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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
John l.. suIIivan's Last Drink.

New York Letter to The Cincinnati
Times-Star: Eight years ago John l..
Sullivan, unshaven and unkempt,
emerged from the bar of the Grand no.
tel at Broadway and Thirtieth street,
stood for a moment looking back at
the door and then walked uncertainty
uptown. 1t was s o'clock in the even
ing and the ex-pugilist brushed shoul-
ders with well-groomed people hurry
ing to the theatres. He was the dere-
lict in the stream. On his face there
was a half smile. but it wasn't a pleas
ant one .ss.
At the corner Of Thirtieth street he
met "Morry" Cohen and a newspaper
man, with both of whom he was &C
quainted. He growled something in
coherent in response to their greeting
and was apparently about to pass on.
But he paused and turned toward
them.
"rve just been turned down in that
barrow for a drink" he said. II want
ed one drink more and didn't have the
price. They didn't give 1t to me. They
put me u They didn't send the pro-
prietor or the manager to put me out.
They sent the porter. I've spent $4,000
over that bar. And they put me out
because ! wanted a drink and couldn't
pay for 1t. There's only n thing you
can inquire out OIL d proposition uhS
that. Quit drinking! Tonight / quit.
The ex-champion's friends expressed
Indignation over the treatment he had
received. 1t reused no spark of anger
in "the big fellow" He was too filled
with the sense Of shame and NORTH
cation. Still brooding over the indig-
| nifty he had suffered he accompanied
Cohen and the newspaper man to Muir
phys saloon, at Sixth avenue and
Thirtieth street. Cohen ordered a
drink. Sullivan filed his whisky glass
to the brim.
Boys said he. here's the last for
me-
That's the true story Of John l.. Sui
livan's last drink. Eight years have
passed and the John L. Sullivan who
was tottering on the edge of the gut
ter looks eight years younger today
than he did that night. And he has
100000.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
RANIsHING TYPHOID FEVER.

Major T. 2. Russell, in a recent is
sue of The Journal of the American
Medical association, makes the direct
statement that typhoid fever is nom
existent In the United States army,
and the inference is obvious that II
the procedure followed in the case of
the military establishment were ap-
piled to the population generally, it
would be possible to destroy the dread
disease throughout the entire country.
1t is a splendid tribute to modern
skill that in the entire force Of 80, 900
men, scattered in the Philippines,
Porto Rico and among other dreaded
spots, but one death from typhoid oc-
CURED in the army last year. From
the time when man first Appropriated
civilized military methods, the great
dread of the soldier has been typhoid.
Improper sanitation, impure water and
other influences contributed to render
this disease the scourge of armies.
Now, it seems, white races can brave
the tropics, and still keep their sos-
diers free from it's malignant effects.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
Heir of All the ACES.

Minneapolis Journal: The federal
reserve board has been completed by
the nomination Of Charles S, Hamlin
Of Boston in place of Mr.. Olney, n
Thomas D. Jones of Chicago in place
of MI. Wheeler. The board is as broad
in character as the new banking sys-
tenn, which is conceived to gather all
the trade, finance, industry, corporate
and individual business of the country
into an in~terlocking mechanism.
The new law attracts wide atten-
ton abroad for it's daring extent and
scientific thoroughness. A director of
the reichsbank calls it the most COM
prehensiVe experiment ever made in
banking organized into a center and
branches under close government On
troll; even broader and ripper than the
system created in Germany with the
empire.
That may be. because the American
system was built in the light of GEN.
turtles Of evolution of the banks of
En6land and France, with forty years
more of observation than the German
empire had.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
Whv Railroad Advice Goes Unheeded.

New York World: Railroad mana
gers, in voicing their satisfaction with
the decision of the United States su-
preme court in the Shreveport case,
are practically unanimous in the opin-
ion that it is a long step toward
elimination Of state regulation of
rates.
Yet the railroad managers for
twenty years successfully fought the
regulation of freight rates by the ma
tional government. They preferred
state regulation then, because the rail-
roads usually controlled the state gov
ernments and became their W regu-
latOrs.
Now that the political power of rail
roads has greatly diminished in both
states and national politics., n state
regulation in many instances has
proved more drastic than national reg
u~lation, the railroad managers are
all keen for control by a single au-
thority. They have completely revers-
ed their position, and the thing they
were fighting against is the thing they
are now clamoring for.
Yet railroad managers wonder why
their opinion are held in so little es-
TEEN by presidents and congresses and
the general public.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
? The Home

Bessie: Economy is nc excuse when,
for a small sum, you can make at nome
a full pint Of the very best scalp and
hair tonic as follows: Put ounce
i pint alcohol, then add " pint water.
Rub a little at a time well into the
scalp and dandruff and excess oil will
quickly disappear. Continued use OF
fluff and beautiful gloss to brittle, fad
ed hair. The timely use of this tonic
will always keep your scalp healthy
and your hair beautiful. This tonic is
very soothing to tender, itching scalps.
Brown Eyes,, For a harmless eye
tonic dissolve / ounce crystos In 1 pint
clear water and you Will nave as good
an eye tonic as money can ouy. Thls
is excellent for tired, infamed or ach-
ed lids. Only 2 or 3 drops are re-
uuired in the eye at a time and its use
frequently overcomes the need for
glasses. " .
make up this simple, harmless formula
at home n take a tablespoonful three
times a day and you will soon be rid Of
nat trouble. In Ia 'pints not water
dissolve 4 unc parnotis (Which all
good druggists have in stock). This
Treatment does not call for dieting and
Is gentle, yet positive, in reducing fat.
When your weight Is sufficiently re-
duced stop the treatment and your
flesh will be solid and the skin free
from wrinkles.
Teacher: You ask for q good
wrinkle-eraser. / use plain almozoin
cream-jelly, the most effective thing ]
know for Graduating wrinkles and fine
lines. 1t is made as follows: 1t home
dissolve | ounce almozoin in IA pint
cold water, then add q ~teaspoonfu1s
glycerine. After it is thoroughly dis
solved, apply generously TO skin and
massage lightly the long way of the
wrinkle. This treatment energizes tns
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
France Has a New Mushroom.

Kansas City Journal: Professor
Matruchot, the eminent French
botanist, has succeeded in evolving a
new and delicious edible mushroom.
1t has been cultivated from the wild
fungi which grow in the woods and
only appear In the late autumn
monts. A number were planted. in the
vast cellars of the Paris observatory,
and by careful treatment a mushroom
was created which grows all the year
round. The stem is eight inches high
and the head -four to six inches in
diameter. The new variety has been
given the name of "tricholoma
nudum." Its flavor is most delicate and
captivating. The color Of the stems
of the first specimens obtained was a
purplish blue. but this is gradually
disappearing under extended cultiva-
ton. The head is of a silky white, the
inside a delicate cream
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
To Postnone pNina.

TO Postpone Dying.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: A move Of
much practical utility is made by a life
insurance company in offering free
physical examinations to its policy
holders, who may care to avail them
selves of the privilege. A department
Of life and health extension Is estab-
lished to carry out the project.
The interests Of the company and
to the prolongation of life. The COM
pany wishes to postpone the day when
it shall be Obliged to pay a death claim
and will doubtless find a measure Of
economy in assisting the wne Of
it's policies to delay the final account
ing.
Ordinary disease is an insidious enc
my, creeping on one without warning.
The average person seldom thinks of
~preVentiOn; he waits till some COM
plant has gripped him and then seeks
reief. Unfortunately it is then often
too late for relief.
Life insurance companies are giving
more n more attention to this new
angle Of their business. They are
teaching the principles of health and
long life. There is too much dying;
too much carelessness Of ordinary pre-
cautions. Of which no one Is really ig-
norant, but which many ppear too
busy to observe.
Periodical physical examinations
might accomplish wonders in the way
of postponing dying. But a life in
suranCe company seems about the only
organizat ton at once strong enough
and Interested enough to promote such
a conservation project.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
TO SAVE EYES
Is the Object of this Free Prescription
Try 1t if Your Eyes Civ
You Trouble.

Thousands Of people suffer from eye
troubles because they do not know
what to do, They know some gooo
home remedy for every other minor
ailment, but none for their eye trou-
hles, They neglect their eyes because
the trouble is not sufficient to DRIVE
them to an eye specialist, who would
anvway. charge them a heavy zee. AS
a last resort they go to an opt1cian
or 20 the five and ten-cent store. n
oftentimes get glasses that they do not
need. or which, after being used W
or three months. do their eyes more
injury than good. Here Is a simple
prescription that every one shouio use:
S grains DIPLOMA Il tablet)'
2 ounces Water. -
Use three or four times a day 70
hattie the eyes. This prescription ana
the simtle DIPLOMA system keeps the
ewes clean, sharpens the vision n
0i,icklv oyercomes inflammation and
Irritation; weak, watery, overWorkeo
tired ewes and other similar troubles
are greatly benefited and oftentlmes
cured by its use. Many reports snow
that wearers OF glasses have discard
ed them after a few weeks use. IL IS
good for the eyes and contains no IN
gredient which would injure the most
Sensitive eyes Of an infant or the aged.
Font & Porterfteld on any
can fill this prescription promptly;
Try it and know for once wnat reaA
eye comfort is.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
SHALL IT
PROFIT A MAN?
From The Detroit News: "a

From The Detroit News: "a moe
turnal Travesty in One Act.) a
Place-Pocantico Hills. N. Y.
Time-Nine o'clock p. m.
"a bell rings softly. A guard ap-
pears, No. 4S9.)
Sir Kale-What's the hour? l
stopped my watch. The ticking makes
me ervou
Sir Kale-I think 1 shall retire. l
haven't slept in nineteen nights,
Guard-Yes, sir.
Sir Kale-All the $50 lights sur
rounding the grounds are working. are
they?
Guard-Perfectly. Sir Kale.
Sir Kale-And the S74 push buttons,
are they in order?
Guard-Quite correct, Sir Kale. They
were inspected, tested and passed
upon not two hours ago,
Sir Kale-Good for you. Here's a
cigar. rye smoked only a part of 1t.
Guard thank YOU. sir.
Sir Kale-Don't mention it.
Guard (aside)-Not to a soul, will /.
Sir Kale-Did you put the muffler on
the dog?
Guard did.
Sir Kale-And the soft pedal on the
cat?
Guard-Exactly, Sir Kale.
Sir Kale-Of course there is the
usual heavy guard around Bullion
Granary NO. 1878, is there not?
Guard-There is. 1t was placed be-
fore dusk.
Sir Kale-That's right. There are
1857, S54.432 bucks in the granary and
I'd hate to lose any of it, although
don't want any guards taken from the
NAHUM barracks and the Long Green
storehouse just to protect that pin
money.
Guard-The Mazum barracks, If
may be so bold to state. sir. is amply
protected by the state troops. Nor
need you have any fear for the safety
of the Long Green storehouse, nor the
Bond Annex. All the buildings arc
surrounded and fully protected.
Sir Kale-Well, l guess everything
is o. K. Just a moment. / don't want
to hear that ~westbound train whistle
tonight. Kindly forward the word tt
the outermost guard to inform the en-
gineer of the fact. The train goes tc
Colorado and / don't like tc
hear it whistle.
Guard-Very well. sir.
Sir Kale-And any man who signs
or breathes In the night like Judge
Lindsey Toes will be fired. Peddle that
around among the boys.
Guard-As you say, it shall be done
"a dog barks.)
Sir Kale (startled)-What was that?
Guard-OnIy a dog, Sir Kale. He's
owned by the man who has the little
tract Of IS, 900, 900 acres adjoining your
estate.
Sir Kale-It frightened me. In the
morning take Barn No. S4S-it's filled
with Iron Men-and roll 1t over to
that tract and buy the property. Now
I'm going to bed.
Guard-Yes, Sir Kale.
Sir Kale-And say. after you've
bought that tract, choke the dog to
death.
Guard shall do so.
Sir Kale-Good night.
Guard-GOOD NIGHT!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
THURSDAY, JUNE %. 1914.
OIL IN NORTH DAKOTA?

= It has long been the contention OF
some citizens of North Dakota that
there is petroleum underlying parts
of this state. They base their con
tention on the fact that there are
gas pockets in the north
western part of North Dakota. The
Northwest Farmstead believes with
these North Dakota people that there
is oil here and says:
The great strike of oil in Alberta
has already led to increased inter
est in prospecting for Oil in the
northern part of North Dakota,
as we'll as in some Montana val
aleys. 1t is not at all improbable
that valuable oil DEPOSITS may yet
be found in the American north
west. We have only just begun
to uncover the mineral wealth of
his section. The production of
o., crops, of timber, Of minerals,
eventually will make our eight
northwestern states rich beyond
the dreams Of avarice. Another
great source of wealth, most OF
which is still running to waste, is
the flowing waters. When they
are utilized for power and then for
irrigation, this whole section Will
be as noted for its manufactures
as for its intensive farming. South
Dakota ought to lead the way by
utilizing the Missouri river for
hydro electric energy. This can
be done at comparatively small
cost at the Little Bend and VI h
Big Bend of that noble river. IT.
rigation by gravity is cheapest, Of
course, but water now running to
waste in rivers that are below the
level of dry beds or underneath
them may be pumped on to the
ground by hydro electricity, and
thus transform waste Of both
water and energy into insurance Of
ample crops.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
DOUBTS ABOUT DREADNAUGHTS

Editorial in the New York Evening
Post: From England comes graft
flying news that q foremost British
naval authority, Admiral Sir Percy
Scott, has come out against the build
ing of battleships. not, it is true, on
pacific grounds, but because in his
judgment their day Is over. 1t is the
victory of the submarine which he re-
luctantly proclaims, for this Is the OIL
f1cer who has done more probably than
any other in the British service to de-
velop the science of gunnery. His gun
carriages, his appliances for big gun
firing and for night signalling at sea,
and, above all, the impetus he has
given to target practice, have all
greatly increased the efficiency of
the British navy, and given the heavy
gun an advantage in the duel be-
tween armor and ordinance. But now
he declares that armor n u alike
have to yield before the submarine,
and that every type of craft must
eventually give way before the under
water boat. Airships, a~eroplanes and
submarines will constitute h fleets of
the future, in his opinion; he even
goes so far as to say that the admiral
ty will be wasting the countrys
money II II deVOCSS dHOIAlSI penny ~
battleship construction.
1t is devoutly to be hoped that ma
val experts in other countries will now
come over to Sir Percy's views. With
this precedent before them, tongues
may be unlocked which are now tied
by fear of the charge of d~isloyalty to
an accepted naval theory, or to the
profession. In naval matters experts
are much like sheep. When England
brought out it's dreadnaughts all the
world was ready to improverish itself
TO follow suit. When she produced
a turbine battleship, turbines became
the rage; her battleship- cruisers were
at once initiated by all of Europe, If
not by the Uuited States. Were she
to produce a Diesel engine battleship
tomorrow every designer in every navy
department would hail the day of the
coaIless battleship. Now, we admit
that while England sets naval fash
ions, no single expert. however emin-
ent, can bring about so radical a
change as Sir Percy foretells. Abandon
the walls Of steels which are the sole
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
OPENS UP NOSTRILS, CLEARS HEAD,
ENDS COLDS OR CATARRH AT ONCE

drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm
~dissolves by the heat Of the nostrils;
p~enetrates and heals the inflamed,
swollen membrane which lines the
nose, head and throat; clears the air
passages; stops nasty discharges and
a feeling Of cleansing. soothing relief
comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed. nostrils
closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh
or a cold, with it's running nose, foul
mucous dropping into the throat and
raw dryness is distressing but truly
needless.
Put your faith-just once-in 'rEIy's
Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh
will surely disappear.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
MORTALITY Low; ILLNESS HIGH.

1t seems paradoxical. but is never
theless true that while the death rate
throughout the country has been
steadily reduced, illness Is more pre-
yalent and longer continued than dur
ing any other period In recent his
tory. This extraordinary condition of
affairs was recently brought to public
attention by the statistican of a
prominent life insurance company, who
urged thai effective steps be taken t.
check the spread OF the ordinary
diseases. +
Prof. Irving Fisher, of Yale, esti-
mates that about 5000, 900 persons or
three per cent of the entire population
Of the United States, are Ill at any one
given time from ailments that, If taken
in hand In good season. could have
been prevented. And yet, our mortali-
49, xeGords, particularly in the larger
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25

hope of Britannia? This admiral may
think himself luck if he is allowed to
remain in his service clubs. Yet his
letter to the Times, if it is correctly
reported here. Is bound to set people,
in and out of naval uniform, to think
ing. Even the most superficial must
notice that a great scientific and pro-
fessional reputation has been staked
on this revolutionary doctrine, and
take some heed.
All the more so, because for some
time past the current has been run-
ming against the big ~battleship. The
British admiralty itself has been build
ing smaller ships, though our own
navy department plans larger aud
larger ones. There has been a reac-
ton, too, against the monster CUR, as
well against the horrible expense of
the latest wal monsters. The two just
being provided by congress are to cost
not less than fourteen millions apiece;
at the same time the secretary Is to
be authorized to sell the Mississippi
and Idaho, vessels but six years old,
which cost only about six millions
apiece, yet are now so antiQuated as
to be unfit, according to the navy de-
partment. for service in the first line
Of battle. If the price Of such ships
OF wal mas risen from less than six
millions six years ago to fourteen mill
lions today. what will it be six years
hence? And conservative naval off,
GERS have been asking themselves
whether, after all, these monsters are
worth building in numbers if there
by all other classes of ships are of
necessity neglected. Vera Cruz has
shown that in an emergency of this
kind a battleship Is of less value than
an armored transport or light draught
vessel. save that it houses more men
and can send larger landing parties
ashore. F~ourteen-inch guns on ships
lying far out from shore are of no
particular value against shippers,
though it is true they might have
had some value If 1t had been neces-
sary to help fight off an attack on
American intrenchments far inland.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25

The logical question is, of course,
what will be the result in 1914? If
the figures continue their increase,
the safe and sane idea will receive a
serious setback. And yet. where lies
the fault? Why not be honest? 1t
lies in not practicing what is preached.
1t lies in reluctant acquiescence to un-
reasonable pleas on the part Of chill
dren for explosives and in the foolish
argument that small fireworks are
less dangerous than big ones. In pa
tronizing, with a knowing smile, the
stationery store, which keeps fire
works in a hidden cupboard. to be sold
only to customers, in direct violation
of the law.
All believe being "safe and sane"
But many will observe the day safe,
fsane-and silly"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
SAFE, sANE-AND SILLY.

While there has been a remarkable
diminution in the number Of serious
accidents incident to the celebration
of independence day. the fact remains
that little consistent progress has been
made toward marking the Fourth with
sanity and safety.
The number of reported accidents
On July 4, 1909, was 5,3O7. This was
cut down in the next two years, and
the reduction continued until the min
imum of 988 was reached in 1912. Last
year, however, showed a sharp in
crease.
Here are the figures furnished by
the Russell Sage Foundations:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
An EXPLORER.

san Francisco Bulletin: Thomas
Mott osborne, an adventurous person
living in Auburn. N. Y, recently spent
a week exploring a part Of the world
of whose actual existence most peo-
pie have only a vague conception.
.I have come out" he says in the
book which he wrote about his expert
ences. with a new conception of the
inherent nobility of human nature ana
a new belief In the power OF man
to respond to the right conditions and
the right appeal"
1t was not in unknown South Amer
lea, nor yet In congress, nor in q theo-
logical seminary that Osborne made
his explorations. 1t was Auburn state
prison, where he spent a week al 4
voluntary prisoner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
instantly Relieves Swollen, hAamed
Nose, Head, Throat-You Breathe
FreeIy-DuII Headache Goes-Nasty
Discharge Stops.
Try "Elv,s Cream Balm.

Get a small bottle anyway, just to
try it-Apply a little in the nostrils
and instantly your ,clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages Of the head
will open; you will breathe freely;
dullness and headache disappear. BY
morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or
catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the small
bottle Of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25
TroubIn in CoIIectino.

After the dynamite fatality Casey
ran to break the news to Mrs. Murphy.
Have you got Pats life insured?'
he asked.
Indeed I have. and for a long while"
was the reply.
well, then" blurted out the tactful
messenger, II hope We won't have the
trouble collecting it hat the boys will
in collecting Pat" -.-~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-25

cities, have been lowered through the
advance in medical science.
But so far, despite modernized sani-
tation, practically nothing has been
accomplished towards the prevention
Of illness. The result Is that the death
table has been steadily dropping down
ward, while the illness schedule re-