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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
COULDN'T STAND THE RACKET
Philadelphia Who Went Up Against
New York's Noise Soon Hit the
Trail for Home.

A prominent New York broker tells
a good story on one of his older broth.
ers. For many years their lives have
run along different lines and they
have grown out of touch with each
other. The younger is accustomed
to hurly-burly of city life, but his
brothers course has been much quiet
er. twenty-five years ago he received
an appointment in one of the museums
in Washington, and he seems to have
become part of that institution. The
particular section that he has in
charge does not require him ever to
leave town, and he has stayed right
there in Washington.
Occasionally the younger brother
would go down to the capital for a
visit and would never leave without
having repeatedly urged the older one
to get out Of the rut, IL only once In a
while and IL only for short time.
He never achieved anything until
few weeks ago. Then he succeeded in
getting promise to come to New
York, and the promise was kept.
The visitor was taken to see some
of the sights and things that moved
pretty swiftly. They travelled in taxi
cabs, street cars and 81" trains. The
New Yorker did it without effort, but
the big brother was in a state of
breathlessness all the time. They
turned in late and tired out.
Next morning the visitor was not up
very early and when he did come
down he said he was going out to the
barber shop, and disappeared. For
several hours nothing was seen nor
heard of him, and the anxious city
brother was considering sending out
police alarm when telegraph mes.
senger rang the bell.
The wire was from Philadelphia.
Safe. by George!" was all 1t said.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
Railroad News.
Hill BACKING
STEAMER line
REPORTED TO BE BEHIND PRO.
JEcT FOR SHORTENING DIS
TANcE TO EUROPE.

Spokane. Sept. 27.-James j. Hill is
now reported to be behind a project to
bring the Inland Empire and all the
great producing territory, from Mon
tana. to the Pacific, 1000 miles nearer
to Europe.
The project, in brief. is the estab-
lishment of line Of transatlantic
steamships sailing from the western
shore Of Hudsons bay and the con-
struction of railroad from Port Chur-
chill to connect with the Great North
ern in Montana.
George Atwood. chief engineer of the
recently organized Hudson Bay e. Pa
cific railway, whose office is at Prince
Albert, Sask., is said to have received
cable advices that the plans of the
promoters of the railway cal, for a df
rect line from Port Churchill to Pacific
Junction, Mont, on the Great Northern
The same advice stated that annie
funds have been secured to push the
project to completion. Engineer At
wood states that actual construction
northward from Prince Albert will he
started at once and that surveys will
be rushed southwark to Pacific June
ton.
Engineer Atwood. under whose di-
rection construction of the new line
will be pushed to completion, declares
that work will be started north from
that point at once, and that SURVEYS
TO the south will be undertaken with
out delay.
The fact that the company proposes
to connect with the Great Northern at
Pacific Junction, thus giving a direct
route from central Montana through
Spokane. the heart of the inland en-
pire, and thence to the shores of Hud-
son bay, leaving only 3,407 miles of
the Atlantic to separate northwest
shipments from Liverpool, lends color
to the report that the Hill interests
are back of the venture. Strengthening
still further this belief is the trip re-
Gently made through the region most
affected by James J. Hill himself.
From point due south of Fort
Churchill and near the central merid-
ian the distance to European points is
almost three times as great, on ac-
count of the earths globular construc-
ton.
Further north the distance between
two given points would be reduced.
Under present conditions the distance
from Spokane to Liverpool via New
York, the nearest point of shipment to
Europe, is 1888 miles, while from Spo-
kane to Liverpool via the proposed
route and Port Churchill, the distance
would be only 4,172 miles, a reduction
of fully one-fifth of the present dis
lance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
CENTRAL MARKET
URGED BY M'KAY
He SAYS CENTRAL MARKET PRO.
POSITION WOULD ATTRACT A
GREAT DEAL or RURAL TRADE
AND HELP FARGO AND THE
FARMERS.

why doesn't Fargo provide a city
market?' was a question asked The
Forum by Neil Mckay, a well known
farmer of Gardner. The Forum must
admit 1T cannot answer the question.
Every advantage of such a proposition
is SO evident that it can't imagine why
the city hesitates.
i am familiar with the city market
places back east" continued Mr.. Nc
Kay, "and am certain the towns where
/ once lived wouldn't think of aban-
doning them under any circumstances.
A public market would mean that
the retail merchants of Fargo would
get great deal more country trade.
If farmers within a radius of twenty
miles of the city knew they could al
ways find ready market for their
produce, they would bring their pro-
duce to the city regularly and then
spend the money they obtained right
here before they left for their homes.
A central market would be a good
thing for both the people of Fargo and
for the farmers. 1t would save the
housekeepers of the city considerable
money as they could buy much cheap
er by purchasing direct.
In some towns back east the CEN
trail markets are under the city hall.
Stalls are auctioned off for certain
days each week and the proposition
Is made self-supporting. \
Fargo could erect a building in
some central location and have suf-
1cient ground so the farmers could
drive all the way around it and I'M
Dad produce at the different stalls"
The Forum has had several articles |
along the lines mentioned by Mr.. Nc |
Kay. 1t believes that the people of |
Fargo who pay cash for their supplies |!
Gould save at least 20 per cent on their
monthly household expenses.
The Forum would like to hear from
'thers, in or out of Fargo, on this |
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
FISH THAT PERFORM TRICKS
Finny Tribe Would Appear TO Have
More intelligence Than is Usually
Attributed to Them.

Fish have many times been taught
TO perform tricks. and 1t would ap.
pear as II they had much more intel.
hgence than is attributed to them.
J. A. Bailey of circus fame once had
two brook trout in small aquarium
In his private residence that would
jump out of the water and take flies
held between the foreflnger and
thumb, and would also ring a little
bell when they required food. They
would also leap over little bars OF
wood placed about two inches above
the surface OF the water.
IL was a very simple matter to teach
the fish these tricks. AT first a little
tower containing a tiny, sweet toned
silver bell was fastened to the iron
work OF the aquarium with a piece OF
string attached to the tongue of the
Dell extending into the water where
the trout We're. On the loose end OF
the string an insect or other tempting
morsel was placed, which the Ash
would at once seize and, pulling the
cords the bell in the tower would nat
urally tinkle.
AFTER this had been repeated sew
eral days. the fish were left without
1000 Tor some little time until they
made the discovery that they could
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
LOVE A TREMENDOUS POWER
10 fne incalcuIable and Universally
Recognized Impetus Of All Sue
cessful Social Machinery.

Love Is the wind, the tide, the wave.
tne sunshine. It's power is incalcula-
pie; 1t is many horse power. 1t never
ceases, 1t never Stacks; 1t can move
with the globe without resting place:
It can warm without fire; it can feed
without meat; 1t can clothe without
garments; It can shelter without roof.
it can make paradise within, which
VIII dispense with paradise without.
But, though the wisest men in all ages
have labored to publish this force. and
every human heart is, sooner or later.
more or less made to feel 1t, yet how
little IL actually applied to social ends.
True, It is the power of all successful
social machinery; but as In physics
we have made the elements do only
q little drudgery for us, steam to take
the place Of few horses, wind OF a
few oars, water of few cranks and
handmilIs: as the mechanical forces
have not yet been generally applied to
make the physical world answer to
the ideal. so the power of love has
been but meanly and sparingly an.
piled, as yet.-Henry d. Thoreau.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27

COUNTRY BOYS, THINK TWICE
should Ask Themselves What is Real.
" to Be Gained by Plunalnu
Into City Life.

Before making a plunge into city
life, country boys should ask them
selves what is really to be gained by
IT, Perhaps in their quiet, rural home
some stray advertisement has reached
them, promising to young men high
salaries for light work.
Hundreds of advertisements are
framed for the special purpose of de.
ceiving the unwary. They accomplish
their purpose. however, and large
number OF young men rush up to the
city. dazzled by the confusion of prom.
ises.
A boy from the farm answers ono
OF these ads. Life may have been
slow at home. but there was always
good food and in plenty, and there
was some one to care for him in the
old farm house.
Wnen he gets to the big city he
f1nds that the flight work" consists In
working all day In badly lighted and
il-smelling workshop, where scores of
other men and boys are employed at
wages hardly high enough to keep
body and soul together.
We all know what comes next. The
boy has left home and is ashamed and
unwilling to return and he must take
the consequences and may find him.
self In some cold garnet, lonely. over.
worked, respondent and miserable.
Better remain at home than risk the
failures which attend SO many young
men who go to the city in pursuit OF
high pay for light work.-Jno. Barrett.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
A Misplaced TItl..

Among obvious misnomers one Lon.
don theater is not in Drury Lane.
theater is not in Drury Lane
and no reason can be assigned for Civ.
Ing 1t the name of that thoroughfare.
The first theater built on the present
site was at one time frequently re.
ferred to as the theater in Coyent gar
den. On February 6. 1863. Pepys
notes: I walked up and down and
looked upon the outside of the new
theater building in Covent garden,
which will be very fine" In those
days no theater existed in Covent gar.
den, the predecessor of the present
opera house having been opened in
1732.-London Chronicle.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
Honakona the luxurious.

Hongkong with its luxurious hotels
its princely clubs, its rich and infuep.
tial banks, housed in splendidly con.
structed and beautifully designed
buildings; its shipyards and craving.
docks able to care for the largest YES
sells; its miles of warehouses bursting
with wealth; its yellow-sailed fleets
laden with silks, tea, sugar and pre-.
cious porcelains; its commerce almost
as great as that Of New York; It's
Botanic gardens hung amid delightful
villas overlooking harbor that Is
city in itself, and that floats ten thou.
sand sail; Hongkong with its wonder.
full temples of ornate teak roofs: it's
idols of a hundred sects. its French
cathedral, its forts, garrison and naval
life; Its Happy Valley race course
all at the end of white mans civiliza.
ton. Supreme from the peak on
which 1t rests, In well-bred aloofness 1t
looks askance at sordid Asia whence
1t sprung w. J. Awkward Id Harper's
Magazine.
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
MEET TO DISCUSS
RATES ON GRAIN

Aberdeen, S. d, Sept. 27.--Notice
has been received here that the inter-
state commerce commission will hold
a meeting in Aberdeen on Oct. 10 to
take up charges preferred against the
railroads trayersing North and South
Dakota, relative to alleged excessive
freight rates on grain, grain products,
flax seed, et". Considerable interest is
felt in the meeting by South Dakota
shippers, and 1t is probable the ses-
sions will be Of great Importance to
this portion of the northwest
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
Guns Cheap In RrazII.

Firearms sell at comparatively low
prices In Rio de Janeiro and other
Brazilian cities. owing to the compare.
lively low duty and to the fact that
many European and American manu-.
facturers are reputed to sell their sur
plus products in this market at a low
margin Of profit. Retail prices for all
kinds of firearms range from about IS
per cent. to 80 per cent. higher than
In the United States. while prices Of
ordinary household necessities are 200
per cent. to 800 per cent higher.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
Mild Justice.

On the bench Judge A. is very stern
but at home his wife Is the discipline.
rian of the family. One day, saws
Harper's Magazine. when the parlor
was full of callers at the judges house
the door suddenly burst open, and
with whoop his two young sons burst
In, riding their pet goat.
The judge was looked to by the mar
~ to give the official rebuke. He rose
to the occasion.
Boys" he said, sternly, take tina,
goat out OF here this Instant TaEs
It," here his gathering frown mads
the guests quake inwardly, stake n
back to the library. where it belongs !"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
Telegraph Chinese in Code.

Difficulties of the Chinese language
were ably demonstrated when the
problem arose OF adapting it to teleg-
raphy. How was 1t possible to apply
the Morse alphabet to language
which has no alphabet at ali,
but consists of nearly $4,000
characters? Then, 1t was inpos-
sible to treat Chinese phonetic
ally. writing down the sound
Of the Chinese words in European let
ters and translating them into Morse
dots and dashes; because no such
system could deal with the Chinese
of information. The ingenious
solution came from Danish profes.
sor. He simply codified the 1000 com.
monest Chinese characters. represent.
ing each by numerals Thus the Chi
nese word for leash" became 5000 in
the code and the operator had only to
send the code signal for that.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
Why sIxty Minutes Made a. Aa,.,

Why Sixty Minutes Made an Hour.
The hour is divided into so min.
utes simply because in old Babylon
there existed, by the side of the
decimal system Of notation, another
system, the sexagesimal, which
counted by sixties. There is no nun.
Der which has so many divisors as
60 The Babylonians divided the suns
daily journey into "a parasangs, each
parasang, or hour, being divided into
so minutes. The parasang is about
equal to German mile, and the Baby
lonians compared the progress made
by the sun during one hour to the
progress made by good walker dur.
ing the same time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27

'r-EEvH-vHo U-1rcacres nao peen at
tached.
This they never failed to do eva,
afterward when they were hungrv
and as that was nearly all the time,
the little bell was constantly tinkling
as the fish were continually pullina
the cord, and 1t was quite a pretty
and novel sight
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27

Tn businss world has so completely
come over to the dry idea that it Is
greatly to the workingman's favor to
be on the dry side Of the fence.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27

=. .s.- {. ..
Washingtord3has displaced the eagle
and has made the woodpecker the state
4ird. This will make old Badly red
headed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
TRACK AND TIE.

Mart Adson, general passenger agent
Of the p. 8. S. e. A. railway, called
ON the local N. P. men this morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27

The Chicago blind begger who spent
seven dollars day regularly on his
women friends apparently had puite
an eve for feminine beauty.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27

An averag of 700 men are joining
The ranks of the temperance forces
each week In the state Of New York.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27

a Forum Want ADD win sou it ror YOU
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27

chop suey q rne -.athskeller. Mn.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-27
DIRT FOR SALE

pply Huntoon & Holcomb Phone
q. i IilsSss ii
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-22
Primitive Fire Fighters.

AS late as the end Of the sixteenth
century In London the sole method OF
extinguishing fires was by means Of
contrivances known as "hand squirts."
These were usually made Of brass.
with a carrying capacity ranging from
two to four quarts Of water. The two
quart "squirts" were two and a half
feet in length. one and half inches In
diameter at their largest part and but
half an inch at the nozzle. On each
side were handles. and three men were
required to manipulate n squirt"
One man on each side grasped the han
die 10 one hand and the nozzle in the
other, while the third man worked the
piston or plunger, drawing 1t out while
the nozzle was Immersed In a supply
Of water which filled the cylinder.
The bearers then elevated the nozzle
when the other pushed In the plunge
the skill Of the former being employed
In directing the stream Of water upon
the fire. Such primitive contrivances
are said to have been used during the
great fire of 1866
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-22
alexandria 6azeffe.
MONDAY EVENING, AUG. -
A Mohammsdan Festival.

Taboots is an Indian festival In con-
nection with the celebration Of the
month of Moharram, which begins the
year Of the true Mohammedan. This
festival commentaries the death OF
Prince Hossein. the grandson Of Mo-
manned, who met bis death In battle
after ten days lighting against King
Omar. The word taboot. from which
the festival takes its name, means lit
orally a tomb, and II is always built
In front of the homes Of some rich
and important Mohammedans and I'M
der a temporary shed built for this
purpose. The tabootS are made from
thin bamboo strips covered with high
ly colored paper. and 1t is always dec.
GRATED with isinglass, gold and silver
paper, glass balls and much red and
green paint. On the ninth day Of the
festival of Taboots the taboots are car
ried in a possession through the streets
of the various cities In India. On the
tenth day all the taboots are thrown
into some river, and thus ends the
Moham- dedan festival of Taboots.-
Boston Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-22
RAILROADS
Southern Railway.
Trains leave Union Station. Alexandria
In effect June 10, 1910

Trains leave Union Station, Alexandria
In effect June 10, 1910.
n. B.-Following schedule figures pub
lished only as information, and are not
guaranteed.
7:47A. M.-Daily local between Wash
ing ton and Danville.
8 AZ A. M.-Daily-Local for Harrison
bu re and way stations.
9I7 A. M.-Daily-U. S. Fast Mail
s tons only for passengers for points south
which scheduled TO stop. First class
caches: sleeping cars to Birmingham
nd drawing room sleeping cars to New
O rleans Dining car service.
lII7 A. M.-Daily-Mail train. Coaches
for Manassas. Charlottesville, Lynchburg
Danville and Greensboro. Sleeping cars
Greensboro to Atlanta.
447 p. M.-Week days-Local for war
renton and Harrisonburg.
4:32 p. M.-Daily-Birmingham spec
ial. Sleeping cars between New York,
Augusta, Aiken and Jacksonville.
sleeper to Birmingham, Through first
class coaches between Washington and
Jacksonville. Dining car service. Tour
list to California four times weekly.
1852 p. M.-Week days-Local for Har-
risonburg and way stations on Manassas
branch. Pullman buffet parlor ear.
5l2 p. M.-Daily-Local for Warren
ton and Charlottesville.
1927 p. Washington and
Chattanooga Limited (via Lynchburg).
First-class coach and sleeping cars to
Roanoke, Knoxville and Chattanooga.
Sleeper to New Orleans, Washington to
Roanoke. Dining car service.
HOP u. M.-Daily-New York, Atlanta
and New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train, club and observation cars to New
Orleans Sleeping cars TO Asheyille,
Atlanta, Macon and New Orleans. Sleep
ing cars to Charlotte. Dining car service.
427 A. M.-Daily-Memphis special.
Sleeping cars and coaches for Roanoke,
Knoxville, Nashville, Chattanooga and
Memphis. Dining car service. Wash
ington sleeping cars open 1000 =. NJ.
Through trains from the south arrive
at Alexandria 6:l3 and 62S and 1923 a. m.
2a3, 72S, 1913 and II 80 p. NJ. daily, Har-
risonburg II 80 A. NJ. week days and 9I3
p. NJ. daily. From Charlottesville 92S
A. NJ.
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria CIV. & o. Stationl
week days at SD A. NJ, 40, 42s, and
$40 +. NJ. for Bluemont; 635 p. NJ. week
days for Leesburg; 5:l5 p. NJ. daily for
BluemOnt and 902 and922 A. NJ, local,
and 902 A. NJ. LTD. on Sundays only for
BluemOnt
For detailed schedule figures, tickets. |
Pullman reservation, etc, apply to
WILLIAM G.. LEHEW,
Union Ticket Agent, Alexandria, Va.
Il. II. COAPMAN, General Manager.
s. III. HARDWICK, Pass. Traf. Mgr
III. f. CARY, General Passenger Agent |
l.. S. BROWN, General Agent,
Washington, ID. G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-22

VTIRGNIA-In the Clerks Office OF
v the Corporation Court of the City, oil
Alexandria, on the 10Th day of July,
1910:
Jessie Cary Fillingame VS.. Daniel f..
Fillingame. In chancery.
Memo. The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain for the complainant an absolute di-
vorce from the defendant on the ground
of wilIful desertion and abandonment
for period of more than three years be
fore the bringing of this suit, and for
general relief
1t appearing by an affidavit filed in
this cause that the defendant, Daniel r..
Fillingame, is anon-resident ofthis State:
1t Is Ordered That said defendant APP
pear here within fifteen days after due
publication of this order, and do what is
necessary to protect his interest in this
suit, and that a copy of this order be
forthwith inserted in the Alexandra
Gazette, a Newspaper published in he
CITY of Alexandria, once a week Or four
successive weeks, and posted at the front
door of the Court House of this city.
A copy-Teste.
NEWELL S. GREENAWA1, Clerk.
Charles Bendheim, p. q. jy19 w4w-f
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-22
Mythical Horses.

Pegasus C"born near the source of
the ocean, was the winged horse OF
Apollo and the MUSES.. Bellerophon
rode this animal when he charged the
Chimera.
Sleipnir C'the black horse of Odin")
had eight legs and could carry bis mas
ter on sea as well as land. This AMI
NAL is believed to typify the wind.
which blows from eight different
points.
AL Borak C'the lightning') was the
horse commissioned by Gabriel to car
~ Mohammed to the seventh heaven.
He had a human face and the wings
Of an eagle Every step he took was
equal to the farthest range Of human
vision.
According to Thessalian legend, the
first horse was miraculously brought
forth by Neptune striking rock with
his trident.