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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04

prevail of human or animal SACRIFICE
yet the Brahmins who claim TO be
true Fedantists, have so perverted tho
original teachings. that all over In
| tfia, at certain seasons the most aorri'
Bile slaughter of fowls and goats oc
ours as part of their religious festi-
walls.
TO propitiate the gods OF blood, three
animals are permitted to he killed, and
others have the tips OF their ears cut
to answer the purpose Of sacrifice.
! The leading BrahmiDs OF tho mod
ern day are enlightened men of wide
education; and 1t seems Incredible that
they have been 80 long in coming into
I Prominence az opposing these terri
BILE. barbaric rites
: The Maharaia of coehmere tbefore
the government agent took the mat
I ter in handD sent cat an edict, that
on his large estates of hundreds of
acres, no animal should be slaughtered
{ for sacrifice, or for food. 1t was his
I action which encouraged the govern
ment TO make an effort toward re-
I form of this ancient barharic custom.
! When the Christian missions under
! take to do away with these bloody
! sacrifices by religious teachings the
| Indians point to the fact OF our IN
( Vulnerable slaughter houses where
thousands Of animals are slain in place
OF every one sacrilced in India. They
also ask the Christians why 1t ia any
worse to sacrifice animals than it was
for the Christian god TO so sacrifice
his SON
But when the law speaks in India
there Is no argument 10 be made, and
10 the government not to the mis-
sions, must We look fer such reforms.
The 8. p. c. A. societies should be
strengthened also and given more men
and means 10 carry on their work.
Mohammedans are supposed TO de-
stroy no life, save as Is necessary Tor
food. Yet In Java the Sultans keep
both wild tigers and Hons In cages
for their own Amusement. and two
travellers were Informed by the keep
ers of these cages that for small sum
of money a live dog would be tossed
into the cage for the entertainment
Of the travellers, They declined the
profrered pleasure" but learned that
agents were on the watch continually
for stray dogs. which were captured
for the food OF these wild pets Of the
Mohammedan sulrans.
The Dutch government must be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04
A Royal Playfeliow.

King William III. was one day en-
gagged deeply In matters of state.
There was knock at tbs door.
who Is there % said the king
my LORD Buck" was the reply,
coming from "a childish voice.
What does he want 2" said the king,
as he went and opened the door. d
THE king for my horse To draw my
carriage"
His secretary. who perhaps had
never seen a smile ON the royal face,
looked on with wonder; but, To his
establishment. the king laid down his
pen and parchment. and laid aside
the cares of state. A smile spread
over his featHres. He took hold OF
the string and trotted up and down
with the carriage. to the complete sat-
isfaction OF my Lord Buck. Perhaps
none but a child could have aroused
so completely the sympathies Of the
king .--Presbyterian.
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The bible,

The Bible contains 2.566.4s letters,
I I 81 ii words, 81. i33 verses II g 4
chapters and IS books. 80 Of which
are in the Old Testament and II in
tn. New Testament. The word and
occurs i0.ss4 times, the wood Lord
1852 times. the word Jehovah
s,S55 times, the word reverend"
but once which is In the ninth verse
Of the ll1th Psalm. The longest
chapter Is the ll9th Psalm. ard the
shortest the 1I7th Psalm. The TWEEN
ty-first verse OF the seventh chapter
Of Ezra contains all the letters OF
the alphabet except j. The longest
verse is the ninth verse of the eighth
chapter OF Esther and the shortest Is
the thirty-hfth verse OF the eleventh
chapter OF st. John. The middle verse
is the eighth verse of the listh
Psalm. The nineteenth chapter OF III
Kings and the thirty seventh chapter
OF Isaiah are alike. The word girl
occurs only twice. in the third verse
of the third chapter OF Joel and nth
verse of the eighth chapter Of zacha-
riah.
CLARENCE N. BAuGHAN.
Ford Va
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The QUEST Of the
LION PRINCE

ia
pe turned lil'p !" l'h 'V', ~, - -.
( FORM "oaia haN ~ NV '9 - ~
Y'a's hu' way ~ CO.. :, Ii -.
""uia pfotee' nun iI'h 81 u@.'s %
ana ny ana ny tleS re. on 90.
taxing their httie chHo win l.ie N ~.
TN" princess causes a room 70 DC hebt
~ strong as could De- III Whlch heF
husband was to stay while the bridal
/ lights shone But the door. being
mad, Of green wood. split and left 81
chink. through which the light # u
wedding torch touched the prince. and
turned him on the instant into white
dove. when the princess entered the
room she found her husband trans
formed into A Whit dove. which said:
-. a., .,..,z,,s,,,
F'f sew" years nus ny va. ~ = :,
the woFId' bG' al H'etF ~s''hs ~ iiaii1
WIZ ofop urop oI o'oou anH a., &c
you faithfully follow these you may IN
the end by able 10 save me-
Then tie dove flew out Of doors. and
THE princess followed it. AT every sew
enth mile 1t let fall drop OF blood
and a leather, which showed her the
way, Thus she Travelled over the world
without stopping 10 rest. SO that in
time the seven years were almost
spent. The thought that they were
heart. Ore day. however, thu dove
disappeared. and nowhere did she see
"a drop of blood or a feather to guide
her She faced the sun, thinking no
man could aid her now and asked,
HAST seen a dove flying past Sure
IN you. who shine everywhere and see
an places. can help me
Nay" answered the sun; hut l
will give WOW this casket. and IL YOU
s,and ~ need Of assistance. open H."
She thanked the sun most heartily.
and walked on until evening had come
and the moon was sailing In the sky.
Hast seen a white dove tiying2"
she ASKED. Thou who shinest In every
tree IN The world should know"
Nay. I have not seen one" answer
ed the moon: 'but | will give you this
egg Il es4a. fse&d. add break it, s....s
she Thanked the moon very warmly,
and again went on until she met the
north wind, She asked him the same
question. but he could tell her moth
Ing neither had the east nor the west
wind seen the dove But when the
south wind Was asked. he said. YEA
] have seen the white dove. 1t hath
flown 10 the Red sea, where 1t has
gain taken the shape of "A lion. for
the seven wears are accomplished; the
Hon AT this very moment In engaged
with an enchanted caterpillar. who liz
really IA princess
GO to the He'd sea. said the south
wind to the princess. 'on the right
shore you viii see number OF reeds
These YOU must count, cut on the
head Of the seventh ana peat the cat
erpillar herewith. when You nave
done thus they VII bo,h recover tnelr
human I"lLhS' ne sfitnh Wnlcn sI'N
on ',,e ne' "a w " pe ~ n1ila IN
,he "@ck o, ',0 nfd f"u must "o,n
itap' anu -S ulu WI" t' ~ 20 ,,o,,
s,,..l, saiI -, . a. ~ MI.
~ - "a, - MY, ,rr[a, frnrn
!. , whfc, ~, s,ia, ma, rest
~, ~ ~ +, canpot rest tharaon Won
Nj, krow for certain that e. * not
ahie ~ boar Won home Forge, NOT
~ cas-, IN the nut. for II Won do. Won
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THE Te ok THE S!ez1

Once a fox was eating his supper.
and got bone in his throat. Il will
pay you If you will get this bone out
Of my throat with your long bill. -
said the fox to a stork. who was
standing close by So the stork did
it. and said: Now l am ready for
my pay. Mr., Fox"
II think II was pay enough that
7 admit bite your head off, said he
fox as he ran off to the woods, leav-
ing the stork to his own angry
thoughts
EDITH RAWLINGS.
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SHORT LETTERS FROM
=: CIRCLE MEMBERS =:

not. am going to try TO start fresh
and write oftenef. / got part OF he
composition am sending (which is
headed The Bible') out OF an old pa
per, but | don't reckon that will make
your old Gray Goose get IT,.
Your nephew
CLARENCE y. BACGHAN.
Ford, Va.
Dear Aunt Nancy can't send in any
drawing this week, because un H't
feeling well. / am having = nice
time this summer. sitting in the es't /
shade. reading the chlldren's page. As
am not feeling well, / Viii close TOR
this time. f"1r n'eCe,
Hazel. C0RKEE.
Beaver Dam, Va.
Dear Aunt Nancy have been read
ing Tho NlrgiuiHn Juvenile Circle f"r
some time and like II fine. | would
like 70 become a member. ! am fifteen
wears old and live out In the country
/ think the other little members ora"
and write real well. Please send u1~
badge. | WIN try to have a drawing
or tory In the next Sunday pepsr
" hat Is your richt address / don [
think have ii right
From your new risce,
SFNA FRANCES BRYANT
Bride Greek. Va.
r. 5. Are YOU going 10 give irlzrs
for The best letters
My Dear Aunt Nance, Il was SO scr
~ that 7 dii not see my letter a. Il
drawing last week. bnt won't think
of that, fer have sarae guas. news
10 tell you. My eldest brother was
married last sunday. Now isn't that
grand One ~ my cousins from Sf9un-
ton is out now fer the summer NirRle
Palmer VIII write next week = she Is
able Mama has gone out driving, so
! am the housekeepsr. I liked Maps
Fishing Tripr fine don't know Shat
nmr circle would do II il Want Tor
Emma slater, do you Hoping the
Graz Goose viii he entertaining his
company. I am, Yours niece.
EDITH VIKINGS,
Nirefan6. Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04
4 Century Of Comparative Peace

1t must he remembered that n
year 1915 Will be the one-hundro14r
anniversary not only Of peace -
tween Great Britain and the uRit4
States. but OF the end of the Na6
leonic wars eDspite the cOnAf1
that have marked the last one M
dred years. these are as n0thtn9
comparison with the almost u0hG
ken series OF bloody wars begtnaiI
way back In the middle aeen n1
coming TO an end At Waterloo.
compared with the centuries
preceede it. the one hundred II
ending In 1915 constitute u cent
Of peace, OF the steady advnnaS
justice This great doin.nant
should be celebrated at San Fr1nS
In order that men may turN r.
future With even gFeataF han6
promise. Review e kasteu6
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04
The late Mr. Charles Keene, the ar

The late Mr.. Charles Keene. the ar
list of Punch, used TO describe with de-
light his meeting with Il person he
called a "pot-h house Ruskin." He WAS
one of two In an hmm parior, Mr.,
Keene being remote auditor. He
was haranguing his friend ON things
In general The friend ventured to
interpose an objection. The speaker
drew himself up with much dignity.
II amt a-arguin' with you." he said.
I'm a. teliin' Of you"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04
PUZZLE DEPARTMENT

both ends, and make 1T longer?
3. What In this: four down hangers,
two looks, two crooks, two fiops, and
q switchabout?
TRMER CORKER. 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-04
ANSWERS TO LAST
WEEKS PUZZLES

Riddles
/. Rainbow.
9. More you Xix It the faster 10
goes,
3 A dead hen.
4. One IL It were long enough.
5. Chile
s. Austria Hungary.
z. Ice.
4. Ink
EMMA ELIZABETH SLATER.
Jumb1ed Names OF Fowls In Figures
/. Guinea
q, Chicken.
3. Turkey.
4. Goose.
GRACE A. MASON.
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Beaver Dam.
July "a. 1919.


Dear Aunt Nancy will try 10
write you more interesting letter
this time telling you something about
country life. I should think the city
counsins would 81 10y reading some
thing about the country. Perhaps
some Of them have never been in
the country and don't know how eN-
crything looks. The corr is ali green
and there are plenty of vegetables,
watermelons. muskmeions, fruits
and everything nice that We can 20
and get ourselves We can 60 out N
the woo's and pick hiackberries
strawberries. ana buckle berries
expect 10 10 TO the closing exercise of
one 81 our country schools f'r' day
ana have n got time, don't
think our Aunt Nancy uses those NJ
tie drops of paint and little puns OF
powder very often. because think
she keep busy putting the letter o.
go many members In the paper u
they are good. / VIII close fer this
time. r
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Conundrukiss.


| |. Why is "a wig Ike lie?
| 2. When does a farmer bend his
sheep without hurting them?
3. What Is an old lady in rver
! like2
T. What is higher and handsomer
when the head is Oft
5. Why is life the greatest of rid
dies?
s. How many sticks go to the
building OF a crows nest?
Z. Why is an egg like a cote
s, What La the difference between
q cloud and a whipped child
8. What's the difference between a
soldier and a young LADY,
10 What's most Ike q cats tau7
leila TUWSEY,
Jumbiec Names Of Flowers
/. Esro.
z. Snyap.
3. Fsewptia-
1. pintl
s. SupkL
6. VII.
FRANK BOGGS.
Riddles.
]. A man built a. pigpen under an
apple tree. What did he build 1t
there for1
2 What is II that you can cut Off
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BARBARA CORK-R.


IendTo'0n, va
Dear Aunt Nancy 7Tfs sehe4hE
yea sonee conun drums which nor
v{fi 49, In trirt mex. sunday wfll
Ne fourteen Thursday. ! ksFe DARK
bsfr aud blue eyes ana as agiy a9
rau be. enyav reading very nl""h'
I l,,,.e ~~aa 49, 1fs'ta 9@"7r8 ~ '"nH.
von.'' .'Freck!ea." y Can't" Life or
Henry Ciav II Can and MANY oth-
era viii Try and send . drawing
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From your nelCe
ZELtA TOW SEY

Dear Aunt Nancy hav" not writ
ter 10 vo,lr etah before have oe@H
reading the page. and ike IL 80 m'th
that want TO Join am s2tn~ 10
sers IN some stories ana puzzles ana
zee II can't t,e some help In the elN0.
Your uephew.
FRANK B0GES,
r-rhnuua. Va.
D.ar Aunt NaGcy,--I reckon you
have nearly forgotten me. bat hope
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-26
Daddy Bedtime
~. Bold Bonnie,
Story The Funny
Burglar Boy

Bennie Dressed Up In
His Fathers Clothes.

- ADDY said that small Bonnie was a funny little chap. and he would
tel. them a story about him, 81 Jack and Evelyn struggled down in
the story corner to hear what he had to say.
Bonnie is just i've years old, and.n the country town where he
lives thieves have been going from house to house, taking money! a piece
of silver from the sdeboard II clothing from the rack In the hall. f&.ss
"One afternoon Benntes mother went to the city to do some shopping.
When she came home she said she would bring Aunt Fannie with her to spend
a few days ~
After his mother left Bonnie went out to the kitchen to talk it over with
Bridget, but Bridget was nodding over the last nights newspaper. She an
swaed so sleeply that Bonnie went back into the sitting room, where he had
been playing with Gyp
"'Let' lay burIar, Gypie' said Bonnie to the dog.
"Gyp kd what Bonnie took to be Yes, vest and they went upstairs to
find some clothes to dress up in.
"Bennie found an old coa Of his fathers When he put it on and but
toned it around his little waist the tails reached to the floor Then Bonnie
got out daddys high hat Even by tipping it back o his head it came. Wen
down over his nose.
Then Bonnie went downstairs and got his nice new gun that would shoot
peas and paper wads he held it in one hand and hourished grandpas cane In
the other #
"Just then Bonnie heard the train snorttng a it came round the curve be-
yond the station.
"Muvvers comm an AunHe Fam he cried in gRe I'll scare them. /
winr
"Bennie ran out into the garden and hid behind the big rosebush inside the
gate.
Just Is mother and Aunt Fannie opened the gate Bonnie jumped out
"FPm a burlar; I'm a burIarv he shouted.
"ScaredP OF course those two ladies ought to have been scared when a
big burglar jumped out that way. but they just laughed and laughed until
q stone. +. "a.@
And really Bonnie did look very funny. though when he saw the box OF
candy aunte carried he acted very much like a real sure enough burglar"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-26
Sinking New Well.

Sheldon, n. D., Aug. 24.-The first
material to be used in sinking Shell
don's new artesian well arrived last
Friday. 1t was a carload of pipe
shipped from the company's head
quarters at Cakes and consisted. of
$50 feet of the outer casing.
The derrick and engine to operate
the outfit was hauled in from the VIM.
Pueppke farm southwest of the village,
Wednesday night, and workmen are
engaged in erecting 1t. AS soon as this
is completed they will Immediately
begin operations and sink $50 feet of
the outer casing. The remainder OF
the pipe is expected to arrive any day.
Three castings will be sunk. The
first one, a six-inch pipe, to a depth
Of 80 feet, and the other two will be
driven into the artesian rock. The
well company is taking every precau-
ton in handling the situation and
believe they will experience little
trouble In getting an excellent flow.
M. N. Williamson, vice president OF
the well company, will give the work
his general supervision.
The site selected by the village
board for the well is a block north
of the old one and the vacant street
is being used for this purpose. This
will necessitate the laying of a block
of mains to connect up with the pres
ent Waterworks system.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-26
Angle News.

Fo AREie' Henry N u Larson ASsi I IS sick w H9s
typhoid fever and was taken to the
hospital at Williston. Word from there
stated he was very sick, but we hope
for better news from him soon.
Willie Larson has left A. T.. Drakeley
and is stopping with his brother,
N. Q. Larson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Anderson enter
tanned a large company of friends on
Sunday.
NJ. Southern has been visiting with
the Norwegians. for a couple of days.
Henry Hendrickson has raised his
shack and built a kitchen to IT.
The ladies sewing circle met with
Mrs. N. o. Larson last Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Chas. Amundson entertains
them Aug. 20.
The heavy rain fall of the past few
days caused the grain to lodge, and
looked quite discouraging after such
a favorable season, but. the wind swung
around to the west and raised it UP.
This week will see most of the grain
in shock.
Our new school house Is nearly ready
for and when ready will be
one of the finest school houses in this
part of the county. Carl L. Goueson
will teach the east school n Mrs. d.
e. Peterson the west one.
School will begin Sept. 8.
Elmer Carlson is expected home from
Canada, for the threshing season. :.
There will be a thresher's meeting
at Mr.. Albert Barmen's place Saturday
evening, Aug. "a.
Charlie Huss who is visiting with
his brother, will soon leave for VAL
paraiso, Ind. to attend school this
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Westberg and
w. Larson drove yer to Christ Sol
berg's last Sunday.
IIOr. A
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-26
MORE POLICE.

The action of Alderman Rupert and
other members Of the city council in
providing for the appointment Of ad-
ditional policemen during the next two
months al a wise provision. The
men will confine their activities entire
~ to the residence district and be in
plain clothes.
If the new appointees are active and
alert they can be a great deal Of pro-
lection to the people of this city. It
is presumed that Mayor Sweet will ex-
srcise especial care in the selection of
his appointees and secure men who are
fitted for the work. With these ad-
ditional policemen on the job the
people Of Fargo will be less afraid OF
the dark spots along the streets-and
will also sleep more securely when
they reach home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-26
SABBATH AND SUNDAY
In a ForcefuI Sermon Bishop Mann
Defines Two Terms at Gethse-
name Cathedral Yesterday.

st. Mark Ii, %, And he said I'M
to them, The sabbath was made for
man and not man for the sabbath
was the text used by Bishop Mann
for his sermon, yesterday morning, at
Gethsemane cathedral. For thirty
minutes the bishop commanded the
closest attention of the fairly large
congregation present, with his force
full and splendid prepared exposition
of the text and plainly interpreted
definition of the terms, sabbath" and
Sunday" The bishop said that the
observance of the sabbath was the
peculiar characteristic of the Jews.
other nations had their rites and OBJ
servances, but no other nation OBJ
served the seventh day as did they,
The observance of the sabbath was a
sure badge of the Jews.
Defining sabbath and Sunday, the
bishop said that the sabbath was
ordained to be a day of rest and the
idea foremost was that it was a day
of rest for altman and beast. Sun
day as we know 1t is a day of rest
and worship. He pointed out that
sabbath and Sunday are apart and
might be kept now as two separate
days. Modern christians have agreed
to combine the two days. In these
| days in the United States the tenden-
Cy is TOO muCn towards the rest l0ea
and not to worship. When christ
ians ask for the Enactment of Sun
| day laws they do so as citizens. The
state did not make Sunday and 1T
cannot unmake it. The bishop said
he had heard men allude to the old
fashioned or Puritanical idea of
sabbath observance, how strictly they
were obliged to attend all services of
| the day OF Sunday as well as other
religious exercises, and they would
say my children shall not be subject
ed to such strict requirements, but
| the speaker said he had noted that
those same fathers, the majority of
them, were successful men of affairs.
| private and public, they were in the
front ranks commercially and social
ly, they filed important positions Of
trust and commanded high respect and
confdence-mainly due to the strict
training and discipline in youth. How
different with so many of the young
of today. If there was more of the
old fashioned in our living today 1t
would be better for us all. When in
Rome, the bishop said he noticed that
church going was pretty much the
| same n day as another, there was
no particular difference on Sunday,
He urged that we must shun the
French Sunday and closing he quoted
distinguished writer's and preachers
on the subject of sabbath observance
and Christ's command as stated in
the text and 1t was a broad one.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-26
NORTH DAKOTA IS BEST
PLACE TO MAKE A HOME
This Is the Opinion IF George Hancock After an Extensive
Trip through the West and to A~laska-ntdest-
ing Account Of journey.

the way I am satisfied that they win
Two Good Cities.
'tBoth Moose Jaw and Regina are
two good sized cities and they are
growing, but like all other Canadian
cities the real estate values are inflat-
ed about to the bursting point. VIM
nipeg has grown wonderfully In
the past ten years, but like Seattle it
is laid out for a city Of 1000, 900 and
the expenses for sidewalks, sewers and
streets are enormous Half the terri
tory of the city would to my mind be
ample for the city for many a e a
The Manitoba farms between VIM
.nipeg and Neche are not at all in keep
ing with the farms across b border
Sin North Dakota. The farmers in the
Canadian district do not appear to
have done anything to improve them,
and there have practically been no
trees planted. The difference in this
lis most apparent, for in crossing the
line and getting into Pembina county
one almost feels that he is getting i'm
to a park in comparison.
Never Looked so Fine.
North Dakota never looked so fine TO
me and the appearance is greatly in
our favor when compared to the Ca
madam country and investments and
= Col IdN ia AVA ~ Op1NAOAS = ESAQ
much superior to those in the domin-
ion. The rents and real estate values
are 800 per cen lower in our state
than they are UP In Canada, and I sup
pose some time there should be q hap
Ply medium struck which will be about
right for us down here.
"The only way I can account for the
high values in the dominion Is in the
fact that the Canadian railroad people
as well as the Canadian government is
selling much land over in Europe to
spectators. who have never seen the
land and don't know what they are
getting. The land is doomed to the
limit. l was shown corner lots i n
towns that didn't have 100 population
that were sold to people in Europe at
from $4,000 q lot on up, and If there
is ever a time when these lots viii be
built on it is in the dim distant fu-
ture.
my advice to the people of North
Dakota is to stay at home here, culti-
yate what you have and be satisfied
with one of the greatest states In the
union, where you are sure of what you
have"