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Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-12-04

1t is figured that Englirhmen
pay golf caddies $4,000 year
for their services.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-12-04

Portugal yearly produces more
than 189, 600, 900 pounds of cork.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-12-04

OF $4,000 locomotives inspect
ed last year by the interstate
commission more than $4,000
were found defective.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-12-04
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,

Hail. Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces &c
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price u
mats per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. ~
keTe Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-12-04
lGajsrly 4 Fr;eads Theusht k
6ghss Weld De, BIT
o. Helped Hin to
Recovery.

Pomeroyton, Ky.-ln interesting ad-
vices from this place, Mr.. A. ]. Hughes
writes Is follows: IL was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, At
times, that l thought surely would die.
] tried different treatments, but they
did not seem to do me any good.
got 80 bad, could not eat or sleep,
md Ill my friends, except one, thought
would die. He advised me to try
Thedjoed's Black Dfaught, and quit
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27
Daddy Bedtime

The Toads
Trial Of
Tud Toad.

- a YE"RE ready for our story, daddy" cansd JACK and BveEyn.
00 Come along, then, and I'll begin at once. The toads are very
grave and very sedate. and their lawyers are the finest in the
animal world. One day last June O toad named Td had acct
dentahy stepped on and killed a smaller toad named Jody. 1t was we'll known
In the toad world that Tud and Jody had been bitter enemies, o II was a
question Of great doubt among many g to whether it had been IN accident
"A day "a set aside for a Il and all the toads from far and near
planned 10 o present, Ion they we're uh impressed by trials. Toads are. for
I most art sc good and we'll behaved that when anything dreadful happens
among them they aev very much shocked. Tud Toad came Of such fine par
ems mai every one fell very sorry for them and did everything they could to
comrort thenb te-hg them that Tud would come out all right and be q hner
toad in consequence
AT last the day set aside for the trial came, and all the toads were
there Nea the judges box sat Tuds mother and daddy His mother looked
very nervous, n every few moments she would bring forth from her Docket
a green leaf handkerchief and dry the tears from her great big ives. and
Iud daddy coughed to keep back the sbs that he felt in his throat A con.
slant murmur II whispers could be heard from the portion OF the courthouse
where all the toads sat, for they KEEP. talking among themselves, wondering
what the n { would be.
But oon the Judge, a fine looking big toad, stepped into hts box. with his
jury about him., and in front stood the trembling Tud, quabing with fsr and
looking at the ground, IS he was too ashamed to face the crowd
1.-THE judge began to speak in a clear voice: Ladies' and gentlemen. nv
jury Will go ut II court TO fifteen minutes, at the end of which they viii. tell
Is the result of the trial
"The fifteen minutes seemed hours, but at last the twelve toads Of the 1urv
came back and handed to the judge a slip of paper leaf. = :
THE judge arose again and said, 1t has been decided that Tud is nor
guilty At this Tud burst into sbs and cried, Tt is true: / did not mean
to do it!
Now said the judge, 1t will be a lesson to you. You can DO good to
your enemies Is well as your friends
This al the end Of tubs trial. He lived to be a fine. highly resnac4ed
toad, but he could never forget about poor Jody"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27
MODERN MAN,

This is an age of miracles. He can
not only talk over oceans and from
ship to- ship, but can commune with
friends from moving trains. The CON
ductor, the train dispatcher and the
railroad officials at the various sta
tons along the route can hold CON
slant communication. >
1.-The experiment was first tried a
month ago OF the Lackawanna. The
adjustment has since been perfected,
and there now remains no doubt of
success.
IL. B. Foley, superintendent of tele-
grapi1y of the road. is responsible for
the trial. At first the idea was laughed
ait, but so were many others which
have come true.
THE fastest train on the road was
selected for the test and was equipped
with wireless. The stations at Scran-
ton and Binghamton were also equip
ped with wireless apparatus. All the
regular train orders for the limited
are sent through the air, and are no
longer delivered at the stations.
Most of the great wrecks of recent
years have resulted from collision.
This form of accident will be next
To impossible il trains are in constant
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27
Dinner With the Cratchits.

Charles Dickens christmas Carroll
You might have thought a goose the
rarest of all birds; a feathered phe-
nomenon, to which a black swan was a
matter Of course; and, in truth, it was
something like it in that house. .
There lever was such a goose. Bob
said he didn't believe there ever was
such a goose cooked. The tenderness
and flavor, size and cheapness. were
the themes Of universal admiration,
Fixed out by the apple sauce and
mashed potatoes, it was a sufficient
dinner for the whole family; indeed
as Mrs. Crachit said with great delight
Surveying one small atom Of a bone
on the dish), they hadn't ate it all at
last-Hallo! A great deal Of steam!
The pudding was out of the copper
A smell like a washing day! That
was the cloth. A smell like an eating
house and a pastry cooks next door
to each other, with a laundress mex
door to that! That was the pudding
!. . . Oh, a wonderful pudding! Boz
Cratchit said, and calmly, too, that he
regarded it az the greatest success.
achieved by Mrs. Crachit since Their
marriage. Everybody hat
something to a about it, but nobody
said or thought it was at all a small
pudding for so large a family. 1t would
have been fiat heresy to dc so. ANY
Cratchit would have blushed to hin
at such a thing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27
KERNELS OF NEW LAW,

President Wilson'S now currency
bill. passed by both the senate and the
house of representatives, in slightly
different forms, provide for:
The issue of currency, guaranteed
by the government, based upon notes
and bills representing commercial
transactions and backed by a gold
reserve. Heretofore banks could issue
currency based on government bonds
only. The new currency is expected
to contract and expand to meet the
varied demands of trade.
The concentration Of the bank re-
serves Of the country in eight to
twelve regional institutions capitalize
cd by the banks Of the country and
controlled by directors elected by the
banks.
The creation Of a market for the
negotiable commercial paper which
forms the bulk of the assets of the
banks, where, in time of stress, those
assets may DC easily n without loss
transformed into cash.
The establishment of from eight tc
twelve great regional banks, through,
out the country, which will issue cur.
rency. r~ediscount paper, and central.
ize and mobilize the reserves of the
local banks. (The house bill provides
for twelve regional banks.)
The creation of a federal reserve
hnorl re D1ra Fo~~zI~-
the president, with final powers O
control and supervision over the en-,
tire system.
h creation Of a fund to guarantee
the deposits Of failed banks hat ar,
members Of the reserve associations.
Banks will be permitted to loan OF
fiye-year farm mortgages. 9Th,
house bill provided for one-yeal
farm mortgages.)
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touch with the stations along the
route ana with other trains,
HOW TARIFF WORKS.

A news item from London, datet
Des. 90, reads:
Welsh tin plate makers have
booked orders for some 40, 900
tons for delivery to American
canning and oil concerns between
now and June.
The United States tariff, which
had almost destroyed the Welsh
tln-plate trade, promises, in it's
revised form, 1t is said by the
makers, TO prove the salvation Of
the industry, as they now find
they are able to compete success
fully with transatlantic Compel
itors.
And The New York Post makes the
following comment after quoting the
item:
Is per cent ad valorem; in the Payne
AldriCh act it was IL cents a pound,
which is equivalent to something
like 40 per cent ad valorem. The 40,-
900 tons referred to in the above dis
patch as booked for delivery in the
next six months bear but q small pro-
portion to the American production,
which has recently been at the rate of
about 100000 tons a year.
The imports, on the other hand,
under the high tariffs preceding the
present revision, have been i~nsigni1-
can't in amount. averaging in the
n~eighborhood of 1000 tons for sew
eral years preceding 1912, and drop
ping in that fiscal year almost to zero
less than $50 tons.
Nov hat a perceptible fraction Of
Il total supply is to come from
abroad, M the American consumer
is to be mulcted only $15 on every
hundred he spends for the foreign ar
ticle, 1T will be in order for those who
gloated over the ruin of the Welsh in
dustry when the Mckinley tariff was
enacted to lament the encouragement
we are giving to the wicked foreign
ers by our present moderate rates.
But it looks as though the thing
were working out in precisely the way
that Mr.. Underwood contemplated in
regard to sucn reductions in general
giving a fair chance for competition
from abroad while not destroying the
established industry at home"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27
A Request to Learning.

Review of Reviews: AS a young
man who had received his diploma
from the university, Louis Adolphe
Theirs found himself face to face. with
the problem Of abandoning his ideals
of scholarship and research or of en-
during personal hardships that threat
ened to undermine his health and
diminish his future usefulness. With
a brave heart he made the necessary
sacrifices, sometimes living literally
upon bread and water in order Ito OBJ
studies. When in later life he, be-
came a celebrated writer, a. minister
Of state and finally president of the
French republic, he never ceased to
recall the privations of his youth and
to mediate upon a plan for provid-
ing a certain number of meritorious
young men with the mean of prose
Icuting their favorite studies and ar
irving at eminence in them without
the hard struggle and privations which
had embittered his unhappy youth.
Preoccupied until his death with
Important public duties, Theirs was
never able to carry out his intentions,
Faithful to her husbands noble pur-
pose, Madame Timers at her death,
made her sister, Mile Dosne, her re-
should found an institution which
should realize the dream of the great
historian.
With a spirit of devotion that en-
titles her to the highest praise, Mile.
Dosne resolved to execute in her own
lifetime the trust imposed upon her,
and to create a home Cor a limited
number OF young men, where, in per-
EJECT tranquility, under the guidance
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27
SATURDAY, DEC. 81, 1918.
EFFICIENT POLICE.

~ -
One Of the most important Depart
mentS of city government, and one
which Is too often given but little at
sfention is the department of police. In
"a city like Fargo especially, where at
certain periods Of the year. thousands
OF tranSients gather for the purpose
of spreading over the state to assist
in farming pursuits, there is impera-
tive need OF q police force composed
OF men Of the finest calibrc, men who
are capable of giving ample protec-
ZION to the permanent residents Of the
city from possible evil doors, attracted
by these large gatherings Of transient
workers.
Too often the police force is looked
upon as a spoils system, merely an
opportunity to pay d political debt
n in many cases men arc put in
charge of police affairs who are abso-
lutely untitled for the position.
Fargo is fortunate that it has a man
like Commissioned Jordan to take
charge of this important department.
Mr.. Jordan has made quite a study
Of policing, n it is his ambition to
give Fargo a police department that
will bring credit to the city, and make
the name Fargo a terror to evil doors
throughout the land.
1t has long been the contention Of
MIR. Jordan that in order to get the
best service in this department, the
men who compose the police force
should be placed on a better working
basis. To work q man twelve hours
a day, eve days in the week, is
certainly unfair, and Mr.. Jordan has
secured a reform that will go a long
way in building up the service, by the
new order which goes into effect Jan.
!, whereby the men work but six days
Il week instead Of seven.
A policeman has no easy snap. az
though that seems to be the popular
conception Of the job. There are not
many men who would be willing to
tramp a monotonous beat for twelve
hours at a stretch, through all kinds
OF weather for seven days in the week.
and with the possibility of an encoun-
ter with a desperate or a gang Of
them m with deadly eapon
facing them all the time. 1t was
high time that Fargo inaugurated this
7cform.
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JOHN JANKIN's SERMON.

The minister said last night, says he
Don't be afraid of given;
If your life amt nothin' to other folks
Why, what's the use O. living"
And that's what I say to wife, says I
There's Brown, the miserable sinner
He'd sooner a beggar would starve
than give
a cent toward buyin' a dinner.
I tell you our minister's prime, he is
But | couldn't quite determine,
When l heard him a-givin' it right and
left,
Just who was hit by his
or course there couldn't be no mistake
When he talked of long-winded
prayin',
Fore Peters and Johnson they sat and
scowled
At every word he was sawin'.
And the minister he went on to say,
There's various kinds o Cheatin',
And religions as good for every day
AS 1t is to bring to meetin'.
] don't think much of a man that gives
The Lord Amens at my p~reachin';
And spends his time the followin' week
In chcatin' and oVerrcaChin'."
l guess hat dose was bitter enough
For Il mar like Jones to swaller;
But ] noticed he didn't open his mouth
Not once, after that to boiler.
Hurrah. says ], for the minister
or course ] said It quiet
Give us some more Of this open talk
It's very refreshing diet.
The minister hit 'em every time:
And when he spoke of fashion.
And a~-riggin' out in bows and things,
AS woman's rulin' passion,
And a-comin' to the church to see the
styles,
I couldn't help a-winkin'
And a nudgin' my wife, and, says /,
That's you"
And l guess it sot her thinkin'.
Says I to myself, that sermons pat;
but man Is a queer creation;
And I much afraid that most o. the
folks
Now If he had said a word about
My personal mode O. sinnin',
I'd gone to work to right myself,
And not set here a~-grinnin'.
Just then the minister says, says he,
And now I've come to the fellers
Who've lost this shower by usin' their
friends
AS sort o moral umbrellas.
Go home" says he, land find your
faults,
Instead of huntin' your brothers.;
Go home" he says, land wear the
coats
You've tried to fit for others"
My wife she nudged, and Brown he
And there was lots O. smilin',
And lots O lookin' at our pew;
1t sot my blood a-bilin'.
Says ] to muself. our minister
Is gittin' a little bitter:
I'll tell him. when meetin's out, that ]
Amt at all that kind OF d %critter.
| -Topsy
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27
TOXIC news LETTER

Tokyo, Dec. 27.-The constant dis
cussion in Japanese. newspapers and
magazines Of the questions of women's
rights and woInan suffrage serves as
a striking example Of the rapidity
with which western thought and west
srn ideas are being assimilated in
Japan. .'v ..... 4. 49,.
Today the supporters of the WON :
ems rights movement r gleeful over
the fact that two women m~illionaires
of Tokyo have won the right to vote
at municipal and ward elections. The
municipal regulations grant the right
of suffrage to, any subject. of the Jap
anese empire paying a larger amount
of direct city taxes, than that paid by
any Of the three highest tax-paying
male. subjects. over 25z,, years Of age
The woman suffrage advocates con
tended that this clause permits. women
To vote if their property qualifications
were: sufficient, n the home office
upheld the contention.
An. important monthly magazine
has placed n set of questions before
noted Japanese on1e on II future
of, the sex in Japan, ~propounding sucf
queries as what can be done to I'M
prove the condition or the
women; requesting opinions as to the
SURFACE movement in the west, as
Wei as the question Of social indepen.
dence, and in a general way the grow.
ing tendency of woman to demand the
same rights as man.
a summary OF the replies indicates
an opinion that Japan is no Yet rips
for the suffrage movement. As The
stress Of living grows keener, tht
number Of spinsters, the writers say
will increase in the east as in tht
west. When that time comes h WON
en- here may with Justice claim ar
Ienactment Of the same law for woman
as for man. Mrs. Haru Hatoyams
says: ASuch a tendency may b,
averted in Japan II women foster sucf
national virtues as chastity, faithful.
ness. industry, thrift. patience, ant
| simplicity"
No two opinions are expressed, how,
ever, on the a~dVisability or justice o.
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The Man and the Hyaena.

c. H. Stigand tells in his recent
book, Hunting the Elephant in Africa,
or the superstition that the Somalis
nave that people can turn themselves
INTO hyaenas at night. In this connec-
.lon ne recounts the following anus
ing anecdotes: "A man alleged to be
In possession Of q gift by which he
could turn himself into O. hyaena was
brought for enlistment in the Somali
lrregulars in 1900. He explained that
the GIT was not a common one, and.
as his services would be mostly VAL
uable to the force in scouting at
night, he required rather more than
me ordinary pay; in fact he estimated
ms services at thirty rupees a month.
An agreement was ACCORDINGLY
made that he should be enlisted at
this rate, in return for which he con-
scented to turn himself into hvaena,
when required, mt scout for the force
in this guise.
Before the agreement was finally
closed, 1T was explained to him that as
thls rate of pay was above the aver
age, the government would like to as
certain for certain that he really was
IN the possession Of the bowers he
claimed. He might be an impostor or
ne might nave forgotten how to do it.
Would he mind just turning into a,
hyaena In the corner, so that we could
sec ina he was still in good practice?
70 this he, replied that it was against
his principles to change into q hyaena.
IN public. He was used to going out
into the night to do it, but We need
have no fear, he was well versed in
the art and would not fail us.
1.-The SomaliS Who had brought him
thought that the European was unduly
sceptical about the mans powers. 1T
will be a very good thing indeed for
u.s., they said, If we can get this man
to accompany us, as he. will gain much
information for us as to the enemy's
W~hereabouts.'
Nothing could prevail on the man
to give a proof Of his powers. so at
last an officer said to him: Look
here, here are thirty rupees and here
is a chicote. If you turn into a hyaena
now, the thirty rupees are yours. If
you do not, you will have thirty Chi
cote for being a liar and trying to de-
CeiVe the government
However, he was a clever rogue He
explained that he would be delighted
to turn at once into a hyaena and
gain the thirty rupees, but before he
could effect the change it was neces-
sary to eat certain herbs Of the bush:
he would go Immediately and fetch the
herbs n give an ocular demonstra-
ton of his powers. SO saying he ran
off to fetch his herbs and was y
seen again; perhaps he changed into
a hyaena and forgot how to. change
back. Allah knows MACMILLAN Co,
New York;. =
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the upper DR. ~aristocratic classes show
q decided deficiency in this regard"

Enthusiasm and faith in the success
or his mission fill the Reverend Kaki-
chi T'sunashinas q Japanese pastor in
n Congregational church. who has
been commissioned by his church to
go to the United states and endeayor
to help solve the California land aues-
ton. His chief activity will be in max
ing an appeal to Americans as chris
tfans. He expects to sail for America
Dec. 81, on the steamer Chiyo Maru.
Mt. Tsunashima. eason that true
righteousness and civilization will in
due course of time be appreciated. He
thinks that the question of Japanese
lard ownership in California is too big
a problem to be settled in a short time,
and that 1t does not admit Of q tenn
porary solution. He will try to solve
it on the broad basis of universal love
and christian brotherhood.
! In fulfilling his mission Mr.. Tsun-
asthma expects to visit churches, pas
tors associations. and other christian
organizations, and to write and preach
his thoughts and ideals as opportuni-
ty offers. He says there may be faults
and shortcomings on the part Of he
Japanese, but by his proposed under
taking he believes he can persuade his
countrymen to a better mode Of life.
t. lining SoiuASIS al LIle TASK u now
to fight under CALLING fire was the key
note Of this years big military ma
neuvers Of the Japanese army at Ma
goya, according to foreign experts who
were present. .
Every day the purpose of the ma
neuveTs was to test the moral courage
OF an army which found itself exposed
to complete humiliation, or at least, a
ruinous onslaught, from the enemy.
Detachments were sent across a field
where artillery and quick-flring guns
were supposed to be merciIessly de-,
ctmating their ranks.
Everything possible was done to
show the foreign attaches the plan of
the m~aneuvers' and so far as could be
observed no secrecy was maintained.
Every evening q Japanese officer gave
a. lecture to the military experts, point.
ing out the plan and operation Of the
maneuvers upon an immense map
hung upon the wall.
The emperor was active throughout
the maneuvers and it was noticeable,
as another evidence Of the growing
spirit Of democracy in Japan, that he
personally shook hands with each mil
itary attache.