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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-15
MONEY IN SHEEP RAISING.

Every farmer who has any grazing
land can profitably raise some sheep.
Hilly pasture land is in abundance In
many sections-hills that have not
been cleared of their timber-and
there are millions OF acres of such
land which will AFFORD good browsing
for sheep or Angola goatA
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-15

soil taken from the Antarctic cont,n-
ent where the foot of man had never
trod were found to be indentical with
those of the inhabited world.-London
Globe
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-30

say how grateful I am personally for
the happy years OF service, and for
the delightful relationships existing
between the board and myself, ever
since / mad the honor OF being called
to the Office of general secretary.
One of the deepest regrets that will
be mine in thus severing myself from
the official work, will be the loss sus-
tanned in my personal connection with
the beloved workers over the state,
and with the members Of the execu-
tive board.
If my services are OF any value, and
later, / can be OF use to the associa-
ton, please feel free to call on me
as you may deem wise.
With very best wishes, and praying
for even a larger measure of success
in the years to come.
l remain yours most faithfully,
John Orchard.
In accepting Reverend Orchards
resignation the committee requested
that he hold the official reins until
after the state convention which will
be held in Bismarck in May, by TAX
ing care Of the various phases OF the
state work so that there would be no
break in his retirement and the as
Stunning OF the position by his success
sor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-30
WINTER Term WILL
START ON JAN. !
SECOND TERMS WORK OF Epu-
cATIoNAL DEPARTMENT WILL
OPEN ON MONDAY EVENING
WITH SOCIAL EVENT-sEvERAL
NEW CLASSES FOR NEW TERM.

The educational department of the
x. M. c. A. is planning for a big
opening Of the second term in the
school work. This term viii begin on
Jan. 8. On that. evening a social time
will be INDUCED in by the members OF
the various classes. A programme has
been prepared, which will include ad-
dresses and music.
Atty. d. B. Holt, president of the
board of education Of the city schools
will deliver an address on The Value
of An Education. This programme
will start at 8 o'clock.
The opening of the second term will
carry with 1t several new classes. The
list of classes is as follows: Archi-
tectural drawing, arithmetic, business
arithmetic, algebra, business English
English for foreigners, first aid to the
injured, German, mechanical drawing
Norwegian, penmanship, spelling
structural steel engineering, electri-
city, advertising, craftsmanship and a
day school in elementary branches
The last named will start If there are
enough enrolled to warrant the estab-
lishment Of the class. This class will
be for men over 1s years Of age.
The registration for the winter term
is now on and already a large number
have entered for taking UP the work
The term which closed prior to the
holidays was success in every res
pect and greatly encouraged those in
charge Of the educational department
Of the associations work. The in
structors in the various classes for
the coming term will be announced
later.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-30

rected, but Il takes time. The first
Of them that must be met is the one
that have enumerated as third, name
ly, the absence Of clear views as to
specific questions end problems.
The tendency In the discussion OF
modern educational questions is to fol-
low the weight of opinion and inclina-
ton rather than knowledge. The
teacher is bound by his everyday work
and by the demands that are made
upon him to make the machine go;
but aside from this he has not the
information or the facilities of inves-
tigation at hand, and as a consequence
he is confronted constantly by the nee
essity Of dealing with big questions
without a sufficient basis for tn cir dis
Cussion. The way out of this difficulty,
then, seems 20 be to investigate and
secure information. In this task the
school master should have the as
sisoance of the university and the
educational association; the first in
the collection and tabulation Of inform
alton, and the second through COM
mittees and special reports, such as
that just made by the committee OF
seven. Meantime, the teacher must
insist upon more thorough work i'm
the presentation of information, and in
the encouragement of the students to
think Enlargement of interest can
be secured through the introduction OF
manual training, or domestic science, OF
agriculture, and of he regular sciences,
as well as by a larger Interpretation
Of the meaning Of social environment
In connection with the study OF history.
The school system seeks two things
the encouragement OF genius and the
ability to think clearly and forcibly
with thorough drill In the presenta-
tion of ideas in accurate language The
accomplishment OF these ends would
make 1t possible to attain the educa-
ton defined by Emerson when he says:
THE great object Of education should
be commensurate with. the object OF
life. 1t should be a moral one to
teach self-trust, to inspire the youth
full man with an interest in himself,
with a curiosity touching his own ma
ture, to acquaint him with the re-
sources of his mind and to teach him
that there is all his strength, and to
inflame him with a piety toward the
great mind in which he lives"
Marked by the milestone Of progress,
the year 1903 has made its contribution
toward better things and to a real
constructive progress in The Develop
ment Of education. 1t remains for us
here in North Dakota to keep clearly
before us ideas that are thoroughly
understood and recognized as having
true value. j. is sometimes possible
to move forward In too great haste
lit is better to know where we are
going before we adopt any considerable
number of the many half baked ideas
are thrust forward as educational pam
aceas In the present day.
CANA-IES.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-30
Wind DRIFTED SNOW
Southwestern Branch of N. p. Tied Up
by the South Wind Last Night
Mo Train Today.

The high wind from the south last
might succeeded fin blowing north
ward the cnow which had previously
gone south and piling it in the cuts in
the roadbed of the Southwestern
branch of the Northern Pacific. The
result was the passenger train which
left here yesterday morning did not
get back and no train left over this
line today. The road has a snowplow
working in the drifts today and it is
expected that it will be opened up by
tonight and that trains will be run
ming on schedule time tomorrow. The
Casselton branch was not affected by
the drifting snow, and while the train
off of this line arrived here little
late last night it went to the end Of
the line and went out on time this
morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-30
INSPECTING RECORDS.

Chairman of Drain Board Reviews
Work That Was Transacted.
Chairman Henry Larsen OF the Cass
county drain commission was at the
courthouse this morning, looking over
the records. The chairman is here
merely for the purpose of reviewing
the records OF the board.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-30

This forenoon the department of
secondary education. the department of
school administration and the depart
ment of elemental education each held
q session.
President Mevey's Address.
One Of the best papers of the con-
vention was the address Of Pres. F.
L. McVey of the state university at
the general session last evening. Mr.
McVey said:
During the past year the usual
things have taken place in the fields
of education. The Carnegie founda-
ton has made it's report; the general
board of education has distributed
its funds; the country life commission
has announced it's findings; buildings
have been erected; donations have
been made; and associations have met.
But in addition to these activities, crit
icisms of education and educational
methods have been more insistent and
more extended than in past years. 1
therefore propose, in view of the topic
that has been assigned me, to discuss
the nature Of these criticisms, the
sources from which they have come,
and what constructive steps have been
taken to meet them.
Much UncalIed for Criticism.
Speaking broadly, the statement is
made again and again that the schools
Of today do not prepare the children
Of the present for the problems Of to-
morrow When this criticism is made
the author of it usually has in mind
some specific Interpretation Of life.
If he be a follower of a trade, he de-
clares that the young people are not
trained to work; If he be minister,
he insists that their moral fibre is not
strengthened In the public schools; If
he be a banker, he claims that the pu-
pills do not develop accuracy; and IL
he is a manufacturer, he makes bold
to say that discipline is not maintain
ed. In the fell of the college and uni
versity, the criticism is even more
specific. Attention is called to the
college loafer, to inaccessible professors
who are cut off from the undergradu-
ate. 1t is stated also that there is too
little study on the part of the students
and too much teaching by the pro-
fessors Lowered scholarship as COM
pared with earlier years in also cited
as an evidences of the failure of the
higher institutions of learning to MAIN
tain thorough going standards. In the
matter of results from the education
OF modern times, the criticisms state
positively that the methods OF work of
the children of the public schools and
the men and women in the colleges are
slovenly and inexact. AS a conse-
quence. bad habits in the lack Of atten-
ton, promptness and punctuality are
bred by the present methods of edu-
cation In some instances attention
is called to the prevalence OF cheap
views of society. Of over emphasis upon
dress, of too numerous engagements. of
the establishment of fraternities and
sorprities, as the end and object of
educational methods.
Sources Of Criticism Many.
The sources from which these crit
icisms come are many. Journals ting
ed with yellow and sensational In their
ways of considering the news find ia
the interest of the public an opportuni-
ty to present exaggerated statements
concerning the educational situation.
Disgruntled school officers, either as
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-30
EDUCATION
Continued from Page One.

This forenoon the department of
secondary education, the department of
school administration and the depart
ment of elemental education each held
q session.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-30
souress q crltleism MN.

The sources from which these crit
icisms come are many. Journals ting
ed with yellow and sensational In their
ways Of considering the news find In
the interest of the public an opportuni-
ty to present exaggerated statements
concerning the educational situation.
Disgruntled school officers. either as
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-30
COUNCIL MEETS MONDAY
Regular January Meeting, With Fresh
Start for Calendar Year, Comes
First of Week.

The first meeting Of the city coun-
ell for the 1910 calendar year. the
regular January meeting. viii be held
Monday evening at the city hall There
is vast amount OF regular monthly
business. with Incidental matters
which always come UP.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
TIE
exceptional
Eq11ip7,e,11

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attachments of its chemists have
rendered possible the production Of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in all of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles Of plants knoWh|to act most
benefcially and combining them, most
skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs. d
AS there is only one genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA and as the gen
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge Of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
Have a Hobby.

Have you noticed how interesting
woman may be who has hobby?
Whether it is birds, bees, flowers or
china there is always something re-
freshing about her for she is enthu-
siastic, and enthusiasm is the impor
tant quality which gives zest to life.
We can never learn too much of
lifes interesting things, and she who
specialiZes on one subject may give
to her friends much that will enrich
and improve their knowledge.
Life is too short for us to be in
formed fully upon many lines; but we
all desire to be intelligent upon the
common topics of the day, and the
common things we see, and there is
really no excuse for this lack. There
are not many women who are not ac
quainted with the robin look for it's
coming in the spring as eagerly as the
children do. Even the busiest house
wife will find time to do the things
she very much wants to do, and if
you choose the, thing that seems to
you most interesting, you will find
new and wondrous things open up all
the while in it's study. This universe
OF ours is an eXhaustless library from
which we may draw and ever see be-
You'd beauties which we can not reach
or hope to understand.
| Mans reach is beyond his grasp or
| what's heaven for.
People will call the rider of hob
by a faddist, or a crank; but don't let
us forget that what were once fads
and fancies are now staid realities
Cranks are what turn things, so don't
be afraid of being a crank. Many OF
our great inventors had the pleasure
of bearing that cognomen and lived
to rejoice over it.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
Oysters Are in Season.

Oysters are now put up and
shipped under such sanitary restric-
tons that the old time JOY may be re-
newed in the oyster stew
He was a bold man who first did eat
an oyster.-fSWift.
The chatting dish may be used to
cook and serve the oyster in many
delightful ways. The advantage of
seeing the dish prepared before one is
great for the novelty never quite
wears away. How many invalids and
"shut-ins" have been delighted with
the process of cooking before them
Don't fail to buy an individual cha.
fling dish for your sick friend, it will
entertain and help to pass many 9th
erwise dreary hours.
The tough muscle of the oyster
should never he given to a sick per-
son as it is hard to digest.
Oysters are not especially nourish.
ing, but are easy of digestion, and
serve to make variety in our diet
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
Overlooked Food.

Much good, wholesome food is prac
tically wasted by being overlooked
Overlooking is the principal objection
to canned meats, because food that is
otherwise excellent in quality has
been spoiled in the process of cooking
and has, therefore, become practical,
y unfit for use. Meat must be cooked
to certain point, but once that point
is reached further cooking is down,
right waste of material, both as re-
CARDS quality and quantity. Good
food is often spoiled by too rapid
cooking. Meat which is allowed to
boil after the preliminary five minutes
becomes hard, tough and tasteless,
and is almost indigestible, owing to
the hardening of the albumen all
through the meat.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
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4IND
10zZZZZZ9
ORIGIN OF THE WORD CANARD
Is French for "Duck" and Was First
Used in Present Sense in Eight
eenth Century.

You often declare that some float
ing piece of intelligence is "canard"
while hardly knowing why such
word should be applied to an unbound
ed story. The word itself is the French
Tor duck and was first used in its
present sense in the latter part of the
eighteenth century, having its origin
in gigantic hoax
About that time French, German
and English papers were straining ev-
cry nerve to see which could publish
the most sensational items. Their
writer's ransacked the earth, "the sky
above the earth and the caverns be-
meath its surface" for material on
which to found extraordinary stories.
At last Cornelison, one of the Paris
competitors, stated that an interest
ing experiment had just been carried
out in that city which proved the ex-
traordinary voracity of ducks (can-
ards).
Twenty Of these fowls had been
placed together one morning, and at
an appointed hour one of the number
y" az ANiAA|o' SuL llllo Sl:idll DlIS, lcdIu-
ers and all, and fed to the other 10.
Fifteen minutes later No 19 was
mashed and served to the remaining
IL IN the same manner. The expert
ment was commenced at seven o'clock
in the morning, the experimenters reg
ularly "hashing" duck every Is min
utes, and at quarter to twelve
/ (noon) there was but one duck re-
naming in the pen. and he, of course,
was placed in the position of having
eaten his 10 companions
This story, pleasantly narrated, OBJ
tanned a success which the writer had
never even anticipated Before the
end of the year it had run the rounds
of all the prominent journals OF
Europe, and had even been translated
into Indian, Chinese, Japanese and
other Oriental languages. When it
had been all but forgotten, the Amer.
lean papers took it up and gave it
many amplfications, including GER
tificate of the autopsy of the last sur
viving duck, which was declared tc
have swollen out of all proportions
and to have had his oesophagus badly
injured.
For many years afterWard the story
Of the twenty canards" was com
mon laughing stock, and the word it
self has ever since retained it's move
significance
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
!! 1En IS IS
S. e., AND
. 65fHIfCH,ANTC,Y
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Spirits of camphor will freshen
soiled playing cards.
From coal are produced more than
400 different colored dyes.
Spain buys more than one-quartel
of its tobacco from the United States
The first refrigerator cars in Bra.
zil will be put in service in the near
future on railroads controlled by the
government.
The Japanese cabinet recently re-
pealed an ordinance enacted in 1916
prohibiting the use of foreign inks on
official documents.
A Kansan has been granted a
patent upon wire basket to be hung
from two small wheels on clothes.
line to hold clothespins.
A new weed destroyer for gardens
combines a narrow spade with pair
of jaws, operated from the handle in
such manner as to lift weeds which
the spade has loosened.
A mixture of equal parts Of alcohol
and water is the best for cleaning
greasy and dingy surfaces of lantern
mirrors.
BY turning an old skate over and
screwing it to the end of step
through the rivet holes a handy boot
scraper is made.
Salt is used as f1ux in melting
brass and other copper alloy metals
as it reduces the oxide that forms and
cleans the metal.
The Cambridge experimental farm
has begun an interesting Investigation
of the inheritance of horns and face
color in sheep.
The Italian army has constructed q
| dirigible balloon with capacity Of
$500 cubic meters, ali parts OF which
were made in Italy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
FOR HAM AND STEAK ROLL
Luncheon Dish That May Furnish
New Idea to Some of the Readers
of This Column.

One and a half pounds of bacon,
one and half pounds of steak, half a
pound of bread crumbs, two eggs, salt,
pepper, paprika and one teaspoonful
of Worcestershire sauce. Have the
bread crumbs finely made and pass
them through wire sieve.
Chop the bacon and steak and mix
them with the bread crumbs and sea-
sonings. This is best done with the
hands. Beat up the eggs well and
mix them with the dry ingredients,
adding the Worcestershire sauce.
Have pudding cloth wrung out of
hot water and sprinkle it with flour.
When the roll is tightly squeezed into
shape, tie it up in the pudding cloth
like roly poly. Plunge into sauce
pan full of boiling water and boil for
two and half hours. Let it cool
in the water, take off the cloth, place
it on platter with a heavy weight
on the top to press firmly together
This can be cut into thin slices.
Chicken or veal croquettes wrapped
separately in parafTin paper will be
found good addition to the menu
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02

NJ V. V. Andreeff is more elaborate
affair, and the instrument in its new
form now holds chief place in the
cars court orchestra.
Amongst the alterations made by M.
Andreeff are the addition of neck
and the reduction Of the number of
strings to three.
The balalaikas are the triangular
instruments shown in the photograph.
The oval instruments are domras, sew
eral Of which (and dulcimer) figure
in M. Andreeff's balalaika orchestra,
which is now appearing in London.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
Baqs Are Useful.

Don't throw away paper bags; use
them to thrust the hand into when
wiping or backing the stove.
will be the bag made of two thick
nesses of old lace curtain. Have a
slit near the top wide enough for the
hand, and when washing fine handker-
chiefs, turnovers and doilys so apt to
get lost, drop them in the bag and
hang it on the line. They have the
sun and air to dry them through the
lace and are always there, which is a
comfort after one has had the wind
blow away or tear cherished piece
of linen.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
LONGEVITY OF Birds.

The duchess of Bedford, in British
Birds" gives some remarkable in.
stances of longevity among birds in
her own collection. A Barbary dove
which has been in the duchess pos,
session for Is years was left her by
an old woman who also owned it for
Is years and who always said it was
an old bird when it was given to her
A Chinese goose has been in the EOS.
session of the family for 81 years. A
pintail drake which the duchess
bought 20 years ago, when it was ar
adult bird, still survives. Another birc
was taken from the nest in 1852 ano
died in 1900. ut was chained by the
leg to small hutch says the Ouch
ess, and lived 4S years under These
miserable conditions"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
Ne<k1 2A-<4.eA-
Hawks as Snake Destroyers.

C. K Council says he doubts the wis
dom Of the new law offering a bounty
for hawks heads, as they destroy a
great many venomous reptiles. A few
days ago one of his neighbors was lay
ing for a large hawk that had been
carrying off his chickens. The hawk
sailed down near where this party lay
concealed and as it rose carried away
in it's talons a rattlesnake pilot, and
lighting on a nearby limb proceeded
to tear off the venomous rattler's
head, when it let the snake fall to the
ground and few away.
The gentleman could easily have
shot the hawk as it was perched upon
the limb, but he permitted the bird to
take wing, preferring to lose an soc-
casional fowl to having his premises
infested with rattlesnakes.
Mr.. Council says hawks destroy
many venomous reptiles that would
overrun the country were these birds
of prey all killed for the little bounty.
l-Whiteville News-Renortnr.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
Hot Tamales.

The Mexican recipe for making hot
tamales is to cook one of two chick
ems until tender. Remove all meat
from the bone, shred it. in the chop
ping machine and add to it the liquor
IN which the chicken has been cooked
This is seasoned with any desired
condiments, especially red pepper, and
thickened with cornmeal The rolls
are about the size of link sausage and
they are wrapped in the inner husks
of green corn. Tie the husks with
strings at each end to secure them
and boil them for three hours 1t is
best to taste the preparation before
adding meal to note whether it is
rich or needs more seasoning, allow
ing for the meal to be added, which
will take up the sharp flavor.