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Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-10

That the Simpson Crawford and tn, Fourteenth street stores of the Henr, Siegel interests in New York be closed was recommended yesterday by tn, receivers of the two concerns in a re port made to Special Master George c Holt.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-10

General Souders, leader of the Souders faction in the famous Soud- ers-Turner feud, which was supposed to have ended 25 years ago, died at his home at Middleboro, ky, yesterday of pneumonia.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-10

Fire That Started last night in the basement of the three story building of E. H. Bindley and company, whole sale druggists, at Terre Haute, Ind, destroyed that structure and damaged two adjoining buildings.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17
Daddy's Bedtime
G Polly Was
OlOIV - The Heroine
..s =, '. OF the Fire.

~ AcK and Evelyn had been to zee a friend Of theirs who owned a parrot
NJ them. She could dance when a tune was whisted. she took sugar from
ne mistress mouth, and she could talk. She could said: "Pretty Foil"
POLY want q crackerT Polly hungry" Polly, want a bteT'
- when daddy came home that evening, OF course Jack and Evelyn told
nn a. an about the parrot, and later he told them a story about a parrot
In d small town" said daddy ~ little girl named Alice owned a pet par
rt VINO was very clever This parrot could talk a great deal and say ever $
nor than just Polly. want a cracker? This Polly could whistle, too,
NOSE beautifully and could do a great, great many wonderful tricks. OF
course 40 you can imagine, Alice was very proud If her parrot and Polly was
devoted to Alice. @
"one night when every one in the town was fast asleep q fire. broke out in
deserted barn, and, as there was a high wind, 1t began to spread. The
mouse nearest the fire as the one in which Alice lived, and Polly Parrot was
ne nstf TO smell the smoke She shreked at the top of her lungs, Fire, fret
and the whole household came rushing downstairs and found the library,
we're Polly was, full Of smoke.
"rhey put on coats and, grabbing Ponys cage rushed out Of the house as
quickly a 10 they could, for big flames were beginning to break through on all
sides. Aices daddy rushed Of to ring the fire bell, while Alice, carrying her
Polly Parrot, and her mother followed along. Soon every one in the town
ws VI and out in the street The hremen managed to keep the fire from
spreading, and they saved all the valuable things in Anceis home.
As every stood around watching the fremen throwing the water on
pretty hot" That amused every one, 80 that it kept up their spirits during
the awful fire.
AT last, however. the fremen succeeded in putting the FIRE out and one
or the neighbors invited Alice and her mother and daddy to stay at her house,
and. of course, Polly Parrot went along too.
Polly was now not only considered a vey clever bird, but a real heroine
for b nae awakened Alice and her family and saved their lives and also the
lives o many others, for with such a wind many houses would have gone
had not the frenen been called out just when they WERE
Instead of being vain about 1t Polly Parrot acted as though her one pride
was that Alice was more devoted to her than ever"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17

poisoning themselves with the waste
Of their wi bodies by breathing the
same air over and over again. This
reduces their resistance to the attack
Of any disease germ which may find
lodgment in their systems. It renders
them unusually susceptible to sudden
or marked changes in temperature.
The least indiscretion in such matters
as eating or exercise, which under
ordinary circumstances might easily be
taken care of by the stored-up powers
Of resistance. is likely to lead to serI-
GUS illness.
All this in spite Of the department
Of health's frequent and emphatic war
nings against sleeping In unventilated
bedrooms.
These warnings and this excellent
advice are just az applicable to Fargo
are they are to Philadelphia.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17
POKER AND LOLOG

I Travelled down through Europe, I
wandered up the Nile;
l sought the mausoleums where the
mummied Pharaohs lay;
l found the sculptured tunneling where
quietly in style
Imperial sarcophagi concealed the
royal clay.
Above the vaults were sculptured, in
letters old and brown,
Who openeth a jackpot may not al
ways rake it down"
It's strange what wild impressions
spring from very little things;
l turned with deep reluctance from that
motto old and brown;
And from the cryptic granite I dis
creetly drew four kings,
But on consideration, I politely laid
them down.
Because on each s~arcophagus were
tracings faint n thin,
Who openeth a jackpot may not al
ways rake it in"
I made this observation: A man with
such a hand,
Has psychologist feelings which per-
haps he should not feel;
But / was somewhat ratified. and in a.
foreign land
And had some dim suspicious, as I had
not watched the deal.
And there was that inscription, too, in
words that seemed to frown,
Who openeth a jackpot nay not al
ways rake it down"
Of course those letters were not carved
in Anglo-Saxon tongue;
Perhaps II you had seen them you had
idly passed them by.
But poker and philology I studied yet
when young
l recognized the language when it
struck my classic eye.
l. saw that there was meaning in that
sentence old and brown,
Who openeth a jackpot may not al
ways rake it down."
Detesting metaphysics, I cannot help
but put
A philosophic moral where I think it
ought to hang.
" seen a boom" for office grow
feebl at the root,
Then change into a boomlet-then to a
boomerang.
In caucus or convention, in village or
in town,
Who openeth a jackpot may not al
way rake 1t down.
Ware.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17
MERIDIAN.

1t is now 80 years since an inter-
national congress at Washington re-
commended the adoption of the Green
wich meridian as the starting point
from which to measure time and lou-
gitude around the globe. Thirty-six
nations were represented at the con-
gress, and twenty Of these at once
conformed to the recommendation.
Since then most Of the remaining six
teen, as well as other nations, have
come into line, and on March II, 1911,
France finally abandoned the Paris
meridian and adopted that OF Green
witch, says the Observer (London).
In a sense, the Greenwich meridian
belongs more to France than to the
country of its origin, for after enter
ing French territory at Villers-sur-
Mer it runs for nearly 500 miles
through France on its way to Spain.
Its English length is only 206 miles,
from the Sussex coast to the York
shire coast, ear Tunstall, where IL
encounters dry land unless it finds it
around the North Pole. This all inn
portant meridian is nothing more sub
stantial than the thinnest OF spiders
threads q few Inches long. In the
focus of the transit telescope at Green
.wich i've spiders threads are fixed at
equal distances, and the center one
marks the meridian. Nothing has
ever been discovered to equal the
thread spun by a spider, so far as ex-
cessive thinness and strength are on
5eerned. the two qualities Which n
able astronomers most nearly to at
tain to- the ideal OF straight line
length without breadth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17
Decisions Of the Supreme Court
In the supreme court, state of North

In the supreme court, state OF North
Dakota.
A. 8. Malin and Maria E.. Dobler, as
administrators of the estate of Gottlieb
pondents, VS.. County of LaMoure, state
Of North Dakota, a municipal corpora
ton, defendant and appellant. State
Tax Commission, i~nteryenor.
"a Chapter 119 of the laws of 1903,
which is entitled: AN Act to amend
section 1859 of the revised codes of
1905, relating to the fees of county
court" and which provides for an ini-
tial fee of IS n an additional charge
Of SIS for each and every one thousand
dollars or fraction thereof in excess of
the first thousand dollars on the value
Of the estates, to be paid by the petit
toner for letters testamentary, of adj
m~inistration, or OF guardianship, is I'M
constitutional in SO far as the addition
al charge or fee of SIS for each and ev-
cry thousand dollars or fraction there
lars, is concerned, and violates section
II, article 1 Of the constitution of
North Dakota, which provides that:
al laws of a general nature shall
article l, which provides that, "all
courts shall be open and every man for
any injury done to him In his lands,
goods, person Or reputation, shall have
remedy by due process of law, and
right and justice administered without
sale, denial or delays" section 81, ar
ticle 2, which provides that, mo bill
shall embrace more than one subject,
which shall be expressed in it's title,
etc" section ITS, article II, which pro-
vides that, mo tax shall be levied ex-
,cept in pursuance Of law. and every
law imposing a tax shall state dis
tinctly the object of the same, to which
only it shall be applied" and section
176, article II, which provides that,
flaws shall be passed taxing by uni
form rule all property according to it's
true value in money" The same is
chapter 81 of the laws of 1905. and Of
chapter 1877 of the laws Of 1913, and
in SO far as the fee or charge of SIS for
each and every n thousand dollars or
fraction thereof In excess Of the first
one Thousand dollars, is concerned.
Chapter &c Of the laws of 1903. n Sec
ton 2071 of the revised codes Of 1899,
being chapter SO of the laws Of 1890,
however, are invalid even as to the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17

initial fee of SIS, as such is not imposed
upon all estates equally, but according
ito the value thereof. They are me-
eessarily equally invalid as to the add.
dollars additional value.
w The fees or charges provided for
IN nap 1l9 of the laws of 1909 are
NOT INHERITANCE taxes or analogous
or charge upon the privilege OF sue
ceeding to Or inheriting property and.
is paid out of that which Is inherited,
while the charges in Question are lew
whether solvent or insolvent, but upon
the estates of wards and incompetents.
t5) such charges cannot be regard
ed as mere Il costs, as they are in
the work performed or the services
rendered.
a. They are taxes upon property
ratner than taxes upon. or charges for
as they are not LEVIED according to the
true value of such property or to the
uniform rule which Is adopted in regard
to similar property. H 49,
,stttution Of North Dakota, which pro
vides that, "all courts shall be open.
and any man for any injury done him
IN his lands. goods, or reputation, shall
may aaXe r3 remedy BY due proees Of law
Without sale, denial or delay" is aimed,
not merely against bribery and the di,
rect selling Of Justice by magistrates
and afficials, but against the imposi-
tion OF unreasonable restraints upon
ana charges for the use of the courts,
90 Such charges having in the case
at bar been demanded of the plaintiff
by an officer acting under color Of law.
and Tor public services which the
plaintiff was entitled to have perform
ed, and having been paid under written
protest and under circumstances where
injury to the estate and to third par
fussaI to pay such fees and a resort r.
legal remedies to compel the perform
ance of the official duties, were uaid
under ~compulsion and duress and can
be recovered from the county upon a
proper showing being made.
= ca Where a part Of a statute is nm.
constitutional, that fact does not re-
quire the courts to declare the remand
er void also unless all the provisions
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17
THE HIGH COST OF MEAT.

The report Of the department of
many ingenious T given for
the high cos OF living. shifts the
blame somewhat in one commodity
from the much abused middleman
comments The New York Sun. The
supply Of beef, 1t appears. is declining
SO rapidly that the present high prices
result. The middleman is probably re-
%sponsible for a considerable portion Of
this, as he is undoubtedly in other
products, but the fact remains that
beef is primarily high because 1t Is
scarce.
Nothing short Of the statistics Of the
government would convince the dis
contented upon this head. for the
ers have been taken from business
lies. 1t has been assumed that some
vast deteriorating quantity Of meat
was being held in concealment In
order to stiffen the price. If this is at
all true. it is less true than the un-
escapable fact that the American peo-
pie have been demanding better and
better cuts Of meat all the time. re-
curing increasing slaughter. while
the supply has not only failed to keep
even with the demand. both as to
population and choice. but has actual
ly fallen off.
In 1910, the number of beef cattle In
the United States amounted to IL, 49,
600, and on Jan. 1. 1914, to $685.. 900
a drop in four years Of more than S.
000, 1000, or approximately IS per cent.
In sheep there was a decline in the
same period Of from 54,44S,O 900 to 49,
719, 900, or So per cent. Hogs dropped
81 per cent from 1913. These short
ages have been met in a considerable
degree by importation since the new
tariff went into effect, but not sufh-
GENTLY to meet the requirements Of a
more discriminating national palate.
In some countries meat, is a luxury
OF feast days, or at best a weekly
treat, while here it is regarded by
many as a thrice-a-day necessity.
And as n cannot continue to eat so
much meat without craving to eat
better and the best meat. the situation
seems to be d p~araphrase of the
champagne appetite and the beer in
Ebme" s~aying-with agitation because
champagne does not sell at a nickel
the stein,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17
WHAT is THE WORLD
ABOUT. ANYHOW?

Editorial in San Francisco Bulletin.)
The modern world is mainly occu-
pied with getting things-quicker
communication and more of it; more
and better food; longer and more ac-
tive life, and 81 on. These things are
nearly all good and desirable, but as
means, not as ends. The main cause
of the materialism which the philoso-
pliers Of the future will certainly at
ribute to this age lies in the fact
that we are making ends of them.
Where there is no v%ision," said
Isaiah, "the people perish
Vision is the foreseeing of a. fulfill
ment. 1t is digging a cellar and see
ing the house that is to rise above
it. 1t Is getting he iron ore out of
the earth and seeing the locomotive.
1t is writing the first lines of a poem
and hearing the last singing in your
ear. 1t is linking up what one does,
day by day, with the final results of
that accomplishment, and the accom-
plishments of a million other men, for
that day and that decade, and for all
coming years.
This joy of vision is precisely the
one thing that the world is denying
itself. 1t has specialized, subdivided,
&AAAALOLS4S C1LIS4CA4b oL4Slt atL
men see is the next turn Of the hand,
and until their work is hateful to
them. A man in a factory makes the
hundredth part Of a shoe. He has no
pride in the completed shoe. A man in
business takes a commodity from one
c aca conveys it to another; he has
an eye to his profit; he may do his
service we'll, but he has no notion of
himself as he actually is, as part OF
the worldwide economic apparatus.
He does not think of himself as en-
gagged in feeding, clothing. or caring
for others; he thinks of himself as
making money and turning over" his
Investments.
The worlds machinery works, after
a fashion, under this conception. It
works as any machine works. But it
is no more than a mistake. It has
no general consciousness. The cogs
1T because otherwise the wheels can
not turn. but there is nothing more
than a purely physical corporation.
The modern world goes on blindly, and
therefore, for any ultimate purpose, in
efficiently.
meanings. But it certainly signifies
this a disregard Of the meanings
Of things. 1t is the aptest word for a
view Of life which ends with ones
own nose. The antidote for it is a
little word-Why? What is the use
Of eating, drinking and living, and CIV
ing way to others who will do the
same, if that, here and on this COM
mon earth. is all?( If this hurry and
labor buys us only eating and drink
ing we might as well be cave men.
They worked less hard than we. It's
only excuse is that it buys us, not
something material, but something
spiritual, a closer sense Of unity with
other men, a keener perception of
what such unity means, a palmer real
ization of a destiny for human kind.
We are all like men who have been
lifting at a rail in the dark, ignoring
each others presence. We need light
to show us where to put it, Int how
to help each other. ~.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17
TUESDAY, FEB. II. 1914.
THE COVE NoRsHIP.

The Lansford Journal, of which vii
T.. Holbein, secretary Of the North Da
kota Press association, is MANAGING
editor, says:
We have it that the progressive
republicans have endorsed u. l..
Burdick of Williston for governor
in opposition to Gov. l.. B. Hanna.
Mr.. Burdick is a mighty strong
mar with the masses, and should
he determine to make the race he
will make Mr.. Hanna go some.
There is one aspect of the stu
alton that must not be overlooked
by the most partial partisan, and
that is the fact that the people
of North Dakota are in the habit
of rewarding their faithful public
servants, and where they have Civ
en- good satisfactiono one term Of their
Office they are invariably returned
for the second term. This will
tend to assist Mr., Hanna, for with
out a doubt he has done a great
deal to get the affairs of the state
on a business basis, and this is the
very first year of his incumbency.
we believe that he has his eyes
on the United States senate, and
if this is the case it is sure that
duTluS the resi- OIL HIS tenure Oh OIL
fee, whether 1t be the year, or
three years, will do all in his pow
er to merit the confidence of the
people so that he may have his
hopes relative to the senate realiz-
ed.
This paper does not believe that
Governor Hanna should be asked
to step down and out, for the fur
Their reason that he has been fair to
all factions, and there does not
seem to be any great clamor for a
Dukes Mixture republican ticket
this year., with the very possible
result that a democrat will secure
the g~overnorship as was the case
during the Burke regime. We
know that democrats of the stripe
Of John Bloom of Devils Lake, are
doing all in their power to keep up
the useless strife in the republican
ranks for no other reason than to
elect a democratic governor, and
il Is about time the republicans
got some horse sense. and stick to,
their own brethren. There is no y
danger of a return to McKenZieism
in this state. That is dead and
gone. Republicans should not be-
scared to death by a bygone spec
ter.
The Journal is absolutely right about
MeKenzieism being dead in this state
Furthermore the people know this and
are beginning to look with sus-
3icion on the nan who raises this
Try, especially IL he be a republican,
rhe people Of North Dakota are tired
factional strife, especially as they
perceive that it is merely being kept
up as a pretense.
This big question that the people
want answered now is not t what
party or what faction does he belong,
What they ask is: What kind Of a
man is he? Is he efficient, capable and
Not a word can be said against the
honesty or the efficiency Of L. B. Han
He has proved a capable COVER
nor and has given the state what it
and what it desires to have
a. clean, business admins
If he decides to run again he
deserves to be. and will be. reelected
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17
Common Form Of Insanity

Cleveland Plain Dealer: A party Of
Clevelanders entertained some holiday
visitors last week and having showed
them everything interesting In Cleve-
land proper they had to take them out
to Newburg for a view of the asylum.
The superintendent was in a genial
frame of mind and he conducted the
bunch personally. H..
Here is a queer case, ladies' he
said, pausing at q. particular cell. This
nan has the delusion that he possesses
the motive power that rum the uni
verse. He lis perfectly harmless, but
he actually believes that without him
the world would not move. Strange
notion, isn't it?' "
why, not at ALL" exclaimed one of
the women. MY husand has the
same idea and he always has had 1t.
Is he crazy, too?"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17
Turn the Baby?s
Tears to Laughter
A Gentle Baby Laxative Will Quickly
Relieve the Usual Cause of
the Trouble.

A&SAACN GHC OohMA %auSC VI
the Trouble.
1t is often difficult to tell just what
is the matter with a crying, peevish
baby or child too young to express it's
feelings in words, but as a general
rule the mother will find that there is
a tendency to constipation, which has
brought on a headache or u
The little one has no pain, but feels
out of sorts"
The first thing to try is a family
remedy containing good but mild laxa-
tive properties, and many mothers will
say that their choice would be DR..
Caldwells Syrup Pepsin. Thousands of
mothers keep it in the house for such
emergencies. among whom may be
mentioned Mrs. John Kirch, Jr., 1927
Abstract Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa. She has
been giving it successfully to little
Walter, whose picture. We present at
three months, when he weighed 14h
pounds. He is a healthy, laughing
youngster today and Mrs. Kirch gladly
gives DR.. Caldwe1rs Syrup Pepsin
It saves many an illness and
many a large doctor bill, for by ad-
ministering it promptly when the first
symptoms of illness are noticed it pre-
vents a serious ,ailment.
. It is so pleasant-tasting that no child
will refuse it, and as 1t does not gripe,
the child is glad to take 1t again. A
bottle can be obtained of any druggist
for fifty cents or n dollar, the latter
being the size bought by families al
ready familiar with it's merits. Re-
suits are always guaranteed or money
will be refunded.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17

are connected in subject matter de-
pending upon each other, operating To-
gether for the same purpose, or other-
wise so connected together in meaning
that it cannot be presumed the 1eglsIa-
ture would have passed the n without
the other.
(8) A requirement for reasonable
court fees will be sustained and is not
unconstitutional as, being a denial or
sale of justice, provided that the fee is
reasonable, is uniform in its applica-
ton, and has some reasonable n
ton with the services rendered. The
portions of the statute, before consid-
cred, therefore, which provide for an
initial fee of SIS and for the expendi-
lures for publishing and sending out
notices, are valid II are sustained.
Syllabus by the court.
Appeal from the district court of La
Moure county, Coffey, J.
Appeal from an order ~overruling a
demurrer.
Affirmed. Opinion of the court by
Bruce, j. .
Walter H. Murfn, LaMoure, N. D,
states attorney for LaMoure county,
attorney for defendant and appellant.
Davis & Warren, LaMoure, N. D, at
torneys for plaintiffs and respondents.
L. E. Birdzell and George E. Wallace,
attorneys for intervenor.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-17

Syrup fepsir Is rUr all the family
from infancy to old age, and because
Of it's mildness families should prefer
1t over all other remedies. 1t is alb
so1utely safe and reliable. You will
tnever again give cathartics, pills, salts
or such harsh physics, for they are
usually unnecessary, n in the case of
a great shock to the system, and hence
should be avoided. $50.
Families wishing to try a free sam
pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by
Washington St, Monticello, Ill. A pos
tai card with your name and address
on it will do.