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It takes knowledge as well as drugs
to properly fill prescriptions 1- a
drug store, and on the degree of
knowledge depends the degree of
value of the prescription.
Fout &
Wholesale and Retail Druggists
years ijpso tfuj North Dakota Collection Agency started out with
one horse and two or three hundr?d dollars' worth of collections. We
handle a half a million dollars' worth of paper and have a force of men
on the road who cover the state of North and South Dakota and Min
nesota. Our commissions last year were $21,000 they will be consider
ably increased this year. This would indicate that we make collections.
We do not handle real estate, insurance and half a dozen other things,
but devote our entire time to handling collections. We are in a posi
tion to buy negotiable paper and past due notes and judgments. Lopk
u w a y o u a v e a n o e i n a n s e e u s
O. W. KERR, Mgr.
NORTH DAKOTA COLLECTION AGENCY
ROOMS 1 to 6 EDWARDS BUlLDINd.
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WOOD1 LIGNITE! W00D1
My prices for fuel on cars at Fargo are as follows:
Seasoned Maple $7.00 per cord
'Seasoned Birch 6.50 per cord
Seasoned Oak 6.00 per cord
Seasoned Tamarack. 5.25 per cord
Dry Cut Tamarack.. 5.00 per cord
Lignite Coal..,
These prices will apply to points west of Fargo, with proper al
lowance made for difference in freight from shipping points. Prompt
shipment and full measure guaranteed. The business of car lot buyers
solicited. Address
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Seasoned Ash $5.00 per cord
Seasoned Jack Pine..$4.25 per cord
Dry Cut 4.00 per cord
Seasoned Poplar ...'. 4.00 per cord
Pine Slabs .... Uw 3-$° per cord
$3 25 per KM*
Grand ForKt, N. Dakota.
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I Going West This Winter?!
Whether the journey is for pleasure, buslt
$ tiess or health—for a few days or several
I wedks—near by, to Oklahoma or 'cross corjp^
& tinent to California—
W to look into the SANTA FE as the yr$f
to go. You can ride on the California Limited or in
the more economical sleeper on other fast trains. The,
service is faultless either way, -j
Bear in mind the fact that the SAftTA' F& w ttie
road under one management from Chicago throdgh to the
& Pacific Coast, It is Saata Fe All the- \\»y, and that^f
much to say.
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and no effort will be spared to make your trip enjoyable
'I'hfe coupon is offeredfor your.us# v t.
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to rates, etc.
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From all qnarters of the earth are
gathered people who wilt celebrate the
holidays in St. Louis this year. They
have assembled to complete the building
of the most remarkable building ever
created remarkable for the millions of
money that it has cost for the master
minds who have been called in con
sultation for the artistic picture it pre
sents and for the fact that it is the edu
cational triumph of the world's history.
Notwithstanding the many expositions
that have been held, none has had the
revealment of process as the corner
stone and none has had the dissemina
tion of knowledge so thoroughly mani
fest, in every step forward that has been
taken.
Thc.«c facts become more pronounced
as the old year draws near to its end
and the installment of moving exhibits
goes forward with rapidity. Not only
are completed products coming from
factories, but the machines with which
they are made as well, and from one
end of the grounds to the other thous
ands of workers are shaping that which,
when the gates shall open, will produce
a gigantic moving picture of how things
are crcated in the dawn of the twentieth
century.
Of the people gathered in this
interior city and who have journeyed,
many of them across ocean, to partic
ipate in this universal awakening, per
haps the most interesting are the new
citizens of the republic, the Filipinos.
Hawaiians, Samoajis and Porto Ricans.
They are striving under great difficul
ties to take their part in the display of
nations for the blasts of winter were
never felt by them before, snow, they
never saw. and they examine it care
fully. while they imitate their brethren
of the north by blowing on benumbed
fingers. Yet they go stupidly ahead,
completing such buildings as will house
their displays next year.
It was a strange sight the other day,
that of a Filipino going to work clad
in liuen trousers and a linen duster,
when the niercilry stood at fifteen above
zero. Wrapping a towel around his
head he mounted the roof of the pavil
ion where duty called him and commenc
ed to hammer away. But it was not for
long. The chill air conquered and a
Jefferson Guard, appointed from North
Dakota, aided in thawing out the thin
blooded native of the far away archi
pelago. This happened during the first
"cold wave." Now the Filipinos, the
Hawaiians and others of the tropics
have warmer clothing and they work
o:i notwithstanding the blasts from the
arctic.
An interesting sight is to watch the
native Chinese engaged on 'the pavilion
that will hold the wonders from the
Flowery Kingdom. Their costumes, in
strange contrast with those of other
workmen attract much attention and
any day a group of interesting observers
may be seen lining the broad wall that
leads by China's home to the Adminis
tration building. The deftness with
which they apply the delicate woodwork
is as pleasing a study as their methods
and dress. No American could com
plete the task, and after the foundation
had been laid and rough beams placed
in position, laborers of this country were
glad to give place to those from the
Orient. In like manner the Japanese
are*bcautifying their temporary home
with creations made o£J)amboo and
fancy carved woods brought from the
realm of the Mikado.
While the gutteral sounds that ac
company the labor of the Asiatics arc
bnrnc on the winter's wind in accom
paniment to the rasp and clatter of saw
nnd hammer, noises that smack of old
England come from the same locality.
For adjoining China is Great Britian's
oicturesque structure and laboring there,
h.ith on walls and in the garden adja
cent, are men with the true cockney ac
cent which can be recognized the world
over. Material which they are putting in
placc was fashioned in England the
'trees and shrubs which they are plant
ing in the soil were brought over wrap
ped in straw, and next year these will
bloom even as they did last summer in
Kensington Gardens.
To the west of China, Belgium is
making herself at home and men from
Antwerp are directing the niacin? of
huge steel arches which will mark the
structure as one of the most solid on
the exposition site. On a hill, men frotji
the Rhine are creating a castle 'and on
a plain Frenchmen are completing, with
artistic touches, the reproduction of le
Grand Trianon, that beauty spot of Ve/r-
HOW OLD IS ANN?
Author of tlM Perplexing Question Discovered
By Prank Daniels.
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years old. Ma^li^t.wice
as old as Ann was when Mary was as
old as Ann is now. How old is Ann?
The authorship of this maddening
problem "How Old Is Ann?" is ascrib
ed to "Perkin Warbect," or as he is
known in private life, Robert D.
Tow,ne, telegraph editor of The New
ark (N. J.) Eveniftg News. He wrote
the query for The News last April and
"sinc£ then it has found its way into pa
pers, throughout the country,
Tile ftews a few Sundays ago con
fessed that it had started the scourage,
and that one of its staff was the author,
whereupon Mr. Towne received a* let
ter from Frank Daniels, the comedian
who introduces the query in one of his
songs that goes with "The Office Boy."
In his letter to Towne Mr. Daniels
said:
"Dear Sir—At last you are discov
ered. Aha! I have you in my power!
You cannot, you shall not.e&e«pe!
"How Old Is Ann?" is a crime. I
may be an accessory after the fact, but
you are the real criminal, and should
and will be adequately punished. Ann
has caused almost as tnttch sorrow as
did Mother Eve. Helen* of Troy was
an *matcur at mischief-Bilking coa-
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THE FARGO FORUM AND DAILY REPUBLICAN, THTBSDAT EYENTKG, DECEMBER 24, 1903.
WORLD'S FAIR CHRISTMAS TIDE
Sww Ealls Upon the Miniature Alps and on the City of Jerusalem—
1§. v Babble of Hany Toapie« Pronounces St. Louis a netropolitan
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When a wind from the northwest
brought the first snow of winter the
flakes found a most fitting place for rest
on the artificial mountains that have
been erected by a concessionaire at the
eastern entrance to The Pike. The rag
ged peaks of these lofty Alps glistened
in the distance, and it seemed to onlook
ers as if a bit of Swiss scenery had
been transported from over the seas to
St. Louis.
However appropriate the snow fall
may have seemed here, the descent of
flakes upon the City of Jerusalem was
incongruous, and it taxed one's imagi
nation to believe that yonder white-clad
mound of earth had been raised to rep
resent the Mount of Olives. But wait
till the warm rains of spring shall come.
Then this land will bloom with the ver
dure that grows in Palestine.
Wend your way over the snow-cov
ered ground to the vicinity of the Pal
ace of Agriculture, where workmen,
muffled to their ears, are engaged dig
ging a basin.#"What will be here?" you
ask. and the reply, "A pond for the lilies
of the Amazon and the lotus of the
Nile,' 'is as startling as the answer giv
en in this old English verses,
'"Old man, old man,
Why diggest thou this gnwre?
In the heart of London town?
'And the deep toned voice of the dig
ger replied:
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We're laying a gas pipe down."
r- Yes. lilies and those flowers that'
graced the Egyptian stream where Oeo
patra wood Mark Antony are to float
lazily above where these workers are
throwing frozen earth to one side. To
day they are being nourished in hot
houses. When spring comes they will
be transferred «to water which will have
been warmed by submerged steam coils
and which will be kept at an even tem
perature until the heat of summer ren
ders artificial aid unnecessary.
So one notes in wonder the ice-clad
rock hill that will be warm arid land
fpr the cactus when the gates shall open
in 1904. This soil must be heated
eyen as the water for the tropic pond
and during the winter man's ingenuity
is, providing for the necessities that will
afise in May.
Jjjpeaking of the holidays, St. Louis
was never so gay as it is tliis winter
and the season of 1904-1905 promises to
even eclipse that of the present. This
year the Chinese commissioner is enter
taining in Oriental splendor: Great
Britian's representatives have planned
extensive preparations for the Feast of
Noel distinguished gentlemen frim the
land of the Czar, from France. Ger
many, Belgium, Italy and other foreign
countries have made arrangements to
hold open house during Christmas-tide.
All foreign commissioners who have
been fortunate in leasing residences
have done so for a period that extends
into the spring of 1905 and the post ex
position season will, as said, see gaity at
least equal to that of the winter months
prior to the time when the gates shall
open.
Army and navy men will add to the
social entertainment and these officer®,
will not only be from the United States
military arm but from other countries.
If present plans df the exposition are
carried to completion
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the Mississippi
River off St. Louis will rival Bar Har
bor or a port in the Riveara. It is pro
posed that light-draught-men-of-war
steam up the Mississippi and anchor ofF
the World's Fair City, and if this be
done the decks of these vessels will be
scenes of hops and receptions while
many a banquet will be given in ward
rooms and captain's cabin.
Not until this holiday season has the
metamorphosis of St. Louis from an in
terior distinctively American municipal
ity to a cosmopolitan city been pro
nounced. The winter sees foreigners
from all climes thronging the streets and
elbowing their way through the stores.
Many languages are heard in the res
taurants and the flags of all nations are
seen waving in the wintry winds,
pared with this elusive lady. Lucretia
Borgia did not equal her in destruc
tiveness. Catharine of Russia was not
more vindictive, nor Delilah more se
ductive than this—year-old miss whom
you have turned loose'1 on a confiding
public.
"The consequences be upon yoi»f
own head. i
"Your^ companion in misery.
"Frank Paniels.
"P.' S.—Confidentially,
now how old
is 'Ann, anyhow? F. jpj,"
WORLD'S BEST PILE CURE.
\yhy endure torture from Piles till
you contract a fat^l disease when Buik
len's Arnica Salve cures/ or no pay/35^
Fout Porterfield.
W«Y NOT RAISE POULTRY?^
Jamestown Alert: A number of The
Alert's exchanges arc noting that eggs
and poultry are scarce in their locali
ties. Eggs are bringing from 25c to
306 a dozen and are not to be had at
those prices. It requires some car*
and preparation to raise poultry^ but
many panniers in other statifc
good dffrf of the family living:
soj Feed-is plenty here at aft
poultry. The building of a
nery and the catfbn
great taakfc Fbidtry ti it
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sailles which marks on the continent a
scene of monarchs* mad revelry.
The thousands of trees on the expo
sition site are bare of leaves now and
the two score and more state buildings,
which next spring will be partly hid
den by foliage, stand out plainly. This
ground forms a meeting place for Amer
icans from every section. Architects,
contractors and commissioners from
California plan with those from Maine
to complete this portion of the picture.
Designers from Florida almost touch
elbows with those from Alaska. New
Yorkers vie with those from Oklahoma
and the new life of the south rivals
that of New England.
cities. It is said one reason why eggs
are scarce is that the chickens did not
moult as early this year as usual and
that the hens have not laid as custom
ary at this season. But whatever the
reason it is certain that farmers do not
pay as much attention to this side line
of farm income as they well might do.
And to see barrels o dres.sed poultr)
shipped into the towns of North Da
kota. which is a natural chicken coun
try. is a relic of the pioneer days when
farmers bought all their pork, lard, but
ter, eggs and other necessities that
could be raised on the iarm and the
cost of such food.
SIGHS BOND AND TAKES ALL RISK
THE WALDORF PHARMACY HAS
FAITH IN MJ-O-NA. THE
FLESH-FORMING FOOD, THEY
SELL IT UNDER GUARANTEE.
Not one time in 500 does Mi-o-na fail
to cure dyspepsia. It is bccause of its
remarkable power to cure this disease
that the Waldorf Pharmacy is able to
sell it in the following unusual way.
With every 50c box ^hey give a
signed guarantee bond to .refund the
price if the purchaser can honestly tell
them that it has no# given freedom
from stomach troubles, increased flesh
and restored health. The risk is all
the Waldorf Pharmacy's as the follow
ing liond which they sign fully shows:
GUARANTEE BOND
We hereby agree to refund the
price paid for Mi-o-na. if the pur
chaser tell us that it has not increased
flesh and given freedom from stom
ach troubles. Waldorf Pharmacy.
Mi-o-na is not a mere digestive that
simply gives temporary relief.
While it helps the food to digest, it
also has a positive strengthening action
upon the digestive organs and puts the
whole system in proper physical con
dition. It restores power to the nerves
of the stomach and in this way gives
that important organ the power to di
gest food. In this way natural flesh
is regained and health restored.
Remember that you risk nothing in
buying Mi-o-na. The bond protects you
so that if it fails to give the desired
effect the Waldorf Pharmacy will return
your money without question and with
out argument.
MORTGAGE SALE.
Notice is hereby given, that that cer
tain mortgage, executed and delivered
by John A. Stavely and Mary C.
Stavely his wife, mortgagors, to the
Red River Valley National Bank of
Fargo. N. D., mortgagee, dated the
10th day of November. A. D., eighteen
hundred and ninety-nine and filed tor
record in the office of the register of
deeds of the county of Cass and state
of North Dakota, 011 the 25th day of
November. A. D.. 1899. and recorded
in Book 58 of Mortgages, at page 451
will be foreclosed by a sale of the
premises in such mortgage and herein
after described, at the front of the
courthouse jn the city. of. Fargo* in, the
county of Cass and state of North Da
kota. at the hour of two o'clock p. 111..
on the 23rd day of January, 1904, to
satisfy the amount due upon said
mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in said mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same, are those certain premises
situated in the county of Cass and
state of North Dakota, and described
as follows, to-wit: Commencing at
the northwest corner of the north one
half of Block Thirteen (13), of the
original townsite of Fargo, according
to the plat thereof on file in the office
of the register of deeds of said Cass
County, thence running east from said:
point sixty-tour (64) feet thence south
one hundred and forty (140) feet,
thence west sixty-four (64) feet, thence
north one hundred forty (140) feet to
the place of beginning, being the west
sixty-four (64) feet by one hundred
and forty (140) feet.
There will be due on such mortgage
at the date of sale the sum of $1*836.65.
Dated at Fargo, North, Dakota, this
9th day of December, 1903.
'Hie Red River Valley National
Rank of Fargo, N. D., Mortgagee.
Ball. Watson & Maclay. Attorneys
for Mortgagee, Fargo, North Dakota.
(D. Dec. 10-17-24-31, Jan. 7-14-3$$
NOTICE FOR BIDS.
Notice is hereby given that'thc board
of county commissioners of Ward Coun
ty, N. D., will receive sealed bids for
the erection of a sheriff's residence and
jail, in the city of Minot, N. D. Said
bids to be addressed to the auditor and
marked "Bids for Sheriff's Residence
and Jail." Bids will be received until
2 o'clock p. m. on the 16th day of Feb
ruary, A. D., 1904. Bids must be in ac
cordance with plans and specifications,
which will" be on file about Jan. i, 1904,
in the auditor's office and also with the
architect, W. C. Albrant, Fargo, N.
D. Bids must be accompanied by q, cer
tified check in Jhc sum of $500, payable
to the auditor of Ward County, N. D.
The board reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids.
Given under my hand and by order
of the board of county commissioners
of Ward County, N. D., this 16th day of
November, A. D., *903-
LOUIS A. LARSON,
v Auditor Ward County, N. D..
(:D. Nov. *$, EVec. 24, Jan. 25.)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Mfi-f
Iii: the matter of the estate Of TnfeO
dorei C. Williams, deceased.
Notjice is hereby given by the under
signed. Deloma Williams, administra
trix of the estate of Theodore C. Wil
liams, late of the city of C^sselton, in
the-xounty of Cass and State of North
Dakota, deceased, to the creditors of,
and all persons having claims against,
said deceased, to exhibit them with the
Necessary vouchers, within four months
after the first publicatios of this notice,
to F. A. Ball, resident Jt£ent pl sfcid
administraf
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CANDY CANDY
In our selection of Xmas
Candy we have exercised
the greatest care to have
none but the PURE and
UNADULTERATED.^
California l'igs,
1-Pound package, each
Imported Figs,
Per pound ...
7-Crown Figs,
Per pound
New Dates,
Per pound
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Many Kinds to Select Front
8c
10c
12c
12c
10c
12c
12c
20c
Common Mixed,:
Per pound
Old Time Mixed,
Per pound
Fancy Cream Mixed*
Per pound ....
Cuban lion Bona,
Per pound
Peanut Square^
Per pound ......
Chocolate Fudge*
Per pound ... .,5
Cream Buttons,.
Per pound
Chocolate Creams* all fla
vors, per pound
Candy Canes, Candy Beads,
Ribbon Candy, etc.
NEW NUTS
Filberts,
Per pound
Br?zils,
Per pound
Walnuts,
Per pound.•..
Almonds,
Per pound -.....»•
Fancy Mixed Nuts,
Per pound
1 CI |JUUUU
New Hickory Nuts, Black Walnuts,
Butternuts, Shelled Walnuts*
Shelled Pecans, Shelled
Almonds.
NEW RAISINS
Londuii Layers,
Per pound
California Clusters,
Per pound
Imported Raisins,'
Per pound
5-Pound Boxes Fancy, Imp.
Raisins, each..#. ....$1.25 to
APPLES
We have a large stocks of Bald
wins, Spys, (ireenings, Russets,
Belief lowers and Spetzenburgs.
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ORANGES |i
California Navels, all sizes and
prices.
Sweet Florida Russets.
We will make LOW PRICES on
Oranges by the box.
CHEESE
New York Cream,
Wisconsin Cream,
Fancy Brick,
McLaren's Imperial,
Loaf Roquefort
Waukesha Cream,
CIGARS
Get our prices on Cigars by the
babe. We have the agency for
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15c
20c
20c
15c
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25c
40C
35c to
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New Edam,
Imported SwUte/
Fancy Sage
CBhww,
McLaren's Roquefort
^leuychatel,
Camembert.
Green Vegetables
In Qreen Vegetables we will have
everything that the market affords,
such as:
Lettuce, Parsley, Watercress,
Radishes, Cucumbers, Salsify,
Orecn Onions, Caulflower, Celery, 4:^
Ripe Taowtoes, Mint.
Batavla Canned Gooitf
We are distributors for Batavla
Canned Qoods and J. H. Flickin
ger's Canned Fruits. There are no
better goods than these packed,
and they comply fully with the
P.*tr*i3ood Laws of Nort^ pakota.
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Favorha," pure Havana Cigars.
COFFEE'
Machine Repairing,
Tool Sharpening,
l4tdc#tc and DelJ
itiade
fey expert workihaj*
W,
Second
atrix
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Tft^Cetebrated Hoffman
Houae, per pound ww s 1