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is it?'
. The above is quoted from an article
entitled Fire Prevention in the Home,
by Fire Commissioner Joseph Johnson
Of New York city, which appears in
January Pictorial Review. He further
explains-particularly warning women.
Portable gas stoves must of necessity
have rubber tubing attached to them
but il should be renewed every few
months. Rubber is very scarce in this
age and the quality one too good. The
rubber tubing of gas stoves deterior-
ates with age, often leaking or break
ing outright, allowing the gas to es-
fire. because 1t mean an explosion as
well. Gas stove should be connected
with iron tubing, not rubber, wherever
possible, even IL the initial cost is a
little bit more.
How often do you clean the grease
out OF your gas oven? They are fire.
quently used Tor broiling purposes, and
women have been burned to death by
their clothes catching fire while trying
to remove the burning meat from the
even, Many foolish wise women have
thought first of their meat and then OF
themselves and their home. IL case
your meat catches fire in the oven,
quickly turn of the gas and throw salt
by the handful on the blaze But do
not use any water. The salt will put
out the FIRE; you can scrape o: the ex-
cess salt and he meat will still be
palatable.
1 know it hardly seems possible that
in these enlightened days women are
still doing the prehistoric thing; yet 1t
does g happen. There are women who
rise q little too late to get breakfast
on i'm or dash home too late to get
dinner ready at the stated hour, ind
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14

Every Ten Minutes a S 1000 House Burns Down

IF all the buildings burned last year
in the United States were set up side
by side. on both sides Of the road, they
would line an unbroken avenue of
|desolation which would reach from New
York to Chicago. Set up on ! d
Of the road only, these burned wrecks,
most of them silent monuments OF
carelessness, would build a wall 1000
miles long. Every year, mind you!
And since 1900 lives are lost and
over 5000 people seriously injured ev-
Eery year, you you'd find a dead and
| charred body of q man, woman or lit
tie child every three-quarters OF a
mile as you walk along that stretch of
wanton waste. Get the picture well
int your mind!
fire in your home, tell these things to
your husband, and then d these
figures which affect his pocketbook.
That's the way TO make the men help
you. If he is a business man or a farm
er tell him this:
The loss by Are in Jul forty-efght
states. every year represents about
United States government receipts or
total expenditures for ayear, or the
net earnings of the American railways
for a year. 1t represents so per
cent. OF the United States Internal
revenue yearly receipts, In the last
ten years the IRE waste in the United
in the United Kingdom, Austria, Hun
gary, Italy and Spain. 1t exceeds the
annual value Of wheat, hay, rye and
oats. It is twice the annual value Of
our entire national corn crop.
The FIRE loss in America represents
$3.50 per capita as against 30 cents in
Europe! Nothing to be very proud OF,
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WEALTH PRODUCTION ON FARMS

New York journal Of Commerce.:
There is no doubt about the great
value Of the agricultural products of
this country to its people, but Secretary
Wilson is disposed somewhat to mag
Nifty what he calls wealth production
on farms," in clarifying his sixteen
years administration of the agricul-
tural department with big figures. He
puts the wealth production at a total
and foots up a bewildering grand
total" of $1O5, OOO, 600, 900 for the six
teen years. Let anybody grasp the
magnitude of that grand total" of
wealth produced who can and then in
quire what has become of it all. No
doubt it has gone far in sustaining the
people in all their varied industries and
has contributed much to paying for
those things which they have purchas-
ed abroad for their ~sustenance, comfort
and adornment. Nobody VIII d~epreciate
ductlon or even in the accumulation of
wealth. but to speak of the market
value of the products in figures as a
measure of wealth produced is some
what misleading. Speaking of the In
crease in those figures as representing
an increase in wealth is especially so.
According to Mr., Wilson's record,
during the sixteen years the farmers
wealth production increased 141 per
trebIed, while h population of the
country has increased by less than one
third of that percentage. At the same
time the cost OF Lying has very per-
ceptibly advanced, and this is due, more
h to any other cause, to- the high
prices of farm products. This furnishes
a suggestion as to what this increased
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the fire low, the sticks of wood 80
green that they simply will not light
in a hurry, and so in desperation throw
on a little kerosene. There follows a
ing. blazing humanity writhes in the
agony OF death. Her husband and
motherless children will calmly tell
you that she had lone the same thing
O thousand times with no bad results
and wiring their hands. The neighbors
will attend the funeral and go home
to do precisely the same thing the hrst
time their own dinner is late. -.--
Almost every country home boasts
Of a large cellar and a spacious attic
both of them used as an out-of-the-
way place to store useless bits Of
broken furniture. rag bags, old clothes
! and other infammable articles. When
the housewife wants to explore these
rubbish heaps. she takes a lighted
candle or kerosene lamp, sometimes
merely a o Of matches, striking ore
after the other, throwing the dead ones
awav as they go out. Where do they
fall? Sh knows not; neither does she
care so long as she hnds the particular
piece of old carpet she is hunting for.
AS you read this, these things may
seem like ~trifles; but they are large
enough when you recall the fact that
the most disastrous fires in years, b
oneB which nave swept away the great
est number OF human lives, have been
started by the careless use of a match,
The Triangle Shirt-Waist factory fire.
out the fire; you can scrape of the eI-
which burned up 147 persons, most of
them young girls, was started by the
careless use Of a match. The Equitable
| Life Assurance building fire, which
Quilted a city block and burned up a
1000, 900 worth OF property; was caus-.
ed by the careless use of a match. Do
not argue that such a FIRE will happen
but once in q lifetime. Surely this is
enough. And remember that your
daughter can burn to death but once,
lust as did these helpless young girls
in the Triangle Shirt-waist building.
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wealth production" means. Relatively
speaking, 1T has been to a large part of
the people a holp to poverty production,
because the supply of farm products
not kept pace with the demand, the
production has lot kept pace with the
consumption, Notwithstanding this in
crease of wealth production" at three
times the rate of increase in the num-
per or people to be fed and clothed.
These huge figures 10 not represent the
of raw material of food and
clothing, but market values determined
by prevailing prices. Therein lies the
misleading quality of this way of using
ngures OF incomprehensibie magnitude.
Undoubtedly these figures signify
prosperity for the farming industry, in
spite of some advance also in the cost
OF things which farmers have to buy
for the conduct of hat industry and
Tor their support. Their prosperity
has increased more than that of any
other class of capitalists and workers
as a whole. The prices which they have
been obtaining for their crops have also
caused a large increment In the value
OF their land. The production OF
wealth" in the enduring form Of farm
n has been very great How far
has that increment been earned by the
farmers and how far has it been con-
tributed by the growth of other indus
tries and the needs of the people at
large? When the fixed capital" of a
manufacturing corporation in the
on account of the prices it is able to
charge, 1t 10 apt to be criticised for
putting up prices and exaeting an un-
due profit. This does not seem to be
applied. to the farmer capitalist and
employer Of labor. -
/ There is another suggestion in this
use of statistics of agricultural produce
ton in this country. 1t is plain that
this vast volume Of wealth production
on farms" as 1t is put by the venerable
secretary Of agriculture, is mainly due
to an advance in the prices of farm
products caused by the failure Of pro-
ductton to keep pace with consumption
In several respects, particularly in food
supplies. This appears in the vanish
ing surplus for export, though Mr.. will
son is equally complacent in referring
to the value of the exports OF farm
product as sufficient to pay the ex-
penses of the national government" as
II 1T brought money from abroad for
that purpose. What is really Indicated
is a failure of this industry to keen
pace with others In "~seientihc manage
ment," or increase of efficiency and
economy in production so as to increase
output while l~essening cost per unit.
This suggests a direction for effort and
zeal in the farming industry and in
'ofdctal departments Of agriculture.
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United States and it's 1 -Paciic
islands, remote and difficult of access
from n great population reservoirs
OF Europe from which the labor sup
ply OF the rest Of the country has boon
oraWn, rapidly developing and with q.
demand Tor labor for In excess OF the
supply, have confronted across the
Pacific the most densely crowded ma
lions IN the world where the pressure
or q populatton scarcely able to sub
Eist at home was becoming constantly
grsater, The ever-present danger. has
been that this pressure might become
too great for any legislative or treaty
barriers to Withstand and might sweep
eastward in an irresistible overflow.
At first thought 1t might seem that
the Panama canal could have little
influence upon this situation. It will
not lessen the struggle for existence
among, the races Of Asia except as it
will increase the trade of Asiatic
countries and add to the industrial OPP
portunities Of their people. Its effect.
however, will be to solve the labor
problem of the Pacific coast and
Hawaii by putting these sections in
direct touch with the great sources Of
immigration in Europe. When it be-
comes possible for steamships to sail
directly from Europe through the
Panama canal to Honolulu, San Fran
cisco and the other Pacific ports the
stream of immigration which now
dwindles to insignificant proportions
before 1t reaches them, seeping west
ward through New York and across
the continent, will come direct and in
full volume. The demand for a
Caucasian labor supply which it here
tofore it has been impossible to satis-
fy, in spite OF the efforts that have
been made to attract 1t, will meet
with a direct response and the deter
mination of the people Of Hawaii and
the Pacific coast to make and keep
their lands a white mans country,
which has been maintained against
every temptation, will be crowned with
success.
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The greatest realignment~ II trade
routes and the most thorough remark
ing of the commercial map of the
world that has occurred since Column
bus discovered America will take place
Following the opening of the Panama.
next year. The west coast OF
both Americans will be brought
thousands of miles nearer to the great
commercial cities of the Atlantic sea-
board. New steamship lines will ply
from Europe to the western ports of
the United States. New growth and
activity will animate the gulf cities.
New industrial centres will spring up,
the mills and mines and factories Of
the country will be brought into closer
touch with the great markets of the
orient and for the first time the dream
of an ocean passage from Europe to
the countries of the east which led to
the launching Of that first eventful
voyage will be realized 420 years after
the great discoverer's attempt,
Not only will the opening of the
canal alter the worlds trade routes,
and determine the commercial destin-
les of scores OF cities and perhaps Of
nations, but it will also have other
effects to which less attention has
been given. Perhaps of the most
important of these will be that it will
put an end to what has long been a
threatening spectre to s~trategists and
statesmen of the western world-the
yellow peril. This result will follow
not only because the canal will double
the naval strength of the United States
by enabling its fleets to pass from the
Atlantic to the Pacific in a fraction
of the time formerly required but also
because 1t win set in motion economic
currents that will remove occasion for
demand for labor far in excess of the
peril, though commonly referred to as
threatening a tremendous conflict of
arms between the people Of Asia and
America. really had its foundation in
purely economic causes. T..
Until now the western coast of the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14
a Rich choeolata SAUCE

This is a good and novel addition TO
any plain pudding. Crate two ounces
OF really good chocolate and stir into
of milk. Sweetene with the best loaf
sugar. Directly It hollis whisk into It
the yolks of four g till q good
froth appears. Pour 1t back into the
saucepan and stir until it, becomes
thick. but do not allow it to boil. Take
1t off the fire. Have ready the whites
of our eggs whisked UP to Arm,
white froth with a tablespoonful Of
powdered sugar. Stir this In without
breaking up the snowy froth. and serve
very hot.
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Fried Eqqs via Rrovn s..,

Put a good lump OF hutter into the
irving pan and when 1t Kisses sharply,
turning each il desired. When dom
dish and keep them hot 3 boiline
water. Now put two more table.
spoonfuls of butter into.the frying nan:
fry brown, then add one tablespoon
full of vinegar and a little onion Juice
with pepper and Salt. Boil the whole
together for two minutes, pour it owe
the eggs anad serve.
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Cold Milk Toast.

Place in a fiat pan some slicea OF
stale bread, let them get dry and Of a
nice brown in&afgoods oven then pound
q bowl half full and pour over them
some cold milk, sailed. This can be
eaten with saIts0r uEaE
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chrlstmas s~entiments,

Christmas cards, letters, pretty sen :
timents and beautifully hand-painted
calendars at Rogers art and BOOT
store, SO Broadway. Volland's art line
and A. M. Davis Christmas cards
Advt.
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AppIe short CO..

For. I a medium-hized cake prepare
about a quart of apples by peeling, cut
ting in eighths and stewing them gently
until tender in a strip made by boiling
about Two cupfuls of graduated sugar
with a little water until it begins to
thicken. At this point put in the an
pies and cook them slowly, taking care
that they do not break. Use a GOOD
biscuit dough. Sweetened slightly. Yea
it is done, butter while it is still warm
put in the stewed apples and cover
Dust the short-cake plentifuIly with
powdered gar, The strip in which
the apples were stewed may be poured
over the short-cake when it ia served
or sweet cream may be used.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14

You a get new dresses, new skirts.
new furs at low prices at Blacks
popular price store. -Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-14

For Hawaii this problem Of securing
a farming and laboring population has
been more difficult even than 1t has
for the western coast OF the con-
tlnental United States. It is only
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@~ Observation-Disclosures
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-10-07
Tho Broad of Mexico.

Tortllla is the universal substitute
for bread in Mexico. 1t is II fiat cake
made of coarse cornmeal and baked on
a hot sheet Of iron or II slab of stone.
The poorer classes of Mexico use the
tortilla not only as food, but make 1t
serve also as fork and spoon. 1t Is
folded into sort of scoop and used in
eating beans. thick soup, rice. hash or
anything else usually lifted to the
mouth with fork or spoon. Many OF
the poorer classes are not accustomed
to the use of knife. fork or spoon. Tor
tillas are sold in large quantities in the
market fresh and hot Mt six for cent.
They are considered Il very nourishing
article of food. Many laborers do II
long. hard days work on II diet of tor
tillas. beans. chill sauce aud black cof-
fee
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ORDER OF ELECTION
STATE OF TEXAS. !
County OF BRACES. (

On this the 18th day of September,
1912. came on to be Considered by me as
mayor OF the city of Bryan application
and petition of l.. NJ. Hewitt and fifty
nine other persons filed herein on the
18th day of September. 1912, requesting
an election be ordered to determine
whether said city of Bryan shall adopt
the commission form of government.
The boundary OF said city to be as the
same now exists. to wit: Commencing ut
a point 100 yards due south from the
center of the courthouse square; thence
due east 100 yards thence due north
3400 yards; thence due west 3i00 yards;
thence due south 3400 yards; thence due
east 1900 yards to the place of beginning.
And it appearing to me that said city
contains population of less than ten thou
sand inhabitants, to wit 4132 according
to the Federal census of 1910; that said
petition is signed by more than ten per
cent of the qualified voters Of said city
according to said census.
| therefore in my capacity as mayor of
the city of Bryan order an election to be
October, 1912, to determine If said city of
Bryan shall adopt the commission form
of government. Notice shall be given OF
the date and place of holding said election
by posting true copy of this order in
three public places in said city and pub
fishing the same In The Bryan Eagle, a
newspaper published in the city of Bryan.
for at least hirty days prior to the date
OF said election.
All voters who are qualified to vote In
the general election shall be entitled to
vote in said election. Each voter desiring
to vote for the commission form OF gov
eminent shall have written or printed on
his ballot "For Commission" and each
voter desiring to vote against the COM
mission form of government shall have
written or printed on his ballot Against
Commission"
L. NJ Hewitt and T.. b. Lomax are
hereby appointed judges of said election,
and L. NJ Hewit to be presiding judge
thereof. and ]. II. Mawhinney and L. NJ
Dodson are hereby appointed clerks of
said election. Said election shall be held
under the general laws of this state and
the returns thereof made to me, as mayor
of said city, within two days after said
election.
Given under my hand and seal of the
city of Bryan this 21st day of Septem-
Der. 1912.
(SeaD i. r. MALONEY,
Mayor of the City of Bryan.
Attest with the seal of the city of
Bryan.
W. W. GAMER.
Secretary of the City of Bryan.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE OF TEXAS, I
County OF Brazos. /

Notice is hereby given that an election
VIII be held on the 2lst day of October
1872, ia the city of Bryan TO determine
whether said city shall adopt the com
mission form OF government. The metes
and bounds OF said city being the same
as they now exist. to wit Commencing
at "a point 100 yards due south from the
center or the courthouse square; thence
due east 100 yards; thence due north
340O yards: thence due west 3400 yards
thence due south 3i00 yards; thence due
east 100 yards to the place of beginning.
All qualified voters who are entitled 10
vote at general election shall be en-
titled to vote In this election. Each voter
who desires to support the proposition
shall have written or printed on his bal
lot For Commission" and those against
the proposition shall have written or
printed on their ballot Against Com
mission
l.. NJ. Hewitt and e. b. Lomax are
herbey appointed judges of said election,
and l.. N. Hewitt to be presiding judge
thereof, and ]. III. Mawhinney and T.. M.
Dodson are hereby appointed clerks of
Said election shall be held under. the
general laws of this state, and the re-
turns thereof made to the mayor of the
city OF Bryan within two days after said
election.
A copy of this notice shall be posted az
three public places within the said city
of Bryan, and shall also be published in
Ihe Bryan Eagle, newspaper published
In said city of Bryan, for at least thirty
days next preceding the date of said
election.
Notice is hereby given that saidsel
ton shall be held at the city hall in the
city OF Bryan.
Notice Is also hereby given that at the
same time and place designated for hold
ing the above election. and by the same
election officers, an election of the mayor
and two commissioners. who must be
qualified voters of the said city OF Bryan,
and who will serve until the first Tues
day in April. 1911?
Given under RI hand and seal OF the
city of BRYAN --. the 2lst day of Sep
tember 1912.
(Seal) J. T. MALONEY,
Mayor of the City of Bryan
Attest with the seal of the city OF
Bryan.
W. w. GAMER.
Secretary of the City OF BrYnn
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Pronunciation.

There is a story that Tennyson. hear
ing at dinner party somebody pro-
nouncing knowledge with long o,
Jumped up from the table. rushed Mt
his fellow guest and shook hands with
him. Among the faith!ess faithful,
he" he exclaimed. and he proceeded to
denounce In vehement terms the in
iquitous mispronunciation OF the Eng
fish language. 1t is remembered that
a greater English poet--Byron. to wit
did not agree with him. as conplet
In "Don Juan" shows;
No. no: I'd send him out betimes to col
lege.
For there 1t was | picked up my own
knowledge.
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I'VE lead others follow" and this
motto still holds good.
We do not claim to know the pic
ture business from "a" to lizard" but
We do know enough to choose some
other theatre or management outside
of our own city to copy after. There
is no use to run when you are scared
they say; but it is the impression OF
the management of the Princess that
when a theatre manager has to resort
to his opponent to play his trump card
first, he's darn bad scared.
We still hold the highest trump
card. We still use as our motto 1--WE
lead, others follow" because we are
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Bad For Tall Hats.

New Years eve, which Is sacred tn
st. Sylvester. is celebrated in Berlin
by the blowing Of tin horns. the ring
ing of bells and all other devices for
making noise, The only horseplay
INDUCED In is at the expense OF the
wearer of the silk tile. Any one on
the street is privileged to bring his
cane down on the crown of the offend
ing beadgear as hard and as often Ak
he can. When the man with the dilap
dated hat complains TO the police the
only consolation he gets is, ut serves
yon right for wearing it on Sylvester
night"
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Anlusenlents


The Princess announced few days
ago that they would give away free
a pony and cart. One year ago, before
competition was thought of, such a
thing would never have been done.
The Princess got into the game and
BY our thorough knowledge of the
business thaving been connected with
some OF the largest theatres of the
United States) we chose as our motto,