The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-10

London, Aug. 10.-Boiling over a
slow fire is the happiest death a lob
ster can meet, so it has been deter
mined at the Jersey Marine Biological
station. The experiments were car
ried out by Joseph Sinel, a well known
biologist, for the Jersey Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals,
whose members associated the preva-
lent method of killing Holsters with
medieval torture.
HOLSTERS, says MI. Sinel, r ex-
tremely difficult to kill. Piercing the
brain does not seem to cause the lob
ster more than temporary annoyance,
since his brain is a mere nerve gang
lion the size Of a hempseed. He has
to be killed all over. To throw him
into boiling water fails to do the work
me~rcifully or quickly, since he strug-
giles violently to escape for about two
minutes.
. The p~leasantest way to end a lob
ster's troubles, Mr.. Sinel finds, is the
old fashioned way OF placing him in
cold water and bringing him to a boil.
AS the water warns, he becomes
merely lazy and rolls over as for a
sleep. BY the time the water reaches
the comparatively mild temperature of
70 degrees, Fahrenheit, he becomes
comatose. At so degrees, he is dead.
To use a human illustration, the BIZ
ologist says 1t is like a person sue
cumbing to a heat wave, with loss of
consciousness and a painless end.
Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 10.-The
federal government has received a pc
tition signed by 101,970 voters, de-
handing a change in article 35 of the
constitution which permits gambling.
About the only gambling in Switzer-
land is in the casinos, ~patronlzed by
tourists. and with bookmakers on
English and French races. Public
opinion on the subject has been grow
ing steadily for several years. An
| anti gambling committee with mem
bers from all the cantons has organized
| the petition, which must be considered
by the government as it has 10000
signatures and under the law this is
| sufficient to bring the matter to the
attention of the authorities.
London, Aug. 1O.-While thu phrase
"a little Bit is 50 easy for native
English speaking persons to FRO
nounce that it would seem to make a
weak test for sobriety, 1t has been
picked out from all other tongue
| tWisters by Prof. Walter Rippman of
| the University of London. for foreign
ers to practice on. Any one who can
say "a little bit" correctly. has nothing
else to fear in pronouncing English,
Professor Rippman has told the stu
dents from some eighteen foreign
| countries who are here to take the
special hummer, cours of lectures ar
ranged for their benefit.
The beginner in English usually
gets no closer to "a little bit" than "a
leel beet or "a Ieet bid. But when
he does master it, the classic ~"prunes
prisms and persimmons' and picked q
peck of picked peppers" come com
paratively easy.
Madrid, Aug. 1O.--On n Of his re.
cent visits to Biarritz, King Alphonsc
had to use one of the ordinary railroad
station cabs. Arriving at his destina,
ton, the king asked the mount due
I"Oh, L. recognize you WELL" said thu
Idriver. For the king OF Spain It viii
be 10 francs C$2).'' His majesty smil
ed, glanced at the meter on the vehicle
and handed the driver the sum fndi
Gated thereby, plus an ordinary tiT
some days after Alphonso returned t
iBiarritz to consult his physician. Thi
itime he also made use of a cab, blu
iwith a different result. When the kin
inquired what the bill was h drive
replied: Your majesty owes m
nothing for this small service which
Il nave mad the HOHCT Lp#LGIuCh hlhAS
whereupon the king handed him a neN
100 franc $500 bill
London, Aug. 10.-Raids on the opiur
dens In London's Chinatown, q dis
trict near the docks, have thrown ne
light on this sordid quarter, Whic
was little known until n1netee
Chinese were brought to answer ~
J Gently in the police court. The pias
is a mass OF opium dens and gamblin
houses, where the Chinese sailors 9
the oriental ships In port have bee
i robbed OF their earnings. There a.
i about 500 of these sailors and cab
boys in port at a time.
I'll Charitable societies are, now organs
ing a fund to build In this district
hotel, social club and institute, WI
classes in English and searnanship. a
! rangements will also be made \
which the sailors may send home pa
OF their earnings. The name Of Il
new organization is the Chinese Me
Ichant Service Guild.
z Paris, Aug. 10.-The latestfad amor
fashionable Parisians is having Y
d tongue read. "Glossomancy," as IL
new science is styled. Is akin to chi
omancy and graphology, and consis
,f In having the character told by Il
a shape and dimension OF the tongue.
& long tongue shows frankness. a sho
one, Discrimination; a broad one, III
II re-aervedness, a narrow one, conce!
t~ration. When the tongue is long al
ID broad, it Isl d sign that Its oWner
inclined to gossipirg; when It ts lol