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The evening times., 1911-08-17

= The students Of the seven different
institutions Of learning will be back
at their books within the next three
weeks, as the various school terms
of the city will start from September
to September s.
The public schools Of the city will
open on September II, and prepara-
tions are now being made for the re-
ception Of the pupils. Six rooms have
been added to the Winship school and
improvements have been many In
other buildings, probably the most
notable improvements being those
made in the domestic science depart
ment Of the high school.
The domestic science rooms are 10
Gated in the basement on the Fourth
street side of the Central school
building. The cooking class room is
one Of the most complete in the Unit
ed States, everything needed having
been purchased and all Of the equip
ment being of the most modern type.
The tables in this department are OF
while tile. which will not burn or
scorch. The gas burners which have
been installed are of the most I'M
proved type and the room presents
very neat and attractive appearance.
Individual burners have been pro-
vided, enough for class Of thirty.
While the utensils have not as yet
been purchased, they will have been
secured by September II.
Exclusive of the high school depart
ment in the Central school. in the six
school buildings Of the city, there are
now eighty-six rooms.
University Opens September 81.
Tuesday and Wednesday, September
10 and 90, will be registration days
for the University Of North Dakota
students. Regular. classes will start
on Thursday, September 81.
Applications for roms have been
coming in lately and it is expected
that large freshman class will en-
ter the university tkis fall. Practi-
cally all Of the upper classmen will
be back to finish their courses and 1t
is expected that the attendance at
the state institution this coming
school year will be the largest in its
history.
One Of the most interesting features
of the opening Of school at the uni
versity, is the fact that the univer-
sity commons building will be ready
for use. The finishing touches on
this building have been made and
the kitchen is now installed.
The main dining room Of the build
ing, which will seat about 400, is
one of the show places Of the institu-
ton. Designed by Joseph Bell De-
,Remer Of this city. there is hardly q
university in the country which has
such an excellent eating place as
the University of North Dakota.
The main dining hall Is finished In re-
production Of an old English dining
hall and is an excellent replica of the
original The cafeteria of the COM
mons building is also modern In
every particular.
Owing to the fact that the dormi-
tory rooms are largely filled at the
present time, all prospective students
who intend to room at the university,
are requested to write Immediately to
Registrar John Woods at once.
Business Colleges Open.
The Union Commercial college, al
though it has been attended by q
number Of pupils during the summer
months, will start the official fall
term on Monday, June 4. The fall
term at Aaker's Business college will
The evening times., 1911-08-17
HOG CHOLERA IS DAMAGING
Big Losses Are Being Sustained by the
Farmers Of Illinois, Says
n. NJ. O'COnnOr.

NJ. NJ. O'Connor, who has lately re-
turned from Illinois, where he had
been on business trip, states that
hog cholera is creating great losses
to the farmers of that state and there
is hardly farmer in some vicinities
who has not suffered losses to stock
through the ravages of the disease.
One farmer, whom Mr.. O'Connor was
talking with, stated that 112 hogs out
of total drove Of lit were killed
by the disease in less than three
weeks.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
JAIL BREAKERS.
Two Men Wanted at Bottineau by
Sheriff SandstrOm.

Sheriff Benson is in receipt of a
description Of two men who escaped
from the county jail at Bottineau:
Geo. 7. Mefford, SO years old, height
5 feet. 8 inches, complexion dark.
stoutly built, weight about ITS pounds,
wore dark suit when escaped, but
also took along a grey suit. Had a
small brown moustache.
Paul Gore, aged 30 years. height 5
feet. 10 inches, slightly stopped or
round shouldered, grey eyes. COM
plexion dark, weight 165 pounds.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
Threshed Winter Wheat.

L. D. Wyman of Northwood was in
Grand Forks today and reports hav-
Ing completed his winter wheat
threshfng, securing fourteen bushels
to the acre. He Is also we'll along
with harvest. Rust, in the Northwood
district. is not serious factor, he
says.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
Returned 10 S,,okane.

Elmer Hutzenpiller, formerly a
resident Of this city, now of Spokane,
Wash. who has been spending the
past week or ten days in the city
visiting with old time friends, left
Wednesday evening for his home in
the west,
The evening times., 1911-08-17
who is spending the summer in Min
neapolis.

neapOliS.
Wesley College.
Wesley college will open for regis
tration on September 10 and classes
will be in full swing by September 81.
The faculty Of the institution will re-
main the same as last year.
Applications have been numerous
for rooms in the Wesley college resi-
dence buildings. Larimore hall, the
young women's building for students
of both Wesley college and the uni
versity. proved popular dormitory
last year and requests for rooms have
been very numerous. Sayre hall, the
mems dormitory, will also be filled
to capacity as requests for rooms have
been many.
The evening times., 1911-08-17

A person who diets to get thin lies
about how little he eats.
The evening times., 1911-08-17

A narrow margin never spells pos
sible defeat to an egotistical candi-
date.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
Here from Inkster

Miss Ara Bemis OF Inkster is
spending the day in the city calling
'0n friends.
The evening times., 1911-08-17

Most everyone is proud of his an
cestors if they are dead.
The evening times., 1911-08-17

South Dakota visitors to the con-
vention reached the city Wednesday
evening. covering the entire distance
by automobile from Aberdeen. In the
party were j. R. Hubbard, F. L. Swan
The evening times., 1911-08-17

1t was a decided surprise for the
hotel men to arrive in Lincoln park
last night and find such a modern and
we'll kept park. And right away they
were enthusiastic over it.
The evening times., 1911-08-17
3 s = = : E = 3 , > , + ;
A READERS NOTES

There were number of additional
registrations of members late Wednes-
day afternoon and this morning, and
among them were V. H. Johnson of
Casselton: Jos H. keenan, of the Hen
shaw, Omaha; W. H. Conklin of
Brookings, S. D.; L. K. Crump of the
Hotel Hoist of Boone, Iowa; II. A.
Kruell Of the NIetropole, Fargo; NJ
R. Mayer of the Great Northern in
Devils Lake; VIM. S. Beard of the
Nicollet of Minneapolis, and ]. S.
Harding of the Colonial of Detroit,
Minn.
J. E. keenan, of the Henshaw of
Omaha, Neb.. is one of the active men,
bers of the association here for the
convention, and he made life decided
ly pleasant for the southern delegates
on their tour from Omaha to Grand
Forks. In charge of the commisary
department Mr.. keenan, shows him
self to be decidedly capable in keep
ing the party we'll cared for, and all
who made the trip are enthusiastic
over his entertaining abilities.
The evening times., 1911-08-17

Yesterday the delegates had their
pictures took" and the results are
quite satisfactory to all concerned
The evening times., 1911-08-17

The Grand Forks lodge of Elks is
giving the convention visitors addi-
tional opportunities for enjoying the
stay in Grand Forks.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
SIGNED IN A HURRY.
Curious Incident That Brought the
Savaqes to Terms

SaVd9eS TO effnS.
The ambassador who would protect
his cOuntry's rights must exercise tact
and call into use the deepest learning.
And, after all, his plans may be frus-
trated or unexpectedly furthered by
some happening entirely beyond his
control. In a biography Of Sir Robert
Hart, Juliet BredOn instances a treaty
without parallel as case Of good
luck.
During one of those terrible storms
which periodically sweep the shores
OF Formosa an American vessel was
wrecked and the crew eaten by the
aborigines. The nearest American
consul thereupon journeyed inland to
the savage territory in order to make
terms with the cannibals for future
emergencies.
Unfortunately the chiefs refused to
listen and would have nothing to do
with the agreement prepared for their
signature.
The consul was irritate by their OBJ
stinacy. He had bad temper and
G,i1oo Cy anu W lICu IOSL tuC AlSL
the second annoyed him. Under great
stress Of excitement he occasionally
slipped the eye out for moment, rub
bed it violently on his coat sleeve, then
as rapidly replaced it. This he did
there in the council hut, utterly for
getful of his audience and before a
soul could say the Formosan equiva-
lent of "Jack Robinson"
The chiefs paled, stiffened, shudder-
ed with fright. One with more pres
ence of mind than his fellows called
for pen.
eyes, quick, penn the word passed
from mouth to mouth No more obsti-
macy, no more hesitation; all of them
clamored to sign, willing, even eager,
to yield to any demand that a man
gifted with the supernatural power of
taking out his eye and replacing it at
pleasure might make.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
The Bull of PhaJaris.

Perillus of Athens is said by the an.
Client authorities to have invented fol
Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigentum, B. G.
$40, a brazen bull which opened on
the side to admit victims who were to
be roasted to death by the fire which
was built underneath. The dying
groans of the sufferers closely resem-
bled the roaring Of maddened BULL"
hence the name that was given to the
invention. 1t is refreshing to know
that later on the populace rose against
Phalaris and burned the tyrant in the
bull that he had made to be the cause
OF death to so many others.-New York
American.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
FORCE OF LIGHTNING.
An Ordinary Stroke Is About Equal .
Fifty Thousand Horsenower

An Ordinary Stroke Is About Equal to
Fifty Thousand Horsepower.
Frequently surprise is expressed at
the effect Of a stroke of lightning
which splinters large tree or wrecks
tall chimney, but if the enormous
power developed by an ordinary stroke
Of lightning is taken into considera-
ton the wonder will be that the effect
is so small.
Scientists estimate that an "ordi-
nary" stroke of lightning is of $4,000
horsepower. That is force sufficient to
drive the largest battleship ever built
at top speed. The lightning stroke,
however, travels at a speed of 10000
miles per second. We think we see
flash of lightning, but as a matter Of
fact what we see is only the memory
Of a flash. The electrical current has
been absorbed by the earth long before
we are conscious of having seen the
flash. A person struck by a direct
flash would never see it.
The average electromotive force of
"bolt'' of lightning is about 100000
volts, and the current is 100000 am
peres. In such 'bolt" there is energy
equal to 2,45O,OOO volts, or 1924, 1872
horsepower. Some day a wizard will
arise who will capture and bind a
bolt of lightning and with it turn all
the wheels Of great city.
The time required for the discharge
of a "bolt" Of lightning is about one
twenty-thousandth of a second.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
QUEER CAVALRY CHARGE.
Attack Upon Stranded Gunboat by
Mounted Squad.

Attack Upon a Stranded Gunboat by
Mounted Squad.
After the action at Sabine Cross
roads Gn April, 1864 the Lexington
was leading the feet on the way down
the Red river. A rifle FIRE was direct
ed upon her decks from the Confed-
crate skirmishers on the shore. At
one point the river widei:cd out and
the channel meandered through an
open stretch of comparatively shallow
water. AS the Lexington reached this
open stretch the man at the wheel, who
had been replaced once or twice dur
ing the trip, was struck by well di-
rected shot from the bank. The little
vessel turned sidewise to the current
and grounded bow and stern across
the narrow channel. A squad of Con-
federate cavalry, led by General Green
and Ex-Governor Mouton, seized the
opportunity for brilliant coup. They
rode out through the shadows, the wa
ter being up to the shoulders Of their
horses, keeping up such sharp fire
that the decks Of the gunboat had to
be abandoned. The cavalry reached
the edge Of the channel, and 1t seemed
for moment as If they would be able
to get on board and take possession
OF the vessel. If their attempt had
been successful the vessel would have
been sunk where she lay and the chan
mel would have been blocked. The
next vessel in the column was still
above the point waiting until by the
movement Of the smoke from the
stacks Of the Lexington it could be
known that the channel was clear.
The men on the gunboat finally sue
ceeded in bringing to bear a gun from
below, and a volley of shrapnel killed
General Green. Discouraged by the
death of their leader, the cavalry turn
ed back to the bank. The Yankee
gunne"s again took possession of the
deck and the wheelhouse, and, getting
out their stills Qong poles fastened by
swinging bolts to the side Of the YES
seD, they succeeded, although still un-
der sharp fire, in pushing the bows
Of the vessel around and getting her
again under way.-American Review
IF Reviews.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
THE SOUP PLATE.
A Seventeenth Century Cookbook
Tells Why 1t Was Invented,

A Seventeenth Century Cookbook
Tells Why 1t Was Invented.
A valet of Louis XIV. published q
cookbook in 1863 in which he gives as
follows the reason for the invention of
the hollow soup plate:
Inc plates of the guests will be hoI-
low IN order that they may help them
selves to as much soup as they may
want without being obliged to take it
spoonful by spoonful because of the
disgust they may have for one another
on seeing the spoon go from the mouth
to the tureen.
Guests, it will be seen, used their
own spoons to fill their plates, the
large spoon to be used for serving the
soup not being invented till some time
later.
Yet even a hundred years after the
invention OF the soup plate Q749
work on ciyility advised that all the
dishes should be so placed on the table
that every one could reach them with
his spoon and that If the soup was
served In a dish GureeD every one
should help himself with his own
lepoon without seeming to be in hurry.
4 work on manners that appeared
So before the French revolution
lleemed 1t best to advise its readers
that 1t was fmpolite to pass the spoon
back and forth between the mouth and
tho tarAA-
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
CREATING A VIOLIN.
No Hard and Fast Rules to Guide the
Artist Mechanic.


Violins are the most delicate and
uncertain of musical instruments to
make. There are no hard and fast
rules to follow. 1t is like making a
human voice. The quality differs ac-
cording to the wood, the seasoning and
the construction of the few parts in it.
The violin contains the fewest parts
Of any musical instrument invented,
and it seems like the simplest of them
all to make. But, alas, it defies the
expert, the practical mechanic and the
musician! Anybody can make a vio-
lin, but few can make a good one.
So, with the exception Of compare
lively few factory violins, most of
them are produced by individual in
strument makers, who spend more
loving care over them than a mother
does over her first child.
A violin maker is an artist me-
chanic, a sort of anomaly in this age
Of machinery. With pot of glue,
few sharp tools, a cabinetmaker's
bench and few sticks of wood he
will labor diligently in the creation Of
an instrument that may give forth the
sweetest, the widest, the weirdest and
the strangest musical notes. He will
glue his instrument together and then
take 1t apart twenty times to adjust,
the fraction of an inch, the bass bar
or the sounding post. A creator Of a
violin may spend weeks on a single
instrument and then find, to his dis
gust, that it does not satisfy The ex-
act point where the sounding post-a
stick of wood only little larger than
match-should be placed can never
be determined in advance 1t is a |
mystery that ever recurs in each new |
violin.
Then the wood is Of so much impor-
lance to the violin maker-none of
your fresh timber nor kiln dried stuff!
1t must be seasoned by years, even by
decades and centuries. Every time
century old house is demolished some
musical maker is likely to appear on
the scene and make a quiet bid for
some Of the thin old rafters. To the
novice they may seem worthless, but
the violin maker may find in this cen
fury old timber just the wood for his
beloved instruments.-Ch Chicago Record
Herald
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
Domestic Life In England In the Tim,
of Henry VIII.

Domestic Life In England In the Time
of Henry VIII.
In that remarkably minute chronicle
of domestic life in England in the
time of Henry WILL, Tusser's give
Hundred Points of Good Husbandry,''
the learned and pious author seems
to take it for granted that the only
way of dealing with maidservants is
to thrash them numerically.
He tells us in his inimitable doggerel
that "a maid must be forced to be
cleanly' or she is to be made to cry
creak." Mistresses are advised ito go
about with holly wand in their hand,
although they may not always have
occasion to use it, and to pay home
when they fight"-that is to say,
thrash-"but not to be always child
ing" AS regards the laundry, the
domestic serfs are warned to take
heed when they wash or run in the
lash and to wash well, wiring well and
beat well, so that if any lack beat
ing it will be themselves"
AS for the unhappy Cicely, the dairy
maid, she is to cry "creak"-that is to
say, to be thrashed-if her cheese is
''hoven' or pulled up, and If the
cheese be tough Cicely is to have "a
crash" II the cheese be spotted
Cicely is to be amended by the bayes,
and if it be too full of whey the
wretched dairymaid is to have "a
dressing" Finally, If any maggots are
found in the cheese, mistress is to be
Cicely by and by"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
TECUMSEH'S MISSING BUST.
The Reason 1t Was Taken From Its
Niche In the CapitoI.

|
Niche In the Capitol.
where is the bust of Tecumseh
that used to be in a niche on the SEN
ate side of the capitol?" Richard Liv-
ingston, student of American his
tory, asked recently.
II know that years ago there was a
fine bronze bust of an Indian, and the
name Tecumseh was on the pedestal,
and as Tecumseh was about the most
famous Indian chief of our school his
tory books every American boy took
more interest in surveying his fea-
lures than in looking over the faces Of
eminent white men in the big build
ing. 1 walked all over the building
and saw Indians enough in paintings
and statuary, also some live ones, but
no Tecumseh. Then l hunted up my
congressman, and he went through a
guidebook-no use. Then we ques-
toned the guides. They had not
heard of Tecumseh bust, and most
of them asked, What state was the
senator from?'
Il was about to give it up. Then
somber sort of chap with silk hat
and a red flower in his buttonhole re-
Heved my anxiety. He explained
what I had not thought Of before, and
that was the fact that Tecumseh was
killed in battle wearing the uniform
OF a British general. He died fight
ing the American flag. Why should
he be honored with a bust in the cap
itol?
"And then 1 was told that the Te-
cumseh bust really had been in the
capitol for many years until one day a
wise senator. familiar with the history
of his country. made a protest. That
sent the Tecumseh bust to the cellar
or to some museum here in town.
Washington Post.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
When a poa Chokes 8.

Dogs frequently choke A bone, q
nail or a piece of tin gets in the
throat. and there is great danger of
death before the arrival of The surgeon.
Many Of them do die, but there is no
reason for this. for it is easy, without
the slightest danger of getting bitten,
to put the aad in the mouth of a dog
and to draw out or push d. wn the OBJ
struction that is choking it A bandage
"a handkerchief or towel will do-is
passed between the teeth and over the
upper jaw, and in similar way anoth-
er bandage is passed betwe, the teeth
and over the under jaw. One person,
holding the ends of these two band
ages, keeps the dogs mouth wide open.
A second person can then with perfect
ease and safety put his fingers down
the animals throat and relieve it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
PATRICK HENRY.
Thomas Jefferson's Opinion of the Ora.
tor and Patriot.

Thomas Jefferson's Opinion of the Ora
tor and Patriot.
When William Writ was engaged il
writing the memoirs of Patrick Henry
he turned for information to Thomas
Jefferson, who had been associated
with the orator for many years, ask
ing his aid in furnishing biographical
material for the work The correspond
ence between Writ and Jefferson, pub.
lished in the Pennsylvania Magazine
of History and Biography, from the
manuscript collection Of John Gribbel,
has a decidedly interesting passage
showing the opinion Jefferson held
about his famous colleague. In answer
to Wirt's first request Jefferson re-
plies with an assent and adds a gen.
eral and unfavorable summary of
Henry's character:
HE was certainly the man who gave
the first impulse to the ball of revolu-
ton. were l to give his character in
general terms, it would be of mixed
aspect. l think he was the best
numored man IN society I almost ever
knew, and the greatest orator that
ever lived. he had consumate knoll
edge of the human heart, which di-
recting the efforts of his eloquence
enabled him to attain degree of pop
ularity with the people at large never
perhaps equalled. his judgment in
other matters was inaccurate in mat
tiers of law it was not worth copper:
he was avaricious & rotten hearted.
his two great passions were the love
Of money & of fame; but when these
came into competition the former pre-
dominated. If the work you propose is
not destined to come out speedily l i
VIII endeavor to recollect what may be
Of use to it''
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-05-26
GETTING EXACT Time.
A Very Simple Matter, According to
This Mans Idea.

n very Simple Matter, According to
This Mans Idea.
There Is nothing like having one
dmepiece to correct the mistakes of
another. Those people who keep a
clock in every room Of the house will
no doubt be glad to learn Of the ex-
pedient adopted by an old colored jani-
tor in an Office building in Chicago.
One day a man whose Office was I'M
der this janitor's charge asked him if
he had the exact time. "Just a mo-
ment, SIR" he said and pulled out a
battered silver watch from a vest
pocket looked at it, put it back and
then took pencil out of another
pocket and jotted down something on
the back of an envelope.
Next he produced a second silver
watch from his trousers pocket, looked
at it and began to figure out some
thing on the paper. By and by he
said:
when you asked, sir, it were jest
twenty-seven minutes past 3-that's
exact"
Much obliged said the other, who
had been lingering his watch nervous
~. "But will you please tell me what
you were doing all that arithmetic
for?"
"Why, you see," said the old man,
this watch that carry in my vest is
Z. mighty good watch. only it gains ten