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Daddy:s bedtime
@. The Quarrel
OCOIV- Between Naughty
Liule Sparrows.

PACK and Evelyn had been feeding crumbs to the birds every day for
some time.
II fancy they enjoy them pretty well, don't theyT" said daddy.
- Yes; they love them" replied Evelyn,
do they evr scrap over who shall get a crumb frst?" added daddy.
"No" said Jack; they never seem to. They really are very cunning. and
they seem to be very friendly and get along beautifully.
"WeE, you know" said daddy, the other day I saw some birds having an
awful fight. One little sparrow had found q very big crumb and vas trying
to keep 1t all TO himself"
"sparrows re supposed to bo ratnsr fond Of fighting. arsn't they, daddyT
asked Jack.
They do seem to be considered crosser and to have more cranky natures
other birds. But perhaps it's because they're always around u.s. and
they never have a quarrel that W e don't bee Il, for really we ought to be very
grateful to the spaFrews, for we always have them with u.s."
Yes; that's true" said Evelyn. And they're plucky little creatures, too,
never minding bad weather, not even the very worst But do tell Us more
about the fight daddy"
Another little sparrow" continued daddy, "was furious when he saw the
sAhshness OF the first sparrow. He completely lost his temper. He few 1t
the first little sparrow and hit him with his wings Just as hard as ever he
could.
Then d number OF sparows came and Joined lin the fight Some took the
side Of the first sparrow and some of the second sparrow.
1T really might have been quite a serious battle had not a. old sparrow
stepped In ana pitched his voice way up in the air. He simply shrieked at
the sparrows.
stop; stop at onceT he cried.
"An the sparrowB stopped at once for they were very much afraid Of the
old sparrow. He wa quite their leader, and, though he was a very jolly old
soul and would enter into all their sports. still he "a quite strict
Aren't you ashamed OF yourselves, all Of YOU he contnued-you, little
sparrow, for being so selfish, and you, little second one, for losing your
temper. and the resto Il you for joining 1nT
And Ill the little sparrows hung their heads in shame and they then and
there promised the old sparrow that they would never again be greedy and
selfish nor would they fight
THE Ods sparrow then looked vey much relieved, for It always made him
very unhappy when the sparrows were naughty"
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News About Mexico.

For general information, historical
and geographical, reinforced by clear
accurate maps, those who are fol-
lowing events in III present crisis
can do no better than turn to
"Terry's Mexico" a handbook by T.
not a book of hasty impressions; it
is a compendium of exact informa-
ton told in practical and interest
ing fashion. The chapter on Vera
Cruz is just now Of peculiar interest.
This city was named La Villa RIGA de
la Vera Cruz-the rich town Of the
true crosby fernando Cortes,
who anchored in the roadstead April
Fl, 1919. and landed the following
Immediately the settlement was NOV
ed inland, but in 1899 Gaspar de
Zuniga, Viceroy of Mexico and Count
Of Monterey, ordered the town re-
moved to the original site. For many
years the present town was called
New Vera Cruz to differentiate it
from the old abandoned town. Until
the middle of the last century. a
high stone wall surrounded the port,
completely excluding the purifying
sea breezes and rendering it one of
the most unhealthy spots on the
Gulf coast. Few cities have suffer-
ed more heart-breaking trials. II
has been repeatedly sacked by buc-
cancers, bombarded by foreign fleets
scourged by cholera and yellow fever,
torn by ~internecine strife, and buff
feted and wrecked by hurricanes. Al
the close of the Mexican war for in
dependence (1S21) the Spanish
troops subjected the port to such a
terrific bombardment that it was al
most ground to powder. In 1888
both the town and the castle were
attacked by the French, and in 1S47
both again suffered a cannonading
by the American fleet under General
Scott so severe that the effects are
still visible on the walls Of the castle.
Vera Cruz is now called la siempre
heroica "the always heroic"
heroica, "the always heroic (Hough-
ton Miffin Co., Boston.
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WAR ON THE Ely.

Fow'g the time to declare war or
the ~ay-before he becomes too nuraer
u.s.. Clean up the breeding places and
swat every fly you see. Refuse piles
should be removed and garbage re.
ceptacIes covered. Here are a few
facts. issued by the Merchants as.
ISOLATION Of New York. which it would
De we'll to bear in mind:
Files COS the United States
! 100000 JOE annually. The present
10 the time to kill flies: before the
weather becomes warm and the
'holdovers' begin to propagate.
( one fly now means innumer-
able billions later on.
The determination Of the winter
fly is the duty Of the housewife
and Of every one Don't let n
escape. Catch and kill them all
while 1t Is spring. for the winter
ny Is the parent Of summers de-
~structive swarms.
The time to destroy the fly Is
before 1t has had a chance to Law
It's, eggs. Now Is the time.
Capture every one Of the filthy
little pests you can find.
"a single fly is capable of de-
posting $50 eggs at one time. and
of producing five or six matches
during it's short life.
These figures show the meal
culabie possibilities Of a single fy
and how vital It is to destroy the
winter flies"
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Literary Notes

The present troublous times are not
to joke about, yet there is a sort of
whimsical encouragement in the an
nouncement that Calm Yourself" is
in its fifth printing. The CHEEKY
philosophy of it's author, Dr.. George
L. Walton, is in many cases, better
than medicine, and might be adopted
by nations quite as judiciously as by
individuals.
H~oughton Mifflin Company an
nounce new printings Of The Health
Master" by Samuel Hopkins Adams;
auction Developments" by Milton c.
Work; 1.-THE Women We Marry by
Arthur S, Pier, and ''The Passing
Of Empire" by Fl. Ffelding-Hall.
Houghton Mifflin Co., announc the
following books to be published May
9Th: Letters Of a Woman Home
steader' by Gilmore Pruitt Stewart;
"The Place Of the Church in Evolu-
ton by John Mason Tyler; Nurses
for Our Neighbors" by DR.. Alfred
Worcester; "The Ministry Of Art
by Ralph Adams Cram; and "Religi-
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SATURDAY, MAY 2.
THE GRAlNGROWERs.

The committee which selected The
G~raingrowers as h name under
which the Fargo-Moorhead boys will
cavort on the Northern league dia-
monds, did a good days work. They
passed i've many names which might
have been more catchy" more flip
pant, and selected one that will be
truly representative, a. name that will
add to the fame OF the Red river val
ley.
There were many other good names
suggested. But there was no other
which would have conveyed so much
to the mind of the man who is not
familiar with this part of the coun-
try.
Everyone Immediately grasps the
significance Of the "Millers." It is a
name which has a distinct vaIue TO
Minneapolis. In exactly the same way,
everyone that hears the name GRAIN
growers will catch it's significance,
n it will be of real value in advertis-
ing Fargo and Moorhead.
For many years to come, his coun-
try is going to continue to be, dis
tinctively a grain growing country.
Corn, wheat. alfalfa, barley, oats. fax,
those are the crops that bring the
wealth and prosperity to this great
Red river valley. Some suggested the
name "Spuds' or "Tubers." These
would have been good names but they.
would not have been as representative
as the one selected.
The committee might have seIecteo
a name that would have been more
popular with the home fans. The
Twins, the Cantillons. the Go-Flickers,
h Go-heads. There were some Of the
snappy names suggested. They decid-
ed however that it was more IMPORT
ant to get a name that would be an
advertisement for Fargo and Moor
head.
After all. it is the local business
man who must bear the burden OF get
ting under this team with financial
support. 1t is therefore only fair to
the business men, that they get as
much real advertising value from the
team as possible. And as The Grain
growers, the boys will advertise the
broad and fertile prairie lands Of the
country on which Fargo and Moorhead
are dependent for support, wherever
n play or the name is heard.
success to the Graingrowers.
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he returned to the United

ridge. he returned to the United
States in 1909.
lie married the sister of DIR. Chan
ming n returned to london where
ne practiced his profession for seven
years In 1918 he returned to Boston,
ana ON account Of his feeble health
PASSED the remainder of his life in
seclusion in Cambridge.
he was a nan of lofty and poetic
aspirations, but rather a poet than a
painter: And his art, though often
aumlraole as a decoration, was TOO
iittle based on nature to be of the
highest rank. Among his important
canvasses are the Dead Man Re-
VtVed IN the Pennsylvania Academy
at Philadelphia, Portrait of Cole
mage IN the National Gallery il
LONDON Spalatro's Vision of the
blooay Hand in the Taylor Johnson
Coliectlon in New York. The Prophet
at Yale university in New
raven. n his large unfinished Bels-
hazzers Feast, now in Boston.
among his writings are a poem,
Inc Sylphs of the Seasons in 1919.
me Romance of Monaldi in 1842. and
lectures on Art published in 1850
alter MS death. His novel, Moneldi.
IS ms literary effort by which he is
pest known. In this MI. Allston's
style INDICATES a remarkable COM
manu- OF language, great descriptive
powers and rare philosophical as well
1S43. ueu ~
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From The Forum Book Shelf

ent time for collections Of concise
facts which shall show the vanity
and bluff of socialist programs and
such facts must be placed before the
public writes Yves Guyot in the
preface of his Where and Why Pub
lie Ownership Has Failed. MY sole
object in writing this book" he goes
on to say has been to present just
such a compilation of rigidly investi-
gated, authentic facts and figures re-
garding public ownership and opera
ton. If I have not been able to af-
firm that government and municipal
undertakings are efficient the fault is
not mine. l have not found them So
M. Guyot divides his very interest
ing discussion into four books which
he captions as follows:-1. Public
and Private Trading Operation; 2.
Financial Results of Government and
Municipal Ownership; 8. Administra-
tive Results; and 4. Political and So
cial Consequences of Public Opera
ton. Under each head he presents
an array Of incontestable statistics
and Observation-Disclosures Co. New
York;
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FARM LOANS,

The McHenry Tribune comments on
the need Of a rural credit system.
especially in North Dakota, as fol-
lows:
The farm loan question IL receiv-
ing much attention at present. In no
other portion Of the United States
does this question need more attention
than in North Dakota. It seems,
with the increasing land values and
the diversified farming by scientific
methods that is being widely practiced
In some sections, still most farmers
have to pay exorbttant rates Of in
terest on first mortgage loans. when
a land loan Is as safe an investment
as railroad or government bonds.
Why is It that they have to paw loan
shark rates? They should Organize
an agency for this purpose and negoti-
ate loans in large sums, distributing
this money in sums needed by the
various farmers being in touch with
this agency. Governor Hanna ia Civ
ing this matter attention and can
be Of aid to farmers in putting
through such a deal,
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it has. America is woefully behind
in military aviation, all other coun-
tries OF any Importance, having de-
voted much more attention to this
very essential auxiliary Of the army
and navy. A brief comparison is Of
interest:
The United States has Is a~eroplanes
and 1913 aviators; France. $50 aero.
planes Inc 966 aviators; Germany,
376 and 335; Russia, 315 and 1872:
Italy. 27o and 1856; and England. 1870
and $7s.
The United States has one dirigibie
balloon; Germany, 40; France, 80;
Russia, 10; Italy, IL; and England, Z.
The United States has expended
only $550,OOO for aviation purposes,
while Germany has spent SIS, 500, 900;
France, $2S, $780, 900; Russia, $12,5OO,-
OOO; Italy, 5 8 500, 900; and England,
$500, 900.
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Poetry and w, 3. Yeats

In an interview published in the
New York Times, William Butler
Yeats gives his explanation for the
present day interest in poetry. THE
for the revival of poetry" he
said, I trace to the end Of the re-
action against romance. When I
was twenty, the romantic movement
was dying away. You saw it in our
clothes, you heard it in u accents.
1 alone made a protest in the form
Of loose neckties, but my fellows had
what was called the Oxford manner,
and dressed like men of fashion-or
as nearly as their purses would per-
nit.
Realism was rising all around us.
If you had imagination o tried to
hide it. My contemporaries lived
hops. Nowadays I see about me
young men Of twenty-four OF twenty
five who live lives of comparative
propriety in the manne of bandits.
One friend wears the cloak of an
Italian student. Two have given up
wearing hats because. they say they
have never found headgear to suit
them. Poetry Is once more full Of
passion and audacity. Yet these
themselves. 1t will be a full ten
years before we shall be able to
measure them.
when I began to write. nobody Of
the poets was read but Tennyson;
and he was read immensely. Then for
a few years poetry was taken up
again because people were looking
for a new Tennyson. Then they
stopped because they found that
whatever they were going to get, it
wasn't another Tennyson. We were
ell Of the trough Of the wave. A
curious thing is that the same thing
happened in other countries. Art for
arts sake, the disinterested service
of the Muses., passed away for a
time, and everywhere now it is COM
ing back"
MT. Yeats most recent book is not
one of verse, but Of folk tales. 1t is
called Stories of Red Hanrahan and
promises to be quite as popular as
any of it's predecessors.-(MacMillan
Co. New York;
Guyot Against Public Ownership
There Is a crying need at the pres
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A TIM e.

When March's blust'ry winds have
fed,
And April's tears have all been
shed,
There comes a time with breezes rare,
When blossomy fragrance fills the
air,
And springtime life is everywhere.
'Tis then the sweet arbutus blows,
IT'S then the blue-eyed violet grows
fruit trees blush with pink and
white,
And strew the ground with petals
light,
That f1utter from their airy height.
The brook, from winters bonds
bursts free,
Rejoices at it's liberty.
All natures voices in a throng
Are singing, rust'ling n grand
song.
'Tis this: The cold has passed away
And summertime has come to stay,
So rejoice with US this fair May day.
--Hilda Morris.
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MILITARY AERoPLANEs.

In the event America is compelled &c
invade Mexico, the ~aeToplane will play
an important part. Such machines as
this country has will be used to
splendid advantage in ascertain:ng
the position and movements OF the
enemy, and in tais respect, SIS in all
osaers, Uncle Sans army will be
superior to the MexicaEs.
TIE nurfoer Of aeToplanes and ayia-
tors ayr is 10 will prove adequate for
al aeet WBr.set g t:Gae Ike tbs makes
one went.er waat Arnas.ca would dc
II Fl we're at war visa a dsst- class
power who's youid require a rnaen
more extensive aeropjane corps than
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Washington ATlston.

Washington Allston, the "Ameri-
can Titan was born at Georgetown,
S. c., in 1879. He received his early
education at Newport, r. L, and en-
tered Harvard college in 1896, from
which institution he graduated in
1900
At Boston he was instructed anG
advised in art by Malbone, the minia-
ture painter. and in 1901 he went to
London to become a student of the
Royal Academy under Benjamin
West. In 1904, in company with the
painter Vanderlyn, he went to Paris.
In his studies in the Louvre he
acquired that preference for Venetian
color which led some to call him the
American Titan" After four years
study at Rome. in close association
with Thorwaldsen and the poet Cole
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ONE MINUTE! CLOGGED NOSTRIL
OPEN-COLDS and CATARRH VANISH

6issolves by the heat OF the nostrils;
penetrates and heals the infiaxned.
swollen membrane which lines the
nose. head and throat; clears the air
passages; stops nasty discharges and
a. feeling OF cleansing. soothing relief
comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed: nostriig
or a cold, with it's running nose. foul
mucous dropping into the throat. and
raw dryness is distressing but truly
needless.
Put your faith-jugt once--in s.Esly's
Cream Balm. and your cold or, catarrh
Observation-Disclosures 9
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DIS Confessions and Contestants" by
Anna. Robson Burr.

."Tain, mex de leas' difference VINO
yo,. is sAn dis hook is meant fer yer. Ell
yer'H read it yer'll see wy" Ihe
book Is Miss Lucy Pratt's ezekiel
Expands" and the remark E quSted1
himself said it. Better than twenty
tracts is the opinion of The CHRIS
tan Advocate. Certainly the Stories
are entertaining and unusual. Wnoo
ever is studying the condition OF the
negro today will find many Ideas IL.
them; whoever is looking for stories
Of diverting humor ana WhlIls 1Ga
pathos will find them in "Ezekle1 H~-
pands."
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William Allen.

William Allen was born Jan. 2,
1884, at Pittsield, Mass. He vas
the son Of Rev. Thomas Allen, first
minister of Pittsfield. He graduated
from Harvard college in 1902.
In 1920 DR.. Allen became president
of Bowdoin college and served in
that capacity until 1889 when he re-
signed. He became the successor of
DR.. Claiming as regent in Harvard
pared the first edition Of his Ameri-
can Biographical and Historical Die
tionary, which contained about 700
Americans. This was the first book
Of general biography used in the
United States.
The second edition, edited in 1882,
contained more han 1900 names. The
third edition came out in 1857 and
contained the names Of more than
1000 Americans more or less dis
tinguished.
In 1907 DR.. Allen prepared the
lives Of American ministers for Rev.
David Bogue's History of Dissenters.
He made a collection Of more than
0 1000 words not found in the die
tionaries Of the English language, l.
500 being contributed to Worcester's
dictionary in 1S46, 1000 to Webster's
diction in 1854, and 5000 for the
| SulllOn vi "SUSlSI ) Ill 1000
His other published works are
Ba~ccalaureate Addresses in 1929,
Junius Unmasked in 1929 (to prove
Lord Sackville was the real Junius,)
Accounts of Shipwrecks in 1885,
Psalms and Hymns in 1885, Memoir
of John Goldman in 1853, Historical
Discourse 'on the Fortieth Anniver-
sary Of the Second Church in Dor
cester in 1S48, Discourses at the Close
Of the Second Century of the Set
Element at Northampton in 1854,
Wunnissoo or The Vale Hoosatunnuk,
a poem, in 1855.
Besides this he is the author Of the
biographical sketches of DR.. Sprague's
Annals of the American Pulpit on
John Wise, John Graham, Eleazer
Wheelock and Thomas Allen. Ameri-
can history is indebted to William
Aliens Biographical Dictionary for
many facts relating to the early
American authors. He died in 1868.
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Stops Nasty Discharges, Clears STUFFED
Head, Heals Infiamed Air Passages
and You Breathe Fseeiy.
Try "Elu,a Cream Balm.

Try "Ely's Cream Balm.
Get. q small bottle anyway, just to
try it-Apply a little in the nostrils
and instantly your ciogged nose and
st~opped-up air passages Of The. head
will open; you will breathe freely;
dullness and headache disappear. BY
morning! the catarrh. cold In or
catarrhal sore throat will be gone. \.
End such misery now! Set the sraall
balm
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$3,5OO,OO0.
Most Prompt and EffectuaI Cure for
Bad Colds.

a remedy that will not only give re-
lief, but effect y prompt and per1na-
nent cure, a. remedy that Is pleasant
to take, a remedy that contains moth
ing injurious. C~hamberlain's Cough
Remedy meets all these requirements,
1t acts on natures plan, relieves the
lungs, aids ex~pectoration, opens the
~secretions and restores the system to
a healthy condition. This remedy has
a world wide sale and use, and can
always be depended upon. Sold by
All DeaIers.-AdVt,
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American Authors
40 Lane Allen,

James Lane Allen, popular Amert-
can novelist, was born in Kentucky
in 184s. In his young manhood ne
taught at the Kentucky university
and later became a member Of the
faculty of Bethany college IN west
Virginia. ,s
Since 1885 he has devoted himself
entirely to his literary pursuits. his
first work to bring him any great
notice was The Kentucky Cardl-
nal, written in 1894. The next year
1895, he wrote Aftermath. His third
successful novel, A Summer in Ar
cady, was written in 1895.
In 1897 The Choir Invisible ap-
peared. This has been considered the
greatest contribution from his pen,
In 1903 The Mettle Of The Pasture
was written. Many of his short stor-
les frequent the popular magazines.
James Lane Allen is regarded by
the critics as one of the few modern
American authors who really writes
literature.
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Another Kind Of a Doc,

Houston Chronicle: John Bohrer,
the Great Dane breeder. walked along
with one o. the best dogs of his ken
neIs the other day. Two ladies fell
upon him with glad cries.
Magnificent" said the first lady.
"A Wonderful Great Dane!"
Then she became arch. IT suppose"
said she. rolling her eyes on Mr..
Rohrer, that you call your Great
Dane Hamlet?"
NO.. said MT. Bohrer, "Ophelia".
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What Il Would Cost to Invade Mexico


Certain military authorities have
asserted that an invasion of Mexico
would be simply a repetition OF the
Boer war on a much larger scale.
They have estimated that an army Of
$50, 900 would be required, and that
the casualties from death, disease
and desertion would be enormous. In
their opinion. the war, while it lasted
would cost the United States about a
million dollars a day, and that a flu
ture expenditure Of eight hundred
million would be required for PEN
sions. To maintain order in Mexico
they believe than an army Of 460,0 900
would be needed, and that guerilla
warfare would continue for a gener-
alton. Even the annexation of north
ern Mexico and the development Of
it's agriculture and minerals would
hardly repay the costs of conquest"
From the revised and enlarged edi-
ton Of w. E. Carson's Mexico. (Mac-
MILAN Co., New York;