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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31
A HCMoRIsT ACQUIRES KNowL
EDGE.

New York Times: Somebody who
signs himself "Boh" Is sending to
The Kansas City star a series Of let
ters Of considerably more THAI ordi.
mary Interest: They give, AT least in
convincing serblaace, the frs. inpres-
sions made by New England on A
hitherto ultraviolet native Of Missouri
or Kansas. and they do il with a vi
vacit% sufficient 20 inspire the hope
that "Rob" is or will be one OF the
TOO rare humor.s.s who can be funny
without being foolish.
When al a Massachusetts shore re-
sort recently. he observed the Alta ntic
ocean with admiration and respect.
finding It. worthy Of the praise II has
received. n on the whole superior
20 ANYTHING Of the kind in the mid
die Hest. He no.ed, moreover, tina,
though II often approached the steps
of MS hotel several times a day. II
never entered, Whence he concluded
that the Atlantic is wiser than he vas
hinself-Unt.l after ne had received
his bill for A weeks entertainment.
since then he has been looking around
IN me city If Lawrence. having gone
there TO gather from what he saw
neT arguments for urging his own
'own 10 invite within it's limits the es-
taflighment of those textile industries
"hioh make the reports of business
zone and dividends paid in New Eng
land so envied by most other parts
Of the country. Bob admits that
the big figures in those reports are
probably correct, but he isn't as en-
Iious as he waa. Of course, he says,
II might make life in some ways cas-
Ter for him II there We're a lot Of
huge far'ories at home in which
mother and the girls could work and
earn none and so spare him a part
ar all o9 the tiresome exertions now
demanded from himself, as from other
men at home, by local custom and
opinion. Everything considered, how
ever, he does not ear for textile in
dustries as much as he did, is not
charmed by the way a majority Of the
factory workers live, is rather sadden-
ed by the sight of rn%ultitudes Of chill
dren entering the mill doors. and
thinks that hereafter he will be more
careful about the kind of prosperity
he urges his fellow-citizens to go after.
"Eob's' present suspicion. amount
ing almost to conviction, is that the
only kinds Of business that are really
profitable To a town. as distinguished
from a select few Of it's inhabitants,
are those in which men. not women
and children, do the work. Steel
fonndries and locomotive building, he
thinks, would be all right, but he is
pratty sure that the longer Lawrence
Kan, remains unlike Lawrence, Mass,
the better it will be for the former
and its people. Perhaps that's so.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31

~ OLD BOY, ARE WE ZANE ?"
the judging of the cookers had com
some n yelled: Soh, Billy, Rob
Roy's class. Get busy
From force OF habit he leaned over
TO unlock the chain. Jerked back,
his young shoulders squaring agrees
sfvely, his eyes ixed dehantly on the
ring. where there were cookers
one a s%hivering, sinking speci-
men, led by a boy with the shamed
color flushing his cheek. his yes turn
ing eagerly toward the gate.
Watch, hang you Billy thought.
You won't have Rob to send him to
the blue"
He heard the judge ask "All in?"
as he stood there. his young lips stub
borniy set in a straight line. He saw
the orderly move 10 close the gate.
Then something happened. 1t was
just the sight Of a little red dog sit
ting on its launches, staring about
with beautiful, pa4hetic eyes. human
in their terror. their appeal. with a
boys figure humtttatingly bent over
another boys heart leap in sympathy.
In a fash Billy turned to his dog.
Rob, old boy he whispered. a. he
unlocked him, are We game?" As
the little. silky body wlggled its JOY
he added: you bet We are" When
the gate was shut Billy was on the
inside.
Just once his yes met Jim's, boy
ishly grateful. and he smiled hravely.
leading Bob Roy up to his son. Then
the Judge saw go around the ring,
shoulder to shoulder with his father.
a dog with head up. eyes bright. "a
sport every inch Of him.
And Billy's head was up bravely,
admiration levelled al Rob's o he
heard the exclamation, he saw the
judge take the blue, the red. the yell
low. and he saw the blue go to jim.
But he was game. and, though hi.
first great heartache had come to him.
he did what many Of his elders could
not-he met defeat dauntlessly and
took the red with a smile. But he
was only a boy, so just for a moment
he could not look at Rob Roy, his
idol, his pal.
For a time it seemed to him that
what followed must be a dream, be-
talking about, and there was another
man with him. a stranger, and Billy's
father also was there, interested as
Billy had never seen him in dogs. Sud
denly the Judge said: "Billy, this gem
tleman is one Of the biggest cocker
spaniel men in the country and he's
wild over Rob Roy. He's persuading
your father to let you make the shows
on the eastern circuit and send Rob
TO his championship. This son OF his
is good. blu without the older dog
-" The Judges hands were thrown
out expressively.
There was another incident on tina,
never to be forgotten day. Billy heard
a girlish voice whispering at his side:
"Billy. you're great! I saw how you
struggled with yourself over there
by the bench and you won out splen.
didly! I'm Just 30 proud Of you, and
80 ashamed of myself! Billy, 1t wa.
I made Jim enter Rob's o withou,
telling you. We had more scraps ovel
it!"
"Bnly"-Jim had to come up
you're the whitest Kid"
"say"-Billy wheeled around OF
him. his voice strangely gruff. his eye.
strangely manufacturers 1t. Jim
How much Of this bunk do you sup.
pose a fellow can stand. anyway"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31
chicks will thrive on it better than on

~ IllISG ol oOINOk GhhoAA 0A
the regular chicks food.
All of which leaves US practically
only wheat, corn, and oats as worth
while grain foods. And il we feed
two parts corn. two parts wheat. ana
one part hulled oats We will have a
good grain ration. These grains must
make our foundation. If we wish to
add a little millet or buckwheat or
barley for variety no harm is done.
But according to the scientific deduc-
lions, and practical results, the wheat.
corn, and hulled oats are sufficient
grain food for the birds. Combined
they contain ash, protein. and carbo-
hydrates and fats. in sufficient guam
titles for the requirements OF the
chicken and its eggs.
For the mash there is corn meal,
which has practically the same value
as the whole or cracked corn. wheat,
bran, middlings, gluten meal and
linseed meal with the addition Of beef
scraps. Gluten meal and linseed meal
must be fed sparingly. In fact. it
might be better to do away with the
linseed meal except at moulting time,
SO that the mash would be made up
Of two parts wheat bran. one part
corn meal, one part middltngs. n
part beef scrap. and n quarter part
gluten meal. To these are sometimes
added cut Glove or alfalfa meal in
about 10 per cent amounts.
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the insane who make a hobby. and
sometimes a very profitable one, Of
writing. Indeed, many of our asy-
lums nave magazines which are al
most entirely the work Of the pa
tients.
Even in our public asylums there
are hundreds of patients who make
money by skilled work Of one sort
or another. Thus. in a county asylum
1 know we'll n man who does the
most exquisite water color sketches,
for which he receives from SIS to
$50 each, and he has q market for as
many az he can produce: Unfortun-
is often unable or unwilling to finish
ffths Of his work is wasted.
Another patient, a former sea
captain. spends his time in making
the most perfect tiny models Of ships,
carved with infinite skill and pains
from bone or ivory. for each Of which
borate and beautiful model Of a cathe-
dral he was paid as much a $3.50.
and 1t was certainly very cheap at the
price. A third patient in the same
asylum earns many dollars Z year
by, cutting the cleverest silhousttas out
OF colored paper. H. -
Other patients are equally skilled
in a very wide range Of INDUSTRIES,
from %inventing toys and puzzles to
making watches and picture frames,
and from breeding canaries and mice
to raising flowers. One very insenius
man actually made a clock with no
other material than pins, buttons,
iron bed laths and pieces Of knitting
needles.
The women. too. are just as clever
as the men. / know one %dernented
woman who writes the most Charming
books for children, and verses for
Christmas cards. another who makes
o good income. In her lucid hours.
BY Illustrating books. and a third who
draws several hundred dollars a year
from royalties on her plays. And
there are countless women in our
public asylums who earn money in
scores OF ways. such as knitting. lace
making. straw plating and leather
work."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31
THE EVENING STORY
GAME.

he looked Marearet's long braids
were tossed superc!liously. Jim took
a step forward eagerly. Margaret
called him im%pera,ivaiy and Billy,
with his head in the air. walked on.
his words to Jim making his boyish
heart race wildly:
He'll go around the ring with Rob
"a sport" And he would. He
hadn't seen Rob Roy in days. He
would be frantic when he met him in
the ring. The strangeness of things.
the dreadful people, would be forgot
ten. The Judge you'd see at once the
points wherein ne beat his father. And
Rob Roy-.here would be no blue rib
bon for him that day: it would be a
red-his first.
Billy choked hard as he stroked
the splendid head, self. his humilia-
ton on the pier. his red ribbons at
the horse show forgotten. It was all
Rob Roy now-his pal in city as well
was just a little, red. rollicking ball.
Suddenly his figure Strengthened.
He did not have to take Rob in the
ring: Jim hadn't played square,: he
might have told him. Why shouldn't
he get back a him? His heart
pounded as he though, Of Jim in the
ring with a dog struggling wildly
on the leash in an effort to get into a
corner and supposed safety.
He did not notice in the conflicting
emotions surgfng through him that
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31
ABatch ofSmiles

One day an Irishman met an Eng
lishman and accosted him thus:
DO you know in what month of
the year my wife talks the least?"
We'll, / suppose when she catches
cold and loses her voice." said the
Englishman.
Not at all. 1t is in February"
said Paddy.
why is that?" asked the Eng
lishman.
Because February has the fewest
days." said Paddy.
Callahan-Oi want to git a book
to put tn photographs avail me rela-
tives in. Oi think this wan will do.
Shopman-But that isn't a family
album. sir: that is a scrapbook.
Callahan-Oh. chats all right young
man.; all av me relatives were scrap
pers.
The Englishman had been boasting
about the way they did things across
the pond.
Then the New Enslander though.
he'd have a whack.
Talking about justice being Ineted
out quickly" he said. only yesterday
an airman owe here fell out of his
aeroplane and he was tried and SEN
fenced to six months in Jail before
he hit the ground!"
Englishman. What was the charge ?"
"Vagrancy," replied the Yankee.
He had no visible e of support"
Children" said the minister. adj
dressing the Sunday school. II want
to talk to you a few moments about
one Of the most important organs in
kkA ry~A vIhat t. th0t I'll RAIAc
away. beats away, never stopping.
never ceasing, whether you wake or
sleep. night and day. week in and
week out. without my volition on
your part, hidden away, as 1t were,
in the depths. unseen by you, throb-
bling. throbbing. rythmically all your
life long?"
And during the pause Of o~ratorical
effect came a small voice: The gas
meter."-National Food Magazine.
Broadly the way. old man. do
you remember borrowing ten shil-
lings from me six months ago.
sro.d-sut you said you only
wanted 1t for a short time.
Shorthand ! told the truth.
didn't keep 1t twenty minutes.
Excitement is oftentimes the cause
Of queer remarks as well as the cause
Of strange kilograms.
A man who had been one Of the
passengers on a vessel which had
been. widely circulated as lost waa
rescued almost by a miracle. On ar
irving at a place from which he could
send a telegram he forwarded the
following dispatch to his partner:
II am saved. Try to break 1t gent
ly to my wife."-Harper's Magazine.
The little girl had been 70 naughty
that It was decided that she should
not be allowed to attend the party
to which she and her sister had been
invited. On the day of the festivity
the mother called in person to pick
up her ~unoffending daughter and brine
her home again.
WELL" she asked. "and did yoy
explain to Mrs. B. how naughty Bet.
" had been ana how I kept her a,
home to punish herr" :
"Oh. no, mammte." came the IN.
swer: ~ didn't think that 'ud do. I
Just said she'd gone tosa much bst,
tor party" AT
Patsy and Tom sWeeo WORKING mai
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31
There Are Some
Talented Lunatics
Clever Work Done by People
Who Are Hopeleesly
Insane.
(New York Press.)

\>oW 4O4h ACSS.J
Il am sure" said a we'll known
mind doctor, you would be amazed
at the clever work that IS done by
hundreds of men and women who are
hopelessly insane; some Of it at least
as good as that done by sane people
who earl large incomes.
Among my patients today is one
mar whose skill with the brush would
almost surely qualify him for high
rank II he were only in possession
Of his senses. There are few Of the
great exhibitions which do not contain
one or more Of his canvases. and he
has often received as much as $500
for a picture. And yet this man is
as mad as a halter" the victim Of
terrible decisions and subject to vio-
lent homicidal attacks.
Naturally. his work Is unreliable.
One week he will produce a mastery
and beautiful picture. with genius in
every line of it. The mex he will
paint the most weird picture. a per-
ously enough, he always considers a
masterpiece.
And this nan is no exception, for
there are scores Of lunatics who are
quite excellent artists. and many Of
them make good incomes by their
art. Several years ago an exhibition
Of pictures, the work. OF insane pa
tients Of the Bethlehem royal hospt-
tai, was open to the public. and /
can assure you many OF them are
beautiful works Of art.
There are hundreds of other luna
tics who are just as skillful in music
and literature. One OF my own pa
tients. who is hopelessly mad on one
subject and who is a perfect musical
genius, has composed operas and
symphonies and scores Of songs which
have won considerable fame for him
and have brought him a small for
tune. And I know of many other In
sane r. and women who earn small
and regular incomes in the same way
There are. similarly, hundreds OF
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31
POULTRY Z
By Cockspur:

In using sunfiower seed as food for
chickens care should he taken that
1t is fresh. Then 1t has about the
same nutritive value as wheat and in
addition its oily quality. But II the
seed is dry and shrivelled its food
value is diminished. Therefore 1t
should not be fed all tn year round. It
has its god quality in the late summer.
when Its oil 10 an aid to the chickens
during their moult. But sven then
1t should not be overfed because the
seed contains too much indigestible
fibre.
Flaxseed. too. is rich in oil and con-
tains much protein. but it's high cost
makes 1t undesirable, and a cheaper
substitute will answer the purpose
better. besides 1t Is heavily charged
with gluten. which sometimes over
comes the laxative quality Of the seed
and interferes with digestion.
Rice contains too little ash and pro.
tein to make 1t Of value a. a food,
though 1t is f%attening. Broken rice Il
Sbmetimes fed to chicks. When boiied
II overcomeg diarrhoea in chicks. but
II 10 expensive.
Millet ID, rich aud should not b
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31

JIM HAPPENED TO BE THE ONE
TO GO THE RESCUE.
his father he was the most stylish
piece Of dog flesh imaginable. Take
Rob away and he became an object,
to quote Jim.
Billy once said to jim: "say, Jim,
some day when Rob has had all that's
coming to him we'll enter them in
some show in the same class. He'll
go around the ring beside Rob-a
sport. And I tell you" Billy hest
tated. Then he concluded because
he was square, every inch Of him,
he'll hand his dad one! He's a
hummer"
He was. thinking Of that converse
ton after lunch when he entered the
pavilion to prepare for the judging.
Down the line OF cookers he glimpsed
a familiar golden head. She was with
empty 27. But was 1t empty? An
unbelievable thing flashed into his
mind. His step quickened. Then
he was in front Of 81. staring at a
little red dog-a little quivering thing
-crouched back in the As
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31
THURSDAY, JULY 81. 1913.
POSTPONED.

The matter o. street Improvements
i, .he aouth end ot the city OUTSIDE
IN. naved district IS pos'poned' ios
Of course the city council "i'i not d"
in the face Of In. adverse opinion o.
,hc u-ounrty wac! !nt"Testef. '"N
ming has bsen =alncd, N that a''eH-
,io, has bcaM directed :" the "eeH 'o'
,"nn,orenrnt. and that thc council VII!
lc -enlles,ed to experiment. Win th'
,,se Of gravel on some street OK sc'eHN
IN ,he ritz. 20 determine 1usf "ha' can
bc done with this material as d t'a4
,nvcring This matter has been IN the
al, for some time, ana suseeS|i'"S -
various forms have been mahe ''"-
corning IL a. various times. l@S' "th-
.er mr.. Wheeler addressed the 'puh-
eli on the subject, advocating an e"-
nnrirnent o, this kind, and the plan
sserned to meet with favor, but 'he
nnin, WAS NOT reached where ac,l"''
began. The meeting AT the ''tE ""''
lag, night made a definite request
which will be presented 20 the c"uhcl''
and there wi! thus be a basis ioF ac-
,ton I. liz anticipated that action VII!
be taken.
Those who have advocated that m
provementg he made on the sihes 81
the streets Immediately. Win the foa''
narrowed as il would he for paving
,r.veIine. or whatever treatment may
later be decided on. will naturally re-
ere1 that more of the property owners
did not approve this course, tor they
are confident that this improvement
by itself would be we'll worth more
Than its cost. They will be abl" 70
console themselves with the thooeh'
that at least a start has beer MADE
in the right direction, and that II the
council decided to make an carly e3-
pertinent there will he afforded an on
iect lesson which can he observed M
studied by all citizens, and on which
they may be able to base an inteill-
gent judgment.
1t is idle to talk of any of the reg
ular pavements in most o tine outly'
ing territory. Street pavement costs
more IMAM lIlbSl VI nv P'"P'' '''
ers in those districts feel able to af-
ford. That is rue today. and II VIII
be true for n good many years. the
question to he decided, in most of thai
territory, is not whether there shall be
a dirt road or q paved street, nu'
whether there shall he a dirt road OF
something materially better than a
dirt road, which does not cost AS what
a paved street would IT is possible
that in come sections yet unpaved
paving proposition might he made II
carry, but it would involve serious
hardship TO at least q large minority
The smaller improvement which ha:
been advocated Is Of a different nature
and would involve such a slight cos
that II would scarcely he felt.
II is to be hoped that the counc
will take action at the earliest possible
date on the request for experiment
and further enlightenmen The neef
for Improvement exists, just as ii ha.
done, and, while no action will HI
taken now in the district which wa.
proposed to be created, the knowledg.
which liz gained from the experiment
to be undertaken may be expected t
furnish n basis for action later on.
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fed too literally. It adds to the varl-
ETY. Of food. however. and 10 fattening.
Care must be taken also in the feed
ing of linseed meal. IT Is high In ash
and protein.
It contains a feather-forming ele-
ment and is especially good during
moultins. but too much Of it will clog
the crop. because Of the gluten. At
no time feed more than fve per cent.
in a mash, and two per cent. will be
better.
Cottonssed meal II not relished and
10 an irritant to the digestive organs.
Peanut meal. after the oil has been
a~bstracted. Is also a valuable food,
about three-auarters as much as meat
scraps. but there II little Of It.
Hempseed has IT. value during
moultins, too. It - sven better than
sunl1ower seed, except that It IL too
costly. It ID often ted In winter to
exhibition birds to give gloss to their
feathers.
Canary seed IL relished by fowls,
but it, high cost bArstit ID . regular
food. Therefore the only time It car
b given with prontsS frosa the wssta
In . canary cags. eometies youns
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-31
FIRES IN COUNTRY DWELLINGS

We are indebted to Safety Engi-
neering for n copy of it's statement
that fires in country dwellings, and
c%lubhouses have increased alarming
ly within the past two years. Taking
only the property Of the well-to-do,
Safety Engineering publishes csti-
: mates which show:
Thus far 1913 Tho number OF
fires is so per cent more than that
for the similar period Of 1912. In
1912 the number Of fires was 10
per cent more than in 1911.
The average loss per fire in this
class was $4,000 during the first
fifteen weeks in 1918, as compared
with an average loss of but $4,000
during 1912. Safety Engineering
makes the point hat while 1t is the
private concern Of wealthy me II
they will build combustible houses
without mean of fire protection. 1t
is also a matter Of public oncer
that. because of this policy. the drain
on the general fire fund Of the people
mas amounted 10 nearly SlU,UUU, UUU
in a little over four years" This per-
centage Of fires in country houses and
clubhouses is greatest in New York
state. which leads the list with 16
per cent since June 1, 1903; Massa-
chusetts follows with 10 per cent, CAL
ifornia with . per cent. and New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania. each, 8 per
cent.
Most Of the country dwellings seem
to be built to burn" Their owners
are ignorant Of the conditions that
breed hres, and they provide little or
nothing to combat ever an insignif-
cant blaze should defects in the heat
ing and cooking apparatus develop.
The report says
In thirty-two cases selected
from the partial list of fires ST.
100000 In property values was
lost because no private hre-hsht.
Ing Apparatus was available.
TAe occurrence Of . nre u made
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where there was a bee hive and a
bed of onions. when the following in
cident occurred: A bee stung Tom
on the wrist, when Patsy exclaimed:
Il always told you when you'd get a
sting Of a bee to suck 1t and then rub
in onion Juice"
After a very short time a bee
lodged IN Patsy's neck, when he
shouted: "Oh. Tom. there's one on
my neck. Oh, it's gone down between
my shoulders. Oh. I'm stung!"
Suck it, Patsy" ordered Tom:
suck it. and I'll rub in the onion
juice"
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A misdemeanor under the Code Ma
poieon. II that admirable code were
extended to this country we might be
com peiled to prosecute many distin-
guished misdemeanors.
code? lusa ed