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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-06

me q porterhouse steak and a sirloir
roast"
Where did you get all that money!
Went to hear Bill and climbed or
the water wagon"
Hello! What do you want?"
"Beefsteak.o
What do you want?"
"Beefsteak."
We empty the shop and the butcher
runs to the telephone. Hey, central
give me the slaughter house. Have
you got any beef, pork, and NUT
ton?'
They strip the slaughter house ar6
then telephone to Swift, and Armour
and Nelson Morris, and Cudahy, tc
send down train loads Of beefsteaks.
What's the matter?
The whole bunch has gotten on the
water wagon.
And Swift and the other big pack
ers In Chicago say to their statesmen:
Buy beef, pork and mutton"
The farmers see the price OF cattle
and sheep jump up to three times their
value. Let me take the none you
dump into the whiskey hole and buy
beefsteaks with it. I will show you
what lis the matter with America ]
think the liquor business is the dirtt-
est, ~rottenest business this side OF
hell.
Buying Flour.
Come on, are you ready? Fall I'M
We line up in front of a grocery store.
What do you want?"
Why, I want Hour"
What do o want?'
Flour"
What do you want?"
Flour"
"%Pillsbury. Minneapolis, Sleepy
Eyer
yes; ship in train loads Of -four,
send on fast mail schedule, with an
engine in front, one behind and a mo-
gul in the middle"
What's the matter?"
why, the workingmen have stopped
spending their money for booze and
have begun to buy -four"
| want every man to say: God, you
can count on me to protect my wife,
my home, my mother and my children
and the manhood of America
BY the mercy of God, which has
given to you the mistaken and un-
shakable confidence of her you love, ]
beseech you make a fight for the wo-
men who wait tonight until the ga
looms spew out their husbands and
their sons and send them home maud
lin, british, devilish, vomiting, stink
ing, blear-eyed, bloated-faced drunk
ards.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-06
Terrific Arrangement
Of Saloon BY Sunday
Four Powerful Sermons

land, and the principal cause Of crime.
1t is the source Of three-fourths OF the
crime, and, Of course, it is the source
of three-fourths Of the taxes to sup
port that crime. And to license such
an ~incarnate fend of hell is the dir
test, Iow-down, damnable business On
top of this old earth. There is moth
ing to be compared to IL.
The legislature of Illinois %appropri-
ated So, 600, 600 in 1908 to take care
Of the insane people in the state, and
the whisky business produces rs per
cent of the insane. That is what
you go down in your pocket for TO
help support. If l remember rightly,
the legislature appropriated nearly
50, 200, 900 to take care of the state
institutions. Do away with the saloon,
and you will close these institutions.
The saloons make them necessary,
and they make the poverty, and fill
the tails, and the penitentiaries. Who
has to pay the bills? The landlord
who doesn't get the rent because the
money goes for whisky; the butcher,
and the grocer and the charitable per-
son who take pity on the children OF
drunkards, and the taxpayer who sup
ports the insane asylums and the
other institutions, that the whisky
business keeps full of human wrecks.
The Corn Used.
Last year the corn crop was $685.
$4,000 bushels, and it al valued at
81, $50, 000, 900. Secretary Wilson says
that the breweries use less than 2
per cent; l way say that they use 2
Fer cent. That would make 81, 200, 900
bushels, and at so cents a bushel that
would be about $25, 000, 900. How many
people are there in the United States?
Ninety million. Very well, then, that
is 81 cents per capita. Then we sold
out to the whisky business for u
ceEts apiece-the price of a dozen eggs
or a pound of butter. We are the
cheapest gang this side Of hell if we
vii. do hat kind of business.
Cost of Booze.
Now listen! Last year the income
of the United States government, and
the cities and towns n counties from
the whisky business, was $3.50, 900, 900.
That is putting it literally. You say
that's a lot of money. Well, last year
the workingmen spent p, 200, 000, 900
for drink, and it cost $1,000, 600, 900 to
care for the judicial machinery. In
other words, the whisky business cost
us last year SO, 400, 900, 900. l will sub
tract from that the dirty $3.50, 00O,O 900
which we got, and it leaves 3d. 50, 0O0,-
900 in favor If knocking the whisky
business out On purely a money basis.
And listen! Last year we spent &c.
O0O,O 0O, 600 for our paupers and crimi-
nails, insane, orphans, feebIe-minded
ETC., in the United States and 80 per
cent of our criminals are whisky
made. and IS per cent of the paupers
are whisky made. Our national in
crease in ealth was only $4,000, 600, 900
so you can figure out how long it will
take us to go into bankruptcy with
that cussed business on our backs. The
average factory hand earns $3.50 a
year, n it costs us $1,000 a year to
support each of u whisky criminals.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-06
Continued From PAGE one.

business women will be held and
lunch will be served at the First Pres
hyterian church. Tomorrow evening
after the service, Miss FAKE will Or
ganize the n-eighborhood Bible classes
which are to take the place OF the
prayer meetings after the Sunday
meetings are over, ~sr-y
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-06
Continued on Page Nins.

New York IL suffering from 4 Iob-
ster famine of the c~rustacean variety.
Human Holsters are stlll as plentiful
as usual.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-06

The government Is talking Of coin
ing 2 two-and-a-half-cent piece. You
can just smell the cigar that ,vouId Is
with 1t.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-06

NO; how much do I owe your"
"$3." Here's your dough. Now give
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11
THE BULLETINS SHORT STORY.
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

the thread of the drama and follow the course.
 The success of the play had come, not through any hectic love affairs with another mans wife or any great financial crisis. It was merely pret- ty, domestic drama told by well balanc- ed, h falthy minded people. There were no scieming politicians and no wan eyed heroines.
 The hero was big and broad minded, and the girl he loved was sweet and she was not jealous nor catty when her handsome lover danced with the dark eyed SuZette.
 Mhlicent felt suddenly very small and insignificant and unloved.
 Tt Is only play girls who are so simple minded" she argued with her. self
 She glanced at the man beside her. His eyes were following the girl on the stage, and Milicent fancied there was more than the theater- -goer's ad- miratien in his face. She bit her lips to still their trembling and turned again toward the stage.
 Girls are not like that in real life," she told herself, xehement1y.
 The curtain went down on the sec- ond act. The man beside Millicent again went out. and in her vivid irn- agination she pictured him as buying great clusters of American beauties and sending them to the stage heroine.
 She wished now that she had not seen the play nor the man. Way down in the depths of her nature something had stirred. Was it the play or was it the man beside her whose person ality seemed to have overpowered her?
 Whatever it was Millicent waited with rapidly beating heart for his re- turn.
 The light went down and she began to think he was not coming.
 How perfectly ridiculous and silly of me to feel that way" She laughed scornfully at herself and ended with wistful eyes.
 Against her will she turned toward the back of the theaaer. Yes, he was standing there. A moment later he came down and took his seat beside her.
 The last act was drawing to close when resolution suddenly became ap- parent in Millicent. The color crept slowly up to the shadows beneath her 1 eyes and her lips smiled. | With very gentle almost unfelt movement she leaned nearer the big man and slipped her hand through his arm. A sudden hungry little jerk was all the reward her efforts brought forth. He did not turn his head. but | Milhcent watched his jaw set. A mo- ment later her fingers closed over the ring that dangled from his watch- chain.
 l Still the man remained as if carved | in stone.
 Millicent struggled softly with the clasp that held tight to the chain and finally the ring was in her own hands. The big diamond flashed in the sernf- darkness of the theater and Milhcent drew a long breath of contentment.
 She looked lovingly at the ring for a moment, then up into the big mans face Her voice was only a whisper.
 Billy. dear-r want my ring back i if you stiil-love me" In that little eager whisper was all the love that 8 hungry man longed for and his hand closed swiftly over her own. It was as if he had folded her within ms arms. q have never ceased to love you, | sweetheart of mine" he told her and slipped the ring back on her finger.
 aSee hofa completely surrendered" 1" said she happily. T had my ticket all the time."'-St, Louis Globe.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11
MAYOR eAYNoR,s REFUSAL.

The action of Mayor Gaynor of New York in refusing to appear before the investigation committee which is looking into the graft charges in the metropolis, is a peculiar stand for such an official to take in view of the conditions which have been brought to light in that city. He stands in his own light when he declares he will not attend unless forced to do. so, not because he is opposed to the aldermen but for the reason that he is opposed to an investigation. This. sounds a keynote Why should Mayor Gaynor, the chief executive of the city of New York, oppose an investigation of the rankest kind of conditions that have ever been brought to light? The nat ural conclusion is that the results will show what it is not desired should be shown. It indicates that it is known these conditions exist, but there is a desire to keep them quiet.
 Mayor Gaynor, it will be remem- bered, had fixed ideas on how the city should be run, and it has been oper- ated under his direction, or the direc- ton of officials he is responsible for. There has been disastrous failure, and now he stands in the way of reform. Such course can do nothing but shake the confidence of the people in him. He is the last man who should stand in the way of bettering condi- tions, and, to the contrary, should be a leader in those very lines.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11
rNE REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.

Hepnhlicans representing every town N the state are gathered in Hartford for the selection of republican ticket in this Atate this fan. They have an important duty before them, one in which the exercise of good Judgment is needed. and. above all, they should be acthated by the sense of justice to the constituency in selecting the best candidates for the entire ticket. The party does not lack for efficient timber for all the offices; men who will in- spire the confidence of the voters and hold them together at the polls. The party Is not divided as 1t was two years ago. by which 1t was possible for the democrats to slip into office. There is now no such fight for the nomination. There is no slate, but from various sections candidates have been put forth and 1t rests with the convention to make the best selection. Having made the choice the duty of giving every support to the nominees sAould be assumed by the delegates. Yt has been made evident that the greatest strength comes from unity ana standing by the party has demon strated both in Maine and Vermont that ii will bring the party to power.
 Until Governor Baldwin was elected it had been nearly two decades since a democratic governor had filled the office, and the republican split was re- sponsible. It is now time to get to- gether, forget the past and stand shoulder to shoulder for victory ir November. Stand together and vote as did Maine and there can be nc other result,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11
s111E RoAp 1o oRoToN.

For a long time Norwich has been endearorinx 10 have the main roads ctntering here improved and in nunher of cases 1t has been success full. but the highway bordering the beautiful Thames river on the east remains in bad shape. This is by far ths handsomer side of the river and affords an ideal drive by team or auto IL offers captivating scenery it's entire length and would be extensively used by parties from Watch Hill and Grot- on during the summer if the road was in condition to make the trip inviting. Rather than bother to wait and cross by the ferry and the. dangerous rall- road crossing at New London, auto- ists forego the pleasure of the trip up the river. This means the loss of a certain amount of advertising and basiness.
 The revival of the movement to get q modern road between here and Grot- on appeals to everyone who has been over 1t. and 1t isa step which vitally interests the business men of the city. TO have hundreds or thousands of pe0pIe kept away because of poor roads is condition which needs rem edyinE. The building of state road beiNeen the two points. like that on the west side of the river, would re- suit in a benefit to every town through which 1t would be constructed. and with the building up of the shore re- sorts between Groton and Westerly, to say nothing of Gsles Ferry, it is bound to be one Of the important out lets from this city to the south. Nor wich has needs for bettering other reads leading to 1t. but this is the most important.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11
CONFESSIONS UNTRusTwoRTHY

One of the most suspicious of human documents is the confession. A mans evidence for or against himself is not trustworthy, for the reason that self is the very person he knows least.
 In the good old days old women confessed themselves to be witches, and gave detailed accounts of their bargains with the devil. Everybody believed them, they believed them selves, and we very well know there was not a word of truth in their testi- mony.
 Most confessions are due to mental suggestion. When the young criminal owns up that his downfall was due to reading penny dreadfuls, he is simply repeating a theory he has heard. When the man says All l am l owe to my mother that Is also fine phrase he has heard. How does he know tu whom he owes what he is?
 I am impressed by the uritruthful- ness of Rousseau's Confessions" He was 1bsessed by a mania of self accusation. He did not know how good he was.
 confession is no more than point of view. the expression of mood.
 It Is the Interpretation of soul by
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11
MORE LEGISLATION NEEDED.

TAe nomination of candidates for office has long been the cause of trou- ble, and much legislation has been passed intended to provide a remedy for the evils. The results in many of the cases have been worse than the previous conditions, and 1t is made evident that the trouble is by no means settled. Not only cases which con- cern the national election, but state and city experiences are showing how loosely drawn and unsatisfactory are nomination requirements.
 All the states which are experience ing the plundering of one party's priv ileges by another are due for the bet tering of it's laws, so that monopoly will not be extended to marauding organizations to the exclusion of hon. est ones already existing. It Is simply a trick which, had any other party at tempted it, would have brought down an endless tirade of abuse, but. con ducted by the Colonel, there is nothing dishonorable about 1t. It Is not con- fined to states, for many cities have not overcome the troubles by their changes, and Fall River is now finding out how the law can be evaded to suit the circumstances. The candidate for register of probate on the repub- lican ticket finds himself opposed for the office by democrat who is run ming as a republican, by petition of republican friends. This naturally creates gross mfsunderstanding and an unfair situation.
 Improvement has not gone as far as it would seem in the matter of bet tering the conditions. The voter la bors under unexplained complications and. instead of making it easier and plainer there is confusion and un- certainty
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11
IDEAS OF APLAIN MAN
BEAUTY AND USE.

There is one true rule for beauty. IL is that the thing shall be perfectly adapted to it's use.
 A chair is thing to Sit in. The most beautiful chair is one that is most suitable, It's color, shape, ma terial and ornament should all be con- sistent with the purpose for which chair is made.
 A house is something to live in, and the most beautiful house is, therefore the one which is most livable. One does not want to live in a museum, a curiosity shop nor a prison. As the ideal of home is unity so the ideal home house is of one room. Neces- sity demands that the rooms for sleep ing. bathing and cooking be isolated
 But the value of most modern houses and flats is injured by the sub- division into too many rooms
 A plate is something to eat from. Its beauty is wholly derived from those elements in it's shape, size and adorn ment which add pleasure to eating. Ones aesthetic feeling is not agree ably moved by eating steak or potatoes from landscape or a persons face painted on his dish.
 On the whole beauty is a close sis ter to usefulness, and should grow out l of it, as leaves grow out of tree.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11
RoosEvELr,s ILLUSTRATION.

Roosevelt couldn't have indicated in & esstriking manner just what the placing of such man as he has de- Veioped into, at the throttle of the government again. would do, than he did when he entered the engine cab in Montana and attempted to run the train He exercised poor control, lack of judgment and an inclination to rush things without regard to consequences or his passengers, with the result that the ears bumped together, the pas sengers were frightened, and general uneasiness was manifested until the engineer relieved him. He created & feeling of unrest among all those who were dependent upon his guidance.
 How truly Illustrative of the way he would handle the reins of government influenced by his present egotistic stand? His one great ambition is to be in the limelight, and actuated by impulse, a boastful, self-centered and suited attitude, he Is endeavoring to Impress the people, for the sake of their votes, with his personality, while his political record shows what he stands for, and what he has been are as far apart as the poles.
 It only requires sober reflection on ais record. his actions, and his ir- clinations in comparison with the same things concerning President Taft to find the latter far the safer and every bit as progressive as the leader baslSing under that broad title It is the actual records, not the claim ed records or promises which count It's the cures which a medicine ec- eompiishes that give it merit, not its
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

Millicent stepped lightly from her limousine and into the foyer of the theater. She was conscious of present ing an unusual picture in her big dropping hat and frock of palest mauve; there was just suggestion of melancholy about Millicent that only exaggerated her charm. To the man standing near the ticket office she seemed the embodiment of all that was lovely.
 Millicent looked up and caught his eyes fixed admiringly upon her and, the color famed into her cheeks. Her fing. : CTS trembled slightly as she fumbled for her ticket A frown sped swiftly across her face. The ticket that,she had taken a month or so ago was not in her bag. Had she not been consumed with disappoint- ment and annoyance Millicent could have laughed aloud. Tt is so, like a story hefoine,' she told herself while she turned toward the box office. She had known before asking that there was not another seat to be had in the theater.
 We have been booked back for the last six weeks the man told her.
 Millicent pouted through her disap- pointment
 uiu SO WdHL 10 see the pldyy Sno informed the man behind the window.
 As she turned to leave for the. foyer her appealing eyes swept across space to the. good looking, man whose gaze had brought the color to her cheeks.
 He raised his hat.
 If you care to take this seat-I will be only too happy" he said fa per- fectly impersonal tone.
 Millicent hesitated a second only, then in hurried voice thanked him.
 And you are not robbing yourself ?'' she questioned.
 ''The seat will go begging if you do not use it. the man said, and gave her the ticket.
 Millicent reached down into the depths of her opera bag and brought forth a $2 bill
 ''Is that right" she asked, and did not raise her eyes.
 A dull red mounted even to the mans temples. He drew back swift ly, then as suddenly took the money.
 Thank you. yes" He raised his hat and Millicent went into the well filled theater.
 A moment before the curtain arose she knew that he had come in and that he was sitting beside her. Millicent felt peculiarly aggrieved that he had not so much as looked at her. At the same time she knew that if he had acted otherwise she would in all prob- ability have left the theater.
 'I wish I were-not quite so good looking she found herself thinking.
 The curtain went up and she became interested in the play. But through it all Millicent was uncomfortably con- scious of the man beside her. Not withstanding the fact that he was sit ting in the next seat to her he seemed to have put himself miles away. That he was completely absorbed in the drama being enacted on the stage, and not in her. was evident to Millicent.
 She found herself losing interest in the actors and watching every move ment of the long, shapely hands of the man. Occasionally she stole surrep- titious glance at his profile.
 During the intermission he left his seat to return only as the curtain as- cended.
 This, too, irritated Millicent. She mo- ticed, with deepened interest that on the gold chain across his waistcoat a ring was suspended.
 MilIicent smiled half petulantly. Aft CT that she forced herself to take up
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

A medical expert at the Eugenics congress told the assembly. he should rather have a healthy burglar for his father than eonsumptlve bishop. This IS where a fellow has no pref erence and the law Is not likely to succeed in protecting him.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

Candidate Wilson says the policies Mir. Roosevelt stands for have been tried from the time of Aristotle down, and that as a historian he could aver that they marked the course of the worlds disasters.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

The breaking of speed records in hustling specialist from North Car-j olina to Maine, shows that man is do- ing greater things every day. When it comes to saving. life. it is a dif- fefent nroblenl.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

Candidate Wilson tells the farmers how they have been neglected. There would not have been so many of them riding in automobiles if the good old Cleveland times had continued.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

A New York parson, having de- clared there are no female angels in heaven, is told by a hard thinking editor that it is impossible for him to think of angels with side whiskers.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

The republicans of Iowa want to know if all the candidates on the re- publican ticket are for or against their party. They want no bull moosers masquerading in republican duds.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

itself, and a soul understands itself as little as it understands the universe.
 The law is that no man Is compelled to give evidence discriminating himself. The truth is that he Is altogether an incompetent witness for or against himself.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

A Louisiana bull mooser gave out that Roosevelt was going to carry the state; but they neglected to get their electors upon the state tickets, so they are out of the fight.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

California is not all bull moose. Of twelve congressman nominated one half are republican. Governor John son will have to explain to the Col onel how this is.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

If Multimillionaire Allen had not thought it safe to jilt woman he would not have been branded as a smuggler and paid s10O.00O to settle the case. 5st
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-11

Those who desire to decrease di- vorces could make the desertion of wives a crime. Wife -desertion is commoner in America than in any country in the world.