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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-21
lIERESY.

~ Churchmen are interested in a her
e3yi trial which is ~ be held in Eng
iead in the near future Episcopal
- bishops in Fast Africa entered into
\ cor1ity relations with Frcshvierians.
in Methodists and Ia p:ists, and each
group, nnder the agreement. was TO
!. :. respect the rights ot the church which
had jtz men III = district FIRST. thus
ef rendering aFaiisols its III force for
y other fields not yet occupied. Still
~ further. agreement. were made as 70
the minimum IT. be required of con-
g verts in the way Of confession Of
- faith, and those rnect;nr the require
ments we're 10 re accepted by ANY of
the denominations. And still firth.
n or, after the conference at which ali
these things were done had closed the
bishop Of that district administered
+. The sacrament Of the Lords supper
~ re- all present. PresbSterians. Baptists
. Methodists and all. Therefore tho
8 bishop has had charges OF hercsv flied
Q against him. and a pig trial is in pros.
T pect.
1t appears that in tine minds Of quite
2 = number Of people yet. it makes 2
= difference whether the heather arc
. converted under the authority Of high
church or low church. or OF the dis.
sentins organization. which is held mol
to be q church at ali.
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THE EVENING r
TWO MISTAKES.
toopsrtsh.. 1913. - =. W9nsf),

Ethel hurried INTO the wide lobby
and turned to The row o. elevators
marked Nc stop below tenth door"
she vas 50 tired thar she sighed with
!cilet as she leaned against the iron
cage. Her hair "as d~ishevciied, her
rat was a bit aw1s., and the powder
That had beautified her face in the
morning was gone. shopping leaves
traces. and shopping and Sightseeing
combined leave havoc. but this was
the last item on her liz, OF things
70 be seen and thrills TO he felt be-
TORE sne iett her Cousin %e;l's charm
ing nat for her " nome back in
Minnesota. Household duties had
Kept Nell al home that day. and Ethel
had a~dEentGred for herself. To tell
me truth. although she had dutisuily
!n!io"ed the tracks cs other city Wis.
.tors and trasnped from art institute
TO museum. from park TO park, TO
e. 10 the board Of trade, and all
the other places thai one is
TO see. h was glad she had reached
n ias'-this famous building from
"nose top floor she could look down
hundreds OF feet and which vas the
:aFor:'c jumping off place of would
De SUICIDES. Ethel very properly shiv.
cred as she hurried out the elevator
dooc and crossed the aisle to the
c!.c!!ng 70" Of big pillars. She vas
q very tender hearted girl and pretty.
BESIDES, she belonged to the charita-
Die guild back home. But she won
ntFeo "hen the last unfortunate had
icaped and the next Unfortunate
"or!d l!nge! sadly beside that jron
railing. she involuntarily' drew back
from the railing. Tho downward vista
was 50 very sheer and vast. She was
a bit dizzy. and she was very glad
OF the barring iron railing. WIZ, one
misht 60 over before one thought.
And men she felt her heart CULVER.
On the other side of the chasm
5000 a tall, racrose Young man. He
vas leanins over the railing, his arms
ciasned across his chest. and ne was
sf""!lns hard. Eihe! shivered. she
looked around. Except a shabby old
mar who wandered ain1lessly past
Sie ana the Young man were tho only
persons present. Fascinated hy lh..
possible :%rnrninence of a tragedy. she
watched HE youns man until finally
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-21
A TENDERFOOT'S BLUFF.
There Was More to Cy. Warman.s
Talk Than He Thought.
Naxhinaton Post

When cy warman went west IL
the eighties he was the tenderest kind
OF a tenderfoot," remarked ]. e
Dalryrnple of Montreal, vice president
Of the Grand Trunk railroad.
ICY was determined not to let the
natives know how green he vas anG
he put on an air Of bravado that woul6
stump the most experienced cowbo,
and bad man. You ma know tina.
before he left the west Cy became e
fast friend Of tsopey' Smith. of
west. but with all a good fellow. and
a true friend. When Sopey died-he
got killed. of course, but before he
died he twisted himself into position
to kill his slayer-he had a letter from
Cy Warnlan in his pocket. It raj one
OF the first things they found when
they held the post mortem,. examina-
ton. Warman got many Of his re.
markable stories of western life from
'sopey.'
Canyon City, Col. when that town
was the rendezvous Of the numerous
cowboys Of the state. Tho boys used
to sit around the main saloon, I think
It was Murray's, with their feet dang
ling over the sddeD Of barrels and their
guns sticking ont Of. their holsters.
Warman careleMly sauntered by. He
didn't know any Of the boys. but he
w: sisht = sse. .s,s Sita at +; bluff 1aa ,.,,o..
know -, You q r. max mst,n e : mi III 1i hsux.
ing around here! Nrat thing y6u.
know you will take . drink too many
and tive .everything away. !.
The gang looked 1t one another IN
= scared sort Of Wy, then they skunk.
into the saloon. gulpsd down . drink
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words. The young fellow nodded sui.
!enly. Perhaps the old man vas
warning him OF the dizziness some.
times resulting from prolonged gaz-
ms. From below the elevator creaked
up: She eyed the shabby old nan call
e~ulatingl:. But ne would be no match
for that tall athletic figure, Ethel
thought. Besides he was now circlins
the other side Of the enclosed space.
The other mar again laid a hand
on the outjutting scroll. He was pois-
ing himself to leap. she vas sure.
she ciloked back a SOD; her own hands
skinned frantically ~ the railing.
And then some n srasped her
from behind. terkcd her back. NO,
Sou don't said some one.
What do you mean" sputtered
Ethel. squirming i'll a strong hold.
Let me go. Help" She stretched
around and looked into the face OF the
shabby old mar.
We don't allow people to kill them
selves here" he said, Grossly. Good
Lord: I'll be dead of nervous pros
tra,lon before they git tha; iron guard
pslit. Nov, see here, miss, maybe
just think you have"
"Troubie.' sirilly. Why, what dc
YOU mean? WHY. there's a man on
the other side wAo was getting ready
Not mel" said ithe tail young man
who had run swiftly around to aid
san *ou don't lnkan--"
Yes. 1 do" slapped Ethel. She
faced them with f%uriously red cheeks
Haven't You been hanging over
Watching sou!" he protested
And trying to tell somebody or &c,
near you without startling YOU"
l.. SO was l YOU" stma1nered Ethe
incoherently. and ! didn't dare cal
to the elevator man"
You laid all rour packages down.
ne accused her. and you tried to hide
behind that Pillar"
You looked so bad!" she retorted
Me surprised. II have a tooth,
ache The. dentist on. the floor below
is busy. SO J strolled up here"
II certainly will have nervous pros
tration.' declared the shabby old man
YEARLY, as he siabled away.
oh. we'll. don't care" said tn,
f@orlorn young man half an hour later
Il an get acquainted with you,
cousins husband tomorrow. seem;
We work in the same building. AM
he will ask me out. I'll ask him tx
ask me ont. Can't you stay over thre,
days? You haven't seen the canal"
I'D like to see all the sights befor,
go back said Ethel, demurely.
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J mt
'.ng'p
OIL, TIMES.

HSSP
'et 4 friend of The Times came across
NC bundle Of old magazines the vthcr
-,.Is.'ay. and looked them over. One was
TOO; ome Interesting bicycle articles and
MAN bicycle ads. The bike that vas
, ., vogue IN those days, which are NOT
ldaJa,,o verS tar away, vas the old hiyh
10 front wheeled fellow. With the little
"een hcc, IN INC rear. You sat perched
" Mno1t on top of lin" bir wheel, and
s f'hen :ou hit = stono. or dropped into
Goui rat, YOU TOOK a header, Necessarily
Echs., nd ineli,ab!,. Nobody ever took a
les vGcader gracefully. but experts we're
bic TO perform the feet without in
Try. and how 10 do il was one OF the
ev ricEs that every rider had 20 learn.
Brsfhs mother issue several years later con-
~ aimed AN illustrated description of AZ
.tutotnob.lc Manufactured 10y Il CONF
albany whose product ha. since become
Famous the world over. The car then
f nj ,, ,fferel WAS d Ginhy affair VI yroteSque
dee ,attcrn, Steero,l ty = rIGder. The an
Tflc,ounccmcnt b. tho maker said 1i1a:
=, t'ew uses We're constantly beng found
0Jrr inc auiD1tpl'lie. ana that among
Esther things j, had been found TO l,e
lar areat convenience - rlyAcians.
w~scnabiinr them 10 get from place ~
ornnrlace. and that under favorable con-
mtn1d;,;orv M, could .r...i ia mi.
ioeI.'"
/ and buggy.
/. In the generation that has passed
rrsstes!nce the bicycle and tho wheel has
nj become commonplace. aud youngsters
u able to walk ride with case Vie
Smn'1odern bicycle. with us pneumatic
niires and ball bearingp. The firm that
iEtmade the auto that could go almost
Mas fast AS a horse /. selling sig cylinder
hears thst are verita ole rolling palaces.
C1iand another auto manufacturer has
Wjust distributed ten million dollars OF
vrpronts among his enplo%cs. Things
eimove along in this world.
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the intensity of her gaze drew his
in return. He looked up. met her eyes
and started. she half drew into the
shadow Of the big pillar.
Ethel tried 20 think what she should
do. F-nrtivciy she looked around the
pillar at him. lie Was z nice looking
Young fellow. She wondered pitifully
what his trouble was. Out OF work
and discouraged. likely. Still, he was
fairly we'll dressed. But he might
he hravely keeping up appearances.
g he again encountered her gaze.
His scow] deepened and his folded
arms dropped apart. One long. thin,
white hand tapped n~ervously against
the iron railing. Ethel was frantic.
Sue looked around Why, in the name
of. all that was prudent. didn't som
one stay around this terrible place
and so prevent such happenings? No
elevator was At the top. She could
hesr the cables %creaking. but the
olang of their doors sounded far
below.
Ethel felt a strsngling impulse to
scream. n sH'ayad the least bit and
then pulled herself together. Didn't
the elevator ever come to the top
floor any more: Shed tell the ianitor
OF the Manager or the newspapers just
what she thought Of such a place.
Why. 1t wa a positive tenn ptation to
Kill one self! She herself in looking
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THE MUSE,
BALLApE OF

From ruinous wear, by drop on drop.
what shall I do, then, to- make you
Singing that wearisome old, old
tune? -.
Truly. I'm thinking some lonely
dune
Far in the desert I'll have to seek,
Or elsewhere myself I must ma
Where is the dollar you had last
week?
Over the problem my brow l mop
Grant in your mercy a precious
boon:
Why is a woman So mad to shop,
Be it December or be it June?
Careful, my lady-a tropic moon
Shines on a country where I could
sneak ?.
: Permanent quiet by ONE lagoon
Where is the dollar you had last
week?
Your mad extravaganza makes me
hop;
Now You are asking for hat and
shoon!
Worries I have-an abundant crop
Why can't you sometimes Of plenty
Groom?
Haven't you fed me on beans and
prune,
Seemingly thus your revenge to
wreak?
Why should I spin me a debt
cocoon?
Where is the dollar YOU had last
week?
EENvoI.
Morning or evening or night or noon.
Wife, must you always Of money
speak?
Must you have money again so soon?
Where Is the dollar you had last
week?
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LAUGH WITH US m
Stories That Have
Many People Smile.

What's the matter with this ele.
vator"' asked the nervous man.
You keep trying to run it through
the roof"
You'll have 10 excuse me-" replied
the operator. I'm not used to ono
OF these little t~wenty-story buildings
II admit that the architecture Of
this house is something %fierce,,'' said
the agent, but Just see how handy
the place is-oniy a ston's throw
from the s%tation.'"
Il see it is" said Thompkiris, wear
llE, but ] am such a rotten shot It
wouldn't be any satisfaction to me-"
An old colored man, charged with
stealing chickens, was arraigned In
court II was discriminating himself
When the judge said:
You ought to have a lawyer.
where's your lawyer?"
All amt got no lawyer, ledge"
said the old man.
VERY we'll, then said his honor,
III assign a lawyer to- defend you"
On. no, sub; no, sub! Please don't
do dat the darky 1begged.
why not" asked the judge. 1T
won't cost you anything. Why don't
you want a lawyer"
We'll. .jedse. Anil tell you. subj"
said the old man, waving his tattered
old hat confidentially. Hits jest dis
way-Ah wan tuh enjoy dem chick.
mase'f!"
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over the spiked top OF the rai,inS 10
ths Uoor Tar below couldn't help Won
de1ing how it would seem TO 80 whirl-
ing round n round IN the air.
An finally wnizzed its way
70 me top. the door Changed open, the
conductor stuck his head cUs. Nc
one seemed ready 10 go down. He
banged the door shut ~ The car
shot from sight before Ethel could cel-
lect her wits and reach il. FL, now
she prepared for its return. lns,;nc,-
iFelS She felt hat the nj would 10.
Jump while conscious OF her scrutiny.
Very carefully she IL, her packages
sup to the floor. They might inter-
iere with her speed. Furtively she
looked across and the man quickly
averted his SAFE. Her heart thumped.
He glanced again at her and then he
sessed one nand on a projecting iron
scroll EtheIs eyes srev big with
horror. but from somewhere the
SHABBY old man had r~eappeared ana
he paused ny the tall Hgu-e. TIE
hand dropped from the :Eon railing.
There was a brief interchange OF
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and Eedir Shah and scores Of other
gIitterins ;yrants had lived unknown
to the German capital Cor nine
months.
What brought down the great king
Of 100000 people TO such ignored
Iowliness Kings and politicians of
many nations may note the answer:
pie.
That and nothing else d~ethroned
MohaInincd Ali, When the people
first demanded a parliament and ne
granted it the world though; him a
sensible Shah. He suddenly turned
away from the future to the past, and
Abolished. the parliament. lie heid
OFT even against The counsel Of friend
IL Russia and scornfui Britain, held
out while provinces revo!ted. while
Nnents niutinicd. His capital was man
aced before he proclaimed A new par
l!aInent-and then II WAS too late. \
few short months Of 1909 saw ..Eo-
manned All b~anished. his pccplns
son. Ahmed Mira, entnroned, i par
Lament summoned. and . speech from
.he throi,c signalling that the long
era Of tho despotic dyaaStics IS Over.
M~oaaInrnedan writer's love to dwell
on tho rockotj1s rise &C slaves to
thrones, and the heavy tumble OF
kings from the divans into dungeons.
But it is .Allah's will that men do no,
rise so high OF fal! SO deep AS they
did once. There are no slaves. and
hy the same token there are 10 des.
pots-the people have the power 20
protect the weak and curb the power
tui.
ANY prince who resists the people
Will be d%ethroned. Any politician who
1ithstands the popular demand Will
be supplanted. This works out in
Persia and in New Tork--it is true
OF Turkish suitans and party organ-
izers-thc r1lc applies TO the house of
Eornanof and both houses Of pallia-
non
In the hands Of God is the destiny
Of princcs-Hc alone givetli empire"
c:clairns an Arabian ~chronicier quoted
by WASHINGTON Irving. Il seems not
too much 70 say that III our time lin
the hand Of God is the destiny of pep
plc-LIc alone giveth empire to them
-empire is no more given TO shahs or
sultans, caliphs or czars, kings or l,oli-
ticianS."
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Did viz liver make my money
bsckin' horses, Mulligan?"
Sure. Oh made a hundred dollars
vance"
How did yez do ut?"
"Oi backed him down cillar W
thin sued tn mon for leavin' tn door
open"
a gentleman travelling in England
was being shown over an estate by
h owner, VINO was a crank on land
scape gardening. They came to a
small greenhouse with a. young boy
locked up in it. The visitor inquired
the reason and his host replied that
he had caught tho boy stealing flow
ers from the grounds and had locked
him up for punishment.
Going a little farther, they came to
another greenhouse, tine counterpart
Of the first and similarly situated on
the other side Of the grounds, and this
also contained a small boy.
What" exclaimed the visitor" has
this boy, too. been stealing flowers? ?"
oh. no." replied his host. that
is my little son."
Then why asked the puzzled
caller. have you locked him in
here?"
Magazine.
Me daughter Mary Ann" said the
newly rich Mrs. Cassidy, wants to
Farm to play some music insthru-
e I wonder wat wan would come
aisiest to herr"
Well. now replied the jealous
and caustic Mrs. Casey. iii We could
only get somethin's that's built like Il
washbosrd 'twould be jist the thing"
rs that YOUR mule?" asked the man
who was going fishing.
"Yassir." said the colored man. who
was sitting on a log by the road.
Does he kick"
Deed, mistuh. he amt got no
cause to kick. He's gittin' his own
way right along. I'm dc one dat's
havin' de worry an difficulty"
A. the train was moving out Of .
Scotch station a man in onc Of tho
compartments noticed that the por-
ter. In whose charge he had given his
luggage, had not put it into the van
and u shouted to him and said:
Hi! you old fool! What do you
mean by not putting my 1uSgage In
the van??"
To which tbe porter replied: "Eh,
man! yer luggage liz nc'er such > fool
az yersel'. Yer J. the wranS train!
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tE.' joan w. carev.)

Who made his bow in As iii
Springfield, Illinois, when T'a-
ther Abe gave out the smokes
and told EN-. IT'S a boy" Who
stuck not to the White House
when his dad was president, but
went " war like other lads and
put up i'll Il tent? Who makes a
smashing hit because he's salts
fed TO he Just folks" like US and
flies his genealogy? Who's
.illSt n plain American and
minsles with the mob-a member
of the Sons Of Toll and always
On the JOB" Who lodges scrihcs
and photo men and all the lime
light clan and. like as not. will
shy at this? That Robert Lin
coin man.
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TIMES CHANGE.

Detroit Journal; Sudden illness
seized one kazan, an Oriental mer-
chant in Berlin. \. Christian physic.
ian was called to the Moelcn1's house
and was hidden to address the mer.
chant as Your Majesty The 1ner-
chant was Moha1nrled Mi. who until
1909 was the dcspotic Shah OF Persia.
The successor Of Cyrus and Chosroes
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any OF the problems it tackles, SO a
seat would be mighty cheap.
Around a coal yard Willie's mother
used to make him play. She called him
IN and whipped him at the close of
every dag. She busted him and scrub.
bed him in a manner that seemed
cruel. But every week she made him
Yield IS worth Of fuel.
The Jimville postofice doesn't pay
anything worth mentioning. But the
privilege Of being first to get a peek
at the mail will always keep it in de-
mand.
Aren't you going to marry young
Boobles:' asked one girl. Perhaps"
replied the other; although I hate to
put a stop to OIL correspondence. He
does write the loevliest love letters!'.
Hear the sleigh bells jingle-iingle,
on a frosty night: How the prancing
horse. frolic through the snow so
white! And the stars So gayly sparkle
In the limpid sky as We peep through
furs to watch the scenery fash by!
Speeding like a startled moonbeam
swiftly on its way. there is strailg ex-
h~ilaration riding in a sleigh. That's
the way they sing about it in a room
so warm, gathering round the old pi-
ano. sheltered from the storm. How
the sleigh bells jinsle-jingle! as your
weary boss strikes a piece Of skinny
ice and has to swim across. Both
your ears swell up like picture. on to-
mato cans Toes and fingers spread
and stiffen like the sticks Of fans.
How % dream. about the fireplace,
which 0 long to hug, as unto your
old plus:" Jingle Jingle! The refrain
Will scatter every gloom. But you
want to sing it in a comfortable room.
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Billy sunday is holding forth al
Pittsburgh, where they probably need
q revival as badly ss they do any
where, and one Of the local papers
tells of the manner in which lie j. stir
rirs t1e people up. The paper COM
pares Billy 20 Savonarola, and his re-
Vivai TO the stirring up that the great
preacher gave the people Of Florence
many years ago. There may be points
Of similarity, very few. We judge, but
some. But we have not seen any.
where that Savonarola stripped eff
his coat and vest and let his suspcn-
ders hang While he was preaching,
Or spit on his hands, or ripped off his
collar and necktie, or made q business
Of calling decent people thieves and
villains. u takes your modern re-
vivalis, TO 10 all those stunts, and get
away with them.
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M. ,pla you psrtinently inquired his sister. That girl las been ready to
body "a around and acted like BUSINESS"
a couldn't nay love- me- or she would have been more patient"
sho ce nTI hm w ms se vas pasient! exclaimed the sister. And I guess
were concerned-just like poor Edith"
What's the matter with poor Edith p" he asked. So :"
Edith mas always beGn III Oft the ef.reuan kind. She a
good income and doesn't need to get married for a home r anythine al
that sort. She keeps p a mighty nice home OF hr own. And I van "a
tel you tina wheny u find a girl like that, who isn't looking for a man Il
support her. she's faithful to death. when she Toes fall in love. Most girls
are tickle only because they feel that they must marry, and SO they don't
another m along who seems a better chance. Or somebody they ie
su. Edith met this nan seventeen Years Q They've been engaged for
e aunt Every time there al any talk Of John marrying the mother
n tn maiden IN mad a o So the marriage vas ut N M off
until finally John seemed to come to his senses and declared that they
should be married without any further delay. But before they could do It,
what ddh he do ut ret double pneumonia n de?-and here is nor Edith
mourning like a widow, though she never "a been a wife"
John earned a good salary. l don't se why he let his womenfolk
keep him from marrying remarked the man who had been Nlted. seems
Ito me h q didn't ave mucn backbone. +:
.u, y. II ! vas to tell m private opinion" remarked his married. sister:
It's that really wasn't anxtoust to marry. His women folks were
la good excuse. He's like som other men could name-one of them nt
but who shrk the responsibility Il taking me ~
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If a problem play really explained
M OF the problems it tackles, SO a
seat would be mighty cheap.
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a surprising number Of people
don't Ear what they have to eat, so
long as they have ice cream at the
finish.
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and vanished. It wasn't until the
next day that cy learned the boys had
just comleted a job and the man
was hanging high upon a tree almost
within sight of the saloon"
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SHE TILTED THE PRO.
. ~CRASTINATOR 1.
lRy III n. Wooley.l

Copyright. 1914. by e. K. wooley.)
ILL, / suppose I shouldn't have en-
pected anything different, said the
man who had been Tilted. Women
are p~roverbially tickle"
Let me see." reflected his mar
ried sister; "you were engaged al
most three years. weren't you? And.
I can't remember that I ever heard
you speak of any definite wedding
plans. And Billy Sanders jumped
right in and carried her Oft under
your nose
"He'll never make her happy!"