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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-26

F. s. Rexford. UI5 New York Life
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a severe attack Of cold which set
tied in my back and kidneys and was
III great pain from my trouble. a
friend recommended Foley kidney
Pills and used two bottles of them
and they have done me a world Of
good" H. III. Casselman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-26

ar Now that King George has been
coronated-how about the Interstate
fair in Fargo?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-26

sE Devils Lake SHOWS prosperity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-26

UPPOsE tell you tonight Evelyn" said daddy, "abor
net Beecher Stove who wrote that wonderful book
AaM Cabin was little girl like you"
"Beautifulg cried Evelyn ara lnre To haar q
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-26
Noxous WEEDS NOTICE.

(June al. rs, 2s)
The evening times., 1911-08-21
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SOME REMARKABLE DREAMS
Many Strange Cases Of Warn
ing Came During Sleep.

(Modern Society

Modern Society
The warning vision of bloody
sword, which induced passenger to
leave the ill-fated Waratah just before
she sailed on what was to prove her
last voyage. is by no means an iso-
lated case of dream saving life.
Dozens of instances may be quoted.
The late Lord Dufferin used to relate
how a dream of being conveyed to a
cemetery in hearse saved his life
in Paris. Just as he was about to
enter lift he noticed that the at
tendant was like the driver of the
hearse, and, startled, he stepped back
In the meantime the lift went up, only
to crash down moment later, all In
it being killed.
The late Lord Portsmouth had a
remarkable story about farmer, who
dreamed one night that a valuable
COW had fallen into a ditch and could
not get out. He told his wife, who
laughed at the dream and bid him gel
of to sleep again. Three times he
dreamed the same thing, and at last
in spite Of his wife's remonstrances
got up to look after the COW. He
found the animal all right, but not
far of saw a man digging by the
light Of lantern. The digger heard
him approaching and ran of. leaving
his spade and big clasp knife by q
long, narrow hole which he had dug
like grave.
Thoroughly alarmed at the straha
The evening times., 1911-08-21

uncertainty, although the question Of
a few centuries either way is hardly
important. A taste for caviar is said
to be an acquired one, like smoking
cigarettes or a passion for bridge,
presumably. Once acquired, howev-
er, there is no hope for the victim
The dashing Sasanova, in the preface
to his charming adventures, confessed
fondness for cheese at the stage
when it begins to show manifest evil
dences of life. Had he tasted caviar,
his favorite roquefort would thence
forth have been classed with oatmeal
mush and other innocuous foods, in so
far as Zest and tang are concerned.
The immunity against cholera af-
forded by feeding upon caviar is
doubtless due to the energy and ac-
tivity of the robust caviar germs. A
healthy cholera germ is no SLOUGH
Of germ at that. But when pitted
against the insidious foe that turks
WllAiAl luc VI IcdSI VI d llI0 ldlueuIeu
Russian sturgeon, 1t stands no chance
whatever. The battle is short, sharp.
and decisive, the outcome unvarying.
The cholera germ is placed hors de
combat in brief order.
With this latest discovery, one more
dread enemy of man has been effec-
tually foled. No more will the Wan
dering Jew pursue his endless jour-
ney, carrying in his trail the seeds
of deadly pestilence. Caviar has end
ed it ALL Vacation days are now
bereft of half their dangers. Armed
with the necessary fluid antidote, and
caparisoned with a supply of caviar
sandwiches. the disciples of old Izaak
may HE merrily forth, fearing neither
snake bite nor cholera.
The evening times., 1911-08-21
BATTLE OF THE GERMS.

Those who attribute all ills of the
flesh to the presence in the human
system of some tiny enemy of man
kind are having the best of the con-
troversy these days. They are not
without considerable opposition, it is
true, since many scout the germ the
ory, either in part or in whole. 1t is
q case where doctors as we'll as lay
men disagree. But the germists are
in the majority, both as to numbers
and pamphlets. Typhoid. they claim,
is a germ disease that is spread by
the common house fly. Malaria is a
misnomer, seeing that the air at night
is the same old air that is breathed
during the day, whereas the pesky
mosquito is the fruitful source of all
the trouble. And now comes the state
ment that caviar is sure preventive
6 cholera, which, ought to suffice, If
anything could, to place the doctrine
Of germ contamination beyond the
reach of cavil.
Just now caviar prevents cholera
and why the fact that it does strength
ems the germ theory, will be readily
understood by any one at all familiar
with caviar. This particular item Of
dietetic commerce, 1t is alleged, is OBJ
tanned mainly from the roe of the
Russian sturgeon, although the carp
furnishes more. 1t is prepared sub
sequent to the decease Of the fish.
how long after is a matter Of some
The evening times., 1911-08-21
MONDAY, AUGUST 81, 1911.
CURBING THE PRESS.

Senator Works of California thinks
1t is high time that the freedom of the
press in the District of Columbia
the only place over which local legis-
lation can be enacted by congress
should be abridged. He is Mortified at
the publication of detailed accounts
of crimes, injuries, accidents, and
tragedies, and has introduced bill
in the senate, making it unlawful for
any newspaper in the district to pub
lish such details. Senator Works
thinks the publication of the details
surrounding such occurrences incites
to murder, suicide, and crime gener-
ally. Therefore he would establish
censorship over the press. permitting
it to publish only mere mention of
such happenings, without details or
comments of any kind concerning the
crime, accident, or tragedy, or con-
cerning any person related or alleged
to be related to the case.
The good faith of Senator Works
cannot be questioned. He is an ear
est reformer, and is desirous of I'M
proving the backward condition of
the District of Columbia. 1t must be,
therefore. that he has not yet had
time. in the midst of his reform ac-
tivities, to read the constitution
which he has taken oath to support.
The first amendment of that antiquat-
ed document still reads, in part:
Congress shall make no law y =
abridging the freedom of speech, or
of the press.
This amendment, which we feel
sure has escaped the attention of the
distinguished California jurist, seems
to prevent the enactment of his bill
for the time being. However, as re-
form goes forward, such technicali-
ties will be eliminated from the re-
modelled constitution, and We may
then expect to see a drastic press
muz4ling law enacted by congress.
This will be followed logically by an
appropriate act restricting the free
dom of speech.
Once these laws are enacted other
great reforms, such as the regulation
Of religion. will come with leaps and
bounds; for the greatest stumbling
block to Jealous and eager reformers
has always been the scurrilous free
dom of the press and the absurd de-
mand Of every American for free
speech.
No doubt the California senator will
turn his energies to the remodeling
OF the constitution, now that he is
aware Of the technicality which pre-
vents him from abridging the freedom
Of the press.
The evening times., 1911-08-21
: Benner, Begg & Garvin
The financing of this enterprise has

The financing of this enterprise has
been unparalleled in the annals of
railroad building. The avowed intent
of the construction was to afford pri-
marily a convenient way Of travelling
to the 225,000 pilgrims, who, it is COM
puted, come every year from all cor
ners of the Mahometan world, and at
cost of $3.50 head, to worship at
the Kabala. 1t was estimated that a
$50 round-trip rate would be suf-
ficient to insure the financial stability
of the undertaking. Money was pro-
vtded for the construction Of the road
by appeals made to the religious feel
ing of the 250,000,O0O Mahometans
scattered in widely separated regions
Of the globe, and their voluntary con-
tributions to this pious undertaking
was besought. So successfully did
this scheme work that $14,000N00
were soon collected; and for a time
about s12,000,000 were contributed by
the faithful. This operation involved
no responsibilities whatever to the
promoters, headed by Abdul Hamid.
the former Sultan of Turkey, mas
much as all these funds were bestow-
ed in the form of donations. Thus
the road had no shareholders and no
bonded Indebtedness, its capital be-
ing spontaneously wiped off.
Labor costs called for no additional
expenditures, as the. men were drawn
from the ranks of the army and no
extra pay was awarded them for
manual labor on the line. Their only
supplementary remuneration for this
work consisted in their liberation
from military service after expiration
Of two-thirds of their time. With this
sole inducement In sight volunteers
were numerous, and at no time was
there felt any difficulty in getting all
the labor required.
The management was intrusted to
the Imperial Hedjaz Railway commits
sion appointed in 1900, and the con-
struction Of the line turned over to
army engineers. 1t must be said that
the latter attained remarkable results
In the face of such difficulties as the
handling of men who were altogether
inexperienced in this kind of work, as
we'll as the necessity of carrying on
operations in country infested by
hostile Bedouin tribes aware of the
Impending loss of their secular free
dom through the advent of steam en-
gines rolling over steelbound road
beds.
By the middle of 1905, 600 kilomet-
The evening times., 1911-08-21

turn of affairs the farmer decided to
go home by way of the road instead
of across the fields, and had not gone
far when he met one of his own
maids. The gin told him she had
| quarreled with her lover, but he had
said that If she would meet him in
the middle of the night at certain
place all would be we'll again. Then
which her lover had intended should
be her grave.
1t is probable that the assassination
Of Perceval might have been averted
had a dream been acted upon. A man
called on magistrate and asked
whether he would warn Mr.. Perceval,
as he had dreamed twice of man
In white plush coat with purple
glass buttons, who was going to mur-
der the premier. The magistrate did
not care to act on so slight thing az
q dream, but it is curious that Bel.
llingham, when he committed the foul
murder in the house Of commons in
May, 1872. was wearing a white plush
coat with purple buttons.
Sir Watkin williams Wynn, the
late baronet of Wynnstay, NORTH
Wales, once acted upon dream, in
the hope Of saving mans life.
cottager implored him to have q Ger.
tain tree cut down near. her home, al
she had dreamed that her husband
would be killed by 1t. Sir Watkin
was skeptical, but so earnestly did
the woman plead that at last he con.
sented, and the tree was felled, but
in falling, the rope used somehow got
entangled around the man whose life
the tree was being sacrificed to save
and he was strangled. Thus the poor
twoman's dream came true, after all
The second Earl Of Ravenworth oft.
The evening times., 1911-08-21

en- related a story of dream which
resulted in life being saved at the
expense of another. The wife Of the
agent Of a north country land owner
dreamed three times that she saw her
husband riding along wooded lane,
where some men were hiding behind
the bushes. They shot him. and then
hid the body. So realistic was 1t all
that the woman would not be salts
fed until her husband promised he
would avoid during his journey the
road she described. And it was we'll
he did so, for that very day a young
surgeon was foully murdered as he
was riding home after visiting his pa
tient, and he came by his death in
the wooded lane. He was shot by
some men concealed in the bushes,
and his body hidden, the murderers
having mistaken him for the agent,
who it was known would have good
deal of money with him.
There are many stories on record
of visions that have foretold death.
After the sudden death Of we'll
known lady some years ago her hus-
band, who shall be nameless, for we
believe he is still living, found a pa
per on her dressing table detailing a
curious day dream she had had. While
in her garden she had-so ran the
note-seen a figure beckoning, and
she followed it to the church yard,
where it disappeared. 1t was 80 ex-
traordinary, she added, that she felt
she ought to write it down, and ap-
parently soon after doing so death
came.
Perhaps the best-known dreams
fore-telling death are those of Lady
Andover, daughter Of the famous
Cooke of Norfolk" While staying
with her husband at her old home in
Norfolk, she dreamed that he had been
shot; and, in Difference to her en-
treaty, Lord Andover did not go out
with the shooting party. AS the day
wore on the dream made less impress
sion, and, knowing how devoted to
shooting her husband was, she sug-
gested that he should go out for the
rest of the afternoon.
No sooner had he gone than she
began to feel more uneasy than ever
and she went out after him, but while
crossing tho park she met Lord And.
overs servant rushing to the house
with the news that her husband had
been killed, through his gun going Oh
as it was handed to him through q
hedge. On another occasion Lady
Andover dreamed that she and hel
sister were standing at the entrance
to the great mansion at Halkham
watching funeral leaving the house
but instead of going to the left, in the
direction Of the church yard, the cor.
tege was turning along the avenue te
the right. A month later the two sis.
ters were watching the remains ol
Lady Albemarle, who had died al
Holkham,. leaving the house for buria
elsewhere.
1t is impossible to help recalling
the words of Elihu in the Book ol
Job, "In a dream, in a vision of tn.
night, when deep sleep falleth upor
men in slumberings upon the bed
then he openeth the ears of men ant
sealeth their instructions"
The evening times., 1911-08-21

ers had been completed, an average
of 120 kilometers year. Since then
work was pushed with increasing ra-
pidity. BY September 1, 1907, 572 ad-
ditional kilometers were open to traf-
fic, and by November, 1908. 500 kilo-
meters more were ready to support
the weight Of engines and cars, q rec
ord advance Of almost one kilometer
daily. This showing compares very
favorably with any made elsewhere
in the light of the numerous obstac-
lies inherent to the geographic condi-
tions prevailing in the country tray-
ersed: 80
Among the many technical prob.
lens with which the builders were
confronted was that of overcoming of
sand dunes. These shifting piles of
very fine siliceous material form one
Of the most conspicuous features of
the topography Of the Arabian desert.
Contrary to all expectations, however,
they did not materially retard con-
struction, and such sand hills that
could not be avoided we're simply
used, as it was found that where their
dimensions precluded removal It was
quite safe to ride over them.
The religious character Of the un-
dertaking is well evinced by the fact
that each train carries mosque
wagon, wherein pilgrims are enabled
to perform their devotions In the
course of the journey to the sacred
cities. Externally, the praying car
riage is distinguished from the others
only by means of diminutive min
aret 6.5 feet high. The interior ia,
fitted out, according to current RI
ligious customs, with carpets on HE
floor and suitably framed Ko1Hanic
verses In letters Of gold on the fWalls.
The direction Of Mecca is Indicted by
map at one end Of the car, thus en-
abling the faithful to orient them
sedves when engaged in Their PRAYERS.
The evening times., 1911-08-21
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RAILWAY BUILT IN FAITH
Financing of Remarkable En-
terprise has no Parallel in
80 the. Business. World. q

(Cassier's Magazine,)

(Cassier's Magazine.) ~,
The most remarkable railroad. In
the world now is in cource of con
struction in that part Of Turkey In
Asia broadly known as Arabia. The
railway is unusual in many ways. but
chiefly because 1t IL built on the faith
of the Mahometans all over the world.
This narrow-gauge railway starts
from the town of Damascus, and has
the holy town Of Mecca as It's objec-
tive point. 1t will thus cover q dis.
tance Of 1,750 kilometers. BY far the
greater portion of the line has been
constructed, and the road IL now reg.
ularly operated on the 1900 kilomet.
ers intervening between Damaseui
and Medina.
The evening times., 1911-08-21
THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION.

oSel S"lICu ludI leduS IRON the tWO-
chamber legislative method to the
one-chamber method. The house of
lords is still permitted to go through
certain temporary motions of legis-
lation; but if the house of commons
passes any measure whatever a GER
! tain number of times and within
given space of time that measure
now goes to the king of England for
his formal assent as the law of Great
Britain without regard to anything
that the house of lords may have
done about it. Greece has the single
chamber system, and SO, we believe,
has Costa Rica; but generally through
out the civilized world, wherever con-
stitutional liberty has grown under
English nurture and in the light Of
English example, the British mother
of parliaments, with its two respon-
sible and Independent chambers Of
legislation. has been accepted and
followed as the model. England now
reverses her own established rule un-
der the exigencies Of party necessity.
The first fruits Of the new system
were seen when Lloyd George prompt
ly brought in a government bill for
the payment Of salaries to members
of parliament. This is the price de-
manded by the labor party for stand
ing fast in the coalition. Winston
Churchill has already announced that
home rule bill for Ireland will soon
be brought in. and this is the price
exacted by the dominating Irish Ma
tionalists, under the leadership Of
John Redmond, for their fidelity to
the coalition. A while ago Mr.. As
quith promised the Welsh members,
who are so hot about the disestablish-
ment Of the English church in Wales
that they would not stand without
hitching, that just as soon as he had
whipped the house of lords into shape
the government would bring in bill
to satisfy their wishes, and a bill
of this nature may be expected any
day. All Of these bills can be made
law in due time under the new act of
parliament without the concurrence
Of the house Of lords.
1t is revolution in the English
parliamentary system without any
doubt, but it is that kind of revolu-
tion that could be reversed by the
British electorate if the change were
not liked. There is no prospect of
dissatisfaction with the one-chamber
system on the part of Scotland or
Wales. Ireland is pretty certain to
get local parliament for herself and
with any tolerable degree of modera-
tion on the part of the Nationalist
majority, this arrangement is likely
to endure. Practically it is up to
England and Englishmen to say
whether or not British law shall be
made thereafter by one chamber. Mr.
Asquith himself, in the speech which
was howled down, plainly pointed out
the way in which this new system can
be changed. They" he said Of the
Unionists, and would have said to
them If order had prevailed, have
only to convince their fellow-country.
men that they are right and we are
wrong. and they can repeal our bill.
1t remains to be seen whether Eng.
land has really progressed" to the
one-chamber method as a permanent
system of making law.
The evening times., 1911-08-21
MAKES SWIMMING m YEcoRD
Don Payne Of Grand Forks Made Six
Miles In Lake Bdmidii

According to reports from Lake
Bemidji. Don Payne. ion Of H. e.
Payne of this city, has established a
new record for long distance SWIM
ming at that resort. The 17-year-old
lad swan from Breezy Point" to
the Mississippi river4 q distance of
about six miles. 1t fs said that this
is the longest swim ever made at
Lake Bemidji.
The evening times., 1911-08-21
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THOUGHTS OF OTHERS
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It seems to be possible to represent
q firm without working for It.
1t is usually possible to get the bot
tie open. even IL there doesn't happen
to be corkscrew In the crowd.
In the matter of threatening with
out raining much, many people re-
semble the weather good deal
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-12-01
OPTIMISTIC AVENUE.

If there is one day in the entire
year when the people of the United
State should walk Optimistic avenue
it is the day when we are called
upon by proclamation from the presi
dent and the governors of the differ
ent states to render thanksgiving for
our blessings. Never was there more
cause to do this than in this year
1911.
We are apt to revert to the be-
ginnings of this day when the band
of Pilgrims "moored their bark to the
wild New England shore" 1t is well
that we should do this. That the
little band of men and women with
their families, far away from their
homes and their kindred, exiles from
all that had made life worth living
in a material sense, destitute and
lonely, in an inhosptable country,
amid the SHOWS OF a pitiless winter
and surrounded by hostile Indians,
should find cause and time to render
their thanks to Almighty God and set
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-12-01

dining room to where the tree was.
and then he'd distribute the presents.
The shouts of the little fellows was
the most joyous of all music to his
ears.
lie was a good citizen. lie took an
interest in the welfare Of his town
and was liberal in support of public
enterprise. lie was progressive. hut
his temperament was distinctly that
OF the homc.loycr He never sought
political office nor was he active in
politics. He found greater pleasure i'm
making garden In the springtime and
IN watching the tomato plants grow
and the asparagus, or in building a
trapezo for the little boys and show.
ing them how to Skin the cat" He
loved his neighbors and he was i'm.
terested in his church. but most of
all he loved his own family and his
home.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-12-01

ling OF farmers in the lower branch
of most state legislatures, but they
are largely weeded out of the state
senates. They are scarce indeed as
governors and congressman
And yet when Cincinnatus was
made consul OF ancient Rome-later
dictator, he was found ploughing on
his farm. And George Washington
one of the greatest constructive poll
ticians of all ages, farmed the estate
of Mount Vernon.
There is no class of people that is
better informed, or that has n keenel
wit to see the shams of life. Why
do we exclude the man with the hoe
from our legislative halls?
The hasty thinker may say it is
because the farmer wears a hat that
has grown rusty under the suns OF
the cornfield, or trousers that show
the stain of good, honest dirt.
That theory we hold to be incor
''''' ANlh' I'llNl'lduS buJ VI lcl uttN
to have their wives brush their coats
mornings, horny hands have always
been qualifications for office, and
nothing is more fatal to a candidate
than appearing in a dress suit" and
plug hat.
The trouble with the farmer is that
he is too contrary minded to make
up to the shabby class of unsuccess
fuls who do the dirtier work of poll
tics, and too stubborn to do the bid
ding of the oily boss who in some
dusky ante chamber, does the real
legislating, while his obedient serv.
ants eXemplify the work under the
stately pillars of the house. Instead
of seeing that the heeler got the fat
Clerkship tor which he had demon.
strated his fitness by grinding out
properly tagged nominations, he
would be much more likely to tell
him that applicants for charity should
apply to the authorities supplying
pauper relief.
All which goes to show that the
requirements of craftsmanship have
changed since the days of Cincin-
natus or even George Washington.