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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-02
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Oa1sss - Shipwreck.
~ . representative Of one Of the
assurance underwriters Ith1vs taken
part In the investigations Of more than
100 shipwrscks," said 4 former sea cap.
tain. The causes OF wrecks are drink,
foU, neglect to use the sounding ledd
and unknown currents.
The most dangerous waters are on
the east coast of England. Cape Dshant
and Cape F1nistere. In the past the
shifting Of the cargo caused a good
many wrecks, but the adoption Of feed
pipes has changed all that. Cargoes
liable to shift consist Of wheat, iron
ore, coal and SO on. Great feed pipes
dlled with part of such cargoes now
Dvua down into the hold, and IL the
cargo shifts ut all the pipes automatic
ally pour more cargo into the space
that has been made vacant.
"Of wild part Of the South Amer.
lean coast four master loaded with
high heeled French shoes was once
wrecked. The native Indians stole the
shoes, but couldn't wear them. They
used them instead for boxing gloves.
giving each other terrific taps with the
French hecls.''
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-02
The Cattle shooting Habit.

The irate farmer who orders the city
sportsman off his "lands'' Is always
incomprchensible to the man with the
gun. His stories Of damage to his cat
tie are unbelieved. but there seems to
be some reason for the rural objection
to city gunners. ITO know how wide.
spread the cattle shooting habit is,"
said a government meat inspector, zone
should take up position beside an in
spector at packing house and note
how many cattle are tiayed revealing
a charge Of bird shot in their bodies.
Some are peppered on one side only,
others on both sides. don't know
whether the cases are all accidental or
whether the hunters shoot the cattle
full of bird shot just for fun. but
mighty few, either native OF range cat.
tie, reach the packing houses without
carrying souvenirs of some glorious
hunting trip"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-02

Doctors rs Empire Builders.
The East India company in their %.
tempts to make Roadway in India werv
signally indebted In various stages Of
their progress to humble practitioners
In medicine. 1t was in consequence Of
q cure effected ON the favorite daughter
Of one Of the Mogul emperors that they
had first been allowed footing in Ben.
gal.
Later still, in the year 1715, 4 med
tcal man named Hamilton, as reward
Tor curing the relgning emperor Of an
illness, obtained for the company q
grant of three villages near Madras, q
permission to purchase thirty -seven
townships In Bengal and the privilege
Of introducing and conveying their
merchandise from Calcutta through
Bengal without duty or search.
The footing thus gained and the ac-
companylng patronage and encourage
ment enabled the East India company
to make such progress us to cut out all
foreign rivals. So England, through
tie company, gradually obtained full
sway over India.-Londen Mail.
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The EVENING T1AESl GRAND FORKS. N. D.
wes.!.lt. VIZ.

\ $yvebstsF's sAs. An
Aostmen Of weight dislike the 'fraA
gut md satiA chairs which accidental
Y fall ITO their lot In 4 crowded draw
ing room. They were In use In Mr..
Webster's time. At ap evening retep
ton given to some western lawyer,
soon after the accession Of President
Tyler and the dissolution Of President
HarTison's cabinet Mr.. Stanbefry. late
attorney general, was accompanied By
his bashful friend, Mr.. Leonard, who
Immediately retired to corner and
selected this gllded trifle us, a resting
place. In order to withdraw still far.
tller from notice he tilted the fran
structure backward. Down it went
smashed into q dozen pieces. and Leon.
ard the embarrassed was Leonard the
observed by all. Mr.. Webster imme.
diately rushed to the rescue of his I'm.
fortunate guest and raised him from
the floor with the reassuring remark,
why, my dear Mr.. Leonard, you
should have remembered that no cabi.
net work would hold together here"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-02
salt water FAILS.

There are good many salt cataracts
In existence. They may be found in
Norway, southern Chile and British Co.
lumbia. where narrow tiords, or arms
of the seu. are INSTRUCTED by barriers
Of rock. The rising tide flows over and
filters through such reefs into the great
natural reservoirs beyond. but the wa
ter is held back at the ebb until it
breaks over the obstruction in an ire
sistible torrent. Most curious Of all is
the waterfall ut Canoe passage, where
the island of Vancouver approaches the
British Columbia mainland. Here the
food tide from the gulf Of Georgia. to
tie southwark, is damned back at
ARROW cleft between two islands until
it pours over in boiling cascade eight
cen feet high. with perhaps double the
volume of the Rhine. At the turn OF
the tide. however the waters from the
north rush back into the gulf, produc-
ing Il cascade Of equal height and vol
ume. This salt water fall actually flows
both ways.
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Boomerang Te.timonial.

The oriental point Of view is an in.
structive one, as is shown by the fol-
lowing:
At Allahabad, India, there has Just
been issued the report of the Hospital
For Women, and the Pioneer of that
city prints couple of graceful letters
quoted in the report. The first address.
ed the lady at the head of the institu.
ton thus:
Dear She-My wife has returned from
your hospital cured. Provided males are
allowed at your bungalow. would like
to do you the honor of presenting myself
there this afternoon, but will not try to
repay you-vengeance belongeth unto God
Yours noticeablN.
The second was in q strain of even
more punctilious courtesy. It, ran: n
Dear and Fair Madam-I have much
pleasure to inform you that my dearly
unfortunate wife will be no longer under
your kind treatment, she having left this
world for the other the night of the 9th
.ult. For Your help in this matter I shall
ever remain grateful. Yours reverently.
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srr.nse Taste In Eating.

Many strange dishes were eaten b,
Dean auckland, the English clergyman
and seologist. At his dinner parties,
which were attended by leaders of sci.
ence and literature, the menus were
often Of most eccentric character. On
one occasion picked horse tongue was
greatly relished by the guests until
they were told what they had eaten.
Alligator was served up as a rare deli.
cacy and puppies occasionally and
mice frequently. At other times hedge
hogs. tortoises, ported ostrich and
sometimes rats, frogs and snaiIs were
prepared for the delectation Of favor.
cd guests. Henry Labouchere said that
the dean swallowed the mummified re-
mains of the heart Of Louis XIV. Of
France.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-02

Persons wishing to register in their
hast wills and testaments their feelings
regarding their natural heirs may take
a. model the following crisp effort Of
an Englishman, William Hall: II give
to that vile wretch, Samuel Hall, who
! admitted of the temple many years
since. but he sold his gown, and in
seven years 1 could never get him to
church but once, and twice he assault
ed me. and at the time he had certainly
killed me IL by Gods providence had
not by maidservant been thrown
against a great fire, the sum Of 10 shil-
llngs. to be paid him every Monday
upon request, and l wish that the
FIRST food he takes after my death win
choke him."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-02

Species Of Book Collectors.
In this age Of specialization even 80
simple subject as book collecting is
subdivided in a complex, scientific
way.
Book collectors of the twentieth cen.
tury fall naturally into these classes:
Bibliomane-An indiscriminate, emo
tfonal collector.
Bibliognoste A learned collector
very expert in imprints, first editions
and the technicalities.
Bibliograph-A collector who writes
about his collections.
Bibliotaplle-A cautious collector who
Keeps his books always under lock and
key in glass cases.
Bibliophile-A real lover Of books.
one who buys books only for the pleas
ure, Of reading them. - Minneapolis
Journal.
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When Every one i. Be.utiful.


1t has been said in cold print that
men and women are growing more and
more beautiful and that the progress
Of civilization, the better understand.
Ing Of tine laws Of health, is to- bring
time when all of us will be of abso-
lutely perfect beauty-or, rather, not
us, but our ultimate remote descend
ants. 1t is little difficult to feel envy,
hatred and malice for ones descend.
ants, but this news is enough to In
duce that evil state Of mind. However,
the prospect affects one writer quite
otherwise. After all, says she, our
lovely descendants will not have so
gay time. For If every one is good
looking. what on earth is the good Of
being good looking? So, after all, there
are some advantages in living now
adays. Few Of us have no dear friends
uglier than ourselves. What is the use
Of q friend ifsshe is not little-well,
plain?
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Beat. Horse show Driv,nr.

A western man was telling some sto.
ries of daring driving, some realistic
and some hyperbolic. There is sto-
r." lie said. ''of One Eyed Pete Nc
Coy. If this story is true, the fourth.
hand drivers Of the east are only prac.
ticing dccayed and degenerate form
Of coaching. One Eyed Pete drove a
Dakota stagecoach that made circuit
Of Deadwood, Carbonate, Spearfish and
Bear Gulch.l He tore into Carbonate
one day on his usual dead run. Like
an avalanche, the coach clattered up to
the hotel door. There suddenly it stop.
ped, and one Of the horses fell stone
Dead
ery sudden DEATH said a by
Sudden? Not at all,' said One Eyed
Pete. That there boss died at the top
Of the hill, nine milesback, sir, but i
want goln' to let him down till I got
TO the reg'lar stoppln' place."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-02

Centuries ago. by the waters of the
Bosporus. the Persian lover sought
flower with scarlet petals and heart Of
gold. We call it the tulip. TO him 1t
was the emblem Of love. In Persia,
parts Of Asia and OH the shores of the
Mediterranean the tulip grows wild.
Today the tulip beds near HARLEM are
among the wonders of that quaint
Dutch town. Though once the symbol
Of love, in our modern floral language
the tulip stands for Inconsistency. She
Il called Haunting and bold. Hood calls
her "a saucy quean."
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A Quick D.l,veryL ets.-.

1t is a curious fact that century
and half ago letter Travelled much
faster than ever it has done since. It
was in 1853 that Lord March made a
heavy wager that he would cause =
letter to be conveyed 100 miles within
an hour. His lordship engaged q score
Of cricketers, all expert throwers and
catchers, had the missive inclosed In q
ball. and, arranging his men af inter
walls In circle. got them to throw the
ball as swiftly as possible from oue
to another. At the end Of the hour Il
was found that the letter had travetod
almost exactly 100 miles.-Era Mag
zine.
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4 L.ek 81 com,.t,t,on,

The old squire was narrating his ex.
pertences with county fairs. You new
er had much to do with managing
them. perhaps" he said. well, 1 have
had great deal. 1t takes Il lot of
head work, can tell you. to think up
popular features outside of the big
steers, the fat hogs, sthe mammoth
,s1uashes; the poultry; the preserves,
the lace tides and the agricultural
horse rots to draw the crowd.
Il remember one year." he proceed
Cd, when we got every body's interest
excited BY announcing prize Of gold
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The Tail of the Comet.

1t is one of the most wonderful of all
the phenomena that confront us in the
study of nature that the tail of the
comet. visible through such a vast area
OF space. is one of the most transpar-
ent of objects. The tail of the comet liz
much more transparent than the
eartl's atmosphere, as this ut its best
would In bulk act as an Opaque cur
tain. But stars are seen almost as dis
tinctly through the comets tail az
through the adjacent atmosphere. Com
cts Change their form and appearance
with the utmost rapidity and finally
back steadily away from the sun, like
courtier out Of the royal presence.
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4. PAGE ! ! !
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i0Ae 81 the oaaf4sse nk -. u - SS.
CivilisatlSn. 81 81
The use Of Ice for heating purpoeS
- one Of the oddities of or modern
civilization. Often It happens that u
train carrying fruit from the south to
the northern market encounters i cold
spell while en- route. IL the teimpefas
ture goes below q certain point the per-
ishable merchandise will be ruined.
But such misfortune may be prevenf-
I'd by covering the fruit car with 4
coat Of ice, a thing easily accomplished
BY turning hose upon it and allowing
the water to freeze until the whole We
hicle is enveloped in CLASSY and gilt
tering blanket. !.
It may, indeed, be appropriately CALI
ed blanket, inasmuch as 1t prevents
the radiation of heat from the interior
Of the car. The ice being good n0n-
conductor the warmth is retained and
the fruit, or possibly it may be vegeta-
bles. goes on its way unspoiled even
by zero weather.
Cars used for transporting oranges
and other fruit from California to the
east are often provided nowadays with
large cylindrical lice Stoves" as they
might be called, at each end, which,
while useful in summer time for re-
frigeration, are filed with ice during
q cold spell in winter. When the tenn.
perature outside is at zero or below,
the Ice, at 32 degrees f., is compare
lively warm, and thus the stoves" de-
scribed act as heaters.
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Cahforuh's giant trees, the sequoias,
Thousands Of years old, have been pre-
served to this day because Of their
enormously thick bark. From time to
time In the course Of ages forest fires
have swept through the big tree lands,
destroying everything, yet only scorch-
inS for . couple Of inches depth or %
the ainscst nreproof bark. The danes.
having carbonixed that much Of tho
bark. could not penetrate farther, for
the carbonixed portion formed an alb
solutely freproof covering for the n.
matnder Of the interior bark.
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OK Rones.

OK bone. have a considerable valul
The four feet Of an ordinary OK wt1
make a pint Of heats foot oil. Ths
thigh bone Is the most valuable, being
useful for cutting into toothbrush ha1p
dies. The fore leg bones are mads
into collar buttons and parasol hand1GG
The water in which the bones are boil
cd IS reduced to glue, while the du1e
which comes from saving the bones .
turned into food for cattle and poultry
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the bridge and saw yeu.s
Z There wasSa pat during whish ~
rat studying on tho ilhpdet1nt problem
that had come up between ~. 5,ss. y
We'll" I said IT last. '.tsnca yen
won't marry q man impure enough 10
klss Z pure girl I don't - hut that,
Tn not imina culate, = ahs said, hang
ing her head. s5
.srhen why do you expect an immacu-
late loverr' & 5sis g g
= have long had ! confession on my
mind. II &. h B,
make It. 2 's+ss
g. at that same nutting party
'sWell?' q. 81. s
at the moment ! came upon you and
Daisy
sWcl?" X. ss,
II was walking with-with friend"
: You're sure he wasn't a lover2"
" q friend who might or might not be
lover. When we saw you 60 away
from under the bridge we went there
ourselves and sat down. Then he
kissedSne
All this came hard, but It all came at
last, and felt that l was safe from
further molestation as to my own pee
cadillos. was a trife irrltated at hav-
ing had to go through so much for SO
little and, rising, said coldly:
$50 suppose your Knowledge
knowledge you have had for more than
year-that 1 am not perfectly pure
ends all between u.s."
II have confessed to an equal sin. II
you will forgive me, will forgive you"
"Oh, see it all now. Having sin ON
your conscience. you first bring up an
equal one on my part"
II think you are very unkind."
'.rhere is one thing I don't like about
this matter. one thing in which you
have had the advantage Of me. You
know the grill kissed; 1 don't know the
man who kissed you"
SIS It necessary that should confess
that7 No one expects anything of
man."
.But you have expected something Of
ne"
Eva patted her foot on the carpet. II
only intended to confess my part in the
matter" she said.
cit has. not been necessary that yeu
should confess anything. You did It to
ease your conscience. not at any re-
quest from me-"
Here occurred the only effective argu-
ment in this mild blow on a mill pond,
. tear that saw glistening in Bva's
eye. The episode was closed.
That lAsbt overstayed my limit an
hour. #. A., mitchell.
Plenty Of Talk.
You say that public official had moth
ng to say?" said the editor.
Eyes" answered the self confident re-
Eoorter, "but he talked three quarters Of
IN hour before I discovered it."-wash.
hgton Star.
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SatisfaIction.

30 you know that your attentions
wsafy me?'
ADo they. indeed? I was beginning
to feel that had failed to make any
Impression whatever" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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@ scieacs
'5IorilE,i,nlal

n 81 Original n. "A
Eva and I had been treading the
leasant rad OF newly engaged peos
i Ne Z week when we encountered our
1nt stumbling block. Icalled Wednes.
dAy and Saturday evening to arrive
not before 8, to leave not after Ii. I
Invariably arrived as the clock struck
the hour Of meeting and departed
well. stayed US long after II as I
dared. On the seventh day after our
/ engagement was on time and was
ushered into the green drawing room,
which, It had been stipulated, should
be reserved for our exclusive use. Eva
advanced as usual to meet me, and il
was proceeding to greet her with the
usual kiss when she stopped me. s
Ny heart sank. had had a hard
] struggle to get her away from d rival,
and it occurred to me that she had,
after all, discovered she loved him and
didn't love me. However withheld
4 any expression of trepidation and sank
on to the sofa wire ! usually sat. Hut
tonight instead o. sitting so close to
Eva that a sheet OF paper could not be
thrust between us / sat on one end of
s;the sofa, while Eva sat on the other.
II was plain by her expression that
something, of Importance weighed on
her mind. dreaded to hear her speak
the word that should undo all that had
been SO delightfully."- done. She had
taken me UP into the 'delectable. noun,
tains," and now she was about to east
me into "bottomless pitt
Harry" she began, something has
been on my mind ever since we've been
engaged" o,s
What is it?'' faltered.
.sYou know. I've always said I
wouldn't marry any but perfectly
pure man. s3 s s
Il know it. see it all. You're go
ling to break our engagement because
I'm not good enough
III Don't 60 so fast. Often when you
have kissed me l have wondered IL
you have ever kissed any one else
I've thought that it would be better to
ask you and get the matter OF my
mind I'M; Isl
But supposing / have"
"Supposing you have-well, suppos-
ing you have" A touch Of feminine
curiosity came into her eyes and voice.
In that case it would depend upon
whom you have kissed"
81 never kiss and tell"
Its not telling; it's confessing."}
"But, what right would have to tell
that had kissed q girl2"
"You have only the right to tell me.
No one else. Of course"
"Do you think the girl who has been
kissed would assent to that?"
A "she has nothing 20 do with the mat
fsr.''
'sHumphy'
This to me was, 4 reductio I'D alb.
surdum, but to Eva valid argument
on her side. Our relations were be.
coming strained.
It do you remember the autumn We
~ went nutting2' Eva asked.
4. perfectly"
And bow - and Daisy Langdon
wandered away and sat under the
beidgey 5#.; ii !
did WEEP
'tOf course you did. You remember
4 well enough. You put your arm
around her waist and kissed her. !
4 ssHow did you know al thisr',
r happened to- b waking toward
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Lincoln,s Intex.afx.

No man ever believed in his cailing
more thoroughly than Lincoln. and be
had no patience with the much mouth
ed charge that honesty was not com.
patible with it's practice.
LET no young man choosing the law
Tor calling yield to that popular be-
lef.o he wrote, Resolve to be honest,
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oualiAeA.

"What! You marry my daughter
@undered old Roxley--you. q nas
clerk
mo. SIR" replied young Hunter. "nse
Q clerk. but gentleman now. I -
dsned my job The moment yuur dauyA-
~ accepted mAs-RhilaAelyhia Pre-.
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neH.~,. N.-.-~ ~. $50. 49,. 800. ~
the county and . silk dress pattern for
tho homeliest woman. After . spirited
competition the cane was awarded b
Colonel Van Jessup. the landlord of the
Van Jessup hotel"
Eyes. know him." Interrupted one
Of the listeners. land I've seen the
cane. Who got the silk dress for being
the homcliest womanY"
"Nobody. There weren't any entries"
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Necklaces.

Geekness Is imperfect IL It b not
18th active and passive, leading NJ to
suhdue our own passions and resent.
nsnts as well as to bear patiently the
eaai0ns anS rasentmenta OF others
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Beware SO long as you live Of judg-
Ing people by appearances.-La Fon-
taine.
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DEeezy-Why did you resign nEum -
Dent Worry club? Easy-I discovered
that the way the rest Of them rot ont
q worrying was BY falling III thsk
troubles 10 me.-Detoit Free Pres
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