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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28

|: The hooks did not catch at all, for
they were far beyond, but the osprey
was securely lassoed. It was at once
an exciting and ludicrous task to reel
in the big bird. 1t struggled despe.
rately, and had 1t not been for the
length Of line beyond 1t, with a. ten.
ounce sinker at the end, it might have
been necessary to reel 1t down from
the sky instead Of up from the sea.
When 1t was brought to the deck and
found itself In the strong but not un.
kind hands Of a group Of fishermen. II
seemed frightened, angry and disgust.
ed but, strange to say, 1t did not fight
Its captors. ....,'%@ @ss> "E'
Someone suggested killing it, and
one man urged sending It to an avi.
airy; but above all the other voices
heard a self-appointed counsel for the
prisoner, pleading for its liberty with
an oratory effective IL not classical:
saw, let the poor fellow go!" And
so, on reflection, said the jury.
When the bird was set at liberty
none the worse for its strange advens
ture, 1t shot straight down among the
lines again, got lthe bergle 1t started
out to get, and then leisurely dew
away.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
TRAVEL ON JOURNEY ALONE
Occasions When Men and Women May
Not Accompany Each Other In
Paths Of Pain.

The difference between men and
women is the difference between
birth and death. / had thought that
the profound differences between men
and women became trivial In the face
Of their still profounder similarity.
But now it seems to me that our deep
est experience is giving life and their
lntensest moment is when they are
called on by war to go out and destroy
the lives for which we have risked our
own.
Man plays a very small part in the
supreme adventure Of birth. When a
woman goes down to death to give life
she goes alone. Man is nothing to her
then. Her husband, the father of the
child to be born, cannot share in her
pain. Her intensest moment she lives
by herself. The great miracle Of birth
Is no concern of his, and he can only
shrink back, frightened witness, and
wait and wait interminably and pray
that all is well. The great experience
for her, and for him only the permits
sion to wait. --.~
When men 60 out to fight they, too,
60 alone. We cannot go with them:
we only wait while they risk their
lives that other men may die. Men
and women go alone to their supreme
adventures.-Mary Heaton Worse, In
Century Magazine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
TIME FOR BOSS TO GET BUSY
Paddys Earnest Warning Seems 10
Have Been Justified by the Facts
Of the Case,

H Paddy was out of work, and passing
4 works he saw a notice which said Q
stoker was wanted.
OF course, he could use spade, so
be applied and got the job. 1t seems
the man who held the job before was
sacked because he lost time, and nat
urally his mates wouldn't tell Paddy
how to go about his fresh Job.
The boss told him to watch the pres
sure gauge, and If he wanted to know
anything he was to go and ask the
boss.
For while all went well. Paddy
shoveled the coal on, and the gauge
registered full pressure; and he
worked away until the safety valve
started blowing of. Still he worked
away, and the steam still escaped
through the safety valve.
Paddy, not knowing what was the
matter, ran to the boss. and said:
BOSS, IL you don't be coming to
this boiler, the boiler will be coming
to your
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
FAMOUS AMONG WORLD MINES
Lahor Troubles and High ~ -ldenas
Ct Broken HIII District OF
FL Australia,

Broken I'm. I'm New South wales
Is perhaps the most famous mining
district In Australia, noted alike for
containing the largest lead-sTlver mine
In the world and for its endless labor
troubles. the National Geographic Mag
azine states. These two claims to
fame are closely related, for the rich
ness OF the ore bodies and size of the
dividends have melted the miners to
get their share" The crude ore runs
10 per cent Of lead and zinc and IL
ounces Of silver to the ton. From a
lode ten TO three hundred feet wide
and two miles long. ore to the value Of
1888, 100000 has been extracted. One
Of seven shares OF the original proprie-
tary syndicate. valued at $500, after
ward was quoted at $11, 100000.
The Broken Hill mines have changed
the map Of Australia. They support
In the desert a city Of $1,000 people,
a privately owned railway $50 miles
in length, leading to a port in an adj
joining state, and at the head Of the
railroad the smelter town of Port
Pirie, with a population Of 1900.
The Broken Hin mines supply the
bulk Of the lead, silver and zinc annu-
ally exported from Australia, the zinc
until 1914 going chiefly to Germany
for the manufacture of munitions. It
Is not at all unlikely that volunteers
from New South Wales have met their
death from shrapnel made from zinc
and copper which they had previously
mined.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28

Australian Bower Bird Builds Both
Playhouse and Garden, and
Enjoys Them.

There are several species Of bower
birds, chief among them the satin and
the Newton. The satin bower bird lie
the best known. When the bowers were
6rst discovered 1t was supposed that
they were playhouses built by the ma.
tive children: but. as a matter of fact,
they are the dance halls Of bird land,
says the National Geographic Maya
zine. The nests are built In the trees
and have no connection with the play
houses. The male birds build these
latter and gather every bright and
shining object they can find to adorn
the entrance to the bower. When 1t is
completed. according to one who has
watched them. little eat homes" are
given daily, at which the males meet
and pay their court to their lady
loves, now bcwing and scraping, now
playing hide and seek through the bow
er, and now doing an absurdly digni-
aed dance for their edif1cation. New.
toms bower bird decorates its bower
with fresh flowers every day, and If a
visiting male bird wants fight all he
has to do is to disturb one of these
flowers. The master Of the bower pro-
ceeds with the painful duty of teaching
him how to behave in company, while
the remainder Of the party raise
great racket, but never interfere. A
naturalist studying them disarranged
one of their flowers, but each time he
did 1t the bower master rearranged 1t
with great care.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
Haartx Appetltea Of Rlrds.

It is interesting to observe that hum
CRY birds-and birds are hungry all
the time-are not content with full
stomachs, but after stuffing the stom-
ach until it will hold no more, they eat
until the crop or gullet also is cram
med. It Is an undisputed fact that
birds have healthy. appetites. To show
the astonishing capacity of a birds
stomach, and to reveal the indebted
ness Of man to birds for the destruc-
ton Of noxious insects, it is often the
case that stomach will contain two
or three times as much material as the
stomach should seem normally to hold.
This is proved by the reports from
examinations made by the assistants
Of the biological survey. A bank swal-
low In Texas devoured 6S cotton boil
weevils, one Of the worst insect pests
that ever invaded the United States.
A night hawk had eaten $40 grasshop-
pers, 50 bugs, three beetles. two wasps
and a spider.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
PRAYER THAI, MERITS PRAISE
\ Man Would Live Up 70 IL, che
World Would BE Better Because
n He Had Lived. s


We do not know who Homer Mckee
may happento be, but certainly Homer
McKee's prayer, as published by the
Kansas state board Of health, is some
thing that would be worth while for all
Of as to consider; and IL we commit
the principle to heart we cannot 60
Car astray. Here It 10: r
Teach me that 60 minutes make an
hour, 10 ounces one pound, and 100
cents one dollar.
+ Help me to live 80 that can lie
down at night with a clear conscience,
withoutsa gun under my pillow and un-
haunted by the faces Of those to whom
Tshave brought pain.
Grant, I beseech Thee, that / may
earn my meal ticket on the square,
and In doing thereof that may not
stick the gaff where 1t does not belong.
j. Deafen me to the Jingle Of tainted
money and the rustic of unholy skirts.
Blind me to. the faults Of the other
fellow, but reveal to me my own.
Guide me so that each night when !
look across the dinner table at my
wife, who has been a blessing to me,
that ! will have nothing to conceal.
Keep me young enough to laugh at
my children and to lose myself in their
play.
And then when comes the smell Of
flowers and the tread Of soft steps, and
the crunching Of the hearse's wheels
In the gravel out in front Of my place,
make the ceremony short and the cpl
taph simple: 'Here Lies a Man.
Billboard.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
QUEEN IN HER OWN RIGHT
american Girl 9 Combination Of All
That 10 Exquisite In . World
s. Of Beauty.

We may be asked, "Weli, what is
IN American girIf" She is just this:
A vital person, with combination of
health, vigor. wholesomeness and
beauty. The fact that many American
girls have in some instances a certain
amount Of hereditary blood makes
them. as class. a delightful combina-
tion Of personalities. The typical
American girl is usually described as
being q tall, slender person, with free
and graceful carriage, plenty Of poise,
and a face that bespeaks a well-bal-
anced mind. One is apt to visualize
her as a person who can adapt herself
to any and all circumstances and be
an interested and interesting CONVEX
sationalist in groups Of young and old.
Taking her all in all, she is a person
who is delightful companion.
/ The American girl is generally con-
sidered beautiful. If technically an
aIyzed. the main charm of her beauty
lies in the fact that her features are
chiseled, while many of her contem-
poraries are beautiful from the stand
point that their features are nodded.
There Is d subtle difference. It would
be dlfhcult to state automatically just
what the coloring of the American girl
is, for she Is invariably blending Of
nationalities, and thus Is . variation
Of type.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28

oc one Of the most curious cathedrals
In the world. The cathedral, in fact,
seems to be Xanten's sole reason for
existence. It has given the town its
name, and whatever of reputation 1t
may have. The cathedral in turn takes
Its name and Its fame from the some
what grisly contents 1t houses-the
bones of $50 holy men and martyrs,
carefully collected by the mother Of
an emperor. 1t is a storehouse crowd
ed with the bones Of Subsistence
Santen, or Xanten. .r ....
The little city lies ina fiat plain, Of
the sort that makes up the whole Of
the. Netherlands, the Low Countries.
to- which the region belongs In almost
everything but political affiliation. The
Rhine here is a sullen murky stream,
almost an arm Of an inland sea, dashed
by storms that whip in cold and gray
clouded from the German ocean. The
two spires Of Xanten cathedral arise
from the fiatness like twin exclamation
points, like the concrete protest Of
their builders against the monotony
Of the landscape. - 3D..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
MEN WHO TRAVELLED CIRCUIT


Many were the famous characters
produced On the circuits Of early days,
says MFR. Arthur W. SpauldIng In The
Men Of the MountainS--men fearless
In danger. unwearying In labor. endur>
ing in privation. powerful in exhOrta-
ton. ready In Wit. and often prepared
to use physical As well as spiritual
muscle In their combats with the devil
and his human agents
Among the most interesting Of them
was LORENZO Dow, q rowing preacher
whose work was not confined TO the
mountains or the frontier; for although
he labored from the high peaks of
North Carolina to the banks Of the
Mississippi and from Georgia to Can
ada. he was wei known also along the
Atlantic coast, and even In England
and Ireland. Restless and eager. he
continually travelled; nor would he
marry until he had found a young
woman who would promise that she
would spare him from home twelve
months out Of thirteen.
His proposal Of marriage, q letter
that is. think. unique in the DELHI
Grafton and caution with which 1t ap-
proaches the subject. ran as follows:
IF / am preserved. about a year
and q half from now / am in hopes of
seeing this northern country again;
and IL during this time you live and
remain single. and find no one that
you like better than you do me. and
would be willing to give me up twelve
months out OF thirteen, or three years
out OF four. to travel, and that in for.
eign lands, and never say, Do not 60
to your appointment. etc-fOr If you
should stand In the way. should pray
TO God to remove you. which believe
he would answer-and IL / find no one
that I like better than do you. per-
haps something further may be said
upon that subject. Com.
panion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
Washington and the Corporal.

Mary's teacher had asked the class
20 rewrite in their own words a story
she had told them the day before about
Washington and one of his corporals.
Mary had been absent and had not
heard the story, but 1t did not occur
to her to tell her teacher and ask to
be excused. Cant" was not in her
vocabulary. Her ideas Of corporals
were somewhat hazy, but she made up
In. originality what she lacked in &C.
curacy. She wrote industriously, and
soon produced the following master.
piece:
George Washington was riding
through the woods one day with some
Of his men. As they were riding along
he saw, way up In the top Of an old
tree, a big corporal sitting on nest
Of little corporals. One Of the men
shot at the big corporal but missed
him and he few down and pecked
George Washington on the nese."-
Youths Companion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
CAUGHT OSPREY IN FIsHLINE
Remarkable Feat That Is Credited q
/ Member Of the New York
Fire Department.

How a fisherman lassoed and cap
tured an osprey, or fshhawk, with 3
hand fishline, is told by CORRESPOND
emit Of the New York Sun. A number
OF fishermen were on board. he says
and we were anchored with lines out
in every direction. / was fishing from
the cardboard side Of the top deck
near the stern, when suddenly 1t made
q dive for a bergle that was floating
on the water a short distance from the
boat, between two lines, but nearer
the line Of Mr.. John Woods Of the
New York FIRE department.
Mr.. Woods tried playfully to throw
his line over the bird. and somehow
he actually succeeded In looping the
line round fits left wing IN such d man
ner that 1t could not escs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
Ruds Which Never Blossom

There is nothing that supplies so
prolific a subject of conversation for
the uninitiated in Il ings automobilistic
as artificial flowers In the auto vases.
"If / could afford an automobile" an
nounces Mrs. Bunk, with disdainful
stare at the offending blossoms, II
guess I'd have real flowers" For the
sake of the many Mrs. Bunks 1t may
be stated that there is another rea-
son besides economy for those peren-
NAL buds. Real water need not be
used, and that saves many gown
and motors furnishings from drip
pings and drenchings in sudden jolts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
How TO XIII Ants.

Ants may be. driven away by taking
q handful of tansy leaves. broken into
pieces and dropped into boiling water.
Dip brush into this and wash where
the ants frequent. Do not let the steam
get near your eyes, as 1t is extremely
painful. Another recipe is: Mix one
teaspoonful of tartar emetic and one
teaspoonful Of sugar and place on the
floor. A sure remedy for red ants is
hot alum water, In proportions Of two
pounds of alum to three quarts of wa
ter. Apply to crevices thoroughly.
Ants on the lawn may be killed by stir
ring up the holes and pouring in kerO-
sene and hot water.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
Water N 4 Sieve.

patience and perseverance win ac-
compiish all things" was the favorite
saying Of an old farmer.
He had just made this remark in q
train one day on the way to market,
when a pompous individual in the next
Ueat turned to him and said:
Nonsense, sirl can tell you many
things which neither patience nor per-
severance can accomplish"
Perhaps you cam" said the farmer,
''but I have never yet come across
one thing"
swell, then, I'll tell you one. VIII
patience and perseverance ever enable
FOu to carry water in a sieve7"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
Real Appreciation.

Ella was arranging her mistress
hair one afternoon when she mem
toned that she had heard Miss Allen
sing in the parlor the evening before.
slow did you like her, Ella7' asked
the mistress.
''Oh, num-" sighed the maid, '1t was
grand She sung just as II she was
EarglingI" - VI
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
Expensive.

The efficiency expert to whom the
world was turned over for tuning up
got after the clouds the first thing.
"Have that silver lining ripped out"
he directed, peremptorily. Don't you
know somebody has to pay for 1t? No
wonder the cost of living is hight"
Certain optimists raised hue and
cry, but only to discover. to their pro-
found chagrin that, owing to the war
and one thing and another, their trade
WAS no longer what It had been.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28

Farm and Fireside: Despite the Oft
repeated statement that the larger
profits come from the larger farms,
there are in the United States thou
sands OF small farms that arc paying
handsome profits Take. for instance,
the case of Arnold Martin, the Swiss
farmer who is becoming independent
on a twenty-acre Nebraska farm OF
much less than average fertility. There
lis need of recounting such successes in
order to keep hope in the heart OF the
poor man ambitious to own q home
rather than always be q renter.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-28
s.itEi.. \ J


Xanten is q little old German city
n the lower Rhine, close to the boun-
cary of the Netherlands. II IL the site
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-16
TWO ARE ARRESTED ON CHARGEOF
PR0tlRINlllQu0RF FOX SOLDIERS

beer to three soldiers and immediate
ly placed him under arrest. One OF
the soldiers told the marshal, the lat
ter asserted, that he had given Rod.
rigues So 10 purchase the beer, Rodri'
CUES keeping so cents as commission,
The marshal says he took Rodrigues
to the Aala Saloon, where the barten.
der identified him as having purchas-
ed the dozen bottles Of beer a few mo-
ments before.
at win be the policy of this office
to prosecute all violations such as
this" declares District Attorney g. C.
Huber, "and We certainly shall hold
that sales made I'm this way are flag.
rant Violations of the law"
w. H. Hutton liquor license inspec.
tor, said today that he has evidence
Of at least 40 sales Of liquor to sol
diers by civilians within the last few
days.
The men arrested last night have
not yet secured attorneys and had
not been released up to press time
today. -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-16
u. S. Marshal and Police Make
Arrest; $1,000 Bond Re-
CURED of Prisoners :.

Bond In the sum Of $1,000 was fixed
by II. s. Commissioner George 8.
Curry today in the cases Of p. Rod
rigues and Garcia Desario who were
arrested last night by Marshal ]. j.
Smiddy and a police officer. respec-
lively, on > charge of. selling liquor
to enlisted men in uniform.
Desario was turned over to the fed
eral authorities this morning. A pre-
liminafy hearing Of one of the cases
will be held at O'Clock Monday after
noon, the other to be heard the follow
day. It Is understood that Rodrigues
has admitted the sale and may waive
examination. in which case he will be
bound over to the federal grand Jury.
Marshal Smiddy, who was making a
quiet investigation around saloons last
night, says he caught Rodrigues In the
act OF turning over dozen bottles Of
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-16
BERLIN SENDS
PEACE OFFERS
TO PETROGRAD
Russia TO Get Back Provinces
Germany Captured, But Aus
tria Would Hold Her Con-
quered Territory
Associated Press by y. s. Naval Oommuni.
caktan SAFTicNl

(Associated Press by q. s. Naval oommuni.
cation Sery1ce)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June
16.-The Social Demokraten,
well-known Swedish newspa-
per, today publishes details Of
the latest German peace offer
to Russia. ..''.. '.
The details are contained in
a deciphered telegram sent by
Germany through Swiss diplo-
matte channels, TO the Swiss
minister in Petrograd. Switser-
land transmitting the German
offer. The offer promises res
titution to Russia Of the prov
inces captured by the Germans,
and the establishment Of q
friendly understanding in re-
gard to Poland, Lithunia and
Couriand, but Russia Is to give
Austria the provinces captured.
BY the latter.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-16
Use OF JAPANESE
LANGUAGE IN CABLE
IS BARRED BY US.
(specis: Cable to Nfppu Jiji)

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. June 10
The request made to the United States
naval authorities by the local Japal-
csc commercial organizations that the
use in the cable message of the Japan
csc language be permitted, his been
turned down. The naval officials say
that the use in the cable message Of
the Japanese language is not allowed.
the foreign language Of which use
in communications is now permitted,
are French and Spanish. Local Jap
an. Sc are com blaming against bar
ring the use of their language, and
say that the regulation simpOse con-
siderable hardship on them.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-16
Hawaii Acts
To Stay Ship
IOnndeelOss
Food Commission Drafts Cable
to Be Sent by Governor
to Washington

what Is the first active attempt
made here 10 replace the loss IN ton
mage which Hawaii viii suffer
through the withdrawal for govern
ment purposes Of the Matson liners
Maui and Matsofiia was made yestef-
day afternoon BY the territorial food
Commission, which drafted 9 cable
message to be forwarded By the soy.
ernor to Secretary Lane and Dele
cate Kuhio at washington.
shortly before noon today the gov
efnor bad not yet sent the dispatches,
but stated that he had the matter
under consideration and was making
efforts 70 determine what sort Of
eablegrams could properly be sent He
authorized the following statement:
FThe governor has the natstr o. r.
placing the tonnage Of the Maui and
Matsonla under active consideration
and there Will be no delay IN trying
% find the possible remedy.
NThe governor Gays the neeessary
facts ID order 20 send = proper cable.
gram have upt yet been aseeftalned
and until they are no despatch will
90 from HE cffice.n
- " ENl ~ AAASA = AIAAAI1E AnAQE AAlMt1Q4
can be ascerfained from the Matson
Navigation Confpany's main offices in
San Francisco as to the exact dates
on which the biggest liners &c the
fleet, the Maui and Matsonia, VIII be
taken over by the government for war
purposes, Manager ]. H. Drew az
Castle & Cookies shipping depart.
ment. win cable to San Francisco to-
night for details.
On the day after he received a cable
from Capt. William Matson, president
OF the Matson line. Informing him that
the government intends taking over
both steamers e. D. Tenney, presi-
dent and general manager OF Castle q
Cooke. wirelessed to the captain ask.
Ing for further details. TO date he
has received no reply, 90 that much
uncertainty exists among shipping and
sugar men as to Just when. the boats
win be Communicated by the govern
ment.
Some shipping men think that the
words Matsonia viii sail this trip"
which closed Captain Matson's mes
sage, do not necessarily mean she
win be taken over when she completes
her present voyage. They think It was
simply Q notification that the liner
would san on time. y