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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
ANNUAL MEETING WEDNESDAY,

The annual meeting Of the Fargo
Public Welfare, formerly the Asso-
ciated Charities, will be held in the
Welfare office in the Edwards build
ing at 1880 o'clock Wednesday even
ing, it has been announced.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14

With only a few exceptions every
thing in the store now going at low
prices at Blacks Clearing Sale
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
MASONIC TRUSTEES TO MEET.
Annual Session and Election Takes
Place Wednesday Morning.

Wednesday forenoon of this week
the annual meeting OF the board DC
trustees Of the Scottish Rite bodies
Of this city will be held when the
business OF the year relative to the
Masonic temple will be reviewed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14

Get wise and order FTavo Four
from the manufacturers. Phone SO.
-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
Comment on Wilson Address.

PetrOgrad, Jan. 14-FreStdent Will
sons address has been widely print
ed and commented on by Petrograd
newspapers. The BolsheVik news
papers are divided in their opinion.
Izvestia, official organ Of the GEN.
trail executive committee of the
workmen's and soldiers deputies,
says:
THE contentious for peace adj
avanced by President Wilson are
great victory on the way of obtain
ing a democratic peace. We shall
hope that in the American nation we
will find a real ally in the struggle
for general democratic peace"
Pravada, official organ Of the Boil
shevik party, deprecates President
Wilson's address and tienounces the
president as a representative of
American capital. Pravada says
the speech makes old formulas Of
war.
Delo Nargda. the leading social
revolutionist paper, says that Mr..
Wilson's address shows that he has
made progress since his reply to the
pope's peace proposals. IL adds:
I'm their present form the Ameri-
can conditions may be regarded as
the basis Of peace negotiations, asd
IL the Bolshevih had not by their
policy strengthened the military an
nexationist groups in Germany, these
conditions would already have been
adopted as the basis of such nego-
tiations."
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14

Clearing Sale at Blacks all this
week-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
final BREACH IN
NEGOTIATIONS
CONTINUED from page H.

Kolumna, in the government of Mos
COW, resulting in the killing of twelve
persons and wounding of 100. The
BolsheViki have occupied the Mos
COW headquarters of the Union Of
Zemstvos.
Idle soldiers in Petrograd are
journeying to the provinces and
bringing back to the capitol provi- |
sions which they are selling to the
inhabitants at exorbitant prices.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14

One lot Children's Wool Serge
Dresses, sizes to is years. Values
to s6.9s and s7.9s. I'D or
at sale ............. ~wHS)
The mirror., 1918-09-19
Street Talk

ooh! isn't it dreadfull'' the neighbor said;
els mt it dreadful3' said she:
'To send your boy to be murdered there,
Away across the sea!
The boy you bore and the boy you nursed,
In travail and pride and pain,
The heart of you and the eyes of you,
To be foully smitten and slain!''
"Now hold your peace said the War
Mother;
(And the sound of the guns in her early
"If these are the words for you to speak,
They are not for meto hear.
The half of my heart is with my son,
But the half that here must stay,
1t beats as high and it beats as proud
As his own brave heart today.
"Now hold your peace!'' said the War
Mother.
land the sound of the guns in her
hearty
"My son and stand side by side,
However the seas may part.
It's he with the sword and / with the
word;
God give US both to thrive!
Come life. come death, to our last breath,
God grant us to strive!'
-LaMra e. Richards
Of the Vig;lantss
The mirror., 1918-09-19
Around the Corner

Around the corner have friend,
In this great city that has no end;
Yet days 20 by and days rush on,
And before know it year is gone,
And never see my old friends face;
For life is swift and terrible race.
He knows like him just as we'll
AS in the days when rang his bell
And he rang mine. We were younger then;
And now we are busy, tired men
Tired with playing foolish game;
Tired with trying to make name.
Tomorrow" say, 81 will call on Jim,
Just to show that L m thinking of him.
But tomorrow comes tomorrow goes;
Around the corner!-yet miles away.
"There's telegram, sir.
'Jim died today!''
And that's what we get-and deserve in
the end
Around the corner, vanished friend.
Charles Hanson To,one
The mirror., 1918-09-19
A Soldiers Prayer

Dear Lord, dare not ask that Thou
Be watchful over me;
For Thou art Master of Us all,
Hun and Briton, Turk and Gaul,
And over each Thy mantles fall
Of love and charity.
Dear Lord, dare not ask that Thou
Be sparing of my life:
'Twere vain to think that for my sake
Thou wouldst a Great Exception make:
An equal chance each one must take
Who ventures in the strife.
But, Lord, dear Lord above me, grant
This boon to me, pray:
Whatever fate may wait for me,
Whatever death in store may be,
By Thy own Son, beg of Thee,
Be kind to those who stay.
Bless Thou my mother, with love
Beyond our mortal ken:
Shield Thou my wife from every i'll;
In her sweet heart, dear Lord instill
Thy trust that she may read Thy will
And live in Thee. Amen.
H. F.. anderson, First Lieutenant,
F.. Il. r. c., II. e. F.
The mirror., 1918-09-19
R f EEl N EW s
By Percy Vere

The sunshine of ineffable bliss frightened
the countenance of each and every one pre-
sent at last Wednesday evenings entertain
ment. A clean, sparkling and r;sorial COM
edy, effervescent with wit, and bubbling
with refined humor, furnished delightful
amusement for the idle hour.
The "Antics of Ann, Paramount pic
ture of FIVE reels with Ann Pennington in
the title role, left nothing to be desired.
You catch the flavor of the piece the mo-
ment the first scene is flashed on the screen,
and your risibilitiee are aroused and kept so
until the end.
Miss Pennington. as Ann Wharton, was
exceedingly clever with her hoydenish Ca
pers and kept the house in an uproar. Ann
is little girl that will never grow up, and
she is sent to the Breadwell Seminary, to
give the folks at home rest. Her antics
while there were very mischievous and she
is soon expelled.
The football scene in which Ann partici-
pated was laugh producer, and especially
clever was the swimming scene and her dan
cling at the Sea-View Hotel.
Harry Hamm, as Tom Randall, college
boy, deserves credit for his splendid acting.
The scene aboard the "Caboosiana' and
their attempt at housekeeping were very
ludicrous.
The fact of the matter is, that in look
ing backward over the entire cast, fail to
find one weak link in the entire chain of in
cidents connected with the play.
Miss Ann Pennington and her entire
company were of the highest order and dis.
PEELED the gloom for some time to come.
The selections played by the orchestra
while they were short, yet they were ex-
tremely good. The late arrival of the film
is responsible tor that.
The mirror., 1918-09-19
My Chum

I'm not his sweetheart-no; I'm just his
chum.
We hadn't got as far as loving yet
We're both so young. If fighting had not
So soon But then it did, and now he's
there;
And I'm here, thinking of him in a
prayer,
To put with those his mother praying, too.
perhaps she wouldn't like it if she knew.)
May he be safe-and may he not forget!
His mother'd think haven't any right;
And mine, if she should ever chance
to guess
I'm thinking of him this way every night,
Would say we're quite too young to un-
derstand.
But that day, when he went, he took my
hand,
And, while they talked he asked me with
his eyes.
l answered, too-perhaps it wasn't wise
And something made our hand-clasp a
careSs.
And still wear my hair down in bra id
And study algebra. His letters come;
l open each, half hoping, half afraid.
But there is never any reason why
The rest mayn't have them just as soon
asI.
But, though the family reads them never
seeing
Between the lines, I know, and can't help
being
Proud, proud! God keep him safe to-
day-my chum!
Mary Carolyn Dauies
The mirror., 1918-09-19
Which Are You?

There are two kinds of people on earth
to-day
Just two kinds of people, no more, l say.
Not the sinner and saint, for tbs we'll un-
derstood
That the good are half bad and the bad are
half good.
Not the rich and the poor, for to count a
mans wealth
You must first know the state of his con-.
science and health.
Not the humble and proud, for in life's s
little span,
Who puts on vain airs is not counted a
Not the happy and sad, for the swift flying
years
Bring each man his laughter and each man
his tears.
No, the two kinds of people on earth that
Are the people who lift and the people who
lean.
Wherever you 90 you will find the world S
masses
Are always divided in just these two classes.
And oddly enough, you will find, too,
ween,
There is only one litter to twenty who lean.
In what class are you? Are you easing the
load
Of overtaxed lifters who toll down the road?
Or are you leaner, who lets others bear
Your portion of labor and worry and care?
The Eastern Star Dial
The mirror., 1918-09-19
Buy Thrift Stamps.
Idiocy?

In small town in the upper part of New
York state there was youth who was con-
sidered half-witted by the citizens. One of
the favorite stunts of the farmers of that Sec
tion was to offer the youth penny and
nickel at the same time to see which he
would take. He invariably took the pen
ny, whereat the agriculturalists would bois-
terously laugh. 'Young man. said 4
stranger to the simple-minded youth one
day after having witnessed the scene several
times, "why is it that you always take the
penny instead of the nickeli'' ''Suppose /
took the Nickel whispered the youth,
with cautious glance toward the farmers,
''would ever get chance to take another
onel" "-Ex.
The mirror., 1918-09-19
=. P o EFT RY :.
From Our Exchanges
Why We Are Fighting

If you don't know why we are fighting,
Let the sea out there explain;
There is place in the Atlantic
That will never lose its stain;
And liner on the bottom,
With great hole in its gut,
Where the eels are munching babies bone.
And nameless horrors glut.
If you want to know why we are fighting,
France will point you to the west,
Where the bayonets of Germany
Are hacking at her breast;
Where thousand lovely villages
Are marked with blood and flame,
And the gentlest of her lassies,
Soiled and broken. walk in shame.
If you want to know why we are fighting,
Belgium has tale to tell;
How the kaiser's cultured legions
Came to do the work of hell.
Let her herds of homeless starvelings,
Let her maltreated children show;
Look upon her desolation;
Ask her women and you'll know.
Pioneer Press
The mirror., 1918-09-19

Leaves From, Oar Poets.
At the Old Spring

stay the cup half lifted up,
The sound of bird sounds far
From the solitude of the friendly wood
Where councils of the robins are;
A chipmunk feet resumes his beat
On the run of the topmost rail,
And down in the thatch of the fence
catch
The wave of cottontail.
The earth smells rise, and the maple cries
In JOY of the newborn spring
The iump-ups stir at the feet of her,
And tributes of blossoms bring;
And far, far off, by the old pumpkin
trough,
The shuttle and low of kline,
And the squeak and the cheap of the old
well-sweep-
Too sweet for a poets line.
On gentle wings the Southwind brings
The sounds of an old home place
The plowboy's song as be chants along
To the tune of the clanking trace.
The far off noise of the girls and boys
At play in the meadow there,
And, sweet and low as the South winds
blow,
A farmwife's song-somewhere.
Istay the cup half lifted up!
.sAnd | drink to Spring
Abroad in country lane.
John d. Wells
The mirror., 1918-09-19
Plain Tales From the Bible
Continued from page two.)

Continued from page twoO
concerning his disregard of the king COM
mandments and so vengeful was Haman that
he "scorned to lay hands on Mordecai a.
lone" but sought the life of every Jew in the
Persian Empire. By heavy bribe he OBJ
tanned royal decree commanding that on a
certain day all the Jews should be killed.
Not satified with that he secretly built a
gallows-and planned to hang Mordecai on
it. Now, it happened that the Jews service
in saving the kings life, five years before,
came to the notice of Ahasuerus just at the
moment when Haman appeared to request
a royal command for Mordecai's execution.
The king turned to his chief advisor and
asked him, "what shall be done to the man
whom the king delighted to honori'' Ham
ans egotism and selfshness at once picked
himself as the only one the king could de-
light in honoring and he answered as such
heart would dictate. Imagine his anger
and surprise when he was commanded to
edo even so to Mordecai the Jew
Knowing in his heart that his plans for
revenge would fail, still Haman persisted
in them. His wife and the wise men at the
court told him he would "surely fall before"
Mordecai-but still he persisted. He at
tended a banquet given by Queen Esther for
the king and the Grand Vizier, thinking to
gain his ends while dining with the royal
family. But the queen, following Mordecai's S
instructions, exposed Haman's plans and
evil heart to the king. He was taken from
the royal presence and hanged on the very
gallows he had bull: for the Jew. The Jews
were saved and Mordecai was given Ham
ans wealth and position and became second
in the land only to King Ahasuerus. Thus
did Haman's plans for revenge end.
The lesson of revenge may be CLEANED
from the romance of Esther by earnest seek
ers after noble, purposeful living. Revenge
can never accomplish any other result than
harm to the one who plans or harbors it. 1t
is veritable boomerang-returning always
to the one who sends it forth into the world.
No other occupation of ones time is more
useless and foolish than plotting and
planning revenge.
1t is sad truth that we permit other per-
sons to engage too much and too often our
minds. We are prone to let some others
actions are speech lay hold on our thoughts
and purposes and occupy our time to such
an extent that we suffer physically, mental
ly, morally and materially.
Revenge does not pay. 1t cannot! 1t is
true that many times hurt is received from
other hands. Often wounds to the spirit and
heart are had that leave marks eternity can
not efface. All have such. Too, many times
material hurt is had-few, if any, pass thru
life without such experience. But what
avail, what profit, is revenge? How much
better to forget and forgive the incident!
Thus we are left unworried and free to give
ourselves entirely to accomplishing some
thing worthy in life. Let us not be like
the heather, unable to forgive because we
cannot forget. The wiser part is to meet
all humanity on the common ground of
mortal frailty and there have patience with
others faults as we would like to have such
consideration for our own faults.
The mirror., 1918-09-19

Summary-Earned runs: M. S. p. 6.
Home run, Bradley. Three base hit, Brad
ley. Two base hit, Bondy. First base or
errors: visitors 5; M. S. P. 1. Left on
bases: visitors 10; M. S. P. 4. Sacrifice
hits: Duberry. Anderson. Stolen bases: St.
Germain, Smell, Farnham, Theis 2, East 2,
Schauer 2. Struck out by Farnham, 1 in
one inning: by Theis, in eight innings: by
Odenwald, 10 in six innings: by Schauer, 4
in three innings. Hits: off Farnham S; off
Theis s; off Odenwald 8; off Schauer 1.
Passed balls: by Hueslman 2; by Berger 8.
Time of game: 1:5O. Umpire, Mr.. Tolen.
The mirror., 1918-09-19
Time for Everything

There's time to run and time to walk;
There's time for silence. time for talk;
There's time for work and a time for play;
There's time for sleep at the close of day
There's time for everything you do,
For children and for grown-ups, too.
A time to stand up and time to sit
But see that the time and actions fit.
The Boys and Girls Bookshelf
The mirror., 1918-09-19
M ! R R 0 R E 7 7 ES
War Savings Stamps.

Buy War Savings Stamps.
School opened last Monday evening
with the average attendance.
1t is estimated that Minnesota will fur
nish 296, $50 men for the new draft.
The past week has been gloomy one,
as far as the weather was concerned. The
appearance of Miss Ann Pennington at our
"movie" show frightened the dark corners
up considerably.
Miss Helen Kellar the blind girl, has
entered the moving picture field and is bus
lily engaged at the Brunton Studios, near
Los Angeles, on her first picture. Some
ambition, that.
Fourth Liberty Loan.
Quite a number of inmates registered
for the draft. last Wednesday and Thurs
day.
DO your bit whenever you get chance
and when this war is over folks will say:
"Well, those fellows couldn't fight but
they kept their money in circulation.
Buy Bond if you are able.
The worlds series are a thing of the
past. After six games being played between
the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox,
the latter walked away with the money,
winning out of games. The crowds
were very small compared to former years.
Invitations were received at THE MIRROR
Office inviting us to attend the Typothetae
convention at Cincinnati the latter part of
this month.
The first frost of the season has been
reported by the same fellow that saw the
first robin last spring.
Make your New Year resolutions early
this year and get good start.
Time and tide wait for no man. but
there's Liberty Bond waiting for you.
Weather forecast for the next three Sat-
urdays: RAIN.
Christian Science Services were held in
the chapel last Sunday.
Mrs. Louis Wilson, of Saltwater, sang
two sacred solos at the Christian Science
services last Sunday morning.
"A band concert proclaiming victory
was furnished by the M. S. P. Band at the
close of last Saturdays ball game.
B 260 has moved to 1856. Exchanges
please note.
Cell changes were omitted this week,
for lack of space. Tell your friend if you
have moved, when you meet him in the
yard next Saturday.
Buy Thrift Stamps.
The mirror., 1918-09-19
We Don't Want the Bacon

We received request to publish the song
entitled, "We Don't Want the Bacon
and below we print the chorus. AS the
song is copyrighted we could not print all
of the song without special permission.
We don't want the bacon,
We don't want the bacon,
What we want is piece of the Rhine.
Well crown Bill the Kaiser
With bottle of Budweiser.
Well have wonderful time.
Old Wilhelm the gross
Will shout "Vas is los''
When we hit the Hindenberg line, fine!
We don't want the bacon,
We don't want the bacon,
What we want is piece of the Rhine.
The mirror., 1918-09-19

Substitute for Castor Oil. A new motor
oil for use in airplanes has been perfected,
it is announced. Its production will cost
about one-fourth as much as castor oil, now
generally used in all .airplane engines. How
far the new product will effect the castor oil
bean industry in this country, in which
large sums of money are invested, is not yet
known. 1t is stated that castor oil will con-
tinue in use for some time, however, and no
losses will be suffered by those who have
taken up raising castor beans.
The mirror., 1918-09-19
The Awakening

When the white dawn comes
l shall kneel to welcome it;
The dread that darkened on my eyes
Shall vanish and be gone,
shall look upon it
As the parched on fountains,
Yet it was the binding night
That taught the Joy of dawn.
When the first bird sings,
Oh, shall hear rejoicing,
And all my life shall thrill to it
And all my heart draw near.
Selected
The mirror., 1918-09-19

Athletic Goods to Army. Athletic equip
ment aggregating in value $3.50, 200 has
been sent to the various training camps for
the use of soldiers this winter. The equip
ment consists of 1900 sets of boxing
gloves, 1000 baseball bats, 81, 900 baseballs
$500 playground baseball bats, 10000
playground baseballs, 10000 footballs,
$500 volley balls, 1,750 medicine balls,
1,050 tennis rackets, 220 nets and 2,70O
tennis balls.
The mirror., 1918-09-19

Nothing Too Low for the Hun. They
continue to stoop to the meanest and most
,dastardly tricks but our boys are ready for
them and pay them back with usury. One
of the latest Hun barbarities is to have a
machine-gun fixed so it can be operated
with the foot. The gunner throws up his
hands, cries "Kamarad" and pretends to
surrender. Then when our soldiers ap.
proach close to him he turns shower Of
bullets on them.
The mirror., 1918-09-19
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
Good Enough

A young Irishman recently applied for a
job as life saver at the municipal baths.
As he was about six feet six inches high
and well built, the chief lifesaver gave him
an application blank to fill out.
BY the way" said the chief lifesaver,
''can you swiml"
''No," replied the applicant; "but can
wade like blazes!''-Ex.
The mirror., 1918-09-19

To Revive Whaling Industry. Capital
lists see in efforts of the United States to
make whale meat popular article of hum
an food in that country an encouraging op-
portunity for the revival of the whaling in
dustry in waters about Newfoundland. 1t is
proposed to ship whale meat to America
and whatever other markets may be found
and also to develop the manufacture of mar
garine from the oil, an industry that has
grown to considerable proportions in Nor
way.
The mirror., 1918-09-19
Pick-Ups

Canadian Red Cross Helped. Some
weeks ago the war council of the American
Red Cross contribute d $500, 900 to the Ca
madam Red Cross. The gift was without
restriction of any sort, but the hope was
expressed that it would be used to nurse and
comfort wounded and sick Canadian Sold
iers. Canadian hospitals in France are
helping wounded United States soldiers.