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You may remember the story. Pluto, the
god of Hades, had carried off the beauti-
full Persephone, the daughter Of the god
dess Demeter, and Demeter was hunting
her. She came to Neusis disguised as an
old woman, and the king there enter
tanned her so we'll that she gave seed
corn to his son and taught him to farm.
She finally found PersephOne and ar
ranged with Pluto that the latter might
stay with her outside Hades for two
thirds of the year, while during the other
third she would remain in darkness. like
seed corn in the ground. 1t was on ac-
count of this legend that the Greeks held
their farming festivities here, and here
they have them today.
At this dance the girls were dressed in
costumes of silk embroidered with gold.
Their heads were covered with wells of fine
silk, the ends Of which were striped with
gold. They wore the long gowns which I
have described, and on their breasts
were squares of gold coins so strung that
they extended from one side Of the body
to the other. These breastplates were
their fortunes, each girl carrying on her
person the dowry which she brings to
her husband in marriage. The Greeks
have no marriages without dowries, and
the bride is expected to add her share to
the fund which the groom has laid up
tor starting housekeeping. In some parts
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70 their work in the fields. The holdings
are small The farms on the plains are
from ten TO fifty acres in size and there
are very few in the country which have
more than two hundred acres. I have
spent the last week in riding through the
chief agricultural districts and pen these
notes at Patras. the chief port of the
west. It took me day to reach it from
Athens, and there were vineyards and
farms all the way. / first crossed the
plains Of Attica- They are now spotted
with orchards and vineyards. The trees
and vines are bare, but the buds are
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NneCdOfe6 COncelnin0
Well-knOWn peODle.
The Shield.

MISS GRACE srRACHAN. president
AVA OF the Teachers Association. OF
New York, was being congratulated on
her successful fight for equal pay for
woman teachers
1T is odd" said Miss Strachan. smiling
but the men who most earnestly opposed
equal pay were men of the so-called
chivalrous type-the type that says wom-
an should be protected, woman's place Is
the home, and so forth
Protectors of this kind remind me
of a soldier named Carlyle
Carlyle. a veteran private. undertook
to train a raw recruit. In the first bat
tie Carlyle was heard repeating over and
over again to his recruit:
BE man. lad. Don't duck. Don't
duck, / tell you. I'm behind you"
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Bad News.

JEROME s. INVADE, the wealthy Du-
J luth sociologist. was talking at an
Easter dinner about the American
heresS.
she is beautiful and brilliant and all
that" he said, but, with her millions, she
is Internally independent. The penniiess
American youth who weds her has hard
time OF it. He Is put away in year
or SO. Hence, from his point OF view, the
foreign nobleman is welcome to her.
thank you. She is no Easter egg.
The penniless noblemans title holds
his end I'D. The penniless Americans
end sinks. He is always afraid Of being
turned out in the cold. He can't call
his soul his own.
II know one Of these poor chaps. mar
ried to a Philadelphia heiress-she has
divorced him since to take on banker
who once got wrecked at sea. But he
was picked up floating on spar, and
from the first port wired TO his brother:
81 am saved. Try and break 1t to
my wife,
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Of the country ! am told that the boys
of the family have to wait until the
girls are provided with husbands.
Weddings are usually held in churches
and the priests perform the ceremony.
According to the rules of the church,
boy cannot be married until he is four
teen. and the girl bride must be at least
twelve In many places the girls are not
married until fifteen and in some not I'M
til eighteen. The dowry is fixed before
the wedding. and If it has not been paid
the bridegroom may demand the cash be-
fore the ceremony takes place. Many OF
the marriages are a matter OF business
and divorces are not uncommon.
The farmers daughter is supposed to
have a trousseaU consisting of at least
three costumes. One is for everyday
wear, one for Sundays and the other for
festivals. In going tn the church the
wedding party is usually mounted on
mules, with a man going in front playing
the bagpipes. After him come the bride
groom and his friends and behind him the
bride, who must be silent all the way.
Following the bride are the mules
bearing her dowry. The bridal gowns dif-
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A Juvenile "Cal."

THE Rev. Charles F. Aked at a dinner
j in New York praised those clergy
men who work without thought OF popu-
larity or wealth.
There are some people," said DR.. Aked.
'who seem to regard q minister's life
as did a little Liverpool boy.
".well Reginald I once said to this
boy, what are you going to be when you
grow up?'
promptly. There are always such good
dinners when the preacher comes.
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It Was Muffinq.

GOD CGS' RAYMOND, pitcher OF the
- New York Giants. is a great Wit
on the field" said the sporting editor at
the Pen and Pencil Club in PHILADELPHIA
Raymond was disguised one day at his
teams wretched outfielding. Batter after
batter sent up high flies. and these easy
balls were muffed alternately by left and
center.
Bugs at the sixth mum, threw down
his glove and stamped on it,
There's an epidemic In the out-field,
he said. but, by lingo! 1t isn't catching
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handkerchefs bound around their heads.
The women are uniformly straight and
well formed. They carry heavy burdens.
and that on their heads. / am told they
are intelligent industrious and thrifty.
They are taught to sew when quite small,
and are expected to embroider the skirts
to be used upon their wedding days. This
is often done long before the marriage
has been arranged for or even proposed.
Such skirts are homespun linen, heavily
embroidered with silk. l bought one in
Athens, which had a band of silk thread,
worked in curious patterns running foot
deep along the edge of the skirt. The
silk alone weighs several pounds.
The Greek country girls nave their ma
tional dances. l saw one at Eleusis. with
in sight of the ruins where were cele-
brated the mysteries, in the famous tenn
pie where Demeter was WOrShiped ana
where the art of agriculture had its start.
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The Easter Elephant.

FUDGE BEN B. LINDSEY, defending
J woman's suffrage at Albany, said of
an opponent:
He objects because he misunderstands.
His description OF woman's suffrage is
about as wise and accurate as the little
boys description Of the Easter circus
elephant.
This little boy, seeing an elephant for
the first time on Easter Monday, shouted:
"'Oh, pop. look at the big cow with
her TAIL"
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produces fine muscatelS and suitanaS. and
also grapes which make excellent wine.
The native wines are so cheap that the
common man has wine at his meals.
Many of the farmers make their own
wines after the old style. in which the
Juice is trodden out by the bare feet OF
the girls Of the family.
I saw but little wheat on my way
across Greece. although / am told both
wheat and barley are grown. The most
of the wheat used is imported from Rus
STA. Some is still raised on the plain OF
Thessaly. which in the past was the
bread basket of the country. This plain
is now divided up into estates owned by
very few people. who rent the LANDS
for two thirds of the crop. The govern
ment proposes to buy the larger farms
and sell them off to the peasants on long
time at low prices.
Another increase in the farming lands
of Greece will come from the draining
of Lake Kopais. This will add about
10000 acres, and 1 am told that there
is more which may be brought into use.
As it is now, less than one-fifth Of the
country is cultivated and only about one
tenth is used for grazing. The only
farms Of any size are those In Thessafy
and in the kopais basin.
The Greeks are very backward as to
their farming methods. They are using
the same tools their ancestors did
when old Athens was in the height Of
its glory. The wheat is cut with the
sickle and bound with the hand. The
threshing is done with fails. or the grain
As trodden out by bullocks. Much OF the
work is done by women and girls. oxen
are used for blowing, and the pillow is
a. forked stick with a rude share at the
end. Fertilizers are almost unknown and
no rotation Of crops is practiced. The
people plant the same grain year after
wear. until the fields are worn out. and
then let them lie fallow until they re-
cuperate. The soil is thin and light, but
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The Lamb.

ssTAMEs R. KUDNE. At an Easter ceie-
bration In Cedarhurst." said New
York broker, "once gave, In dozen
words, the Wall street dehnition OF
lamb.
"a lamb sal4 Mr.. keene. is one who
invests first and Investigates afterward.'
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THE Farms of Eleusis and

THE Farms of Eleusis and
! the Vineyards of Corinth
How Grain. Is Raised-A
Look at a Farm Village-The
Honey of Hymettus-Greek
Country Girls-Queer Gus
toms of Love and Marriage
When Xanthippe Is Silent.
,convrieht. 1911. BY Frank G. Carpenter.)
0pecisl Correspondence Of The Star.
PATRAS.
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swelling and they will soon be covered
with emerald leaves. The soil is a rich,
reddish brown. which shines ike velvet
under the rays Of the sun. The noun
taDs arc blanketed with robes of silver
gray plush, the dusty grass, upon Whlcn
focks of sheep and goats are feeding.
AS I crossed these plains | stopped at
Eleusis to attend the spring festivities OF
the Greeks preparatory to planting, and
thence came on to Corinth, which IN the
days of Christ was as large as Boston is
now. II has shrunken to less than four
Thousand. and is mainly made up of farm
ers. The town has not been bettered by
the Corinth canal. which there cuts its
small and most of the ships still so around
TO the Piraeus by sea. There was ship
in the canal as 1 crossed it.
From Corinth on westward the railroad
passes for miles through great vineyards.
The vines have been cut back. and they
are now nothing but stumps as thick as
my leg and high as my knee. They
are budding and will soon put out the
new sprouts for the year.
AS looked at the stumps a Greek off,
cial with whom I was travelling said:
living. They produce the chief crop OF
the country. bringing in from five to ten
million dollars q year"
Indeed" said l. Il did not know that
Greece was q great exporter OF wine.'
1T Is not" replied the Greek, but
these vineyards are not grown for wine.
The grapes they produce are known as
currants. and they are shipped ali over
the world for making plum puddings.
fruit cake. buns and mince pies. We send
thousands Of tons of them to Europe and
from 100000 to 20.OO0O0O pounds to the
United States every year"
But the bushes are are not like our
currant bushes?".
They are not currants in that sense Oi
the word. They are a seedless grape as biz
as marrowfat pea and as sweet as sugar
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HE Greeks Of today

IL ~ -
are q nation OF
farmers and sail
ors. The cities are
few and there are
only twelve towns
which have more
than ten thousand
Inhabitants. T h e
most of the people
live in farm. vii
lagos, from which
they go out dali;
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THE CORINTH CANAL.

THE CORINTH CANAL.
They are dried and sold as raisins. They
get their name. currant. from the fact that
they were originally grown near Corinth.
We have, all told. about 10000 acres de-
voted to them, and we regulate the crop
so as not to cheaper the prices. This mat
ter comes up in parliament and 1T is one
of our political issues. We have a cur
rant bank, organized to aid the Greek
farmer and other banks help them in
handling the crop. At one time the cur
rant bank bought up the poor currants
on the market and sold them to local dis
tillers for brandy. This was because 1t
was feared they might injure the reputa-
of the world
From where are the currants
shipped?"
1.-THE most Of them are sent to Patras.
and thence to the different countries by
sea. The export Is sometimes as much
as 1900, 600 pounds per annum."
Since this conversation 1 have made
some inquiries about the Zante currant.
as it Is called. and am wondering If 1t
cannot be produced In America. We are
now taking about 1900 tons every year.
whole crop. We have all sorts Of eli
mates. and some which correspond to
that Of Corinth. Parts Of California
and Arizona must be Of that nature. I
am told that the currants often produce
a net of $40 per acre and that a currant
vineyard will sell for 500 or $500 per
acre. The vines begin to yield in their
fourth year. and are In their prime at
twelve years. They will keep on bearing
for fifty years. and vines are shown here
which are said to be 100 years old. The
vines are planted and cared for as in
most grape-grOwing countries. The cur
rants are ripe in August and are easily
dried and packed for shipment. 1 am
told that the inferior part Of the crop
now goes to MRrseille where it Is used
in making the cheaper French Wines be-
ing mixed with grapes for that purpose.
In addition to the Zante currant Greece
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Z ~ -
What's the Use
BY Herbs
Great only great their methods They simply
draw scaLehnk bigger unfstrudge
further horzonscGmb longer hscones in greater
and accept no compromise from Opportunity.
It's the of the game well the size of the that
spells
ve-douar call for equal Gegree Of
skM
Both require the the watchfuness-
the shreuudness Judgment The SAME RULES
and the SAME AMOUNT OF TIME:
All difference lies the hn, The degree Of the wn
ming fixed at the beginning.
The smaller stake calls for the greater struggle
Fear nickel tighter than courage holds its yell
loupback
It's greater gamble take chance than risk all
your full capital of ,0it and grit in plunge
Suppose you don't succeed first you always make
another try.
So long strong and healthy and long
you confidence retain all Of assetsyou
well equipped after each setback at the outset
you're afraid to slip you'll rise Speculate with
your Inheritance Of capacity and intelligence
The heart and the soul inexausbe The brain
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Use bTfhTighfs You can't lose them unless lose
your
you fall Short you fall further than bedrock, and
that's where you stood in the beginning.
You've everything when ready lose a and
after you haze lost you still possess your first stake
You're broke until your determination breaks
Failure begins and ends the individual When you don't
believe that you achieve you wont
You'll stay the background until you grow a backbone.
You're rich-her the mghtest the
hood Fear coes the voice of ambition and Doubt of Self
saps daring.
The piano that inges with maudLn ballad is ready
to surge and throb with Beethoven
The that produce tawdy capable of
master melody.
The who your time who hours and fix
upaee this world with equipment identical with
yours.
they Interpreted themselves bigger keytey sounded
their natures-hey weren't satisfied with their
minor chords!
WHY DON'T YOU QUIT BEING; A PKERi
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-23
The G. A. R.
in PARADE
Taft Reviews Slow March Of
Old Veterans
4 %
MY UNEQUAL TO MARCH
FORT NTH ANNUAL REVIEW
OF } @ GRAND ARMY OF THE
REPu AT ROCHESTER THIS
MoRNlk TAFT ESCORTED
THRouG, AIN STREETS.
MY UNEQUAL TO MARCH

Rochester. N. r., Aug. 2s--The fast
thinning ranks OF the Grand Army of
the Republic, gathered in Rochester for
the Forty-f1fth annual national en-
campment passed in review of the
president this morning. The remnant
of the unions defenders walked rather
than marched, many of them hating
and with apparent effort.
Not all of the veterans were equal
to the task Of covering the entire line
of march and scores of them dropped
out before the parade reached the
stand in Washington square, where
President Taft reviewed the slowly
moving pageant.
President Taft arrived at 9 o'clock
Entering an automobile and escorted
by the Twenty ninth infantry, United
States regulars from Fort Porter, the
president was driven through the main
streets.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-23

Chesterfield, Va, Aug. 23.-w1th
twelve jurors already selected,
but sixteen necessary in order
that the defense may exercise it's
right Of four peremptory challenges,
the trial of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.,
charged with wife murder, was re-
sumed here today before Judge Walter
A. Watson Of the Chesterfield cir
cult court.
The day was set aside solely for
the completion Of the jury. all wit
neSses having been excused until to-
morrow so that when court convened
there was nothing before it except
the examination of the thirty tales
men summoned yesterday.
Beattie was brought from Jail in
Richmond in order that he might be
present at the law requires, while the
jurors were being chosen.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-23
CANDIDATE FOR
cow GIRL rs THIS
DAMSEL FAIR.

Bismarck. ~. D.. Aug. 28.-The
following letter was received by
superintendent Of Agriculture Gil
breath:
Baltimore, Nd, S03 e. Ave.
Friend--I write you today on a
very important subject. / want to
ask you IL you would grant me a
favor by sending me as much in
formation as you possibly can. The
first thing want to know is If
they have (cow girls) on ranches,
and how they live, and what they
receive? I am young girl. is
years old, and / have everything
that / want, but what IL the good
OF it all? When am very un-
happy my heart throbs for the
west only.
If you will be kind enough to
answer this letter will send you
my picture IN the next.
With much love to all the boys,
and best regards to you. remain,
Annie G. Wabar,
S01 East avenue, Baltimore, Md.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-23
ATWOOD ON
LAST LAP
Got an Early Start and Flew
to CaStIeton
HAS 1855 MILES YET To GO
rs NOW AWAITING PARTS FOR
HIS MACHINE AND WILL LEAVE
FOR TRIP DOWN THE HUDSON
TO NEW YORK AT O'CLOCK
THIS AFTERNOON.

Albany, N. Y, Aug. 2s.--with 1875
miles OF his 1,265-mile fight from st.
Louis to New York to be covered,
Harry N. Atwood today landed at a
point just south Of Castleton after f1y-
ing forty five miles from Fort Plain
in one hour and forty live minutes.
He made the trip with but one stop.
necessitated by a leaky gasoline tank
at Glen, near Amsterdam, and will
continue on his way to New York at
O'clock this afternoon.
Atwood's fight this morning was
made within 300 feet OF the ground.
The air was thick with haze and
there was light southwest wind, the
coAditions being about the best for
flying since Atwood has been in New
York state.
Shortly after his arrival at Castle
ton, Atwood announced that he would
await the arrival OF pontoons for his
machine from Fort Plain and probably
would not start for New York until
about o'clock.
Atwood left Fort Plain at 7:25 this
morning. He arrived at Fort Plain
yesterday at 7:05 p. m, after leaving
Belle Isle at 4:55 p. m. Yesterdays
flight was made in calm air.
1.-THE air was as dead calm as a
pool" said Atwood. Most Of the
time kept my hands in my pockets
or read time table"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-23
MAY
GET SQUARE
Has Started Proceedings to Get
Caddigan'S Property
"SALTED" Mine STORY FAKE
AMENfA MAN WHO WAS SWIM
DIED HAS BEGUN PROCEED
INes TO RECOVER ON SOME
PROPERTY or cApDIcANs-NoT
MIXED IN SECOND sWINnLE.

Those legal proceedings instituted
in California by H. f. Chaffee are not
on sailed mine deal but are the re-
suit of swindle in Minneapolis sew
eral months ago." said Robert Reed
Of Armenia this morning to The Fo-
rum.
The story OF Mr.. Chaffees purchase
o. that famous $4,000 gold brick in
Minneapolis several months ago is ia
miIlar to Forum readers. The swim
die was cleverly perpetrated and John
Caddigan was arrested in Los Angeles
last spring as the man. During the
legal sQuabble over haDess corpus pro-
ceedings, Cardigan. who was out on
bond, disappeared. 1t was reported
that he has suicided and body wash
ed up ON the shore was identified" as
his. This later turned out to be a
hoax and Cardigan was seen after
wards in Mexico.
Mr.. Chaffee while investigating Cad
digan's record, learned the swindler
owned some mining property in Cali
fcrnia and recently began proceedings
at San Bernardino to secure possess
sion OF the property to recover money
advanced on the gold brick swindle.
There has been no subsequent
swindle or transaction of any nature, .
Mr.. Reed stated. 'The Los Angeles
reporters got the recent proceedings
and the old Minneapolis AFFAIR confus-
ed and sent out erroneous reports
without proper investigation"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-23
GROWING Trees AT
EDGELEY station
FINE SUCCESS IN TREE GROWING
AND IN CORN THIS
YEAR.

jamestown, N. d., Aug. 23.-Prof o.
A. Thompson, in charge of the expert
ment station at Edgeley, was In the
city today. He states that the
station now has some 1000 growing
trees of many different varieties. The
station has been established some eight
years, and during that time one thing
has been amply demonstrated, that
both forest and shade trees can easily
be grown in this part OF North Da-
kota. There are $50 acres of land in
the station and fifteen acres are used
in tree culture. The best grower for
a shade tree is the native green ash.
The Norway poplar is a fine success,
as well as the bull pine. They have
also grown numerous fruit trees such
as plums, apples, the Compos cherry,
q cross between a plum and q cherry,
and very fine for cooking.
In the grain crops alfalfa has been
successfully grown but requires good
soil. Corn this year is a fine crop.
northwestern dent and Minnesota 13
making the best showing. The small
flint corn makes sure crop in North
Dakota and nothing is better for fat
tening pigs and hogs and letting the
animals harvest the crop.
Professor Thompson thinks in plant
ing trees along streets and yards for
shade, fruit trees might be well used
instead Of forest trees. They would
serve double purpose.
The dry farming methods put into
use this year at the Edgeley station
show that the life of the crop can be
prolonged about four weeks, or that
such methods are insurance for that
length Of time. But without a certain
amount of moisture to start with in the
soil, no crops can be matured by the
dry farming process alone.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-23

Richmond, Va, Aug. 2S.-In the lit
tie red brick prison at Chesterfield
courthouse, Henry Clay Beattie, jr..
now awaits trial charged with the
murder OF his wife. Beattie shows
the same GOODNESS and lack of interest
in his own trial which has been so evil
dent throughout the proceedings to
date.
Judge Walter A. Watson will pre-
side at the trial which opens Monday
next at 10 o'clock unless the defense
can show some legal cause for further
delay. From venire OF 80 farmers
16 win be selected, and from these 4
will be eliminated until the IL who
who will decide the fate of Beattie re-
main.