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that they may not peck al one another
Cock-fightins here is a faVorite sport
and game-chicken peddling is reyulG
business.
1t is wonderful how small the sal ::
of these street peddlers are. In maN
places the merchants sit OH the STREET.
with tneir goods spread out before them
About the cathedral are scores who sci
candies. peanuts and fruit. The peanuts
are not measured ON by the glass D,
the pint with us. but are counted Yul
can get about ten for cent Auoth Il
pile may be four or FIVE candies. and q
third may be four oranges laid up like q
pyramid
In the great market. where most of the
Mexieans do their meat and vegetable
buying. are little piles of potatoes CO H.
tanning dozen tubers not more than an
inch in diameter Such pile may slll
for nickel Onions and green peppe -
are counted, and squash and pumpkins
are cut into pieces and sold by the slice.
! saw women today buying cabbage II
one cent slice. Think of cents wor h
Of cabbage. But there are many poDi
here. and a cents worth will favor a
stew. These small piles are for the pc IL
with whom ten or fifteen cents may b, y
a whole mornings marketing.
You must not think. however. that t {
market business is made up of small
trading. 1t is one of the finest marke :
on the continent, and / doubt whether
better fruits and vegetables are am
where sold. The celery and lettuce al e
especially delicious. Nearly every vegc-
table can be bought all the year rouni
and the great variety of climates sivns
YOU apples, peaches and pears and al q
oranges bananas. p:neapples and lemon >
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Saloniki must also be left free. Austria
pushed this policy by intrigue. but took
no risks. As long rs Turkey held to-
gether she was satisfied. Let well alone
was the principle OF her policy.
For the sake of this Balkan policy
Austria made great sacrifices. For the
sake of it shesincurred the anger of Rus
STA during the Crimean war. and later at
the Berlin congress. Yet within few
months of Berchtolds nomination this
successful policy was abandoned.
1t was Berchtold S blunder of proposing
to reform Turkey on the basis of racial
autonomy which precipitated the Balkan
war Such reform would have spoiled
forever the chances of Serva and Bull
garia. King Ferdinand and King Peter.
therefore, concluded that they must strike
at once. With Turkeys defeat the whole
Austrian policy had to be abandoned.
In the week of the ultimatum Aus
tria had declared categorically that
she would not tolerate the annexation
of Novi-Bazaar and that she would
further not tolerate. the annexation of
Saloniki, or of the strip of territory
running to Saloniki. Yet in all these
points she has had to eat her words.
The Siavs have had their way. And
now Austria's internal position is
worse than ever. The creation Of the
greater Servia. which she so much
feared, is fact And the politicians
Of this greater Servia are already pur-
suing ir1edentism by talking of their
interest in their brother Serbs in Aus
tria. The whole of this muddle, whicn
has damaged Austria both great
power and in her internal affairs, is
due to the blunder of Berchtold.
England is no better off than Aus
tria with her foreign affairs. according
to the general European view, which
is that Sir Edward Grey has failed in
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in the Mexican capital. and most OF them
have fixed prices marked in plain figures.
but, even so, you can get some reduction
in these days of hard times. About the
finest establishments are the jeWelry
stores. They are filled with gold and sill
Yer trinkets from Paris and with precious
stones of all kinds. / find such places in
almost every block. and along the Ave-
nida San Francisco are many which
would be credit TO Boston or New York
There are also big groceries, dry goods
stores and hardware establishments The
cuTio stores are interesting. They sell
Mexican drawn work, stamped feathers
in the shape of pocketbooks and purses,
and Spanish fans laces and mantillas.
Nearly every such shop has half peck
or SO of opals. which it sells by the piece
or the handful, according to quality.
Some of these stones are beautiful and
an especially fine one will bring 500 and
upward Others. which may reflect all
the colors of the rainbow. are punched
together and sold at few dollars pint
There are cigar stores everywhere.
Every one in Mexico, from the lately
weaned baby TO the gray haired old
srown-up on the edge of the grave.
smokes cigars cigarettes. This is SO of
male and female. Mexico makes excellent
brands of tobacco, and that about twice
as cheap as in the states. You can get
fairly good cigar for a nickel, and one
that costs 10 cents here would be worth
~ cents in the United States. The cigar
cites which are often put up in black
paper look deadly. but the tobacco in
them is mild and l am told they are good
AS to the men who are doing the bust
ness, Americans own most of the stores
selling curios, hardware and drugs. The
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Ny, Yes!

TAR. F. F. FRIEDMANN, the tuburcu-
- loss expert, said at recent dinner
p lrty in New York: .sf
1t is often amusing to hear hospital
PATIENTS talk about their experiences
it is the free hospital patient L particu.
Ia rly refer to.
In the surgical ward of a Berlin hospi.
tai a patient was heard TO say one day:
: The worse We are the better they
like us here. Why, they won't think
nothing at all of that cut of yours-they'il
augh at YOU. But wait till You get 4
geat big lump inside your head ike me.
rlen they'll make something like a fuss
,u err, yotI--yon couldn't hardly get more
attention then IL YOU was a king. Little
things like your cut the boy doctor sees
10 but when YOU get in my shape the
III ief looks after, You every time. Ny.
tres.'' <-s
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A Neat Little Point.

a LFRED MOVES, the English poet-a
"A poet notable for the fact that he ac-
tually makes 4 living out OF poetry-sald
at a dinner in New York:
Modern literature has grown subtle at
the expense of strength. There is over
much finesse in the work of today we
are continually making neat little points
after the manner of the Baroness Bur-
dett-Coutts.
"when the baroness was Miss Coutts,
the great heiress, it was rumored that
she was to wed the Duke of Wellington
A friend asked the duke II the rumor was
true and the duke answered irritably.
81 said Miss Angela Coutts deserves
to be a duchess. l never said that | would
make her one.
"1,his observation of the dukes was
repeated to the heiress. She flushed on
hearing it, smiled a little bitterly, and
remarked:
The duke should have said could, >
not would
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The Woodchuck'S Lesson.

HTHERE are too many commissions,
made up for the most part Of lame
ducks
The speaker was Senator Tillman. He
continued:
I'VE don't need commissions to do our
work for us. We, the Senate and House
can do our own work if we will only
persevere.
I'VE must be, you know, like that
woodchuck.
"Once upon a time there was a wood
chuck Woodchucks can't climb trees.
Well, our woodchuck was chased
by houn' dawg, and, very hard press
ed. he came to a tree.
"The woodchuck knew if he climbed
that tree he would be safe. He knew that
if he didn't climb it, the houn' dawg
would get him.
Now woodchucks can't climb trees.
But this one had to. So he did
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Anecdotes Concerning
Well KNOWN People

course, this young girl never received any
checks from the editor for her yapid
verses on dead canaries and such like
topics One day Miller found in his mail
the following missive:
"Dere Editor: l have axdently found out
you have been printing my daughter s
PONIES for months and months without
paying her cent. Now l know a thing
or two if Susie don't: there is no grean in
my eve. and If you don't pay up for the
whole kit and crew of PONIES at onct, I'll
have the law on you for so cold-blood-
ly picking the brains of an innocent girl.
No prize tin watches nor brass rings
wanted, cash only, or into Jail you CO.
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BILE NrGQE OF HIGH POLITICS BISMARCK

resolution it changed it's mind: and a
the powers laboriously explained tina
they never thought of threatening. Pusi
luminous running away from, or after
the stronger side. incessant vacillatio:
and change of mind and a total inca
pacity to work out and adhere to a rea
sonable policy-that is all the six grea
powers of Europe. with their eleven mil.
lion soldiers and revenues of five billion
dollars, have been able to effect n thre:
months of hard work.
The humiliating position of the Eu-
ropean concert is entirely due to the fac:
that there is no leading statesman with
will, insight into the sum of pOlitical
stead there are puny.. pretentious poll,
ticians whose idea of statecraft is the
dividing of Europe into two sentimental
ly inimical camps. The one consistent
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The Easier Task.

MISS BEATRICE HARRADEN, the
AvA English writer, praised at a lunch
con in New York the beautiful Easter
hats that in countless numbers beautified
the restaurant.
You'd scarcely believe IT, woman
Journalist said to Miss Harraden. s"but
many of us American women make our
own Easter hats
IAN Englishw oman can't make her
own hats, but she can pick other women S
hats to pieces Miss Harraden answered.
with Q smile.
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every enterprise he started on. with
the one exception of the enterprise OF
keeping up ceaseless quarrel with
Germany. Grey was partly doomed
into, his position, first by Gladstone,
then by Rosebery, and partly he owes
his success to his talents for showing
responsible manner. He ignores
foreign history. lingustics, lnstitu-
tons and art The whole work of
negotiating with diplomats who do not
speak English is carried on by Sir
Arthur Nicholson.
Sir Edward Grey's last failure is his
attempt to regulate 1.-THE terms of peace,
and to put the screw on Turkey at
the London amba ssadors conference.
The London conference is his 1nyen-
ton. and as honorary president also of
the peace negotia tons conference he had
a chance to do something. As fact, the
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BraveIy Spoken.

CENATOR CARROLL was talking IN
~ Albany about his bill requiring all
automobile owners and operators to 1uf-
nish their fingerprints to the authorities.
Let the interests fight me as they VIII,
said Senator Carroll. Il am bound to get
my bill through
..'Oh, drop it. friend DISCOURAGED me
the other day This bill offends too
MANY interests Drop it, or you'll meet
your Waterloo.
My boy said !. when l meet my
Waterloo my name is going to be Well
ington.
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ambassadors conference did nothing but
execute the DEGREES of DIR. Danen. the
chief of the Bulgarian negotiators.
The dealings of the powers in the Bal
kan quarrel have from first to last
showed their bankruptcy in moral au-
thority courage and craftsmanship. The
concert has repeatedly repudiated itself
and eaten its words. First it announced
boldly that it would not allow the Balkan
states to retain their conauests: later it
forgot all about these brave words, and
under threats from the victors of terrible
things that would otherwise happen. 1t
worked to give the victors territory which
they had not even conquered.
In order to do this it threatened the
Turks, and the moment the Turks showed
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The Poets Corner.

THE late Joaquin Mfiler-Heinie Miller.
j as he was called in those days-used
TO edit the Eugene Register. an Oregon
newspaper and in Eugene they still tell
many story about the poet of the
Sierras.
There is one story concerning poets
corner that Miller ran in the Register.
The chief contributor to the poets cor
ner" was a young girl Of sixteen. OF
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Russia on one side and in Germany. Aus
tria and Italy on the other. is TO aggra-
vate. intrigue and keep up a constant
state of crisis and menace without how
ever the courage to go to war. That
was not the way of Bismarck. Bismarck
despised the policy of pin-pricks. of senti
mental alliances and animosities; he
made working deals with Russia at the
same time as he was making the triple
alliance. and he persistently foiled the
desire of other diplomats to drag Ger
many at the cart-tail of any European
concert" So Europe now badly needs
Bismarck to teach it the elements OF
policy, and to expose in their present in
significance the present petty pretenders
to craftsmanship. %
Copyright, 1913. by Curtis Brown,
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FAILURE 81 the European

FAILURE 81 the European
! Concert-Ludierels Fig
ures Cut by the Great Pow
ers in the Balkan Quarrel
Show Their Bankruptcy in,
Moral Authority and Cour-
age-Von Jagow of Germany
Is Declared an Aniable Non
entity, Sazonoff Is Too Lazy
to Work, Sir Edward Grey
Of England Doesn't Please
Europe, While Berchtold of
Austria Has Ruined His
Country's Aims of a Century.
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TO go out by the hour or day and
prepare garments for the dress T,

ITO go out by the hour or day and
prepare garments for the dress
maker to remodel is an occupation
by which an unframed woman can make
a city living, a way that. calls only for
ordinary common sense and care, and
few simple tools. The principal work is
to rip the garments carefully, remove
every vestige of a thread. free them
thoroughly from dust. clean out such
spots as do not call for the services of
professional cleaner. and press the
goods; i'm short, to so prepare them that
the dressmaker can begin her work
without any delay.
A bright woman will find many ways
in which to improve her services and
render herself invaluable to her employ
ers. Such work calls for extreme care
in every portion of 1t. for the garments
must in no wise be injured during the
ripping. cleansing and pressing. The
tools necessary are two pairs OF scissors,
one with very sharp edges and round
points, the other with sharp edges and
very sharp points, and ripping knife, of
which there are several kinds on the
market. Two dollars or less will cover
the cost of first-class articles. the only
kind to be considered when buying edged
tools.
X
woman who would be good at the
foregoing occupation would probably he
good at darning and mending, and could
combine that with the other work. Prot
ably every house that she would visit
would have more or less of this for her
to do. such as darning stockings, mend
ing table linen. putting on skirt bindings,
sewing hooks and eyes on waists, mend
ing lace, shortening skirts, and similar
work. Many woman who leads busy
life and likes pretty things to wear would
be glad to have such a worker come to
her once a week and attend to whatever
she NAV have laid out for her to do.
In addition to doing work for the wom-
en- and children of a household, such a
woman might also do much for the man
folks; for instance, putting new cuffs and
neckbands on their white and colored
shirts getting the material for the pur-
nose from the bottom of the shirt. Their
wooden shirts are often too long and
bulky, and should be shortened and made
to hit.
Few women with garden space at their
command seem to realize how mech
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A LAND of Small Deal
"A ers and of Peddlers Who
Sell by the Pile-Hats Which
Cost $40 Apiece and Saddles
Sroo-Queer Signs-A Look
at the Markets-The Trade
in Game Chickens and Tur-
keys-Corn Husks for Wrap
ping Paper-Street Cars and
the Midday Siesta-A City
Where All Clerks Have Two
Hours Of for Lunch.
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ing that these subordinates themselves
do on an average only two and one-quar-
ter hours work day. and that even the
most Junior officials work only for three
hours For the first four months after
Sazonoff became minister Russia's policy
was controlled by the wholly incompetent
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| r . r + needs a
Bismarck. That is
AiLe judgment OF
seTfo Is. political
students or tIf< la
mentable muddleuf
higher politics dur
ing recent years.
Europe is shocked
BY the low talents
and feeble cilarac-
ters of her leading
5 1 q [ . 5 nj . n. the
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bluniers u individual powers, the mon
s;rous comedy Of the European con-
GER" and The lack o. will, knowledge
and imagination at the disposal of the
chancellcries Things. It's admitted.
werc never "a had as now Tbs bones of
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ONE. ia ka a
walk with me
throu gh the bust
ness sections Of
Mexico City and
see how our live
~ sister republic
buys. sells and
gets gains. 1t is
BOW > pm. and
we are on the
AVenida de San
Francisco, in the
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Tsarskoe Selo.
Since AehrenthaIs death the foreign
policy of Austria Hungary has been so
hopelessly muddled that the aims of a
century of intrigue and aspiration have
been foiled in few months. And entirely
by Austria's own acts. The blunderer was
the present foreign minister, Count
Berchtold. Berchtold was made minister
not at all for. his political talents. which
are mediocre, but because he is half Ger
man and half Hungarian by origin, and
had become a Hungarian citizen by
choice That being SO, Kaiser Franz Jo-
SET reasoned that he would reconcile the
Hungarian diet and the Hungarian dele
cation to the policy of Vienna.
Berchtold had splendid chance to.
serve Austria and make his name re-
membered. He took over the traditional
Austrian POLICY toward the Balkans.
That was to preserve Turkey, to prevent
the excessive growth Of the Christian
Balkan states, because such growth
would cause a dangerous irredentist
movement toward the Slaxs in Austria
and Hungary. Aehrenthal pursued this
policy brilliantly and in March, 1863, he
dealt to Servian, Pan-Slav and Russian
interests a knock-down blow. 1t was
further the Austrian policy that il Turkey
could not be kept af1oat Austria must
have share of the spoils. Whatever the
Balkan Slav states might take, they must
leave Saleniki to Austria. and long
strip Of territory connecting Austria with
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MEXICO CIT Y .

copyrighted. 1918. Is Frank 6. Carpenter
Special Correspondence II The star
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hrart ~ III TapITdT II Is INT DUsItst
hour Of the day III Washington. Berlin,
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ccial Correspondence II Thc star.

VIENNA. March -. 1913
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27
'CASS CO.. PIONEER
Died IN OKLA,
hrs MARY LYFORD, FORMER RESI-
DENT OF wHEATLAND, DIED AT
THE HOME OF HER SISTER IN
TULSA, OKLA-WELL REMEMBER.
ED HERE.

wore. has been received in Fargo Of
the death of Mrs. Mary Ellis Lyford,
who was for many years a well known
resident of Wheatland. She passed
away at the home of her sister, Mrs.
4. K. Parkhurst of Tulsa, Okla, while
on a VISIT there.
Mrs. Lyford was "a years old. She
was born in Attica, O., in 1888. She
later moved with her parents to Pres
cott' Wis. where, she was married in
1861 to James r. Lyford. ,
In 1876 Mt. and Mrs. Lyford moved
to Wheatland. where they resided until
1912 when they removed to Frazee,
Mimi. : During the last year Mr.. Lyford
dfed n recently she went for a pro-
ionged visit at the home Of her sister,
Mrs. P~arkhurst in Tulsa.
She is survived by an adopted son,
Charles Iyford,' and two sisters, Mrs.
George Bowers OF Napoleon, O., and
Mrs. P~arkhurst of Tulsa.
Mrs. Lyford's "a years which she
bore with exceeding grace. gave her a
sweet dignity and f~ullness of. exper-
1ence that made her a delightful friend
and companion. She was a woman Of
broad culture and fine intellect, both of
which were raised to a higher value by
her Christian character. Her many
friends throughout the county and in
mise,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-27
WIRELESS DlsTURBs BIRDS.
Homina Pigeons Crossing the Area
Fail - Find Their Wav Home.

Answers: Since Jul coast began to
be studded with Marconi stations, 1t
has been noticed that the birds do not
seem very happy about it. In the
neighborhood Of a wireless station
birds seem to be vaguely disturbed and
uneasy, gulls being the chief sufferers.
And when the line Of a pigeon race
lies over or near a wireless station 1T
has been noticed that an unusual num-
Der of birds fail to find their way home.
The wireless waves in the air seem to
interfere with the sense Of direction.
The cause has not been definitely
settled, but there is no doubt that birds
and animals both are far more sensi-
tive to mysterious vibrations of the
air than human beings are. Horses
and monkeys in earthquake lands
tremble with fear hours before an
earthquake arrives
It has been suggested that animals
and birds have a sixth, or electric
sense and are in touch with the ether,
that mysterious fluid which scientists
declare to pervade everything in the
universe, both on earth and in air. IT
is by waves in the ether that wire
less travels.
SO when the wireless waves start
interfering with the ordinary waves OF
the ether, such as those along which
light travels, the birds lose their little
| heads and forget their way.
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laity than among their fellow pro-
~fessionals.
Most lawyers are fee %grabbers. They
have to be. Their profession is over
crowded. They have to scratch gravel
to make a living. often we censure
them unfairly. They can't afford-the
great majority Of t1em-to serve JUS
tice when the big rewards are for
lawyers who al beat or cheat it.
II believe in free Justice" says
Judge Ruppenthal Of Russell, Kan. IT
believe that lawyers should be, in
practice as well as in theory, officers
Of the court, paid by the state, so that
they would be in fact be as truly off =
GERS of the court as the court itself is
an officer Of Justice. I believe that un-
der such a system We would be able
to get rid of the p~ettifoggers and the
shysters and the hangers-on who now
make the name lawyer a by-word and
a term Of reproach."
I That is not a new idea. 1t has often
been suggested. Once in a great while
1t has been tried, in a small way. A
few cities have hired public defenders,
Some communities have free legal aid
| Cleveland has a successful court in
which justice Of a pretty good quality
Is administered without the use OF
lawyers act all.
But nowhere Is there as broad ar
organization Of free Justice as there
Is everywhere free medical and sur
gical help for the sick. The profes-
| sion of healing is far in advance of the
profession of justice. There is a sur
plus Of doctors, too; but it isn't rare
for q big doctor TO give much Of his
service to the public without pay. mol
does it greatly interfere with his
standing In the profession.
Free justice!" Ought not justice
to be free? Can it be.iustice il up fol
sale? Can it tbe Justice If the poor
who need it most. practically cam
get it?