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The national forum., 1910-05-28
Land Of Lonesome Census.

At the International Sunday-School
Convention, in answer to the roll call
of States, the reports were verbally
given by the various State chairmen.
When the Lone Star State was called
"a brawny specimen of Southern man
hood stepped out into the aisle and
with exceeding pride said.
1--WE represent the great State of
Texas. The first white woman borr
in Texas is still llving-she now has
aspopulation of over 100000"
There was pause of bewilderment
Ror moment and then voice from
ahe gallery rang out clear and dis
Hinct:
ii "Send that woman out to Wyoming
ls-we need her. ."--Everybodys Maya
zine.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
Live i'm the Highest Story.
nv JosTAU STRONG, d. D.


Every man lives in three-story;
house.
j The lower story is partly under
ground. There he eats and drinks.
This is his physical nature. Many
men never leave this basement. There
they live and there they die, never
entering the stories that lie above.
The second story rises above the
first. From it's windows the outlook
is wider the light in it more abund-
ant, and the air purer. This is the
mans intellectual department. Some
go into the second story often, and,
though they do not abandon the base
ment, they use it mostly for eating.
Then there is the third story This
is the highest. Here air and sunlight
and outlook are at their best. This
is the spiritual realm. In too many
cases dust and cobweb are the sole
occupants Of what should be the
choicest part of the house. The wise
man, while he does not abandon the
basement or the second story, loves
the third best of all, and there spends
much Of his time.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
A Monster Dam.

F., The recent announcement was
made OF the completion Of the sho-
bhrae Dam in Wyoming, which forms
The most important feature of one OF
che m''st important irrigation pro-
1ects contemplated In this country
The dam Is Of concrete and measures
1854 feet from foundation td~the
rrest. It is IT'S feet long at tho top
and eighty-five feet long at the bot"
TIM, where its thickness Is l0s feet.
The reservoir back Of the dam, which
mas capacity OF $4,000 feet, will
beryr to irrigate 10000 acres Of
aand, situated about seventy-hve
miles east OF the Yellowstone Nation-
al Park
The national forum., 1910-05-28
6mHc @ Gc,tzNzhl4fY

States. Six AMI one-half miles south
of Gettysburg, Pa, they crossed Ma
son and Dixon's line and stood on
Northern soil. The Union forces
started in pursuit on the 18th and
followed with energy on the Confed-
crate right flank, keeping well be-
tween Lees command and Washing
ton. A mountain range intersprsed
a screen between the two grand ar
mics.
Much misunderstanding exists
among the uninitiated visitors to the
battlefield as to why Lee advanced
from the north on Gettysburg, while
the Northern, troops held position
to the southtof the invading army,
This is readily explained by the fact
that the Southerners had penetrated
some thirty-ssyen miles beyond Get
tysburg, hadl occupied Carlisle and
= ,, ,k, Pa. with Harrisburg, the cap
icy I ~, - !, 81 31rse. as lheir objective
point AlaY sslSa Ssaa for the safety Of the
Confederate capital in Virginia, and
apprehensive that Hooker might in
tervene between himself and Rich
mond, Lee had turned backward with
orders to his corps commanders to
concentrate their forces at Gettys-
burg, then peaceful farming vii
lage Of 2100 souls, but thereafter to
be celebrated so long as history lasts
as THE Waterloo of America" Here
the flood tide of the Rebellion reached
high-water mark. The decisive VIC
tory of Meade cheered the Northern
hearts and nerved their arms for the
arduous campaign which eliminated
in the surrender of Lee at Appomat-
tax.
The Importance of Gettysburg as
the decisive battle OF the war has
been recognized by the United States
Government, and with unstinted
The national forum., 1910-05-28
$iliaS Johnson
New Pool and Billiard Parlor
l72l IL Seventh Street, N. w.
POWER OF THE IMAGINATION.
Illustrated to MIR. Billtops by Ills Mx"
perience With Thermometer.


II don't know when I've been so put
out lby little thing" said Mr., Bill.
tops "as 1 was by the discovery that
my thermometer was four degrees
wrong; 1t gave me real hard little
holt Afor one thing, and then IT made
me %ealize that for two years \ had
bee3s making myself uncomfortable
ove1 nothing.
Out Of doors can stand the cold
as Well as anybody, but indoors Ike
TO be warm; 72 is about what suits
me in the house.
1.-TWO years ago bought a nemd
thermometer which hung up in my
room, and haven't been warm there
In winter since.
"Other parts of the house seemed
all right. in the parlor and in the
dining room they got it up to " ap.
parently without any trouble, but ID
my room 1t never seemed to get above
i6S. I didn't shiver, but never could
get really warm, and one day said to
Mrs. Billtops:
Elizabeth, why can't you get the
heat up in my room? Why should
| my room be the only cold room In
the house?'
Mrs. Billtops comes in and stands
around minute and then she says;
"'Why, Ezra, it's just as warm
here as it is anywhere else
| ar To
at that thermometer! It's only 6S
here, and it's 72 at this minute in the
parlor'
"But Mrs. Billtops insisted that 1t,
was as warm in my room as 1t was
anywhere else, and she said that
probably the trouble was with my
thermometer; that my thermometer
didn't mark correctly, and | said 1t
did, and I'd show her conclusiyely
that the thermometer was all right,
Id prove to her that my room was
oo'd. I'd put my thermometer right
alongside the one in the parlor, and
she'd see it go up in no time to ~.
so we put it out there, but It
didn't bulge. that is upward, but 1T
did 60 down one degreee. Standing
side by side with the parlor ther-
nlometer marking 72 mine went down
to 67 they were five degrees apart
THE temperature in the parlor,
actually one degree colder than my
own room, had been entirely agree-
able to me, while in my room. though
it was actually warmer, ! had, misied
by my thermometer, never been able
to get thoroughly and comfortapiy
warmed up. Another illustration or
the power OF the Imagination.
"Now I've got correct thermom-
eter and / don't have any moro
trouble over the heat. ."--Sul. ."
The national forum., 1910-05-28
WHERE TO DINE
A National Benefactor.
nr HARRIET WILLIAMS MYERS.

By HARRIET WILLIAMS MhEhS'
Economically, the swallow is one OF
OH best friends, and as such should
be protected. Horse-hies, house-1ies.
gnats, codllng-moths, canker-worm
moths, leaf-rolling moths, grasshop-
pers, plant lice, spiders, cabbage-but'
terfies, chick-beetles, winged ants,
rose and May-beetles striper cucum-
ber-beetles. cotton-boll weevlls---
these are few Of the Injurious in
sects that the birds of the swallow
family live upon.
Oliver Goldsmith in his "History
of Animate Nature" speaks Of the
good these birds do, thus showing
that even at that time, when little was
known about them, they were appre-
riated. But recently they have as
sumed national Importance because
of their great service in checking the
danger threatened by the cotton-boll
sweevil 1t has been estimated that,
in favorable circumstances, single
pair Of these weevils will in one sea-
son raise family of twenty-nine or
Shirty millions.
The female lays about 140 eggs.
deposiing each egg in a different
square or boil OF cotton. The boil
is prnctured, the egg deposited, and
the insect passes on to another.
'No cotton comes from a boil thus
s'stnng." Rather it shrivels and dies
while furnishing food for the growing
worm. This pest is spreading at the
rate Of fifty miles year, and unless
methods can be found to arrest its
progress, it will eventually infest the
entire cotton-pro ducing area. The
Biological Survey has found thirty
eight species of birds which feed upon
these weevils. Foremost amongthese
are the several species Of swallows,
including the beautiful but diminish
ing purple martin.
Forty-seven adult weevils have
been found in the stomach OF single
cliff-swallow. This bird is migrant,
only, in most parts of the South. It
is during these migratory flights,
when the weevils are flying in the
open, that the birds do so much good.
We OF the Northern and Western
States have this cliif-swallow, as we'll
as the other varieties, as summer vis-
itors With us they build their nests
and raise their young. Because OF
the persecution of English sparrows,
especially successful against the pur-
pie martin, and because of mans ig-
norance as to their value, and conse-
quent Indifference, the swallows have
become scarce in many localities
where they formerly bred in great
abundance.
1t is incumbent on lis to give what
protection we can to these national
.benefactors---th swallows Youths
N Companion.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
Decoration Day.

Little children, gravely marching
With your garlands gay,
Something bring beside The flowers
To these graves to-day.
Bring love Of truth and valor
And Of Drave deeds done,
Bring a tribute to all heroes
Underneath the sun.
Not alone to those who perished
In the eager fight,
But to all Who'ye lived and labored
Ever for the right
To the patient, brave endurance
OF an unearned pain;
To the strife for truth and honor,
Earnest. though in vain.
Thus, with noble emulation.
High resolve and pure.
Shall you, hope Of all our Nation,
Make her future sure.
EVELYN Hateber.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
Old SoldlersF Day

Forget? No, never, marches long;
The hospital and camp;
The stirring thrill Of fife ana drum;
The hurried onward tramp;
The silent bivouac meath the stars;
The night before the fight;
Forget the lonely picket lineg
The bullets whistling flight?
Slow, shuiling are The halt!ng steps
That strive along the route;
And dim the eyes that answer back
To comrades mastering out
The roll is called. Who answers nows
On sick leave, or away?
On furloughs TO the Better Land?
Promoted, did you say!
o sentineIs on lofty heights,
Beyond the tides that swell,
Cur dull ears seem to hear you call
To us that all is we'll.
"Attention, company! FAN in!"
Passing the Ides Of May,
brothers of Gray and Blue, mark timel'
'Tis Decoration Day.
Then gently let the blossoms fall.
Lights outl" At last "Retreat!"
"The countersign?" A little sleep.
At Revelle we'll meet
--Arthur Ward. Seaford. N. Y.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
LIN Honor of Fallen Heroes of the
Civil War, Recently Dedicated on
the Vicksburg Battlefield.
-Leslie's Weekly.

was fought under the most favorable
weather conditions. During the
three days OF battle, July /, and 8,
1868, the warmest portion of the
yeas, the usual heat was much miti-
gated by light breezes, the sun being
frequently veiIed by clouds, yet no
rain fell until the afternoon of the
4th. Seventy-six degrees marked the
extreme heat the first day, eighty
one degrees the second, eighty-seven
degrees the third; the average for
the entire three days was seventy
seven degrees. Tie first days fight
was triumph for the Confederates;
the second ended without securing to
them any decided advantage, al
though the fighting of that day was
a series of bravely desperate as
saults, which have written the names
OF the Peach Orchard and the Wheat
tield upon one Of the bloddiest pages
OF American history; the third day
CLOSED leaving the Confederates re-
pulsed at every point, after which
they Withdrew from the field and re-
tired the following day in good order.
The Federal loss during the three
days hight was 1864 killed and
wounded and 1866 missing (made
prisonersb. Total, 23,049. The Con-
federate loss was 1854 killed and
wounded and TAGS missing. Total,
2s.Gl9. Twenty-nine States had
troops In the two contending armies
at Gettysburg, Maryland having com
mands In both.
Encouraged by their success at
ChanceiIorsviile in May, 1868, in ac-
cord with matured plans, the Com
federate army drew out of Freder-
icksburg, Va, l58 miles south of the
The national forum., 1910-05-28
There are 630Q electric lights on
the Mauretania.
An Artistic ,ll.uy.,.

Miss Mary Garden, at a tea In Phil
Rielpnia, congratulated a Philadel-
pnian On Ike excellent opera that is
produced in the Quaker city.
Really" she said, "you get bette!
c-e.a here than they have in PariG
at TIE conique or even at the Opera
fsssif.
@The reason? Money, Of course.
Salaries We singers, you know, with
a.l our love for art, are in complete
agreement with the colored iivine
who said;
Breddern an sIstern, All cant
ssrAaGa hcah am boa'd In heb'r."
f Z . H t4,A
British military commanders are
beginning tc prohibit excessive cigar.
stte smoking by young soldiers.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
Pencils Used by Railroads.

Although most of the writing in
the conduct Of railway is done ON
typewriters, it still takes 100000
pen points a year to help keep the
trains running on the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern roads. This
is at the rate of sixty-six for every
mile of the two roads.
The employees of the two roads also
require about $4,000 penholders and
100000 pencils in year. This
means that for each mile Of track
thirty pencils are needed in twelve
month. st. Paul Dispatch.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
PROFESSIONAL
THOMAS BECKETT
Attorney and Counsellor-at-L Law
aga Louisiana Avenue
Room Is, Lewis Bldg, Washington, D. G.
D D S ~ z r.
& s. 1 'INI' C. vi,
SEES ~ ~. y "a: e :. : - 5 =

Cork oak is to have thorough
trial in the National forests, The bu-
reau of plant industry Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture has
assigned two thousand one-year
seedlings or cork oak, now at a nurs-
cry at Chico, Cal, to be used by the
forest service for experimental plant
ing.
An English inventor has devised a
new speed meter for automobiles.
Placed in front of the vehicle, the
exact speed may be ascertained at any
time either from the vehicle or from
the road. An excess of speed limit
is announced by gong, which con-
tinues to sound until speed is re-
iduced. For night driving excess
speed is also indicated by the figures
on the face of the instrument being
illuminated.
Theodore rmback, of the State ex-
pertinent station, has found a new
use for abandoned mines Fle has
produced in them mushrooms of the
best grade, his experiment showing
the abandoned mine to be an ideal
place for mushroom culture. He is
producing mushrooms of the best
quality in an abandoned mine near
the State farm here, having plants
that yield from one mine from IS to
$40 worth of mushrooms a day
Baltimore Sun.
G. A. Campbell recently conducted
some experiments to investigate the
subject of telephone intelligibility
In his experiments, usually only de-
tached syllables were employed, so as
to give the listener no clue from the
context. The syllables easy to in
terchange are right in about half the
cases. Thus, while it is obvious that
the telephone seriously distorts
speech waves, nevertheless, even
those consonants which nearly re-
semble each other are not sufficiently
distorted to be indistinguishable.. -
Scientific American.
Ostriches lay the largest eggs OF all
birds now extant, according to a
writer in the Scientific American, but
the ostrich S egg would have appeared
small beside that extinct Madagascar
bird, the epyornis, which measured
more than thirty inches in its smallest
circumference. The smallest birds
eggs are those of the minute species
of humming birds, which are smaller
than the eggs of certain kinds Of
tropical beetles. But the cuckoo lays
the relatively smallest egg. That is
TO say, while the jackdaw and the
cuckoo are about equal in size, the
formers egg is five or six times larger
than the latter's. The fact that the
cuckoo is wont to deposit its eggs in
the nests of birds which are usually
much smaller than itself doubtless ac-
counts for this. The relatively larg-
est egg is laid by the kiwi, a strange,
wingless New Zealand bird. The egg
is no less than Ave inches long. al
though the extreme length of the bird
itself is only twenty-seyen inches.
The national forum., 1910-05-28

hand has the field been preserved and
embellished. The States, too in
honor OF their soldier dead, have
raised beautiful monuments In their
honorable memory, while the veteran
organizations themselves have taken
pride in marking their individual Do-
sitions on the battle lines.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
Mhe Answer.

F! "AL, WE'LL" said Wilbur Wright,
there's a plausible answer, you
know, to every charge"
Mr. Wright at a dinner in Dayton
was discussing the defense put up by
an infringer of his biplane patents.
F.! "The most defenseless charge" he
said, "has. Its defense. Take the case
of Bloomsbury.
"A gentleman visited Bloomsbury.
Getting of the train he found he had
ts drive four miles from the station
TO the town. This naturally angered
'.hm, and he reproached the ticket
agent. A
"'You are fools on this line. la$
said. What made you bull 8@SS
station SO far away from the StSS a33I
Because, drawled the ASS
Thought 1t would be more E8 " |B34
to have it down here net I| |88
road. Washington St&r W " | |1||
The national forum., 1910-05-28

For the first six months Of last
year 100000 Bibles were printed and
circulated in China, while during the
whole Of the previous year the num-
ber was only 100000. Nearly every
Bible was paid for In Turkey there
Is also q great increase.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
Pure iron ia only a Ianoratory

Pure iron is only a laboratory
preparation. Cast iron, the most gen
orally useful variety, contains about
five per cent. Of impurities, and the
curious thing is that it owes its gpe-
cial value to the presence of these.
Pure iron can be shaved with pock-
etknife; impure iron can be madS Rl-
most as bard as steel.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
Memorial Day.

Memorial Day.
In the dream of northern poets,
The brave who in battle die
Fight on in the shadowy phslanx
In the fields of the upper sky;
And, as we read the sounding rhyme,
The reverent fancy hears
The ghostly ring of the viewless swords
And the clash Of the spectral spears.
We think with imperious questionings
Of the brothers whom we have lost,
And we try to track in deaths mystery
The fight of each valiant ghost.
The northern myth comes back to us,
And we feel through our sorrows night
That those young souls are. striving still
Somewhere for truth and right.
The national forum., 1910-05-28
SOLVING the Hirh.prIce Problem.

1t seems that in the year 1900
eight cents a day was high wages for
an expert artisan. We move to have
the scale OF prices Of commodities
reduced to the 1900 standard, with
present wages left untouched PhiIa-
delphia Inquirer.
The national forum., 1910-05-28

A chosen corps, they are marching on
In wider field than ours;
Those bright battalions still fulfil
The schemes Of the heavenly powers;
And high, brave thoughts float down to IN
The echoes of that far fight,
Like the gleam Of distant pickets gun
Through the shades of the severing nigh
No fear for them! In our lower field
Let us keep our arms unstained,
That at last we be worthy to stand wit
them
The national forum., 1910-05-28

~T-NHIS, the decisive battle of the
\ American Civil War, was a
struggle between veteran
~ troops; the Army Of NortherA
Virginia, enthused by recent victol'
les, deeming themselves invincible,
and commanded by their popular
hero, General Robert e. Lee, against
the grand Army of the Potomac. 1t
The national forum., 1910-05-28

On the shining heights they've gained.
We shall meet and greet in closing ranks,
In Times declining sun,
When the bugles OF God shall sound recall
And the Battle Of Life be won.
--.Tohn Hay
The national forum., 1910-05-28
Useless Effort.

The woman vino is wearing new
s45 hat can't understand why people
should waste time or strain their eyes
trying to see a met.---Chitago Rec
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-26
Abscess in Head.


Mrs. III. Vartdal, 521 Sixth avenue
north, Fargo, was SO low with abb
scess in the. head and liberation of
the stomach that her friends did not
expect her to live. Vital Treatment
administered by DIR. Gates com
pletely cured her. Write and ask
her about 1t.
Gall Stones.
Alma Myer, 100 West Delos street
st. Paul, Mimi, was cured of this
dangerous and distressing maIady
by DIR. Gates with Vital Science.
Cure was permanent Write her.
Tuberculosis OF Bowels.
Mrs. G. M. Dale, Browns Valley.
MINI. Sick for two years with
swhat doctors said was tuberculosis
Of the bowels; gave no hope. Vital
Science made a prompt and perma-
nent cure. Write to Mrs. Dale.
Eczema Durable.
Mrs. F. A. George, New Ulm.
Mimi, cured OF loathsome case of
eczema by Vital Science. at the
hands of DR.. Gates. Write her for
proof.
sciatio Rheumatism.
Mr.. w. Styes, manager Agency
dept Pioneer Insurance Co, Fargo,
was permanently cured Of sciatio
rheumatism and fully endorses the
treatment. Write and ask him about
it.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-26
THE PROOF
Cured Her Rov.

GNFGd F1Gf BOY
Mrs. A. Funke, 1929 Bryant ave-
nue., Minneapolis, Mimi, says her
{ boy Harold. 2 years old, was cured
of severe stomach and bowel trouble
and is now as well as ever. Vital
Science did it. Write Mrs. Funke.
Appendicitis.
Mrs. James Keefe, of Colgate. N.
d., was cured Of chronic Appendix
citis by DIR. Gates. Doctors said she
could not get well without an OPP
Grafton. If you are interested,
write and ask her about IT.
Appendicitis.
c. j. Peterson, Kerkoven. Mimi,
suffered with a pronounced case OF
appendicitis; told he would have to
undergo an operation. Vital Science
cured him speedily. Write and. see.
Cured of sciatica.
r. S. Trip. Beardsley. MINI,
could just hobble around in excru-
ciating pain with sciatica. DIR.
Gates applied Vital Science and
cured him. He viii tell you SO.
Write him.