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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-02
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The provisional government of Epi-. rus has issued a proclamation of an- nexation to Greece
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-02
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 DIAMOND BUYING

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Daddy: sBedtirne
~ The Fairies
CTOTV Give a Big
Summer Picnic.
They Dropped a Star
Over Every Guest.

R~AH HE fairies had had the most marvellous picnic ever given in fa1ryand
only a few days ago. and, you may be sure, daddy did not waste
much time telling Jack and Evelyn about it.
They had the best time that they ever had had in their lives,
they afterward said" began daddy and you know we'll how much that
means for they ire in the habit of always enjoying themselves a great deal
in the first place, the picnic a a very large one 1t was given in the
big pine woods, and, oh, it vas $50 denciously cool there 1t really ws &C cool
tina. the fairies would u around and play games for all they were worth, 80
they could appreciate the cool breeze better.
There were ever and ever so many guests at the picnic The humning
creatures they could have. The orioles were there and the buejays and the
robins; also the little red lizards for, you know, the fairies arev very fond Of the
little lizards and think they are verycu cunning. Then the elves we're asked and
of course, the brownies.
ut was n of the pretdest picnics you can imagine, for with. s o many
lovely creatures playing and dancing under the big, dark pine trees, with just
CLEANS of Mr. Sun peeping through to see the fun-weh' 1t wa of the
prethest sights in the world.
1.-THE fairies began their picnic by swinging. playing tag and hide and go
seek before they sat down their supper so as to make hem very very hun
CRY, you see.
every little creature raj given just what was most appealing for his spe-
cal appetite
"The fairies, elves and brownies had moss ice cream. which is their favor
lite kind, with evergreen pathes. The birds had little dishes of cool spring
water to drink and, of course, little worms to eat. The lizards were allowed
to crawl around and pick up anything they chose. The butterflies and hum
ming birds were given honey from the flowers, for the flowers were only too
glad to help along.
Everybody did have such a good time because everybody was thought Of
and nobody vas forgotten about
But the most wonderful part Of all was when the fairies entertained all
ped a star of silver W every guest while they dance around in graceful
and lovely manner.
"And all the guests picked up the little stars and applauded the fairies"
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the Christian Science. That church
spent very large sums on church
building last year, but will not spend
quite so much this year. The reports
for the last year or two. have been
many about abandoned churches, of
which a large number were returned
from Nebraska. Without doubt there
are hundreds of vacant churches in
the United States, many Of them not
having been occupied for years and
that makes this boom in church build
ing somewhat remarkable. 1t is be-
cause the churches are not in. the
right location?
AS cities have grown the churches
have moved away from the business
districts, but in the country, where
there have been so many abandoned
churches reported, there has been nc
such cause for removal. Big and
costly churches will not make a re-
ligious people. The cities of the Old
World which have the most costly ca
thedrals and numerous fine church
buildings ars no more noted for theil
religious life than those which have
only modest places of public worship
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-22
May Help III You
Have tuberculosis

Proper diet, fresh air and temperate
habits aid persons suffering from Tu-
berculosis. Often more Is needed. Re-
ports show that Eckman's Alternative
has brought about many recoveries.
Read what 1t did in this case:-
T. Madison Lake, MINI.
"Gentlemen:-In December, 1908, !
was taken with hemorrhages of the
lungs. which confined me several
weeks, each time to my bed. My doc
tor advised me to, go West. In Novem-
Der I started for Denver, Col. After
my arrival I met Michael Brody, who,
upon learning of my condition, urged
me to take. Eckman's Alternative. !
kept on taking the medicine and i'm
proved fast. In March. 1910, I return
ed home. | am entirely we'll, have a
good appetite and sleep we'll. When ]
left Denver my weight vas 100 pounds.
I now weigh 166, my normal weight. j
thank God and your Alternative for my
health ~(Abbreviated)
eAfidavit) PAUL L. FAsNACHT.
Eckman's Alternative is most efica-
cious in bronchial catarrh and severe
throat and lung affections and up.
building the system. Contains ne
harmful or habit-forming drugs. Ac.
cept no substitutes. Sold by leading
druggists. Write Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia, Pa, for booklet of rscov.
eries.-Advt.
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The Shakspere Anniversary.

Philadelphia Press: A worldwide
celebration in honor Of S~hakspere is
projected for 1916, on the 800th ami
versary Of the poets death. Eminent
men Of many nations have been enlist
ed by the committee which has been
formed in London, including the Amer
lean ambassador. No doubt a loud
note of dissent will be heard from the
Baconians and all others who refuse
to believe that the immortal dramas
were written by the historical Shak-
spere. They contemplate a rival cele-
lbration in 1928 to commemorate the
publication of the First Folio. But in
England and the United States, and in
Germany-where Shakspere has been
raised to the dignity Of a national in
~stitution-the occasion will appeal to
millions who revere the mar born In
lStratford-on-Avon as the greatest of
poets.
Viscount Bryce presided over the
meeting held in London on Friday. The
universal appeal of Shakspere was in
dicated by the fact that approval of
the celebration was given by the dip
Ilomatic representatives not only OF
nearly every European nation, but OF
Persia, China, Argentine and Chile. II
may be that this movement will result
in giving to England at last q national
memorial worthy of S~hakspere. The
movement to that end has fingered and
Ianguished for many years without
ever taking a definite shape. A ma
tional theatre lis favored as most ap-
propriate by many of the most infiu-
entail advocates OF the Shakspere me-
zncrials
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The New Day in This Country.

Indianapolis News: The days Of plu-
tocracy were beautiful-for the pluto
Gratis. But they have passed. The peo-
pie have put their hands to the pillow,
and they are going to drive the fur
row through. They propose to make 1t
possible for a man to do business in
this country without license from a
trust: they AVE already broken the
hold of the big banks on the little ones.
There are many who do not even yet
realize how vast is the work of recon
struction. A great-and in some re-
spects a wonderful-system had been
built up largely on privilege-tariff
and other. Through enormous con
tributions to campaign funds the great
trusts and railroads purchased favors
from the government. A few men,
with q direct and selfish interest in
| the matter, decided what our taxes
should be-. 1t was a Veritable feudal
system. based not. on birth, but on
wealth and usurped power.
1t Is against this system that the
national administration, backed by the
people, has arrayed itself. We are
seeking some measure of democracy
in trade and commerce, as we have 1t
in politics. We have today-and may
We continue to have-a government
that is, at least, stronger than the
Steel trust. And with it we shall have
a more widely diffused prosperity and
q greater command of the good things
! Of life than we have ever had. The
people have resolved that this country
shall be what it was meant to be
the country of the average man. What
ever suffering there Is, is due to the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-22
CREDo.

How easily my neighbor chants his
creed,
Kneeling beside one in the house of
God,
His Il believe" he chants. and II De-
lieve,"
With cheerful iteration and consent
Watching meantime the white, slow
sunbeam move
Across the aisle, or listening to the
bird
Whose free wild song sounds through
the open door.
Thou God supreme, too, l too, be-
lieve!
But oh forgive, if this one human
word,
Binding the deep and breathless
thought Of race
And my own conscience with an iron
band,
Stick in my throat, I canont say it
This II believe" that doth myself OBJ
scure;
This rod to smite; this barrier; this
blot
On thy most unimaginable face
And soul of majesty.
"Tis not mans faith
In thee that he proclaims in echoed
phrase,
But faith in man; faith not in thine
own Christ,
But in another mans dim thought OF
him.
Christ of Judea, look. then, in my
heart!
Do I not love thee, look to thee, in
thee
Alone have faith of all the sons Of
men
Faith deepening with the weight and
woe of years.
Pure soul and tenderest of all thai
Into this world of sorrow, hear my
prayer!
Lead me. yea, lead me deeper into life
This suffering, human life wherein
thou livest
And breathest still, and holdest thy
way divine.
This here. o plying Christ! where
thee l seek,
Here where the strife Is ~fiercest, where
the sun
Beats down upon the highwa!
thronged with men,
And in the raging mart, Oh, deepe
lead
My soul into the living world Of soul
Wher thou dost move.
But lead me, Man Divine!
Where'er thou Whilst, only that I ma,
find
At the journeys n thy image there
| And grow more like to it. For are no
thou
The human shadow of the infinite Low,
That made and fills the endless uni,
verse?
The very Word of Him. the unseen
unknown,
Eternal God that rules the summe,
flower
And all the worlds that people starr!
space!
Richard Watson Glider.
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Boom in Church Building.

Omaha World Herald: Much has
been written in the last yea or two
about the decay of the church, but
recent statistics show that If there is
any retrogression 1t is not in church
building. The New York Sun has been
gathering facts on that subject and
says:
Contracts thus far let call for struc-
lures that will cost between $35, 000,-
600 and $4,000, 900. While all of this
money may not be spent upon the
buildings before the end of this year,
contracts uncompleted at the beginning
of the season will make the total ex-
penditure this year approximate $40,-
000, 900.
This sum Is about So, 900, 900 above
the average for the last ten years.
New York viii spend from $4,000, 900
to So, 100000 this summer, chiefly on
Manhattan island. Chicago has on
hand some $4,000 0 in church pro-
jects, south and southwest, New Eng
land and the Rocky mountain regions
report the largest number OF projects,
although in many cases amounts in
volved are small"
The greatest activity seems to be
among the Catholics. although all de-
nominations show increases except
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-22

there is not. and cannot possibly be, a
monopoly in Jews. The latter orig
mates constantly. in various forms
and in every part Of the world. and
everyone has an equal right to 1t and
an untrammeled opportunity to secure
1t ard use it in n manner that is
desired. The Associated Press Is
Simply a cooperative association OF
publishers. banded together for the
purpose OF economically and efficient
ly gathering this news and it's output
Ia not the news itself, but it's story of
the news.
An appreciation Of this point is all
common suspicion that this great
news gathering agency partakes of
the qualities of a monopoly. Even
those who make this charge cannot
get around the fact that the Associat-
ed Press does not have a monopoly Of
the current news Of the day Of any
exclusive advantage in gathering and
delivering its own version of the news
to its respective members. They
simply bubble over the fact that
easy to secure, as the rules OF the as
ISOLATION allow members to exercise a
so-called right of protest" against
the election Of new members in their
respective fields. Even this. however,
is based on reasonable and legitimate
business principles, and is simply a
matter Of self-Drotection. Nor is 1t an
insurmountable bar to the acquire
ment Of new membership in the Asso-
ciated Press, for the history Of that
organization shows that since it first
start-d new members have actually
been added at the rate Of about one
per week.
STU another point called to atten-
ton nv Mr.. Stone Is the fact that the
Associated Press is not itself a. money
making organization. 1t is, as already
suggested, purely a cooperative asso-
ciati2n, and expenses and benefits are
shared equally by its members. It's
service Is purely a personal one, and
representing. through it's members, all
classes of belief, political. religious and
otherwise, it Is absolutely essential
that it's reports Of the news shall be
impartial and unbiased. These facts
concerning the Associated Press need
to be occasionally repeated, in order
that the public may know exactly the
nature and plan of operations of this
Organization concededly the greatest
and most efficient news gathering
agency in the world, whose service is
even more valuable to the public than
to it's own members.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-22
THE TIDE HAS TURNED.

There has been a good deal Of more
or less good-natured jesting at Presi-
lent Wilson's expression, ~"psycholog-
ical depression; yet the whole nation
is undergoing a sudden realization
just now that an immediate high wave
Of prosperity is inevitable, says The
st. Louis Times.
The industrial stage seems set for
action; n already the stage hands.
to carry the metaphor a step further,
have performed their important duties
behind the scenes. The stage hands,
lin this connection. meaning the farm
ers, the iron and steel industries. the
railroads, the merchants.
The country will be the better for
a strong manifestation of faith in the
immediate future-and such a faith is
~abundantly justified.
The commercial agencies-Brad-
streets and Dun's-report, from their
systematic inquiries, that fundamental
conditions throughout the country
were seldom better, and that a year of
great prosperity Is assured.
The United States Steel corporation
reported, for the month Of June, the
first recording of surplus orders-that
is to say, orders In excess of it's out
T,ut-since the month Of February.
This fact has not only a direct sig
fnifcance, but it carries with 1t the
proof that the railroads are arriving
at normal conditions. after a marked
depression. and that the structural
iron activities Of the country are graf
tifyingly active.
The winter wheat crop has been har-
vested and is of the banner" variety.
Reports show that the corr crop will
reach q high average, and spring
wheat is rich in promise.
These conditions point definitely to
the fact that the merchants who have
been carrying minimum stocks will
almost Immediately begin the task of
'replenLshing; a circumstance which
will place the factories upon a high
tide cf activity.
It may be supposed that certain un-
toward political influences have yet to
be overcome before all the wheels can
u smoothly. Nothing but demagogic
activities can have prevented the in
terstate commerce commission from
rendering a decision touching the
matter Of railroad rates; and similar
activities no doubt formed the basis
Of opposition to the final formation OF
the federal reserve board, the duties
of which will mean much in the way
Of getting public confidence and ex.
pectancy back to normal.
But natural conditions are winnine
despite impediments.
A period of general movement in the
right direction is. dawning. There II
needed only a general recognition ot
this fact. and the psychological de.
preston which was none the les.
harmful because it was needless. vii
have PASSED.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY %, 1914.
HAVING TRoU

The one-man grain exchange, whic.
parades under the name "~co-opera
tive" is having it's troubles. The Min
ueapolis Tribune says:
The Equity Grain exchange, it
x seems, was not in position to take
t advantage of our friendly sugges-
ton that the presence Of the circus
in Minneapolis and its journey to
( St. Paul for a one-night stand,
y would lend itself admirably to the
spectacle of shaking the dust OF
! Minneapolis from the Equity feet,
= and the seeking thereafter the more
y congenial and vastly less Congest-
ed and noisy environment Of st.
Paul as a permanent home. The
= circus is here, but the Equity is
also here: the one will depart &C
cording to it's schedule, but the
other, as yet, has no schedule.
A rare opportunity was missed.
But there's a reason. From Fargo
we learn that Charles L. Boylen
of Eden Valley, Mimi. who is high
in the counsels of the Equity, says
that an effort is being made to
adjust certain freight rates so the
farmers who patronize the Equity
exchange may not have to pay a
higher rate to st. Paul than to
Minneapolis.
Aha! The trail of the serpent!
Is the eastman distance tariff to
turn and rend the bosom in which
II was warmed and ~nurtured? Is
this beneficent angel to turn into
a dragon? Is this law that was
to work so nicely way-the
way from the cities-to fail to
work the other way? The Fargo
Dispatch says:
"An endeavor is being made to
adjust the freight rate problem,
that the farmers may not feel
handicapped by paying higher
rates to st. Paul than to Minnea-
polls. An early solution is pre-
dicted."
What the "early solution" can
be, we wot not. The state railway
p. and warehouse commission has
decided that ten miles is ten miles,
and that St, Paul is ten miles from
Minneapolis. Perhaps the COM
mission will reverse itself or file
an exception. Failing that, the
legislature might be asked to
abolish the commission. or to sus-
pend it until the Equity exchange
is ]ensconced in St. Paul. This Is
no time for dilly-dallying. If
heroic measures are necessary. let
them be taken!
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Ideals Motors Over Arms.

New York Evening Post: tInd.):
Arms yielded to ideals. This is really
the deep significance of Wilson's tri-
umph. He early laid down a Mexican
policy based on sheer ldealism-fan-
tastic idealism, it vas s~neeringly
called. y . . Nothing succeeds like
success, even when it Is an idealistic
success. Pin-pricking attacks may
still be made upon Wilson's Mexican
policy, but they can produce little i'm
preston. The public sees the large
fact and will not long listen to men
who say that they had no business to
come about in that way. Only yester-
day, in the house, republicans were
indulging in PARTISAN filings at the
failure Of Wilson in dealing with
Mexico. They certainly did it just In
time, for they "a do it no more. The
country will speedily admit, what the
outside world has already admitted,
that the Wilson Mexican policy, bold
ly conceived, steadily maintained, and
supported with patience and resource
fulness-the nj great object being
always the retirement of General
Huerta-has marched to an astonish-
ing success
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Took Moral Courage of a High Order

New York World (Ind. DEM: The
presidents Mexican policy, concern
ing which there have been many mis-
giVings, has triumphed. The dictator
has resigned. A constitutional gov
eminent is to be established. There
will eventually be peace at home and
peace with the United States.
When General Huerta, on Feb. IS,
1913, ~telegraphed to President Taft, II
have overthrow this government and
the forces are with me-" he had no
thought OF the man who in two weeks
was to be president Of the United
States or Of the forces that that man
would array against the Mexican usur-
patton.
One week after Mr.. Wilson's in
augurat1on he gave due warning to
General Huerta and all other Latin
American chieftains who gain office by
intrigue and assassination when he
said: w can have no sympathy
with those who seize the power of gov
eminent to advance their own per-
sonal interests and ambitions" Huer-
ia laughed at this avowal, and not a
few citizens of the United States pro-
nounced it visionary and fantastic.
Yet the new American doctrine that
usurpation is not to be recognized on
this hemisphere has been established
in the n country where its success
seemed most doubtful. Against Huer-
ta's airy assumption Wilson arrayed
a~damantine conscience. In opposition
to the tyrant's armed forces Wilson
m~arshaled the forces Of liberty and
justice. .
1t has taken some hard fighting In
Mexico to overthrow the man who
overthrow the government, but moral
courage Of a higher order has been
needed to enable the administration at
Washington to hold true to it's prin-
ciples. The triumph is ours as well
as Mexico's. The honor Of victories
won in the realm Of morals is no less
that that Of battles gained on bloody
fields. .
Thanks to woodrow Wilson, a great
country and an oppressed people are
upon the threshold Of a new epoch.
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Springfield Republican Gnd.): It
has been a long wait, and at times a
harassing wait, for General Huerta to
retire. But down and out he is at last.
President Wilson was right in his re-
fusal to recognize a dictatorship and
usurration founded on the assassina-
ton Cf a constitutional president.
Another thing: Those who were so
sure that a war involving the on
quest Of Mexico by the United States
was involved in the Wilson policy Of
non-recognition have thus far had
their predictions, if not their vindic-
lively partisan hopes, completely fall
sifed. 1t is a bitter disappointment
to some people in this country to have
Huerta confess defeat. But the Amer
lean people as a whole, one may be
sure. will rejoice because what there
is of democracy in Mexico is evident
ly to triumph I'VE forces of privilege
and reaction.
If the president of the United States
has taken sides" with the democratic
impulse and the progressive idealism
of Mexico, his critics may make the
most of 1t. The Republican is glad
that he knew a democratic impulse
when he saw one, INC declined to e
the neral and active aid of a great
| government to the crushing of 1t.
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"No MONOPOLY in NEWS"

There is something Of general inter-
est In a reply made by General Man
ager Stone. of the Associated Press,
to a reiteration in Golfers Weekly of
the old charge that the Associated
Press is a monopoly. says The Osh-
kosh Northwestern. The essential
Doint of Mr.. stones argument is that