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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-22

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If you are man. 40 years old and
surrounded by moder civilization
you are likely to have moments Of
thoughtfulness in which you say to
yourself:
wen. things were different when i
was boy"
Bring yourself up with sharp halt
the next time you find yourself In
dulging In the criticism OF the times
and see X most OF the changes you
have remarked are not changes
which adult men such as yourself
have been bringing about. Look
around you at the average small boy
and see If he doesn't prove himself
one Of the most conservative types of
civilized existence.
In the wOrkaday existence OF the
modern man 40 years old. virtually
everything which concerns him or his
work has been changed. II he should
attempt to do a thing today as he
did II % years ago probably he would
be discharged form his position; or
II conducting his own business, and
persisting, likely he would fail inside
OF six months.
In the life Of the modern boy, how
ever, In spite of the fact that invent
ors. manufacturers. merchants and
the initiative influences of a modern
civilization have been trying to tempt
him from his pleasures of 40 or even
80 years ago. he remains In a large
measure the same boy that his grand
father was before him.
Biblically, the laws of the Medes
and Persians, stood In their day as
typical Of unchangeableness Today
the uncharted seasons OF childrens
games are as immutable. A good
game is good game. But a good food
10 a good food, provided, in so many
cases, that the food is served In sea-
son. And 1t is the season which lends
spice to the boys games.
There are fine winds in March. but
did you ever see a boy trying TO fly
kite in March wind? In August
and September the ground is warm
and dry, but did you ever see a game
of marbles going on then? In the last
forty years, too. 10000 inventors have
been putting over games and appara-
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themselves by displacing the slow
going old fashioned games Of marbles,
tops, kite flying, BAH I-spy, mumble-
the-peg, and eating green apples with
salt. But have they succeeded?
Marbles is the game OF games first
suggestive of spring. Probably no
boy who ever lived ever knew who
was the first boy In school to appear
on the school grounds rafting a
pocketful OF Ftaws and commies."
At the opening of the marble season,
however, 1t always was and probably
always will be March weather. The
ground is moist and cold. Breathing
upon the thumb and forefinger with
which the tawsman must shot, his
warm breath must eondense upon
the thumb to increase the friction
necessary to the shot.
No boy ever gave you this expla-
nation for his "crowding the season"
Probably he never thought OF the fact
as reason. For all you know, maybe
IL isn't reason at all. But every boy
who ever had careful mother has
had TO meet her objections to his COM
ing home with mud ground into the
knuckles Of his right hand, imposed
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-22
TAFT LOGICAL CANDIDATE.
Ia FoIlstts Found to Be Weak Even
In Insurseut Quarters.

~ tnSuT0Snf 6uaTt0fSs
Denver Republican: OF course poll
Of the Michigan, Illinois and iowa edi-
tors showed a big majority for Presi-
Cent Taft as republican nominee next
year over Senator La Toilette. Any
thing else would have been cause for
great surprise. but In this case II was
the expected which happened.
The only special significance about
the result Of the poll Ii the fact that
1t Ia an expression OF sentiment from
q section In which Senator La Toilette
might be supposed 10 be strong, If he
ID strong anywhere at al outside his
own state. Iowa was thought to be the
home Of insurgency, and II certainly
was at one time. But the Iowa editors
hare not been won away from their
allegiance 10 the Republican party BY
the influence and example of Senators
Cummins, La FolIettee and others or
the tnsurgent school.
The fact is the whole country recog-
nizes that President Taft tn the logical
candidate. He ID SO because the nom
nation III due him tn recognition Of
his excellent service as president But
he il SO, also. because the tariff will be
the issue. and more than any other
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by the memorable 'Knuckle down. De
hts piayfealows.
Tops always have been the success
sor OF the game OF marbles. For un-
counted years the top has been ia
friRging upon the game of marbles.
Did anyone ever see that first boy
70 bring q top to the school? Does any
man now living recall that as q boy
ne brought first marble or frst top
70 the school grounds? He knows that
no never talked the question over with
Q committee on games. His impres-
sion win be that as far as he recalls.
every boy came to school that first
day with marbles or with tops, which
ever was due and in season. Yet
neither he nor any other boy ever saw
an almanac which suggested when
either season opens They simply OPP
ened--and everybody was ready.
In the last year or two we have had
the new gyroscope top, spinning along
the length Of string or whirring at
any angle at which the stem is placed
on plane surface. Its novelty has
interested some OF the most promi-
nent engineers In the country. II
ought to have held the interest of the
small boy. according TO every calcula-
tion Of his parents. But 1t didn't.
The boy has deserted 1t In favor Of
the old fashionedtop.
Perhaps the season OF baseball
opens earlier than 1t did twenty-five
years ago. But there is a reason In
the north temperate parallels. due to
the introduction Of the catching glove
approximating the size and weight OF
a pillow. The man Of forty years old
who played baseball with the regula-
tion league ball OF his boyhood at the
most had only a palm piece OF leath-
err with a couple OF finger holes cut
through It. Stopping a swift ball
with hands at a temperature Of so de-
grees Fahrenheit in those days put
the game out of the realm of sport
and into the same class with a mild
inquisition. The pillow glove has ad-
vanced the game on the unwritten cal
endar
Twenty five years ago the blossom
ing dog fennel In vacant lots may
have been a first suggestion OF the
season Of kites. In those days the
"tail'' kite was universal, and the
universal balance to the tail Of rags
or papers was the bunch of dog fennel
When have you seen an old fash
Toned tail kite against the sky line?
But the kite season remains on the
almanac, unmarked but of universal
acceptance, 1t may be box kite,
wing kite, or triangular, tailIess kite
which mounts against the August and
winds. independent Of the
dog fennel, but the season is unchang-
ed. One August day a search OF a
city sky with telescope may fail to
disclose single kite; the next day
the unaided eye may mark score In
side half a square mile. Can you find
the boy who built the first kite? If
you can, do you imagine that he can
give you a reason beyond:
why, say--it's kite time"
IL has required acts Of the national
and acts Of state legislatures
to set aside a day as a legal holiday
land at that half Of the population
may refuse to observe these holidays
But in the case of the small boy
and his games, no man who ever lived
rs boy and man ever heard who es-
tablished the opening OF the season Of
tops and kites.
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Wheatland. Ill. Sept 22.-wiIiiam
Fairweather, the worlds champion
ploughman. will on Saturday next de-
fend his title against all corners at the
fifty third annual blowing match 10 be
held on the Hafenrichter farm, be-
tween Joliet and Aurora. This match
is unique institution In America and
was originated by the Scotch pioneers
who settled on the prairie OF northern
Illinois. Meetings planned after the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-22
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Authorizations OF the parts Of.
speech.
Origin, Composition and Deriv-
alton Of the English Language.
Principles Of Grammar.
simplified Spelling.
Key to Pronunciation.
Dictionary OF the English
Language.
SYNONYMS and Antonyrns.
christian Names OF Men.
Christian Names 81 women.
Foreign Words, Phrases, Pro-
verbs. Quotations, etc
Facts About the Earth.
Declaration Of independence.
Constitution OF the United
States Of America.
Metric system OF Weights and
Measures.
Value of Foreign Coins La
the United States Monsy.
Time Difference.
weather Forecasts.
Presidents 81 the United
States.
Langnase of the Flowers.
Language of Gems.
States, Names. Origin and
NSf8% 49, &x#*
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-22

man now thought OF In connection with
the presidency, he represents the posi-
ton OF the republican party on that
question.
He has exposed the weakness Of the
democratic position and the defects Of
the attempts at tariff legislation which
the democrats made during the extra
session. The country looks to him as
the proper leader on that question; and
1t ID highly probably that tn the event
Of his nomination he win be triumph
antly elected. The party viii not think
of substituting La Toilette for TAFT.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-22
The Supreme
Court
Of Last Resort

has spoken, and it is in
favor of the readers of
The Forum and Re
publican. As could
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-22

Wheatland match are annual affairs
at Rockford and Big Rock. Ill, and
only last year one was started I'm Con-
necticut No piowman has ever been
found who could defeat the Wheat
land experts who can strike furrow
straight an string Originally the
match was OF vast economic import
bat II has long since resolved itself
into homecoming day and one OF
political Significance.
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ace nave they been that their last offer
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

sort of rot. you know. that you do
talk when you're silly little thing.
Well. the mater used to laugh at
us. ! remember quite distinctly once
I said something about what ! would
do when ! was major general. and
she said:
What a ridiculous child you are!
You'll never make soldier!"
And she told the pater about It and
he laughed, too You don't know how
that upset me. know that I was a
silly little child and that / was talk
ing awful rot, but don't think they
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

need have ridiculed me like that. Any
way, after little hit. both Clifford
and / couldn't help feeling that 1t
wasn't good enough. We left on say
ing anything to the mater or to the
pater about what we wanted to be.
Then we began to keep our own coun-
sci about what we were actually do
ing!
And now we've got into a regular
habit Of minding out own business
and only telling the mater things that
are really necessary. ! know II hurts
her. but / can't help 1t now. And
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
stranae ChIIdren.

George Bancroft. the historian.
used to relate with gusto joke that
he caught while trotting to school
along Massachusetts country road.
1t was about old Levi Lincoln. says
Percy H. Epler. in Master Minds at
the Commonwealth's Heart"
The old gentleman was nearly
blind. A flock of geese was being
driven gobbling up Lincoln street.
Leaning far out OF the carriage, the
fine old aristocrat. thinking they were
children. threw out a handful OF PEN
MES, graciously exclaiming:
God bless you, my childrenl-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
don't you think it's not altogether my
fault?-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Damaging sIowness,
runner OF his day,

What bout dem chickens. Mr..
Johnsing. dat CASPIAN dun stole-get
dem back?"
Some OBJ dem, Marcus Yo' see
o'deh de cou't papahs onto him. but
dey wer slow In gettin' OBJ dem out,
an Caspah's family bein' big. de
chickens wer dun Starved befor' de
papahs. jes' dun get de fedders,"--
Success Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
.hyYMiW

the secretions. TIC doctors said
was beyond help. began the use
OF Doan's Kidney Pills and gradually
improved until completely cured. I
have not had the slightest trouble
since"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price 500.
-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. z.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
Begin Right and Don't Put it on for
Another Day.

Eruptivs skin diseases Of many
years standing have been cured by
the application Of Rssinol ointment
and the use Of Resinol soap In few
weeks. Begin with Resinol and you
begin your cure. II you've tried
everything without bensAt Try Resi-
mol. and you win no doubt sss i'm
provement from the start. ResinoI
ointment cures all forms Of skin srup-
tons. az acne. eczema. herpes. cry
sipelas. erythsma. BARRIERS itch. pol
SON ivy, ringworm. etc. Resinol oint-
ment Is the best dressing for boils,
carbuncles. felons, cuts and all abra-
sions of the skin. At all drug stores.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
Mistake of the Mother

going to do and what we want to do
It's quite true. We don't! But
don't think It's our fault. I believe
1t is due to another of the matters
mistakes Wien we were kids, Of
course, we had all sorts of mighty
ideas. Clifford meant to be president
Of the United States. And intended
to carve out my career with my sword
and be a major general at least. The
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

the box usually control on the
pitcher chat dsconcerts infeld
Players confidence they
happen The catcher may a "pitch-out'-
ball thrown wide of the batter catcher
have clear throw to second to catch
nfeders signal and both the
shorstop and second baseman leave their positions
making the play the pitcher ptchout expected
ball through spot left vacant and up
the whole Once they lose pitcher in
game. very dtncut regain that they viii
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

best pitchers connected with professional
baseball have received bumps from humble that
they have held for themselves has van
ished Cy the nobest old
Roman them ALL has been beaten by village teams The best
champions not long after they had
beaten by the unknown Cuban teams
their late transforming trip They pitched
good ball. of ball that would defeat team 1t
came to matter seasons record but luck the
thing aOthes that makes baseball the thrilling and
perfect game is otherwise There times.
when all the science outguessng in the world will
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

had everything circles, they
everything had didn't mind myself
for Bowerman He had to keep living there. and
didn't III 1890
The real test of pitchers ability oppor
ing team gets bases His responsibility increased
while his freedom OF pitching
constantly and at the same time must
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08


] shall never forget a trimming ! got
from village team in Michigan. just
after we had defeated the Athletics for
the worlds championship in 1905. Frank
Bowerman and went on hunting trip.
AS soon as the natives of Franks home
town. Romeo Mich. knew that ! was
his guest, they came and begged US to
do the battery work for the Romeo club
In a game they were to play with the
club representing the adjoining
town. We agreed, and ! am afraid that
our willingness cost lot of honest
Romeo villagers everything except their
family plate. The thought of defeat
never entered their minds. any more
than 1t entered ours. but the little rival
towns club came over to Romeo and
gave Messrs Bowerman and Mathewson.
fresh from their big league triumphs,
touch of high life that they never forgot.
They beat US to 0. and guess they
are celebrating 1t to this day. l don't
know Just how they managed It, be-
nauoa 7 xuao In rorfant frf,,, 49, 49,
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delay. J. L.
Richardson, Red
Key. Ind, says:
my back ached
as though Il
would break. I
could not move
without intense
pain. My kid
neys were In
such bad shape
that It was neo-
essary to draw
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
He Was Innocent.

Johnny Williams had been bad
again.
"Ah. me. JOHNNY" sighed his Sun
day school teacher. II am afraid We
shall never meet In heaven"
What have you been doin'?" asked
Johnny. with a grin.-Harper's Month
ly.
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And They Adjourned.

The Mutual Admiration society met
and was called to order.
What Of all things in this worlA
do you like best?" asked the girl,
angling for compliment
''Bee,lteak!" cried he. taken un-
awares. and moment later the So
ciety adjourned.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
Woman Loses the Confidence Of Her
Own Children Through
Rldicule.

The mater was talking to my aun'
Che other day l happened to over
hear what they were saying
couldn't help It. The mater was
complaining because Clifford and l
don't tell her things, don't confide In
her what we're doing and what we're
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

n PITCHING and winning
your games" | have often
been asked by devotees of
the American game, "how
much figure does brain work
cut ?"
Many an honest young ia
matte has asked me that
question during the ten years
and more that ] have been
pitching major league base
ball, peering at my head
meanwhile as though he ex-
pected some such reply as mo
headwork whatever" Many
an older and wiser baseball
follower. fortified by the
A.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

once told me that he could tell to Ger
tainty when certain pitchers were going &c
deliver the ball to the batter. This en-
abled him to get running start and many
times the poor catcher was blamed for
allowing a stolen base. when in fact the
pitcher was unconsciously at fault. John
McGraw, manager Of the Giants. spends
several weeks each season in
teaching his young pitchers to
overcome that kind of a weakness.
The tremendous popularity of the
national game-its popularity is grow
ing every year-means that in the
years to come there will be hundreds
OF baseball stars where there are doz-
ems now. Every healthy boy has 1t in a
him to become a good ball player.
though he may never care to follow
the pastime professionally. Being
professional player myself, ! may be
overload Of the game to which owe
so much. but can think of many 9TH
er callings and many other pastimes
that boy might better shun. Base
ball Is always played out in the sunshine. ,
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Wonurous knowledge that comes 70 after
of squatting grandstand
thing IN modified form.
How much figure does branwork cut? don't quite know
myself do know that pitcher powerful agile,
hope to become being thoroughly
equipped from the shoulders The desirable
the good eye even more desirable but without the little filling
OF matter that is popularity supposed skull
pitcher might just as well pack his suitcase
the quaint little village where he first discovered isn't
the iron in the because lots onghoemen
pcnes arm In two with single twist it's the combination
brain and body the perfect cooperation of mind
makes man successful major league twrer
Most pitchers who break company and stay there
by consistently demonstrating ability are men that went
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

fast ball and slow curve are the success
full pitchers best assets.
Lovers of baseball have often asked me
how l deal with a batsman whom l have
never faced and about whose batting ability
] know nothing Every seasoned pitcher
has been called on often enough to meet
batters he never saw before, and in such
pinches he must rely largely on luck.
When l am facing new batsman for the
first time, pay particula attention to two
things-the position he assumes at the plate
and the way he holds his bat. If, for In
stance, he holds his bat well up toward the
middle there isn't much use Of sending him
speed. Batters Of this type are always ready
for speed and they can meet the fastest
ball q man ever threw. low curve on
the inside viii do for q starter. and II
such batter goes after 1t and fails to
- connect. you have his number"
The batter who stands back from the
plate with long bat and a grip near
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
FARM FOR SALE

One of best farms In Louisa County, Va, about
$50 acres, 3 miles from O. a %. Ry. Well fenced,
good dwelling and out-buildlngs, and land In
hne condition Has paid me, without living ON
tobacco. Only reason for selling Ia that other
business prevents my being able TO live
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

deliver the ball to the batter with the
least possible swing of the arm. In
other words. he can't wind up" Some
pitchers find it difficult to get as
much speed. curve or accuracy with
the short arm motion as they do with
their usual swing This affects some
pitchers mentally. as the curtailment
of physical effort prevents them from
concentrating their mind on the man
at the bat. At the same time the base
runners, and frequently the coach
ers, are constantly trying to annoy
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
DON'T NEGLECT YOUR KIDNEYS.

Kidney troubles are too serious to
neglect. Slight ailments are often
fore-runners Of dangerous kidney III
ness and should be treated without
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

pitchers the Baltimore club back In
ninee three successive remnants with pitch
whose names scarcely be remembered
hackneyed need il pitchears could well
changed what is htters base runners and Held
srs." Without than there can be no pennants
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

the getting much Of lead. and when
he does start the ball is pitched out Of reach OF the bat
that the catcher have clear throw to second
While the pitcher is watching the base he
that the base also watching him. in effort
whether the ball be delivered to the plate the
Therefore preliminary the of
pitcher must betray his intentions.
George Hatren. the famous base his
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fought against
had developed into murderer Of the high
delivery Keeping Geaeons advice mind moth
during the SERIES had hn helpless from
1t not been Gleasons tip. Monies always
dangerous bat might have trouble that SERIES
there close games before 1t all
The strength pitcher aside from his control
players call his mixture"
what the word mplieshis variety of slow
balls his serving Of this that What call the
change pace the delivering ball
with the preliminary motions the mixing high
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southeastern of the adjoining
While batter work hard and certain weak
ness necessarily that he becomes great
hitter In centering his energies overcoming his
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

And lots of people who think they
have nothing but trouble don't know
what trouble really is.
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y
baseball Granting that pitcher needs something than
clear head admitted that the successful pitcher
always There hundred and little things
that good twirler his hundred
zone little things that the baseball lover doesn't know
anything always made 1t practice before
into crucial SERIES kind of authentic information
about the strength weakness of batter slated face