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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03
Daddy's Bedtime
CT The Shepherd
OCOI v Boy and the
Magic Flute

WACK had been picking ederberfes that day Elderberdes make a mics
jam, and Jack and Evelyn were very fond of it
When / was a boy i liked elderberres, too" said daddy but did
you know that the elder Is a fairy plant? It grows In fairyland, and all
the elderberry bushes o elder trees as they used to be called, are in the care of
Furnishing those who harm her children, IS she calls the elder bushes
II fairy horns and all their musical instruments are carved out OF elder
wood. II you have ever made a whistle from the elder wood You will notice
that it has a delightfully."- mellow tone.
And once there was . little boy who was wonderfully fond q music At
evening, when he took home the sheep be had all day been watching in the
forest, he could only talk oft the wonderful music that was to be heard there
"One day as he wandered by his favorie brook in the forest he noticed
that one of the great bushes by the stream was broken.
Poor thing! III tie it up said the shepherd boy He bound up the
broken limb and he thought a rustic passed through the plant
Zone day the boy lost one of hs sheep and after taking the rest of his flock
home started back to the forest TO seek It. After searching a long time he
found it asleep under the elder bush which he had so carefully tended
"As 1t was very late and they we're far from home he curled down beside
the sheep and went to sleep, and in his sleep he had a strange dream
SIN this dream a lovely lady rose from the elder bush
at am the elder mother she said. You have served me and mine. Now
we shall help you Look we'll at this
"And she handed him a fute. at which he looked long and carefully
when you awaken make n of the same kind of the wood of the elder
bush beneath which you Sleep she commanded
The boy did as he was told, and though he had never tried to make any
thing of the kind before, the minute he raised the hute to his lips be found it
would play the most delightful music
Just as he began to play the king went riding by and was % enchanted by
the music that he asked the little boy to come with him to court and play for
him every day. e. #.a-
"And there the boy played all the songs which he had heard In the forest
the songs of the birds, the splashing of the waterfalls, the MARBLE of the brook
over the stones and the signing Of the wind through the tTees-and the whole
court praised him, and the little sheperd boy became rich and famous"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03
BACHELORS AND OLD MAIDS.

There has been a great deal of dis
calssion recently over the crime" OF
men and ome remaining old bachel-
efs and old maids. 1t is a me-honor-
sa custom for ministers to harp on this
snbject-and they usually conclude
their celebrations by advising the
bachelors and maids to marry.
There are q lot Of people who haven't
vet realized the futility of butting into
me business of other p-eople-rand en-
aeavoring to regulate the private af-
fairs of men and women
Most men who are bachelors are not
81 from choice. Some failed to win
che girl they wanted. She might have
lied, or might have married the other
Fellow. But she was the girl for hin,
and he never wanted another. But
The chief reason for bachelordom is
tie fear of the unmarried men that
they couldn't support a wife. The
high cost of living has kept many a
man's lips sealed and prevented pro-
bosals galore. The cost of hic' living
has kept a lot more single.
The old maids have their reasons
EoE being spinsters. Some Of them
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03
HONOR AMONG THIEVES.

E-HA.
If anyone ever believed that there
was honor among thieves they are get
ting the idea out Of their heads as a
result OF recent disclosures. Take the
police murder case in New York.
Many OF the guilty people appear to
have fallen over themselves to turn
states evidence.
OF course many a crook has gone to
the pen with his mouth sealed as to
his accomplices-but most frequently
it was In cases where his term would
not be shortened by a confession.
Usually, where there is a chance to
obtain freedom, or even to secure len
iency, the average crook doesn't long
hesitate over turning informer. Men
who steal and murder for gain are
human wolves. They will rend and
deyour each other-for their own bene-
fit. Despite the boast Of standing by
their pals-truth and honor are idle
and meaningless words for the great
er part Of them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03
ORIENTAL TAKERS.

The Charity Organization Society Of
New York is sending out a warning to
state and municipal charitable asso-
Citations all over the country against
fake oriental solicitors. 1t seems this
country is flooded with these takers
from almost every land. They come
under all kinds of g~uises-usually for
alleged religious and charitable pur-
poses. The warnings are for the pur-
pose of protecting the. public. A list
Of some of the worst of these fellows
is forwarded.
Armenian and Assyrian solicitors
are among the most persistent, accord
ing to the New York authority. They
come over with faxed endorsements
and recommendations. They claim to
be conducting IN orphanage, a hospi-
tai, a missionary station, a religious
school-or something Of that nature,
and secure large sums from creduIous
people. One of them is known to have
returned to his native home with $780,
900 that he had fradulently collected
from easy marks in this country.
The circular Of warning contains
extracts from Americans in different
countries explaining the methods Of
graft and showing the faIsity of the
claims Of the solicitors. The endorse
ments are either forged or secured in
collision with the oficials-who are
eager to. rid the country of the type Of
fellows who follow this method of
grating. About the safest method Of
disposing Of these fellows is to boot
them out OF the place when they
spring their game.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03

men came to Fargo to attend the con-
vention OF the third party. They were
by a large majority republicans prepar-
ed to give up their allegiance TO IA
head of the national ticket.
They knew Roosevelt and what he
has stood for in years past, n We're
willing to trust him to head a new ma
tional ticket. Blu this was not enough.
the new party might adopt, with Moth
ing to tie to In a new party they were
asked to desert every republican cam
didate, both state and national, and
support a new ticket selected by w.
S. Lauder.
More than one-half of those present
declined to trust their political future
in his hands, and straight way they
were disbarred from further partic1pa~
tion in the meeting.
Man after man who fought through
the March primary campaign for
Roosevelt while Lauder and others
ltacks upon him, were told that their
support of a national progressive ticket
was no longer wanted.
The real Issue Of the meeting was
Hanna. The x was first applied to
the editor of The Times-Record. He
supported and would continue to ups
port l.. B. Hanna. He stated that he
most certainly had and would, and was
A. F, Butler, leader Of the progressive
movement in Ransom county, was ask
ed II he q supported Hanna. mo,
said Butler, II supported Buchanan be-
fore the primaries, but / propose to
accept the wishes Of the majority, and
shall support Hanna for the fall cleo.
ton" Out you CO." a Lauder.
Out you 60" says Lauder.
The same thing occurred in a dozen
instances when Buchanan men before
the primaries declared they must ac-
cept the decision of the people and
support Hanna for the fall election.
Their heads were incOntiuently seyArs
ed.
The final act in the performance
came when members OF the convention
who had been seated moved to at
least give the unseated delegates a
hearing before the credentials commit
tee. Lauder refused to entertain h
motion from two men, but upon 1t be-
ing put by a third and seconded by a
dozen put the motion. 1t was lost by
a vote of twenty-five to fifteen, at least
one of the Lauder faction voting twice.
We have an abiding faith In he
fairness of the average American, and
his contempt for political chicanery,
Fully one-half of the seated" dele
gates left the hall disgusted with the
methods of the ringmaster, while the
non-seated delegates were equally dis
gusted. We cannot believe the voters
OF the state Will stand for politics OF
this character and feel confident that
before Aug. 5 a plan viii a worked
itself u which will permit the sim
cere Roosevelt maj to express his con-
vlcttons without compromising himself
so Tar as state issues are concerned.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03
SCRIPTURE.
Deuteronomy viii, 5.14.

NFy
Thou shalt also consider in thine
heart, that, as a nan chasteneth his
son, So the Lord thy God chasteneth
thee.
Therefore thou shalt keep the COM
mandmeuts of the Lord thy God, to
walk in his ways. and to fear him.
For the Lord thy God bringeth thee
into a good land, a land of brooks of
water, Of fountains and depths that
spring out of valleys and hills:
A land Of wheat n barley. and
vines, and fig trees, and pomengran-
ates; a land Of olive oil, and honey;
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread
without s~carceness, = thou shalt not
lack anything In it; a land whose
stones are iron, and out Of whose hills
thou mayst dig brass.
When thou hast eaten and art full,
then thou. shalt bless the Lord thy
God for the good land which he hath
given thee.
Beware that thou forget no the
Lord thy God, in not keeping his com
mandments, and his judgments, and
his statutes, which / command thee
this day: '.,
Lest when thou hast eaten and art
full, and hast built goodly houses, and
dwelt therein; ~'"
And when thy herds and thy focks
multiply, and thy silver and thy gold
is multiplied, and all that thou hast
is multiplied;
Then thine heart be lifted up, and
thou forget the Lord thy God, which
brought thee forth out of the land Of
Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Ragtime music, 1t is said. Is respon-
sibIe for the turkey trot and other
such contortions, but we are inclined
to lay the blame on ragtime morality.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03

didn't get the men they wanted-and
they were too proud to marry some
one else, just for a home. Many 9TH
ers preferred an independent life--and
would rather earn their living than be
a house drudge.
Few men or women remain single
because they are moral d~egenerates.
There is usually a cause for their con-
dition-and most frequently they have
valid reasons. A lot of old bachelors
and old maids are doing good in the
world-and some Of them are helping
to care for the children that married
people left without support.
AS a matter OF fact, the number Of
unmarried people is not a much larger
percentage now than in former years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03
Citation.

State of North Dakota, County OF
G. Hanson, Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate OF prise
ella p. Taylor, Deceased.
Feter =. Grosscup and Wade A. Tay-
lor, petitioners, VS.. Hoyland Marlin.
Charles n. Taylor. Bertha T, Lowell,
Grosscup Jordan, Urania Mayors Shell
don, Rebecca Mayors, Arthur Rowe.
Paul Rowe, and HI. ]. Rowe, as Guard
ian Of said Paul Rowe Minor, Re-
Estate.
Above Named Respondents:
You, the said Hoyland Mara,r
Gharles M. Taylor, Bertha T. IovelI
John Taylor, Irene Taylor, Kafhryn
Grosseup Jordan. Urania Mayors Shell
Paul Rowe, and n. J. Rowe. as GnsrSss
ian of said Paul Rowe, are hereby 10
tined that the final account Of Pafer
,. Grosscup and Wade A. Taylor, exc
Laent Of Priscilla r. Taylor, late of fhs
CITY OF Toledo IN the County of Lucas
and State of Ohio, deceased has beer
ipn the 70 this Court therein show
ready for final settlement ana Giss
tribution, and p~etitioning that their
account be allowed, the residue of said
thereunto entitled, their adrninistratfon
closed and that they be discharsed.
and that Monday the 18th day OF All
gust, 1912. at the hour Of ten o'clock
IN the forenoon Of that day. at the
Court House in the City Of Fargo. In
the County Of Cass and State az North
Dakota has been duly appointed hv
this Court for the settlement fherAo{
and the hearing of u petition. at
which time and place any persons ins
terested in said estate may appear ana
ME their exceptions In writing to the
said account and petition, and contest
the same. And you, the above named
respondents. and each of you, are
hereby cited and required then and
there to be and appear before this
Coar and show cause. If any van
have, why said account shall not ~
allowed the residue of said estate dis
the administration Of said
estate closed and the said Pefer &
Grosscup and Wade A. Taylor, as exc.
cutors as aforesaid, be d~ischarreS
Dated, Fargo, North Dakota this Iath
day Of July, 1912. 4osh
BY the Court. A. q. HANSON
Judge of the County Colirf
Gully Is, 20, ~, Aug. IS
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03
DON'T EXPERIMENT.
You Will Make No Mistake II You
Follow This Advice.
Mover neglect YOUR KIDNEYS.

Never neglect your kidneys.
If you have pain in the back, urinary
disorders, dizziness and nervousness,
it's time to act and no time to expert
ment. These are common symptoms
of kidney trouble, and you should seek
a remedy which Is recommended for
the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy to
use. 1t has cured many stubborn cases
In this vicinity.
Can Fargo residents demand fur
Their proof than the following testi-
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John johnson, 2os sixth Ave. s..
Moorhead, Mimi, says II cannot say
too much in praise of Doan's Kidney
Pills. / advise any person afflicted
with backache or kidney trouble to
use this remedy. MY back panied me
nearly all the time and / rested poorly
Doan's Kidney Pills were recommend
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boxes entirely removed my complaint
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the nameDoan'sauo
take no other.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03

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AUG. 8, 1912.

New York and Chicago Representa-
tives: Payne q Young. New York Of
fcs: 1904 Fifth Avenue Building.
Chicago once: 74S Marquette Building.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03

One person who need not be told;
that the baseball team Is In town II tie
offioe boy
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03

no, Belinda, 1t is not from econom-
ical motives that statesmen strive to
save the party.
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nne showing Fargo made with the
state fair why move IT. The neyt
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03

Ragtime music, 1t is said. Is respon-
sibIe for the turkey trot and other
such ~contortions, but we are inclined
to lay the blame on ragtime morality.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03

Wahpeton Globe-Gazette: Visitors
to the state fair at Fargo last week
report that the fair was the best that
has been held in that city. While the
exhibits of grains and vegetables cam
not at this season Of the rear be very
large, there was a better display than
heretofore and the exhibits in the live
stock department were the best that
has been see at a state fair in North
Dakota. 81
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21

to permit the years during which
they should be laying the foundations
of knowledge most easily, to find
them so crowded by thousands out of
the schools or sitting on the window
ledges or with doubly worked teach
ers trying to instruct two sets of
youngsters) on half time? And yet
we go calmly on year after year per-
mitting money to be misused while
the little children pay the bills in
wasted years; and then, when Christ
mas comes, the children's festival par
excellence, we lift up our eyes to
heaven with the prayer of the Phar-
isee and rejoice over the Christmas
season and its joy for the children!
Can there be any neglect of the COM
monwealths interests greater and
with results more lasting, than our
failure to consider every child an as
set to be treasured and and appre-
ciated, to be educated to it's utmost
possibilities?
We are all prone, men and women
alike, to look mostly at immediate
effects If some one we know goes
out to nurse poorer neighbor
stricken down with typhoid or any
| of the other preventable diseases, we
| exclaim over the lovely charity of
the action and praise the kindness OF
heart which prompted 1t. That"
says the average person, "is true
charity and neighborly love-" But If
| that kindly woman were to give half
the time and effort to help along a
crusade for pure water or for the
prevention of consumption or for the
cleaning up of a pestilent neighbor-
hood, she would probably be called
by those Immediately around her, II
not muckraker. at least an uncom-
fortably active reformer. Yet the
prevention of the illness would mean
more to the poorer neighbor than all
| the kindly nursing during it's continu-
ance. All we may do in the way OF
| juvenile courts for the young offend
ers is not to be compared with giving
them just their bare right to play
grounds and good teaching, with plenty
of room for all and well paid teachers
to work for and with them.
When we know that the coming of
| Christmas, the children's festival. is
| gong 10 make all Ine young DON-
makers in our city slave extra long
hours, in order to fill the rush or
| ders of the season, shall we not be
shaken out of our SNUG rejoicing
over this as time of plenty for all?
Not enough schools for the city's
children; not enough food for them,
even when they do get into the
schools; not enough wages for their
| parents to enable the mothers to
remain In the homes to look after
them; not enough money spent by
the municipality to give them places
to play in safety; not enough care for
their lives to clean up the neighbor-
hoods in which they fairly swarm; not
enough Christmas Joy to go round to all
the city's children-such is our record
+; as we prepare to celebrate with merri-
ment and feasting the advent of the
| Christ Child. Is it a record of which
we dare be proud? May we offer 1t as
a meet festival In honor of the coming
into our world OF him who said:
Whosoever shall cause one of these
little ones that believes on me to
stumble, 1t were better for him II
great milestone were hanged about his
neck and he were cast into the sea-"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21
TRUST HIS LOVE

They are few who have not some
times, said like Jaob. "All these things
are against me-" We cannot wonder
that he thought SO; but he was mis-
taken. They were working for his
good, and the time came when he
knew it, We cannot see the bright
light that is in the storms that affiict
us, and cur faith is so small that our
hearts are troubled. But when our
Srilit is overwhelmed within us God
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21

knows our path. The deepest lessons.
and the most salutary. of our lives
come through our adversities. An
thlete cannot be trained without diff
ficulr exercises, the mind is developed
by hard studies, the heart is enlarged
and humbled and purified by affiic-
ton. Our transient troubles are work
ing for us more and more exceed
ingly an eternal weight of glory Our
faith is small because the temporal
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21

has too strong hold on Us. If our
vision were always fixed on the things
not seen and eternal we would re-
joice in our tribulation. One of the
greatest goods of life is the severity
who trust him God gives che treas
ures of darkness and hidden riches
of secret places. We cannot compre-
hend his perfect plan for our lives,
but 1t is our blessed privilege to trust
his unerring wisdom and his infinite
love
The Colorado statesman., 1912-12-21

from whom the man has gone away,
leaving the woman to fight single
handed against the wolf. The effort
there to keep up heart and to hold
together the children in the home,
with the handicap of the lower wage
which is meted out to the working
woman, seemed even more desperate.
The little ones looked hungry; the
Christmas tree had shrunk to tiny
sprig of green; there was little light,
and 1t was. oh, SO cold, and the tiny
babe on the mothers arm was the
only soul that smiled. And this at the
time of plenty, when all should re-
joice! Is the mother at work at
time like this? Yes, in spite Of all
the world has to tell us of Sacred
motherhood" the woman with the
babe on her arm is not exempt from
this harsh demand, and at work she
must be, even on this day of days, or
risk the dole which is all that stands
between her children and the wolf.
And deep in the saddened eyes of
the Christ I read the condemnation
and the question: He that .loveth not
his brother whom he hath seen, how
can he love God whom he hath not
SEEM"
Is the rush OF the gift-buying a sign
either that there is plenty in the land
or that we really love to celebrate the
birthday of the Christ? II you think
so, listen to the groans of the over
burdened father of the family when
approached with the request for
Christmas moneys; hear what weary
women say to each other in passing
concerning the unwelcome necessity
of Exchanging gifts" with SO many
people who look for something from
you" What of the original spirit OF
Christmas is there left in this lex
change" this giving in the. expecta-
ton of return in kind? Thousands
upon thousands Of gifts are lex
changed" by people who bought them
with the money which was really
needed for the daily uses of their own
households, bought them grudgingly
in servitude to custom and without a
particle of real Christmas spirit ac-
companying the selection or the CIV
ing.
But this is not the worst of it; the
children, even, have come to know in
many families that the gifts to those
outside the family circle are given not
because of loving desire to give, but
in the spirit represented by that
wicked dollar" which Emerson said
was given in order to save himself
the unpleasantness of refusing or the
trouble of investigating some demand
made upon him. Which has the bet
ter claim upon the time and the purse
of the man of small means-those
dear to him who actually need COM
forts, or the richer friend who in no
sense needs the thing sent and who
| in turn will feel obliged to make gift
to keep his record clear? Shame up
on the weakness which forces the
exchange" of what should be an out
pouring of good feeling or else has
absolutely no raison d'etre
But is there any righteousness in
the feeling of SNUG comfort in the
homes of the well-to-do at the Christ
mas season? Is the full table and the
joy of ones own household fair
offering in honor of him whose com
ing we are supposed to be celebrat-
ing?
While we are pretending to be a
Christian community what are we do
ing to the weak and the helpless?
Can there be any greater wrong to
the children Of any community than