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laugh. Into the circle slipped a
slight, girlish figure clad in a
|gaudy blanket. She took the
sticks from Loleiki's shaking
hand.
"Igee!" she exclaimed quickly;
|"I, Neolitha, will throw for you to
lgive you luck"
Before an objection could be
raised, Neolitha, seeming careless,
threw the sticks against the rick,
and quickly stopped as though to
see the result.
A quick cry burst from the lips
of the spectators-it was the inn
possible throw; two blacks and
q white, but the fourth stick stood
upright. its point buried a good
two inches in the soil.
Surely the hands of those
above guided the hands of the
girl" they said. "Such casting
could be only of the Trues."
Kahotsan got up from the circle
and skunk away. That night he
sat alone and lonely in his dark
Iened tepee and heard the trium-
Iphant wall of his rivals reed fife
|go in and out among the tepees
lof the camp as he serenaded his
loved one in the most approved
Apache fashion.
Long afterwards Neolitha ex-
planned to her mystified husband
that in the dusk she had stuck the
extra stick upright in the soil be-
fore the cast, and but three sticks
struck the rock. The extra stick
she had hidden In her blanket.
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all.
Z Kahotsan threw in turn, scoring
%; a blue, two refs and black,
the blue counting for ten points.
He moved his pointer on the little
circle of white stones. Twice
around mean victory.
1.-THE trues are asleep" he
tainted. "They hear not the
prayers of I.oleiki, SON Of Kus."
Loleiki silently picked up his
sticks. Thrice again they threw
with the luck always on the side
of Kahotsan, and then Kahotsan,
having completed the circle the
second time, gathered his win
nings with satisfaction. The dusk
came slowly until they were fore
ed to look sharply to discern the
color OF the sticks.
Impatient at his continued loss
les, Loleiki wagered all the re-
|mainder of his possessions on a
single throw. He arose from the
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THE COST OF THE SCHOOLS

hundred and fortytwo millions of
- In this glorious
Il seems like very credtable sum- 1t h lot of
almost halfbllion.
money Rockefeller could lay his
Indeed Vt spent
year this country
s Why. spent third much we
ala
Let the scream!
We every year growing greater
Who knows but that in another hundred
ending much the
Them indeed. brag some
The value of year
nmount spent education. great
ness. perhaps the peanut will the school BILL
IL delightful to
prosperous people upon the
But 1t would be delightful
most enlightened people
the country compare
ably with those of other.
Because making than other people,
1hsre letup making
Not life!
surpass that direction the harder we
e1ain surpass further
Why should n
should there be standards limiting that?
A selfgovening
they also established inseparabe It, responsible
s 1t be to the safety selfnerest
people Ignorant but republic
them highly enlightened possible Just there
constitution could adopt there standards
education anywhere today which 81
The strength safety their armies
The safety and progress OF some others are the wis
dom Of their monrchs But the strength safety the
the
p1e. Who are their
No doubt the showing of
expenditure for education commendable
shows healthy increase in educational work.
But the who turn dollar
ons while the of higher quality who child
Into good citizen wins bare living.
high profits but grudgingly
educaon the real profits OF which beyond
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-16
CHOCOLATE C,ookies.

One cup of sugar, one-half cup
of melted butter. three-fourths
cup of sweet milk. two cups of
-four, one cup of raisins, one cup
of chopped nuts, one egg. and the
yoik of another. But one-haIf tea
spoon Of cream tartar In the flour
and one-fourth teaspoon OF soda
In the milk. Melt two squares of
unsweetened chocolate and add
last. Bake In moderate oven.
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circle, a man without possessions.
Some one grasped his blanket and
he looked down into the leering
face of his rival.
Zone thing more, son of Kus,
before the game ends. I, Kahotsan,
am the great heart; give you
one more chance. At the next full
moon, notwithstanding Winds
of Nation, will eat
from the marriage basket with
Loleiti-so goes the tale in the
camp. Against that I will wager
all I have won and equal value of
my own. And IL I WIN
For a moment Loleiki would
have struck the face that grinned
up at him, and then like a man
asleep, allowed the sticks to be
put into his hand and seated him.
self again by the circle of little
stones.
what matter" he thought.
"He, Loleiki, was but a man-coy-
ote, having no home. II he won
-? But even should he lose, there
was the swift knife--was that not
his other name. And Neolitha
had people among the Pimas''-
His hand was steady as ne pass
ed the sticks to his rival.
Make IL a single throw" he
said, ''it grows dark"
Kahotsan grinned cheerfully-
he had made his medicine of the
strongest and felt that he could
not lose. The sticks clicked
sharply against the. rock. Loleiki
bent over to see the result.
-Four blues--the highest posi-
BILE throw-but one, and that one
But he could yet tie'
He reached for the sticks.
From out Of the growing dusk
behind the circle Of excited, eager
pectators came q thrilling girlish
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Jumps. Beat five minutes. Add a
teaspoon of lemon or orange ex-
tract, or cooking sherry. This is
a cold sauce, which blends nicely
with hot puddings.
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Think of the fix these ancestry
hunters are in, when, after trac-
ing their lineage back for several
hundred years, they discover that
they are descended from An adopt
ed child,
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1RQM 1MAEYS|
UCQCK BOOK
white Fruit Cake.

Use one heaping cup OF sugar,
1o-half cup OF butter, one cup OF
So1& milk, two cups Of flour, one
- of chopped raisins, one-half
80 81 cftron rolled In flour,
u6ltee OF four eggs, two teaspoons
1oklng powder.
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The negro population OF this
country is estimated at S,840,789.
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EVER PRESENT ABsENTEEs

Father, what is an officeseek-
|er?"
IAN officeseeker, my son, is a
man whom the office couldn't
find."
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DIR. ROE'S TALK on his travels
in the Holy Land, which was
postponed last Sunday, will be
given at the Y. M. G. A. vesper
tea at a o'clock tomorrow aft
ernon. Mrs. Chandler Sloan
will be the sOlOist.
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Chicago fire department re-
sponded to go fire alarms in one
day. Even though they were
mighty small fires, it shows Chi
cago to be a mighty big town.
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TINES HUMOR DEPARTMENT


= Personal will power is q great
thing, but the power of a rich un-
|cle's will exercises more restrain
ing influence.
The Mohammedan new year
801S begins Jan. 23. being leap
year, containing 355 days.
Why Is It that men, otherwise
apparently sane, will make them
selves ridiculous by running fran
tically every time a fire alarm is
turned in, to see the horses come
out?
In 1890 the federal census
area. of this country was 827,844
square miles. In 1900, excluding
Alaska and islands, it was $685.
900 square miles.
The state of Georgia leads in
negro population, with 1,034,813.
In 1907 there was 1,321,199
miles of Western Union telegraph
wire in this country.
There are 24.76O Western Union
offices.
District of Columbia leads in
density of population, the number
being 4645.3 human beings per
square mile. In Arkansas the pop
ulation is figured at one person
in every 10 square miles.
When a mans mOther-in-law
is visiting him, he needs must be
ing term to his wife as my little
chick" or her mother may take
exceptions to the obvious.
The receipts of the Western
Union in 1907 were $32,856,4O6.
Wife: John, I hear someone
moving about the room"
Husband (sleepily): Any one
there?
Burglar lin dark: No.
Wife: That's funny; l must
have been dreaming.
The Postal Telegraph Co. has
328,196 miles of wire in operation.
Teacher (studying about fowls)
Mary, what is an egg?
Mary: An egg is chicken not
Good resolutions are now
down to make room forl
spring goods.
The Postal Telegraph has 25,
E07 OfficeS
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1oig8

DIR. GOWAN'S second isolule was
given yesterday afternoon In the
Commercial club rooms before
a large and interested audience
of club women and school
teachers. The subject of the
lecture was Browning's SAUL"
and DR.. Gowen, who has made
an extensive study OF poetry
and poetical writer's, illustrated
the beauty and symmetry of tine
lines in a capable manner. His
next topic will be 1.-THE Travels
of a Chinese Monk" next FRI
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
A COUNCIL OF CLUB PRESI-
DENTS of the city met this aft
ernoon in the lumbermen's
room of the Tacoma hotel to
choose a delegate to preside
over the Pierce county art ex-
hibit at the A.-Y.-P. fair. Mrs.
John H. Williams was chair
man at today's meeting.
THE TILLICUM CARD CLUB
met last night at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul TOllefson,
North Thirty-fifth and Huson.
give Hundred" was played,
favors being won by Mrs. G. e.
Peterson and Mr.. Patterson. A
dainty luncheon was served.
DIR. G. G. r. KUNZ and bride,
who was formerly Miss Isabel
Chaplin of Chicago, returned
yesterday after their wedding
journey through California and
Mexico. They have taken an
apartment at the Bonneville for
the remainder of the winter.
INVITATIONS will be issued next
week for the mid-winter con-
cert of the St. Cecilia club, &C
cording to a statement of Mrs.
B. B. Broomell, the club presi-
dent. According to the custom
of the club the concert will be
complimentary to the associate
members and persons DESTROYS
of attending are urged to add
their names to the list as soon
as possible.
MISS ANITA ELLIOT AND ROB-
ERT EMMETT TOWSLEY were
married in Tacoma January z,
Rev. s. H. Graham officiating.
The wedding was quiet one,
the young couple leaving i'm
mediately for Seattle w1herei
they will make their home, at
1909 Second avenue.
ONE OF THE most delightful
High school affairs of the win
ter was the "Tahoma" dance,
held last night at Sloan's aca-
DENY. A large number Of
school people attended and the
proceeds will aid materially in
publishing the last number Of
the '08k school magazine.
THE LADIES' AID of st. Johns
English Lutheran church will
meet next Thursday afternoon
at the home OF Mrs. A. e.
Sweet, COS South Prospect
street.
DR.. ROE'S TALK on his travels
in the Holy Land, which was
postponed last Sunday, will be
given at the Y. M. G. A. vesper
tea at a o'clock tomorrow aft
ernon. Mrs. Chandler Sloan |
will be the soloist.
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The Postal Telegraph has rs
507 offices.
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THE LADIES' AID of st. Johns
English Lutheran church will
meet next Thursday afternoon
at the home OF Mrs. A. E..
Sweet, COS South Prospect
street.
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ONE OF THE most delightful
High school affairs of the win
ter was the "Tahoma" dance,
held last night at Sloan's aca-
DENY. A large number OF
school people attended and the
proceeds will aid materially in
publishing the last number Of
the 'O8 n school magazine.
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MISS ANITA ELLIOT AND ROB-
ERT EMMETT TOWSLEY were
married in Tacoma January T.,
Rev. s. H. Graham officiating.
The wedding was quiet one,
the young couple leaving i'm
mediately for Seattle where
they will make their home, at
1909 Second avenue.
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Since the recent cold wave that
swept the northland we have been
daily expecting the usual report on
the peach crop.
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Good resolutions are now
marked down to make room for
spring goods.
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He reached for the sticks.

From out Of the growing dusk
behind the circle Of excited, eager
'pectators came q thrilling girlish
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b Personal will power is q great
thing, but the power of a rich un-
|cle's will exercises more restrain
ing Influence.
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Teacher (studying about fowls)
Mary, what is an egg?
Mary: An egg is chicken not
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EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

Then, again, the baby earth
quake that shook up Philadelphia
the other day may be ambitious
to become an alarm clock.
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A distinctive and refreshing selection
Of piano numbers were given at stones
Music hail. Tuesday evening. by Miss
Sylvia Fortin, who was presented in a
senior pianoforte recital by the Fargo
College Conservatory of music, the
third OF the graduate series, before a
large and demonstrative audience,
which was decidedly warm and en-
thusiastic towards the young player.
Contrary to expectations, Miss Fortin
mustered her determination not to al
low her natural nervousness to hold
sway and mar her performances and
the result was that she gave a splen-
did account of herself in every one OF
the nine renditions and proved herself
a thoroughly competent pianist.
The composers represented on the
programme were Bach, Beethoven,
Weber, Rachminoff, Mendelssohn, Ala
bieff List. Chopin, Schubert Tausig.
The opening number was a pre-
lude and fugue by the first named COM
poser and in this she awakened pleas
ant anticipations for what was to fol-
low. Her playing displayed intellectu-
ality and emotion. Then followed
Beethoven's Concerto in G, two move
ments, largo and rondo, with orchestra
part arranged for second piano, which
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spider cures-

In China spiders are highly esteemed
ln the treatment of Group. You get
from an old wall the webs Of seven
black spiders-two of which must have
the owners sitting in the middle and
pound them up In mortar with a lit
de powdered alum. The resulting
mixture must then be set on IRE, and
the ashes, when sqnirted into the
throat Of the patient BY means OF a
bamboo tube, are said to effect Ger.
tain and immediate cure.
Black spiders are evidently full Of
medicinal virtue, for they are largely
employed 10 the treatment Of ague as
wen. In somersetshire. II one Is af-
aicted with the unpleasant aiament,
HE way to get well is to shut up q
hrge black spider in box and leave
4 there till 1t dies. At the moment
of its disease the ague should disap-
pear. In SUSSEX the treatment is more
heroic; the patient must swallow the
spider.
Perhaps, after all. this remedy may
not be 30 disagreeable as It appears,
Tor d German lady who was in the
habit OF picking ont spiders from their
webs as she walked through the woods
and eating them after first deprfvina
them OF their legs declared that they
were very nice indeed and tasted like
nuts London Chronicle.
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Leonard, N. D., May s.--To The Fo-
rum: The Ladies aid met with Mrs.
Selig at the Selig hotel on Wednesday
last and will meet with Mrs. e. w.
Arnold on Wednesday. May IL, where
they win serve supper from to 8
p. m.
The wind on Wednesday evening last
caused VIM. Piper, living one and one
half miles east, a severe loss. One Of
his stack sheds was blown down, Kill
ling sixteen head OF cattle and hogs.
He places his loss at over $1,000.
John Boos is busy putting a cement
walk in front OF his brick store and
will sooon be ready for business.
Herman Heuer shipped a carload Of
cattle and hogs from this station to
the st. Paul market on Saturday even
ing.
Robt. Gust shipped a carload Of fat
cattle from his farm to st. Paul on
Saturday evening.
Miss Eta LemCnes came home on
Saturday morning, hsving closed a
seven months term of school near En-
derlin, N. d. She Ill e..joy a rest.
Mic Liedal, one of the school officers
of Sheyenne township, was in Leon
ard on Saturday Coing some '-ading.
We noticed Tobias Hagen, of the
Silver Prairie country, in town on Sat-
urday.
DR.. and Mrs. Soper went to Fargo on
| Wednesday evening. Mrs. Soper re-
turned Saturday morning.
Mrs. Jessie Porter went to Fargo on
Friday evening. Her brother, Prosper
Boos is quite i'll with lung trouble, and
she will asst her mother in caring for
him. Blaine Boos came out from Far
go with his father n Monday morning,
and returned to Fargo on Friday even
ing, suffering with tonsilitis.
Merchant e. w. -rnold is giving the
citizens an object lesson in civic i'm
provement. He has put the grounds
around his residence and store in fine
shape. Let every one be a member
of the civic improvement league and
we will soon have a beautiful and
handsome village.
The Royal Neighbors met with Mrs.
A. d. Fisher on Saturday afternoon,
and of course had a royal good time.
Mike McConville AM wife took their
1
had her christened. She viii hereafter
be known by the pleasant name of
Gertrude.
Regular services were held in the
NJ. T.. church on Sunday, Pastor Lane
in charge. The pastor and Mrs. Lane
have just returned from three weeks
visit with friends. at Ellendale.
| Rev. Father Mcdonald drove over
from Sheldon in his auto on Sunday
and held services in his church here.
A large congregation greeted him.
| About o'clock on Saturday evening,
E. w. Aruold received a telephone
message from BrainerC, informing him
that his brother, Prosper, had just
died there. He was not informed of the
cause of his death. Albert Porter took
him to Fargo on Sunday in his auto,
SO that he could re-ch T:'ainerd Mon
uay morning. His br1 her is survived
| by wife mi three boys and two girls.
| He was 4S years o :. There are living
three brothers. j. I'm at Brainerd, E.
| w. and Peter at Leonard, and three
sisters, Mrs. John Boos a. Fargo, Mrs.
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AL Airth at Esmond and Mrs. Newman
at Little Falls, MINI.
Landlord Selig has placed an up-to-
date Majestic rang in the kitchen OF
the hotel and the manager of the cui-
sine, Miss Pauline Burgesson, is wear
ing broad smile.
Miss Louisa Seeley returned on Sat-
aunt, Mrs. Alice Mattson, at James
town.
The baseball fever mas reached
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~
: ft hygRe|HEs g'|

of Mrs. NJ. Narum. 6I2 Sixth avenue
north.
Swedish Baptist church, B. L. Carl
ton, pastor Morning service at 10:45
subject. Christ Is All; Sunday school
at II o'clock; B. Y. p. u. at o'clock;
evening service at 7:45, when the pas
tor will preach the fourth sermon in
his series on Biblical Night Scenes
The subject for the evening, A Night oi
Storm. All are welcome.
Presbyterian church Immediately
west of postofflce; Chas. Ryan Adams
minister-Morning worship at 1O:30
sermon theme, The Boundary Line oi
Christ's Communion; Bible school al
IL o'clock; Y. p. s. c. E.. at z D. M;
evening service at p. m, sermon
theme, The Sixth Sense. Music un-
der direction of Mrs. Harry II
Wheelock, Miss Cornelia NJ. Lyon
organist. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to strangers.
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was played by her teacher, Professor
Boehmer. Her rendition of this was
exquisite. Miss Forth demonstrated
her versatility and virtuosity in her in
terpretation of the Rachmanioff num-
ber, for it was played beautifully. Her
perfectness in sustaining the pedal ef-
fects while playing the other parts was
particularly noticed by her critics in
the audience, who were alert for the
manner of her work in this number.
Her Chopin showed thorough COM
prehension of the exquisite poetic and
romantic spirit necessary to the ef-
fective Interpretation of this COM
poser Her mastery was also splen-
didly shown in the two last numbers
of her programme, The Nightingale,
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by Alabieff- List; and Marche MILF
taire, No 1. by Schubert Tausig.
Miss Fortin possesses a charming
personality and is gracious figure at
the piano She was the happy recipi-
ent of many bouquets of handsome
roses and carnations. Her recital
gown was of white silk, perfectly in
harmony for the auspicious occasion.
Preceding the second part of the
programme, Miss Marguerite L. Beard
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coneordla coIIeae Moorhead.

Pupils Of Miss Romsdahl, soprano
and Miss Martinson, pianist, of the
music department OF Concordia coll
lege, Moorhead, were presented in q
pre- e-commencement programme on
Thursday evening. They were as
sisted by Henry Houglum. All were
well received and the large audiences
showed its pleasure by literally be-
slowed applause The following pro-
gramme was given:
Marcheaux Flanbeaux ........ Clark
First piano--Marie Langemo and
Ida Anderson.
Second piano Irene Schroeder
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Isn't II Trusf

Mrs. Baker-George is going OF to
get strong. l think he ought to stay a
fortnight, but he says no. only half
that time. Friend-You're right, OF
course. Seven days only make one
weak.-Lippincott's
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urday from an extended visit with her
Leonard and a club VIII be organized.
Peter Arnold left on Monday even
ing's train for Brainerd, Mimi, to at
tend the funeral of his brother, Pros
per, who died on the Saturday pre-
vious. Cor. L.
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and Mabel Roaaaen.

and Mabel Rosaaen.
farAnteite ..........s........ Dennee
Theresa wentzeH.
Marche Brilante ....... Wollenhaupt
Anna Bridston
Der Barber Won sevilla -. Rossini
Alga Skare, Marie Langemo and
Ida Anderson.
(a) Berceuse ............. GODDARD
(o) INalse IN y .......s...... GODDARD
Hulda Bogstad.
Oh. Dry Those Tears -. Del Riego
Where the Lindens Bloom -. Buck
Mr., Houglum.
Invitation to the Dance ...... Weber
First piano-Anna Bridston, Hulda
Bogstad.
Second piano--Theresa wentzell, Lu-
ella Riste.
The Enchanted Cascade ...... Harris
aalga Skare
Hussarenritt .,,,........... Spindler
First piano, Aalga Skare; Second pi-
ano, Hulda Bogstad.
q @ q
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1t must have been tough on the peo
pie of the stone age when they tried
to turn over a new leaf. - Pittabure
Press.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-15

The mere announcement will be sure
to arouse high pitch of anticipation
Mrs. Jessie Jepson Remington, head
OF the dramatic department Of the
Fargo College Conservatory of music
teacher of elocution and dramatisc art
will give a recital at Stones hall
Thursday evening, May 27 She will
give her own dramatization OF Captain
January.