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little. uneven catches when. at tho
end. it pulled up in front Of a low.
rambling house which held for her all
that she thought she had in life
memories of the past. Somehow tho
eed-choked walk was blottei u in
Il mist OF tears as Sine walked UP 1t.
and for a moment she futnbled help
lessly with the key: at the door. When
at last II stepped within Tor ar In
stant she was chilled Ivy the silence.
the air Of complete aloneness which
me, her and. strange to ay. wished
that she had listened to Mrs. Cham
pton. who had wanted her to write
Tilly'S mother to ''fiN up" for her and
he there to welcome her when she ar
rived. The sound of her CHEEKY
voice-anything to break the intense
she felt would have been acceptable.
But still she couldn't have pottered
around. as she was doing in a few
moments. gazing at and handling
every beloved object. and she could
call to the neighbors presently and
the horrible silence would be broken
completely.
She quivered at the thought Of their
happy surprise: and. because the call
for conpanionship became toe insist
ent to brush aside, on her way to the
hAlOitt& IL "OOu ~
went L, the door to call to her old
neiShhor. Mrs. Caddy. .
But suddenly Mrs. Caddy's daueh-
ter-in-law appeared on the back
stoop. saving as she hastily buttonei
up Il street costume: Gracious me:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: Well.
if this isn't a surprise: Mother Cad
'dN"" Laws. she's been living with her
Mary for over a year. Sure. she likes
it. doesn't say boo about coming
back. Mary's husbands we'll to do,
YOU know. and Mother Cajdy's having
the time of her life. Suppose you're
only here to look. over things. eh?
Going to rent?. To live! There
alone: Gravious goodness, Tilly
Tinker-humph!."
Disapproval rang in young Mrs.
Caddy's voice. but after the little
gray-haired woman re-entered the
house she dismissed the memory of it
with a brief: young folks are all
alike-think the old ones can't get
along without them"
The next day saw Tilly Tinker In
stalled in the dual role Of maid and
companion and for many days there
was airing and beating and shaking.
The little gray-haired woman told
herself repeatedly that at last she
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

The guarantee of order is force. and
the force is supplied or directed by
the Americans. Another and larger
part Of the population are Mcross the!
tribes whose chiefs petitioned for. al,
American governor and protested
against Filipino control. They are
Moslcnis in religion and in tcmpera-
ment and habits of life. They dis
trust and dislike the Filipinos. and. il
left to themselves would wage con-
tinual and savage warfare against
them. Even among the Tilipinos
themselves there Is little harmony,
and because Of the lack of a common
speech and mutual interests n ha.
bitual general intercourse 1t will take
a long time to establish such har-
mony.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20
LAUGH WITH Us III
Stories b Have
Many People smile.

In the deserted kindergarten room
humping the piano. to her hearts
content. A resident looked in at the
door. and smiled. go right on, Cath
crime" she said. "if you're. sure your
hands are quite Clean"
"oh. that's all right. Miss, Emily"
was the answer. I'm being very care
full; I'm just playing on the black
keys"
The parents Of a certain young girl
OF Detroit, being Of French birth,
have never been able to accustom
themselves to the American ideas
touching the liberty Of girls In the
matter of attentions from the other
sex. The girl herself, however, hav-
ing been born in this country, takes
tho average American girl.
One afternoon, upon her return af-
ter an absence of an hour or SO. the
girl was met by his question from her
mother:
Where have you been. my dcar:"
Walking in the park, mother"
And with whom"
mo one"
mo one?"
NO one.
I'm that case" continued the moth
.er. relentlessly. you will please be so
kind as to explain why you have re-
turned with q walking stick instead of
an umbrella"
Mrs. Ryan-They do be afther say
in that old man Kelly has got loco
mothor ataxy.". =.
Mrs. Murphy-welI, he's got the
money to run a av. thin il he wants
ter, but fer my par're. I'd rayther
have a good horse amy day.
Robert had two little playfellows
who were passing the afternoon with
him. They finally began Boosting
about their parents and belongings.
my father" Dragged Robert, "is
going to build a fine house with a
That's nothing" exclaimed Louis
scornfully. MY father has just built
a house with a flagpole on it,"
Sherman. who had been listening
intentiy,. was silent for a moment,
then BURST forth triumphantly: .
Gee. that's nothing. My father is
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n THE EVENING STORY. 81
IN TIL T. PAST.
Copyright. 1913. By ". werner,.

The Champions were in the library.
by the French window opening on to
the broad veranda. booking medita-
at the far end. whose soft. gray Eyes
occasionally swept the fashionable
avenue listlessly M whose faint sigh.
as her glance came back to the bit o.
crochetins in her hands. was full of a.
definite longing.
After a few moments quiet scru-
tiny Mrs. Champion whispered softly,
You see. l am right. Dick, mother is
not happy"
Now" Champion put in quietly.
Its just a case of the novelty being
off things and her thoughts dwelling
~eternally on the past. You and I are
living in our present, our future aud
She doesn't feel one with us. She
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

was content in the way which seemed
best to her. OF course Tilly-yes.
she was sorry Tilly was something Of
a disappointment and showed a
dreadful vanity. like so many young
people nowadays. 1t was very tire
some finding her constantly in front
of a mirror, fussing up her hair and
rubbing her face with a rag that
should be white. but looked pink. She
had ordered Tilly to wear her hair
plain and smooth. like girls at serv-
ice did in the past. but Tilly had
cried for an hour and sulkei for two
and then impudently told her she'd
wear her hair to suit herself and had
gone out and talked over the back
gate to Smiths boy for ages. Always
after a tussle with Tilly a memory
came Of Esther and Martha's unvary-
ing p%oliteness. Never in the four
years had they 'sassed" her. But
then, She argued. lilly was young and
her position as companion gave her
liberties not enjoyed by a mere maid.
1t would be all right when the clean
ing was over and they had time for
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

The story Of the proba bility Of
Roosevelt and Sulzer being rival can
didatcs for governor of New York
next year was probably manufactured
out OF the whole cloth. But, IL such
a thing should happen, there would
be a campaign worth going a good
many miles to see. Sulser. for one
thing. would find himself. in the An
anias club with a ~suddcnness that
would make his impeachment and
conviction seem in contrast like the
progress Of one Of the geological ages.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20
going to build q corkinE house with a
mortgage on it."

AAS ISd60 vi liz =: '-.
An English. Snowman, while travel.
ing IN the north Of ireland, met All
old farmer. (wlfo happened to- b. a
little dcaf). ~s4a...
Il say" said the Snowman, Ibid YOU
.way::" tA"
Farmer-A what did ye say?
snowman-fd o see a cart and
monkeys passing this way?
Farmer-Did We fall out?
One OF the mel in a certain COM
pany of militia made a disparaxinr
remark about, the man in front Of him.
Ine victim turned with Indignation
and assumed a fighting attitude. Then
the captain remarked sharply:
THAT will do there. We dom wan
n lighting men in this regiment"
germs on it?"
1T may have"
What in the world shall We do:"
Q worry; it would take a
nnghty active Germ to hop from the
money TO- you during the short time
tha1 YOU Keep what you get
. 6 IN amusing scene was witnessed in
q cincinnati machine shop recently On
the occasion Of the retirement. after ~ -
service Of thirty years. OF a valued
ann t "a his smploye. IN considera-
the company had arranged to give
fai a monetary recognition, and It
= ael e,e TO the lot Of the Superintendent.
speech. This is how he did it.
GustaS, Q have worked for this
company over thirty years. ycs:"
a DOW from the expectant. rccir,en,
OF the purse. ''p'che
IND Sou are going to quit. ye.?.
Anotaer and lower bow.
veil. Gustave. der COMPANY !. .,
siad OF 1t dot I had been asked -,
nand You desc hundred dollars"
,or Thers.is something wrong with the
lofty ideals that run to hishbails.
The man who is governed by his
conscience eldom needs the advice of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20


That the hundreds Of health.teach-
ing agencies in the United States
should organize into a general body
FOR united and cooperative action is
the assertion of DIR. r. b. -Dresslar.
Of the United States bureau Of edu-
cation.
Student insurance is a feature Of
German continuation schools. For
an insurance fee Of 10 cents per half
year: the students in the schools for
against all accidents that may hap
pen to them. in the school room or on
the way to and from school.
When 500 girls between IA and 10
years OF age in Chicago factories were
asked: IF your father had a good
Job. 90 that he could have afforded
to keep you In school, would you pre-
fer to stay in school OF go to work in
would still prefer to be in the factory.
Grand Rapids. Mich. has a print
ing department in the junior high
school. It is for three distinct classes
OF students: First. the part.time boy
who attends half q day a week with
out loss Of pay from his regular en-
second, the boy who Is
there all the time and is learning the
trade; third. the boy who takes an
hour or two a week to find out wheth.
er he wants to follow printing as a
life work.
The high cost Of living and related
problems are attacked in a series Of
homo, economies lectures at the
teachers training college in Baiti-
more. The following are a few of the
practical topics considered: What is
the food requirement for one day for
a young woman II to 20 years Of age?
A study Of actual lunches that can be
prepared for 3 cents and s cents. The
value OF pure food. How does the san.
itation of the school effect the health
and efficiency Of the child? How can
we as consumers influence economic
and sanitary conditions by careful
buying?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

Now they say that New York
church never was offered to DR.. Bus.
tard, leaving us to suspect it may
nave been only a press agent dodge.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

The result Of ADEQUATE Industrial
education will be peace, precision.
and prosperity in industry; happiness
and hope in u homes" in the opin-
Ion Of Secretary Of Commerce Red
field. $3.50
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Considering his name, we hate to
think what would happen il the
United States government should de.
eide to turn Mr.. o'Shaughnessy loose
on Senior Huerta.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

Several of Arizona's school laws are
models Of simplicity and effectiveness.
according to officials of the United
states bureau Of education,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

Mrs. John Jacob Aston has lost her
dog. Undoubtedly she has the full
sympathy Of Mr.. Charles Murphy.
who has lost his goat.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

The people Of Macon county, ILL.,.
are planning to do honor, by a me.
mortal volume and in other ways, to
the memory Of the late John Trainer.
father OF the modern country
school,"
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lust the same, a girl with q. face
that would scare a'gasoline truck up
an alley spends fully al much time
in front Of a mirror as a pretty girl
does.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

You can't always tell BY a mans
actions whether he has blue blood in
his veins or has the hookworm all.
ment. .
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the cosy talks that would bring back
all the. dear happenings of the past
and take away the. intangible shadow
that all the airing and the beating
failed to Danish.
She wal very bright on the after
noon she drew two chairs together on
the veranda and called lilly to come
hai her w bit Of work ready, but
Tilly, at the mention Of a Cosy hour
crocheting," frankly scowled. and
blnntlY said that crochetipg and such
things had. never made a hit, with her,
and that IL she couldn't have most
afternoons to herself she wouldn't
hire out, nohowS. OF curse she had
her way, and the little gray.haired
woman's cosy" hour and all her aft
spent alone, filed with a vague
melancholy greater than that experi-
encad in the Champion home in all
her longing for the things of the past.
Mem ories which then had been food
for happy thought in the silence Of
the old home began to haunt.
OF her old friends she quickly found
that there were few left to :"drop In"
Some had gone to live with daughters
road to ons and daughters AMI. hus-
bands waiting at the end. And the
young people who came to. see her at
long intervals listened with plying
tolerance only to her wistful tales Of
the past. They. We're wrapped up in
the events of the present, the future.
They wanted to talk about. their
babies. the wonderful strides John.
Jr;. wa making at college or the
bound to become. -'Just the same as
I used to-" the little gray-hairsd
woman pondered at last. when father
and I had the children about us: and
] guess maybe I wouldn't have bother.
ed to- listen to an old woman's
memories then, either"
Gradually it came to be that she
never mentioned the past. and that
there grew in her an intolerable
warming for companionship. She.
found herself listening eagerly to
when she sat %crocheting alone she ali
ways hal a vision of the Champions
veranda. with Mrs. Champions
friends dropping in the afternoons.
! always taking such 9 kindly interest
in her. She could see Esther bring
ing out cups Of tea and tiny sand
wiches. and she would get. up i'm
patiently and go into the deserted
kitchen with the intention of, boiling
the kettle and having a cup Of tea by
herself. She only had it once. though,
because somehow 1t made her lonelier
than eve =.
It was just before Thanksgiving.
when the thought Of other Thanks
givings was making Of the old homo
a place Of torture. that she went into
the Office OF her lawyer. ana with de-
ed little face put the old homo in his
hands for rent.
II guess I've learned she murmur-
ed as she walked homeward, that it's
best to put the past away %reverently,
and to be thankful for the present"
The following week she returned to
the Champions.
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A man never reattzes how much
sense one girl has who .jilts him until
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20

Thcreais something wrong with tho
iofty ideals that run to highbails. e
The man who is governed by III,
consciehce seldom needs the adyieo az
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-20
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-18
TO CARE FOR HELPLESS.
UNITED PRnss 1sAsrD wIRn.I !

London, Dec. ia widespread
movement having for its object the
care of the women and children of VI,
ster in the event civil war should fol-
low the enactment of the Home Rule
bill is under way in England. At the
instance of the British League for the
support of Ulster, many women through
out the country who are favorable to the
cause Of the anti-Home Rulers, have
agreed to each take certain number
of mothers and children and to house
them during the continuance of hostil-
tiles. Others are forming nursing corps,
and from various sections reports are
coming in of large numbers Of volun-
teers for this service. The league claims
to have more than 300 recruiting agents
in the field throughout England, Scot
land and Wales, and that men are
pledging themselves at the rate Of a
hundred a day to join the proposed Ul-
ster auxiliary force.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-18
LADY COOK SAYS CHILDREN SHOULD NOT Be
TOLD FALSEHOODS BY MISGUIDED PARENTS

understand Santa Claus as an allegori.
cal parsonage.
And when the little one, wondering
whence do children come, asks, "Moth.
er, who made met Where did / come
front" the usual pious answer is a
silly falsehood about gooseberry bush
or the pious subterfuge "God made
you, my dear" One might as well tell
a child after it has eaten too much, that
God gave il indigestion. Would it not
be wiser and better for the mother to
say at oncei
My darling, you came from your
father and mother. We made you from
our own bodies, so that you are part of
us. You grew rs the seed grows within
the fig, and for many weary months l
carried you beneath my heart, where
you were fashioned and remained until
you were fit to be born, then / brought
you into the world with much pain;
and so am called your mother, be.
cause the word motheer means labor
and you cost me much.N
A little later, when the child could
understand the real meaning Of this
answer, would not its heart be drawn
nearer to the parentl Would not this
answer, when understood better, pre-.
vent the child from later learning the
real truth Of its birth from bad com.
panions on the street corner or in the
school coak-room, and when discovered
in this way to be kept a guilty secret
from its parentsl The child mind
would argue, as it does most logically,
that tho mother or the father had to
put 1t OFF with a foolish explanation,
and that therefore the real truth was
bad,
If you hide these things from your
children, they win hide similar things
from You for 1t must be the parents
who first approach such SUBJECTS, But
II you discuss with the child frankly
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-18
- - -
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

Notice is hereby given that the coun.
ty school superintendent of Marion
county, Oregon, will hold the regular
examination Of applicants for state Ger.
tificates at the East school, corner Of
Twelfth and Center streets, Salem, Ore.
gon, as follows;
Commencing Wednesday, December
II, 1913, at 0 o'clock a. M, and contin.
uing until Saturday, December 20, 1918
at 4 o o'cloek p. m.
Wednesday orenoon-Wrting, U. s.
history, physiology.
Wednesday afternoon - Physical ge.
ography, reading, composition, methods
In reading, methods in arithmetic.
Thursday foronoon-Arithmetic, his,
tory Of education, PSYCHOLOGY, methods
in geography,
Thursday afternoon--Grammar geog.
raphy, American literature, physics,
methods in language, thesis for primary
certificate,
Friday foronoon-Theory and prac.
tico, photography English literature,
chemistry.
Friday afternoon--SchOol law, geol.
ogy, algebra, civil government.
Saturday forenoon - Geometry, bot
any.
Saturday afternoon-G General history,
bookkeeping,
Subjects for the thesis for primary
certificates are as follows;
|. Picture study
Q. Tho story hour
3. Play and play grounds
4. MOntossori system.
8. The kindergarten, as an aid to
tho primary school.
W. NJ. SMITH,
County School Superintendent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-18
PAYING THE PENALTY FOR
GRANDMA 1s-INCH WAIST

In the January Woman S Home Com
panion appears page Of interesting
letters from readers on which a Min
nesota woman makes the following com.
ment on the present fashion for wo-
men:
"There is so much talk nowadays
about 'atrocious fashions when in
reality women's clothing was never
more hygienic and comfortable. The
low.heeled shoe, the corsetless figure,
the one.piece dress, which requires only
union suit and princess slip beneath
tiff we persist in these fashions our
grandchildren will reap the benefit.
We, who are paying the penalty for
grandmother's 1S.inch waist, ought to
rejoice in our freedom and resolve to
keep free"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-18
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc,


Wheat - Track prices: Club, SEC;
Bluestem, 921ac; Fortyfold, S3c; Red
Russian, soc; Valley, S2c.
Millstuffs-Bran, $1,000 per ton;
shorts, $24; middlings,$3O
Flour - Patents, $46O per barrel;
straights, $4.OO; exports, $S65@3,SO;
valley, $4.6o; graham, $4.6O; whole
wheat, $3.50.
Corn-whole, $36; cracked, $S7 per
ton.
Hay--Fancy Idaho timothy, $17@1Sj
fancy eastern Oregon timothy, $l5@16;
timothy and clover, $l4@15; timothy
and alfalfa, $l3@l5; clover, $S.5O@lOj
oats and vetch, $1O@11; cheat, lO@11;
valley grain hay, $1O@1l.
oats-No, l, white, $25@25.5O per
ton.
Barley--Feed, ss4@25 per ton; brew.
ing, nominal; rolled, $27@2s.
OIuC0Ilesi Orleu trulJS, htc,
Dried Fruits-Apples, 1Oc per lb,;
curiants, lOe; aprieots, l9@14c; peach
es, s@llcj prunes, Italian, s@lOc; sill,
YER, 1sc; figs, white and black, 6h@
7lac; raisins, loose Muscatel, 6h@
re; bleached Thompson, ll1acj un.
bleached sultanas, slac; seeded, TAO
S1ac.
| Coffee-Roasted in drums, 1s@32c
per lb.
Nuts-Walnuts, 1915c per lb,; Brazil
nuts, 2Ocj filberts, 15c; almonds, zoe;
pccans, lie; cocoanuts, 9Oc@$l per doz,
Salt-Granulated, $14 per ton; half
ground, zoos, $1O,25 per ton; sos, $ll
per ton
Beans-small white, 5000; large
white, $4.75i Lima, $3.50; pink, $500;
red Mexicans, Sc; bayou, $4.4O,
Rice-No, Japan, 5@5lSc; cheaper
grades, 4lacj southern head, 5%@6c.
Honey-Choice, s3.a5@3.75 per case.
sugar-Fruit and berry, $500; Homo
lulu plantation, S5.l5; beet, $5; Extra C,
$4.7Oj powdered, barrels, $5,45j cubes,
barrels, $500.
Fruits ana Vegetables.
Green Fruit-Appies 0Oc@$2.s5 per
box pears, $l@l,5O per box grapes,
MalagOs $L5O@$s.5O per kegi Emper.
ors, $S.75@l per kegi grapes, crates,
$l.75@si casabas, 2iao per h.; Gran.
berries, sll per barrel
vcgctables--cabbago, l@lhc per h.;
cauliflower, sl@ls5 per doz.; cucum.
bers, 4O@t5c per dOz.; eggplant, 7c per
Ib,i head lettuce, $s@s.s5 per crate;
peppers, 5@7c per h.; radishes, lO@lac
per doz.; tomatoes, $3.50 per box; gar
lie, laiSc per 10; sprouts, lie per lb.i
artichokcs, $3.50 per doz.; squash, lsSe
per lb.i pumpkins, lac per lb.i celery,
5O@T5c per doz,
PotNtoes--New, 75c@si per ewt,
sweets, $2,25 per crate.
onions-oregon, s2l5 per sack,
Dairy and Country Produce.
Butter-orogou creamery, solid pack,
SOC per lb.i prints, box lots, S4e.
Eggs-oregOn ranch, l5c per don
Cheese Oregon rripiets, l6isc; Dai.
sies, l7ei Young America, isc.
vOal-Faney, lsik@lec per pound
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-18
5 Acres Well Improved

8 acres, rich, dark loan soil; good
house, barn, well and pumps family
orchard, Derriesi all garden tools and
implements; horse, wagon, buggy, har
ness $1,000 down. Price $1,000, suap
Modern Bungalow Cheap.
New and up to date bungalow, five
rooms, only 5000 down. Price sl4OO,
Houses for Rent.
We writS Insurance.
Money 10 Loan.
For Bargains 500
a-ss---
.n.a....n.u.. a ..r..
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T. Msn;s

and in terms in keeping with its age
and understanding, the child, in turn
will make confidant Of you.
Of course, it must depend upon the
child, how these true explanations are
made, just as it must depend upon the
child when it will be put into the nur-
sery alone to sleep or at what age it
will be permitted to go to school. It is
up to the parent to study the child, and
decide the proper time and the proper
method for the detailed lessons.