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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-09
ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

ic of conversation during the
early days of last week and
many are rejoicing because it
proved to be 80 successful an
undertaking. In former years
an Annual Ball has been got.
ton up and made a source of
revenue. This year a "Fair"
was decided upon and the good
sisters strove in every way to
make the event one of happin-
ness to the general public and
profit to the hospital. Good
meals were provided at nom.
inal cost and Fair" features
were offered as a side induce
ment to part with cash in q
good cause. The days were
fine. Every convenience was
offered. Wahpeton enjoyed the
privilege of a free ride to the
building without going in an
ambulance. Generally one
does not go to a hospital to be
fed. Ordinarily the reverse is
true. Generally one does not
go to. a hospital to be enter
tanned. Ordinarily the shoe ia
on the other foot. But this
time the exception reigned.
The meals were good and we'll
served. The "baby" was a
mystery to many. The witch"
was a living wonder. The
"doll" was beauty. And the
attention shown to the patrons
was without break or flaw.
Apart from any imaginary or
real Inconvenience experienc.
ed by the inmates of the hospi
tai, it was a happy thought
that caused the flair" to he
placed in the building tor
which the enterprise was in.
augurated. 1t was an inspira.
ton to stand in the building.
without any pain or weakne sc
and feel glad that we had an
institution in our m DIST for the
alienation of pain and the
strengthening of the human
frame. And as we beheld the
interior and noted the spendid
equipment, the airy and we'll
warmed rooms, the efficient
etaff of physician and nurses,
the modern devices for the re-
lief of all classes humankind.
we could not help asking how
it was passible. in so small
community, to hav- such
facilities for the arresting the
progress of sickness and the
restoring the loved ones to the
embrace of their friends. And
we are not alone in this query.
Since the "Fair" gentleman
from ano'h her state on bel, Q
conducted through the build
ing, expressed himself as be-
ing exceedingly surprised to
behold such an institution out.
side the bounds of the large
cities. Confessing personal
ignorance we beg n to make
enquiries and the following
facts were presented: The
hospital nursing staff consists
of II Sisters, z Secular nurses.
whose lives are devoted to the
relief OF suffering humanity
Learning that there was no
endowment and that charity
was responsible for its sup
port we ascertained that apart
from any monies paid by patti
ents. the load carried was no
small one. The renewing off
Fire Insurance Policies this
year will take 100000. The
purchasing of necessities ia
quite an item. Here are few
of the demands: Fuel $4,000.
Meat $4,000, Butter $7sOOO
Milk 100000, Flour $16O 90.
Other things in proportion,
Nearly 400 patients were treat
ed there during the last wear.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-12-09
KODAK SUPPLIES

We carry big assortment
of Kodak supplies and can till
your wants for everything you
may write for ] Keen the
druggist
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

Many failures are cue to careless ness in taking care of the many lit tie things A recent report from Ger many is that American shippers are annually losing thousands of dollars on careless packing of apples shipped to that and other countries. The fruit is not only poorly packed but in each package there are oftentimes several varieties of fruit. Also fine specimens of fruit are packed on the top and bottom of the barrel or box and in ferior. wormy, and otherwise defective fruit placed between. Failure to prop erly select American products for ex- port may be attributed to ignorance or carelessness and, therefore, excused. but an attempt to defraId and deceive it cannot be excused. The effect of such deceptive practices upon our for eign trade is self-evident, It seems that our national pride would deter us from parading our dishonest prac- tices throughout the world Why can't we be content with defrauding and de- ceiving each other at home, and so confine knowledge of our common na- tional vice to our own land, while abroad we assume a virtue if we have it not?
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
The Easter Lily,

The big white lily, grown in pro- fusion in Bermuda and elsewhere to meet the annual demand for floral symbols of Easter in New York and its neighborhood, is not essentially an Easter flower, and its recent associa- tion with the commemoration of the resurrection has no historical signifi- canoe. White lilies, to be sure, figure In some of the early religious portrai- .ure. The little white lily of the woods, flower of early suInmer, has tong been associated by the poets, in- cluding Shakespeare, Keats and Ten nyson, with modesty and purity. But .he big Bermuda lily is not a symbol of modesty, and has inspired no poet. Apart from it's religious significance, Easter is the spring festival, and the real flowers of early spring, the tulip, the daffodil, the wild arbutus, are It's more appropriate symbols. We derive uur name for it from Ostara, the Saxon goddess of the east and the dawn. In Latin countries they cling to variants of the Aramic "pesach" (passover) as pascua, pasqua, paques. If there is such flower as "the resurrection lily" 1t must be the small purple lily of Palestine.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA Edited and Contributed bv
 w. 6. MORGAN.
 Springfield, Mo.

Not every battle is a victory and some defeats are worth more than a victory The panic interfered greatly with some of the plans of the union, but it did not knock off it's feet, as it did many great business enterprises which had been considered successful. The union was staggered little, but it never left the ring.
 The farmer who diversiffes his crops is in the attitude of man who "tosses a penny" on the principle: Heads win; tails you lose" He is sure of a living and helps to put up the price of cotton. Besides that, he is able to live better.
 The Farmers union should avoid as much as possible war upon classes. It should recognize the necessity of every legitimate business honorably condHcted. It should go forward strict ly on business lines as laid down in its organic law. It should fight none but it's foes and run over no one ex- cept those who get in it's way.
 The union is not a political organi- ZatlOn. it was organized Tor business purposes. In every transaction in buy ing or selling, the union is a party and only asks the privilege of helping to fix the price. Heretofore the farm CT has had too little to do in making the price.
 One of the greatest jurists that America ever had once said: When the spirit of liberty has fled, and truth and justice are disregarded, private rights can easily be sacrificed under the forms of law" It is a sad refcc- tion on our institutions that we are ap preaching that condition in this coun- try. The rich corporations and trusts are encroaching more and more each year upon private rights. They are constantly violating the law, disre garding truth and justice" and abridg ing the liberties of the people.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
A Prayer of the Risen Life

O Thou, Prince of Life and First Begotten of the dead! who, by Thy glorious resurrection, hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; enable us, by Thy heavenly grace, to walk in newness of life, and to abound in the fruits of righteousness; so that we may at last triumph over death and the grave. and rise in Thy likeness, having our cor ruptible bodies changed into the fashion of Thine own glorious body. Let the sunlight of Thy favor shine upon us, and breathe into our hearts the quickening power. of Thy risen life until hope springs forth, and life is glad with the fragrance of joy in Thee. Perfect the growth, and bring it to the full harvest to the glory of the risen Christ.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
The Necessity of Organization.

If I should be walked up at the dead hour of midnight and given but fifteen seconds to answer the question: Why should the farmers organizer" I would answer: Because the preda- tory class don't want them to- By the predatory class I mean those who become wealthy in handling agricul- tural products after they leave the farm. It is this class and their agents who are opposed to the farmers union. Iii this class 1 don't include the legiti- mate carriers and dealers who are satisfied with reasonable profit. All these can afford to favor the organi- zation of farmers. They can see that it is to their interest to do so. If the farmer is more prosperous it means more business to them. But it is diff ferent with the predatory class; the transportation companies that charge exorbitant rates; the insurance and elevator companies, and the specula- tors in futures. These don't want the farmers to organize because they know that will put an end to their speculations. And the farmer who does not want to organize is playing | into their hands.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
EASTER EGGS AS PRESENTS.
Custom That Is Prevalent in the North.
 ern Part of England.

In the north of England, on Easter day, the little boys go out begging for Easter eggs, which are generally beau tifully colored and gilded. They play with the eggs, bowling them along the ground, tossing them like balls in the air, and even fighting battles with them in order to see whose eggs will prove the strongest. There is still surviving in the north of England the beautiful custom of making mutual presents of Easter eggs among the children of intimate families. The eggs are first colored and then are carved in artistic designs with a pen knife. The shells are marked of into three divisions, one part inclosing the name of the child to whom 1t is to be given, another holding little cupid, and the third portion decorated with some kind of picture--amounting to . kind of Easter-sgg valentine. In America, the oolered Easter-egg hunt Ing on the grassy lawns, and the
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
EASTER SYMBOL.
1are Should Be Assooi-
 1h the season.

aich has long been as- aster festivities, Is all De animal that appears kctures and done in |ndows of the confec- eally be a hare, in
 The hare has from
 been the symbol of as the moon decides Ter, it is quite proper
 the hare should be this season. In Ger <lhare is almost as i'm age as St. Nicholas, 7&somewhat resemble h beloved saint. On
 Easter a white hare
 of all children who nd hides in all sorts corners any number pred eggs. Anyway.
 the eggs when they ed 1t would perhaps
 the part of any one
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

ly, ADlJdH, SOn or RenODOam, cOvet. ing the precious setting, had it taken down, and after appropriating the metal had the wood buried deep in the earth-so deep, in fact, that well was dug over it, the famous Pool of Bethesda, the tree of mercy at the bottom giving healing qualities to the waters. Finally, as the time appoint ed approached, the tree rose and float ed on the surface, and the Jews took it and made it into the cross upon which the Christ was crucified.
 Wood of the Cross.
 As some claim the aspen was the wood of the cross, others select the weeping willow for the tree upon which Judas hanged himself.
 There is an old legend as sinister as the fatalistic Dedipus myth that claims that before the birth of Judas his mother dreamed that her child would murder his father and betray his God for money. To prevent this tragedy, the babe was put in a chest and cast upon the sea, but was rescued and adopted by king.
 According to tradition, Pontius Pi- late as well as Judas committed sui eide, for upon his return to Rome so indignant was the emperor over the governors actions while in Jerusa- lem that he cast him into prison, a humiliation too great for so weak a spirit to bear.
 Weird is the legend told concerning the restless, tormented ghost of him | who could wash his hands but not his conscience of offense.
 The body of the suicide was first cast into the Tiber but so turbulent were the storms that immediately fol- | lowed that it was taken out of the river, carried to Gaul, and thrown into the Rhone. Tempests were the in- stant result. Again the body was re- moved, this time to Lake Geneva. The same disasters in its train Once more an attempt was made to over- come the evil. Surely, in a far-away | mountain lake locked in the center of the Alps even the spirit of a Pilate could do no harm. Vain hope. There | arose storms of wind and rain so great in fury that 1ocks and herds were | drowned, trees torn up by the roots, and happy-hearted homes washed away | to death and destruction.
 Quieting Troubled Spirit.
 Then at the call of the emergency came the man of the hour to answer | it. Alone he went to the lake, and with the sole weapons of a scholars knowledge and magic battled with the spirit until it signified an agreement to remain at peace if only it might have one day of freedom during the year.
 The storms ceased, but long after ward whoever went to Pilates lake on Good Friday saw an awful specter clothed in red toga upon rock above the water, "the grim, ghostly figure of him who saw no ill yet permitted it."
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
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who is not a German to express an opinion as to where they really come from. A rabbit is not hare, although they are cousins. There is one marked difference between them. The baby rabbit, as all know who keep these lit- tie animals as pets, comes into the world blind and helpless, while the baby hare has its eyes open from the beginning, and is soon able to take care of itself. It has been believed that the hare never closes its eyes, and that is one reason why it is chosen as the symbol of the moon, which al ways has its eyes open and sees every. thing that goes on at night
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
KEEP THE BOYS ON THE FARM.

We are facing new day in agri- culture-in the whole outlook of our laboring classes toward life. The acres rer.aining to be developed are com paratively few The larger part of our agricultural progress depends upon better, more scientific cultivation of the farms already titled. Whenever, by refusing the boy that outlook, that insight into things that shall keep his interest centered on the farm, We turn him toward the city, out of the ranks
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

great short seller, and enables New York to control Now what is the interest of the short seller? It cer- tainly is to have lower prices. The short seller that sells for nine cents a pound must necessarily buy cotton at eight cents per pound; hence che eff feet of short selling reaches every community and prices are bound down.
 The effect of the future system has been to completely demoralize and derange the legitimate trade in cot ton, and to injure not only the dealer in real cotton, but the producer, also; that it enables the operator to manipu- late the market up or down as 1t suits his interests. Often the fiuc- tuations are violent, sometimes rising or falling as much as 120 points in day; sometimes almost touching both extremes. These manipulations have destroyed all actual speculation i'll spot cotton. Manipulations were such that no one was able to judge as to what a single day would bring forth The market became so un- stable that the truly cotton merchant was driven out of business; no one would put money in cotton as an in- vestment or speculation. What was the result? Everybody connected with production of cotton became Jumpers and the cotton was rushed ta market and sacrificed in few months, the south losing millions an nually through fear of lower market.
 "The spinner with competition knocked out, with all actual specula- tion killed, could close out his hedges without fear.
 New York once enjoyed the dis tinction of being the largest spot cot ton market in the world, but under the future system this business has slipped away. New York is no longer considered cotton port or cotton market, but a place for future gam blings. The wealth that used to flow into her commercial channels by req son of her great cotton trade benefited all her people. New Or leana is fast travelling the same road, and ultimately must reach the same end As they SOW so must they reap
 ' The south has almost a monopoly in the production of cotton and ought to have in its sale, and would have commanding voice were it not for this future gambling, that has laid blighting hand upon tEe cotton trade. The world needs our cotton, the world is bound to have it, and with the growing demand for cotton it should always bring a staple price,
 "The honest man does not want the future gambler. The merchant can not use men who gamble; 'tis dan gerous to their business. The banks will not employ the future gambler; thousands were lost when bankers were less careful; railroads cannot use the future gambler, they, too. have 1 lost many thousands by reascn of false bills of lading. The future gam bier seems to have a hard lot. He is passing and must go. The busi- ness is a fostering sore, full of pu- trefaction.
 We ask the cooperation of all, be- cause it is the fight of all. The in- terest of the farmer should be the l interest of all. The success of the farmer means the success of all. The prosperity of the farmer means the prosperity of all. This is a common cause; help the farmer and his chil- dren will rise and call you blessed.
 "D. J. O'NEILL,
 President Farmers Union"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

of the producers of food into the ranks of the consumers, we have lost one skilled workman to the farm and add ed one more unskilled laborer to the millions, jostling and elbowing for place to work and live. As between the chances for the man, first in the one and then in the other position, there is needed little by way of com ment. And very often indeed the boy leaves the farm simply because he does not see where the farm holds anything of interest or beauty or pur- pose larger than mere dollars.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

Across the world his message rings.
 And, hearing it, men cease while To madly strive for worldly things
 Or cling to longings that are vile, And, having wrought for good or il,, Pay 10 ing tribute to him stil.- Wherever slender steeples rise
 Wherever mellow chimes are heard The love he taught still sanctifies,
 The nobler passions still are stirred; By every friendly look and thought We spread the message that he brought If by tomorrow men forget
 For him the anthems rise to-day; The cross is sacred, for him. yet,
 And still it's shadow marks the way.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
Easter Dawn.

Awake, o earth! the rose of dawn
 Flames softly over Olivet The night of pain and death has gone, The air is full of fragrance drawn From blossoms of the thorn, dew-wet, Awake. o earth! awake and greet The day and all 1t brings to thee
 Loves browning triumph, full, com.
 plete;
 Awake and sing with rapture sweet Thy song of Immortality! Awake. o earth! the rose of dawn
 Flames softly over Olivet. Jean Blewett, In Canadian LagaSinA
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

Easter search after the mysterious rabbits egg, are all notifications of European customs, while the giving of colored Easter eggs as presents is not an uncommon American habit, especially in connection with our American Sunday schools and churches.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

oA l other faithful feathered folk min
 I to him at the darker moment oc- s2rys Then it was that the alls Nthe pitying turtle dove grew
 hntive that never has 1t re- A Ns it's lost happy notes. Not only swallow perch on the cross and
 tender words of consolation,
 50 in its small, sweet way al
 d the sufferers pain by pulling
 spine from the crown of thorns. ,teed le Htork flying o~er the cross for ion the wing to call down:
 Stryk!" -" Strengthen" ANsHhSns"
 onderfuI Passion Flower.
 e passion flower the reverent m n;stAtion has discovered not a N Hone. but also the pillar of
 ag, the nails, thu crown ot Izarah and even spots to mark the nts. lndso of the crucified body.
 are hs5paniard will tell you that the lcery y.,s ,ssrembles because that was the v days M the cross. However this may lintiff' re i1e a delightful old legend ,eal as ing the tree out of which the oh, 1908, Is made.
 ,cery Cls'AQam, weary or toll and sin - er for death, sent to the angel
 sthe Tree of Life to beg a nsas,.. srhe messenger brought back anas. ,n' A. oIi1e promise that Adam should ,rial enliree days, and the added gift 5 l21 o1 " nman seeds which were mys Standlee be placed under the dead thas onedn ngua before burial.
 last pasithe6e seeds, the quaint nara ? pen, sMe a:inu6e, sprang three saplings Os, beforef united, three in one, sym oll,, HvIe thsIe Tfinity. With this mirac lock a. se Moses and David each CT and YiSoy,v wonders Rut Kino A'o m Whole heart set upon the in Psro,Eoz the temple, had the tree !; iet ;sence pss ntending it for magnifi be madsd Strive as the workmer that sucn lZ .sz ~ ,, 4. ,blication sySi' HowHere wouiu tne lNaroN, RTond cast aside, it was later EBMAS' = ridge across nearby .sWhen the queen of Shebs
 1EdS1 16table visit she refused te G Ek this bridge; instead, she 2EH NM 8oFehiped, and having con Q1Qinon a vision she hat
 the king at once or
 efed wood incased in golt
 11d reverently hung ovel
 16e temple. Subsequent
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
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CCORDING to an old tradition, when the Roman soldiers came to the Garden of G e t h s e m a n e Christ hid under the olive trees until the treacherous blower cried out "Buvick! /" "Buvick!" He is hiding!"
 But if a Judas among the birds be- trayed the Master of
 A%I,s- !, ,oy1~ZOf
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

brought his automobile to a sud den stop in front of the village church,
 and listened with
 bated breath. Rising high above the mel
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
The Christian estival of
 Easter

F ALL the holidays in the
 year Christmas and Easter stand more prominently on the page of history than any
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

Izarah ] nts.
 h are he 2 |ncery | ty, in thf ty days Iaaintif,
 seal as |rch, 1908 |. RussBlI [nceryC O
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09

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 9os, befo |roll, C
 (andt tn |clock a Bter and :, flee in l in q pr. Psr
 S6u io diligence ' be ma
 l that sr l! Sublicati |IINGToN' KEENAN,
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-04-09
PACK FRUIT CAREFULLY.

President Farmers Union.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-06-24
CROWS ON GOLF LINKS.
One Fastidious Bird That Would Steal
Only New Balls.


The crow seems to be attracted to
golf balls in a way wholly peculiar
from the rest Of the bird species. In
parks, where the rock and the crow
abound. one can notice them sitting in
the trees or hopping about the putting
greens i'm the distance watching the
roll Of the bah with a direct or side
long glance expressive Of the keenest
Interest and curiosity, which is soon
translated into q desire to carry it off
TO the roost in the neighboring wood
The Kew gardens adjoin the mid
Surrey course, and in the royal pre-
serve there used to be a fairly large
colony Of crows nesting among the
trees OF this colony there was one
particular crow that found his great
est amusement in miagling among the
golfers and in disconcerting their play
by indulging in repeated predatory
campaigns against their golf balls
His policy was to hover in attend
ance ON those players who used new
white balls only. Those on which the
paint had been Clipped or which had
beer used in play for several rounds
by an economical player were always
rejected by this particular bird as be-
ing beneath his fastidious attention.
London Field