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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21
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(InlCa&o News
Men who make history encourage
the book agents.
If ignorance Is bliss. this ought to
be a happy old world.
Good luck and bad habits are sell
dom on speaking terms.
We can't help feeling sorry for Il
millionaire with indigestion.
Actions Of the man behind a bass
drum speak louder than words.
It's queer what funny things some
men see when they are blind drunk.
Women are always pretending they
don't deny their husbands anything.
Ever notice how willing people are
to assist you when you don't need
help?
The man who says he never had a
show probably " had the price
OF admission.
Better laugh at peoples jokes; you
may have occasion to spring one your
self some day.
The man who marries an angel in
disguise is apt TO find the disguise
both perfect and lasting.
We have often wondered IL some
men don't get married for the pur.
pose OF having some one to drive them
to drink.
The first thing a woman does after
moving into a house Is to look in all
the closets to see II the last tenants
left any family skeletons.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21

Washington. Jan. 2l.-Enective
enforcement Of the pure food law in u
new way is to be the policy of DR..
Carl l. Alsberg, the successor OF DR..
Harvey ". Wiley as chief Of the
bureau Of chemistry Of the depars-
ment OF agriculture.
Besides continuing to apply rigor-
ously the police power possessed by
the department under the law. DIR.
Alsberg intends to utilize the author
tty he possesses to help manufacture
ers improve their products. lessen the
COS OF their operations. and thus re-
luce the price to consumers, and de.
wise changes and reforms in the ,s-
tenn Of cold storage which will pre-
vent the sale Of poisonous foods to
the people.
. Dr.. Alsbers has other things in
mind which he intends to put into
practice. with the result. 4 is expected
only require manufacturers to put
pure goods on the market. but will
pc constructive in the aid given to
through researches to be made
the department chemists.
Wiley Regimes Atm.
During the Wiley regime more at
tentfon was paid to the exercise Of the
police authority than to the construc-
S WIN Va IN department.
Now that the manufa cturers have
become familiar with the provisions
OF the law. the time has come when
the chemistry bureau a devote more
attention to the question Of food
values. the development. Of preserva-
tires that are not deleterious, and to
q host Of other matters vital to the
health Of the people.
For example, DR.. Alsberg has as
signed n distinguished chemist to a
thorough investigation Of cold storage.
and. when he receives the report, will
be able to take action which is certain
to be Of great importance. or. if he
finds the necessary legal authority
lacking, to submit the facts to con.
gress with appropriate recommends
tions.
1t is DR.. Alsberg's idea also to cor
serve the waste Of the country. and
to this end he will assign subordin-
atees to an Investigation Of various
substances which today are cast aside
as useless.
Heavy Citrus Fruit Loss.
Experts will be sent to California
to determine what can be done with
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21
INTERESTING. but

Duluth Herald: Governor Bald
win of Connecticut has started some
thing by his proposal for an amend
ment to the constitution to do away
with the electoral college and let the
people vote directly for the candi-
dates for president and vice president.
That proposal has been mad before.
but whether it will ever lie put into
the form of legislative enactment IS
questionable.
But what Governor Baldwin pro-
poses is that the votes for president
and vice president, instead Of being
joined on the ballots in a practically
indissoluble union, shall be cast sep
arately. That is. instead Of voting
for a republican president and vice
president at n stroke, the voter
would be at liberty to vote for a re-
publican president and a democratic
vice president, or vice versa. In adj
dition to this, Governor Baldwin
would have the vote Of each state
counted as a whole. SO that the sue
eessful candidate would lave to get
a majority vote in each Of a majority
Of the states.
Governor Baldwin's proposal Is in
;eresting, particularly since it would
garry the country back to the same
possibility that was provided for by
the trainers of the constitutions
possibility that caused serious trouble
~L- ..>,;l1~%;o1 c1oNtSo~ ~ Ycnn
when Jefferson and Burr were tied
FOR votes in the electoral college.
Under the old system it was almost
Inevitable that the president and vice
president should he of opposite po-
.itical faith. since the constitution
provided that all votes nus be cast
:or he presidency. and the n re-
r.iyinw ,i.e next 10 the highest vote
should ne vice president. This was
changed following the Jefferson
Barr imbrog!io," n later the present
system, was adopted.
Whatever virtues Governor Bald
WINS general suggestion may have.
1 s.; aoi likely that he Will find much
poril", sympathy with this proposal
20 split the heads Of the government.
If. at the time of McKinley's death.
his Immediate successor had CHANGED
10 |c Il man of opposite political faith
and principles. the country would
have bnen plunged into serious doubt.
The possibility is not nice TO think
about. Our forefatAers faced it, found
fault With it and discarded It. 1t is
we'll. particularly where there is such
evidently good foundation for their
action. to learn By precept and ex-
ample instead Of insisting on %origina.
experience that may be disastrous
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21

took the degree Of doctor Of medicine
~ tne same year at the College Of
fhSsiclans and Surgeons, the medical
department Of Columbia college.
While studying medicine much OF
search in collaboration With p. a.
Levane. nov a member of the Rookie
Teller institute and then chemist of
the laboratory Of the New York state
hospitals.
pr. Alsberg studied pharmacology
with Or. s~chmiedeberg. physiological
cnemistry with DE-. Hofmeisted. and
|v.ersity of strasburg. After two years
! n this university he attended the
University of Berlin, where he studied
chemistry with Emil Fisher and plant
physiology with DR.. Kny. He devoted
MS vacations to the study Of clinical
medicine in Germany.
The industry Of the young chemist
was rewarded upon his return to tho
United States. when he was made an
assistant In physiological Chemistry in
sity.
After three years in this position
ne was promoted to be instructor and
mead OF the department of biological
and also had been recog-
nized In his appointment as secretary
of the section Of physiological chem.
istry OF the International Congress Of
Arts and Sciences of the st. Louis en-
position.
In 1906 he was designated chemical
lnNestigator OF the United States bur-
eau OF nsheries. investigating the food
values OF sea foods. and in 1908 he
was appointed chemical BIOLOGIST in
charge OF the poisonous plant labora-
Tory OF the bureau of plant industry.
EyncF1Anpn NJ VY~1,,~
The experience DR.. Alsberr has had
Wlli ne valuable to him in the execu-
5ion OF the plans he has outlined. I'm
IKE his predecessor Dr. Wiley. DR..
AIsperg has no objection to the REM
sen board. He is perfectly willing to
submit the result Of his investigations
70 my chemist or body Of chemists.
n the Justice Of his conclusions.
Dr. Wiley was hostile to the REM
sen BOARD because he realized that 1t
was named by President Roosevelt TO
act as q curb. The colonel felt that
IT was Just to the manufacturers as
Wen as to the consumers that there
oM ~ oe supervisory authority
istry. "o '"'e~" W e'e''
The secretary If o. ,o.
neing a chemist. could hardly be cx-
pected to- pass final Judgment upon
matters IN dispute. highly technical
III character. and the Remsen board.
a na w OF experts. was created to
DR.. Wiley May Object.
Mncther President Wilson will o n
h hmuc Or. AlsSerg and the Pemsen
10 nxn IN once remains to be seen. 1t
~ expected that DIR. Wiley will make
vigorous objections to both. and. in
event he Is needed. the country will
lose IN Or. Alsberg an eminent servant
VINO ~ inspired by a determination
~ pu,pose honestly and efficiently to
c"'oFcc the pure food law.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21
IRISH O RULE.

While the home rule bill has passed
the British house of commons, the
Irish are yet some distance from act
ual home rule. The bill goes to the
lords, who will surely refuse to pass
1t. The administration could. If it de-
sired, pack the upper house and force
the passage Of the bill. but the con-
stitutional change that was Effected
not long g removes the necessity
for such action, and IL the present adj
ministration can hang on for two
years and pass the bill again it will
become operative without the assent
OF the upper house. In this the pres
ent liberal government has a distinct
advantage over the Gladstone govern
nlent whose bill a passed by the
lower and rejected by the upper
house. There vas no certainty of
what the temper of the people was,
and, while the administration had
technically the power Of directing the
creation Of new peers, that was a step
50 drastic that 1t was not to be taken
without a clear demonstration that
the country was in favor of the move
ment. The only other course was a
dissolution of parliament and an ap-
peal to the country. That appeal was
made. and the Gladstone government
was signally defeated. The liberals
Of today have secured the enactmen,
Of a law through which they need not
make this direct appeal IL they are
strong enough to hold their forces to.
gether.
One condition which makes for
the advantage Of the home rule pro
gram is the division in the unionisi
ranks which has been the result OF 2
feeling of security and the prospect o,
early success. This stimulated tho
protectionist wing of the party, and
the injection Of protection into thu
situation has apparently caused =
greater breach in the unionist rank.
than has existed for a long time. Mer
who are well read on the subject are
of the opinion that this condition viii
do more than my other single thin.
to insure the actual achievement O,
home rule at the end of about two
years.
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.
FREAK OF YELLOW FEVER.
Il Belongs Peealiasiy to Man. and
Animals CnnnOt Get It.

.
New York American.)
A monkey can't get yellow fever!
The scientists have tried to persuade
various specimens Of many breeds
but without success. Man-with tho
~sclfishness the militant suffragettes so
frequently declared to be his chief
member OF the animal creation to
share his yellow fever with him. An
investigation covering a period OF ten
years. made In Cuba. atirms a. its re.
sui the conclusion that yellow fever
Is a strictly human disease. even the
mosquito who carries the germs in
hordes suffering no Ill effect from her
nefarious trafic.
The idea that the disease could ex-
plague does in the heas that infest q
certain variety OF rat) had been used
In explanation OF the curious sporadic
cases that arise with irregular fire..
quency in yellow fever districts. Il
was. therefore. Of Immense import.
ance to find out II this were 90, be.
cause. II the theory were true. Il
would be dificult. II not Impossible,
to stamp out yellow fever completely.
1t would be necessary then to md out
what animals were subject to the In.
fcction and to eradicate them entire.
~.
Fortunately. however. this Is not
the case. and yellow fever belongs Pc
cuharly to nan Yellow fever u. n
OF h diseases which can be stamped
out utterly and entirely. and the work
OF the American sanitary engineers
and medical directors IN Cuba and
Panama Is perhaps the most notable
example OF a battle against n disease
that has ever been witnessed in the
history OF medicine. Every one Of
the diseases OF the lower animals in
tropical regions which bears the
slightest relation to yellow fever has
been analyzed and the germs found in
every case, and in none OF them was
the yellow fever germ discovered.
Yellow fever prevention Is a mat
ter only OF keeping sanitary measures
strictly in hand and Of preventing the
breeding OF large hosts OF mosquitoes.
II the mosquitoes are kept down there
can he no epidemic, no carrying the
disease from n patient to another;
II there be perfect germs anywhere to
give rise even to a sporadic a
Hence it 10 that all the outcrops Of the
disease have como from parts Of Mex
leo under great political turmoil.
whore the habits Of living are print.
tive and an anti-mosquito campaign
10 unknown.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21

sAWDUsT rs
Was Formerly Waste, but Now
We Can Eat Il, Drink 1t and
Sleen in IL.

\ \ \ Ak 4 X + 4
New York American.)
There was time when sawdust
was the stuff that fioated down.
stream from sawmills." Later It was
used as the internal economy Of dolls
and filling for icehouses. but today II
can be truly said that sawdust is used
to eat. drink and to live in.
1t Is true. that twe do not eat saw
dust ourselves to n great extent, but
It Is successfully. used for. cattle.
There is the old story Of the man who
put green glasses on his COW to get
her to eat sawdust. thinking II was
grassland just - he got her used to
1t she died. But that story lacks its
point now. as q wood meal" is made
FOR cattle. which has proved Of great
value: OF course the cattle that eat
this do not insist on It. as 1t is not.
strictly speaking. a food: but this IL
mixed with rock~salt and the combi-
nation acts as aisplendld appetizer or
digestive for the cattle; 90 It can tru-
-Iy be said that sawdust In eaten. Az
for drinking. n doubt a great many
people drink" sawdust, although few
Of them are aware Of it. The alcohol
that is made from sawdust is not good
to drink unless one has suicidal inten-
tons. but 1t Is used in the distillation
VI IL OEdHuS. Chemists nave Oeen aOle
to distill from sawdust with the aid of
other chemicals, a very passable bran
dy hat Is free from the taste Of tur-
p%entine.
AS to living IN sawdust. n great
many houses are"partially contracted
OF sawdust, and some Of them are
nearly so. as in the instance Of a form
OF brick which IL 'made from this val.
liable by.product. Mortar containing a
large quantity Of sawdust, and a sort
Of stucco. is now being made entirely
OF sawdust. sawdust is also pressed
into various forms and objects and
finished in good imitation of oak, rose
wood. mahogany and other high. pric-
ed woods.
We also walk on sawdust, inasmuch
as . yer fair grade Of linoleum is
made from this. instead Of the more
expensive cork dust.
The other uses Of sawdust are al.
most innumerable. Everyone knows
OF the white powder which is practic.
ally smokeless and far more powerful
than the old-fashioned saltpeter gun.
powder.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21

Good morning, madam; I've CALI
ed about the quarters rates.. !
So spoke the rate-collector ingrat-
iatingly.
The lady of the house eyed him
coolly. Shed got the money ready.
Good morning." she replied amia-
bly,. but I can't say I'm exactly glad
to see you"
Then that's where you differ from
o Of EN-" retorted the visitor. "A
lot Of them like ME so. much that
again."
A man dining at a cafe observed
that, though he had ordered one doz-
en- oysters, he was served only eleven.
The next evening the same thing oc.
CURED again. Then the diner became
somewhat irritated. Why" he de-
manded Of tho waiter. do you serve
me only eleven oysters when I order
ed a dozen?" The waiter bowed apol-
o%getically. II didn't think you'd want
to be sitting thirteen at a table, SIR"
General Grant ha: left behind him
no reputation as a humorist, but he
had a dry wit, nevertheless. which
was perhaps more effective for being
seldom used. Ex-senator Depew Of
New York, has related one instance Of
it's use.
When Grant was president, a dele
cation wen to Washington to see
about getting an appropriation for
dredging a certain stream. They rail-
ed on the president and tried to inter-
est him IN the plan.
Let's see," said Grant, rehcctively,
didn't ] cross that stream in such
and UGH a campaign just before we
fought SUCH and such a battle.
| You certainly did. Mr.. President
said the spokesman Of the deleEation,
hopefully.
The president was silent for a mo.
ment. Then he said:
II remember that stream, but I
think you're going the wrong way
about to improve il. Why don't you
macadamize it?"
An eastern man who was on a busi-
ness trip through the west stopped 1t
the small hotel in a country town one
day. He entered the dining room ana
was shown to q table by a waiter.
will you have some pork and
beans. sir? asked' the waiter, a. he
brought the customary glass Of water.
mo. I don't car for them" answer.
ed the man. Il never eat pork and
~ ---- p:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21
Dinner is over. then, sir" said the
waiter, as he moved away.

Dinner is over. then, sir" said the
waiter. as he moved away.
An 1rishman was going along the
road when an angry bull rushed at
him and tossed him over a fence.
The IrishmAn. recovering from his
fall, upon looking up. saw the bull
paving and tearing up the sround. as
Is the custom of the animal when irri-
tated. whereupon he smiled at the an
imal and said:
III 1t was not for your bowling and
scraping and your humble apologies,
you brute. fax, i should think that
you'd thrown me owe this fence on
purpose"
A Cleveland manufacturer hired a
private secretary not many months
but he thought he could AFFORD the
luxury. And luxury 1t was. for the
young nan found little to do. One
day. however. a real Job came his way.
Smith," said his employer. II want
you to figure out for me how we can.
cut down the once expenses. I've been
over the whole think carefully. but I
can't ind out where We are spending
any money unnecessarily. But still
tO UiS W lIOSus IL you III ma OUT
where we can save $50.a month. I'll
add, the amount to your salary"
h secretary figured for an hour or
two and then announced that he wa.
ready to report.
Have you found the leak?" asked
the manufactures. .
Yes. sir"
Good boy. lets hear It," =.
You pay $50 for a private sscre-
tary and then you do all the work
yourself. You have absolutely no use
for a private secretary. II you'd Eet
rid Of me. you'd save that $50 a
That's 80. But you're knocking
yourself out OF a Job" =
NO, I'm not. You promised me a
raise OF $50 for showing you"
He got the raise.
Her dear little brother came into
the somewhat darkened room whore
sat his sister with Mr.. Jones.
DO you know what I think. slater.
dear?" he asked sweetly.
Well" said the sister. what 10 It p.
Well" said the boy. II think IL I
were not In the room Mr.. Jones would
kis. you" ''
you impudent boy" said sister.
Leave the room instantly."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21
THE BEST REWARD.

That Colonel Goethals merits rub
stantial recognition for the work that
he has done in the building Of the
Panama canal goes without saying,
but. while some sentimental consider
ations may attach to the position. his
appointment as civil governor of the
canal zone does not seem adequate.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21

When we come to think of ii. there
is a possibility that Woodrow Wilson
may yet fail of election to the presi-
dency. The electors have been chos-
en-. and their votes have been cast.
But to be effective those votes must
be in the hands of the president of
the senate by January 81. If enough
Of the states should fail to get their
votes in time the house might he call
ed on to elect. But it will not hap
non.
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Reflections of a Bachelor
New York Press.N

NEW YOrk PreSs.Y
The most natural thing is how loud
it makes a tie for a mans wife to buy
it for him.
The reason a mar knows how TO
pack his trunk so we'll is his wife does
.!t for him.
If a woman has two servants she
can accent the plural Of it to make it
sound like a dozen.
What a girl despises in the doctor
is the way he is anxious t have her
disgrace the family with a baEgy
waist.
The thing a man can never under
stand is how. when he shaves himself
SO quickly, his wife can question his
about good PLAYS.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21

Congress could in a very few days
perform a real service to the country
by passing a resolution for a constitu-
tional amendment abolishing the
electoral college and substituting
therefor a plan whereby the people
Of the states would vote directly for
president and vice president, each
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21
FIRE LOSS IWaw

Mad!som. Wis. Jan. 2o.-state Firs
Marsnni T. NJ. Purtell's report Of fire
,"sses ior tho six months OF tho fiscal
s ed ending December 81. 1912. issued
s sos shows total damage OF $1,000
Insur nm" me LIS? fires In that period.
and .t.,nL carried on he buildings
1882 ~s~s'esa'ea >t"'-
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state being accredited with to same
number Of votes that 1t now has in
the electoral college. but providing
that instead Of those votes being cast
by individuals whose presence is en-
tirely unnecessary. the result shall be
certified by the proper state officer.
II at the general election Smith. a
presidential candidate. should receive
a plurality Of the North Dakota vote.
the secretary OF state or somebody
else would simply certify. North Da-
kota. five votes for Smith," The rest
Of 1t would he merely the work OF ad-
ding a column OF figures. exactly as
at present. II that plan were adopt
ed there would be no %quarrelinE, as
there was prior to the last election.
as to whether or not presidential cleo
tors would stand hitched. The plan
for a vote at large. and the election
OF president by a plurality OF the ag-
sregate vote is a different matter. and
could be considered at leisure. But
as to the wisdom Of tho change sug-
sested there a be no question.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21
RURAn LIFE

KARLSRUHE, Pa. Jan. 20 Joint
convention was begun here today by
the State Grange. the Pennsylvania
Conservation society and other or
carnations interested in rural pro-
.gress. Vocational education. rural
credit. storage and the transportation
Of foodstuffs are the chief subjects
slated for discussion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21

Turkey has two weeks within
which to make up her mind whether
she will agree to the demands made
Ivy the allies or take it out in lighting.
There is every reason to believe that
the allies will subtract nothing from
the demands formulated in the note
just delivered to Turkey. and the
whole matter will therefore depend
on the decision which Turkey makes.
The influence OF the powers. 1t ap-
pears certain. is in favor Of the grant
ing Of the demands.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-21

j. w. Ragsdale is the newly elected
congressman from Florence, South
Carolina. He has been in Washington
for the past two or three weeks look
ing things over and learning the
ropes" He represents the sixth dis
trict of his state.