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Resolutions.

This must be played with great many
people in large room. Every one writes
a resolution for the New Year. folds the
paper carefully and drops 1t in basket
that Is handed round. Seven players, rep
resenting Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Thursday. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
are blindfolded and stand on one side Of the
room. while the rest OF the company take
the name Of some virtue or vice. for ex-
ample, envy, punctuality, laziness. untidi-
ness, and the like. Each Day picks a reso-
luton from the basket, and, having chosen,
reads 1t aloud. Then he Is blindfolded and
mingies with the virtues and vices. seeking
for some help In carrying out his or her
resolution. Should a virtue be chosen the
player scores and is clapped out, but a vice
will chase the unlucky one all around the
room to the point selected as goal. If the
Day reaches the goal first he or she scores,
but If vice comes in first the poor Day must
pay forfeit and go to the end of the week
to try again. The forfeits, which In this
game mount up considerably, are redeemed
by paying many queer penalties appropriate
for the beginning of the year.
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n gang like that going around and Dragging
that the T. U. C.'s was afraid of EN-.
The first deep snow had just fallen In the
town where these boys lived, and the snow
had begun to pack 1t was after school on
Friday and Diff and his fellow club mem
bers were busy making a snow fort at the
edge of the slope behind Difrs grandfather
house. The fort oval in shape, about
ten feet long and five feet wide. and con-
sisted of wall of snow three feet high
and thick. To make 1t stancher the boys
proposed turning the hose on 1t and letting
II freeze and then. as Din said, "That
would make 1t o. K.
The fort finished and sprayed they made
a lot of snowbals, which for greater con-
venience they arranged in five piles.
The challenge came at an early hour on
Saturday morning, and the t. U. C.s In
special session Immediately sent formal
acceptance.
The fort stood at the edge of long slope.
which was quite bare but for & Few scat
tered apple trees. At the right half way
down, about hundred feet away, stood
the old barn, which was given over to the
boys as a playground.
At the left way down at the corner OF
the place where two streams intersected,
II was expected that the opposing force
would enter.
our heroes, Diff. Halter. Dock, Buck and
Chunk stood inside the fort and awaited
Che coming of the challengers. The club
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Mind Reading.
AN INDOOR GAME.

A game that Is mystifying and at the
same time interesting to play is mind
reading. Any number Of people can join
in the fun, but the more there are the bet
ter. -.
A ring is formed, all joining. hands. and
there must be two sitting next to each
other who know the secret Of the game.
Let US call these two Alice and May.
Alice, who is ignorant Of the word, to re-
mind reader" leaves the room and those
remaining choose any word. short one
preferably. The object of the game Is for
Alice, who Is ignorant of the word. to re-
turn and guess 1t, and this may be done
by a simple little trick so that 1t attracts
no attention whatever. All are told to close
their eyes, and think hard of the word
chosen. Then Alice is called back and
sits down in the circle, taking hold Of her
accomplice's hand as well as that Of her
neighbor on the other side. Then very
quietly May taps Alice's palm with her
fingers, the taps signifying letters, the first
tap meaning "a" the second for 3D." and
so on. For instance, supposing the word
was cat. May would tap Alice's hand three
times, C being the third letter in the alpha
bet. and then pause for an instant, so that
Alice might understand that was the first
letter. Then one tap and pause, would
mean a." and since ST. Is the twentieth
letter In the alphabet, Alice would easily
understand twenty taps for st" Thus any
word may be spelled out. and 1t is always
a long time before the uninitiated catch
on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
New Year Games.

New Year eve is the one night of the
year when there's no bedtime. There may
be plenty of nodding heads and heavy
eyes, but bed is not to be thought Of and
wise children will do well If they keep away
they will be in the Land Of Nod before
they can wink three times, and that will
never do.
New Year eve for this very reason, no
doubt, is called night for games. Here is
one which will at least keep people very
wide awake. It Is called
A NEW YEAR GREETING,
and is on the plan Of the cobweb party.
The fun starts in the parlor where attached
to a convenient chair are q number OF ends
of gay cOlored Irvine, as many as there are
people, arranged In festoon. Each end Is
which Is hidden somewhere In the house.
Each person selects a string which he or
she must follow, winding up as they go to
keep free from tangles. If these balls are
cieverly put away the whole house may be
turned into q hunting ground filled with a
jolly throng Of hunters, but the guiding
cords must be carefully handled or else
they will snap and the clue be lost At the
end Of the search each person finds the re-
mainder of the ball In some unexpected
place, wrapped carefully UP with q funny
bit Of advice to the finder. The one who
should have a prize. The bits OF advice
may be anything, such as
Don't look gift horse In the mouth.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Little pitchers should be careful Of their
ears.
A stitch in time saves ninety-nine.
Never trouble trouble until trouble trou-
bles you.
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flag, white square with T. c. U. in red
letters, fioated proudly over them. Diff
was cool and collected and gave his orders
with his usual elaboration.
Now. fellers." said he. make every shot
tell. Don't waste any ammunition. Mark
your man and hit him every time. Don't
lose your heads and never give in
The boys Strengthened up under such for
chile and heroic advice. and just then the
Lindens came in at the lower gate. At
sight of our boys they stopped a moment
and gathered In a group to discuss the stu
alton. There were only ten, after all, Diff
counted to his satisfaction. and each had
provided himself with a shield of barrel
slaves, which strapped to his left arm
below the elbow.
After few minutes. during which the
5angle of their voices could be heard moth
Ing better seeming to have occurred to
them than to carry the fort by assault
they turned and. In body. came running
up the hill. making snowballs as they came
Our boys stood breathing hard. SNOWFALL
in hand. awaiting the attack.
wait till they get in range commanded
Dir in low voice. then give II to EN-
hot from the bat and keep II up as long
ms there's SNOWFALL left"
Some scattering snowballs were thrown
al our boys. but these they lodged
Steady" said Din quietly.
NOW" said he grimly, when they came
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
within range. and like a pistol shot rang

within range. and like a pistol shot rang
out the order "Fire!
And fire they did, and they gave 1t to
them stubbornly and persistently. The
snowballs from the fort came like shower
of hail stones, and the Lindens were kept
at bay until they got discouraged and, con-
WINGED that nothing could be gained by that
form of attack, withdrew to the shadow
of the barn to talk over the situation.
Our boys could hear their voices raised
in loud debate, but could not see them AT
last there was a moments silence, then q
word of command.
Here they come" said Diff excitedly, as
snowballs in hands and heads well pro-
tected by their shields, they rushed out
from around the corner Of the barn and
came pell-mell up the slope.
They were met by binding fire, Whlcn
they returned with vigor. and stubbornly
held their ground. Snowballs flew thick
and fast.
Keep your heads" commanded Din, as
with an exclamation he put his hand up TO
his eye, which had just been blinded by a
wel-directed ball.
Just then he and two Of the others were
grasped from behind by three of the larger
boys who had detached themselves from the
main body and, creeping behind the Darn'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
The Snowfall Fight.

"The Linden Streets are going to chal-
lenge us to a SNOWFALL fight" said Buck.
cart Sawyer told me so,' and as he spoke
he helped Diff roll over a SNOWFALL that had
got too big for one.
How many In the gang?' asked DIN
shortly.
Fifteen" answered Buck.
Il like their nerver' exclaimed Halter,
who had overheard.
They'll beat us, won't they?" queried
Chunk, anxiOusly.
They're biggern we are, too" spoke UP
Dock.
What of it?" asked Diff sturdlly. well
give them a good stand. and We'll have the
advantage OF being behind breastwork
and have plenty of ammunition at hand, and
they'll have to stop and make theirs.
"Then you think we'd better accept it?
asked Chunk.
accept it?" asked Diff; that's for you
fellers to say; but I'd hate like fun to have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
Grandfather's Clock Talks.

You're name is Margery, you say7
Yes. that's a pretty name.
But why, Miss Grille. do you sigh
Just Ike a toothless dame7
You say you have so much to do
1t keeps you busy, gutter
You've children three to dress and wash
And put to bed at nightI
Your Paris dolls a trial great
Because she tears her clothes?
And Baby Bess will spill her milk,
And Shaftoe's cracked his nose7
What would you do, Miss Margery,
II children came in twelves?
You'd feel, I'm sure, that you must give
Eleven to the elves.
Twelve children bless my house and home,
With sixty children grand,
And sixty REORGANIZATION, too
Make US q merry band.
Your children do not say q word
Unless you punch q spring
My household IL a noisy place,
Like maRpies chattering.
Ny children twelve shout loudly out
Seventy eight times q day.
My grandchildren are silent, quite.
Ny greats Just have 4 way
or talking every second-think!
Forty three thousand two hundred times th
say
Tick took, tick took!
Yet I am always gay.
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a NEW0
@PVZZLES
49,

DIAMOND.
1. consonant In greet" 2. Skill. 8. Ian
guage. 4. number 5. A consonant in tack"
WORD SQUARE.
1. To fnture. 2. country. 8. The outer coat
ing. 4. Manufactured.
BEHEADINGS.
Behead: 1. A toilet article and leave to hurry.
2. word meaning wise and leave old. 3. Some
thing travel in and leave water.
ENIGMA
In brook, but not In sea:
In slave, but not In free;
In loose, but not in find;
In heed, but not in mind;
In barn, but not in she'd
In black. but not in red;
In hill, but not I'm mound;
In held, but not in bound.
What's the answerf Can you say?
IT'S something boys much like to play.
Pr
Otw eftllt nskeitt oysmrt ghtn,
Abgne OF aqurre mad etnh fight;
Neo ahd umseo. eht eorht adh enon,
Nda haiti eht awy, teh eulqsrr ugnbe.
ELISIONS.
l. snake-cut OF my first syllable and al
imprisoned. 2. plsnt-cut of before and /
a mass of stone. B. A bird-cut of one sylla-
BILE and / q proposition 4. 0riginal-cut OF
as before and am a girls name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
Audible a Mile.
From Musical Age.

From Musical Age.
A monograph, which can be heard a
mile away. is the new French invention, the
elgephone The sound is produced by the
use Of what are called speaking flames, and
the principles governing the method were
first explained In 1903 by G. C. Porter be-
fore the London Physical Society.
Mr.. Porter found that II tuning fork
be struck and then held in the fame of a
Bunsen burner, the sound Is perceptibly in
creased. The maximum of sound intensity
occurs when the fork is held where the
fame Is hottest
The French inventor. G.. Landet. uses
a record which has the sound vibrations
marked not in depth, but in length, and the
stylus travels horizontally, like a pendu-
ium. The stylus separates the gas chamber
Into two parts and the gas then passes on
to the burners. The vibrations of the disk
open and close the gas openings. causing
the flow to vary.
The sound Is so intense that 1t can be
heard a mile away. 1t can be lessened by
regulating the burner, but the power Of
sound is found to be always proportional
to the energy given out during combus-
ton.
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The Little Tin Soldier.
ON Everybody

FfOm EvefyBoQyB.
1.-THE soldiers are sold by the hundred
weight" he says. land last year nearly
fifty thousand quintals were set into the
United States. A pound box, which con-
tafns about one hundred and fifty pieces
infantry, cavalry, artillery, with such &C
cessories as trees, bastions, camps, the
wounded soldiers and the dead-you may
buy yonder in the Troedel Market for 60
cents. As every one knows there are two
kinds Of toy soidiers-those stamped out OF
nat metal and the finer kind made In
molds Modern machinery-as you may
see In tho great factories outside the city
wa1ls-has stripped the process OF romance.
The only hand work is the painting Of the
little figures, which is done by women and
girls"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
A Simple Request.

That funny old woman who lived In a shoe
Declared not a house could she find that would do,
Though constantly searching from Texas to Maine,
And everywhere trying her best to explain
To landlords and agents her modest desire
For something quite humble to rent or to hire.
''My needs are few, she would say. with a sigh,
THAT no one could be less exacting than /.
A very small cottage is all demand,
With great many very large rooms, understaAd!''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
Stamps for Southern Nigeria.

There has always been a great deal Of
questioning concerning the postal affairs Of
the British colonies Of Lagos and southern
Nigeria It has been stated at different
times that the stamps Of Lagos had been
discontinued and that those OF southern
Nigeria would be used instead Of them. It
now appears that there Is q considerable
supply of the stamps of Lagos on hand In
the colony. This Is stated to be enough to
last for two years. Therefore. the local au-
thorities have decided to employ them and
give up the use of the stamps Of southern
Nigeria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
A japanese Candy Shop.

From st. NkhOlas.
Shops in Japan are all so tiny and look
SO much alike that 1t is difficult to tell at
glance just what kind of a shop each
one is; but all japanese boys and girls
know the confectioners' sign-the spiked
ball-and just where to go whenever they
wish sweets of any sort. The sign on
this picture is on top of the pole. Under
meath 1t hangs a banner bearing the name
of the shopkeeper IN Japanese characters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
An Unwise Mouse.

Oh, dear, I'm sure 1t was q mouse!
1 heard a sharp spring snap!
He thought to thieve about our house,
And now he's In the trap.
II he had kept away, you see,
And let that cheese alone,
He might have lived in some old tree
o. Down by some dark stone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29

How grandly then he swells his throat
And pours forth his delicious note
His blood-red plumage, how it shines
Gainst leafess oaks or dark green pines!
There from his perch atop the tree
The cardinal looks down on me,
And to himself says in surprise,
THAT little girl has such queer eyesw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29

When the world i" white with snow
And our bird friends southwark go,
The dear old fedbird still is true
And. sings just-as be used to dol
We run for mother S opera glasses
The minute that His red wing passes
And see>him light, plain as can be,
On the bare branch of some big tree.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-12
ice sh GwolIfng.

The recent thawing and freezing has
nlted III the Ice on the river swell
L 81 the center and immense cracks
alssady noticeebla-
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DINNIE MAKES
REPLY
To NJ. J. Londergan's Questions, and
is Ready to Answer the Queries of
All Corners In the Same Straight
Forward Manner.

NJ. j. Londergan, Esq, City.
Dear Sir: You ask why the petit
lions circulated some years ago for a
commercial lighting plant, were not
presented to the council and replying
! would say:
1. The council was consulted fully
concerning the same. :
2. The petitions did not and could
rot authorize the issuance of bonds
and direct tax for that purpose
would impose too great burden on
the tax payers; not only this but a
tax for the amount required would
have exceeded the limit prescribed by
statute.
3. The debt of the city was SO near
the constitutional limit that sufficient
funds to build the plant could not be
obtained.
4. The legislature did not until
1905 authorize cities to engage in
commercial lighting.
Slight examination would have dis
closed these facts and citizens of fair
intelligence should have known them
Respectfully Yours,
John Dinnie.
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far from his hoube az possible. Once
during the visit, Jim Foley of your
own state-private secretary to the
governor, you know-took me aside
and whispered to me that we ought
to be going, as. we had probably taken
up already about $403, O00.86 worth of
the great mans time. I.replied heart
lessly that somehow or other I wasn't
caring for expenses that morning, and
we stayed on.
after that visit magazine editor
asked me for an article on 'Rockefel-
lerthe Man knew just little enough
of him to write fluently on the SUBJ
ject, SOL filled the order Then the
same editor asked me (knowing what
a pull have with wealthy peopley to
get a good photo of Coal Oil Johnny,
to go on the cover of the issue con-
tanning my profound reflections.
wrote and asked for the picture, ex-
planning what it was for. John re-
flied to me, ecstatically calling what a
perfectly sweet time we'd had to-
gether at Cleveland, and fatty refus-
ing the picture, on the ground of
precedent. wrote back and told him
was glad he had refused; that I had
not thought of that precedent PROPOSE
ton. Suppose wrote with tears
hlurring the ink, that it had become
known that l had asked you for a
photo-think what a precedent
would have established! l would have
lost my family's respect, and Hetty
Greer. Russell Sage and all the other
notorious spendthrifts would have
been sore and jealous because had
never written them for photographs.
am glad, dear John. that you have
seen your duty and done It,
"But now all these frivolities are
over, and poor John is lost to the
process-serving world as completely
as If he had once been vice president
of the United States l really don't
see how I'm goins to cheer up suffi-
GENTLY to talk merrily to your audi
ence here, but" as he wiped away
the brine, rubbed the circulation back
into his nose and rose IT, go. "I'll try
it, l suppose"
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Case Comes to Grand Forks.

The case of Thomas F. Brennan
against Thomas F. Costello and Leon
ard West, under the firm name of T.
F. Costello & Co.. started in Rolette
county, has been transferred to Grand
Forks for trial. change of venue be-
ing stipulated by the parties in in
terest. MIR. Brennan, carpenter en-
ployed in the construction of an ele-
vator at McCumber, fell from an alleg-
ed defective scaffold, and received
painful and permanent injuries, le
claims. He brought suit in Rolette
county for damages in the sum Of $4,-
500. The stipulations agreeing on a
change Of venue were entered into a
few days ago, and the case will prob
ably come on for trial at the June
term of the district court. T. F. Co.'S
tello G Co. had the contract for the
construction of the elevator on which
MIR. Brennan was injured.
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Cause Of Intemperance.

The cause and Cure of !ntemper-
ance," by Rev. Mr.. George Barnes of
Fargo was the subject of the convo-
cation at the university Saturday even
ing. The address was a strong one
and was listened to with interest by
a large gathering of students. In
concluding, the speaker eXhorted his
hearers to form an Individual temper
ance society, to go out in life with 4
VOW to do all in their power to create
q sentiment that shall re-enact aad
enforce Gods law.
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GILLIAN THE
.HUMORIST
Author of "Off Agin, On Agin, Gone
Agin, Finnegan" to Lecture Tonight
at the Metr0pOlitan-A Man of
World Wide Repute.

NOrld NIue Kepute.
A long man built like two or three
wind-racked panels of a rail fence,
blew into this Office this morning
wearing nose pinker than the most
sanguine aurora that ever blushed up
from Nansen's summer resort. His
attenuated form was huddled together
like that of a field-wintered steer on
the wind'ard side of haystack, and
he was making muttered remarks of
an incoherent nature regarding Medi-
cine Hat and other places of evil
meteorological repute. Falling into
the other office chair he broke the
startling news that he was Gillian of
Baltimore, Maryland.
That didn't startle anybody until it
began slowly to filter through the busy
office celebra that this was the humor-
list whose national reputation OBJ
tanned through his work in the news
papers, the magazines, the humorous
weeklies and on the lecture platform
had led to his being selected as one
of the numbers in the Y. M. and Y. w.
G. A. lecture course for Grand Forks.
His number is tonight at the opera
house. No humorist since first plat
form humorists began to be, has had
better things said of him wherever
he has been than has Gillian, whose
first universal (but well followed up)
hit was the "Of agin, on agin, gone
agln.-Finnigin" classic. He is equal
ly original in all the serious and hum
orous things he does and says, both
on and off the platform
I'm worried as the mischief these
days." he remarked anxiously, "about
where my old friend Rockefeller can
be. l haven't heard word from him
for weeks, and the suspense is some
thing terrible. To think of that poor
old golf player puttering around some
where in his knickerbockers in the
cold with only million or SO in his
clothes. lodging subpoenaes and col
lecting dividends by the Marconi sys-
tem-isnt 1t enough to make poplar
reoskin shed tears?
How / remember-and mist blurs
my eyes at the memory-the last time
pressed the palm OF the great phil
anthropist. looked in my palm af-
terward, but nothing had adhered. It
is that part Of the memory that causes
the tears. It was at Johns little farm
OF few thousand acres at Cleveland.
We were having our annual conyen-
tion-the American Press Humorists
Of which was the high salaried presi-
dent at the time and we had driven
out in some donated benzine bnggies
to watch the money-monarch fozzle
with the brassies and the lofters. He
received ~ cordially and showed us
al around the grounds, keeping ~ 70 s
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-12
Continuation Case Settled.

An agreed judgment was entered in
the condemnation proceedings of the
Great Northern Railway company
against Bernard Miller and others
which involved lots and IL of Bulge
& Eshelmans' second addition to the
city today, the company paying 1882
for the title to the property.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-12
Merit Recognized.

Marshall Jackson. who is we'll
known in Grand Forks as a terror to
evil doors. has recently been chosen
to fill the responsible position of man
ager of the Winnipeg detective agency.
Mr.. Jackson was for many years a
peace officer at Neche. during which
time he made an International repu-
tation as an efficient official.