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The evening times., 1911-08-05
DEAN A. A. BRUCE AND
T0RGERS!QMS ON
CANOE TRIP
They Left Friday For winni.
: peg-Not a Bit supersti-
tious Are They

Dean A. A. Bruce, Samuel Torger-
son and son, Will Torgerson, left
Friday in canoe for Winnipeg by
way of the Red river. Undaunted by
the heavy downpour Of rain, undaunt-
ed by the old superstition against
starting any project on Friday, the
three boatmen started out to paddle
their own canoe" to the Canadian
city.
The party expects to be gone about
ten days. The return trip will be made
by train as the task of rowing up
stream was considered too much like
hard labor. The trip down the stream
will be made by easy stages and the
party will camp out at night. The
wayfarers anticipate a most enjoyable
trip although their muscles will prob
ably be trifle stiff when they reach
their destination.
However, Dean Bruce is a believer
in hard work and he will have an op-
portunity to demonstrate his theory
for the benefit of one student of law.
No report has been received from
them as their craft was not equipped
with wireless. 1t is believed that they
are still going.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
,pbringing of the American young

upbringing of the American young
ster.
The parent Of six, following a wide
and varied experience in whipping
and other means of enforcing obedi-
ence and right conduct in his Off
spring, would hardly speak with the
positiveness Of Judge DeLacy, though
he might hesitatingly admit that the
judge is right. If the parent were
to make such an admission it would
necessarily be with a mental reserva-
tion. for the problem of bringing up
a child in the way he should go is a
pretty tough nut to crack Those Of
most experience are less sure of their
ground than one might think.
In crowded cities the care and ed
ucation OF children are attended
with far greater difficulty than in ru-
raj districts or small towns. The
child naturally has greater opportuni-
ty and temptation to run into mis-
chief. If the watchful care of the
parent is relaxed, the boy finds COM
panions who easily lead him away
from parental control, into deception,
disorder, and evil ways The pro-
gress from a good child to the street
gamin is often so gradual and so hid
den that it entirely escapes the
knowledge OF the parent, and often
there is no one act OF disobedience
on which a whipping could reason
ably be administered. The evil of
which Judge DeLacy complains is as
insidious in its growth as if planned
and executed by Satan himself.
Far be it from one less observant
OF the difficulty of bringing up chill
dren TO criticise. Judge DeLacy, but
is he altogether fair in throwing back
upon the parent the whole response
bility, when it lies further back in
the customs of the community in
which the distracted father and moth
er live, and which they are as pow
erless to control as Judge DeLacy
seems to be? Whipping, on occasion,
yes, or any other means to keep the
child in the right way; but expert
ence proves many times over that
whipping and indeed all the means
the parent can use to guard his
child will not avail against the in
tluence of the street, the playground,
and other associations into which the
child must enter in the passage from
babyhood to manhood.
The best of parents sometimes fail
in the midst of the evil which besets
modern life in our cities. Ways
ought to be found to make the path
way of the child more secure, but
just where and how the bachelor, the
old maid. Judge DeLacy, and the anx-
ious parent cannot now tell US.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
TAYLOR GIVES FACTS
ON STATE INSURANCE
(By W. c. Taylor, Commissioner of
Insurance).

1uSuIduCC).
Very gratifying to the people of
this state were the returns of the
later federal census with respect to
the marvellous growth of North Da-
kota's population. During the ten
year period between 1900 and 1910
the increase in population was no
less than. sos per cent. That the
growth of our state in other direc-
tions-in railway building, in crop
production, in the increase of herds
and focks, in the development of the
natural resources with which North
Dakota is SO abundantly blessed
has kept pace with the growth in
population there is no reason to
doubt.
Concerning one of our greatest en-
terprises, however, and one in which
the people of North Dakota are pc
culiarly and vitality interested, there
is a remarkable. lack of general in
formation. How many are aware Of
the fact that the regular life insur-
ance companies and the fraternal
beneficiary associations in this state
had, on the 81 of December, 1910, as
sumed risks upon the lives of our
citizens amounting to the stupendous
sum of 1877 millions of dollars? Dur
ing 1910 these companies paid out in
the way Of death claims in this state
nearly nine hundred thousand dol
lars. An immense sum was returned
to policy holders in the way Of divi-
dends, endowments, annuities, etc.
Large sums were also distributed in
the way of loans to policy holders.
During the year 1910 foreign"
fire insurance companies assumed
risks upon real and personal prop
erty in this state of $99,979 1893 20,
and paid losses to the amount of ST.
1S1,494.01. State mutual fire COM
panies assumed risks of $20,S79,3 $780,
Is, and paid losses amounting to
$217,117.7S. County mutuals wrote
insurance to the amount of $12,OS4,-
295O7. and their loss account footed
up to s61,429.29. Hail insurance risks
totaled s17,369.S43. and the losses
paid aggregated $365,S59.05. The ag-
gregate risks assumed by all of the
companies, life, fire, hail, miscellane-
Gus, etc.-doing business in this state
in 1910 were no less than $212,162,-
S7005, while the losses paid by these
companies during the same period
reached the tidy sum of $2,77S,252.09.
In addition thereto these companies
contributed to the running expens-
es" of the state government, in the
way of fees and taxes, $139.2S0.13.
This department points with
pride" to the fact that the expansion
of the insurance business in this
state during the past ten years has
fully kept pace with the growth in
population and the development in
other directions. The following Ia
bles tell the story. It is interesting
to note that the percentage OF in
crease in the number of companies
OF all kinds operating in the state in
1910 over the number Of authorized
companies in 1900 was just a frac-
ton in excess of the percentage of
increase in population for the same
period. In the matter Of receipts
covering fees and taxes the percent
age of increase is overwhelming.
The evening times., 1911-08-05

old time barbecue to take place in
the city park at 1880 in the after
noon. George A. Bangs Of this city.
who was chief counsel for Cavalier
In the legal battle following the elec-
ton, will deliver an grafton. Two
baseball games are scheduled Neche
will meet Crystal In the afternoon and
in the evening Walhalla and st.
Thomas will contest.
The evening will be taken up with
a grand ball at the opera house.
There will also be fireworks at the
ball park. Music for the occasion
will be furnished by the Mountain
and Cavalier city bands.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
CONVENTION CAME TO CLOSE
Automobile Ride About the City Was
Feature of Entertainment Fri.
day Afternoon

The convention of the North Dakota
state league of postmasters came to
a close Friday night after very
profitable two days session. The fea-
ture of the entertainment yesterday
was an automobile ride about the city.
A number of autoes We're furnished
and the guests were given an oppor-
tunity to see the activity in improv-
ing the city and to visit the parks.
Many of the postmasters left last
night while most of the others left
today The convention was very sue
cessful and the visitors were we'll
by the Commercial club
and Postmaster Kent
The evening times., 1911-08-05
BAND CONCERT ON SUNDAY
Will be Played at Riverside Park
Bi.Weekly Concerts Will be Re.
sumed From This Week On.

A selected program will be played
Sunday afternoon at o'clock in Riv-
erside park by the Grand Forks Mill
tary band. Director Eggermayer states
that the program will consist mostly
of selections which have been request
ed by various citizens.
AS the band was engaged for the
state fair and playing at that institu-
ton took considerable time, this is
the first Sunday afternoon concert for
nearly a month.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE
CHILD.

Bachelors of forty and old maids of
thirty were supposed to be the only
persons in the community who had
completely solved the problem of
how to bring up children. Now Judge
DeLacy Of the Washington city juve-
nile court, 10 added to the list. He
has expressed the opinion in open
court that the disobedient boy must
be whipped II he is to become q good
citizen. Spare the rod and spoil the
child" 10 the judges dictum for tho
The evening times., 1911-08-05
First Church Of Christ, Scientist

Regular services at .10:45 a. m. The
subject is Spirit" The Sunday
school follows the morning service.
The Wednesday evening testimonial
meeting begins at 8 o'clock. The
reading rooms are open on week days
from 2 to p. NJ, and on Sundays
from 3 to p. m. The room is No.
in the Clifford annex on DeMers
avenue. The church edifice is on
the corner of Belmont and Fourth
avenues. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the public to visit the read
ing room.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
PRACTICAL AMERICAN SYNPA.
THY.


The average American Is consider
ed stingy when 1t comes to money
matters. We are always in rush
to make money and sentiment finds
no place in the bargains the business
come, however, and the American
will shed few tears: but he Will dig
| down in his pocketbook to contribute
to the relief OF the needy. The fol-
lowing news story from the New York
Herald we'll illustrates this nationa!
trait:
A woman whose home is in Kansas
City is sojourning in Osnabruck. a
city Of the Province of Hanover. in
Prussia, seldom visited by Americans.
A few Sundays ago, she went TO
church and the pastor In his sermon
spoke Of mans duty to his fellow
man-of constituencies rather lhan
charity.
"A short time ago dinner was
given here, in which number of our
most successful townsmer were
guests" he said. "One Of them. US
ually a very light hearted man, SEEM
ed depressed. glum.
Whats the trouble With you?'
they asked him. Why don't you
cheer up?'
The trouble with me- hc said,
is that I came in contact with some-
thing this afternoon that has depress-
ed mel can't get it Off my mind. A
workman fell off roof OF new
building near US and broke both legs.
At home his wife and five children
were waiting for him. l tell you. 1t
makes me feel all broken up to think
about hard luck like that
"'Well, l don't blame you for feel
ing blue said another at the table.
1t makes me feel blue, too
$50 do L. said third. "A thing
like that depresses me all day. l
feel sorry for man like that
"'And I feel blue, tco,' said an
American gentleman who happened
to be guest. I feel awfully blue
in fact, feel about hundred marks
worth of blueness. How do you feel
he added, turning to the host.
"'Just about as blue as you feel
the host answered. Here are my
hundred marks
Before they finished the subject
every man at the table had given
hundred marks to be sent to the
family Of the workman" the clergy
man continued. And then he did
something that surprised the Kansas
City woman. There In the pulpit he
cried out:
"Hurrah for the American!"
II can tell you l felt prouder than
ever Of our country" the Kansas City
woman wrote, in telling Of the Incl
dent.
That's the American for you. 9th
ers might feel blue over the unfort-
unate workman and his destitute
family and might shed barrels Of
tears over the sad affair. But the
Americans sympathy took on a prac-
teal turn and he was ready to con-
tribute his portion to the relief Of the
distress which gave the others the
blues.
The American may be in rush;
he may drive hard bargains; he may
labor necessarily to accumulate
wealth: but he never has to be beg
ged to relieve distress.
As between those who express their
sympathy to the afflicted in words
and the American who expressed his
in marks. there is no comparison. No
wonder the enthusiastic German pas
tor was ready to exclaim In the pull
pit, "Hurrah for the Americana"
The evening times., 1911-08-05
GOES TO INDIA
Harold E. White Accepts Position in
Baldwin College

Harold E. White, graduate of the
university, with the class of 1910,
and during the past year principal
of the East Grand Forks high school
has accepted position in Baldwin
college, Bangalore, India. He will
leave early in September and will
visit England and the continent en-
route.
Bangalore is a city of about 100000
inhabitants, largely of foreign descent.
1t has a strong educational system,
including number of high schools
as we'll as Baldwin college.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
First Presbyterian.

William H. Matthews, minister.
Services, 10:3O a. N. at court house.
Bible school at u o'clock, Prof. A. j.
Ladd, superintendent. Y. P. S. C. E..
at o'clock. Morning sermon by
Prof Gottfried HUT. This congrega-
uon joins with Methodist and Baptist
churches for evening worship.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
RetheI's Lutheran.

Belmont avenue. E. H. Gunhus, pas
tor. Services 1880 a. m. Sunday
school 11:45 a. NJ, song service led by
string band. 1880 p.- M. Service p.
N. Y. P. society at the home of o.
Skaret Tuesday evening. Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
First Lutheran lS1nodl

Corner Belmont and Fourth ave-
nues. Evening service at O'Clock,
conducted in the Norwegian language.
The Ladies Aid society will meet in
the church parlors next Thursday aft
ernoon. Mrs. Christ Nelson will be
the hostess. L. A. Haatvedt, pastor.
residence IA Cottonwood street,
nhona r G 777J
The evening times., 1911-08-05
st. Marks English Lutheran.

John Nelson Lentz, pastor Resi-
dence 720 University avenue. Phone
3SS-M. Tri-State. Sunday school at
9:45 a. m. Morning worship at II
o'clock. ALI services are held in the
public library. Strangers are well
come.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
ST. Paul's Episcopal.

Rev. ]. X Burleson, rector. Services
for Sunday will be celebration of the
holy communion at a. m. A second
celebration of the holy communion and
sermon at 10:30. Sunday school at
II. Evening prayer at o'clock.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE
CHI URCHES
Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal.

Morning services at 10:45. Sunday
school at IL o'clock. Evening services
at o'clock. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening. X. Winberg.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
CAVALIER WILL CELEBRATE
Old Time Barbecue Will Be Feature
OF Jubilee-Georee A. Bangs
Is the Speaker

Cavalier is planning on a jubilee
festival Tuesday to celebrate her VIC
tory in the county seat fight The
feature of the program will be an
The evening times., 1911-08-05
Trinity Lutheran

Corner of Walnut street and Third
avenue. Worship Sunday morning at
10:3O conducted by the deacons. Sun
day school and bible classes at ~.
Mrs. 7. J. Hagen, superintendent. The
pastor will conduct evening services
at 8 o'clock. Suitable singing by the
church choir. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday eqsning In the church
parlors. The Ladies' Aid will meet
Thursday at 2:30 p M. with Mrs. G.
Steen. 624 Sixth avenue. The Y. P.
will meet Friday evening in the
church.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Tried to Cross Tracks in Front Of
Train.

Lankin. N. D.. Aug. 5.-A serious
accident occurred when Chas. Sticha
and his hired man, X. Weilgas, made
an attempt to cross the track Inn
mediately south Of the depot just as
the passenger was pulling in. Their
horse became frightened, throwing
them from the buggy with the result
that Mr.. Weilgas suffered broken
leg.
The evening times., 1911-08-05

A good many men can't do their
long at a time.
The evening times., 1911-08-05
First Baptist

Minister, Rev. F. w. Walker Pugh.
Morning worship at 1890 a. m. The
sermon will be continuation of last
Sundays discourse on Discouraged
Folk" Sunday school at IL o'clock.
Superintendent. r. b. Grimth. Mems
bible class led by the pastor. Young
Peoples union at Z p. m. Topic,
Lessons From the Life Of Job" This
will be presented by the pastor. Union
service at s p. m. The preacher will
be Prof. Gottfried Hult Of the univer-
sity. representing the Presbyterian
church. Tis topic will be Seeking
After God"
The evening times., 1911-08-05

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1911.
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connuaror because their hosts were scat
tered In battle, and who suffered tnem,
selves passively to be led INTO captivly
NV country can be conquered IN one way
and one way only-not until her sons, ay'
and her daughters. too, nave per1sneo,
can these people rule. They Will coiiie
IN an empty and a stricken country-a
country red with blood. desoiate' WIN VII
bIackened houses and empty clties: ne
horror of 1t! Think, my Irlehu Do'io' 'Ao
horror of it," tn.
Rellamy threw his head back with
sudden gesture Of Impotence
you take too much for granted ne
declared. England, at any rate, Is no.
France-Italy, too, if she is. wise, viii
never suffer this thing from her ancient
enemy"
TT is the might of the world which
try may defend herself. but here she is
powerless Already 1t has been proved
Last year you declared yourself our
friend-you and even Russia or what
avail was it? Word came from Berlin
and you were powerless.'
Then tragedy broke into the room, trag-
edy In the shape Of a man demented. For
fifteen years Bellamy had known arthur
Dorward, but this man was surely a
stranger! He was hatless. disheveled:
wild. A dull streak of color had mounted
almost to his forehead, his eyes were on
fire.
"Bellamy" he cried. "Bellamy"'
Words failed him suddenly. He leaned
against the table. breathless. painting
heavily.
For Gods sake. man." Bellamy be-
gan
"Aloner' Dorward interrupted. Il must
see you alone! j have news!
Mile. Idiale rose She touched Bellamy
on the shoulder.
You will come to me or telephone.
she whispered. ''So?'
Bellamy opened the door and she passed
out with a farewell pressure of his fin
gers Then he closed it firmly and came
back.
To be continued tomorrow)
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been exploited and sold extensively In
Australia. The virtues claimed for 1t
have proved to be altogether illusory, al
though 1t is useful as a shade tree. and is
widely planted for this purpose in semi
tropical and tropical countries.
The legend Of the rain tree or raining
tree dates back to the stories OF the For
tunate Isles. where no rain fell from the
moisture shed by tree of the sort de-
scribed The early navigators brought
home stories of similar trees in the East
indies in Guinea, Brazil, etc.
The Peruvian rain tree appears to have
been brought to the notice of the world
by the reports of a United States consul
in Peru about 1877. These reports were
widely quoted at the time and led the gov
eminent of India to seek information on
the subject from the authorities of Kew
Gardens. The investigations of w. T.
Thistleton Dyer brought to light a plausi-
BILE explanation Of at least a part of the
rain tree stories.
The traveller Spruce reported his own
experiences with the rain tree as follows:
1.-THE Tamia caspi or rain tree of the
eastern Peruvian Andes Is not myth,
but a fact. although not exactly in the
way popular rumOr has lately presented
it, / first witnessed the phenomenon in
September, 1855. when residing at Tara
pota. I had gone one morning at day
break with two assistants into the ad-
jacent wooded hills to botanize. little
after o'clock We came under lOW1Sh,
spreading tree, from which with a per-
fectly clear sky overhead a smart rain
was falling. A glance upward showed a
multitude of cicadas sucking the juices
of the tender young branches and leaves
and SQUIRTING forth slender streams OF
limpid fluid
This is not the only explanation: That
many plants spontaneously exude mois-
ture under suitable conditions Is well
known. The phenomenon is called gut
tation.' and has perhaps been most fully
described by A Burgerstein in his work
Die Transportation der Pfanzen" Jena
1000. The moisture drawn up from the
roots of plants most frequently passes off
into the air in a gaseous form, l. e., by
Transportation.
II the air is saturated with moisture
and II the supply of moisture to the roots
Is copious then liquid drops will be ex-
uded, sometimes in large quantities.
Molisch records a case in which a single
leaf of species of Colocasia gave off
list OF 241 plants, belonging to 1O1 fam
lilies, in which guttation has been OBJ
served.
This process goes on chiefly at night,
and in cloudy and foggy weather, l. e..
when the relative humidity of the air is
highest. 1t is altogether probable that
in the moisture parts of the tropics there
are trees which exhibit this phenomenon
| in such a degree that the name rain
| tree may be fittingly applied to them.
| 1t is. however. certain that no such
process can occur in q dry climate and
that the proposal to plant the rain tree
as a panacea against drought is entirely
chimerical.
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LEAVE UNION STATION,
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
EVERY OTHER HOUR ON THE ODD HoUR"
TO PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.
NEW YORK TERMINALS. LIBERTY ST. AND
W. 23D STREET.
Roysi specisD. :Ii.oo am. LOO. 800 ,RSysI
night. 1852 am. Diners and Parlor Cars on dap
trains. Sleepers on s12.15 night open at 1000
pm.
Philadelphia and Atlantic City. roo. so.0a
81. 90 am. 100, 900, 1900 pm.
TO BALTIMORE.
EVERY HOUR on THE HOUR."
Week days, 100 n. to 1000 p;%J
% 90. 1880 $1,000. s11.O0 an. 1900 nooA.
10. ,4.4s 800. +s.os, $50 100 : s:sS.
n o. 800 1890. 1000. 5000 'll.SO. 'l2 lsnt.
WESTWARD.
CHICAGO. - 10 am. .l;2e. $50 Pm:
g T. sp 1,p q 10 g%a ~ 10 1isnt ..
~ ie night x ,sIssPs5 ready 70 % gms);
WHEELING. go. 10 am. IS 80 pm.
Schedules Of local trains at ticket ofncss.
.Daily. Except Sunday. tSundays only.
TELEPHONES at following Ticket 00cee:
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ave-. Main 27s: Union Station. Main 1880.
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Atlantic Coast Lime.

THE Standard Railroad OF the South"
Notice-Time Of departures and connections
not guaranteed
$40 am. daily-"Coast Line Mali" ThrougA
sleeping cars and coaches to Jacksonville.
4:1O pm. daily-"West Indian Limited"
Through sleeping cars to Charleston, Augusta.
Savannah Jacksonville, Port Tampa. Fla. teof
Havanal and Knights Key (for Havansl. Throegh
coaches to jacksonville. UNEXCELLED DIN
9:4O pm. daily-'Palmetto Limited''-Thronsh
sleepers to Charleston. Wilmington. Throqgb
Ticket Once. 14is NEW YORK AVE.
GEO. P. JAMES, d. p. A.. Washington. D. Q.
+. c. WHITE G. p. A.; w. B. CRAIG, p. Z.
NJ. Wilmington. N. C..
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LEGEND OF THE RAIN TREE.
An Explanation of Its So-Called
Wonderful Properties.
From tbe Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
The leaves Of the Peruvian rain tree
are said to have the property of condens-
ing atmospheric moisture in large guam
titles and precipitating it in the form of
rain.
According to one writer, the water
fails from the leaves and oozes from the
trunk and forms veritable rivers which
can be led as irrigating canals to any
point desired. Making liberal allowance
for evaporation and infiltration, square
mile grove Of the trees would supply for
distribution about 100000 gallons of water
daily
On the strength OF similar stories one
has been most often applied. viz, Albizzia
Tor Kothecolobium) Saman, has lately