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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-23
SELECT DEBATE TEAMS
Athenian- Philo Debaters Now Selected
and all Ready for the Battle
of Words.

The teams that will compete in the
annual Athenian- Philo Literary so
ciety debate at the agricultural college
have been selected and these days the
students are hard at work preparing
their arguments.
The Athenian team, composed of Mr.
Ogard. Mr.. Mendenhall and Miss Cox
was selected some time ago by the
Athenian society and just recently the
Philomatheians selected Horst, Dyke
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-23
Cushion Shoe Foot Ease
For Men and Women

Another millionaire has married a
chorus girl. 1t looks as if the million
aires had formed a combination to put
the musical comedy shows out of bust
ness.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-23

and Smith to represent them on the
affirmative side OF the question.
The contest now is only couple of
weeks away, the official date being
Dec. 8. The contest will be held in the
armory and in that 1t is the deciding
contest of the past three years be-
tween the two societies, the debate will
be of more than general interest. The
question to be debated is The Gradual
Abandonment of the Protective Tariff.
Char Snunv "a p.aL.l.If. AEL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-23

Autumn sunshine is an excellent
thing to store up before the semi-hi-
bernation which winter forces upon
many persons who shrink from cold
weather.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-23
Town Will BE the Seat of New County
of Renvile.

Mohall, N. D., Nov. 23.-Today Mo-
hall is engaged in celebrating its sue
cessful fight for the county seat OF
Renville county. There will be adj
dresses this evening, and the city is
entertaining large crowd in antici-
patton of the days festivities. Repre-
sentatives are in attendance from
practically all sections of the county,
and nothing has been left undone by
Mohall to give them good time. Mo-
hall was an easy winner in the county
seat race.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
IN MANY GUISES
Story Exciting Dash for Fortune by an
tcopyright 1905 the Newspaper

the price of my folly What price
would they exact? | wondered.
Where am II" | asked. looking at
Sir Charles.
You are in the cellar OF my private
house at Staines." he answered civil
ly enough. Il may inform you that
keep no servants except these men
you see. and the house is set In the
middle OF small park some $50 yards
distant from the river and at least a
quarter OF mile from any other build
ing. You may therefore spare your
self the useless trouble of shouting
for help. should you have been sc
minded"
Thank you" said /.
question me further If you wish,
Mr. Hume
Where is Marion lie MARI"
She returned TO London this morn
ing. You have been four and twenty
hours insensibleS
a clever woman, that" muttered
cooIly.
Where are the jewels?" he present.
ly demanded The jewels you pur-
chased with the ten thousand pounds
that you extorted from me-"
"In a safe place" | replied.
But you must tell me where. Mr..
Hume" he said in a pleasant but de-
termined voice.
"Ah, but you must first tell me what
you intend to do with me, Sir
Charles?"
He shrugged his shoulders. What
can do but kill your" he replied. IL
dare not let you go. and you are too
internally adroit TO keep a prisonerl
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
Washington. ID. c.. Jan. s.

echs ~. ", jan. u
Dear Dad:
Miss Jane has new boarder. But.
as Is so often the case In Miss James
house. this does not mean an increase
In revenue. Nor Is this new boarder
another poor relative from Virginia.
She Is that Mrs. L--who used TO
live with her. You remember. she
makes her living with her pen. Dear.
dear! II poor. middle-aged. respectable
women could only find some produc-
tive employment. and not be driven TO
fight starvation with so short a weap-
on AS the pen. Well. TO go on. Mrs.
L. came In the other night and an
npunced that she had come back and
secured room near by. and would
like 10 take her meals with Miss Jane
Miss Jane said certainly. and suspect
ed nothing wrong until later I'm tho
evening. when she went upstairs and
happened to pass Carl's old room.
which has been empty. She looked In,
and In the darkness saw figure on
the bed. II proved TO be Mrs. L..
who had quietly slipped into the
empty room and was waiting for Miss
Jane IL come up TO bed. Then she told
her the truth. She had not a cent and
no place TO so. She had paid her last
money 10 another landlady and her
credit would take her no further.
II was a case of Miss James shelter
ing roof or the street The last straw
had been a check from her son drawn
on bank where he had no FUNDS.
She had some manuscripts out. and
hoped for returns in time. But story
accepted by St Nicholas had been
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

Come. Hume, I'll make a bargain with
you. Give me the jewels and I'll
promise you your choice Of deaths"
Give me night to think 1t over"
| replied
why delay? No. Hume. cannot
grant your wish in any case. | have
TO perform a difficult operation tomor-
row and II my mind were occupied
with doubts might not do my patient
justice. II left you here alive I
should be uneasy. my knife might
slip-a thousand accidents might hap.
pen. Improbable as il seems, you
might escape"
You have determined then to muir.
der me tonight" | gasped.
Yes"
But. you fool" / cried, seeing one
CLEAN of hope. How then can you be
sure OF getting the jewels. have only
TO tell you n lie in order to rob you
OF them foreverl"
We'll. WELL" he said Since there
is no help / needs must let you hive
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

Farmers Institutes are passing
mournful resolutions over the fact
that not since the rebellion do we
find agriculture conducted by so many
old men, women and children as In the
present times" They think that the
condition is mainly due to increase In
farm taxes and determinations favor
ing great corporations, driving young
men from the farms.
These things may have something
TO do with IL. though certain II Is that
young men OF the farm never escape
high taxes or corporation oppression
by migrating 10 the city But doesn't
the real cause lie in the early training
or erroneous training OF the children
OF the farm?
What are the youth Of the farm
taught? What is held up before them
as the desirable aim of life? Is II con-
tentment and happiness. or riches and
social or other position?
Isn't 1t pretty much a matter OF am
bitiony And ambition Is very largely
a matter of early training.
| On the farm the young man can
have good food. an essential to good
, health. good clothes, remunerativc
work. independence and a mighty
sight better society than he Is likely
to strike elsewhere.
Ninety-five out of hundred farmer
boys find in the city impure food, dis
ease OF some sort, wages that cost OF
city living reduces. to less than they
could demand on the farm, bossism
more or less brutal, and most inferior
social surroundings.
Still. they give up the manhood
building life OF the farm and flock 70
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}ehtimotek 81
correspondence

paid for a year after acceptance Sho
knew the uncertainties OF this game.
So now she Is living at MISS James
and going 10 bed In the dark 10 save
gas. / wonder how many publications.
like ST. Nicholas keep such persons
waiting months and years for their
hard learned and bitterly-needed mon
ey?
Senator Knute Nelson refused TO
lend his aid TO the Pinchot-Rooseveit
people In their fight with Baiiinger.
He answered: What We need IL 10 iet
that Ballinger-Pnchot business ole
down and be forgotten. We race
elections. This continued agitation
threatens many Republican seats III
the house of representatives. what we
need more than anything Is party
regularity and party solidarity.
Party regularity? What the country
needs is a wiping-out or all ola party
lines, and redivision of the voter
on the basis OF the real questions OF
the day. And this Is coming-conihs
fast Shall the people rule? Shaii
Big Business rule? That Is the issue
which the people face. Cannonism'
Ballinger. Aldrichism-what are they
all but the. hand OF Big Business iaid
on government? But the signs are
good Men like Victor Murdoch. SEN
ator La Toilette. JOS. l.. Brfstow OF
Kansas. and Clifford Pinchot VIII yet
save the day. They are the nucleus
of Progressive party. "atcn rs
smoke. Sincerely,
RATH.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
QUITTING FARM FOR CITY; THE
FARMER BOYS POOR BARGAIN

the excitement and possible Injuries
OF the city.
They are not taught the difference
between the substantials OF life ana
the luxuries. Their ambition. II cui-
tiyated at all. is not directed toward
the real substantlals.
In their farm home life they are not
shown that city business life means
the struggle OF superlative selfshness
and merciless greed: that social posi-
ton" often merely means Thaws, or
higher or lower degree: that high
position OF any sort only means drain
on vital resources. slavery 10 irremeui-
able conditions and premature old
age.
The little rad m.hool foisc at the
crossroads teaches that 2 and make
A: but Rockefeller and Morgan dem
onstrate that 2 and 2 make 6, The
district schoolma'am says that q
straight lire Is the shortest distance
betvee, two points; but your rate
pool proves thar the shortest distance
between San Francisco and New
York is ny way OF the Gulf states.
The little yellow backed history
which the farmer boy illumines with
pokeberry juice declares that all men
are born free and equal: but mural
society exalts the Incorporated rob-
her and murderer who has great
wealth, above others.
The youth OF the farm are not
taught concerning the substantials
that lie within their/reach. or warned
against the lies. the subterfuges. the
vanities and disappointments TO which
they would fly at the early dawn OF
manhood. And. verify. the old men.
the women and the children are doing
the farm work TO a surprising extent!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

Kingsmere hospital for consumptiyes.
vas standing TO the right OF Sir
Charles, and three OF US were grouped
about the center Of a small, uhcarpet-
ed. brick-hoored room. The negro.
Beudant. stood near the closed door
OF a sudden remembered all. Marion
had lured me 10 this river park and
betrayed me with a Judas kiss into
the hands OF M enemies. Too late
she had repented Of her treachery and
tried TO save me. She had swooned; |
had knelt beside her body, and some
one had stunned me with a club. IL
was all very simple. had been a con-
temptible fool. and now / must pay
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
brutal When
Crooked Rich Man
Is Sent to Prison


Yesterday ugged taken by the Ber
anon system
He win sleep CELL the other cOnvcts
enster robbers like and he will have at the
came table with them and the kind of food
II IS ALL VERY BRUTAL THAT BANKER KNOWN ONCE
AS WIZARD OF FINANCE SHOULD PRISON FOR
THE Law AND BE TREATED JUST LIKE OTHER CROOKS
Possibly though S a bit unusual than brutal
And be the fact that UNUSUAL for rich scoupdre
prison upon punishment brutal
may knowledge
part that wals right full of he and yet
they 80 unpunished.
may the insurance scandals and
who crooked revealed the investigation
was made to suffer anything like is years imprisonment
He possibly asks himself: Why should cell when these
men 30 free and unpunisheds'
N And yet, sentence of is not
by by suffering his crooked
brought tendency other
handling other peoples from kng through its dishonest
Eus
Il may prison ruined" newspaper
he than those ruined by dishonest
methods their confidence him their banker
the justice steals anoths pocket
made prison this who stole from his clients deposits
wears gsrb of a convict today JUSTICE
'The country wanted a victim" says Morse.
Then Morse played Of country.
The country made and its
prisons solely
Its patience has been exhausted with the rich thieves have
escaped the punishment
has of the attitude the prac
e Of discrimination which recognizes robber only the fellow who
gun billy while there robbers dangerous
disguise standing money
Branding BECAUSE OF THEIR MONEY.
Charles Morse would rather not have been that victim all he
had obey the governing
All he had to do be honest.
THERE ARE FEW HONEST MEN IN PRISON.
There at crooks than the of
whom look penalties provides
brutal
81
Morse pleads, incidentally that he is innocent
ninety to prison than that
guilty escape.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
CHARACTERS.

AGAR HUME. alias BROwN-Profes-
sional mimic, who becomes valet TO Sir
VIM. Dagmar. and schemes 10 make
fortune.
SIR wM DAGMAR-Wealthy bach
elor recluse. whose house Is the rem
devious OF a mysterious coterie.
SIR CHAS. VENNER-Wealthy spe-
cialist, member OF Sir Dagmars NOR
bid society or seven. chief promoter or
q series OF CHASTITY experiments.
GEO. CAVANAGH-Artist another OF
the society. who has a romance.
MARION LIE MAR-Beloyed OF Cav
anagh. who is In the secret OF the SO
cietys experiments.
DIR FULTON, MR.. HUMPHREYS,
MR.. PARDO. MIR. HUSBAND-Memoers
OF the queer society.
DIR. VERNET-A French medical
fanatic.
JUSSIEU. BEAUDANT-Negro as
sistants OF Sir Chas. Venner.
SETON DAGMAR-Heir to Sir WILL
Jams title.
BUTTS-A butler.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

my left hand was encased in curl
Gus steel glove, which held the fin.
gers widely separated in rigid iron
stalls.
ITO be Continued)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
Continued from Yesterday
VIII.
Torture.

Torture.
l dreamed that my nostrils were be-
ing tickled with a straw. After a
while the sensation became intoler-
able. I knew that | was dreaming,
yet wished to wake up. Sleep, how
ever. pressed with heavy hand up
on my eyelids.
AT last a voice said. THAT will do,
Jussieu. he Is coming round"
/ opened my eyes and looked up
into the impressive face of Sir Chas.
venner. was seated upright in a
chair. strapped securely
in position. The negro surgeon, JUS
sieu, whom had last seen at the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

II am q victim of the most brutal
sentence in the history Of a civilized
country" N Y
With these words Charles W.
Morse, banker, convicted Of violat-
ing the federal banking laws,
entered the government prison in
Atlanta, Ga, to begin a term of IL
years imprisonment.
More is now convict No. 2,Sls.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

Somebody has already started an ar
ti-Christmas club. The members will
do their housekeeping early.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

President of the Erie says he can't
see where the cost of living has In
creased to railroad employees. BY what
alchemy are the Erie employees made
immune? Huh?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

They're Offering prize for the man
who goes through the whirlpool rapids
in a motorboat Whatll II be? A low
ing cup with coffin handles?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
MOST ANYTHING

Judge Ito boy on witness stand):
Well. nv little man, do you know what
an oath is?
Boy: Yes. sir; / was your golf cad
die for a whole week last summer
Boston Transcript
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

The song that nerves nations
heart is in itself deed.-Tennyson
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
QUITE A PROVIDER.

docs your son help keep the house in food?"
"Yes; he continually has mother cooking for him -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05
WONDERFUL SIMILARITY.

why does this dish remind you OF the collection plat
minister at breakfast
And the minister's wife puzzled she looked
NV there was nothing in it,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
Why He Got Married.

A $90O-per-annum clerk in one of I'm
Gle Sans departments at Washington
was recently approached by a CO.
worker, who asked if it were true, as
rumor had it, that the 5000 person was
about to marry.
1T is was the laconic response.
Surely, old man. said the other,
with that freedom permitted an init
mate friend, you don't think that
your present income would justify you
in taking a wife,"
To be perfectly frank" said the
other, Il do not"
Then what on earth a be your
reason for taking this serious step?"
Il have no reason" was the calm re-
spCnse. Il am in ove."-LippincOtt's
Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14

perfect health and in full control of
the button market of the world
You have undoubtedly been sorely
tried" l said as he broke off mournful-
ly. In spite of myself had been en-
tertained. He vas u~ndeniably a fellow
of curious humor and with unusual ex-
perience of life. He followed me to
the street, and as | rode away he
called me back as though to impart
something of moment.
Did you W meet Charles Oar
win ?"
H didn't need me for proof, But
tons"
Il wish l might have had one word
with him. It's on my mind that he
put the monkeys back too far. l
should be happier if he had brought
them a little nearer up to date. /
should feel less lonesome, Irishman."
He stopped me again.
Once l had an ambition to find an
honest man, Donovan, but | gave it up
its easier to be an honest man than
to find one. l give you p~eace!"
| had learned some things from the
young button king, but much was still
opaque in the affairs of the HOl-
brooks. The Italians presence as
sumed a new significance from Giles
pies story. He had been party to a
conspiracy to kill H~olbrook, alias
Hartridge, on the night of my adven-
ture at the hOusebOat, and fell to
wondering who had been the shadOwy
director of that enterprise-the COW
ard who had hung off in the creek and
waited for the evil deed to be done.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14

italian scoundrel with him." l asked
after a pause.
Hes the skipper of the Stiletto,"
Gillespie replied, readily.
Hes a long way from tide-water,"
| remarked. "A BLACKBOARD of just his
sort once sailed me aroun the Italian
peninsula in a ~felucca, and saved me
from drowning on the way. His hero
ism was not, however, wholly disinter-
eSted. When we got back to Naples
he robbed me of my watch and money
belt and l profited by the transaction,
having intended to give him double
their value. But there are plenty Of
farm boys around the lake who could
handle the StilettO. Henry didn't need
a dago expert"
The mention of the Italian clearly
troubled Gillespie. After a momeAt he
said:
He may be holding on to Henry in
stead of Henry's holding on to him. Do
you see?"
NO; l don't"
well, l have an idea that the dago
knows something that's valuable. Last
summer Henry went cruising in the
OAAA VAIN " = u
poker being the chief diversion. A
nan died on the boat before they got
back to New York. The report was
that he fell down a hatchway when he
was drunk, but there were some ugly
stories in the papers about it. That
Italian sailor was. n of the crew"
Where is he nOw?'
over at Battle Orchard. He knows
his man and knows he'll be back. I'm
waiting for Henry, too. Helen gave
him 10000. The way the market is
running he's likely to go broke any
day. He plays stocks like a crazy
man, and after he's busted he'll be
back on our hands"
It's hard on Miss Pat"
And it's harder on Helen. She's in
terror all the time for fear her father
will go up against the law and bring
further disgrace on the family. There's
her Uncle Arthur, a %wanderer on the
face of the earth for his sins. That
was bad enough without the rest of it."
That was greed, too, wasn't it,"
mo, just general cussedness. He
blew in the Holbrook bank and
skipped"
You TOLD me that Henry Holbrook
found his way here ahead of you. How
do you account for that?'
He looked at me quickly, and rose,
again pacing the narrow room.
Il don't. | wish | could"
Its about the last place in the
world to attract him. Port AnnandaIe
is a qJIet resort'frequented by western
people only. There's neither hunting
nor fishing worth mentioning; n a
man doesn't come from New York to
Indiana to sail a boat on a ~thimbleful
of water like this lake"
You are quite right
IF Helen HolbrOok gave him warn
ing that they We're coming here"
Don't you dare say it! She couldn't
have done! She wouldn't have done
it! tell you l know, independently of
her, that he was here before Father
Stoddard eve suggested this place to
Miss Pat"
We'll, you needn't get so hot about
it."
And you needn't insinuate that she
is not acting honorably in this affair!
l should think that after making love
to her, as you have been doing, and
playing the role of comforter to Miss
Pat, you would have the decency not
to accuse her of connivance with Hen
ry Holbrook."
You let your jealousy get the better
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
CHAPTER XIII.
The Gate of Dreams.

In my heart l was anxious to do
justice to Gillespie. Sad it is that we
are all so given to passing solemn
Judgment on trifing testimony | my
self am not impeccable. | should at
any time give to the lions a man who
uses his thumb as a paper-cutter; for
such a one is clearly marked for bru-
tality. My prejudices rally as to a
trumpet-call at the sight of a girl
wearing overshoes or nibbling bon
bons-the one suggestive of predatory
habits and weak lungs, the other Of
nervous dyspepsia.
The night was fine, and after re-
turning my horse to the stable [ con-
tinued on to the Glenarm boathOuSe. l
was strolling along, pipe in mouth,
and was halfway up the boathouse
steps when a woman shrank away
from the eranda rail, where she had
been standing, gazing out upon the
AXE. There was no mistaking her.
She vas not even disguised tonight,
and as | advanced across the little YER
anda she turned toward me. The Ian
tern over the b~oathouse doOr suffused
us both as | greeted her.
LIS, MISS I1OIUIOOh, L LII
afraid I have disturbed your medita-
%tions," l said. But if you don't
mind"
You have the advantage of being
on your own ground" she replied.
81 waive all my rights as tenant if
you will remain"
1T is much nicer here than on St.
Agatha's pier; you can see the lax
and the stars better. On the whole"
she laughed, L think | shall stay a
moment longer, if you will tolerate
me-"
1 brought out some chairs and we
sat down by the rail, where we could
look out upon the star-sown heavens
and the dark floor of stars beneath.
Helen bent forward with her elbows
resting on the rail, her hands clasped
under her chin. The lamplight fell
full upon her slightly lifted head, and
upon her shoulders, ver which lay a
filmy veil. She hummed dreamily for
a moment while l watched her. Had
she one moo for the day and another
for the night? l had last seen her
that afternoon after an hour of ten
mis-, at which h was expert, and she
had run away through Glenarm gate
with a aun for my defeat; but now
the spirit of stars and of all earth's
silent things was upon her. 1 looked
twice and thrice at her clearly
outlined profile, at the brow with it's
point of dark hair, at the hand where
on the emerald was clearly distin-
guishable, and satisfied myself that
there could be no mistake about her.
You grow bold" l said, anxious to
hear her voice, You don't mind the
pickets a bit"
No. I'm quite superior to walls
and fences. You have heard of those
East Indians who appear and disap-
pear through closed doors; we'll, we'll
assume that l had one of those fell
lows for an ANCESTOR! 1t will save the
trouble of trying to account for ny
exits and entrances. | will tell you
in confidence, MIR. Donovan, that I
don't like to be obliged to account for
myself"
(TO BE CONTINUED