The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-05
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a Heroic Coward.-Two old soldiers were visiting.
They fell to discussing the scenes and experiences Of
stornins the heights of Vickshurg. when one told of
another who was so scared he looked like a ghost. A
comrade next to him was unafraid and even smiled at
the torrents of grape shot that swept the ranks. The
comrade. noticing his friends plight. turned to him
and said with a sheer:
'Coward."
Coward. yourself" retortcd the frightened soldier.
"Old man, if YOU wore one-tenth rs scared as I am.
you'd have broken ranks and run, long ago"
Here are seven names which refute the claims of
osler in that they are just getting good, and promise
to remain SO for many Years to come, at least long
aver 'nsS nave reached ths headline set by our old
friend Or. o. The ages OF these mon range from Tn
derwood. who is so years of age. to Harmon, who has
enjoyed Sc sprinstimes. 1t must he acknowledged that
each is Just about in his prime for big politics.
The system is an inhuman organism whose func-
ton is the transmutation OF baser materials into gold
he they steel. oil. copper. or counterfeit Carnegie au,o.
graphs says Gideon Wurdy. In biology this function
is known as ossifcation-the changing of pure nerve
to bones.
Wonder what would have been the verdict of the
ant had ten husbands-had the jury been made up of
women. The "man-jury' gave her one year in the
pen; a "Woman-jury" would have hanged the foxy firt.
Charles Frohman. who is in q position to know.
would have us believe that tall chorus girls have run
short Of popularity. All that is necessary to cause
Charley to change his mind. is for him to watch the
stage entrance r few evenings instead of the box office
and he will see evidence of his mistake-in certain
circles of society.
TneN do have some strenuous times i'm the Metho-
dist church. For instance. the other evening two very
unsentlemanlN horses adjourned A prayer meeting very
unceremoniouslN in Waukan. Wis. by running through
the door of the church and knocking out two ushers.
The pastor ran down the aisle and stopped the horses
just before they reached the pulpit.
With Mother of Sixteen Seeks Divorce" as a head
ing, and the further statement that she had eight chill
dren in court with her. thcRismarck Tribune caused its
readers to catch their breath a few days ago-hut later
developments showed that the sixteen referred to the
different.
The jamestown team gave the Valley City team an
awful beating a few days ago, whereupon Editor HYDE
OF the Y. c. T. r. very appropriately prefaces his item
regarding the game with the remark. that local pride
does not permit of a detailed account of the game
which Is we'll put.
Apropos of mention in the numerous newspapers of
Mister Rockefeller's nine hundred million dollar fortune
a friend was heard to resolve, that a head and a couple
OF eyebrows full of hair and a stomach full of consci-
entious juices. with a southern eXposured room in the
poorhouse. is better than darn near a billion dollars"
The new White Star liner which will take the
place of the Titanic in the fall of 1913 is to be named
$50 feet.
The real beginning of Republican trouble occurs
gathering.
Wonder if the yellow cover on the North Dakota
Publicity pamphlet has any significance as IN tho CON-.