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from books, surpassed that of any oth CT man in the public life of his day. If he and Blaine, or he and Ben Harrison had been fused and made one, what Il giant he would have been, I have said that Garfield was much of the boy and very feryid. case in point was when he excla.m med: of Cicero were reincar- nate and should visit these walks, Ran Tucker is the only man who could hold satisfactory converse with him" So great was his admiration and so inn plicit his confidence in his friend that he constituted Tucker one of the guard ians of his children.
 Fuckers son and successor in Con gress Henry St. George Tucker. and Samuel W. Mccall. of Massachusetts, are the warmest personal friends, and every winter they spend hours of social converse when at the capital. The friendship began in the F'ifty-fourth Congress when Fuckers seat was con tested. Mccall was a member of the committee on elections and it was hls speech that saved the day for the sit ting member.
 Tom Reed was too gigantic man to have close chumshp with another, though he was quite democratic in his manner and hail fellow with many. During his entire twenty years in Con- eress he complimented but two men one was Oliver Cromwell, who had been l dead more than two centuries, and the other was Henry G. Turner. of Georgia doubtless the most finished character | then in public life.
 l But Reed was sociable. He liked to be with Harry Tucker, McCall's friend
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1866 as making the actual close of those activities, Past and Present. falls ex- actly at his zenith, in 1S43. It's intense
 power, it's restraint it's humor, it's clear vision, would alike mark it as belonging
 thought was ripest, passion controlled, perception clearest, and the right word ever at hand to clothe the precise thought
 The Abbey of st. Edmundsbury has lost its poor dotard abbot under whose weak rule everything has gone wrong, debts have multiplied. roofs are falling in, tho Eeels can no longer he caught in sufficient numbers to pay the rent of certain town acres, and the mopey-lenders are forever
 dunning Abbot Hugo, doubling, trebling
 quadrupling, the principal by frequent
 compromising of unpaid notes. But the
 poor man has now paid his own last per
 sonal debt by rheumatism of the heart
 and consequent decease and surrender to
 the kindly Earth, and now. the monks
 must choose their new king, whom they call by custom their abbot, which is to
 say. Father" Evidently it is their method of choosing which interests Car lyle. He knows how needful it is to find
 the most able, the most divinely equipped
 man. to act as king, whether you call him abbot, commissioner, pastor mayor,
 bishop pope, representative, president, or any other synonym for king He is to be ruler, he, with responsibility like that of the father or head of the house, with care and ferethought for the least and
 those who may most easily be wronged. What capacity, above all what integrity
 must be his! And so when the prior as sembles the monks in chapter, they put h inn 6nr h fr int net fully, 12 of their number. they all assent ing, who shall go with him to King
 Henry II, at Winchester, or Waltham, and there elect an abbot. Certain steps
 are taken to guard the 13 from hopeless
 deadlock, especially by the appointment
 of secondary or nominating committee
 from among the wisest and most vener-
 able monks who shall solemnly nominate and write down and seal the names of
 three, on one of whom the 13 must agree
 before returning, unless hindered by King Henry'S authority, in which case the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05

XO1EI.L worth the while of any man A/ or-woman is it to read or to re-
 w read, our old teacher and mas fall into neglect, while students of En- glish literature spend foolish hours over insignificant rhymesters, and while prac- tical materialisms multiply, and while the doctrines of political pessimism take root in the minds of our young people, that were a loss incalculable. I am sure that no greater service could be done to any young man or woman with native brains than to introduce him or her to Carlyle. Dour, stern, reticent as a thundercloud, yet what beneficent rain he carries for the thirsty world! How with all his paw ky humors and boisterous, Broddingna- gian laughter, an infinite tenderness be- sets him! Like sunshine on that thun- dercloud, pathetic compa ssion haunts Car 1yles tempestuolisness. But it does not make him soft Everywhere and always he urges upon us tho reality of truth and the inevitableness of the right. Here is the Hebraism of Carlyle, the product of generations of reverent, psalm-reciting, Book-opening, prayer-making ancestors this remorseless conviction that only the
 
 indeed. What better bread can we giv, our children to eat than this divine word? Our poor, sodden, shelter-hunting age is nervous and fearful because it is starved From load of coal to an act of legislature, all Is saturated with pre- tence. Your coal will be wet to make 1t heavy, and your 2000 pounds of fuel will prove perhaps 15O0 fuel and 300 the rains of God turned to channel of robbery by men. Do you perchance ask who is the seller of coal? The answer is infinite ly sadder than the misplaced moisture. Congress gets to work for pure food and forthwith prices begin to soar. Why? Be- cause you were fed on lies before. Only when you sit down and believe the lies are you permitted to live at peace. Is Washington, is Montgomery shrine of integrity? You elect men to an office of public responsibility, and To, in mo- inent you have prepared trap for their honest feet, illusion for their innocent hearts. Do you imagine that because you
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ADONe the Wreck or matter ana tnc crush of worlds there stood the figure | of a man.
 | Or, if you choose to put in into high CT terms, there was man sent from
 God whose name was Spillane
 Fred Wentz. a Chicago man, deliber-
 ately helped himself to lot of coal | The thief! | But wait
 l He took the coal from the Illinois Gen.
 tral Railroad company. which has plenty
 of coal. That makes difference, you say. t- | It was a cold day.
 Suppose it was That does not miti-
 gate the matter. And Wentz was a coal
 hauler, which does not make his offense d lesser one''
 But wait, say, until the story is told. Frank Wentz was on his way home with his empty coal wagon. 4. child called to him from a shack, Mother and | I are freezing" Wentz stopped his team and went in.
 There was no fire. On the bed lay very sick woman
 Then this coal hamer with bowels of
 mercy in him, drove his wagon ,tc q coal car and dumped about half a ton
 of coal into it and delivered it in front of the shack. Having made fire and given the child dollar to buy something nourishing for it's mother he started home. Then he was arrested The stalwart teamster. begrimed with coal dust. was haled before Judge New comber of the Harrison street court.
 ''Well,, you see, judge, that poor lacy | is pretty sick, so I just took this coal to her Maybe did wrong, but I'll pay
 for the coal''
 The prosecutor and the railroad de- Itective who arrested Wentz insisted he should be locked up and held for trial. Finally the judge said "If you took the coal for the poor sick woman 1t was a generous thing to do. You had no right to take the coal, though You are discharged." fti Now, was Frank Wentz a thief?
 Did the judge do right in discharg-
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George Alfred Townsend lost an inter- view with Bluff Old Ben' Wade be- cause he wanted it for the Cleveland Leader. which old Ben characterized as "a d-d Chase paper.' Chase having been his colleague in the Senate, and q greater figure in Ohio than Wade.
 Perhaps the strangest case of all the warm personal Friendships was that of Ben Tillman and "Bill' Chandler. How ever, they had a common aversion Grover Cleveland. One night when they were in seance to look up a rate bin for Roosevelt, Tillman. seeking to verify date, exclaimed with some inn patience, "Chandler, it must have been about the time you were down in Flor ida stealing the state for Hayes" But they got along together famously, and both were admitted to the Ananias club about the same time.
 Though not by long sight an identi- cal case. the association between Till man and Chandler recalls an anecdote related by Macauley. Catherine Sed- ley was very homely and a very bril- liant woman, and James IT. was her lover Speaking of the connection, she said: For my life ] cannot see what his majesty finds to admire In me. 1t cannot be my beauty. for he must see that I have none. and 1t cannot be my wit. for he has not enough to see that have any"
 But antagonistic as are the different schools in which Chandler and Tillman were trained, they not only became warm friends, but touching many public questions they even came to think to- gether.
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Of the people, and the money-lure seems excessive.
 Success has come of the commission system in other cities, in exact propor- ton otheir elimination of the old pro- fessional politicians, the city hall gangs Without the commission system success has come in many cities through the pub lcty of inquiries made or through the race for population, or through local civic pride Fearful blunders have been per- mitted here. Suspicious have been culli- vated by legislative errors local jeal- ouses, personal rivalries. so that we are
 in a sad coil of woe.
 Well, then, are we to be ruled by Kings or Quacks? By men or by rival groups of political consplrators? Is the breath of our city to be tainted by the foul miasm Of suspicion? To avoid it had we not better begin again and get a sitting machine to work, what Carlyle calls a winnowing machine, made of our best and wisest, and then let us accept their results? Does anyone suppose that at Montgomery the nominations were reached in any reverent manner, with mind fixed on the Thrice Holy?" Why should the souls of Brmingham's citizens be shuttlecocks for the battling of rival politicians? ven for us, even in this age Of shams end deceit and unbeief, 1t IS not impossible to discover the right, the wisest. most capable, truest man or group Of men.
 But having found them we must not leave them unattended. Most watchfully we are bound to consider them, to pray for them. to both believe in them and ex- act their best and most honest service. For theek is only the final servant of the people, and with their veneration he requires their most exacting, most jealous attention. None is so tempted as your kings. The court of a municipal king ship or commission, is the conscience and the intelligence of the people. To get that conscience and intelligence vocal Ia now our most important duty. A munich pal league, with a half dozen or mora district circles, Vmight perhaps meet the necessities of the case. Only eternal viz iance can make even the best govern ment safe. We may thus make quacks kings and kings more kingly.
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The red head of a Funston mods a greet ing to Opportunity as he moves out of the Presidio before daylight to save San Francisco from the mob
 It is the quick recognition of Oppor- tunity that turns the flank of the foe, puts to rout the army of the aliens, con trols circumstances and makes way
 Young man
 Opportunity is rapping. Keep your ears oIen!
 And keep your eyes open. You may be able to see Opportunity before it knocks at your door--when it knocks at the dooI of another. Let that other turn over in his bed and refuse to get up if he chooses Let him stop his ears If he will.
 Sheridan did not do that
 Nor Peter Cooper.
 Nor Andrew Carnegie
 Nor must you. Opportunity is friend of yours. Get up at the first rap and open wide the door. Greet the friendly guest | Ard now ahideth harmony. happiness health, these three, but the greatest of these Is harmony.
 Because-
 Both happiness and health largely de- pend upon harmony.
 Ii there is in you anywhere, Tn body, mind or spirit, the element of d'scord energy is wasted. The more energy you waste the less vitality you will have; the less energy wasted the more vitality, It is q well-known fact that strong vi taity is able to throw off disease.
 This is no faddism.
 1t is a scientific fact.
 When there is concord. harmony in nina and body. the process of digestion goes on without friction. The food one eats goes to the right place in the right way, is assimlated and the cells nour- ished.
 But
 Introduce discord. Indulge yourself iu fit of anger or envy or jealousy. agitate your mind to the point of worry. and il makes little difference what you eat The food does not obey the normal law of di- gestion and assimilation. Ii goes into waste. And waste clogs the system.
 What Is the matter? Lack of harmony and the presence in
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Slow

F'on Everbodys Magazine.
 Two hunters, returning from the Cat skils. decided to try some New York Citv humor upon the agent of a little railroad station in the foothills.
 When does the 349 train get inf' esked one.
 The old man regarded him seriously ano at length. Wall said he. 'sshe generally gets in just leetle behind the enGine.'
 Later they approached him respect fully.
 About time that train is due, isn't 1t. uicle?' ss#
 Yes said the agent, she's about due. There comes the conductors dog"
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A delightful chumship was that be- tween John Randolph Tucker and James A. Garfield. The relationship. between Garfield and Blaine was much like mas
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
THAT MAP IN GREAT NORTHERN
BOOKLET IS MR.. BAIRD'S
HOBBY,

The Great Northern booklet on
North Dakota carries map which &C.
cording to Mr. Baird Of the First Nat
ional bank, is the best advertisement
that could be given the great section,
the Lake Region, Of which Devils Lake
is the center. The map shows the
main line of the Great Northern in dis
tinct heavy lines, with all the feeders,
the branch lines running up to what
Mr.. Baird terms "The Breadbasket of
the World.' The number of branch
lines show up in marked contrast to
other sections of the state, together
with the 500 railroad and the proposed
500 line, and it is easy to see that this
great section, the Lake Region, must
have the stuff, declared Mr. Baird, for
it takes railroads to carry it out. The
Lake Region stands foremost Of the
sections of North Dakota traversed by
railroads, and with more coming this
way, there is no question but for the
number Of miles, nossimilar area in the
United States is traversed by more
iron highway. The wealth of the coun-
try can be measured by the railroads
leading into that country, and if such
is the case, the people of this section
have no cause to fear.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
MEETING WITH GREAT SUCCESS
AT THE SCHOoI-MUCH Is
ACCOMPLISHED.

The typewriting contest which is be-
ing held tthe high school business de-.
partment is being made great SUCCESS.
Speed and accuracy is the principal de-
mand Of the instructor for the con-
test. Thffe contests ar. h,.u. held
tAl'e :; n nth for thru, days duration
AMI TIL record f.,r til. first contest
this month is as follows: Ronrt Eos.
berg earned off high Lonors, getting
- correct words mlnut, for thirtv.
one n,;nn'es. Everett D.,cl! x9s next
witt, 81 words a minute Tor "a minutes.
'!!'', aho:e was the record for the sec.
ond class. The first class homo r
last place were won By Martha Schultz
who '.:fte ~ correct wo-.,.s a minute
'''r 81 minutes and Fanny Ray took
second :tnors with 36 correct M,rds a
minute for 81 minutes. y .oli medal
is to i;c given to the scholar in CT, h
class waking the best record ."ht sec.
ond contest is on now and Martha
-rhni;z las broken s,n previous rec.
rrds made in the scho,l with S., "or.
rect w;'"t;s for time of tkir'y seven
minutes. This record of Miss
Schultz after only eleven weeks spent
in the class, speaks very highly of
her work.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
PERHAPS THE REASON WHY
YOUNG MAN FROM NELSON
co. DID NOT MARRY.

Scan we get marmedfn was a cues.
ton which stranger from Lakota
asked Judge Henry in his court cham.
bers yesterday afternoon. When the
judge informed the man that with the
woman and the necessary credentials
such an occurrence could take place
the man readily pulled from his pocket
license issued in Nelson Co., and al.
sured the Judge that he had both but
wanted someone to do the job, where
upon he was informed that he could
have his choice Of minister or the
Judge would do it himself.
After obtaining the information as
to how much the charges would be the
fellow left with the understanding tina,
he would return, but he failed to show
up later on and whether he let a min
lister tie the knot or postponed the
event tho Judge has been unable to find
| out.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
SUCH ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES
GEORGE GRAHAM HAS TO
MEET WITH,

To have to spend his honeymoon serv.
ing On jury and leave his wife at
home On the farm, is the experience of
George Graham, prominent farmer OF
I.dIlore.
A week ago Monday Mr.. Graham
made himself happy for life by taking
the matrimonial step. The We ldins
ceremony was performed in this city
and with his bride he departed to his
homo near Edmore. Immediately upon
his arrival there he was triumr hantly
met by every resident nearly of the
neighborhood and treated with a cor.
dial charivari and to the delight of the
visitors he threw his house open TO
them and joyful time was experience
ed until the next morning.
The next day he was compelled to
return to this city to commence ser
vice On the jury and in such capacity
is spending his honeymoon. Not like
other young men, who have been priv.
LEGGED to take an extensive trip and
enjoy themselves in short tour of the
country, he was compelled to leave his
wife at home on the farm. This is an.
other case where justice proves to be
a rank injustice.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
FLAX CROP AT DIGMAN'S FARM
CERTAINLY rs A WONDER
THIRTY BUSHEL AVERAGE.

James Digman, prominent land
holder in this county, returned to his
home at Fargo recently after a very
successful reaping Of grain on his hold
angs here. Having in large quantity
of fax which did exceptionally well
Hhis year he returned we'll pleased with
the results.
What is probably the best record
made around this county for some
thine was accomplished on Mr.. Ding
man Is farm. His fax averaged thirty
bushels to the acre and in some in
stances went above this mark.
on Of three acres which he sowei
Hhis season he threshed 10 bushels Of
max, which at the present market val
ne is IN immense interest On the in
Hestment which, he has in the land. =.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
GREAT WEALTH OF BEAUTIFUL
BLOSSOMS BANK 0AsKET OF
IKE WRIGHT.
FIREMAN o'LEARY's CAsKBT Az,
so COVERED WITH MANY
FLORAL TRIBUTES.
o'Leary's Body Shipped to Spring
Valley, Wis, Yesterday-Wright Ser
vices Held Today at hdinot-Body
win be Shipped to st. James, Mimi.
Many Lodges Offer Floral Trib-
utes to Departed.

Tuesday afternoon at Minot the
body of Engineer Ike Wright was in
state at the Knights Of Pythias home
banked by a great wreath of beautiful
floral tributes. From the boys employ.
cd in the round house was crescent
and star on the base, from the B. of L.
F. and E. and the B. of R. T., gates
ajar and from the B. of L. F. and E.
large wreath with cross bar, a pill.
low holding a Tyre from the B. of L.
F., 4 broken wheel from the knights
Of Pythias, and pieces frim the VI. R.
G. and LADIES' Auxiliary of the B. of
l.. F. and E., and from the ladies aux.
iliary Of the B. or r. T. and from many
personal friends.
The bowers were practically dupli.
Gates Of the pieces which accompanied
Fireman CLeary's casket on its 81.
lent journey to Spring Valley, Wis.
At the funeral services today an ex.
cellent tribute was paid to the depart,
ed engineer, the funeral being attend
cd by many sympathetic friends.
Relatives and friends accompanied
the remains through Devils Lake to.
day on Great Northern train No. 4, en-
route from Minot to St. James, MIMI,
Mr.. Wright's old home, where burial
will take place. The services this morn
ing were under the auspices Of the K.
P. lodge at Minot.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
PROMINENT ATTORNEY OF THIS
CITY TELLS OF CONDITIONS IN
DEVILS LAKE,

Fargo Forum: w. M. Anderson of
Devils Lake, one of the prominent at
torneys Of Ramsey county, arrived in
the city this morning to try a case in
the district court before Judge Pol.
lock. While in the city he favored the
Forum with call.
Everything up around Devils Lake
is getting along fine," he told a For.
UNI representative. CAN the crops are
about in and our weather has been
pretty fair. We had no such BLIZZARD
as you people did down in this vicin.
ity."
In speaking of the political situation
up at the Lake, Mr.. Anderson said in
regard to his own candidacy for the
district judgship, or the position of
state IS attorney, which he has formerly
held, that he did not think he would
be found in tho race.
81 don't believe either Mr.. Cuthbert
or I will enter the field this year al
all. As for the district judge, do NOT
believe there will be any candidate
to oppose Judge Cowan for the peo
pie up there have all found him to be
pretty straight in the twelve years he
has been on the bench.'
Both Mr.. Anderson and MI. Cuth
bert, the latter former law partner Of
Governor Burke, were members Of
Judge Cowan's counsel during the i'm
parchment trial last spring in the state
senate.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24

Fargo, N. D., Nov. 22.-Fred Lemke,
charged with forgery, the case having
been transferred from Nelson county
to Judge Pollock, was acquitted this
morning in the Cass county district
court, S. G. Skulason, states attorney
of Nelson county and Attorney Fowler
appearing for the prosecution and At
torneys John j. Samson and William
Anderson Of Devils Lake for the de-
PENDANT.
The case was of special interest in
that it involved the accusation Of Fred
Lemke signing the name of his brother,
William Lemke, to note. The case
grew out of a civil action when vii.
liam Lemke was sued for the payment
of the note. Two notes figured in the
deal and Fred claimed the power from
his brother to sign one Of the notes,
but in the defense it was brought out
that he signed his brothers. name to
the wrong note.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24

There is Sunday school class of
twelve boys, ranging from 8 to II years
in one of the Devils Lake churches. On
Sunday the lesson was that Of David
and Goliath, and each step was allow.
ed to sink deeply into the scholars.
One little fellow who was looking to-
wards another part of the room and
not paying much attention to the les.
son, was addressed by the teacher, who
said:
"Henry, who was it hit Goliath with
stone from a slingshoti"
Henry looked puzzled and glanced
at other members of the class. Then
mastering up courage, he answered:
"Please, Miss, I don t know. came
to Sunday school direct from home"