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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
NATIONS GREAT LIBRARY By De Long Rice

Through the bronze doorway and the splendid vestibule We pass into the main
 hall; and when we lift up our eyes and
 behold what Is around us and above us
 a strange sense of perfection steals over
 us. and we stand entranced, nor wish to
 move. Whence came these rising piers of
 flawless marble that form hollow square
 about us? Whence came this wilderness
 of shining columns? Whence the cold
 white beauty of these two grand stair
 ways turing us upward. like the road to
 heaven? From the sunny quarries of fair
 cararra, where impatient Michelangelo
 stood, in the morning of the renaissance,
 and urged the toiling workmen to drag
 forth his selected blocks that he might
 fling himself upon them and chisel out his
 matchless conceptions before they fled.
 Through the haze of 400 years we see him
 -taunted by his jealous enemies hindered
 by political revolution. used and perse-
 cuted by a vain and tyrannical pope
 indomitable as Trojan warrior fighting
 fate and circumstance, to give the man.
 kind the products of his incomparable
 art.
 Our minds return from the land of
 
 Cararra marble to dwell on colors as rich
 and harmonious as may be conjured from
 the palette of light and shadow.
 The decorations that clothe the walls
 on every side, that turk in the panels of the ceiling and sprawl out on the floor beneath us are so varied and so numerous that l shrink from recounting them; but notwithstanding their multitudinous forms they are not the jumbed pot pour ri of attempted art They are not that kind of decorations which make a rose look like a cabbage dipped in blood, or give to the tender trumpet of the morn ing glory the proportions of phonograph horn Each archway. each door and every nook and alcove speaks in sculpture or in painting. to tell some story of the past reveals some fair ideaI dancing In the dreams of men; recounts some half-for- gotten tale, some romantic legend. some hero's deed, some battle that lost an em- pire and bled a nations heart. some trag- edy that blanched the checks of long gone age, some comedy that shook the sides of yester-century
 Our flesh is subdued. our minds are purified of grossness, and we pass on into the reading room, wishing that 1t
 were possible for us to absorb all the
 beauty and the knowledge stored in the stacks and cords of volumes that are
 hoarded here.
 Sitting in this quiet place amid the gem tie whispers of turning leaves and the soft chuckle of closing books, I chide each recreant year that neglected to bring me sooner to this shrine.
 All literature is assembled here. From beneath this gold-crowned dome the dead, yet living, poets are lifting their voices to the stars Here are the songs of old Homer, fresh as Hebe's eternal youth and sparkling as the dews which fair Artemis distilled upon the Grecian vineyards 5000 years ago: and Milton's stately epic wrap ping the universe in its res0unding notes Here nature borrows Shakeapeare's . tongue to tell us her tiniest secretD and lNn6oId jsstio .mynterloG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

"HE library of Congress at Wash
 ington is one of the wonders of the
 A world Not because it monopolizes 10 acres of ground and actually covers nearly four acres within it's foundat tions; not because its high dome is blanketed with gold purer and finer than that which jngles in the coins of your purse; not because it is fronted and flanked with green lawns sashed with walks that bend and curve amid banks of Towering shrubs. graceful as the phantom roads of that might be true of an almshouse or a. bastile. Nor do I lay stress upon the astounding pneumatic system which calls the book of your choice from among D. 0OO,OOO volumes, and lays it on your desk within six minutes. This Is wholly me chanical, and you have looked upon that which is even more wonderful if you have seen the iron arm of linotype machine reach down and pick up row of type and distribute it as unerringly as If 1t obeyed the impulse of reason.
 It is rather of the psychology of this great institution that I have to say, for l assert that it hath a soul. In its con- ception and construction, the angels of aptitude and the genii of infinite fitness inspired every chisel mark and cast every stroke of the painters brush They have not only built an asylum for books and made Mecca for students; they have created an atmosphere of literature and art. and when we step within its classic zone in envelops our minds like the per E..-- T At wraps us round about when we walk in places.
 We are standing before the fountain that introduces us to the grounds. It fronts the street, and it's lifelike fig ures form master group in bronze Nep- tune, god of the sea and lord of the winds. sits throned on rough protruding rocks. while the waters mimic the ocean around him; two graceful nymphs are proudly riding their plunging sea horses annoyed to madness by the serpent mon sters of the deep. These effigies of long gone myths cast the spell of antiquity over us' and e'er we enter the library. the atmosphere of the silver age has set- tied around us.
 As we ascend the long steep flight of sseps from the street. they seem to say to us: "Go slowly; you cannot hurry to the gates of knowledge.'
 we walk leisurely around the exterior 1I tne building and study the widely dif- Ierent faces of the human race There tney gre In the granite keystones of the wlnoow erches; not caricatures, but coun- ts tenances as true to native physognomy as s1 sne souIptors art can make them. There ls sne neroe Arab. the sensual Turk. the seo-eyeo Egyptian, the scowling Malay. the gr1m-visased Indian. the shrewd Jap anese with his eyes splittinr the differ cnce between perpendicuIar and horizon tai' the low-hrowed Fuegian. the stolid Esquimo. and many others of our strange looking fellow creatures who inhabit tho faf cornerp oe tho easth. Thus doou each rey0 oeeno- tel c m cnlsooog1s s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

We make companions of these great souls, and summon them to sit with us and entertain us. Only yesterday Virgil was telling me the ways and habits of a tribe of bees that gathered honey from the fields and meadows of Lombardy be- fore the beginning of the Christian era of their skill and industry. the shame less amours of their sensual queen and their pitiless execution of the libertine and lazy drones who ate their stores and brought scandal to their hive.
 All times and all places are condensed within these walls. The thunderings of the gods of Olympus are mingled with hosannas to the true religion. Here are the morning and the evening of myth and legend; and, stretching between the rising and the setting of their sun. is the mad course of superstition.
 In the twilight of tradition, which Is the soft penumbra of mythology, comes Herodotus and starts authentic history upon it's fearful march.
 We converse with Solon the first great democrat, and find him framing laws for the protection of the poor against the tyranny of aristocracy and capital 290O years before Thomas Jefferson wrote All men are created equal"
 If you would dissect philosophy, sit down with Plato and Aristotle and Oar win and Franklin. and they will show you the nerve and bone of human req son.
 If your thoughts incline to war, you Will find all the great captains bivoua ack ed within the silent folds of these storied pages, each with his plans of battle; and less than trumpet's blast will call them all around you. Such mystery Is there In this thing of reading, that you may summon these demigods of war to fields long clothed in peace and love, and watch them murk the sunlight with the smoke of giant guns or fill the air with flying darts and desert sands while thrones crash and kingdom pushes kingdom from the map.
 Here beneath our eyes the oceans cast their sprays on every distant shore, while piracy. adventure, discovery. conquest and freedom are fretting their several ways in fragile craft through the unfolding centuries.
 These archives are fragrant with the blossom and fruit of agr1culture.
 Science and research sit pondering here We tarry with Newton and hear him ex- plaining to Haley the law of the inverse square, by which he robbed the celestial bodies of the secrets of their motions.
 The spirit of art is here, with imper- fshable chisel and immortal brush. and every master musician makes this his final conservatory.
 As we stand face to face with all that was and all that is tho magnitude and the infinite good of this institution stag- ger description and analysis, and the Imagination pleads for figure of speech to symbolize it.
 Let us say that this gigantic building is vast and granite skull wherein ali the mighty brains of the past are living and throbbing still. It's pulsing lobes en- fold the genius of the world, and all in all of universal thought.
 (coDysisht 1s1A by g. B Par,Elnson)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

,H HE time is at hand when new point
 will be given to the old appeal,
 ' Save your own folk before help ing the heathen.' There never was much intelligence in that appeal and yet it had an almost infinite hold upon our con sciences because none of us could be blind to the suffering. the degradation. the ig- norance which still hover. like birds of vast ill-omen. over many thousands of ''our own folk" For though many other things yet remain to be done. we may not therefore refuse to do what we can for others. And above all things we may not balance the spiritual salvation of any souls. however alien. against the merely temporary, or secular, welfare of Ameri- cans in street or alley. hovel or gutter
 To no class of mankind has the foreign missionary brought so powerful plea for aid to the heather as to the college
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

NO all students of English literature,
 the name of Alexander Pope is a familiar one. but not so familiar are they with the man, Pope. He was an anomoly-an anomo1y among men, an anomoly in literature. That one so frail, so stunted, so distorted in shape. should become a giant in literature, and should succeed in making his name immortal in the annals of English literature, is a marvel. Everything was against him, but his unusual mental machinery in con nection with his tiny body, diseased, clinging to life as by thread for so many years, and holding a place of pre- eminenee in a national literature distin- guished by names of worldwide renown, shows the power of mind over body.
 The great poet. Alexander Pope, was A dwarf, and more, he was a dwarf with hunched back. yet this little puny, waspish man, who never knew what health was, tortured by divers diseases, from his birth to his coffin, by dint of genius conquered his difficulties, and founded a distinct school of literature and was classed a giant among his re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

Not so the man in this tale He Is T prominent advertiser. selling a standard article which the every day life of the country needs and demands. Of course he has competitors, else he would not need to advertise and he would not fur nish text for the present writer and others.
 When hard times come this man in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

world, runs for the cyclone cellar. Heads shake in doubt. Retrenehment. economy. withdrawals. are the order of the day. Everything slackens until the depression. like the fever. has run It's course and the country recovers.
 Time to take in sail and travel close to the wind-so many business men be- lieve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

The good golfer knows when 1t is time to look up from the ball. The good player in the game of life knows when he may safely halt his play to look up and forward
 Hard times come, jobs are scarce busi- ness deals are fewer and smaller The dollar, always the biggest coward in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
One-Third off

From Judge.
 When Miss Willings married old Moneybags she gave her age as 38, feel sure she is slder than that"
 "Oh, I suppose she allowed ons-third off for ceshy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
IF BACK HURTS
BEGIN ON SALTS
FLUSH THE KIDNEYS AT ONCE.
WHEN sACkAcHY OR BLADDER
RoTHERs-MEAT FORMS URIC
ACID. 1

No man. or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by4
flushing the kidneys occasionally. sayHs
a well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which clogs the kidney pores i
SO they sluggishly filter or strain only
part OF the waste and poisons, from the
blood, then you get sick. Nearly all
rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble. I
nervousness, constipation, dizziness,
sleeplessness, bladder disorders come
from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a. dull ache In
the kidneys or your back hurts, or IL
the urine Is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment, irregular Of passage or at
tended by a sensation OF scaldtng, get
about four ounces Of Jad Salts from
any reliable pharmacy and take a ta--
b~lespoonful in a glass OF water before
breakfast for a few days and your kid
neys will then act fine. This famous
salts Is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia-
and has been used for generations to-
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to activity, also to neutralize tho
acids in urine so 1t no longer auses
irritation. thus ending bladder disor-
ders. =;
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot:
inture: makes a delightful effervegcent
lithia-water drink which all regular
meat eaters should take now and then
to keep the kidneys clean and the
blood pure. thereby avoiding serious.
kidney complications.-Advt. -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that bids will
be received by the board OF education
Of school district No. 81, of Wolvcrton.
Minnesota, up to 10 o'clock A. NJ. on
April End. 1914 for the building of an
addition to the consolidated school
building at Wolverton. Minnesota, i'm
Guiding building. heating, plumbing
and ventilating as per plans and specie.
fcations drawn for that purpose by A.
]. Frldlund OF Moorhead, Minnesota.1
Plans may be seen at the office of the
Wo1verton State bank, Wolvertaris'
Minnesota. and the office of A. J. Frid-
lund, Moorhead, Minnesota. The board
Of education reserves the right to &C
cept or reject any or all bids for pro-
posals submitted. Each bid to be de-
livered to p. +. Melbestad. secretary
Of said board of education, scaled ana
In a plain envelope marked Proposal"
and must be accompanied by a certified
check in the sum of five per cent or
the amount bid, payable to r.. H..
Paulson, treasurer. -
Separate bids will be received FOR
the building or addition proper, and
also for heating, plumbing, ventilattng
system, sceptic tanks and cess poot.
Bids will be opened at the WoHverton
state bank at 10 o'clock A.. nj. on APRIL
end, 1914. "
(March l9-21-23.1. =,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
"eo.thawIs." Boston Decides,

Boston Globe: The pronunciation
of Colonel Cocktails name, according,
to the colonel himself, Is "Go-thawlse.,-
with the 9TH" sounded as in "thaw''-- :
or "Thaw". If you will have it so-an
what the car of the one says goes.
The colonel's ancestry, by the way, is
swiss. His father was born In SwitZ- =
erland, went to Amsterdam in early
boyhood and in 1845 came to this !
country, making his home In Brook !
Ign, where in 1858 Colonel Cocktails
was born. The family name in good
Dutch is the equivalent of the English -.
"stiff -necked", and it was conferred
on the first of the present line. who
was one of the Crusaders. by an early
king of Flanders. "
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
NOW, HOW DO YOU SAY TIT

Kansas City Star: The canal build
er his maine 'Go~th'lls",
with the accent on the go. This pro%-.
nunciation is vouched for by Peter ca
MacFarlane, the writer. and by others
who know the colonel personally. Ac-
cordlng to Funk s. WagnalTa Stand--g
ard dictionary, the name should be-,
pronounced "Ger-tuls", with the vowel
sound as in Goethe. The colonel,
however, appears to prefer the Ameri~~r
can way, purists to the contrary net-=t
w~ithstanding. So "Go-th'lls" goes. : Z :
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

ONE BLACK MARC. s years. old, 1900
pounds. Good farm horse. Q
72S or 2952-L. s1ss f1g6i
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

"A great majority OF persons at
hicted with eczema have no other
ailment, which is accepted as proof
that eczema Is purely a skin di-
sease. Meritol Eczema Remedy is
recommended especially for eczema
n diseases of the skin. II you are
afflicted with this terrible disease
we ask you to use this remedy on our
guarantee. Central Drug store. GO
Broadway, Fargo, N. D.. agents.
-AdVt,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
Tho . MosIrsras Eavergse

A cough medicine for children
should be harmless. II, should be
pleasant to take. It Should be eff
Sectual. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is ali Of this and Is the mothers
favorite everywhere. For sale by all;
deaIera.-~Adyf.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

FOR sAEsE-My standard bred driving
mare, "a years old, weight 1100. Wsu
hammered. Can. be seen at IA. c. barIiass
w. %. Richarda (10ay
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

POOL HALL and fixtures and rooming
house for sale cheap If taken at once.
The only one in town. Write or call on
owner, Ludwig Peterson, .Washburn, n.
D. C12S)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
HOSPITAL
FOR sALE--HOUsE. .

SALE-Modern house and garaEe
for sale by owner. Phone 1891:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

best land in Wells county. North Da-
.kota. Must be sold in a short. time.
Will sell at a bargain, or trade. Write
or call on Fred Gossick. Prescott hotel,
Fargo. ttTl
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

LEARN THE BARBER TRADE-gar-
bers always in demand; big g
easy work; few weeks will save months
by our methods; tools given; diplomas
GRANTED; illustrated catalogue tree.
Moler Barber College ~ NtooIet AT.
Minneapolis, MINI. Established AssSi
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

LANDS-The reasons that cause soil
and crop experts of agricultural col
leges to invest in upper Wisconsin
lands should appeal to you. Write us
about this and for other information,
wisconsin Advancement ASSN, S33
Caswell Blk, Milwaukee, Wis. (1O7)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
SPECIAL SALE OF CHICKENS,

SPECIAL SALE-Light Brahmas, Black
Langshans, Columbian Wyandottes.
s. S. Hamburgs and s. C. White Leg
horns; these birds must move at once.
If interested write quick and get first
choice. Island Park Poultry Yards,
Coleman Baker. Prop; r. r. 3. Fargo.
N. d: ~.- >. ,.(tf)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

EXPERIENCED cylinder press feeder
and assistant pressman, competent TO
put on forms and assist at make.ready
trade. Permanent position. Also Cyl
Under and job press feeders. Knigse
Printing Co. (4eo'
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

POSITION WANTED-As steam engi-,
neer, fully experienced; III caSe
Forum. \Auei
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

WE ARE prepared to take off storm
windows, do house cleaning, etc.
Phone, 1045. ... i1uo)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
T@dy,s Shirt Waist.

Tms waist has a square yoke in the.ne9
style, and below it the material is eithes
arranged In box pleats or gathered. The
heats are and smarter. The clos
ng 10 In a pleat In the centre of the front
The neck, slightly open, has a roll collar
VI may be finished with. a band. A Kin
sleeve ends in q plain cuff. .7
The waist pattern, No. 6,.35s. Is cut Id
sizes "a to az inches bust measure. aIe.
aiuEn size requires ~ yards OF 80 inch
material.
The above pattern can be obtained BY
sending 10 cents TO the office OF this
eaDeG.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

WANTED AT ONCE-Good blacksmith
and wood worker for 8 months TO
run a. country shop. Shop Is equipped
with trip hammer otner Aooss;
apply. H. r. Schroeder. Holiness n. 2.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

WANTED-Carpenter jobs, own or
country, satisfaction guaranteed; A.
J. Wolbrink. Fargo. l07)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

WANTED BARBER, English-G German
painter and paper hanger, who are
musicians, cornet, baritone and altos.
Address Frank L. sutherland, EureRa'
S.. r ~. NAVof
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
RELTNaUIsMMENr EOR sAH.E.

3H0MEsTEAD advertisement. 100 acres
seffiad and good farming country;
fenced; go acres broke; small shack;
$3.50. JIG iHteresEaas address box A2as
ssarrv. NGsss&
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

WANTED--A bank position by an ex-
perienced male tenosrapner and
bookkeeper. Address bog 227, Fargo
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
HELP wANTED--saALE.

HAVE knight Printing co. Print; 1t,
HARNEssMAKERs. wANTED-Bristol
5 6 Sweet, Fargo. (tf)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

FOR RENT-Three room house. IN
quire SIG 7th 81. Nc. Phone s14-L
(1oS>
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

WANTED-At once, competent, steady,
machinist-operator for model 5 llno-
type. Day work. Good wages. James
town Alert. jamestown, N. ID. (lo9l
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19
BOY
POSITIONS WANTED-MALR.

WANTED-Extra night work by A>No.
/: stenographer. Address 400 care
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

BOOKKEEPER and accountant with
several years experience in Fargo,
desires to change. Address 455 care
Forum. Sl1S)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. men to open g.
cleaning, dyeing and pressing shop
in every neighborhood, R~artlculars
10c. Jenkins Co., Chippewa Fa11s' Wa 1S.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

WANTED - Bills receivable cores
pondent, one strong on details and
who has had experience as a. travelling
collector on farmers paper, not g
thirty years old, Inquire Acme HaI.-
vesting Machine company. Fargo n, .:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

IN ANSWERING all want ads, giving
O certain number care OF The Forum.
that nuubar, In care OF Forum. This
insure prompt attention.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

ERRAND BOY-Over eighteen years,
who. knows the city. Permanent, job
and chance to learn the trade. Kniga
Printing Co. . (4oo).
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

wANTED-Man. for treasurer Of a
2 corporation. making. farm loans. MUST
invest. $780, and be 80. years old, or
over, Address, Farm Loan Co., box I,
Bowman, N. D. - tA4e1
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

POSITION WANTED-By, registered
pharmacist, IL years experience. Best
of references. Address $50 care Forum.
, l12al
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

FOR sAI.B-Lot 8 in block. 27, Roberts
second addition to the city Of Fargo.
House with six rooms and bath also
ern, S4500 takes this property. WIN
sell on easy terms. Address HUGH
Egan, Beach, ". D. (l14]
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-19

FARMERS! Now Is the time to get
your good season men. SEND your
orders to OLSON Employment Co, III
N. P. Ave. Fargo. @Ct}