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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

Every woman would know how
to manage man il the creature did
not exist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

The Pennsylvania road will re-
place its Geographic train dis
patch service by telephones.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

Now after 'possum, some south
erners want to feed Taft on alli-
gator meat. At this rate the south
will soon get rid of it's undesir-
able varmints.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

THE WILLARD "Y" will give a
valentine social this evening
at the hall, sol South Ninth
street. All friends of the Or
der are cordially invited. Ad-
mission will be free and a
dainty little valentine supper
will be served. Selections will
be given by Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Kendall, and a group of
readings by Miss Kendall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

The cable carries the informa-
ton that King Menelik is dead
again.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

After all, is there any differ
ence between a stage hero and the
other variety?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

Really. Cinderella's slipper
wasn't glass, because if it was Il
would have broken, you know.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

Harriman's digestion must make
all the ostriches in the world jeal-
Gus. His latest gastronomic feat
of swallowing the New
York Central.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

In 26 New York office build
ings of IS stories or over, with a
renting area of 116 acres, there
are 231 elevators which travel be-
tween 1000 and 5000 miles daily
and carry 615,006 passengers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

The auxiliary ship r. c. Rick
mers, the largest sailing ship
afloat, has covered during the last
two and half years approximate
ly 100000 miles, earning about
$2.25 per mile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

! Barcelona was credited with a
tidal wave which it did not get.
Barcelona is still among the un-
washed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

Carrie Nation, in jail one week
and in vaudeville the next, is q
living example of a hard life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10

Isn't Miss Charlesworth a liv-
ing refutation proof for the skep-
tics who assert the dead do not
return?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

New York, Dec. 4.-Peter r. Dunno
the general attorney for the Southern
Pacific railroad. is in New York taking
up the work OF Judge r. s. Lovett.
recently promoted to the chairman
ship of board of directors of the Har-
riman lines,
The work he mas in hand will re-
quire his presence in the east for the
next five months. After that his status
will be definitely defined. 1t is gem
orally believed in railroad circles that
the position will be offered him.
DUNES special mission will be the
conduct Of the merger case on behalf
of the Hartman group or roads. This
is the most important litigation in
which the lines have been involved. 1t
was being carried on by Judge Lovett.
but the proceedings have been inter-
rupted by the death OF e. III. Harri-
man. With the passing of Hartman.
Lovett was elevated to the position of
control. This. for the time disrupted
the legal department. Now, however.
Dunno has been asked to report at
New York at once to take up the big
suit a
While Dunno has held rank in the
legal department of the Southern Pa
cific subordinate to that OF William
f. Herrin. the latter has not appeared
In court OF late but has been concern
ed more with questions OF general
policy. When Lovett was therefore
~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
POST FOR
FOREIGN MATTER
SCORES OF PACKAGES ADDRESS.
ED TO OTHER COUNTRIES ARE
STOPPED AT NEW YORK AND
RETURNED TO ORIGINAL Of
FIcE.

All packages to be sent through the
mail to foreign countries, no matter on
what part of the globe, must be sent
by parcels post. II the senders fail
to comply with the regulations in this
respect the packages are stopped al
New York, returned to the office from
which they were sent and a search is
started for the sender.
Packages can not be dropped in let
tiers or parcel boxes and sent as regu-
lar mail. All matters to cross the
border line of the United States is
governed by the parcels post.
The packages must be brought to the
local office and a declaration of the
contents made. This is to be attached
and used at the customs office. II
there is any duty TO be attached, II
will be collected at the receiving end
Of the line.
If this declaration is not made, the
packages cannot pass the customs
house. The maximum weight for most
packages is eleven pounds, except in
France and Sweden, where four pounds
and six ounces is the limit.
This morning a package addressed
to Miss Inga Holmberg, Vika, REM
vaika, Sweden, was returned to the
Fargo Office. The parcel had been in
securely done up, 1t did not comply
with parcels post regulations and fail
ed to bear the sender's name. 1t had
broken open and some very pretty
beaded moccasins were displayed.
In all cases the name of the sender
should be plainly written on the pack
age, whether 1t is inter in intra coun-
try mail. Postoffice officials with par
try mail. Postoffice officials wish par
rules and time, worry and bother
would be avoided. In nearly all cases
the sender drops letter to the person
to whom the parcel is addressed tell
ing of sending it. Then the postmaster
at the other end of the line gets "his''
because 1t failed to reach there.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Grows waInuts on Oak Trees.

Sacramento Bee: UP in Calaveras
county there Is a new kind OF genius
who might be called the walnut wizard
His name is e. M. Price and he grows
not only the biggest walnuts ever, but
grows them on oak trees. State Super
intendent OF Public Instruction Hyatt
discovered him while attending tea
cheers institute in Calaveras county
last week.
From all accounts Price has done
something almost as startling as Luz
Their Burbank. Burbank made the peo-
ping Of the desert with spineless cac-
tus possible, and Price hopes to people
the forest with walnuts.
Price does not mean to plant walnut
trees In the forest, 4 but to graft
branches on oak trees and let them
bear. His experiments so far have
demonstrated the feasibility OF such an
enterprise. The oak trees all ,our
his home In the Calaveras hills are en-
grated with walnut stocks and some
have grown fruit. None of the nuts
have matured yet, however, and the
puzzIing question has arisen, when
they are ripe what viii they look like.
walnuts or acorns? And what win
they taste like, acorns or wainuts?
The walnuts Price has grown on or
binary trees are three times bigger
than the walnuts in the markets. This
result he has achieved by q long SER
les of experiments. Price has improv-
ed the Quality OF other kings OF nuts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

ship, is a San Francisco girl and has
just completed her two years course
at the Art institute. Her first lessons
were given at the Polytechnic high
school, which she attended for four
years. Her principal line of study, so
far, has been in modelling and life
drawing. and she has just now taken
up a course in painting.
Miss Nutting is a very bright
pretty, wholesome girl, very young yet
and most enthusiastic about her
chosen career.
will you leave for Paris soon?" she
was asked
She shook her head.
"The scholarship at the Julien AGA
denny holds open for two years." she
explained, "and l can't go now, but
maybe next year l can manage it.
shall continue for the present at the
institute here, although l really re-
ceived my teachers certificate, and
suppose / shall formally get the medal
tomorrow"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
TO THROW MATTER
BEFORE COUNCIL
RIGHT OF CONTRACTORS TO TAP
HYoRANTs AND PRIVATE FAU-
GETS WILL BE DIscUssEp-oNE
BUILDER HOOKED ON TO A.
METER LINE.

Just exactly what the rights of
building contractors are in connecting
with hydrants and faucets to secure
water to carry on their work, will be.
thrown before the council Monday eve
ming and lively discussion is promis-
ed.
According - Auditor N. C. Morgan,
an endeavor was made years ago to
collect from contractors who used wa,
ter from adjoining property taps.
Never has the right been given or the
practice sanctioned OF tapping hy-
drants. The auditor has held that these
were for fire protection exclusively.
The fact remains that hydrants have
been tapped, and not infrequent1y
1t happened that last month a build
ing contractor hooked onto a privat
tap for water. The tap in question
was governed by a meter and the bi
for last month was $14 instead of s.
as usually. The auditor refused t.
make any rebate and as a result il Fl
claimed that a bill will be presented
to the city council for the amount in
volved. 1t was pay the water bill or
have the water turned of
IL is claimed that the matter Of US
ing streets for building material will
come up at the same time. to be-
threshed out by the aldermen. s7
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

Boston Globe: Mother Goose was
a real person, and not an imaginary
character, as is generally supposed.
Her maiden name was Elizabeth Fos-
ter, and she was born in Boston in
1865. She married Isaac vergoose,
otherwise Goose, in 1892, and lived TO
the advanced age Of 90. The nursery
rhymes bearing her name, 1t has been
understood, were composed for the en-
tertainment of her grandchildren, and
were collected and published in Boston
in 1913, by her son-in-law, Thomas
Fleet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Now christmas Toxs.

Harpers Bazaar: The littlest ones
OF all are going to be pleased with the
new wooden toys There Is a tendency
this year to make everything Of wood.
The Russian. nests OF wooden women
and the balls are more or less familiar,
bur there are ali sorts of new things
fat carved toys rather crudely cut
and colored. There are beautiful fiat
animals which are to be fastened to a
shelf with wooden balls hanging from
them attached to string. When the
bail is swung. the animals head and
tail move In a most life-like manner.
There are donkeys, horses, ROSTERS.
ducks, and innumerabIe others. There
are some unusual jumping jacks, too,
not all lacks by any means. There
are some animals that remind one OF
the Brer Rabbit stories. and some
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

San Francisco, Dec. 4. The an
nouncement has just been made at the
San Francisco Institute of Arc that
Miss Florence Marion Nuttinr had
carried on the medal in the Paris COM
petition as well as the Julian academy
scholarship.
Thirty Of the best life drawings of
the student body OF the institute were
forwarded to Paris this year; these
were returned three weeks ago, and
the twenty-five receiving the most IA
vorabIe criticism from the Julian
academy jury are now on public view
at the institute in the small gallery.
the larger one being reserved for the
Walters collection OF paintings, not
yet hung. There will be no regular
fall exhibition this year, but the two
galleries will be thrown open to the
public at a large reception in the near
future.
Miss Nutting, the winner of the
much coveted Julian academy scholar
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04


kept growing worse was in agony a
great part Of the time. After removing
TO this city l was told / had appeLdi-
Gus and an operation was all that
would remove the trouble. My hus-
band and had -iscussed DR.. Gates
claim, having read about kim in The
Forum and at last decided to call upon
him.
He told us at once the cause Of nv
trouble and that no operation wo,Ild
be necessary to remove it. diagnosins.
It as chronic appendiate. We went
home and talked the matter over. Mr..
Watts was skeptical and thought that
had best go TO the hospital. / dread
ed the operation, however, and at last
decided to give DR.. Gate a trial. 7
can never be thankful enough that we
came to such a decision,
/ started treatment; in four davs 7
began to feel positive relief: the main
subsidized, my nervousness disappeared.
began TO eat and sleep as / have not
done for years; my stomach trouble
became unnoticeable and in four
weeks from the time 1 began treat
ment ! am so well that I feel Younger
by ten years. believe that my cure
mas been perfect. I know that INV
trouble is removed, and every sign of
weakness has disappeared. / wish
every suffering woman could know
and be benefited by DR.. Gates as I
have been.
People who knew I was taking treat
ment scoffed at Mr.. Watts and myseIf
Tor going to DR.. Gates; they are not
soothing now when they see my re-
rnarkable cure. am doing my own
housework; caring for my two chill
dren, well and happy once more and
thankful to DIR. Gates for the tremen-
dous benefit / have received.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
ONE WOMAN'S STORY WHICH IS
A MESSAGE OF HOPE 10 ALL
Mrs. VIM. Watts Tells the Readers Of This Newspaper How
She Was Made a Well Woman After Years Of Illness
and Suffering Wants Others to Know the Way

What one thing above all others is
interesting to the human race? The
answer from SO out Of every 100 will
.unhesitatingly be good health" for
humanity longs for duration of days
and resulting happiness, both depen-
dent upon good health.
American women, above those of all
the rest of the earth suffer with ills
peculiar to their sex. These disea5 IS
often develop into still greater COM
plications and deeper suffering. When
one then has found remarkable relief
from her sufferings her story should
be of the most transcendant interest
to others of her sex.
Mrs. VIM. Watts, 230s Broadway,
Fargo, in conversation with. Forum
man Friday gave the following re-
markable interview. "A story that must
carry intense conviction to the mind
Of the reader; a story that should
mean much to her suffering sisters:
For many years I have suffered the
most intense pain and torture from
Female ills and resulting complica-
tions. My health was completely shat
tered by my years of illness. My
nervous system was wreck, and the
cares Of my home and children at
times called forth all the fortitude /
could summon to my aid in my dut-
les.
Our home was in Longwood, Colo,
and my husband insisted that have
the most skilled treatment that we
could obtain. Doctor after doctor
tried faithfully to relieve my suffer
ings. MY nerves were IN such shape
that my stomach became affected and
/ could hardly eat the most digest
able food
suffered constantly with pain in
the region OF my appendix and as II
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
THE GRAND LECTURE
c. 3. Smith Of the Department Of As.
rieuIture Will Speak Sunday Even
ing on Farm Management.

most interesting lecture will be
given Sunday evening at the Grand
theatre by c. b. Smith OF the depart
ment OF agriculture OF Washington, d
C.. The subject OF his lecture will be
Farm Management and will be pro-
fusely illustrated with steropticon
views.
Mr.. Smith is in charge OF farm man
agement for the northern district oil
the department He is the bureau OF
plant industry and is considered one
Of the best lecturers in the entire gov
ernmental department. His address
here promises to be especially inter-
esting.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
coop.sY, BABY.
A Sentiment That Will Appeal &c
Every Parent.

A Sentiment That Will Appeal to
Every Parent.
She stood at the front window the
other morning and gazed at the little
figure retreating up the street. She
watched him trudge bravely along un-
ill he turned the corner, the while her
chin quivered and the tears almost
blinded her. Then. when he had quite
disappeared from sight, the grip at
her throat almost stifed her, and going
to her room, she wept long and softly.
He. was gone. Her little baby; her
first born. Gone, with never a thought
or a dream OF the ache in the heart of
her who followed him to the door, who
held him close In her arms, who kissed
him SO tenderly and tried to smile
bravely at him. Gone, with never an
idea of the big aching void he left be-
hind. Gone, with smile on his lips,
laugh in his voice, an expectancy in
his eyes, and tingle in every footstep.
Gone, for his first day at school.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

unable to carry forward the contest
on behalf Of the allied corporations.
Dunno was sent for and was asked to
assume the burden.
The merger suit, in which Dunno
will act as the chief representative of
the Hartman lines, was brought by
the government to dissolve the Harri-
man combination on the ground that
it embraces the ownership of compel
ing lines. Hearings have been held In
the eastern cities and on the coast
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

quaint men and women who NAV ha
German or Russian. They are certain
~ not American. A goose girl and her
geese, an entire farmyard, both build
ings and animals, a company of Indians
and numerous other creatures are
carved In this fiat fashion. Not the
least among them are some OF Noah's
arks, suggestive of Dutch canal boats,
their sides simply bullying with ami
mails.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Robbie Wanted to Know.

Success Magazine: He asked so
many questions that day that he
finally wore out his mothers patience.
Robert" she cried, IF you ask me
another question 1 snail put you to
bed without your supper"
Robert promptly asked another and
was packed off to bed Later his
mother repented. After all, asking
questions was the only way he could
acquire knowledge; so she tiptoed up
stairs, knelt beside Roberts bed and
told him she was sorry.
"Now, DEAR" she said. 'if YOU want
to ask one more question before you
go to sleep, ask 1t now and / will try
to answer"
Robert thought moment, then said,
Mother. how far can a cat spit?''
A Forum Want AID Will Sell It For You
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Mr.. wiekersham on Corporations.

Chicago Record Herald: Corpora
tions that wish to live and let live,
to prosper by merit alone, should have
more freedom, not less, and this
greater freedom they can secure, as
Mr., Wickersham holds, only by fed
eral Incorporation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
Resoureeful Management.

Bon vivant: Actor OF provincial
company Can you give me twopence
on account? / must. get a shave. |
have been playing Hamlet for four
days, and my beard is beginning to
grow.
Manager Well that's easily rem
edied. Well put on OthelIo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04
THE SICK MADE WELL TO STAY WELL
Good Health In Place of Illness, CheerfuIness
Instead of Despair and Worry, Energy
In Place of Dependency.

Dr. Gates brings
newspapers the hlneshis
Of health may
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-04

A Forum Want AID VIII Sell It For You
A Forum Want Ad Will Sell It For You
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

position A candle on some evergreen
can start a quicker and more. dan
gerous fire than anything else in dry
goods store. Pine and cedar burn like
lightning and make a fierce hot fire.
Candies are dangerous on account of
their unsteady flames.
Lots of holiday goods are arriving
at the stores and in NEST cases the
boxes are opened and the excelsior and
packing materials thrown to one side.
Sometimes this is thrown in the eel
lar, again near the elevator shaft and
at times in the alley in the rear of a
building. Excelsior. hay and packing
materials are invitations to fire dan
gers and when once inf1amed they are
hard propositions to fight.
The following order was issued by
Chief Wilmarth this morning from his
office at the headquarters fire station
in the city hall:
Holiday Fire Dangers.
Fire MarshaPs Office, Topeka, Kan,
December II, 1909.
The attention of merchants is called
to the extra fire hazard that exists in
every city during the holiday season.
The utmost care should be taken at
all times to guard against a fire occur
ring-but this care should be all the
greater during the holidays, on account
of the increased values in stocks car
ried at this season of the year. the ex-
tensive decorations used, and the large
crowds of people congregating within
the stores during trading hours; and a
most necessary precaution to be taken
is to remove promptly the causes, that
are liable to cause fire.
Look carefully to the condition OF
show windows and Easements.
See that all temporary electric wiring
has been properly done.
Do not permit fabrics or decorations
to be placed in contact with mean
descent lamps, as such contact will
surely cause fire sooner or later; where
there is any possible danger of such
contact being caused by draft of air,
or otherwise, wire guards should be
placed upon such lamps.
Do not place inflammable decorations
of any kind upon the open grille work
of elevators.
Cotton batting should not be used in
decorating show windows, or elsewhere.
Do not permit the accumulation of
combustible material especially in
Easements and at the bottom of ele-
vators.
Wire guards should be placed upon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17
Long Range ..Qnake Hunting

Standing by the seismograph,
Charles F. Marvin, chief of the instru
ment division of the weather bureau,
noted one day that the lines made by
the little tracing pencil indicated a
CONFUSION of the earth about 1000
miles from Washington. No reports
had been received for days after as to
where this disturbance had occurred
it might nave been in the southern
hemisphere, in Alaska, or somewhere
in the Atlantic or Pacific ocean. If
it had not occurred near some center
of population, it might have been years
before anything was heard of it. If
the earthquake had taken place at
sea, it would manifest itself in tidal
waves striking against the nearest
coast line. Some scientists placed the
probable location of the superficial eff
feet in Asia, somewhere about 1000
miles from london: and later this was
almost exactly verified by a dispatch
from Persia stating that on that date
Luristan, savage and remote country
among the ranges, had been devastated
with loss of many villages and 5000
lives.-National Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-17

Everybody reads the state Journal.