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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09
FOLLY n THE CUSTOMS HOUSE

The ruthlessness and unreasonable
ness of the New York custom house
have frequently been matter Of COM
ment. Its officials expose themselves
to criticism once more in their treat
ment of the hat trimmings Of women
passengers returning from Europe.
The new tariff bill. which became a
law OH Saturday, forbids the importa-
tion of %aigrettes. ON Sunday a num-
her of ladies who had sailed from
France before the law went into CT
feet were stopped at the New York
pier and sunlmarily despoiled of their
a~dornments.
1t may be a satisfaction to these
victims. and to the geenral public,
to know that the course pursued by
the customs officers has been con-
demned by Senator Simmons. n of
the authors of the bill under which
they acted. lit was beyond all rea-
son." he declares, and nobody will
dissent. 1t has long been hoped that
the activities of the customs might
come to he tempered in doubtful cas-
es. by a little common sense. To
rouse a maximum of evaporation and
enmity for a minimum of results-in
this case. no results-would seem to
he neither good judgment nor good
business"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09
NO. 3,1.

An ordinance,entitled. can Ordinance
providing for the care and inspection
of buildings by the building inspector
to safeguard the public against acct
same"
RE IT. ORDAINED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
Section /. 1t shall be the duty of the
building inspector to inspect or caus.
to be inspected all buildings, premises
and public tlloromghfares for the pur-
corrected any conditions liable to cause
accidents. or to become a n to
public safety.
Section =; whenever the building
other structure which for want Of re-
pairs. or by reason of 9 or dilapidat-
ed condition. Or for any other cause. is
especially liable to fire. accidents or to
shall order the same 10 be removed or
remcdied and such order shall forth.
with be- complied with by the owner or
oefHpant Of such premises or building.
t24? hours to the Mayor, Who shall,
within three t3) Ia VS.. review such or,
der and file his decision thereon. and
nnniess the order Is revoked OF modi-
be obeyed by such owner or occupant.
Section 3. Any owner or occupant
iaiiing 70 comply with such order with
a an M,en aGal1 ~ hours after said
u no appeal is taken then within TWEEN.
ty.four CAD hours after the service a,
SAID order. shall be liable to a penalty
as hereinafter stated.
Section T.. The service Of such order
shai oe made upon the owner Or occu-
pant Of The premises to whom it is d.
rectsd by either delivering a correct
copy OF same to such owner or occu-
= ~ personally, or by delivering the
IN charge of the premises. or in case
no such person is found on the pren1.
Uses. oy liking a copy thereof in a con.
splcuous place, on a door to the en-
may be necessary to serge such order
upon the owner. such order NAV he
served by delivering to or leaving with
SAID person a true copy Of the order, or
dicti9n Of the officer making the serv-
ice. by mailing a copy Of the order to
the owners last known address.
Section s. In Ease OF the refusal or
neglect OF the owner or occupant with.
In twenty-four !2D hours after the
service Of the notice. or within twenty.
four t?4) hours after the decision Of
the appeal to removc said buildinA,
WAL or other structure when SO order
cd by the building inspector. or to rem
the building inspector. then said build
ing inspector may cause the same to
9e done at the expense Of the owner.
The cost thereof to be paid BY spsciai
which the same stands and shall he AZ.
sessed against said property i'm. tire
game manner as now provided by law
for the special assessment OF property
Section g.. ANY. person, firm or cor
.sions OF this ordinance shall upon con-.
Viction forfeit and pay q fne Of nj.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09

leaned back in her porch chair. fac.
ing a white road no one seemed ever
to travel. when a notorcyclist dashed
into it from the lane that joined it to
II more popular highway.
That's the first living soul I've seen
on that road in all the three weeks
I've been here" she thought. My!
What a cloud of dust he's set flying!
a very reckless rider, I'm sure"
She felt curiously rufled. The scene
was spoiled for her by the swift in
trusion of that scuiding brown shape
on wheels gone too soon over a dis
Greet little hill that shut out the fur
Their view.
Il wonder what's beyond" Rosario
vent on in her mind. Il suppose I
could find out by asking. More fields
naturally, more trees. more of that
same road She leaned forward in
her chair. looking intently. I'm vex-
ed with hat cyclist. Somehow, ever
since the first day / ook to sitting out
here that o a has seemed to belong
to me. AND now an intangible being
in khaki has come along and taken
possession of it, snatched it right away
from under my very eye as it were.'
Nevertheless. the road had taken on
an astonishing vitality from the cy-
clist's presence. 1t seemed to. say:
You see I'm useful if inert. To
Rosario it suddenly seemed to beseech
and beckon. I'm lonely. Come,
Follow me. You lon't know what I'm
hiding beyond that hill. You don't
know where I'll lead YOU. Here's
Your chance to unravel a mystery.
Come. please come"
Rosario smiled. 1nwardly she an
swered: Dear little road. know
you're only fooling. There's nothing
more for me than have vet found.
The other side Of your hill will appear
exactly like this side. And I shall
come back weary. with a fresh lisap-
pointment to add to my list. rye
learned all I care to know about the
things of this life-people and circum-
stances and roads. They're all alike;
they lead to the same end-iisillusion.
I'm done with everything except work.
Work is my harness n I expect to
die in il. I'm alone in the world.
There's nobody who loves me particu-
larry: nobody whom 1 love particu-
larly. OF course. there was a time
once when I had folks Of my own and
somebody besides. If I could have
made up my foolish mind to marry a
farmers son I might have heen hap
pier now than I am teaching winters
and trying to get back my strength
summers. s~houldn't-oh, we'll,
what's the use in recalling anything
SO long over and done with? I let
him go. And there's an end of 1t.
And I mustn't think that I'm not bet
ter off. unless 1 want to lose courage
entirely"
The little road flung back another
challenge: Come. explore! You've
sat on that veranda for three weeks.
Do you mean to sit there all summer?
It's time YOU walked n bit. I'm tired
OF being just looked at. can teach
you something You don't know II
you'll let me. for all I'm only a de-
serted road with grass growing in its
wheel ruts."
Rosario got up with a sigh and
pressed down her scant white skirt.
She looked down at her white shoes
and sighed again. Il shan't go far"
she decided.
She reached inside the door for her
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09
WHAT CLEVELAND HAS DONE.

Bangor (Me.) Commercial: Cleve-
LAND is again claiming the distinction
Of being a hyless city. 1t doubtless
has its flies but If these are in such
small numbers that it can claim to
he uyless it is certainly near success.
For several years Cleveland has wag-
ed warfare against the fly. The board
of health provides flytraps and these
are i'll every Cleveland household while
every possible attempt has been made
to encourage the residents to destroy
the pests. We often hear people say
that it is useless to try to exterminate
the fly but the example of Cleveland
shows the fallacy of such assertions.
What Cleveland has done can he done
elsewhere and we feel that the efforts
made in Bangor the past two years
are bearing good results. Speed the
time that Bangor can claim with
Cleveland to be a fyless city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09
The Evening Story
THE LITTLE ROAD

blue silk umbrella. unfurled it. and
started. First she had to follow the
highway that went past the farm
house and took the way to town. until
she came to the lane which led into
the little road. In the dust Il saw
plainly II trail of the cyclists tires.
h followed idly. through the fields
the gently ascending slope vt the hill.
She was 'half-amused at herself for
her summer afternoons fancies:
amused. too. at tho silly little road.
which had nothing tn give her beyond
itself.
1t was quite as she thought. When
II came to the top vt the hill she
saw fields. n brook crinlkling in
the sunlight. another hill near at hand
surmounted merely Ivy a set of de-
serted. decrepit farm buildings.
In the dooryari of the abandoned
house famed a mass OF colors-t1ow-
ers that had come up INTENDED.
I'll go on and sec what they are"
Rosario thought. II might as we'll.
It's only a little further"
She stepped along. glad that even
her adventure offered something. even
II 1t were not more than a clump OF
sweet williams. A flight of steps led
ny from the road tu the dooryard.
There had been a gate. but that was
gone. The old house stood alone, SIM
pie. unprotected. forlorn. Rosario
mounted the steps softly. She pushed
her way through the wilderness Of
sweet williams and baby breath and
sat down on the broken doorstone.
She looked back owe the way she had
come and her lips tremhled. This eS-
p%erience was just like all others she
had had. The road had enticed. she
had followed aud found emptiness.
She covered her face with her hands
n cried.
A strange sound made her fling up
her head with the moisture of tears
OH her cheeks. 1t was the sound of a
scythe sweeping sineingly through
rank grasses. And il was approach
ing. Rosario was astonished. Then
as her gaze took in the eXpanse OF
ripe fields she understood. OF course.
somebody must cut the srass. And 1t
was time to begin having.
The scythe ans nearer and Rosario
stood up prepared for flight. But be-
fore she could make II rush for the
ruined steps the grass at the corner
Of the house was slashed into and a
man appeared. He was hareheaded
and in his shirt sleeves. His eyes met
hers in a startled fash and the scythe
went out OIL his nand Suudenly, the
keen blade catching the sunlight like
water.
"Rosaria!" he cried.
Rpsaria fell back upon the steps, as
white as the sweet william that
brushed her cheek. "You-you were
the man on the MOTORCYCLE" she
gasped. And then she knew why the
road had urged her. 1t had had
something to give her after all.
He brushed the thick. damp nair
from his forehead. 81 came on a
motorcycle. yes" he said. He stood
looking down at her wonderingly. IL
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09

plural; otherwise it would be Our
wife" 1t refers to the wives of sew
eral persons concerned.
Our wives. then. somewhat object
to having baseball made a feature,
There is only n remedy for this
state of affairs. More girls must play
the national game when they are
young. They arc coming to It.. We
have this summer seen several girls in
their teens in one small school throw
a baseball with a proficiency that fifty
years ago could not have been equaled
by thirty ome in the United States
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09

III SSSlAIC ANnuS NC8Itr anu ftUSHFl0
Stood Up.
rent this old place, and 1 thought it
was time to begin cutting the grass.
But what brought YOU here, Rosario 90
Il lon't know" Rosario Whispered,
Yes. 1t was the road. The road
lured me-. And. l Thought"
He sat down beside her. II heard
Henderson had a boarder. 1 never
dreamed 1t was you or l should have
been over to see YOU. Yes. 1 should,
Rosario. You see. I live just a few
miles over there. NY brother took
the homestead and 1 struck out for
myself. bach it mostly. It's hard
to get any II TO 10 for you when
you've no wife" He looked away.
You married, Rosario? ?"
She shook her head. He looked at
her left hand and his face cleared.
old maid. and old bach, eh?" he
laughed. Funny how things come
about in this world. Down on farm
ers as much as YOU used to be, Ro-
saira?"
NO" Rosario breathed.
He laughed again. this time with
more And Rosario laugh
ed. too. They sat looking into each
others eyes. An the sweet williams
turned their heads away. And the
little road pretended to lie down and
go to sleep.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09

Copyright, 1913, by w. Werner.)
Rosario sat very still in the roomy.
easy old porch rocker. Her attitude
was no longer that Of weakness. but
of hahit-the habit of a convalescent.
She had indeed been almost well when
she had decided to come to this par.
ticular farmhouse for a long summer
of r%ecuperation. And during the three
weeks she had been there she had
gained steadily. Her glass told her so.
And tho middle-agei pair of farm
folk corruborated the glass disclosure.
1t was all very gratifying to Rosario.
who needs must get strong quickly i'll
order to- fight her way through an
other year of teaching in the city.
Rosario had taught for nine years.
She knew her task thoroughly and
was wearying OF it, yet she looked
forward to nothing better than Il fur
Their succession of such years until
II reached the age when retirement
on a pension became possible.
She was thinking Of this as she
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09
RELIGIOUS

It is a strange thing that a subject
which ought to be SO upliftinG AS re-
lieious faith, one SO personal and SO
intimately concerning the individuals
should have been made the excuse for
40 much that is directly contrary to
everything that is worthy the name of
religion. From the earliest times of
which we have record men have war
red upon each other and prosecuted
each otel, rbecause the different opin-
TONS or traditions on matters OF re-
ieion. The tribe which believed in
one God made vel upon the tribe
which accepted another. Men who ac-
cepted the same God fought because
they disagreed as to His personality
and attributes. Jew and gentle, Chris
tian and Mohammedan, Protestant II
Catholic. have been at dagsers drawn,
not over things which were capable
of proof, but over things which were
and must remain matters of personal
faith and individual experience. Re-
ligicus difference has been the excuse
for many Of the great wars of MIS-
tory, and the pages of history have
been bloodied by the tales of killings
and burnings and atrocities Of all
kinds committed in the name Of reli-
zion. which. in any society even ap-
preaching civilization, teaches love,
and kindness, and charity, and for
bearance.
Nor need We fatter ourselves that,
while this spirit has undoubtedly beer
tempered it has entirely died out. 1t
exists today. and occasionally 1t mani
tests itself in the strangest ways and
most unexpected places. Occasionally
a publication springs UP and makes
a business of denouncing everything
connected with this or that sect, and
pages are filled with wholesale de-
nunciations of great bodies of people
who are accused of plotting all sorts
of diabolism. Perhaps the best an
swer. to accusations of this kind. or
the hest way for an individual to form
q correct opinion as to their truth
fulncss. is for him to look around him
and consider the men Of the accused
class with whom he is acquainted. AL
most invariably, he will find that they
are Just people. like himself. good
friends. good neighbors, good citizens,
playing their part in the work of the
community in about the same manner
as others. laboring, succeeding. fail
ing. triumphins. enduring, like the
rest, shining sometimes. az all me do.
and human in every movement and
every thought. Then let him consider
whether it is reasonable to believe that
these people, SO very like himself in
all ,ascertainable respects, are so very
unlike him as to the monsters of per-
fidy and enmies of mankind. The
thing is impossible, and most Of the
Wholesale denunciations which one
reads may be disposed Of in this way.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09
ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR THE FARM.
HOUSE.

On an average, artificial illumination
10 required not more than four hours
q day in most farmhouses. Only two
rooms in the house need to be illumin-
atsd for this long every day, the kitch-
en- and the living room. Bedrooms
are lighted for short intervals only
and the cellar and woodshed lights are
snapped on for only a few minutes at a
time. For the whole house and for
the barn, an average Of three hours
per day for each lamp would seem
to be ample. and five lamps will af-
for all the purposes of the farmstead.
II the householder. then, can rid him
self OF The idea that. II he introduces
electric light at all. he must have clus-
tiers or festoons Of flashing electric
bulbs all over his premises; and II.
in addition, he can-through cooper
alton with his neighbors or otherwise
secure current" at a loss no greater
than that at which It is supplied in
moat American towns. then the electric
light would seem to be within his
reach at a comparatively small ex-
pense. Where no power plant or stor-
aee battery is to be installed. the in
it'll outlay is confined to the wiring
oEss.the premises and the purchase Of
bulbs. the cost Of which is SO small
asato be within the means of almost
any householder
Few improvements in the home are
attended with SO much satisfaction as
that which comes from the substitu-
ton Of the brilliant and convenient
electric light for the kerosene lamp.
Insthe barn the safety and convenience
OF. electric bulb, as compared with
the old-time lantern wins instanta-
nepus appreciation. So great are it's
ADVANTAGES that many w~ell-to.do
farmers have. at a cost Of several hum
dred dollars. installed a plant for the
pr6duction Of the needed current for
their individual use alone. and now
regard the light as indispensable.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09
>-<)
Laugh With Us
Little Stories That Have
Made Many Smilea.

A doctor attended an old lady from
scotland who had caught a severe
Did your teeth chatter when YOU
felt the chill coming over you?" ask
ed the doctor.
II dinna ken. doctor; they were
living on the table" was the pleasant
reply.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09

A doctor attended an old lady from
Scotland who had caught a severe
cold.
Did your teeth chatter when O
1eit the chill coming over you?" ask
ed the doctor.
-! dinna ken: doctor; they were
wing on the table," was the pleasant
reply.
Little Matte flew into tn. hons. one
evening very late for nursery tea and
hurried to her mothers chair. oh.
mother" she cried, don't scold mo
Tor I've had such a DISAPPOINTMENT:
a horse fell down in the street and
they said they were going t o send for
a doctor. so. of course. l had to stay.
And after I waited and waited he
came. and oh, mother, what do Vol,
think. it was only a man.
A prosperous farmer who had
passed little time travelling took a
trip with a proverbially hard I'D edi-
TOR OF a country newspaper. When
Dime was announced they went into
the dining car together. The editor
recklessly called for half the things
on the menu. When the waiter
brought the checks one called for IS
cents and the other for $40.
The farmer compared them with
u~ndisguised astonishment. then turn
ing to the attendant, exclaimed:
Guess again! I've got more money
than that"
What's Timmerly doing now?"
Hadn't you heard? He is getting
ready to go and shoot big game in
the heart Of Africa. He's a great
sport, is Timmerly."
Il should say so. You say he's get
ting ready-how much of a start has
he got?"
Hes buying a moving picture ma
chine ON the installment plan, and
he's already made two payments"
A gentleman in a club in Grand
Rapids. Mich, had formed the hope
less and harmful habit Of taking
too much to drink-alcoholically
speaking-before he went home every
evening.
How does he know what time to
club one night.
ITS this way" exclaimed a mem
Der. H goes to the head of that
long hight OF stairs leading to the
street. If he falls down them he
knows it's time to go home."-Popu-
Simmons had returned from his va
II certainly enjoyed the huzkins
bsss," he said to a young woman.
were you ever in the country dur
ing the season Of huskinE bees"
girl. why. Of curse not! HoM:
40 you husk a bee, anyway, MIR. Sim.
s?"-The Argonaut.
In the opinion of a. well known
Manhattan divine gambling is in
v%irulent that all well mean ie1isls t;nn
to curb. control. or eradicate it rem
resents just SO much waste of time
and effort. "
"One Of my parishioners.' he saws.
"a wealthy old man, though a model
IN other respects, Is an i~nveterate
gambler. ] gave him I'D long 2 az
a hopeless case, for to all NV en-
treaties he was absolutely deaf. Re-
Gently, however. We had a mission
in the parish and one Of the mission.
aries. a particularly eloquent young
man, hearing of Pats weakness, vol
unteered to bring him back to the
s'raisnt and narrow path.
talked sd'c ss@nss3,y t With i SSen m,s.pp {iss,
man and Pat, moved by so much elo-
a''ence. at last gave a reluctant
promise to stop betting. Grati1ed by
this success, Pats benefactor wen,
on to explain the blessings that would
come from adherence to the new
resolution. Why, man. he said, in
winding up his glowing remarks,
when you 60 to heaven you will be
an angel With wings"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09


& POINTED PARAGRAPHS. .
ssss . /.
Spicy stories should he told gin
gerly.
Throwing bouquets at oneself costs
money.
Marriage is the connecting link be-
tween fiction and fact.
Between two gratis a politician is
likely to make a play for both.
A meek man looks like a standine
invitation for others to sit down ON
him.
Perhaps joy cometh in the morn.
ing. but not to the chap who has
made a night of it.
Where there's Il will there's a way
Tor the lawyers to give the heirs the
Short n of it.
Perhaps once in a thousand years
you may encounter a man who
doesn't think his wife talks too much
A girl never accuses the right young
man of petit larceny when he tries TO
steal a kiss. She thinks it grand
A number of offenders had been
disposed Of by the magistrate when
there was brought before him a son
Of the old sod.
"Phwat name?" snapped the masis.
trste as he looked at the prisoner.
Patrick Casey. sorr."
HOY We ever been befure me be-
NO, your honor-r. Olive seen but
thot. was the picture Of an oirisb
king ~
'Diseharsed." announced. hi. honor
Call the next case!"-Harper'e Mag.
.azine..
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-10-09
us TT F]RIvoLoUs?"

Harper's Weekly: Discussion OF
6steball In the editorials Of a grown
W. periodical seems rather. ludicrous
tour wives. "lOur wives" by the
N1r. Ia this ease is not the editorial
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Garden CITY

Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts is the guest
OF Mrs. Swift Of Mankato this week.
A good crowd attended the BooheT
auction, and everything brought good
prices.
Mrs. Maytc John will entertain
for the Ladies' Aid society ct sup
per this evening.
The Blue Earth County Fair asso-
citation is sending out the premium
checks this week.
Mrs. Shier and friend from
Westbrook were business visitors in
Gilmore during the week.
w. ]. Osgood is having his resi-
dence painted white, which gives
1t a very noat appearance.
Professor Snyder has recovered
from his recent illness and is again
In charge OF the Garden City schools
DR.. Lizzie Osgood and Miss Keene
viii leave Monday for Massachusetts
and will then tour through the
south before returning home.
The c. w. b. NJ. met with Mrs
Lizzie Hughes Tuesday. Rev. Ohm