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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

From the Chicago Record Herald
If all the historic lies of the world
were to be corrected and all the liars
put in the pillory, who would be SUI
hcient for the job?
Our American lies are numerous and
fragrant. Parson Weem's cherry tree
and hatchet story may be reckoned
prtmus inter pares; but there are lots
more that crowd it closely. There is
the Connecticut blue laws horror; it,
too, like the other, was started by a
dominic. 1t is sheer ~falsehood, yet it
has probably given the land of steady
habits a stigma for all time, though
1t does not deserve it any more than
Virginia. Then there is the yarn about
Thomas Jefferson's democratic sim
plicity'' in riding on horseback all
alone to the capitol to be installed as
president, tying the nag to a rail fence
and tramping through the mud to the
door of the capitol. There is not a
word of truth in it. nor the slightest
excuse for it's existence. Yet there it
is in history, as clipper as a bluejay
on the top rail of the mythical fence,
and likely to be believed by ~uncounted
generations of the faithful.
Talking about cherry trees, there's
that Appomattox apple tree, one of the
D456CSL lanes Oh T6COIu. Miles HELL
ly" gave it vogue, though without
malice af~orethought, in a lifting and
haunting campaign ballad in 1858, and
Roscoe Conkling confirmed and crys-
tallized 1t. 8also Internationally, in
1880, when he@quoted the ballad in his
speech nominating Grant for a third
cup of presidential coffee. Then a few
years ago it was purposed to glorify
and apotheosize it, when Woodrow
Wilson, then governor of New Jersey,
was invited to make the address at the
planting Of a new apple tree on the
exact site of the old one-the old one
having been cut down and manufac-
tured into relics. 1t is said that there
are enough such relics in existence, all
made from "the wood of the apple
tree under which Lee surrendered to
Grant" to make the biggest tree that
ever lowered in a California grove.
But the plain truth is that there
never was any such tree. There was
an apple orchard at Appomattox Court
house, and Lee and his staff were en-
camped in or near itwhen Col. Bah
cock went to escort the Confederate
commander to his meeting place with
Grant in the Mclean farmhouse. But
Lee and Grant never met nor stood to-
gether under an apple tree, and no
tree in that orchard had the slightest
relationship to the surrender. Also,
since some variants, of the prevarica-
ton portray the tree as being a mass
of snowy bloom as the two generals
stood beneath 1T, 1t may be remarked
that that vas a backward spring in
Virginia and at the time Of the sur
render not a single blossom had yet
opened it's petals.
The American flag has likewise been
the object of many Misrepresentation.
The worst of these, of course, is the
discreditable and insulting tale about
it's having been designed from the coat
of arms of the Washington family
when, as a matter of fact, it was the
direct descendant, in the second gen.
Grafton. Of the British ensign. Other
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
A CHARM,

Take of English earth as much
AS either HAND may rightly clutch.
In the taking Of it breathe.
Prayer for all who lie beneath,
Not the great nor w~ell-bespoke,
But the mere uncounted folk
or whose life and oath is none
Report or la~mentation,
Lay that earth upon thy heart,
And thy sickness shall depart!
1t shall sWeeten and make whole
FeVered breath and festered soul;
1t shall nightly restrain
OVer-busy hand and brain;
1t shall ease thy mortal strife
Galnst the immortal woe of life,
Till myself restored shay prove
By what grace the heavens do move.
Take of English flowers these
Springs full-faced primroses,
summers wild Wide-hearted rose, . .
Autumn's wild-f1ower of the close,
And thy darkness to illumine
winters beethronged ivy-bloom,
Seek and serve them where they bide
From Candlemas to Christmas-tide,
For these simples use Alright,
Can restore a failing sight.
These shall cleanse and purify
Webbed and inward turning eve:
These shall show thee treasure hid,
Thy familiar fields amid;
And reveal (Which is thy need
Every man a king indeed.
-Rudyard Kipling.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
FEWER LYNCHINGS,

There have been published recently
certain statistics relative to the num-
Der of lynchings which occurred in
the United States during the year 1918,
The figures are interesting, and not
lacking in encouragement.
The number of individuals who were
denied the benefits Of our courts of
law or the protection of our paid Off
cials was fifty-two, all but one of
whom were negroes. In 1912 the total
number was greater by twelve.
OF the fifty-tWo lynched during the
year, twenty-five had no trial at all:
there had been no weighing of evil
dence, and nothing but the most SUI
perftc1al inquiry into the question of
their guilt. Several of these were
found, after they had been Iynched.
to nave been innocent; their inno-
csnce was positively established. Tes-
tiEnony enough in itself to restrain
men of even the lowest form of intel
iect from sanctioning lynch law!
The records show that at Spartan
burg, N. c., nothing but the determi-
1ldtlOu VI a. SISFllI prevented the
lynching of a negro charged with rape,
who was afterward acquitted of the
crime by a jury composed of white
men.
The argument advanced by a GER
tain class Of people who are unwill-
ing to concede that the American peo-
pie are still submitting to murderous
orgies by mobs, namely that the
Southern people will not tolerate at
lacks upon their women by the blacks"
is given q rude jolt by figures which
show that of the fifty-two individuals
Iynched, only ten were charged (not
convicted) with the crime of rape.
Two things appear from the years
showing: First, that iynchings are
simply instances of brutal and vicious
people seeking a form OF entertain
raent most to their satisfaction; and
second. that the percentage Of the
g@aple who enjoy numbering human
N@| aEt# EL" rF
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
WEDNESDAY, JUNE "a, 1914.
A & VICTORY.

THE biggest thing that has evel
citizen characterized the more thar
successful termination of the cam
paign to raise 500, 600 in this city, for
Fargo college. And The Forum be
lieves that statement just about sums
up the situation. This campaign was
far bigger than the net results show.
Fargo has always been noted for
the spirit of goodwill and co-opera-
ton that is a characteristic of its
business men and citizens generally,
but as a result Of the siX-day cam
paign that closed last evening, the peo-
pie of the city were knit into a closer
unit han ever.
For six days, 200 of the leading citi-
zens of the city, practically abandoned
their own business and worked to-
gether as one person to save Fargo
college. During all that time, while
the campaign was at the hottest, and
while there was fierce competition be-
tween the contending teams" every
LIAIAS "S1L as SIlOOIIlN DIS
There was not an unkind word. not a
criticism. To Mr.. Hockenbury, who
had charge of the campaign, this was
the most striking feature and he COM
mented on the splendid spirit hat was
manifest at all times, time and
again.
The strain of this campaign has
been intense said Mr.. HoCkenbury.
THE competition between the various
teams has been Of the keenest, and
yet, there has not been a single re-
grettable incident. l never worked in
a campaign where the whole crowd
kept such a splendid even temper all
the way"
There were many Croakers before
this campaign started, as there always
are. 1t was freely predicted that the
n could not be reached. 1T is the
wrong time of the year. said some,
too many people are away at the
lakes" etc, etc.
But the workers in this campaign
went into the work to show that Fargo
could put it over" and they did, and
they showed that it was not a scratch
victory" to borrow a phrase from
baseball p~arlanCe, by going out on the
last day and raising $4,000 after the
500, 600 goal had been passed.
f. J. ~Hockenbury. the organizer who
had charge of the campaign is a won
der worker. With him +ha raronoigp
was a scientific problem to be work
ed out and he worked it out perfectly.
Every detail was planned and tapped
out in advance. and the whole cam
paign went through on schedule. like
a well oiled machine.
But back of Mr.. Hockenbury was
President Hansel and the executive
committee. They had laid the ounda
tons with their preliminary work and
it. was only because they had done
such splendid work and kept bringing
in heavy subscriptions, that the final
success was possible.
Fargo college has been saved to
Fargo. That alone is a tremendous
thing for the city. But more than that,
Fargo people have learned what can
be accomplished by persistent sys-
tematized cooperative effort. Fargo
has learned from this campaign what
it can do and the banner which
brought up the end Of the parade last
night-Next the auditorium - is
significant.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
Were They ScaredF

L~eavenworth (Kan.) Times: In his
column in the Topeka Capital Tom Nc
Neal quotes a veteran as saying:
The man who went through a battle
and says he wasn't scared is a logon
ed liar. l used to tell about how we
marched fearlessly against the guns OF
the enemy, but l go to thinking that
haven't so very many more years to
1--we and maybe l better stop lying
about it.. Since her / have been tell
ing the truth. The fact is that in my
hrst battle my teeth ratified so that
could hardly hear the commands of the
officers, but the other fellows were
staying, and so I stayed, and I stayed
because l was too big a coward to run.
It would have helped a good deal if !
had known that the rebels who were
shooting at us were just as a scared
as l WI but the trouble was that
didn't n that out till afterWard when
a captured reb confessed to me that he
was the worst scared man in the con
federacy. The reason he stayed was
the same as the reason / stayed; the
other rebs hadn't sense enough to run,
and so he stayed with them.
ana yet we are persuaded that there
are persons who do not get scared in
battle. There are persons in whom
fear appears to have been left out. But
these are not the ones who are deserv-
ing OF greatest credit for bravery A
man who was in the tight at chickae
mauga told US that as they were an
preaching the enemy's works at one
time one of his comrades showed great
signs of fear, and another one burst
out laughing and said: why, I believe
you are scared" II am scared" was
the honest response, land If vol ware
scared half as bad as I am you'd rum
There 1t was In a nutshell. The rea-
son the one didn't run was because he
didn't know fear. The reason the other
didn't run was because his duty to his
country held him in line. 1t REQUIRES
no courage to face the thing you have
no fear of. 1t is no disgrace to ae-
knowledge fear in battle. The dis
gfaced man is he who allows his fear
to control hlm
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
Her Name Wasn't Anoina.

The medical examiner, going over
the ~sheepskin young man, shook his
head.
You've had heart trouble" he re-
marked; case of angina p~ectoris."
oh, h a amt her name, sir replied
the bashful applicant quickly.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
pon't Lose Sleep Coughing at Night.

DON'T Lose Sleep Coughing at Night.
Take Foley's rooney and Tar Com
pound. It glides down your throat
| and spreads a healing, soothing coat
ing over the infamed tickling surface.
That's immediate relief. It loosens
| up the tightness in your chest. stops
stuffy wheezy breathing. eases dis
tressing. racking, tearing coughs.
| Children love 1t. Refuse any sub
stitutes. Contains no opiates. For
| sale by all druesists.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

Bishop Luccock of the M. E. church
is making a tour of the principal
points in the state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

not of glass-"verre.--put OF errninet
"cair;" and the confusion OF the two
words gave to the world the now uni
Versal error.
All of which gives point to the sopin-
lon of Josh Billings that it is better
not to know SO many things than to
know so many things that are not SO.
It -hs- fadxdme.rh rreTdfiv.l. can6t,t
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

Wild roses with their sweetness and
freshness, that cultivation can never
match, are very prolific this year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
Doc Was Taking a Chance. Too.

Being told he would have to be oper-
ated on, a Flatbush mar demurred,
saying he couldn't afford it.
You're insured. aren't you?" asked
the doctor.
Sure" was the reply, but I won't
get that money unless l die"
Neither will l." said the doctor. 80
we're both taking chances"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

The annual pork and corn contest
IN Stutsman county is expected to
eclipse all former records this year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
GmRAT N-oRTEannss.

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

Housewives in the West Missouri
country are busy canning June Der
ries Of which there Is a greater crop
than ever.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
North Dakota
Kernels

A big Methodist camp meeting is in
session at Velva.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

Some towns in the state are beint
bitten by cheap carnival shows.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

The Old Settlers picnic, Fostel
county, was a great success.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

Over thirty lists of words formed
from the word Bismarck have been
turned in to the Commercial club to
be entered in the contest for the gold
locket to be awarded on Market Day
in that city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
Hard Test for a nirI,s Raau-

A young man at White Plains given
to purple and fine linen, but not 1t all
addicted to work, waited upon a promi-
nent citizen Of Westchester county and
asked for his daughters hand.
What are your prospects," asked
stern papa.
The young mar was rather indefinite
on this point, but finally blurted out
that, although he had no position at
the time, he would die for the young,
lady in question.
Al right" snapped the father. Get
insured for $40, 900 and make good"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
This One Won the Laughing Cup.

THIS One Won the laughing Cup.
had settled a claim of $4,000 with a
good looking widow. She happened to
be a personal friend Of ours, and later
when we called at her home she show
ed us a dozen beautiful pairs Of silk
stockings at So the pair which she had
bought out Of the proceeds Of the poll
cy.
When l demonstrated with her for
her extravaganza she tossed her head
n said:
We'll, which ever way the wind
blows, I'll have something to show in
my husbands memory"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24
STORIES TOLD BY LIFE
INSURANCE SOLICITORS,

New York World: Life insurance is
a very serious and even grave business,
SO to speak, and a meeting of life in
surance agents is of itself a very seri-
Gus affair.
Such a meeting was that of the Life
Underwriters association at the Hotel
Astor.
After the meeting the life insurance
solicitors began to swap stories, and
here are ONE Of the best that were
told to Roy l.. McCardell:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

With ready presence of mind, Mrs.
Michael Lenheardt saved her own life
and that Of her baby by grasping tho
Der wagon and holding fast to them
with one hand, her other arm cling
ing to the baby, till the horses had
dragged her to safety, The woman,s
husband was carried to his death in
the swollen Knife river, near Regan,
while attempting to ford the stream in
a lumber wagon. The river had risen
two feet between the time the couple
had forded the stream early in the
morning, and their return home In the
afternoon. .. .
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

Roy and Eric Albertson, Is and IS
years old. respectively, were suffocated
IN a we'll about seven miles southeast
of Wilton when they went to aid their
father who was overcome with ma
tural gas in the we'll.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

. ACCOUNTANT.
WALTER THOMSON - CERTrFrEn
EuoIic accountant. Phone ass. II2o
Third avenue south, Fargo. N n
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

Young ranchmen at Dickinson are
shipping in one and two-year-old
steers and heifers from Texas. The
shipments are being made with the
view of assisting in restocking this
country with cattle. The changed
conditions necessitates placing the
animals with farmers. a few head at
each farm selected, and as the cattle
could be secured from the shipper on
easy terms most of them have been
disposed of to farmers on that basis.
However, they still have some of the
cattle to nlace-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-24

A number of farmers near Medina
were struck by lightning as they were
getting their teams ready to go into
the field. The bolt knocked all of the
men down and also twelve horses,
killing two of the horses outright and
%injuring a third so it is thought it will
have to be killed. Calfee Williams
and Henry Hanson were quite badly
injured by the bolt. The horses killed
were two of the best belonging to Mr..
Williams and were partly covered by
insurance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-10
Bowdoin and Colby Delta Upsi-
lon Have Delightful Banquet.

Standards as his subject was the first
speaker of the evening. After ex-
tending a formal welcome to the visit
ing chapter he told of the materials
that are the nucleus of a high fra
ternity standard-congeniali and
loyalty. Congeniality, he said, did not
consist of being an athlete, musi-
clan or mixer" but in being the
type of man who will not injure the
wholesomeness of his fraternity; 10y
atty is that which finds expression in
advancing purity and ideals, for which
the fraternity stands.
John Coombs. a Colby d. u, who
has done so much to advance clean
sport, and who was to have been one
of the speakers was heartily cheered,
and upon the instigation of Toast
master Robinson it was aged to send
a telegram to Mr.. Coombs expressing
the good will of both chapters.
Austin II. Mccormack, Bowdoin Is,
spoke on THE Influence of Upper
class men" In a speech seintillating
with wit and humor he showed how
the conduct Of upperciassmen and old
er fraternity brothers could steer the
freshmen into good or bad channels.
Charles n. Perkins. Colby '9S, who
was to have spoken on Delta Us in
the COS" was unable to attend on ac-
count of sickness, and Sumner r. Vim
ton, Brown ,9e, who filled the gap in
the program, very entertainingly and
humorously told of how the ad-
vantage of being Delta Epsilon
member had helped him in his travels
around the world and during his mis-
sionary stay in Burma.
Prof. w. II. Davis, Harvard '05, pro-
fessor of English at Bowdoin, had
literary gem of speech in his En-
during Qualities of Fraternity Life"
He summed up briefly, but we'll and
impressively, what the fraternity
meant after graduation, and in his
mind, as we'll of other d. U. men who
are now famous in public life, he said
that the fraternity stood forth in
mans life with only his family, his
church and his college before it. In
closing his remarks he we'll told it all
in the sentence: Forty years hence
we may have forgotten this occasion,
but will we have forgotten our fra
ternity?"
hent Roydl, Coipy 10, caPtoih oA
the track team and member of the
varsity football team, dwelt briefly on
the respective values of athletics and
scholarship in his speech Athletics
VS.. Scholarship" =
James A. Norton, Bowdoin d. U.
of the class of 1913, who was to have
given an address on when Greek
Meets Greek" was unable to be pres
ent, and Fritz Maroney, instructor in
gmynasts at Bowdoin, ably took up
the broken thread and wove from 1t
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-10
This New Medicine
Saves You Money

We are druggists right here in your
town and make a living out of the drug
business. but it is because people have to
have drugs and not because we like to
see people suffer-we don't. Our duty is
to render the best service we can, and
when someone is ailing, we are interested
in seeing them take the best medicine
there is for their particular trouble. We
don't recommend "cure-alls," as we don't
believe there are such things. We don't
want you to spend more than you have
to-. Some of you get small wages. and
when you're SICK none at all, and you
should get the most you can for your
money.
We recently came across new remedy
for increasing strength and building up
people who are rundown and emaciated.
We know that slight trouble sometimes
grows into serious one, and to stop 1t in
the beginning, will save you money in the
Olive Oil Emulsion. 1t Is the best reme-
dy, when you are rundown, tired out.
nervous--no matter what the cause. 1t
doesn't merely stimulate you and make
You feel good for a few hours, but takes
hold of the weakness and builds you up
to a healthy, normal condition. 1t is a
real nerve-food tonic and builder of good
blood, strong muscle. good digestion, 1t
nerves. and pure Olive Oil. which nour-
ishes the nerves, the blood and the entire
system. Pleasant to take. Contains no
alcohol or habit-forming drugs, We
satisfied with 1t. we'll give back your
money as soon as you tell US. Sold only
at the 1000 Rexall Stores. and in this town
only by us. S10o John Coughlin, T7
Water St., Augusta; Jackson's Drug
Store. 2o7 Water ST.. Gardiner; c. p. Han
naford. Winthrop.-Ady.