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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20

sist in recklessness. despite all rules
to the contrary.
Il think our greatest work toward
the prevention OF accidents has been
IN regard to dynamite. In our first
Years on the isthmus. when we began
70 use dynamite in large quantities.
premature explosions and other acci-
dents With dynamite were very fire.
Quent.
One of the deadliest kind Of our a
from dynamite grew nut of the
|tai!ure OF some charges to explode. IL
happened several times that one Of
these uneNpl"ded charges would later
he u up, by a steam shovel. The
steel shovel in contact with the rock
n dynamite caused explosions. and
We lost many of u steam shovel men.
to say nothing Of the steam shovels.
j n this way.
Miss Fires Eliminated.
As a result of these accidents an
investigation was made. We finally
IN parallel no miss fires occurred. We
had been wiring u charges in series.
Therefore, We changed our method,
and since we have been wiring them
exclusively in parallel there have been
no miss fires.
Premature explosions were an.
other source of serious accidents. One
SNS Wy aAoStltSlu6 S0NS WIS pre-
pairing to set of more than twenty
tons OF explosive in Culebra cut. All
the holes had been charged and wired
except n The loading men were
at work on the last hole when the
whole series OF charges exploded pre-
maturely. We at first thought that
the current passing through the wire
current 10 the fuse wires. which sad
not been connected with the gener-
ator wire when the explosion occur
red. Investigation showed that the
fuse wire was so small that the -rn-
orator current did not induce suffi-
Gent current in the fuse wire to set
of a charge when the two wires were
had to be abandoned. Then some one
suggested We examine the water in
the holes. 1t was then found that
this water was slightly acidulated. and
consequently acted upon the paper Of
the dynamite cartridges and liberated
the nitroglycerin.
Premature Explosions Prevented.
In this particular instance the first
holes had been charged more than a
week before they reached the last
hole, and thus the calculated water
had had sufficient time to liberate the
nitroglycerin. The conclusion In the
earth from the explosion of a charge
lon the opposite side Of the cut had
been sufficient to set off the nitro
Iglycerin nee it was liberated by the
action of the water. Investigation
showed that the acidulated water
could not liberate the nitroglycerin
in the cartridges unless allowed to
act upon them for more than a day.
consequently, we made a rule that
charges must be exploded within
twenty-four hours after they are set
lin the hnlaS Sinoo chat PO1n Hf,onf
into effect We hsve not had q single
case Of premature explosions"
Lieut.. Col. D. D. Gaillard, U. S. A..
member of the canal commission. re-
ported recently that during the las.
three and one-quarter years. when
more than 2o.oo0.0O0 pounds Of dyna-
mite had been exploded under his
direction. only eight men had been
killed. OF these, three failed to go
far enough away to avoid the falling
rock, and two miscounted the number
Of shots.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20

cigarette smoker" a hardy Pole. WIN
Ior q wager. onc reduced 32 cigar.
cues 10 ashes before the minute hand
a completed n circuit Of the
CLOCK. On another occasion he ner.
formed a feat even more remarkable
IN a round hundred cigar
e eyes IN ~ minutes under four hours.
ci Inv row. the Unsuitable man ex-
stump. Il think l will have a ciear"
FOR a wager Of 1000 francs a
French cabman. called Chataienon 70
een.lS undertook to smoke 100 strong
cigars in two days. In the first -
hours ne had disposed Of 66. and. att
er Two hours rest. continued his
th sh MIN such yigor that by noon on
last ct.ar "an gay the stump OF his
"S. .'eal was burning his lips.
80 Less stimulating. perhaps. are feats
Witnessed not a few In recent wears.
but 1t Is to the old city of Bruses hat
we W., must go to see the dilatory art at
us best. Every evening the Rrnasche
nookersclub (the smoking ciu6 Of
n.usesl mas It's contests. in which the
members Vie with each other in an
of tnh.ooe smoke the smallest quantity
VI .ooacco IN the longest possible time.
Tho steward weighs out for each
- ~ w anu Il naIt m
oa 5ooacco. which the Vice President
PACKS carefully into Their rival pipes.
~. ~ signai all pipes are lit and the
contest begins. each mans object bc-
.hns 10 Keep the fire in his bowl alight
eme AS pipe after pipe goes
ou. .he contest becomes more and
more interesting. and the excitement
leacnes Its climax when onlv two
competitors are left. So exact hava
tIc Of the Rookerscinh no.
come that 1t Is quite a us,Iai thinc
Logger alive the flame in two and .
hair graMmcs Of tobacco ror 49, 49,.
and n half. LUZ an "our
nut such individual feats male into
.msisnihcance In contrast to thc ap0re-
sa.e records Of smoking. The United
takes Il very low plnce in the
national smoking list. The iaaIoion tnr
exhmple. smokes more thnn three
as mucha as the Briton. far .varv
pound of tobacco consmmaI r y esweat
ritatn n Ireland the German smnt"s
l "a pounds. the Austrinn rs
pounds and the Amcricnn ~
~ ~ "'..su"sn. anu yet John Bulls devotion
~ ,. su.'ilie tobacco which from east
,r Mrs.; Cnecrs the Tar's labor or the
u unaHman 3 rest" Is positively shirt.
I'M, ~ Wnen reduced to figures. Thus it
~ rstimated that a Pipe large enough
,,,r,. m" ms ahnnnl supply Of his Ia.
sf "a "'sn would have a bowl Of $50
lsrt ~ nlameter-large enough 10
noI" .ne entire population of Liverponl
ana would rise 40 feet higher thar Tho
London monument. " ~
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
STATE FAIRS.

II may be a disappointment TO a
few members Of the legislature to
learn that there is to be no state fair
tight this season. OF course a state
fair proposition can be started at any
time, but not much of a fight is likely
10 be developed unless one or both Of
the largest two cities IN the state take
a hand in 1t. And the situation just
now Is that there is nobody in Grand
Forks or Fargo who wishes TO make
any hght this year in connection With
the state fair proposition. The fighting
policy has been demonstrated TO be
barren Of good results to either Of the
combatants. Therefore the represen-
tatve people Of the TWO cities have
agreed to qui. it. This is a sensible
conclusion. There has been a good
deal Of joking about a state fair on
wheels. The present arrangement
was made as a result of a compromise
between the rival claims of the two
great valley cities. In the beginning
II was not what either city would
have chosen. But the plan has GER
tain good features which were not
generally understood at the time when
the state fair locations were fixed.
Grand Forks is naturally the center,
for transportation purposes, of a large
section Of the state. Fargo is as nat.
urally the center Of another section.
By alternating the fair thousands Of
people see 1t in n year or the other
who would otherwise never see a
state fair at all. In each city the
state owns a valuable plant which
represents a big investment. And In
each city there has been established
in the off" years a fair which is
second only to the state fair in size
and value. To all intents and purpos-
eS North Dakota has two state fairs
gerry year. and to one Of these the
staIe has not contributed. and is not
asked to contribute a cent. The To-
, ca, .>ir is in each case taken care OF
hy :ocal enterprise, and the state
grants some help to what is officially
the state fair and no other. The ar.
~lat.@"nlent is working we'll. and there
j. ~ reason Why it should not con
tinuo indefinitely.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
SMOKING HALF MILLION CIGARS.
German Woman Halcr Had Record Of
Twenty-Five . Day for Sixty
Years.

Git BltS.)
A million surplus Maggies are will
ing to bear the yoke.
And a woman is only a woman
but a good cigar is a smoke.
So sings Mr.. l1udyard kipling, as
gray clouds come putting from his
lips. and such was the sentiment OF
Herr Stark. the German misogynist,
who died in Berlin a few years go,
proud to the last Of his reputation as
a devotee of my Lady Nicotine"
During my long lifetime" he wrote,
shortly before he smoked his last Ha-
rana. Il estimate that l have smoked
e a half a million cigars. an aver
age of more than % daily for 60
Years. 1 have thus enjoyed 10000
hours Of such happiness as no wom-
an could ever have given me, and
which was we'll worth the $1,000 that
purchased it. My cigars have been
the one solace" and sweetener Of my
life. and my only regret in leaving it
is hat I cannot bring my record up
to a million"
And even this amazing feat was
quite thrown into eclipse by the
achievement of Herr Nanas, an Aus
TRAN. whose record verges on the in
credible. From the age Of 81 Herr
Nanas kept an exact account of all he
bought and what he paid for 1t. Thus
his accoun book shows that in 81
years (from - to $40 he consumed
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
D!1NGR
-U-@-@

Emily-Why are you waving your
handkerchief?
Angelina-since papa has forbidden
Tom the house, we have arranged a
code Of signals.
Emily-What is that?
Angeline-When he waves his hand
kerchief five times that means do
you love me-" And when l wave five
times in reply it means, Yes, darling
Angelina-We don't. That's the
whole code.
A certain prosy preached recently
gave an endless discourse on the pro-
phets. First he dwelt at length on the
minor prophets. At last he finished
them and the congregation gave a sigh
of relief. He took a long breath and
continued: Now ] shall proceed to
the major prophets"
After the major prophets had re-
ceived more than ample attention the
congregation gave another sigh Of re.
Lief.
Now that J. have finished with the
minor prophets and the major pro.
phets. what about jeremiah? Where
is Jeremiah's place."
At this point a tall man arose in
the back Of the church. Jeremiah
can have my place." he said. I'm go.
ing home"
lie was cashier in q west end bust.
ness house and his fortntgh,'s holiday
had just ended. .Ae he entered the
Office On Monday morning his fellow
clerks rose TO gree, him, but he held
up his hand for silence, and. before
anybody could say a word. he distri.
buted among them q number of nca,.
ly printed little cards. reading thps:
Thank you.
Yes, I had a splendid time.
oh. walking. fishing. golf and &c
forth.
Yes. hna quite II lot Of rain.
Hard to tear myself away? You
bet!
~ ought to. I'm feeling ft as 9
tiddle.'
And without a word he started ir
at his regular work.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
y Z,
THE HARDEST LESSON.

New York Tines.l
You may figure costs to fractions;
Overlook to loss no clew:
You may manage your collections
So no bills r overdue:
You may SO conduct your credits
That your house can't lose a cent:
You may know by your accounting
Just where every penny went.
You may frame your advertising
In a most seductive guise:
You may know the legal phases
OF all questions that arise:
You may learn to handle tabor
Till its furthest point you've solved,
You may win DER competition
BY the tactics you've evolved;
Still there comes another matter
When the troubled day is done,
And on this depends the outcome
OF the battles you have won;
You will find your greatest triumph!
On success a sad burlesque,
If Hou can't lock business troubles
Meath the curtain Of your desk.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
\ GOOD

Individual deposits in the banks Of
North Dakota have increased % per
cent within the past year.. That is a
good increase for a single yea 1t
indicates several things. One of these
is that there is in the state consider
ably o wealth than formerly. That
is natural after a good crop and BUSH
ness year, and very gratifying. As
the state grows in population 1t should
grow in wealth. If it does not do
this 1t 10 growing the wrong way. The
increased Wealth represented by that
portion Of the increased bank deposits
due to that increase is much greater
than the increase in deposits alone.
The money in bank is at any time but
a small fraction Of the real wealth Of
a community. For every dollar Of
bank deposits we have many dollars
Of real wealth represented by more
valuable lands more and better build.
ings, more cattle and horses and
grain. more silos and creameries, more
Of everything that goes to make up
he commercial value Of a state.
Hence the fact that our bank deposits
by individuals have Increased very
materially shows that there has been
a very gratifying increase in the act
a wealth OF the state
This increase also means that there
has been an increasing recognition Of
the importance Of systematic habits
Of doing business among our people.
The bank is the clearing house Of the
country, and the more generally the
bank is used the better the evidence
Is that the affairs Of the community
are being conducted in a businss-like
manner.
The increase is also evidence Of the
fact that North Dakota people are
finding In North Dakota financial in.
stitutions in constantly increasing
measure the facilities which they need
for taking care Of their accounts. The
more of our money is kept at home
the better will our facilities for doing
business be. h account that is kept
in one Of the local banks, provided
the institution is able to handle il
properly. is better thing for the
state than the same amount kent in
IL distant city.
And, in the increase in deposits.
and the increase of actual property
values indicated thereby We have evil
dcnce Of the growing importance OF
North Dakota as n market for goods.
This state is one of the richest in Tho
union. It's people arc better. able to
huy things than arr. those Of almost
my other section OF the country. ia
the man who had articles to sell this
territory offers one of the most val
liable markets on the continent. This
fact should be of interest to the ad.
vertiser who seeks through the variou,
n Of publicity to popularize his
goods. When he addressed an adver.
tisement to the 100000 people whc
constitute the population Of this state
he is addressing a group of people
containing more probable buyers thar
he would by addressing q similar
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
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SHE GOT THE CARRIERS.
New York Telegraph.)

(New York Telegraph.)
A bit of cheer from the great West:
Ripon. Wis. Jan. IA young lady,
living not very far from here. doing
Christmas shopping in own on Tues
day. dropped in to the J. E. Brown
clothing store and said to Mike Raj
lahan. the genial head clerk Of the
establishment:
1T is my desire to obtain a pair of
circular elastic ~appendages capable of
being contracted or expanded by
Of oscillating FURNISHED steel
appliances that sparkle like particles
of gold leaf set with Alaska diamonds.
and which are utilized for keeping in
position the habiliments Of the en-
tremities which innate delicacy for
me to mention"
Mike had just time enough to hand
OH. LET ME- IN!
I beat upon closed doors:
My hands are numb,
The oaken walls are mute,
The bolts are dumb.
Although my spirit plead,
My strength demand,
Cnthrobhing stands the oak
Beneath my hand.
l beat upon closed doors;
- doors, respond.
Once through a shining rift
] saw beyond.
L. Y. a.
A nan travelling a swift pace is
usually going down grade.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20

number of people anywhere else in
North America. And the man who is
seeking Il location for the manutac-
this market. and the manufacture of
which in this territory is not prohi-
bi.ed by peculiar special conditions.
can inc nowhere else as good a state
in which to locate.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
395 Is Death Toll In Panama
Canal For Last Four Years

Liz every other srea; work OF con.
siructlve e%ngineering. the Panama
Sanal mas taken its toll OF human life,
mere have been aecldentS. fatal acci.
dents. and many Of them. Niolen,
deaths have beer matters of almost
weekly occurrence.
me use of.tons AMI tons of dyna-
greater part OF the fatal accidents on
canal work. A new record in the
use OF dynamite has been set by the
american engineers who have now
Drought the Panama canal almost to
eompi'tlan. The tremendous rock \
SaFat!on In Cuicbra cat has necessS
!a'eo the continuous use of dynamite
useu before in all the world on ans
single piece Of construction. In add.
uoA 20 tne dangers from the extensive
use o! dynamite che canal workers
nave been exposed. oy have exposed
themselves to other dangers resulting
from The presence of hundreds oi
trains IN the canal prism. the loosen.
ms re,e o. mugs masses OF rock and earth
from Work at great elevations. from
me use OF all sorts OF machinery on
me cana! proper and in the shops
and there have also been many drown.
lnSs IN the last few years of the work
as water began to be admitted to part.
VI the cana.
Comparison With French Period.
Complete figures for the death toll
on the isthmus during the canal WORK
are not ootainable in Washington, and
u Is doubtfu If they are obtainable
even on the canal itself. 1t is only
ourlng he las, four years that a rec.
ora OF accidents has been kept at tho
ounces OF the canal commission here
y mas followed the enactment by
congress of a law providing compen.
Satlon Tor employees injured in tn.
me OF duty and damages for tbs
helrs OF employees killed in the cours.
OF their work on the canal. This i.
asioe from the record Of deaths b.
disease. which, Of course, is KEEP
separately by the sanitary officer Of
the canal zone, Col. W. c. Gorgas, ant
has been constantly maintained evel
since the canal work was begun. II
this connection the whole world know,
OF how the isthmus was converted
into a huge burrying ground during
the efforts OF the French to build the
canal by yellow fever and other epi
demic diseases Of the tropics. Ever
during the first years of American oc,
cupation he death toll from diseas;
was high. The work Of Col. Gorga.
ana his assistants has been SO effec
I'VE that the death rate OF
the canal zone. exclusive Of accidents
compares most favorably with that o
the healthiest regions of the United
States.
Figures for Four Years.
The figures for the four years 70,
which records are available are al
follows:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
Reflections of a Bachelor
lNex York Press. y

V.<CW 1O1N TCSS
Man wants but little here below,
and he keeps on wanting 1t.
A red-headed girl can tone down
its color a great deal by being an
heiress.
The most becoming way to wear
your hear is the way a rich uncle
wears his.
Women may not be angels in the
next world, but as wives they have to
be in this.
Sooner or later a woman gets to
judge her husband by the way he acts
about his collar buttons.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News.)

Yes, Alonzo. two can live just as
extensively as one.
Feed a man honeyed words and he
is almost sur to get stuck up.
A man Is apt to dodge up an alley
when an officer really seeks him.
Usually a mans sense Of humor
goes lame when the joke Is on him.
It's awfully hard to convince a man
that he is getting a square deal.
The less brains a man has to spare
the more likely he is to lose his head.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
WHAT THEY SAY
Only Time 1t Has a Population

NuS1IIAIS0V1I NNSRS'v
If Washington We're as unscrupu-
lousy enterpriSing as some towns. it
would conspire to have d ensus taken
during Inauguration.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
Always Innocent That Are Punished

CIV aSNlnstOn foSt.)
JudGe Archibald can get what salts
faction he may out of the reflection
that. after all. majoriues are almost
always wrong.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20

we nave done all we could to pre-
vent accidents on the canal" said Col.
Goethals in an interview given the
New iork Evening sun. I'VE have
in the handling of explosives and pro-
hibiting men from jumping on and off
OF moving trains. 1t is 'id1cult to en-
force all our rules, however, as it has
been found by every engineer on such
a job as ours that the men Will per-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20

Giving Him The Acid Test.
(Knickerhocker Press.)
If Governor Sulzer wishes to show
his real independence let him refuse
to tip a Pullman porter.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20

Miss Rosy Nohall had just returned
from a finishing school. and had evil
IDENTIFY fulfilled all that was required
Of her in the scholastic line.
She and her father we're sitting in
the dining-room.
Its vulgar to say that air. YOU
should say. that there or. ~preferab-
ly Just that"
well. this ear" commenced her
father: but he was cut off again.
mo father. smirked the dutiful
daughter. That's just as vulgar.
You must avoid such expressions as
this 'ere'-"
Father became irate:
Look here. my girl" said he. I'm
going to say what I mean. That air
lie bad for this a of mine. and I'm
going to shut the Window"
And after that Rosy said no more.
A London story Eliminates the ca.
reer Of Horace Hamfat. an actor.
Rich today. he was poor and a failure
up to the age Of forty. His life. up
to that s passed in the provinces
on two or three quid a week. On.
Saturday in Manchester Horace Ham
fats show wen up. the fed
and Horace for three days lived on
bread and dripping. Then a letter
came to him from a London admircr
enclosing f10. The admirer forward
cd also an item from q theatrical page
mat Horace himself had written:
chester but the typesettcr had
made this item read. truly enough.
Horace Halnfat is starving in Man
chester"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
EVERYBODY

est. Louis Globe-Democrat.)
Judge Archibald. out. says his con.
science is clear; everybody then. APP
parently. content.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
Dare Him to Try 1t in July.

CSaltimore American.)
John ID. Rockefeller has again given
PROOF of his unlimited riches. He has
bought out ar ice Ia near him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
MILLING ia Lose Our Li,tle Artha

Wiling to lose Our little -Nrtha.
(Chicaso Record-Herald.)
Ii the people had the $4,000 and
had Jack johnson for keeps.
ii might not be a bad bargain after
all.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20
1t Doesn't-Watcr Never Does.

IBOStOn -AUNertlSer.1 :.
Why does the Ohio river menace
Cincinnati just at this stage of the
year"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20

Money invested in sleighs in this
country doesn't have much chance to
earn dividends.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20

h sign in front Of q Harlem res
tar:ant attracted the cye Of Il farmer
and he went in. He had q raw. Il
fry. Il stew, q pan roast. u broil and
through he laid IL quarter on the
ctshier's desk, only to he told that
he was shy a dollar and a quarter.
mo. by jing." said the farmer. "A
quarters right. Doesn't your sign
say. Oysters In every. style for Is
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-20

A man travelling a swift pace is
usually going down grade.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-13
READ THEM ALL.

Yesterday morning The Muscular
printed the first of Mr.. Haskin's Pana-
ma-canal series Of articles. These
stories will continue to be a daily fea-
ture until the question has been COW
cred more thoroughly thar it has been
treated by any other writer. Mis-
soulian readers will find this the most
instructive current-feature discussion
Of recent days. Every one of the
articles should be read. Those who
are not regular readers of this Mis-
soulian feature should become so at
once. This Panama series is valuable.
Teachers and students will find the
articles specially helpful. Always it is
a good time to subscribe for The Mis-
soulian, but this is specially an oppor-
tune time. Get yesterdays edition
and make your file complete of the
Panama articles.