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Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-05-26
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
AT CHURCH SUNDAY
IMPRESSIVE SERVICE At METH
ODiST CHURCH-LUNCHE
At TEMPLE.

tn Knights Templar attended AS
censiOn Sunday services at the Meth
odist church Sunday, marching In 9
body from the Temple, under com
mand of Eminent Commander o. F
Wasmansdorff. There we're thirty
knights in line. At the church tht
prelate, DIR. H. H, Wilson, took the
pulpit and carried out the full TEN
plar service, the choir rendering spe
cial music The service as directed
by the prelate avs beautiful, impres
sive and dignified.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-05-26
A Fine Address.

Rev. G. M. donaldson, the pastor
and Master Mason, followed with a
splendid address, in which he briefly
outlined the origin of Templarism, re-
ferring to the crusades and their OBJ
ject. Passing into the broader field
of fraternalism generally, Mr. Donald
son said that these orders were all
aids to the church. cooperating with
it in its great work. On returning
to the Temple the knights and their
ladies had luncheon in the banquet
hall, the delicious repast having been
prepared by the Home Workers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
Daddy:s Bedtime
q. The Homesick
DOW Puppy Goes
Back to Mother.

- ADDY had a story about O. little dog which he knew would please both
81 the children.
would you like 10 hear OF a little dog who was homenckT" he
asked.
Eyes" said Evelyn; I'VE would love o hear about tb~that Is If he didn't
die OF Inconsistencies"
mo. indeed" said daddy; "this little dog didn't die of homehcknes. fr he
"He as the pet puppy If his mother, and he had told the man who had
sold him to a little girl that he didn't want 70 CO.
THE man who sold him thought that the little girl would give him uch q
nice home and SO she did, but the little puppy wanted more than Just q nice
home. He wanted his mother.
"f course the little girl hadn't hedtated a moment about buying him, for
he was a beautiful little Boston bull, and she promised him that she would
make him SO happy.
HE cried pheouhy at leaving his mother, and she whned and whimpered
and begged that he might be allowed to stay. She licked Ter masters hand.
but nothing seemed to do any good.
Nov, when the little girl reached home with her puppy she gave him a
great big bowl Oh. the most delicious warm milk and a good puppy biscuit
But the puppy wouldn't touch the milk and biscuit
"At bedtime the little girl showed the puppy his basket which ws nice
and soft and comfortable She thought that after a good nights rest he would
be hungry for his breakfast and feel better.
"But morning came, and the puppy still refused to eat And, would you
believe it, hours passed, and the puppy still would not eat.
"And the little girl decided that the only thing to be done was % take
her beautiful puppy back to- his mother. "
"she ordered her pony cart tt be ready for a certain hour, and of she
started, holding the puppy by her.
when the puppy came near his home and began to see familiar sights 1t
vas IL she could do to keep him in the cart and when they were right by
his home she could not hold him, for with a bound he was out and fr1sked
and Jumped over his mother, and she ddt he same, looking as II they would
almost kill each other in Joy.
"T guessh he had better stay home' said the man.
"Yes' answered the little girl; this is where he belongs"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
SATURDAY, JUNE 10. 1914.
A BIG THING.

Moorhead is going to have a conve
tion the latter part of this month
which promises to equal If not eclipse
anything Of the kind ever held in the
northwest. The new Minnesota Red
River Valley Development association
Ehas created a big stir. It Is backed
fby some of the most influential men
in northwestern Minnesota, and they
khave made the whole state of Mime
!sota "sit up and take notice"
There will be eleven special trains
kSnto Moorhead on the occasion Of the
first development convention, and each
of these specials will probably be
packed to the guards with enthusiast
tic boosters. There will be five bands
TO add to the gayety Of the occasion
and thousands of dollars will be spent
TOR entertainment features.
The women have gotten into the
game and special entertainment will
DE provided for all lady visitors.
Fargo Is going to rear lots Of bene-
ut from this big gathering and the
people on this side of the river should
do everything possible to lend a help
ding hand in entertaining the vast
crowds that will throng the sister city
kacross the river.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
American Authors
Irving Bachelor.

Addison Irving Bachelor, well
modern American author. was
at Pierrepont, in st. Lawrence
county, N. Y. in 1859.
For a while he worked in a country
store. In 1882 he graduated from st.
Lawrence university at Canton, N. Y,
founded the year before his birth.
Following his graduation he went to
New York in the autumn of 1882 where
he secured employment on a gotham
newspaper. After two years expert
ence as a reporter he established the
Bachelor Syndicate for supplying
reading matter to Sunday newspapers
in 1884. He remained as the active
head of this concern, the first of it's
kind in the field and which was pro-
fitable, until 1900, when he retired to
devote himself entirely to his indivi-
dual literary pursuits.
In 1892 he wrote his first novel, The
Master of The House. In 1894 ap-
peared his second, The Still House of
ODarrow. ~
There was a lapse of six years before
the appearance Of his third book,
which was the one to bring him fame as
an author. In 1900 was published Eben
Holden. This was the most successful
of anything he has ever written. The
scene was laid in the neighborhood OF
his birthplace near Pierrepont, N. Y.
in the general vicinity of Canton
where he attended st. Lawrence uni
versity.
There have been few books which
| have taken such hold on the American
reading public as Eben Holden. Mr.,
Bachelors hero was a unique charac-
ter whose humor and philosophy
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
DOES AMERICA APPRECIATED?

There is much of truth and good
sound in the following from
The American Federation of Labor
Weekly News Letter:
Few fully realize the vitally
important work that teachers per-
form for IL nation. With the de-
Velopment Of the public school
system and the constant widening
and deepening of the scope of
school instruction, the power and
the influence of the teachers have
increased until nov they hold in
their hands the molding of the ma
tons life.
Instruction of various kinds
that was formerly left to the home
Or was neglected entirely, has, lit
tie, by little, been added to the
province of the school. Now the
educational ideal is ito send the
whole boy or girl to school," in
order to make education life. AS
the educational ideal grows, the
teacher must measure up to new
demands upon culture. wisdom and
character. The school can be no
greater than the teacher.
And what Of these teachers Of
Americas children - those to
whom are entrusted the health,
minds. morals. ideals of the chill
dren?
America boasts to her school
buildings. of the money expended
IN modern improvements. but does
she boast of the social and the
financial recognition that are CIV
en- to those whose influence can
make or maj human lives? Are
these public servants paid accord
ing to the value of their services,
br are they to be content with
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13

"compensations greater than mere
money"
Are the teachers given social
recognition as those who have In
trust the nations ideals, who are
a vital and honorable part OF the
common life2 Are they consulted
as those best informed on social
and community problems and
closest in touch with the heart OK
the nation?
To ask these questions brings
out how the actual is at variance
with the ideal. What are called
the grade teachers, those who
mold the plastic minds and hearts
Of the greatest numbers OF the
children, are not even paid what
would be q minimum wage Tor
factory workers. Many an I'M
skilled laborer Is paid higher wages
than teachers in grade schools.
Though there may be other
Conversations than mere money!
vet these compensations will not
feed, clothe, provide for the physl-
cal and intellectual wants that
must be satisfied If the teachers
are to attain highest individual
development and greatest useful
ness to the school.
Too many teachers are forced
to give so much concern to bread
and butter problems that they
have not time nor strength to
possess their souls and reach up
after new ideals. How can they
bring to the children that which
Is starved out Of their own IiVesT
If they have not the means to
continue to add to their w men
tai development and social exper-
fence, how can they continue 10
give out to the world?
The teachers Of the country are
beginning to realize that they
must solve their own problems.
Strong individuals must not wait
passively for some outside force
to secure justice for them-they
must feel responsibility for right
ing their own wrongs.
Ii a teacher is not capable of
self-help, is that teacher CAPABLE
of intoxicating the principles OF
democracy in the youth OF our
country?
Our present day school system
presents some serious problems,
and not the least serious is the
anomaly of autoCratic manage
ment of the schools of a demo-
cracy.
The teachers themselves have
long realized the seriousness OF
their problems. Tradition and
conventional public opinion have
restrained them from he only
method by which they can help
themselves - organizations But
organization is the PRACTICAL meth
Cd Of professions and trades.
What organization has done for
them il can do for the teachers.
Organization will bring to the
teachers wages that will enable
them to live in such a manner that
they a bring more to their work,
more into their lives and ideals OF
future citizens of America. Not
only will they be better n more
useful citizens themselves. but
they will make the school better,
aiming at higher ideals. The effect
will be cumulative.
organization must and Will
come to the rescue of Americas
teachers. 1t is a right they cannot
be denied under a free, demo-
cratic government.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
WONDERFUL REST.

There is a rest for the people Of God.
A rest tina remains in the SOUL
When under the scourge Of the chas-
tening rod
Earth's trials like ea-billows roll.
Rest, rest, wonderful rest!
It sootheth the heart and it calmeth
the breast.
This rest it is mine, and by faltn may
Oh, claim this wonderful rest!
There is a rest that Will never take
fight,
And peace like a river abides;
1t shields in the conflict n arms for
the fight
When riseth sins in1owing tides.
Rest rest, wonderful rest!
1t lifeth the soul. like a wave, on lis
crest.
This rest it is mine, and by faith may
This " wonderful. wonderful rest!
There is rest to which sinners may
In Jesus this rest may be found;
He careth the wanderer, Come unto
Me,
No longer by Satan be bound"
Rest, rest, sweet is this rest.
He calleth the erring to lie on His
breast.
This rest it is mine. Oh. take it as
thine,
This wonderful, ~soul-calming rest!
There is a rest" How blessedly true!
How gracious this promise of God!
This rest that remaineth" for me and
for you,
Yea, all who will trust in the Lord.
Rest. rest, precious this rest!
Come all ye TO Him who are sorely
d%istrest.
This rest-ah! it's mine. Dear soul,
make it thine.
This wonderful, wonderful rest!
Jennie Wiison-Howell in lions Her
ala.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
A IS AROUSED.

The injection Of the resubmissiOn
4tplank by one Of the candidates in the
primary election has resulted in the
unexpected creation of a moral issue
in the campaign. It is attracting
statewide attention. Political and
personal preferences are being subor-
dinated to some extent because of the
greater and more vital issue.
The fight by wishek and his cohorts
to bring about resubmission and to
foist the saloon onto North Dakota
has aroused the higher and better
sentiments Of the people. They see
the menace to the honor Of the state.
They realize the danger that threat
ems North Dakota's future. The think
ing people are determined to resist
the entertainments of the saloon. They
refuse to stand tamely by and see the
physical and moral welfare Of the
youth teopardized by the booze advo-
Gates.
This is an encouraging sentiment.
It indicates the people of North Da-
kota can be trusted to rise to the oc-
casion and meet any emergency. The
Forum has the utmost confidence in
the wisdom and courage and manhood
of tho voters of North Dakota. 1t
feels, when they are once aware of the
true nature Of the efforts hat are
being made, the attempt by the Wishek
crowd, by the representatives Of the
distilleries and the breweries. the
blind piggers, the bootleggers and 9TH
ers behind this candidate, will be de-
feated, despite the large sums Of mon
ey being expended by the resubmis-
sion advocates.
North Dakota cannot afford to re-
trogress. The state occupies the
unique position Of never having had
q legalized saloon since statehood. 1t
would be doubly idiotic to take a
backward step, now hat so many 9TH
er states are following the splendid
example set by North Dakotans a
quarter of a century ago n senti-
, ment for national prohibition is daily
growing.
1t is a rucia period in North Da-
kota's history, the fair name of the
state is at stake and the loyal citi-
Zens will not fail in this hour of
vthreatened adversely.
If the believers in prohibition, those
who favor the enforcement Of the law,
those who have the interests of the
home n the welfare of the youth
at heart, will but appreciate the pres
ent seriousness, they will realize the
imperative necessity Of defeating
Wishek n his resubmission plan
They will rally to the support Of Gov
ernor Hanna, go to the polls at the
primary election June "a and cast their
ballots for his denomination.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
New HOUSES and Health,

New houses are constantly offered
for rent in large numbers in the Unit
ed States, and real estate agents are
naturally anxious to fill the houses on
their lists with tenants as soon as
possible. Probably a little investiga~
ton would show the d~esirability in
this country Of requiring a certificate
that the new house Will not en-
danger the health of its occupants be-
fore families are allowed to move in
to it. Such municipal regulations are
proving valuable in England. To-
wards the close of 1912 the Ports
ed that thereafter no new building
intended for human h~abitation in
that borough should be occupied I'M
til it had been certified as sanitary
in every respect. DR.. A. Mearns
Fraser says: The principal evil that
it will prevent is the occupation OF
houses before they have had time to
drv." He adds: 81 would far sooner
live in a house with defective drainage
than in a damp house; the results
from the latter are more insidious in
their onset and more difficult to over
come. Dampness undoubtedly great
" favors the incidence of consump-
ton, bronchitis, rheumatism, heart
disease and diphtheria. Probably chill
dren are more susceptible to the i'll
effects of damp houses than adults
The departments of health in our cit
les might we'll take up this question
says the Journal of the American
| Medical association. Probably most
| American municipalities already have
the legal power necessary to require
such certificates and the question is
only one of making the regulation anG
establishing the custom.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
THREE SHADOWS.

looked and saw your eyes
In the shadow of your hair,
AS a traveller sees the stream
In the shadow of the wood;
And I said, faint heart signs,
All me! to linger there,
To drink deep and to dream
In that sweet solitude"
I looked and saw your heart
In the shadow Of your eyes,,
AS a seeker sees the gold
In the shadow of the stream;
And l said, "Ah me! what art
Should win the immortal prize,
Whose want must make life cold
And heaven a hollow dream?"
I looked and saw your love
In the shadow of your heart,
AS a diver sees the pearl
In the shadow of the sea;
And 1 murmured, not above
My breath, but all apart,
"Ah, you can love dear girl,
And is your love for me?"
Dante G. Rosetti.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13

~ E-E Et]Fs HlE
caught the fancy OF the people as ha
no creation in American literature
with the possible exception OF David
Harum. Eben Holden was translated
into many languages and dramatized,
the stage production of which enjoyed
a most prosperous run for a number OF
seasons.
The next year, 1901, MI. Bachelor
followed Eben Holden with another
delightful story, D'ri and I, which was
a tale Of the war of 1912. From his
Of the Blessed Isles. The same year
appeared another, C~andlelfght, per-
haps the least known Of any Of his
books since he became famous.
In 1904 he wrote Virgilius, a story
of Rome before the coming of the
Christ. While perhaps not as widely
read, this book has been considered
his strongest, and is regarded second
only in Importance among his works
to Eben Holden. 1t presents a most
vivid and realistic picture of the de-
cline of the Roman empire.
Alice Mitchell Bacon.
Alice Mitchell Bacon, American
writer and educator, was born at New
Haven, Conn, in 1858. She is known
chiefly as the author Of Japanese Girls
and Women. which was written in
1894, while she was connected with the
Peeresses school at Tokyo.
She founded the Dixie hospital for
training colored nurses at Hampton
institute in 1899. In 1900 h resumed
her teaching in Japan.
George William Basby.
George William Bagby, American
writer and journalist, was born in
Buckingham county, Va, in 1928. He
studied at Princeton university ana
graduated in medicine from the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania.
He was the Washington correspond
ent for several southern journals until
1859, when he became editor of The
Southern Literary Messenger, a paper
of wide renown during the ante-bellum
days He held this post until 1864.
In 1870 he was appointed state libra
rian of the Virginia State library,
which position he held until 1878. He
gained considerable reputation over
the country as an old-style lecturer
and humorist. His nom de plume was
"Mozis Albums"
His most famous contribution to lit
erature was a humorous selection en-
titled Jud Brownin's Account of Rubin
shines Playing, which is thought by
many to be the funniest thing eve
written in the English language, and
as a. single lance revealed Mr.. Bagby's
wit to be even keener than that Of
Bret Harte or Mark Twain. Unfortu-
nately, few other things than this mas
terpiece of American wit and humor
have been preserved nfrom his pen.
He died in 1888.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
That Pearson Index,


The Outlook's comment that Ed
mund Lester P~earson's new volume,
The Secret Book, "attains a kind OF
climax of humOr in the fake index, a
very happy satire on many ~pretentlous
and useless indexes" calls to mind an
amusing occurrence which took place
during the manufacture of the work.
The proofreader (the hero CD of so
many a~necdotes) was much ~perturbed
by certain things in The Secret Book.
He questioned numerous remarks
made by the author intended obvious
1y to be misleading. He demanded that
a caption be supplied for the chapter
which Mr.. Pearson insisted be head
ed O.? ? ?'-undoubtedly this proof
reader was conscientious and sincere
ly believed that Mr.. Pearson had neg
lected to add this particular chapter
title-and when he came to the index
he almost gave up in despair. For
the cross references didn't agree. If
one looked up, for example, "SaXony,
Queen of" one found the instruction
See Queen of Saxony." If one con
suited THE Queen Of SaXony" one
found See SaXony, Queen of" And
so on through half a hundred very de-
lightful episodes, delightful that is, to
all who have a sense of the ridiculous
unless one be a proofreader. The first
proof of that index was almost COW
cred over by a mass of queries, polite
but none the less insistent. If any
one wants to see why the reviser
was so distracted all he will have to
do will be to take a look at the last
three pages of The Secret Book, and
they're quite good reading, too, when
you get their spirit. But as the Out
look says, Its for people who love
books and who have a sense of hui
NOR and all others must be warned
| macmillan Co., New York;
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
WINNING FAT FEES.
Lawyers Spin Yarns of undiscovered
Cases Waiting to be Picked Up.

SaSS9 VVasItuS " VIC iSNSA SFS
New York Times: Several lawyers
were discussing how fortune ONE
times favors one side of a case that
wins when the other side was sure Of
a verdict. They said it was always the
fault of stupid witnesses when they
lost, and all of them agreed that under
no circumstances could the fault ever
be laid at the door Of counsel.
Another lawyer said that more cases
are lost through never getting into
court than in any other way.
why" he said, "there are thousands
Of good cases lying about just watt
ing to be picked up if we only knew
where to lay our hands on them. A
few months g / noticed a young man
limping around the corridors here. AT
first I didn't pay much attention to.
him because he was the son of a a
who had been connected with the
courts nearly all his life, and I ma
turally supposed If anything had hap
pened to him that could be made to
produce damages his father would
have had it looked into by some law
] yer. But, on the idea that it doesn't
| cost much to ask questions, l asked
him what was the matter. He replied
that it was nothing much, and was go
ing along, but l. INSISTED, n n he
told me.
Say, what do you ppo it was?
Why, he was passing through a pub
lie street, public, mind you, and a man
who vas cleaning windows fell on him.
Picking fat damages out of a case like
that was just the same as finding
money. In a minute / had him sign a
retainer, and in a short time, as cases
go, / had a verdict against the own
ers Of the building for 5 $500. Now, I
am going to the windOw-clean-
ing concern, and I will surely get an
other $4,000 out of that. That is what 7
mean when I say that we lose a lot
of money by people not knowing. Just
think of the millions Of men, women
and children, the many miles of streets
the great traffic the constant, labor in
high places
Say Interrupted one of the law
years, why don't you also sue the
city for having a street where a man
can get hurt while walking upon it?'
Nov there may be something in
that was the reply. "Ill look it up
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
AT ONCE! CLOGGED NOSTRILS OPEN,
HEAD COLDS and CATARRH VANISH

bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any
drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm
dissolves by the heat Of the nostrils;
penetrates and heals the inf1amed,
swollen membrane which lines the
nose, head and throat; clears air pas
sages; stops nasty discharges and a
feeling of cleansing. soothing relief
comes Immediately.
for breath with head stuffed; nostrils
closed. hawking and blowing. Catarrh
or a cold, with its running nose. foul
mucous dropping into the throat. and
raw dryness is distressing but truly
needless.
Put your faith--just once-in 'Ely's
Cream Balm' and your cold or catarTh
will surely NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-13
From The Forum Book Shelf

a novelist whom all who care for the
honor of letters must respect and adj
mire. y = =
Miss Sinclair's name on a book Is a
guarantee of good faith, Of a sincere
and consistent effort to provide the
best. There is no slovenliness or char
latanry about her work" The Lon
don Daily Telegraph pronounces it
"a masterpiece" while the London
Times, referring to the shorter tales,
remarks tina "all reveal a truth which
would be hidden from the hasty or
blunt observer" macmillan Co, New
York;