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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
A Very Rich Man Tells Of Some Of
Troubles His Condition Brings Him

tinue to make more money and more
money, as it is called, to prevent my
self from losing what 1 had.
He took a cigar, and lighting it, con-
templated the lighted end a few mo-
ments before he continued:
"As you know" he began. II be-
gan on almost nothing. AS you prob
ably know, also, I married early and
on little to support a family, but l had
then a definite idea how l could &C
quire a competence with which l could
keep my family in comfort, and, in
deed, in a certain degree Of luxury. MY
aspiration was not for great wealth.
The way opened up to me early. l be-
gan to amasS money as my family
grew up about me. l soon became able
to give it all that it wanted in reason.
I prospered steadily. Perhaps it was
good luck, perhaps it was the working
out of a destiny of which l was the in
strument. Perhaps I am entitled to
the credit of having qualities that gave
purpose and impetus to my progress.
In the meantime my responsibilities
increased. More and more was con-
fided to my direction. One day ! took
stock of my own financial standing. I
was worth 5000, 600. 1 thought it
enough. There was a million apiece
for each of my four children and for
| Ily VILE ana SILL. My NllG llou6IL IL
was as much as one should have. Do
you think l could retire? Not at all.
Already / was the slave Of properties
conf1ded to my direction. To protect
them l was forced to go into other en-
terprises. Once to defend one property
/ was forced to spend half a million
for a railroad. To defend the most inn
portant of our properties / was forced
, to buy a rival at an, expenditure of a
million and a half. All of my resources
were so absorbed. And 1 was daily
growing richer: But my responsible
ties were doubling. I had time for
nothing else. I worked like a slave at
my office. and at night. at home, null
led over hard problems, or spent it in
conference and consultation I had a
country place but could only spend
my Sundays there. I had a yacht on
the water but rarely trod its deck. ]
had my cars in my garage, but my use
Of them was confined, to. carrying me
to my office. l had no distractions be-
cause I had become the trustee of not
for my family, but for the heirs Of
dead associates. 1t is most rare fol
me to enjoy an hour like the present
And from this condition I cannot es-
cape. I shall die with the harness on
Just now, at the end Of my career,
am trying to put my affairs in such
shape that there will be no loss in my
death, and the break from carrying
heavy burdens may come at any time
and in training my two boys to take
my ~place-trying their capacities fol
responsibility and testing the degrees
of their judgment. And what do I ge
from it? Merely the reputation of be.
ing a man who is reaching out for the
last dollar and who seeks power tt
use it selfshly for my own interests
with Roosevelt's stigma that I am one
of "the criminal rich" on my back
Consider the sorrow of the poor
Consider the sorrows of the very rich
Try one Of these cigars. They cos
me $50 a. box"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
la Grippe and Colds

In In Grippe and Colds. Anti-kamn1a(A-K)
Tablets are unexcelled, as they stop the
pains, soothe the nerves, inc bring the rest
so greatly needed by nature to restore the
system to health. Physicians have USED
these tablets for over twenty years, In the
5reatment of colds, feyers and Ia grippe, ana
nave found no other remedy more usefuI In
these conditions. Anti-kamnia Tablets are
so inexpensive, so pleasant to take, SO sat-
sfactory in their results, and so useful In all
conditions where there ID pain, that AK
Tablets should always be kept In the house
l.or the time Of need. Many OF our aDlese
lphysicians obtain perfectresults In La grippe
and colds, by cleansing the system with Ep-
som salts or "Actoids'. a very good cathar-
tic, putting h patient on a limited Diet, and
administering one AK tablet every W or
5hree hours. This treatment viii usually
break up the worst case in o day or two.
while In nnilder cases, ease and comfort fol-
low almost immediately. These tablets are
also u~nexcelled for Neuralgia, Rheurnatic
Pains, The Pains OF Women, Indigestion
and insomnia. All druggists have them.
Genuine AK TabEsts bear the M mark.
ri S.-A.K SaLcs for Sores.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15

of any policeman who accosts him.
But If. the jelly-laden mar Identifies
himself by the janitor Of the building
the policeman should consider his sus-
p1cions allayed nj go about what
other business he can find.
Magistrate Ten Eyck, in the West
side court, laid down these rules in
dismissing Ernest G. Buchanan of the
Hotel Marseille. president of a radiat-
or manufacturing company, in No. 140
West Fifty-second street, on charges
of disorderly conduct and resisting an
officer preferred by Patrolman Birney
of the West Forty-seventh street sta
ton.
Buchanan was under summons for
duty service in the city court, so he
went to his Office early to get his days
work done. He carried the jelly along
to put in an Ice box in his office for
his breakfast and luncheon.
Birnev halted him, saying the Jars
clinked like silverware and asked him
to open the suitcase. Buchanan re-
fused and called the janitor to identity
him. Birney insisted in his desire to
see the inside of the suitcase and the
| arrest resulted.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15

Navy yard yesterday. the president
uttered these memorable words:
Notice that these men were Of our
blood-men Of our American, blood,
which Is no drawn from any one
country, which Ia not drawn from any
one stock, which IL not drawn from
any one language Of the modern world,
but free men everywhere have sent
their sons ard their brothers and their
daughters to this country In order to
make that great compounded nation
which consists Of all the sturdy ele-
ments and Of all the pest elements Of
the whole E:cbe.
II listened again to this list with a
profound interest at the mixture Of the
names. for the names bear the marks
Of the several national stocks from
which these men came. But they are
not Irishmen, or Germans, or n
men, or Hebrews any more. They were
not when they went to Vera Cruz;
thew were Americans, every n OF
them, and were no different in their
A~mericanism because of the stock
from which they came. Therefore, they
were in g peculiar n Of u blood'
and they proved it by showing that
they were Of our spirit: that no mat
ter what their derivation, no matter
where their people came from, they
thought and wished and did the things
that were American, and the flag un-
der which they served was a flag in
which all the blood Of mankind is unit
ed to make a free nation"
Perhaps 1t Is only in moments when
matters Of broad national scope are
under consideration that all realize
the truth of such words as these most
clearly. But it Is good to know that
thew are true at all times; and the ma
ton will fee a deep sense of gratitude
to the rresldent for stating the truth
with an impressiveness only edualed
by the occasion on which 1t was ut
tered.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15

William c. Hudson in The Brooklyn
Eagle: Searching among some old
papers the other day for a document
for which I had use I found notes that
I had taken a few years ago Of a CON
v~ersatiOn l had had with a multi mil
lionaire who is not o in active life
across a private dinner table. And L
recalled that at the time of the con-
%versation 1 did not perceive the pc
culiar significance Of so much as l am
about to quote and that l did no
realize it until after separation, in a
review Of it, whereupon / made the
notes 1 found g. few days ago. And L
further recalled hat since the con-
|versation was a private one, and the
sense confidential, l made those notes
with a view of use, but for pur-
poses of reflection on the retrospective
glimpse given me of the life Of a very
rich man. l had known this man in
his early life before riches a de-
scended on him and the relations then
established were never broken, though
our lines of life had been widely sep
aTated as he climbed into great wealth.
I recall now that the part Of the con-
Versation I shall quote arose because
| of some comment l had made as to the
wonderful success that had attended
his career. He laid down his knife and
fork n for a moment or two regard
ed me with an earnest pcnetratiVe
look-one of those looks which an an
tagonist in the world Of finance said
was 80 searching and boring that he
seemed to discover all that was inside
Of your mind"
success" he said. well, I pre-
sumo that as the world looks upon 1t,
my life has been successful. But yet
what constitutes a successful life? AS
y Hnxyn onn NO
doubts whether I have attained sue
cess. Certainly it is not the kind Of
success that 1 set out in my youth to
gain. If the mere winning Of wealth
Is success, then / suppose / have 1t. II
the acquisition of power greater than
falls to the lot of the average private
citizens is success, I suppose that l
have met with 1t. I have great wealth
much more than [ need-much more
than I want now-much more than l
ever wanted at any time in my career;
so much thai it has become a burden
that is crushing me. Yes, l have pow
Empower which as a possession sim
ply, I never wanted; power in the ex-
ercise of which I have taken no pleas
ure and have often abhorred because
lit was forced on me n was not the
| result of an endeavor to attain it."
Here my notes show that l inter
jected the remark that if a man had
too much wealth there were many
ways Of getting rid Of it, to which the
reply was promptly made:
You are mistaken. 1t is not easy
for a. very. rich man to get rid Of a
part Of his wealth without losing all
that he has gained. There comes a
stage in his affairs when his wealth
is represented by properties rather
than by the symbol Of wealth-actuaI
money and when he is forced to use
all Of his resources in a protective ano
defensive way. Since I have been Wha'
the world calls a very rich man I have
been so short of actual, cash that
have been forced to borrow money tc
finance my family-forced to borrow
money to live on. I have had to con
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
WEAKNESS.

l am weary Of ladies who sag,
And who linger and loiter and lag;
Who are hipless and spineless,
Whose figures are lineless,
Who walk with a Rosetti drag.
| am tired Of costumes that stink,
That craw, and that cling and that
kink,
That are Poiret expressions
OF insane obsessions
In yellow and purple and pink.
l am tired of coiffures that hide
Ears, eye and some more things be-
side;
OF hats like big powders,
That rest on the shoulders,
With MISUNDERSTANDING at the side.
/ simply an hungry to see
Some n break loose and be free;
To dress herself neatly,
And walk about f1eetly,
Ignoring Dame Fashions decree!
New York Press.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
tie and one of beer, explaining that he
could not find SodaWater.

could not md
Among. the pirates were some who
understood the navigation Of steam
ships and others who knew how to u
the engine. One, indeed, told the
engineers in English that he knew more
about a marine engine than they did
When the ship reached Bias Bay and
the collections made by the pirates were
being put aboard the junks, the Eng
nsh speaking engineer among the rob-
the fires and remove certain necessary
valves, thereby making it impossible
to restart the ship for several hours.
1t was some hours after the junks sail
ed away hat the Chinese passengers
ventured up Of deck and unbound the
officers, and some hours more before
the vessel was in condition to proceed
| at slow speed back to Hongkong.
A reward was offered for information
leading to arrests, but it seems, unlike-
~, owing to the ~disordered state of the
~lprovince, that the robbers. will allow
themselves to be trapped. Piracy has
such a hold in these waters that the
Chinese government Is powerless to
exterminate it.
The governor is hard pressed for
funds to pay a sufficient number of
troops to prevent another rebellion
sagainst the authority Of the Picking
government. Over $4,000, 900 of paper
money has been issued, with no re-
serve Of bullion behind it. This paper
now stands at less than half it's nomin-
al value, as a result there are serious
prospects of trouble on this account.
There is also danger to be guarded
against in the so-called modern stu
dents, most of whom have been turned
out of office because by Lung Chi
Kwang and Ii Kai-Shen, the military
and civil governors, who are loyal to
Yuan Shi-Kai; for it was found that
the Chinese of modern education, who
came into office during the anti
Malchu revolution, had other ideas OF
government than that which President
Yuan has put into operation in this
and other provinces.
Americans nave been involved In
two cases Of river piracy recently. In
the case of the Standard Oil Company
misfortunes befell the pirates. They
boarded an oil junk bound for an in
terror town, and overpowered the
crew; but a Chinese river gunboat hap
pened upon the scene and in turn took
the pirates by surprise. AS is the GUS
tom in such cases, the pirates were
put to death without trial on the scene
of their exploit.
Less lucky were a party of mission
aries who were proceeding from Cam
ton, after a holiday. back to their mis-
sion in the interior. The native sail
boat in which they Travelled was board
ed one night and everything taken
from them but sufficient clothes to
lcover their bodies. Even the shoes
of the ladies were taken, though ola
Chinese shoes were given one who
asked for a pair.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
The English Laws On Finding.

London Times: Judge Atherly Jones
stopped q case against a man and his
SON charged with stealing by finding
a rug which the younger defendant
picked. up after it had blown Off a mo-
tor car. TIE judge, in directing the
Jury to return a verdict Of not guilty.
said that the law with regard to find
ing property. although there was a
popular superstition that finding was
keeping. was very clear. II a person
found an article it was his duty to
preserve 1t, and, il he had any reason
to suppose that it belonged to a GER
tain person, 1t became his duty to go
to that person to make inquiries in or
der to ascertain. But otherwise there
was no actual duty upon him to take
1T to a poiics station. 1t was probably
a prudent course, but the police had
no create. right to the article than
the person who found it,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
O EMIGRATION.

Austria has taken a drastic method
of keeping itn young men at home for
service in the army. Under the pro-
visions of a lately issued ministerial
decree the privilege OF emigrating Is
denied to men under the age Of "a. No
man below that nee will be permitted
to cross the frontier unless he can pro-
duce a passport, n the local author
tiles have received strict instructions
to issue such papers only to applicants
who can prove that they have perform
ed their military service, including the
full term in the reserve, and have
passed into the Landsturm, the last
line Of reserves for home defense. This
means twelve years of service for the
average male Austrian.
The enforcement of this rule will in
volve hardship, especially in the over
crowded portions of the empire. Cali
cia, for instance, is one Of the most
densely populated lands in Europe,
with its large peasant population
eking out the barest subsistence on a
barren soil. The country being too
poor to support this population, thou
sands Of peasants every year go to
work on the beet farms Of Saxony and
the commands Of Germany, while 9TH
er thousands range as far afeld as the
United States and Canada. But every
fall the laborers return to their homes
from Germany and in the course Of a
few years many also return from Am
erica to their native land. All have
money with which they buy stock and
possible land. In fact, there
are o districts in Galicia where the
soil is gradually passing out of the
hands of the great land proprietors in
to the possession of peasants. The
ministerial decree threatens to cause
tn enormous amount of unnecessary
suffering and hardship. Coming al
this time it is especially severe, as the
whole monarchy is grooming under thu
heavy depression In trade and indus.
try consequent On the recent wal
crisis. A..
Relentless military policies impos;
heavy burdens upon suffering nu.
mainly
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
The Old Order Chaneeth.

Chicago Tribune: We do not despair
of seeing William Howard Taft, Mich
olas Murray Butler, Wiuum Barnes,
and many other notables who adhere
to the safe and sound theory OF
sedentary locomotion, fleeing to the
socialist party as to q refuge from
dangers which impend.
AS a conservative prop of govern
ment the socialist movement is just
coming to appreciation. The /. w. w.
is doing this service for it. Mr.. Taft
and many other statesmen have been
accustomed to use the word SOCIAL
istic'' as sufficiently c~ondemnatory Of
any radicalism, a word which was a
warning finger pointed towards the
abyss and the chaSm.
Thus it was a convenient word. No
particulars were needed. II a thing
were "socialistic" it smelled of brim-
stone. The |. W. w. leaders knew diff
ferently. They knew what q rural tory
how closely akin Victor Berger and John
D. Rockefeller actually are. If Mr..
Rockefeller has not sufficient mag
ination to see that socialism would
establish the tightest kind Of govern
ment and has not confidence enough to
know that no manner of laws q keep
the stronger from getting the upper
hand or n weaker, tnat MR. focke-
feller's fault. The /. w. W. leaders
know it and they attack socialists as
they attack monopolists. The social
lists see their danger. They know the
diff between logic and brickbats
AS a non-revolutionary, calm, con-
s~ervative, standpat, rural tory organi-
cation Of men they present an alarmed
front of defense to radicalism and cal
upon the sober-rninded citizens Of the
republic for help. .... Isl.
Therefore, in the course of time, we
expect to have an announcement of Mr.
Taft's candidacy as head of the ma.
| tionaI socialist ticket.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
Am G RIcANS.

There is a certain type of individual
who ~conceives it to be a profoundly
wise thing ID say that there is no such
thing as a real American. "The only
real American" these individuals will
add, lis the red man. who is called an
Indian"
1t isn't worth while to refute this
statement with the assertion that it
takes account only of the letter, and
that i. ignores the spirit-a narrow
and unfortunate thing to do 1 n any
case.
Many good men have taken occasion
to correct this silly error, but it has
remained for President Wilson, speak
ing on a solemn and historic occasion.
to place the matter in the simplest and
most effective words.
In making his brief address over the
dead bodies OF the men who were kill
ed at Vera Cruz, and over whom fun
assl ssryices were held at tina Brooklyn
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
CONBlNG WON'T RID
HAIR OF DANDRUFF
Ths Easiest and Best Way 10 to
Dissolve 1t.

The Easiest and Best Way 10 70
Dissolve 1t.
The only sure way to get rid OF
dandruff is to dissolve it. then you
DESTROY it entirely. To do this, sc.
about four ounces of ordinary iquiu
aryon: apply it at night When retir-
ing; use enough to moisten the scalp
and rub it in gently with the nnser
tips. av
most II not all Of your da11drufT VIII
be gone, and three or Q more appli-
cations viii completely dissolve and
entirely destroy, every single sign a
trace of it, no matter how mucn oan-
druff o may have. - .4.L.1
You will find, too, that AT l.cnlns
and digging OF the scalp Will stop az
once and your hair will be fury, JUS
trous. glossy, silky and SOFT, q iooh
and feel q hundred times better.
II you want to preserve your nair'
do by ali means get rid Of dandrufI.
for nothing destroys the hair more
quickly. It not only starves the mar
and makes it fall out, but It makes i
stringy, straggly. dull, dry, brittle ana
Iifeless, and everyone notices II. Hou
San get liquid aryon at any drus
store, ii il Inexpensive and never fails
% do the Work-~Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
SPRING SICKNESS
CONES TO EVERYONE

Spring sickness comes in some de-
gree to every a woman and child
in our climate. It is that rundown
condition of the system that results
from IMPURE, impoverished, devitalized
blood. It is marked by loss of appe-
cases b. some form of eruption.
The best way to treat spring sick
ness Is to take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Ask your druggist for this all-the-
year-round medicine. 1t purifies, en-
riches AMI r~evitali2es the blood.--Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-15
COMMUNICATION

San Diego, Cal, April 27.-To The
Forum: l trust you will kindly pub
lish my letter for there are many OF
the Forum readers knew me Will as J.
lived at Tower City, Cass county for
thirty years. Now I am a citizen OF
California, a resident Of Los Angeles.
My long residence in your state gives
me an interest in It's political and moral
life. l am always proud to say that my
former residence was North Dakota, the
good prohibition state, and ! am very
glad that | had a small part In making
the state dry. l am delighted to hear
my old friend, w. E. Clark of Tower
City is a candidate for state senator,
eleventhdistriCt. 1t doesn't matter who
else or how nan good men are seek
ing this nomination, I believe Mr..
He always has been a staunch %republi-
can and did not go off with the bull
mooses, but kept straight in the path
way as he first entered into the politi-
cal arena. l like a man you can de-
pend upon in adversely as well as in
prosperity. Mr.. Clark Is surely capable
and will fl the Office with dignity and
honor. He surely now is entitled to the
republican nomination and election to
am not of the republican faith, but
would vote and work for his election
were ! there to vote. Also don't fail to
r~e-eleCt my old friend l.. B. Hanna.
Surely YOU wont think of electing any
other man in your state. I just wish
l could cast my vote for him. I con-
slider him the most able governor North
reliable man and this is not saying
anything diminute of many OF our ex-
governors. Respectfully yours,
NJ, K. Kiff.