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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
CRIMINAL LAWS OF THE BIBLE
TESTAMENT TIME AS 1T Is TO-DAY.

and the 'avcnger of blood supposed
to De the next heir of the deceased,
mad the right to venge the killing of
his kinsman by Staying the one who
had killed his kinsrnan. if the SLAYER
could be caught before he had reached
the honrs of the altar.
But if any man hate his neighbor,
ana lie in wait for him. and rise up
against him and smite him mortally
so that he die and f1eeth to the CITY
OF refuge, the elder of his city shall
send and fetch him hence. and deliver
MIN into the hands of the avenger of
Mood. that he may die" This makes
II clear that the chance of escaping
the penalty was not to be extended
to one who had committed first de-
gre" murder. Voluntary homicide
was 1neXplicahle and i~neXcusable, as
appears from Numbers XIV, 81. 81. If
the avenger of blood was unable to
execute the SLAYER of his kinsman, the
SLAYER was capitally punished by jul
dlclal sentence and no ransom was
permitted him nor could he buy off
the prosecuting witnesses by having
damages for the wrongful death, as
appears from Number xxxv.. 81,
n killing of one about to commit
9 felony was jnstifiable. as appears
from Exodus xii. 9. where it is pro-
vlded that "if a thief be found break
ing in. and be smitten that he die.
there shall no blood be shed for him"
And today il a householder shoots {,
burglar in the dark he is guilty of no
offense against the law.
killing in sclf-defense is dealt with
IN the same connection, as where a
burglar is entering and is caught by
the householder. Self-defense was
recognized before the Saxons had ever
heard of England.
Tho us,,ol ~
stonlng and strangulation. according
TO Leviticus xxi. 2. Where a priests
daughter had gone astray she was
burned.
The "unwritten law is no new doe.
Urine. 1t was recognized thousands of
years ago. as soon as men had homes
sought to keep their women spot
less. a bible story along this line.
winch seems to sanction the killing
OF the seducer. is that of jacobs
sht who was seduced by a
member of another tribe. Simeon and
Lew, q brothers, were at work "a
the fields. but left their task, took
I their swords and killed the esducer
n his whole tribe. Their father de-
plored their hot blood. They replied.
sha! ne deal with our sister as q har,
iot?" The story goes that Jehovah
!eo jacob and his family up n
Bethel. a place of safety, 'and thev
Journeyed; and the terror of God was
upon the cities that were round about
them; and they did not pursue after
the sons of Jacob"
Translated into modern conditions
me brothers Of the seduced girl killed
ner oetrayer, and as public sentiment
was somewhat in their favor, but they
might not be able to win of tried
tuoiciaily. they left the country, and
public Endorsed their acts. ''e
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
ss.s
= FAMILIES LARGE AND SMALL. .
Globe.)

(Actihinson Globe.)
Here lately the colonel is having
such hard luck that one might almost
say a word in favor Of race suicide.
and get away with it,. 1t was the
Rough Rider, o will recall, who
made dents in the wclkin with that
subject without having any effect on
his oldest daughter. But there are
two sides to every question. and both
may nc entitled to some consideration
Mrs. Agnes Racilta. wife of a rail-
way laborer in New York. seems to
have gone The full distance in race
production. During the twenty-five
years of Racilta married life. TWEEN
ty-three children have been born to
them, and other day Agnes grew
weary of it. She tried to kill herself.
but didn't have any luck. as first aid
was administered. and she will live,
possibly to be the mother of more
children.
Here in this family is the dark side
of the anti-race suicide campaign.
Merely bringing children into the
world regularly doesn't mean a happy
family. In this case. it has meant the
reverse. A railway laborer may prop
erly support himself. but that is about
the limit of his means. So it n
strange that of the twcnty-tllrce chill
W. s'iS y -s -
are living. And that is the saddest
sort of race suicide; to let little chill
drcn die.
1t has been called the slaughter of
innoccnts, this high infant mortality,
and n reason for it +" the effort TO
raise a large family on means insult
ficicnt to support a small one. Ignor-
ance is another fault: ignorance of
parents for which the little children
pay in suffering and death. The in
crcaseS of the race is still sufficient to
prevent worry Owe race suicide. and
the advance of sanitation and other
means of maintaining the general
health are more important than large
families.
Surely it is better for the family. for
the children and the world to raise a
few children properly, to endow them
with health and strength than to pro-
ducc an army of wcaklings, and de-
pend upon the survival of a few for
the ~perpetuation of the race. No
larger family is desired than may be
properly cared for. and any preaching
I o the contrary must necessarily do
more harm Than good.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
E.X.AGGERATING STUPIDITY.

Allegations MS tn tho ignorance of
high school. academic or collegiate
students seem tn be made on "A basis
that lays them open I" the charge of
cXaggcratiun. Thus the president of
the san Francisco normal school
sends out a pamphlet asking "lpo We
live T.. G. or a. d." and basing the
query on the allegation that he had
been shocked to find hat most high
school students. while able to give a
GOOD account of casSiuS and ErutuS.
,llcy knew nothing of tionprrs. Eook-
or r. Washington. lpiaz, LaFollctte
and Darwin.
Further Information develops the
fact that at al examination one or
more of the students answered to
questions that Booker T. Washington
was the assassin of Abraham Lin
coin: that Samuel Gompers is a
"mcnhcr of congress and boss of the
Democrats: Charles l.. Hughes, 1.-The
slayer of Sitting Bull" and Robert NJ.
I.al'ollcttc, the governor of Conncc-
tirut.' To our mind these replies arc
under strong suspicion of being the
work of some reprobate who under
'tuh ~ SuN tHt tSdiillnitloH. IL inc
are supposed to be made in good faith
they evidently come from the inspired
dunrcs of the class. of which one or
two are always present.
But because there are those whose
ignorance protrudes itself in cduca-
tional tests it does not follow that the
whole college body is so stupid. VIC
remember in a history class mann
years ago the recognized backward
member was asked to give the date
of the discovery of America. After a
struggle he brought out the date Jul.
4. 1716": but the shout with which
the class received the reply indicated
that the majority of them knew the
difference between Columbus discov-
cry and the Declaration of Independ.
cnce.
1t is not very intelligent to blame
the students AS n whole with plumbers
of the backward. If a Grand Forks
scholar. for instance, does not know
who Samuel Gompers is. seek the
cause in the peculiar conditions OF a
student who does not read the papers
and not in the school curriculum,
There must be some things which an
individual is supposed to find out for
himself.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
Mo/He, the Maid,
And the ~Ldundrymd an
BY SARAH

These April showers sure do make
the grass perk up and show green
around the edges" said dolly, the
maid, as she stood for n minute m
the top step of the veranda and sur
veyed the lawn and %glistcning pave
ment.
And 1t ought to he a great help to
the gardens some of these folks has
started to put in already. although 1
must say l think it's foolish myself
to start 80 carly. what with the
weather bein' so uncertain this time
of year.
And speakin' OF garden truck. I
was tryin' IN some of them spring
hats yesterday afternoon-it bein' my
afternoon off-and they sure do dis
play most every variety in surprise
and abundance; all shapes and sizes
and no lack of color; some of them
comm down to your eyebrows. and
others. fitting on the back of your
head. Really the display of vegeta-
ton is remarkable.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
est. Louis Globe Democrat

NSts lbVOlS lObSs
Twenty-Five centuries ago the equiv
|alcnt of the Missouri state statutes
governing capital offenses were in
force in the Holy Land. Murdercrs
We're hanged. those who committed
m~anslaughter suffered the same pen
alties that are enforced in Missouri
today. and some of the chief defcnscs
to charges of murder and manslaugh-
ter that are figuring in criminal trials
now were recognized then-self de-
Tense, the 'unwritten law" inevitable
accident and insanity.
The Book of Exodus is n of the
chief sources of information on jew
ish laws of the age when Roman
triremes swept the Mediterranean and
Caesar was vet unborn. ''Whosoever
smiteth a man SO that he die shall
surely be put to DEATH" says the Book
of Exodus. chapter 81. verse IL. The
lie not in wait. but God deliver him
into him hands, then 1 shall appoint
thee a place whittier he shall lee But
if a man come presumptuously upon
his neighbor to slap him with guile.
thou shall take him away from my
altar so that he may die"
This means that when the defend
ant charged with murder could show
that he had killed his adversary in d
sShAuCli ibSoI vi DuNSlJIt tIlSll liz oIlpuIu
escape the death penalty if he could
fee to the horns of the altar. If the
defendant had waylaid his adversary,
showing generalization, then there was
no excuse from death. This is pretty
much the modern criminal law.
Verses 1919 provide for the collcc-
ton of money damages from one re-
sponsible for accidental injuries in
hicted or another.
81 nd ~ mon Striyro f0pofhnr md nNo
smite another with a stone, or with
his fist. and he die not. but keepcth
his bed; if he rise again, and walk
abroad upon his staff. then shall he
that smote him be quit: only he shall
pay for the loss of his time and for
his cure" Personal injury suits were
known to the Roman civil law and to
there been a United Railways COM
pany in Jerusalem the provision in
Exodus would have covered the
ground-the company would have to
pay for loss of time and doctors bills
and other Items usually specified in a
suit for damages.
The death penalty was tot the only
one denounced against the murderer
by the ancient law. In Genesis in,
tally punished. The exceptions to the
rule. that death should be the penalty
for taking the life of another, forced
themselves on the lawmakers. There
were certain situations that could no,
be dealt with by the death penalt,
rule. In Deuteronomy xix, 4, S, 6
IL, ~. 1t Is provided that whose kill.
eth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he
hated not in time past. as where a
man claveth wood and the AK fiiett
from the helve and killeth a man, he
shall fly to the city for refuge" These
exceptions were not fully recognized
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12

The loidy hat was waitin' on me
put on several of them lids and said
they was simply ravishin.' But l
couldn't see it. My face didn't seem
to fit, somehow. and one that come
down to my eyebrows in front and
projected out about a foot in the back
finally comm to "a point made me
positively scared. the point bein' so
sharp and liable to take a body in the
II don't know what I'm going to
do. I've got to follow the prevailin'
fashion. but I'd like to give some of
these folks that design hats a piece
of my mind and advice 'em to give u
body something different.
We'll. I must be soin' and gettin'
to work; this loafin' won't do Molly
finished, as she turned to enter the
house.
"Ain't it the truth" sighed the
l%aundryman, as he continued on his
route. ~.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12

Actors who have made a reputation
in q special line of roles, usually be-
licNc themselves better fitted for an
entirely different line of parts. Thus.
the comedian can always see himself
II tragcdian and that he made IA mis-
take when he selected comedy; the
emotional actress believes hat com-
cdy is her forte; the low comedian
would have been much better as tho
leading juvenile. and so it G all tho
way up II down the line. Margaret
Anglin said She was tired of weeping
and had como tn the end Of her emo
ti"nhl days. 80 she tried Green Stock
ings.' 81 comedy, and is still playing it.
Nat Goodwin must try Shakespeare
and eSSaNcd Bottom and Shylock, and
David Wariicld, also. believes he was
prcdcstined to he n t%ragcdian and
Louis Mann likewise. both of whom
will some day be seen as Shylock.
Mrs. Leslie Carter who has been
weeping and making her audiences
weep for years. longs for an oppor-
scenes in her W plays have always
been alive to the situation. so why
should h not essay comedy? But
sh" has always retained the weeping
drama, as Clara Morris did. because
ii was more profitable to do so. But
Mrs. Carter would dearly like to paly
comedy from start to finish. Her
manager. John Cort. has not vet
found a play for his star for next sea-
son. Will it be q comedy? Mrs. Car
ter has not given up her idea of play
ing Hamlet. either. She hopes Mr..
tort will afford her a chance to do
so. Sarah Eernhardt played Hamlet
and drew large audiences. so why
should not Mrs. Carter. Mrs. Garter
in doublet and hose would make Il
striking figure. AS a box office win
ncr there is no doubt of her success
Mrs. Carter as the melancholy Dane.
In the meantime. while these sug-
gestions are sizzling. Mrs. Carter will
he seen at the Metropolitan on Thurs
day, April is, in 1.-TWO Women" a
play that has its emotional scenes.
but then, every act is not a weeping
act. That dynamic quality in Mrs.
Carriers acting is said to have full
play and she has several comedy
scenes by which she quite captivates
her audience. If anybody should
doubt that Mrs. Carter really weeps
in this play, let him look for the
handkerchief which the actress keeps
rolled in the palm of her right hand.
much as as coniurer palms a coin.
1t is this handkerchief which her
audiences never sees which keeps the
tears from marking the rouge I'm
Strcaks on her face.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
DEATH CLAIMS LUTHERAN

Seattle. Wash. April 11.-Rev. N.
J. Ellestad. vice president OF the Unit.
ed Norwegian L%uptheran church of
America died at his home here. He
was one of the most prominent
church-men in this country and has
been vice-president' Of the United
church for a number of years. His
death was very unexpected.
A successor to Rev. Ellestad will
be elected to the national church con-
erenc to be held in Fargo, N. D., In
July.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12

in ,n G%ay mot % ~%s %1%mnhs vii will ss smmsa%%qS % %ss n:% ss% he State Ds~rmsnrsda data on 'nnns. .eunt
officials the Mh Department explained htN viii be impossible to get the data in shape for tunsutal
without aya every scrap Information bearing on the subject even mdudncu nSned letters of ummm and
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
Scotch Suitings
$1.00 Values for 79c

Fine imported Scotch suitings, 40
inches wide. Included are fancy grey
mixtures. Can be used nicely for a full
suit, coat or separate coat. Regular ST
per yard. A bargain for Saturday per
yard 79c.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
G DRY DOCK.

Montreal, Que. April Canada is
to have the largest dry dock in the
world. The dock is to be built either
on the st. Charles river, the Beau
port fats. or at st. Joseph de Lewis.
wide, and 81 feet deep. The next
largest in the world is at st. Peters,
burg.
The government itself will not
build the dock, hut the company
whose bid ia accepted will be in line
for a subsidy Of az per cent for IS
years on 100000
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
ADJUSTMENTS
Miss Nobody from starland.

Mort H. Singer has spared neither
pains mol money to give Miss Nobody
from Starland" a gorgeous setting and
a notable cast. The scenery and Co.'S
tunes are pronounced the most pre-
tentious eve assembled for a Princess
theater production. The cast is one
Of extreme excellence and contains
fully maintains the reputation of the
Singer management of presenting a
bouquet of American beauties in the
big feature numbers. The most SEN
sational novelty is a big musical COM
edy dress rehearsal scene. Before the
performance the stage manager calls
8 rehearsal. Stars" stage hands"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
Dress Goods
Soc Values for 37A c

Included i'll this lot are a number Of
fancy plaids, very pretty for clildren's
dresses and a number of pieces of plain
goods with white hair line stripes. This
seasons newest materials. Regular SOC
per yard. A Saturday bargain at per
yard 37Hc.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
a need not expect to attract at.

a man need not expect to attract at
tention II he is merely great,
III only thing that any one pays
any attention to nowadays is the au-
tonobilc. That is what gives people
status n position.
When an automobile comes along
every n looks to see what the make
Is and what is the quality. If it is a
$500 a hat trundles by with an
apologize air and if / own a 5000
car l merely glance at it out of the
corner of my W and then turn my
back upon it. TO those who have no
automobiles. my action is a signal for
noses to be elevated.
When u big machine worth $4,000
comes along purring softly the $4,000
mar looks at it with interest. as
though he were thinking of buying
n like it, but hadn't quite made up
MS mind. The $500 mar tries to look
as II ne were riding in "A borrowed
machine and felt very strange In it.
being so accustomed to riding i'm his
W large one. All the people in the
street and in the windows look with
admiration and approval at the S10,-
U beauty and some of them give
~ mods of recognition, as if that were
the typo of automobile with which
they were most familiar.
IL sutn an automOn1ic stops at any
house in any neighborhood ii raises
the status of thai house immediately.
even If the Oma resident therein
wears a hat the diameter of which is
two feet less than the regulation size
n a dress which she can sit down
IN. Thereafter she Is deemed worthy
of recognition.
Perhaps she has been snubbcd in
the past. If so. reparation must he
made hastily. Evangeline from across
the street is sent owe to use the tele-
phone. Mabel from the corner con-
descends To borrow a pattern. Most
gushing and eager of all, Mrs. Eclaire
stretches her generous impulse to the
of going over and apprising
the newly elevated woman of all the
mean things which have beer said
about her in the neighborhood. This
is commonly regarded al the greatest
favor that n oma can bestow on
another.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12

author" Comedian chorus girls"
and boys" and all the back stage
characters are shown as in real life.
And such Il rehearsal. 1t shows the
stage manager Il ear" before whom
everybody lows. The stars fight for
line" and laughs" he author pro-
tests when his book is cut" the cho-
rus forget their business and the stage
hands fall down on their props" hut
the stage manager is undaunted and
finally the curtain goes up on "a mock
performance. Herc is more fun. The
audience sees the performance from
behind the scenes and witnesses the
desperation of the stage manager
when the actors forget their lines and
cucs. stage hands forget to fire tho
shots in a battle and the float bearing
the leading man to h prima donna
at tn" height of the big scene refuses
to work. The elimination of The diff
ticulties comes when one stage hand
fnrgcts to urn on the "Sain-Storm"
which is supposed to DO the "piece-de-
resistance of tho production. until
III" curtain is down. and the stage
manager is yelling like a wild man.
"Whorc the hell is the rain-storm?"
Miss Nobody from Starland" will
be seen at the Metropolitan on We'd
ncsday. April IL.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12

You know many good things about
people that YOU should enjoy telling
them more than the evil you may
hear.
Very few people are so isolated
they can't find a place to spend
money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-12-12
ATE FURNITURE DEALER

Some Partridge Cocken cockerels fol-
sale. These are fine stock. See OF
telephone Mrs. j. H. Parnham, Audu
bon, Iowa. tt
Miss Wally Wonsmos who has been
in Chicago some ten days visiting rel
atives and friends, returned 10 heI
home in Audubon Saturday.
G. s. Christensen and his brother
]. A., went to Council Bluffs Thurs
day to look for work, and they may
remain in that city for the winter.
Mrs. Geo. Katsantoners. who has
been in the city on visit to relatives
departed Friday evening for her home
in Lincoln, Nebr. She was accompan
led by her father, Sam Shoup, as fan
as Omaha.
Frank Niklason who was in Chicago
last week visiting the great Live Stock
Show says that the show this year
was immense and that he was more
than pleased with the many exhibits,
He says many of the best awards came
to Iowa.
F. G. Sampson is to be found at the
F. A. Buthweg store these busy days,
assisting during the holiday rush. Mr..
Simpsons face looks quite familiar
at this popular clothing store where
he clerked year or more previous to
his advent in politics.
Mr.. Retired Farmer--If you are go,
ing to move to town this spring have
several houses and acreage property
for sale. also have some good bar
gains in farms if you are in the mar.
ket for such. e. III. Jacobsen, Office
over Smiths drug Estore. Audubon,
Iowa. If
Domer Carter and family of Frank.
lin, Pa, arrived in the city Saturday
for ten days visit with his cousin,
Perry Carter and family. He is on
his was to California where he expects
to make his future home, having dis.
posed of his business interests back in
Pennsylvania.
Peter Andersen, j. H. Jensen and ].
G. Jensen and their wives were pas.
sengers to Scranton Saturday morning.
They went to Scranton to attend 9
Danish church gathering. Mr.. and
Mrs. Andersen will also visit theii
daughter. Mrs. Peter Hansen and
family before returning.
J. G. Kinney, of Adair was in the
city Friday visiting number Of the
X. of p. brothers with view to put
ting some new life into the organization
which is quite strong one in Aud
ubon. Mr.. Kinney is assistant stats
Deputy and is travelling over this
section of Iowa in the interest of the
order. He expects to be back here a,
some time in the near future to as
sist the members in increasing the
membership.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-12-12

Light, air, and dryness are the prime
conditions for health; while darkness,
dampness and close foul air are re-
sponsible for many death which now
stands charged to the wise and in
scrutable ways of Providence.
These homes are dark because there
are not windows enough in the house,
the windows are too small, and they
overhung with shades and curtains
and other drapings until but little
light gets through We have not yet
been made to see that it is better far
that the colors fade from out the car
pets and other furnishings within the
house, than that the roses fade from
out the cheeks of the inmates of the
home.
The house is damp because it is
swamped in trees which cluster closely
about and overhang it, shutting out
the rays of the sun and holding the
dampness about the house.
1t is also damp because the ground
slopes toward the house instead of
away from it ON every side. The rains
and melting snow run under the
house, and often water stands for days
in the cellar beneath.
The air is foul and musty within
from this combination of darkness
and dampness, and from lack of ven
tilation. and all the conditions for
sickness and death are found in such
home. Toward thousands of such
homes in Iowa, the well beaten path
of physician and undertaken leads.
Such deaths are all unnecessary.
They are due to lack of knowledge
which all should possess. We must
see that all do possess it.
Education of the masses together
with a strong state health depart
ment, is the one thing which will up
root this dire condition which threat
ems the virility of our people so no
epidemics can ever threaten it, for
it weakens and destroys its thousands
where epidemics lay their blighing
hands upon comparatively few.