they find.
1t is power they're after-not power OF
right, .
That may count for a glory crown;
1t is merely the power to keep them
selves up
By keeping the other man down. Il,
If they struggled for wealth for the good
they could do
With abundance of golden might,
Their motives no man would dare. to con-
denim : .:.
And the world would applaud their fight.
Nobody denies they are giants of strength,
And each has a right to his
As long as he hews to the line of the law,
But, God. what a shame ]" is!
W J.. hampton, in the New York
World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05

American husband as a cipher. This
thing has become a habit with foreign
visitors of all degrees. They drop In
here for a week or a month and de-
part with pity in their hearts for the
American husband. Curious the hus-
band of our broad and smiling land
never seems to take it into his head to
complain. On the contrary, he shows
himself one of the happiest Of NOR
tails. And why not? He has the best
wife in the world, and his only ire is
for these busybodies from foreign
shores who covertly aim at his better
half by expressing sympathy for him.
self. These self-elected critics never
look for the notes in their own eyes.
For example, there was the case Of
another Englishwoman Of title. She
was entertained here a few months
ago. Many receptions were given in
her honor. She was welcomed in So
ciety, and she repaid it all when she
got back to London by describing the
American woman as a "frowsy, i'm
possible creature" More than that,
she delivered herself of ,caustic COM
ment in a series of articles in a week.
ly journal. She caricatured those
women who had taken her into their
homes and seated her a guest at their
tables. And the strange part of 1t
was the English public never seemed
to see how the boomerang struck
back.-New York Press.
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pleasantly. "You see, / took e course
of ~mineralogy at college. and when
bought this mine I knew it was SIM
ply a matter of working until I struck
Baldwin's dyke. That's what I've
done. But I'm no hog, and I realize
that I got this mine cheap. Any time
you two gentlemen wish to hand me
$4,000 for a half interest you're well
come to do So"
Carver still refused to let any one
/ go down intthe mine except himself
and old Jack, but Moves and Bigby
remained at the Strike for two weeks
and presided at the windlass. In that
| time, as Moves calculated, they had
drawn up more than $4,000 worth
of rock and thought it safe to pass
over the 100000 and take a deed to
a half interest.
Carver, old Jack, Noyes and Bigby
went into town and there the deal
was consummated.
Jacob served seven years for
Rachel" Carver remarked, as they
all stood in the bank, land I've served
seven months at hard labor to con-
viEce a fcertain old gentleman back
East that. I've got brains enough to
take care Of his daughter. You gen.
tlemen can look after the mine while
1 go back and claim my reward"
He left town that afternoon, and
old Jack likewise disappeared and
left no trace. Next morning Noyes
received a telegram which read as
follows:
when I told you I had struck the
Prize dyke, I meant it. Jack, and I
tunneled through onto Baldwin's
property, and, after you settle with
Baldwin for the ore on the Lucky
Strike dump, you're. welcome to
what's left"
Those few words told the whole
story. Carver had not been mining
ore on his claim at all, but on the
Prize property, which he had reached
with a level.
Baldwin took the $4,000 worth Of
ore on the Strike dump, and Noyes
and Bigby charged Experience Ac-
count with 100000 which left a bal
ance of $4,000 to go into Profit and
Loss. AS soon as this bit Of book
keeping was completed the two went
away in order to give the Phoenix
people a chance to forget the episode.
But it was never forgotten; and to
this day, if you jog an old settlers
memory on the subject Of sailing OPP
erations, ten to he will tell you
how Carver came to that section and
demonstrated his ability to take care
of the girl whom he ultimately mar
ried.-New York Evening Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
Writing by Telephone.

Any one in London having a tele-
phone can now have a "teleWriter"
attached, so that on ringing up an
other person similarly equipped he
can transmit a written message or
draw a sketch or write figures while
speaking, his writing being instan-
~taneously. reproduced by an electric
pen at the other end.
The first telewriter exchange was
opened recently in London Wall
buildings, E. c.. and already about
200 subscribers have applied. If the
subscriber who is rung up happens
to be out or is unable to answer the
call, a message can be written auto
m~atically on his telewriter pad by
writing it with the special pen on the
pad of the instrument by which the
call is made; telephone attendants
will thus be unnecessary.-London
Daily Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
Outdoor Sleeping.

Lacking any opportunity for sleep-
ing entirely in the open, one can have
a sleeping-hood which enables one
to sleep with the head out-of-doors
and the rest of the body indoors. For
this M car place the bed with the
side against the wall and the head at
the window. The canvas hood ex-
tends over the head alone, completely
cutting off the rest of the body. The
window is wide open, leaving the
head exposed to the outside air, and
there is a curtain to drop from the
upper sash for protection against
storms or winds. Another form Of
hood permits the bed to stand with
the head to the window and the foot
out in the room. With this style Of
hood the extension bed may be used.
The head of this extends out of the
window just far enough to allow the
head Of the sleeper to rest outside.
The sash is left open with a curtain
for use in case of storms, and in ad-
dition there Is a canvas awning which
may be raised or lowered.-Martha
Cutler, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
b~lue-skinned demon like a puff Of
smoke and you can blow him away!
New Haven Register.
fA
kMAAEAsSgeMs

Fluffy ruf1es will take the place Of
the severely classical vogue in toilets.
The new petticoats are being made
Of satins now in preference to the
heavy taffetas.
Madeira linens are effective with
scalloped edges and a simple design
in eyelet work inside.
Except for the crepe weaves, which
are in great demand, there are very
few rough-faced materials.
The fancy for buttoning sleeves
from shoulder to wrist has so far
survived a change of season.
The tunic is one of the most pro-
nounced. characteristics Of the fash
ionable gown of the moment.
Classical tunic draperies abound.
The handsomest are bordered with
! silver and gold spangle work.
Linen Dutch collars with two rows
and an edge Of real cluny insertion
and an edge of lace are stylish.
The first suits that are being shown
| make it evident that the seasons
coats and wraps will be shorter.
For the later season the gown of
old-fashioned Powered muslin is her
| aided as the top of the fashion.
Ever so slowly skirts are growing
freer about the feet, although the
hips are fitted as closely as v
One of the most becoming head Or
naments seen lately was a flet of
black velvet embroidered with silver
and green thistles.
Most of the coats are straight
around the lower edge, only a few
showing the points which were al
most universal in the past season.
A curious novelty among the new
| trimmings is washable tinsel. 1t
| comes in various combinations of
edgings, insertions and all-over en-
broideries.
So much pains are taken in de-
signing the backs of gowns at the
present time that they are as inter-
esting as the fronts, and this is as
it should be.
While there are loads of the fancy
| embroidered lingerie dresses which
/ are always so girlish and fluffy look
ing, so we'll liked are the tailored eff
fects that even batistes are being
made up in the severe designs. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
JERSEYS DECADENT CANALS.
An Inquiry Sought to Restore Them
to Their Former. Prestige.

The New Jersey League for Equal
and Direct Taxation has taken up for
inquiry by the State Legislature the
question Of the decadence Of the Del
aware and Raritan Canal. 1t is al
legged that the canal has been practi-
|,cany abandoned and a studied effort
made to kill of, by, discrimination in
supplying boats, the cheap method
of transportation by this canal. There
are said to be many ruins of factories
along the canal between New Bruins
wick and Bordentown, killed off by
this MEANS f.
Senator Silzer, of Middlesex, has
taken a hand and has offered, reso-
luton calling for the appointment Of
a committee to inquire into the loss
of canal traffic! 1t appears, according
to the information in the hands Of
the Direct Taxation League, that
since 1872, when the Pennsylvania
Railroad took control Of this canal,
its traffic has steadily fallen off and
the canal itself has been neglected.
In 1885 t., canal traffic was only
$1,000 tons. In 1870 it had increased
to 100000 It's.
This immerss3 traffic had been al
most doubled in the previous ten
years. Had the canal traffic increased
in like proportion, the canal investi-
gators say, the traffic would now be
upward of 100000 tons annually.
Now it is practically nil. In 1888
there were 100 mules drawing canal
boats on the canal, and now there are
less than forty. Only two or three
steamboats, now tow barges in place
of the twenty in use twenty years
ago, and there is an annual def
cit of $125,000.
The same, state of affairs Is said to
exist on the old Morris Canal. Canal
boats abandoned because Of the chok-
ing off of canal traffic, lie in the
canal locks, rotting away, and have
become a menace to navigation. 1t
is said that in Jersey City, near Clare
mont, one railroad has built an over
head track acros the canal in such
a as to make it impossible
for a canalboat to pass underneath it.
At all events, no canalboat has passed
through at that point in several years.
Both these waterways were built
by the State at great expense, and
cross the State through rich and pop
ulous districts. The Jersey Direct
Taxation League officials believe the
canals can be made to enrich the
State by a revival of traffic at rates
much below the freight rates prevail
ing, providing the influences that
have been at work against the canals
can be brushed aside.-New York
Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05

Cinnamon Buns.-Scald one cup milk; while hot add two
tablespoonfuls sugar and two rounded tablespoonfuls but
ter. Cool to lukewarm, then add half a compressed yeast
cake dissolved in two tablespoontuls warm water and three
eggs we'll beaten without separating. Now add enough -four
to make a dough (about two cupfuls). 1t should be soft and
elastic. HKnead well, then put into a small pan, cover and
stand where it will keep warm until it has doubled in bulk.
It will take about four hours. Turn lightly on the moulding
board, roll into a sheet, spread the sheet with butter, then
cover thickly with sugar, using nearly a cupful. Dust lightly
with cinnamon, sprinkle with currants and roll up into a long
roll. Cut into biscuits about an inch and a half long and
stand up endwise in small round Battered pans. Cover
lightly and let rise for an hour and q half, then bake in a
moderate, steady oven for an hour.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
Training For Society.

A woman who after years of hum
BILE living in the Middle West was
waited Unexpectedly to Newport on
the wings of sudden wealth and there
succeeded in making good is said to
have done so with the aid of a trainer
"a social trainer, Of course.
This trainer when asked what was
the first thing he taught the invader
said:
ITO be quiet. She had a habit OF
calling her servants, her children
whomever she wanted to speak to.
She is of an energetic, bustling dispo-
sition; the first thing she had to learn
was to make no more noise than was
absolutely necessary. Then I en-
gagged an elocution teacher for her
You wouldn't believe the improve
nent he made in her voice"
In commenting on the circum-
stance Harper's Bazaar points out the
fact that women can have free elo-
cution lessons by taking some trouble
and thought about it. when we go
to church or to a lecture, to a CLUB
meeting or a political meeting, we
can listen attertively to the men and
men who speak we'll and try to learn
from them what qualities to cult
vate, while from the bad speaker we
shall learn to be on the lookout for
the same faults in ourselves and try
to overcome or at least to modify
them.
1T is far more important for the
average woman that she should talk
we'll than that she should sing we'll,
People are not forced to listen to
your singing, but your friends, your
family, your fellow citizens have to
hear you talk.
avoid making unnecessary noise
Be as nearly ~noiseless in your house
as you can be, so shall your neigh.
bors bless you and your landlord re-
frain from raising your rent.
"Never call to your children OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
What Are the "Blues?"

What does Webster say about the
"blues?" What are the "blues?"'
Why not the greens or any other
color in the rainbow? 1 do not know!
But whatever the,reason or definition;
we all know the feeling of those
blue demons" If we. could clutch
a little demon and drag him forth:
look into his eyes and sternly demand
an explanation, we might conquer
within our secret soul-without wav.
ing the white flag. - ,
But generally this condition OF
| spirit is not tangible. With real trout
BILE we do not "sit around moping and
smothering under a pyramid of fail
ures." We look it in the face and
courage is born to fight: Tragedy is
another phase entirely. 1t is deep
seated; it is a sickness of the heart.
Now here we are again! What are
the "blues,?" Most often unruly irri-
table children born of an unreasoning
mood! I do not know why they come,
but I have a hint az to the cure.
Perform only your most necessary
duties at home, then get out into the
fresh air, walk, take a long tramp If
you can, or sit warmly bundled hours
on your front porch If necessary, but
| air your body and mind, then, open
wide the doors to your soul. Let in
thoughts of someone else. Try plan
ming for some friend-somebody who
is starved. for q bit Of pleasure. We
all know someone who deserves.
When you are trying to keep your
"own trouble in the background 1t is
a wholesome plan to be very busy in
the foreground" If you have moth
ing else to, offer you have a few
"heartsome" words Of encourage
ment. Have you not? A generous
dose of fresh air, with a determined
plan, net merely an intention, to be
of some real service will make that
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
Urgent Business.

1t is supposed that business letters
are deficient in humor. Still, there
have been exceptions, and the latest,
sent by a member Of the well known
wholesale soapmaking firm of (let US
say Cake & Son, is n Of the most
brilliant.
A retail dealer in a small way a
sent for a consignment Of their goods.
aGentlemen," he writes, "wherefor
have you not sent me the sope? Is 1t
bekawse you think my money Is not
30 good ss nobody elses? Dam you'
Cake & Son, wherefor have you not
sent the sope? Please send sope at
once and oblige, yours respectfully;
Richard Jones. P. S.-Since writing
the above my wife has found the :sope
under the counter. Dundee Adver-
tiser. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
Kindness Of Animals.

Immediately In front of my house
Is a small paddock, in which, there
have, been feeding q pony and four
cows, says a writer in Country Life.
In a tiny clump~of grass and butter
cups there Is a willow wren's nest
filed with young. Though all the
grass around is closely cropped, this
little clump remains absolutely un-
touched. Am I wrong in believing
that birds have some system Of COM
m%unicating their whereabouts, and
that the larger animals show consid-
Grafton and care for the weak and
helpless we, too often, despise and set
at naught? ,tt IN
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
SICK DOCTOR
Proper Food Put Him Right.

The food experience Of a physician
in his own case when worn and weak
from sickness and when needing
nourishment the worst way is valu-
able:
An attack of grip. so severe 1t
came near making an end of me, left
my stomach in such condition could
not retain any ordinary food. I knew
of course that I must have food nour-
ishment or I could never ecover.
Il began to take four teaspoonfuls
of Grape-Nuts and cream three times
a day and for 2 weeks this was al
most my only food; it tasted so de-
licious that I enjoyed it immensely
and my stomach handled it perfectly
from the first mouthful. 1t was SO
nourishing 1 was quickly built back
to normal health and strength.
"Grape-Nuts is Of great value as
;ood to sustain life during serious
attacks in which the stomach is so de-
ranged it cannot digest and assimi'
late other foods.
Il am convinced that were Grape
Nuts more widely used by physicians
it would save many lives that are
otherwise lost from lack of nourish'
ment."
Absolutely the most perfect foot
in the world. Trial Of Grape-Nuts II
days proves. There's a Reason"
Look in pkg. for the little book
"The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. The!
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-05-05
TOTAL LOSS OF HAIR

Seemed Imminent-Scalp Vas Very
Scaly and hair Game Out by Hand
fuls-Scalp Cleared and New
- Hair Grown by Cuticura.
About two years ago l was troubled
with my head being scaly. Shortly after
thatI had an attack of typhoid fever and
I was out .of the hospital possibly two
months when I first noticed the loss Of
hail; my scalp being still .scaly. I started
to use dandruf cures to no effect whatever.
l had actually lost hope Of saving any hair
at all. I could brush it off my coat bf the
handful. 1 was afraid to comb it. But
after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and
nearly q box of Cuticura Ointment, the
change was surprising. My scalp is now
clear and healthy as could be and my hair
thicker than ever, whereas I had my mind.
made up to be bald. w. F. Steese, 5Sl2
Broad ST., Pittsburg, Penn, May 7 and
q, '08." Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.