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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Most Imnortant Mar.

Perhaps the most important wars,
from the standpoint of civilization anc
progress. were. first. the Greek-Per-
sian war of 400 B. c., In which the
oriental wave was prevented from
deluging Europe; second. the struggle
between the Franks and Moors,
which ended at the battle OF Tours
with the defeat OF the Moors, thus saw.
ing Europe from Mohammedanism and
Its stagnation; third, the Napoleonic
wars, which shook up Europe, destroy.
Ing the remnants Of feudalism and
paving the way for modern democracy
and the American war OF 1861-66,
which preserved the integrity OF the
great republic and so made 1t posi-
BILE for the United States to work out
Its splendid 1estiny among the nations
OF the earth.-New York American.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
-....y or m.n.


In woman's club. over tea ant
cigarettes. group Of ladies cite,
many. many instances Of the fociiS!
vanity Of males.
Take the case of BEES" one said
Because the queen bee rules the hive
because she is the absolute mistress
OF millions Of subjects, man ur to q
few hundred years ago denied her sey
He called her the king bee.
"Pliny wrote somewhere. The kim,
bee is the only male, all the rest being
females And Moses Rusden, becker
er to Charles H.. stoutly denied, in o,
der to please his royal master, that tht
large bee, the ruler Of the hives. be
loGged to the gentler sex.
Even Shakespeare couldn't bear t.
think that the bee of bees, the largest
and wisest and fairest, the hives ali
solute lord. was female. No, all th
proofs Notwithstanding, Shakespear,
called her male. Don't you remen
Der the lines
Creatures that by rule In nature teacl
The act Of order to pcopled kingdom.
They have king and officers OF sorts -
New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
wcmen In EnqIord.

In tie seventeenth century, whc,
English women were still recognized q
possessing ar ccocoulic ard politica
status siGe by side with EngIlshmcr
here was written ar interesting entr
I the church warden's accounts of S.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, proving that or
Elizabeth Bartlett was intrusted wit,
he casting Of the second bell and tina
III the women employed thus wer'
naid at the same rate as men for tn,
lame wort. Another Instance is TO bC
found IN the records Of the Fleet pris
ON, of which the first female warden
appointed IN 1917 on the Ceath of hel
husband E2Dert, rcceiTed the same sal
ary "as the sail Robert had been ac
customed to Curing his life" There
was no talk then CT combining the wo
mans sphere to work that was paid
badly.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Political aPome."

The fight is drawing to its close.
The noise win soon be gone. There
but remains the last appeal that's due
from More Anon, few brief words
from You Snow Who as friend speaks
unto friend, Justitia throws a final fit,
and then we have the end. A Mote
Of Warning there may be from Old
Subscribers pen, and Constant. Read
er may emerge one moment from his
den. V3x Populi may raise q wall
that Dterces heavens vault, insisting
thai the time has come when we
sh0hld call a halt, and One Who
KE~~s may yet, perchance, his stormy
~oAre uplift and ask OF all the uni
V~Tee, "Ah. whittier do we drift?'
Bot all the fighting has been done.
There is no longer strife. So let us
cut out politics and lead the higher
nfe.-Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
StcrHc'o E--titutiop.

Laurence Sterne, the writer ans thp
victim of the intensest poverty. A liz.
lie time before his death, being In II
state Of restitution. he went one even.
Ing to borrow f5 from his friend Gar
rick. Upon arriving lie heard music
and knew that party was going on.
He heard the merry laughter and, gen.
tly replacing the uplifted knocker, re-
traced his steps.
We never feel our miseries so keenly
as when contrasted with the joys Of
others, and it is only then that we real
lie Wordsworth's picture:
And homeless near a thousand homes 1
stood
And near thousand tables pinned for food
Another story of this writer does not
evoke SO much sympathy. 1t was
known that Sterne used his wife very
i'll, and in talking with Garrick one
day in fine sentimental style of conju-
gal love and fidelity he said, The hus-
band who behaves unkindly to his
wife deserves to have his house burn
down over his head"
IF you think so,' said Garrick quiet
~, II hope yours is well insured"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Old PIONEERS HERE
Col. w. A. Stark and Wife, Oldest
Residents Of Bowman County
Took in Convention.

| Col. w. A. Stark and wife Of Rhame
Bowman county, pioneers Of North
Dakota and the first settlers in Bow
man county were among the visitors
to the American Society of Equity
meeting held here this week
They were en- route home from the
twin cities and came home via Grand
Forks. Mr.. Stark filed on a claim in
Brown county, S. d., eleven miles east
Of the city Of Aberdeen in the fall
OF 1880 People then thought That
there would be a good town on the
James river. Mr.. Stark sold horses
around Fargo, Lisbon. Casselton and
Cakes in 1882, when all of those
places were but villages.
In the early days when there were
dry seasons and nard times and peo-
pie became discouraged with the hard
ships and went back east Mr.. stark
always went the other way and pro-
ceeded farther west. He finally went
into the ranching business on the big
ranges or western North Dakota and
in spite of the wildness of the conn
try, which took nerve and daring in
marked degree, he stuck to this bus
mess and amassed a considerable
fortune.
Col. Stark is now closing out his
stock business and he and his wife
are enjoying their wealth by travel
ing. They have toured the east a
number of times and will leave it in
few weeks for Seattle to take in
the big Alaska Yukon Pacific exposi-
ton. They left for their nome yes
terday and will stop off at Aberdeen
to visit old friends there.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
he grocer said to the applicant:

The grocer said to the applicant:
Your references are good. SHOW
ae your style of weighing out five
Ounds of sugar There's the scales.
The applicant wreathed his face III
&c amiablc Smile all sllesmen weal
md weighed out the sugar with dis.
latch and accuracy. lie put on too
little sugar at first; he added gently :
full half pound before the scale bal
lnced
you'll do" said the grocer. "Yo,
understand the scale trick. 1t is pla..
that you learned your trade in Il.
thorough old school way
Yes. sir. the other answered.
learned in the country. and almost m.
FIRST lesson was that in weighing. 70.
must add. add, add. till the beam tip
because all that adding pleases the cue
tomer--seems to him almost like n gift
But If. on the contrary, you substrac'
from the quantity on the scale thu
customer is affected In the opposit.
way-you seem to be robbing him. III
goes away convinced that you are Il
stingy cheat. New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
A Three legged Bison.


In 1867 Small Eyes, a Blackfoot who
had come down from the north and
Joined the Arapahoes and lived with
them, told Black Kettle, a Cheyenne ir
George Eent's lodge, about having
killed, between the Cimarron ard
Beaver creek, a tributary of the nortl
fork of the Canadian, a buffalo bul
which had only one hind leg. Accord
ing to Small Eyes story. 1t did not az
pear that the bull had lost one of fl
hind legs, but rather that 1t Eever haC
had more than one. The hind leg wa
very large, seemed to be in the mid
die of the body instead of at one side
and there was no sign of any missins
leg. 1t looked as Ii the two hind leg
which the buffalo ordinarily has had
In some way fused together.
The war party with which Small
Eyes was travelling was passing along
near hollow when the bull came ur
out Of it, and some OF the men RAJ
ahead. got around 1t and shot 1t witt
a gun. 1t was not able to run fast
but rather hobbled along Forest and
Stream.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
The wieksdsst Rit Of Sea.

Nine out of ten travellers would tell
lnquirers that the toughest piece of
water is that cruel stretch in the Eng
lish channel. and nine out of ten trav.
elers would say what was not true
AS matter of fact, 1.-THE wickedest
bit Of sea" is not in the Dover strait or
in yachting. for example. from ST Jean
de LuiZ up TO Pauillac or across the
Mediterranean race" from Cadiz e.
Tangier. nor IS 1t in rounding Cape
Horn. where there is what sailors cal
true" sea. The "wickedest sea- f.
encountered IN rounding the Cape o.
Good Hope for the eastern ports o,
Cape Colony.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
- .dsi Shattered.

Some one has said that people that
are fond of hero worship should never
make a pilgrimage to see the hero.
Here is an instance:
An enthusiastic young lady admirer
called on her favorite author. In
speaking of her visit she said:
I'm sorry saw him. He didn't
look at all like an author-no long.
wavy hair; no dreamy expression; no
eyes fixed on the stars as II to read
the secrets OF the, heavens; no musical,
low voice-nothing to suggest the
genius No. found him leaning on
the garden gate. in his shirt sleeves,
swearing at grocery boy! And his
hair was close cropped. and he looked
as If he hadn't shaved in week. He
was the most terribly human specimen
| ever saw."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
TOBACCO and Tin EoiL.

General Whitfield Scott was responSi
Die for lin foil being wrapped aroun1
tobacco. That fact came out In tn,
legal contest over the will Of the &c
centric millionaire tobacco dealer, Johr
Anderson. Early in the fortses Of thu
last century FIR. Anderson Kept POP,
liar cigGr store On Broadway. Fe!is
ucClosl1y, for many years the tobac.
aonist's salGriel corepanion and agent
testified t,sat Gre day. in 1913
thought, Gcacral Scott came into ths
store and easked Anderson If he
couldn't devise some way Of keeping
tobacco so It wcu!d not be affected b.
age and changes in climates. Andcr
son thought abcut it ard shortly aftel
hit upon the plan Of wrapping cigars
and chewing tobacco IL tin foil, there
by keeping the tobacco moist for q
long time. FPS tin foil covers became
popular. ard his preserved tobacco wa;
much i'll demand during the Mexica,
war and the California gold rush
swelling his busieess to enormous pre-
portions and soon making him paulE'
million2irn
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Wy SrGy.

WY Scliy.
The Jelly was singrlarly pale. It al.
most resembled junket.
eft is ivory jelly" said the invalid.
my English cousins sent me a case
OF it from Shef1eld."
''But why is it called ivory 1ellyT'
they inquired
Precisely because It is made OF Two
ry. A third Of highlands ivory goes to
Shef1eld, and In the process of grind
Ing and cutting 1t for knife handles,
and so forth, a lot Of ivory dust re-
mains, fine dust, similar to the best
-four or this the she6ield folk have
made jelly for many years
1.-The jelly for some reason is nour.
ishing, extremely SO. The doctors pre-
scribe ittfor the anaemic. And OF late
Sheffield Arm has taken to manufac.
turing It on a large scale. Ghefaeld
ivory jelly Is now on the market.
"Out OF courtesy to my cousins /
tried it. To my surprise I found it
good. NY doctor. sampling 1t, found It
good too. He told me to take the whole
case" -BuffalotExppess.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12

Washington, D. c., June 12.-With
the appointment of Major William ".
Juson as engineer commissioner of
the District of Columbia some changes
are likely to take place in the old
landmarks of the national capital.
Major Judson has made a special
study Of the safety of public build
ings," and will probably condemn or
cause to be strengthened some of the
buildings which are now supposed to
be entirely safe.
Major Judson was born in Indianap
oils, Ind, and is "A years old At the
age of II he entered Harvard univer-
sity. but never graduated because in
his junior year he left the institution
to take an appointment at West Point,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
What Scotsman Wears.

A Scottish correspondent, signinq
himself "Haggis," writes to us as FOL
lows:
Dear Sir-Please state in your column
that a Scotsman wears a kilt not kits
Thus Harry Lauder went to amuse tn.
king clad In a kilt not In kits.
We regret TO say that we find our
selves unable to accede to our GORE
spondent's request Respect for trutl
,ompels Us 70 state that Scotsman
almost invariably wears neither n kill
nor kits, bur trousers. London News
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Motion Denied.

a MAJ crested for murder was as
signed counsel whose crude appear
ance caused the unfortunate prisoner
to ask the Judge:
''Is this my lawyer?''
YES" replied the Judge
s''Is he going to defend me r.
Eyes"
IF be should die, could have an.
other?"
eyes"
Can see him alone In the back
room for few minutes r. Pick Me
Up.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12

E~ss"sA-- yl)sSs
Ever since the Introduction OF type
setting errors. weird or comical, have
emanated from printers offices. The
mistakes are not always to be shout.
dered on to the composition, for bad
handwriting must be taken into ac-
count. Here are a few instances OF
actual plumbers collected by a proof
reader in the course of his daily work:
Els blushing bride was transform
ed into his clustering BRIDE
A major was stated to have served
with destruction in the army The
writer thought he used the word dis
t1nction."
! The Galley Love" was the descrip-
tion Of picture entitled "The Galley
Slave
Speaking OF theatrical folk, critic
@rote that nearly all have husbands
o. wives. The paragraph printed
read hundreds Of wives
'@rhey sailed fer three days around
the cape and finally slaughtered q
small italian should have been
sighted small island"
One more in conclusion. "He takes
delight in talking on his family shame
was shameful thing to say whei,
"favoritn -t
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Casualties Exnected.

During one Of Speaker Cannon's bit
ter political fights in his district in Iii
nois the opposition resorted to desper
ate tactics. Among other things friend
of Uncle Joe were summarily dismiss
ed from positions they held in the pnb
lie service. Some Of his friends be
came alarmed at this. and one of Their
called on the speaker at his residence
and said, somewhat e..citedly:
Joe, Smith and Jones have just los
their positions in the postoff1ce. Whar
are we going to do about it?"
Uncle Joe took another puff at his
cigar and then answered. with benev
olent smile: Nothing. If you go into
battle, you have got to expect to have
some dead and wounded"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12

from which he was graduated four
years later. He took post graduate
work in the United States Engineering
School at Willet's Point, N. Y, where
he received his technical training
Soon after his graduation he married
a Kentucky belle, Miss Alice CARMEL
Clay, of Lexington, KY. He is a mem
Der of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, and has been engaged in
United States engineering work con-
tinuously since his graduation. He
has had charge of river Improvements
in the Mississippi river and just prior
to his appointment as engineer COM
missioner was stationed at Milwaukee.
having in charge the harbor improve
ment and light house construction on
Lake Michigan.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Low RATE TO CITIES
$7.35 Rate TO National Christian en-
deavor Convention at
Sc. Paul.

The Northern Paciac has announced
that they will make a fare of 7.35 for
the round trip from Fargo to the twin
cities for the National Christian En-
deavor meeting which will be held in
st. Paul July 4, and 6. A final re-
turn limit has been fixed for July 81.
The regular round trip rate is $3.50.
This fare will not be good on the
North Coast Limited.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
a Wide Rance.

u
When the surgeon who happened Il
be spending ainight at Bushby Inn hat
set the broken leg Of the weathel
beaten stranger who was the chief vic
tim of an automobile accident Thu
patient looked up at him anxiously
"see here. doc" lie. said In husl,
voice. Il haven't got much of an.
money. Would you take out your re-
In trader
Eyes. guess so.'' said the surgeos
cheerfully What 10 your trade 7"
"Well. I'VE got number OF thinf
I can do soon as I'm on my re-:
again.r said the patient II can har
window blinds. or I can put on ligl.
ming rods. or can play the corn
and can do 'cm all tirst rate. II Il
tho one to say 1t. doc Youths Col
panion
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
IA pulI letter

The only news | have to tell you,''
wrote the Rillville citizen. sis that the
river has rig an drowned all yer cattle,
an yer wncle has broke jail: likewise
the widder woman you wuz goin' ter
marry has ruined of with a book
agent. Outside OF these heer things we
air all a-doln well. - Atlanta Conati
kutton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
A Precaution.

@Young man." said hef father, ~
don't want you to be too attentive to
my daughter"
why -er-really," stammered the
timid young man, II had hoped tc
marry her some
Exactly. and I'd like to have you
marry her, but If you're too attentive
to her you won't have money enough
TO do t"-Liverpool Mercury.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
The Poor Milkman Aaai.

The milkman was boiling over with
Indignation.
And you mean to say my milk DONE
look right?" he snapped. 'fWhy, lady.
this can Of milk is pictureP'
"Ah, yes" laughed the keen house
wife; "a fine water COLOR Exchange
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Almost oualifed.

"Help you!" scoffed the irate house.
wife. We'll, guess not only as.
gist invalids."
well, num-" responded Beefsteak
Ben as he tried to remove the bulldog
from his shins, "Pll be an invalid IL |
stay here much longer"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Quite Of Her Opinion

"Oh. did so want to have a tall
Nth you! !'ia simply mad to go o.
he stage" exclaimed gushing youn,
ady to a popular actor.
Yes, should think you would be-
my dear Young LADY," remarked tn,
great hist
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
RerkIaaa.

Caller So your cook has passed away
70 better placer Hostess Yes, but /
don't know II she'll stay Poor Bridget
was very hard to suit. Boston Trav-
eler.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12

'@The poet IL born, not made" eayetl
the proverb In other words, 1t isil'i
his own fault
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12
Bi0 nsoo,,n,

Big Discount
On wash goods, Monday at dc Len
drecie's.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12

FoR $500 NEWs READ FoRUM
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-06-12

. FORUM Wand &c CT RssuIts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-11
THE ILL WINDS GOOD.

An old, well-worn theory to which
more or less attention is paid runs
along to the effect that it's an ill-wind
which does not blow some good. At
first thought there does not appear to
be any possible way to apply it to the
chronic habit of the natural gas in
this neck of the woods in failing to
respond with an adequate supply when
it is most needed. A second or third
thought, however, stretches the imagi-
nation far enough to realize that the
gas failure when the winds of winter
blow cold is not without it's redeeming
features.
If 1t continues for any lengthy per-
iod, won't it make of the people here
abouts hardy race. race of men and
women and children who will dismiss
with shrug of the shoulders and a
smile what used to be terrors to them
when the thermometer lowered around
the zero mark? Surely so. There can
be no other result. Habits and en-
vironments make men what they are
and develop their customs. The Es-
quimos get along just fine with a mini
mum of fuel for heating. lighting and
cooking purposes. So could any other
race If it had to.
In fact, the folks in these parts
have already made quite a stride in
that direction during the past week
Most of them had been accustomed in
wintry weather to sitting down at noon
and in the evening in comfortably warm
ed houses to piping hot meals They
seemed to need them for the health and
comfort of their bodies. Look at the
change that has taken place among
them in the past few days. Lukewarrn
tea and coffee, half-cooked potatoes
that get cold before they reach the
mouth, and meat that. is nearly raw
because it has been impossible to cook
more than the outside of it, have been
their rations. Then to bed III frigid
rooms and the same thing or a little
bit worse over again on the next day.
With the passing of the first shivers
no one has appeared to mind it very
much. The death rate hasn't jumped.
All the people seem to be in their usual
good health and pursuing their accus-
toned avocatioEs. Indeed, they appear
to be stepping little livelier, and as
suredly that helps some. Things might
be worse. too. AS a matter of fact, it