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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

industry has been stimulated because
of influences which have emanated
directly or indirectly from this book.
And how can one understand the eff
feet unless he knows something of the
cause?
The bible has been the inspiration
of art. And how can one appreciate
properly IL fine picture of a biblical
subject unless he knows something OF
the event which the picture is lntend-
cd to commemorate? Eliminate the
bible and we immediately eliminate
some of the finest examples of n art
of the painter and the sculptor.
Literature is so full of the bible that
it is almost impossible to take up a
book by one of the great writers with
uut coming across traces of the bible
and biblical influence. The book is Il
great storehousc of literary treasure,
and it has been drawn upon by the
poet, the philosopher, the essayist, the
novelist, by writers of all classes. Its
stories have been used to Illustrate
argument and appeal, its poetry has
carried its message through the CEN
turtles, and its maXims and epiSrams
have become so much parts of the
common speech of the people that
they fall lightly from the lips of mills
ions of people who do not even realize
that they are quoting scripture.
WI. y, Il. 1t. rAo.lty,y
across Il reference to the siege
of Troy, used for purposes of Illus
tration, is mystificd rather than en-
lightencd if he had not some familiar
ity with ancient history. beware OF
the Greeks bearing gifts" means little
To one who knows nothing of h or
igin of the sentence, but to n to
whom il suggests the thought of the
great house within which were con
ccalcd armed men it has force and
meaning. The phrase, tho handwrit-
ing on the WALL" is one of the com
monest in the language. What does
it mean to the man who knows moth
ing of tho bible? Nothing. But to
one who has read the story of the IA
NOUS banquet, and of the finger which
traced in letters of fire the words of
condemnation m the wall before the
eyes nf the astonished reVelelIers the
expression is filled With meaning. We
speak of "killing the fatted calf" but
the phrase is an empty one unless we
have read the story of the prodigal.
Aside from such expressions. which
have become Incorporated in the COM
MOI speech. our books are full of
scriptural references. and quotations
direct or indirect from the folklore
OF the Old Testament. the majestic
poetry of Job and the prophets, the
wisdom of Solomon, the song of Da-
vid, the logic of Paul, the Sermon on
the Mount. the glowing imagery of the
Revelations. and unless we know the
book these things are to us like quota
ions in a foreign language. just how,
and when and whore the bible is to
he studied we do not undertake to say,
but ii will he IL distinct loss To the HUI
man understanding if so wonderful a
book is ever cast aside and neglected.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE.

A few days ago former Speaker
Cannon. in referring to certain poll
S1cians, expressed wonder as to wheth-
}er or not they were prepared to bring
Forth fruits meet for repentance. This
particular expression is not @infreauent-
~ used by Mr.. Cannon. as he is given
TO embellishing his remarks with
quotations from scripture. The APP
Ipearance Of this particular phrase
however. reminds one of the import
liant part that the bible has PLAYED
n shaping both the thoughts and the
language Of men.
No man can be said to be we'll ed
heated who has not at least a fair
knowledge Of the bible. This is en-
tirely apart from the influence which
the book may have on the religious
life Of the individual. That is anoth.
er subject. But the men who goes
through life without a reasonable ia
niIiartty with this book has his mind
closed to a proper appreciation of
nome Of the most important things in
}sahist0ry. and some of the finest things
ssin literature.
e The influence Of the bible has af-
3Eected most profoundly both COM
ssmerce and industry. science and poll
tics, for many Of the great move
1nents OF mankind have been due in
u small measure to the influence Of
M book. and to differences Of opin-
On concerning what It teaches. EN-
btteS have risen and fallen. vars have
800, Nased, trade has been expanded.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

Continue the good care you gave the
chicks when they were a week or. two
old and you will save more Of them
for egg production in the fall and for
n table when you want them.
Lameness in chickens is often due to
too high perches. which cause the
birds to make too big a jump. If your
roosts are over high lower them. Build
them all on the same level so that
all the birds will not attempt to crowd
on to the highest ones. A good perch
is made Of two inch material with
the upper edges rounded. Do not keep
a perch that has a split In 1t. A split
perch will MOI only injure the chick
ems feet, but will also harbor mites.
In order to tell the ages of the diff
ferent chicks matched. or to tell from
which incubation or hen they, come.
they must be marked by a punch in
the web Of the feet. Some poultry
men wait until the chicks are q month
old before they use the punch. But
the safe method is to do the work be-
fore the end Of the arst week. Then
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
Copyright. 1913. by w. Werner.)

copyright, 1918, ny w. Werner.)
Kathleen was borrowing trouble.
which was contrary to Kathleen's
philosophy Of life. And the situation
presented all the puzZling features Of
a paradox; because. while h was
borrowing from an untraversable dis
lance she was yet borrowing from
close at hand. For the cause of her
solicitude was the total strangers who
lived next door.
kathleen had a trouble of her own,
one so deep seated that it never cast
a shadow on the sunny surface she
presented to the world. For Kathleen
was kathleen O'Dunne instead of
kathleen O'IIara by reason Of the
havoc wrought by two inflammable
Irish tempers and a quarrel that
might never he mended because Lar
ry O'Hara was dead. So to kathleen,
widowed in spirit. if not in the letter
of the law, a quarrel was the most
dreadful menac presented by a
world strangely prolific of
And the people next door We're quar-
relling-quarrelling by day and night;
and because of thin walls and open
windows Kathleen knew OF it almost
in detail.
The baby had done tat least, that
was the way that II seemed. But
Kathleen, wiser as the result of much
mediation. knew that not the baby but
the struggle to live and great weari-
ness of the flesh We're at the bottom of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
= POULTRY I! Ill 4
GROWING CHICKS.
By Cockspw.

Now that you have young chicks
around Chose Of you who have in
cubated or bought chicks) don't be-
come careless about looking after
them. Keep them supplied with clean
water, and disinfect the drinking uten-
sils. Their health after the sixth.
seventh, or eighth week needs atten-
ton, although they are better able
to care for themselves.
Don't get tired of cleaning out the
brooder, and don't depend on their
advanced growth to make them
watchful Of the difference between
good and bad food. Don't feed them
in litter that has become befouled.
The crazy little things need protec-
ton from wet weather and from wind.
In windy weather the chicks should
he protected by a board or a piece of
muslin along the windy side Of the
brooder run.
Be sure grain il wholesome. Do not
allow 1t to lie around where 1t may
become mouldy. It is q bad method
to throw too much chick grain on the
ground Of the run. It is better to feed
Il IN Litter in the beooder.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

the trouble. Kathleen knew. but she
conld not tell them. She was power
loss to avert the tragedy that was i'm
pending.
The baby Was a four-month-old ha-
ny, and there was no denying that he
Was a a baby. an accomplished lit
tie tryant. Kathleen, who loved
babies, would have liked TO DENY it,
but she couldn't. If he had only been
d punN baby or a teething baby or a
colicky baby! But he was none of
these things. He was a pink and
sturdy baby and ON outrageously
spoiled one. of which facts Kathleen
was fully aware. thanks to good eye
light and much anxiety and the aforc-
said windows and walls.
Moreover. he was the first-born of
his mother, who was past her first
youth and set in her ways Of, as
Kathleen told herself, a mouth was a
true indicator.) And from the hour
of his advent the rest of the world
had faded away beside this wonder of
wonders. Meals and cleaning and
mending We're of minor Importance
not to he considered at all, in COM
parison With some need or desire of
hab!s. And being a normal infant he
was quick to learn. His original
plaintive whimperings for the atten-
ton that he needed developed into
imperative yells for the petting and
rocking and singing which, for the
most part. he needed not at all. And
his favorite time for these vocal dis
t%urbances was the period between 1
and 4 a. m.
His fathers occupation brought
him in at , a. M. took him out again
at 8 and brought him back at II for
Il meal and his longest period of sleep.
This schedule was by no means con-
ducive to placidity of temper, eve un-
der favorable circumstances. And in
the household of kathleen's new
~neiehbors circumstances We're by no
means favorable. The irregular meals
We're obtainahle after a fashion, but.
??::?!..! cmfwyp shrdlu hrdiu h hhh
thanks to the baby's demands for
amusement and attention. sleep had
been an unknown luxury for two
months.
And the baby was not the frst-born
of his father. There had been anoth-
or wife and another baby. the latter
now a girl of even years. Conse-
n%uently what was to the mother the
most marvellous of creatures was to
the father just a baby. And the one
parent had assured the other that her
idol had Satan's W temper, and that
he intended to work a reformation
eve if he had t o whip the said dol.
He's spoilt, spoilt. spolit! And you
did it: And when You spoil a child
you make a crininal.' he shouted On
one painful occasion at 3 a. M.
For days now the baby's mother
had gone about with tightly compress
ed lips and brooding eyes. That every
morning she had swept the diminutive
and immaculate yard five times, glanc-
ing back at the house where the ia
ther tried to sleep while the baby ex-
pressed loudly his complaint against
the world. Both Kathleen and she
We're waiting for hat threatened
whipping. and both knew that when It
happened a Rubicon of one sort or an
other would bN crossed.
Kathleen awoke somewhere in "the
silent Watches" The baby a as
usual. vociferating his objections to
the vacancy and monotony of his life,
but, contrary to his habit, he was do
ing this with a marked diminuendo..
each wall, followed by a sound weird
--1 49, $500
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

A punch can be obtained at any of
the poultry stores for a small sum.
The punching should be done quickly
on the web of the foot. but care must
be taken thai the bone of the foo is
no injured.
The first batch need not be punched.
The second lot should be punched on
corresponding webs Of the same foot,
and the third in another web, and so
on. In this way, when the chicks have
grown to nearly the same, size, it will
be an easy matter to pick UP any one
Of them and tell the date 1t was
Matched. OF course a record Of the
punching must be kept, or the punch
ing will be labor lost.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
What They Say.
Did His Best Under Circumstances.

The visiting peace delegates who
may have been surprised at being re-
by Colonel Roosevelt, their
host at luncheon, attircd in riding
brcechcs and spurs, are perhaps
entitled TO the explanation that the
Sullivan pistol law possibly prevented
the colonel from completing his toilet
and appearing in the regulating full
dress for such occasions.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

father sob, 81 wouldn't hurt the kid
for the world! I-why-Tm just so
tired, Mary, that I'm not myself. You
won't take him away-you won't leave
me, will you, honey"
Kathleen heard Mary cross the
room in a rush, and she knew, though
she could not see. that the tired head
breast.
II know, I know" Mary soothed,
with a note in her voice that even the
baby had never heard. Its my fault.
John; all mine. know it now. The
trouble is I was so glad about the
baby that I've seen you-my
own. own lad-since he came. If he
cries when you're tryin' to sleep again,
l1ll-Ill whip him myself. AS for
leavin' you, why, john"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
andy should Investigate.
Chicago Record-IIerald.

TV1lVaEO FeCDTd-TIefaId.
Andrew Carneeie's name is said to
ne registered as that of IL voter in the
parish of Dornorh. County of Suther-
land, Scotland. What ''rinser' is vot-
inS as the Laird of Skibo Castle?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
Our Busiest Little Explainer.

est. Louis Globe-Democrat.)
Vice President Marshall continues
to he a silent man, except when he
feels it to be desirable to explain an
explanation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
Ready to F'igh; For II.
tHonSton Post

Colonel Roosevelt, il should be re-
membcred, received the peace dele
gates not in his capacity of war maxi
or, but war breaker.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
Liable to Throw Him Into Fits.
York Evening SUM-

While the peace centenary is being
celebrated, it might he we'll to put
Sisson, of Mississippi, where he can't
do himself violence.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
sh: Why Spoil Perfectly Good Theory

New York Post.)
Peace with justice and righteous
ness between the nations" cries the
colonel. And there stands Panama to
prove it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
Chautauqua Circuits Nothing Like.
CPittshurs Gazette-Timt

When II reports from Washington
closed last night William Jennings
Bryan Was still of the opinion that
the state department job was no sine
cure.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
Tom Has Run Down at Last.

New York Press.)
This says the vice president, lis
my final word in the matter. Praised
be the Lord!
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Together Instead Of Each Other,

philadelphia Record.)
The era of universal peace is near.
Bryan and Clark have clasped hands,
and Roosevelt and Parker have eaten
together.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

Wedding ceremonies differ greatly
in different countries, but in the
matter of cinching the man, they
conform with considerable regu.
larity.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

Whose map, Of old, was wont
to grace the sheets most every
day, when. nothing went in old
New York without his own o. K?
Whose %specialties. as we recall.
were filling up the jails with
ginks who dealt in policy-and
rolling CONN nails? Who mixed
with Tonlmie lawson in an after
dinner spiel. and put your Harry
Kendall Thaw behind the doors Of
steel? Who failed to hitch with
Tammany and played his hand
alone and beat the Tiger at q
game 1t thought was all Its own?
Who knows the lin1elight now no
omer ana fingers. close to home.
with makin's always near 81.
hand? Why WilliamT. jerome.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

A gentleman riding on the from,
platform OF a downtown horse car In
ticed standing beside him a tired
looking Irishman who held. a heavy
bundle ON his shoulder.
why don't you set that bundle
down on the PLATFORM" asked the
Sure" said the celt, those poor
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

A Scotchman, wishing to know his
fate at once, telegraphed a proposal of
marriage to the lady of his choice.
After. passing the entire day at the
telegraph office he was finally re.
warded late in the evening by an af>
firmative answer.
IF I were YOU" suggested the oper-
ator, when he delivered the message,
"I'd think twice, before I'd marry a
girl that kept me waiting all day for
my answer"
Ma, ma" retorted the Scot. Tho
lass who waits for the night rates is
the lass for me-"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15

An elderly pair were making their
first visit to a New York play house.
well, Sarah," remarked the old
gentleman, at the conclusion. Of the
first act, don't you think we'd better
be a-leavin'?"
Why. no. Hiram! The show amt
half over yet"
well. it says on this here program
that three days elapse between tho
first and second acts. and I'm burned
II I want to set here that long,
Judge.
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horses have all they can do to dr'ras
the car and the pay-ple. Oill carry
the bundle"

subbubs had taken c~hurileigh home
to- dine. Everything went well-untii
they were seated at the dinner table,
when Willie Subbubs remarked, "why,
pa, this is roast beef"
WELL" said his father. what OF
"Why I heard you tell ma at break
fast that you we're going to bring a
muttonhead home for dinner this
evening""
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-15
ABatchof

A. young woman failed to pass her
examination for appointment as teach
err in the public school of a small
town.; r
Her. mother was terribly disappointY
ed and decided to interview one of
the examiners.
II am sorry, madam the man said,
that your daughter did not pass her
examinations. but there is nothing
can do about it. You know, madam,
no M is to blame but herself
She to blame!" exclaimed the
woman, wrathfully. well, sir, per-
haps you don't know that them en-
aminers asked her questions about
lots of things that happened years
and years before she was BORN
Harper's Bazaar.
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Kathleen awoke somewhere in "the
silent Watches" The baby was, as
usual. v~ociferating his objections to
the vacancy and monotony of his life.
but, contrary to his habit, he was do
ing this with a marked diminuendo..
Each wall. followed by a sound weird
and emphatic, ended in a gasp Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-18
CORRESPONDENCE.

/ MISS FRANCES MULLANE OF
Moline and James NJ Johnston. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Johnston of Milan.
we're married at s o'clock this morn
ing a the parsonage of the Grand
Avenue Congregational church, Dav-
enport. Rev. a. NJ. Parr. the pastor.
pfhciating. The couple were unattend-
I'd. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston had an
bounced the date OF their marriage
Monday. Oct. 20 and the fact that the
ceremony was an event OF his morn
Eng came as a great surprise both TO
Relatives and friends. The bride wore
, gown OF royal blue Charmeuse
trimmed in chinchilla fur with a hat
trimmed in the same fur. They left
ht once for Chicago and upon their
return will go to housekeeping in a
new home near Prospect Park. Mr..
lohuston Is n graduate Of the Uni
Tersity Of Illinois class Of 1909 Upon
fhe completion OF his course he en-
teted the law office OF Peek 4 Dietz
pnd later became a member of the
law firm of Dietz. Die;Z & Johnston
hnd was appointed city attorney OF
holne last May.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-18

Should I speak to him when l see
him BROWN EYES.
Q) 1t is ill-bred. He should at least
have asked your permission and re-
ceived consent before attempting to
smoke.
~ Any man who has so little con-
sideration for a girl as that ought to
be turned down HARD.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Could you
please tell me what will take mildew
out Of pink and white striped ging-
ham. have tried sour milk and
placed in the sun, but this seems to
have no effect on it,
CONSTANT READER.
A solution of chloride of lime will
take out the mildew, but it will also
take the color out of the dress.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: q Is there
anything TO wash the hair with or
put on the hair to make it darker be-
sides a hair dye?
(2) Is there anything to whiten the
skin after it is brown from being sun
burned? MILWAUKEE.
"a Sage tea will darken the hair
slightly. Walnut stain is also good for
this and not harmful. Get two ounces
green walnut shells, one-quarter ounce
alum, four ounces pure oil. Put in
bowl and set in pan of boiling water
Then press out juice, filter and add
any perfume you prefer.
(2) / can recommend. either butter,
milk or lemon juice for whitening the
skin. The buttermilk is less severe
Battle the face nightly in it and let
it dry on the skin. Next morning
wash of.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-18
The Octopus and the Girl

comfortable homes. No place for that
child to go to keep decent, not even
saloon,
The establishment of a minimum
wage scale, such as Lieutenant Gov
ernor O'Hara hopes to see consum-
mated, would have the effect of leav-
ing less vague that loop-hoie en-
ployers of large numbers OF girls find
so handy. Most of our help have
homes ID live In and work iCI pin
money" will cease to be the excuse for
compelling majority of girls to
compete in the standards as TO
dress and pleasures unwitting.y set
by such a one another employer
made the statement, and il was eager
ly gobbled up as editorial basis by
INSCRIPTIONS publishers, tEat the
women in the higher positions in his
store were the most immoral, hoping
to thereby throw the dust of natural
depravity into the eyes of reason. 1t
was learned that the instances he
mentioned had in each case been that
of women who had come up from the
cash girl status They had made good
with regard to what their positions
demanded, good dressers."
The greatest offenders in the octu-
pus of big business are the mail order
houses. These by Taylorizing have
reduced wages to the lowest notch
and by careful espionage keep the
employees in abject fear of removal.
INhan hn n
gains the dealer in merchandise
| locally cannot duplicate, il should
/ be remembered that a part of the les
sened cost is due to the life blood OF
/ young girls and boys mercilessly
/ ground into profits. A catalogue
of bargains has no proper place be.
side the family bible as seen in many
homes. One mail order house de
clared its yearly profit at 100000
conservative estimate at that.
The Commissioner of labor puts the
number of bread-winning women in the
United States as considerably over
/ 100000. Understand that the great
majority are engaged in bread-snatch
ing, literally. Know that they lack
sufficient and nutritious food; know
that they must make outwardly dis
play in dress; know that they escape
into loyeless marriages to bear, If al
all, puny infants; know that they dare
not grow old or resent insult; know
that they enter houses of prostitution
and become diseased and that theil
average life under those conditions il
2S years; knowing these things is i
not time that chivalrous-minded, de
cent men take hold and demand tina
society overturn this monstrous evil
Much as we may jeer the poet, i
takes verse to concisely state tht
gist OF a matter and these lines o.
Edwin Markham are appropriate ap
J piled TO the work which young Bar
raft O'Hara (good name, that is ben
! on doing:
J What do We need to keep the nation
whole,
To guard the pillars Of the state
} We need
J The fine audacities of honest deed
} The homely old integrities of soul
The swift temerities that take the par
, iof outcast right