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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17
CHINESE TEACHING.


A description of Chinese schoolroom
methods, taken from "a Corner Of
Cathay," is of interest as showing the
contrast between schools in the Orient
and schools in this country. Many eld-
erly people will recall the time when
practices in the district schools of the
United States had some Of the Chinese
thoroughness and dependence upon the
memory.
The beginner takes his book to the
teacher and hears him read a column
or more, after which the pupil returns
to his desk and cons this lesson aloud,
until he can recite it without looking
at it. He then takes his book again to
the teacher, turns his back to the mas
ter, and recites what he has learned.
This is called backing the lesson" In
this way the pupil commits the whole
book to memory, and he is expected to
learn it so thoroughly that he can at
any moment repeat the whole of any
passage the initial words Of which are
mentioned to him.
Just before the monday recess the
teacher writes a sentiment, a prOverb
or proposition upon slip Of red pa
per and paste5 1t upon the door. Each
boy, as he goes out, reads the lines, and
in the afternoon renders to the teacher
another line which will, with the first,
make a couplet. In China all honOrS,
social, pecuniary and official, await the
scholar; and the teacher has always
at hand illustrious examples to hold up
for the emulation Of those who become
discouraged. Among the ancients, as
among the mOderns, many who were
poor or stupid rose to eminence by
sheer diligence and self-discipline.
The teacher tells Of So Chin, who,
being afflicted with drowsiness when at
his nightly studies, thrust a needle
through his flesh so that pain might
keep him awake; and Of the restless
Sal Lin, whose active body revOlted
against sitting at his books, and who
cured himself Of a constant disposition
to rise and leave them by placing pail
Of cold water where his feet would be
Immersed in 1t whenever he stood UP.
A warning is given in the career Of
the INSCRIPTIONS Pang Kien, who cut
off the ends OF the straws that his
teacher told him to arrange evenly,
while the careful and honest Sung Pin
separated a similar bundle and laid
the straws straight, one by one, and
found that they were all Of uniform
length without cutting The character
thus manifested by the two showed
their teacher which of his pupils would
best repay his efforts, and his judg-
ment was justified by the event, for
Pang KEN came to no good, while
Sung Pin on renOwn and wealth, and
great honor came through him to his
preceptor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17
SECRET STORE CODE.
Warnings Used to Signal Presence OF
ShOpIifters in Big EmpOriums.

Warnings Used to Signal Presence Of
ShOpIifters i'm Big EmpOriums.
There was a crowd of customers be-
fore the woman's hosiery counter. The
salesgirl who said 1.-Two on ten to
the clerk next to her had been busy
for twenty minutes with a customer, a
handsomely dressed young woman, to
whom she had been showing expen-
sive silk hosiery.
The young woman had been more
than ordinarily difficult to please, and
the space in front Of her was strewn
with boxes. She did not seem salts
fed with any that were shown her,
and described several designs, each of
which necessitated more or less search
through the stock on the part Of the
clerk.
1t was perhaps three minutes before
the salesgirl again faced the customer
with several more boxes. Still appa-
rently dissatisfied, the handsomely
dressed young woman examined them
indifferently, thanking the clerk, and
said she would look farther.
Just as she rose to go Miss Brown
reminded Miss Smith of the new lot
that had just been received, but which
had not yet been placed in stock.
"Are you sure?" asked Miss Smith.
Eyes, 1 saw them," replied Miss
Brown. "Just wait moment; I'll
ask the floor walker to show them to
YOU"
1.-Two on ten, Miss Brown? Sure2
Very we'll. This way, madam" said
the floor walker, reckoning Miss
Brown to follow them.
''I see her finish," remarked another
of the women customers to her COM
panion, nodding her head in the direc-
ton the handsomely dressed young
woman had gone. 81 used to work in
a dry goods store before 1 got married,
and it seems kind of good to hear that
familiar expression, two on ten again.
"What does it mean? Why, two
eyes on ten fingers. That woman was
& shoplifter. The girl suspected her.
and gave the signal and had her dead
to rights in no time. New York
Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17

= ONLY A GOVERNESS ;,
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80 n advertisement that appeared
I4A one day in the Morning Post in
formed an interested world that
AIRS Mandeville-JOnes required gov
srness for her younger daughter, aged
q with the mention of a salary 1den-
aical with the wages that Mrs. Mande-
YIIle-Jones paid her under housema1d.
Reggie Fulwarton, who knows every
Body, spotted the advertisement at
once, and In the smoking room of the
Hookah Club, called the attention OF
one OF his pals to its seductive offers.
what You don't know Mrs. Mande-
ViLle-Jones? Why, old Jones was pro-
DE1etor OF some patent medicine or 9th
81. Regular old bounder. And she's
too awful for words But he's safely
planted underneath the daisies, while
sheis got q house in Berkeley square
and plenty Of the needfulI So there
you are!"
Nevertheless, Mrs. Mandeville-Jones
had plenty Of answers to her advertise
Eent from applicants to undertake the
odncation OF Miss Irene Vaudeville
Jones at Els a year.
Among the rest was a dark girl of
about 20, very simply dressed in mourn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17

hg, whose appearance attracted the
mamma Of Miss Irene, because she look
I'd meek and snubbable, and was Meth
SR too good looking nor too we'll dressed
for "governess person"
Mrs. Mandeville-JOnes elected the
fact that her name was Una Carew
that her father, who had been rector of
. remote Cornish village, had lately
died, leaving her mother and herself
very badly of; and that she had decid-
cd to take a situation as governess,
while her mother went to live with her
Brother in the north of England, who
could not take both of them in.
'tAnd you have references?" inquired
AIRS. Mandeville-JOnes.
81 have a letter from Lady Ched-
grave" said Una, tlmidly, handing II
80 the lady as she spoke
'Lady Chedgrave!" said Mrs Mande-
Tflle-JOnes, suSpiciously. Il thought
the present earl was widower!'
'FUhis IS from the Dowager Lady
ClleGgraye," explained Una, hastily.
"She lives in our village and has known
me al my life"
The handwriting of a dowager coun-
sess did not fail to impress Mrs. Jones'
mind, and she decided to engage Miss
Carew as the instructress of her below
"a Irene, who was a finely developed
specimen OF the genus spoiled child"
Una Carew, who had always been
used to being petted and made much of
at home, found her life In the Berkeley
square mansion anything but a bed of
yOses. The ostentation and vulgarity
OF the whole establishment and its occu-
pants Jared upon her.
But unfortunately there was another
4hing which preyed upon her mind.
Nearly a year before her fathers death
Lord Langley, the eldest son of the
Earl of Chedgrave, whom she had
known ever since they we've boy and
girl together, had come to her and ask
fil her TO marry him.
But Una knew what a hot-tempered
and eccentric old man Lord Chedgrave
was; and though he had always been
extremely kind to her, and even made
a sort of pet of her, she knew lie would
never dream Of accepting her as a
daHghter-in5law. In fact, he had def
RIteIy said that his son must marry an
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17
THE PATH TO THE PASTURE.

The narrow path that we used to tread
Led straight away from the farmyard gate
And down the lane to the pasture lot,
Where for our coming the cows would wait
Between its borders Of grass and weeds
1t bore the prints Of our restless feet,
That stepped so blithe through the early dewa
Or Jagged along In the pusing heat
Above our heads curved roof OF blue,
Where oft the ghost Of the moon
Go drifting by with the sun tipped clouds
That sailed away to the port Of noon.
From nodding thistle and MULLEN stalk
The meadow larks through the summer sang
And from the stubble Of harvest fields
The bob whites call through the stiffness rang.
o little path of the long ago,
I've wandered far from your beaten dust,
And stumbled oft in my journeys wide,
And lost the key to my childish trust;
But now and then In my waking dreams
l stand once more by the pasture WALL
And hear again from the harvest fields
The cheerful sound of the bob whites call.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17

''What inspired you to write that
book?" asked the literary critic.
''To tell the TRUTH" said the successful
author, my wife furnished the inspira-
ton for it,
"Your wife?"
eyes; she said it was time l was doing
something, and that if l didn't go to work
and turn out a book that would sell, BY
the great horn spoon, she would do it
herself. 1 was afraid she might"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17

/ passed about 21h
pounds of gravel and
sandy sediment in the
urine. 1 haven't pass
ed a stone since using
Doan's Kidney Pills
however, and that was
three years ago. l
used to suffer the
most acute agony dur
ing a gravel attack,
and had the other
usual symptoms Of
kidney trouble-lasSi-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17

tude, headache, pain in the back, urin-
airy disorders, rheumatic pain, etc. I
have a box containing Il gravel stones
that l passed, but that is not one-quar-
ter of the whole number. I consider
Doan's Kidney Pills a hns kidney
tonic"
Sold by all dealers so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17
MOTOR WAGONS.

Their Growing Use for Agriculture
md Other Purposes in England.
In many rural districts the agricul-
tural communities are looking to the
motor wagon as a panacea for their
troubles, and there Is no doubt, where
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17
SDOiIei 81 Trim.

Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego-This spell Of
cool weather is decidedly refreshing.
Mrs. Seldom-Holme-I am glad you
find it so. 1t is decidedly annoying to
me. L was just getting ready to have the
hay fever.-Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17
Cure For The Blues
ONE MEDICINE THAT HAS NEVER FAILED
Health Fully Restored and the Joy OF
Life Regained.

When acheerful, brave, light-hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, it is
q sad picture It is usually this way:
She has been feeling Tout of sorts "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17
Why He Won.

Eazyman-Made my first money on
tn races t'day.
Sharp-What boss dye bet on?
Eazyman-Didn't bet on any, an L
was an easy winner.-TOledO Blade.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17
CURED OF GRAVEL.

Not u Single Stone Has Formed
Since Using DOan's Kidney Pills.
J. D. Daughtrey, music publisher, OF
Suffolk, Va, says: During two or
three years that l had kidney trouble
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17

We suppose that If a fairy were to
grant a married woman her wish, a
dozen or more extra hands would grow
on her tc assist in doing her work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17

When a number of women are shop
ping together some Of them are always
saying to the others: Come on"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-17

The next day when Lord Langley
called in Berkeley square and asked to
see Miss Carew, the pompous butler in
formed him that she was walking In
Hyde Park with Miss Irene.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
MISCELLANEOUS wANra

WANTED - THE EVENING TIMES
pays S cents per pound for clean
cotton rags. tt
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
porters. The natives use condensed
milk extensively, but seldom indulge in

porters. The natives use condensed
milk extensively, but seldom indulge in
cream.
The manufactures of, Swiss milk
have entered the market with a good
brand and allow Chinese merchants
from 60 to 80 days in which to make
a settlement. This pan enables the
native dealers to dispose OF, a part, If
not all, of their purchases before pay
ment is due, and the system has given
SO much satisfaction that the sales are
steadily increasing.
The English control the jam and pre-
serve market and are SO strongly in
trenched that it would appear an al
most impossible task to disloqge them.
The recognized merit and wel!-de-
served popularity of the goods have
not, however, deferred American
manufacturers from entering the field,
but the results thus far have not been
particularly encouraging. The Ameri-
can product is sweet. clean and palat-
able, but It is put up In cheap, un-
attractive tin cans with labels that, to
say the least, are not exactly artistic.
Il The English can is enameled, and
when placed on the table rather
I creates q desire to look see," as the
Chinese say, as to what 1t contains.
s Australian butter and meats, ex-
ported In sips containing refrigerating
plants and kept constantly In cold
storage after, their arrival In Hong
kong, control the market because they
are good and wholes0meand compare
lively Inexpensive. Their sale, how
ever. Is confined largely to the foreign
erS.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
o. YOUNG
Wholesale Furniture Pianos, Carpets. Sewing
Machines, Bank and Office Furniture
11s-117-13s South Third 81.
Grand Forks, North Dakota

A Book Mark.
I marked this book some twenty years
ago
With a strange legend which so few
have learned
But which the world will be surprised
Twas Borrowed. and-ReturnedY
Exchange.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
ABOUT ADVERTISING.
Is . Necessity for Success in Almost
Any Line Of Business.

The answer to this query is most
undoubtedly in the affirmative. It is
doubtful indeed II there is any busi-
ness that is not advertised in some
form or other. The medical profess
sion claim that they do not advertise
and SO do many other professions, but
one need only turn to the dictionary
for clear proof that they most GER
tainly do advertise themselves. The
word advertising" comes to us from
the French .advertor, to warn, to in
form, and the Latin adverto, to turn
towards ad to verto to- turn. The
meaning of the word advertisement"
Is given "a written or printed notice,
intended to make something known to
the public"
Every professional man goes in for.
a brass plate on his door or lamp.
over the gateway or entrance to his
Office or surgery. And why does he al
ways take care that his degrees are
always stated after his name? To
turn the public's attention to the fact
that he has SO many degrees of knowl-
edge and to induce them to consult
him. Every store. large or small, has
name plate or sign with the name
OF the proprietor or some distinctive
appellation by which the place may
be known. The accountant or patent
agent uses newspaper space to tell the
public that he is in business.
How are the vast masses of the peo-
pie to know that Smith, Jones, or
Robinson has begun business on his
own account If he does not tell them
In some clear manner that such is the
fact? 1t is evident that the man or
afnro fhof MI a.
fact of its existence in the most prom
inent manner is the one that is going
to get the greater proportion of that
attention. Advertising has now become
a science and, as such, requires close
study. 1t is an impossibility for any
business to become known to the peo-
pie unless attention is called to it in
some clear distinct manner.
There is one essential necessary in
any business whether advertised or
not, and that is, the goods offered for
sale must have real intrinsic value. If
they have not. then the work of keep
ing up the returns is an arduous task
and will require constant effort to
Keep the business going. The public
Will not be fooled twice at the same
place.
Any business that goes in for adj
vertising and that pays attention to its
advertising is sure to increase the vol
ume Of its business. But in order to
get results that are good it is neces-
sary to go in for continuous talking
in print. A big advertisement in Jan
uary will not do much toward getting
business in March, any more than a
good fire on Sunday will do much to-
wards the room being warm on Friday.
1t needs continuous firing at the pub
lie. Tell them the same thing day by
day but express in different words or
different forms and then they will get
an impression.
Advertising is not so much an ex-
pense as it is an investment, and
when once it is begun must be kept
going or the previous efforts will
soon lose their effect. A small amount
expended every day will do vastly
more good than a fare-up occasion
ally.-Geo. P. Wadsworth in Brains"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
DARING DIAMOND ROBBERY.
Thief Breaks Plate Glass Window Wi
Stone and Seizes $1,000 in Jewels.

Thief Breaks Plate Glass Window With
Stone and Seizes $1,000 in Jewels.
The Winnipeg Free Press contains
the following account Of Mondays
diamond robbery. It says:
A robbery which for cool daring and
careful planned and executed details
rivalled the escapades of Jesse James
was perpetrated on Main street in the
middle of yesterday afternoon, when
during heavy thunder. storm as the
rain was falling in torrents the most
nervy thief who has ever operated in
western Canada. whose actions be-
speak the professional, smashed a
pltaslsg Gao CRiverGa g(bwere, fhash
plate glass window in the front of
Henry Birks & Sons with stone and
snatched tray containing eighteen
diamond rings valued at about $1,000
and successfully eluded pursuit How
ever, a fortunate circumstance for the
firm happened while the thief was
making his escape when he stumbled
in his flight and lost fifteen of the
eighteen rings stolen; all of which
We're recovered, consequently the
booty he actually secured consisted of
only three rings, valued at about
$1,000, one of them being a beautiful
solitaire worth $3.50.
The robbery was committed at 3:4O
when the clerks were all in the store.
They heard the crash and saw the
man take the jewels. His features
were concealed by white bandage
over the face. The work of the thief
shows him to have been no amateur,
but cool-headed william of long ex-
perience in such exploits. He planned
every step carefully and had been over
the ground number of times, and
but for the obstruction in his path he
would have successfully got away with
the entire tray Of gems.
The robber carried the stone, which
he threw through the window, wrap
ped in a Free Press, consequently the
parcel was not conspicuous to pedes-
TRANS on the street.
He hurled 1t with great force at the
window, making hole more than
foot across, and went through and
broke a large hole in the second win
dow. With the quickness of lightning,
the clever thief thrust his hand through
the opening, seized the coveted tray,
and ran into the doors of the Bank of
Montreal building, which lead to the
Offices of the Royal Trusts company.
1t was a distance of ten feet he had to
run. Two of the clerks, j. F. Budd
and \. "A. Burns, heard the crash, and
saw him seize the diamonds.
The city police and detectives were
notified and took up the trail, but up
to the present time they have made
no arrests.
The glass was replaced in the win
dow within two hours after the rob
berry. The news seemed to have spread
very rapidly over the city, though It
occurred after the regular edition Of
the papers was on the street. Every
where on the street corners were
knots Of citizens standing discussing
the robbery and Offering many and
varied speculations as to the perpe-
traitor and his habitat. The city po-
lice placed guards to watch ali out
going trains last night and everything
/. possible will be done to trace the rob-
Der. It is probable that private de-
tectives will also be employed unless
the missing rings are found.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
Canned Goods In China.

Under normal conditions American
canned goods command a large sale
and may be said to control the market
IL China. The fruits and vegetables
give universal satisfaction. and while.
the Chinese. since the boycott began,
have either RETAINED altogether from
buying or have made their purchases
under cover, their sale to the foreign
ers has been satisfactory to the Inn
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16

NOTICE OF REDEMPTION OF ALL OUTSTANDING FIRST
~ MORTGAGE SIX PER CENT BONDS OF TIE GRAND
NORTH DAKOTA.
The holders Of the m mortgage bonds Grand
Forks ns and Electric Company by its mortgage
H. Rollins and Sons Of Boston Aass Trustee. dated July
Ia Acl said nortE.ve the Grand Forks Ca and Eec
on the f day Of July 1906 the entire Of
ssandlne being Series numbered u 70 100 inclusive
q 200 each Said bonds will be redeemed paid
fec q Rollins and Sons Trustee II MIX Street Boston,
She FIRST dny Of July 1906 The holders Of said
time and plscs Interest said bonds shall July
lst. 1910. {. n. ROLLINS AND SONS Trustee.
Boston, Hass.. April 20. 1906.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
OFFICE JNTU1A

thu EVENING TIlfDs HANDLMa
all kinds Of once and bank Axtur00
ana supplies and wants 70 1Gu1o
with you.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
20 COMMERCE OF OUR CITY 80 -
BUSINESS PROCLAMATION

When Improvement in business conditions warrants
community in declaring it's prosperity the world at large
Tor the purpose of increasing confidence fitting
that the representative commercial interests of that COM
muny become known abroad the great Northwest and
thereby enhance the value of it's progress.
Therefore desire to proclaim through the following
pages daily that there has been rapid Improvement in
conditions in Grand Forks and that today city
poets and home seekers that
more attractive than those offered by the City of Grand
Forks, North Dakota
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16

FOR sALE-ENGLIsH SETTER PUPS.
six months old. Philip Armand, Grand
Forks, N. d.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
FOR SALE.

FOR ~sALE-A GOOD 5-YEAR-oLD.
e eihty,br9,kS eo driving driving horse, weight
tired runabout. with harness. Inquire
at Grand Forks Realty Company.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
HnLp wA,srnp-rnMALn
BOYS EXCHANGE COLUMN

Boys, who are natural swappers, ca.
or for sale OF want ads. II you have
something to exchange, or to soil. write
The Evening Times. describing what
Will insert an ad two times for 10
cents. Enclose the dime In your letter.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-16
POSITION WANTED.

WANTED-YoUNG LADY DESIRES
position as stenographer or book
Keeper. Address Box SO, Grand
FORKS, N. D., or call telephone No.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-10-31
I .
JAMES d. BLANDING.

From The Daily Itera, Oct "a.
Col. James D. Blanding, the Nes-
tor of the Sumter bar, and for many
wears one of sumter's best known
most public spirited and patriotic
citizens. passed peacefully away at 4
o'clock this morning at the home OF
his son-in-law, Mr.. W. E. Dick, of
Heriots. Lee county, with whom he
had made his home for the past year.
Col. Blanding had entered his
eightv-sixth year, and apart from the
iafrr.ities and feebieness incident to
his advanced age, his health was good
until a few weeks ago, when a
slight stroke of paralysis confined him
to his bed until the end came. His
mind was clear and active and he re-
tained his interest in current affairs
and events to the last. He was pos