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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-11

in fashionable clothing. with her lap
ull Of sable muff aud her cars i'm
ledded in d. sable collar. AS Jenny
entered. breathless with haste and
expectation. the old woman regarded
her coldly and spoke.
II have come to see YOU" she said,
loftily. about a check which l UNDER
stand was sent to . by mistake. It
was ;le fault OF Mrs. Giililan:s social
secretary. who rnisdlrected it. It was
a. bridge debt, yon know. and it should
have come TO me at my country place,
Restmore."
Jenny was b%cwildered. "Eut The
nalne.' she gaspcd. She opened her
purse and took out , the envelope,
which she had kept. See Miss Jenny,
Kent. Trembling, she held out the
envelope.
The visitor Jus, glanced at it. "oh.
yes. My name is the same. am
Miss Jenny Kent. 1t was through a
coincidence of names quite as much
as the s~ecretarys carelcssness that
the check went aStray. However, YOU
can sec for yourself that there is only
one thing To be done. You must re-
turn it. I" me its proper owner"
Jenny dropped into a. chair and COW
cred her face witch her hands. "But
cssned it" she moaned.
Oh" said the other Jenny Kent,
And there was q long silence. Jenny
heard her get up and walk across the
room. She paused and Jenny. look
ing UP, saw that she wa standing be
fore a.-little. India. ink picture .of her
father. The woman turned slowly
after a moment ard her fat. old face
had a c%uriously softened look.
That Il good likeness of your ia.
ther,"' she said. You resemble him
closely. He was my Cousin. He mus
have named you after me- She
loosened her fur at her throat as If
it We're choking her. 'JI1e sight of
his picture brings n good deal back
to me. We were young together. If
he hadn't married as he did T.
h stopped. las for that check, il
Was only a bridge debt. I dare say
you've made good use Of it. 1t is OF
no importance. anyway"
she turned toward the door. But
Jenny was up I'M before her. wait
you mustn't so like this she cried.
Il don't care about; the money. I'll
"a it back some way But you are
fathers cousin and / do care abou,
you--"
The other Jenny Kent was looking
at her critically. Suddenly a tear
slipped out of her e She put her
hand on Jenny's arm, IT believe
you're a good little thing she said,
And you're Toms daughter. That
means a good deal to me, after all,
I find. You're Toms daughter and
my :narnesake snd-and-I want you
to kiss me-" 80
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FUEs AND CIVILIZATION.

II The fur trade is Older ;.an civil,xa-
a ;Ion. and older ever than barbarisnu.
4 for. ages Before man knew ANYTHING
u: tlocha aihl herds. much less q: fields
q ard cultivated crops, IKE hide of the
: beast which he hilIed tor food served
HIM for cleth.ne. Tic collection nf
t the skins uf un,nial, for dress and
/ ndornmcut was one Of ;l1r most prili-
tive occupations of mam. nnd it is
ono which has, from time immcnlorjal,
q been carried on "n the Frontier, as
far away from civilization as ;i,ose
who followed it could get.
And Yet. in these later days. the fur
Trade is n great and ihrivin. industry.
and il, has become associated witt,
our mos, advanced civilization i'm va
) 'i"ns peculiar and homogeneous ways
81 T!inrc have been published many ar
4 iI"les descriptive uf the DEVELOPMENT
OF the fox industry III Primo" Edward
4 Island. whore An entcrprisinc man
{ started tho breeding of silver foxes.
whose skins brine fabulous prices, and
y. the fortunes winch were la he made
y W iutS 'llliISilH. JOudDtN some
: fortunes have hcen :adc i'm this en-
{! terprise. More may possibly no made.
but the Thing has a good many of the
earlnarhs OF a speculative proposition
ia which the winners will hr those
Who know lust how long To stay in.
"lo Eel out at the right time, II the
lus"rs will he those who remain, hop
ing that tho gathering OF easy money
Will he II and continuous
performance.
There ia AN %inconErllity in a vast
and profitable fur trade in one ur the
oldest and most t~euscly settled parts
of northern North America. hut there
rs certainly AS great inconSrui1y in an
incident reported from n western ca
nadian fur center some weeks ago. Ac-
t'ordills to the story one man arrived
~ the post, which is in Il large and
thriving CITY, bringing in $4,000
worth OF furs in an automobile. We
do not Noncln for The correctness ur
illo story, hut merely tell the tale as
it was told to us" and the narrator
dccounts for the value of the load by
enuneratinS A large number OF silver
iox skins, worth several hundred dol
lars each.
This incident. il correctly reported.
illustrates not only the persistence of
the fur Trade. ,n, the ubiquity OF the
automobile. wl,icl, has become a. COM
r1"pplacH thing i'm regions formerly
opposed To be inaccessible TO any
Wheeled vehicle. From the polar re-
. ."ns i" equatorial Africa. and from
the PAVED streets of our cities to the
*ini,es of mountains and the trails
..crnks deserts. the automobile is tn
ne found everywhere.
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Of it if she chose and still scarcely.
miss it. TO have So to spend just as
she wished at once without wondering
If she could not have spent it better:
Slowly Jenny got acquainted with
the wonderful idea of having SO much
wealth. Hope sprans up and inspira-
ton and promise. And she danced.
laughed and cried for joy until she
palpjtated with excitement and had
to sit down and rest her poor heart.
She did not sleep much that night and
was not tit for work in the morning.
When she had eaten she made ready
and Went to the bank. Trembling,
che handed in the check. The cash
Ter looked at it and pushed it back
under the grating. Jenny turned az
pale as death. .Agonized, she met the
cashiers glance.
You'll have to indorse it," he said,
gently. Put our name on the back
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-11

factories. The revenues of the rail-
road companies wero about 100000
900 that year on this class of tonnage,
but this figure is insignificant in com.
rarison to the sum ut revenues from
increased crop production by the up
;to-date farm builder. The present in
,vcstmcnt in the production OF fcrtiliz-
ers. according 10 government figures,
is about si5O.000 900. Rotation of
crops. drainage, %intcnsiNe cultivation,
proper selection of seed. are all im-
portant factors in increasing the yield
per acrc-but absolutely the most i'm .
portant factor Of all, and the one that
cannUt he overlooked in solving tho
bread problem for future generations,
is the liberal application uf CONNER
cial fertilizers" said Professor IL. q.
Ecll. The secret ,of Intelligent fer
tilization is to a tho food needed
by the plant available at The proper
time. In order TO conserve the soil
You must maintain it's fertility, and TO
do this commercial Fertilizers are cs-
isen,ial.".
Thus TAR tho cummcrcial fertilizer
idea has not taken possession of
North Dakota. We have not yet reach
cd that stage. Perhaps We will never
reach it. Al any rate. there is at
present no prospect of a need for COM
mrrcial fertilizers in the agricultural
operations of the northwest. Our soil
is Of Such u character tia, it will! pro-
dnce profitable crops continuously.
year after year and generation after
generation. without drawing on any,
THING not contained in the soil itself
az tho ait which passes over il. unc
crop rann"t he produced continuously
"n the same soil. of course. bu, when
the crops arc varied i'll the proper
way, and when all thc cattle arc kept
that can l,c maintained on the land.
there need he no fear that We will have
In the commercial fertilizer.
CORN and alfalfa, potatoes and clover.
arc all profitable crops in themselves,
and il a%lternated properly Will, the
small grains. and tho farm is properly
stocked. there need I've no fear of loss
"f fertility. Dn some OF tho thin soils
of the cast tho conditions arc different.
hut hero in tho northwest all that is
needed is tho application of common
sense TO II material which is here
in absolutely in%cxllaustiblc quantities,
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POINTED

Happy is the man who is too busy
10 make enemies . Also scarce.
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: A Few Humorous Stories !.

a religious worker was visiting q
southern penitentiary, when ono pris-
oner in some way took, his fancy.
This prisoner was a negro who evinc-
ed a religious fervor as deep as it was
gratifying to the caller.
"Of what We're o %accused?" the
prisoner was asked.
"Dey says l too a watch" answered
the negro. "I made q good fight. 1
had a dandy lawyer, an he done prove
an alibi wifi ten witnesses. Den my
lawyer he shore made a strong speech
to de jury. But It wasn't no use, sub;
i gets ten years"
4 don't see why you were not &C.
Quilted" said the religious worker.
"Well. sah." explained the pris-
oner. "dere was shore one weak spot
bout my defense~-dey found dc watch
in my pocket"
A menagerie that had been exhibit
ling in -. Missouri village was struck
...
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of it. you know. Then / can give you
the money
He handed Jenny u pen and she
wrote her lame. Sc that was ali that
was needed. \ moment later the
cashier counted out for her ten beau
tiful. crisp bills.
" occurred to her that she would
better make a deposit before leaving
the bank. Tha: was the wisest. safest
way. SO she went on to the receiving
tellcr's window. After all. she only
kept out SIS. With this SUN SHE went
to the store and bought herself q.
thick coat. a good pair I'll shoes. and
some underwear. She was coming Out
loaded with her parcels when she saw
two children standing, hand in hand,
staring at some furs in the window,
She knew them. They were poorer
than she had been. Their shoes were
Worn .'9ut and letting in the slush Of
the sidewalk. Those babies needed
TO buy shoes for them.
1t was the first time in her life that
She had ever been able to give any
thing away. She had never dreamed
t1at she was capable OF so much gem
crosby. And never had she felt such
thrills of JOY as when she knelt be-
side the shoe clerk and helped fit out
these cold, poverty stricken little feet.
Her face was all tenderness and light.
She looked like somebody's mother
She, a poor little spinster on the
wrong side Of thirty-possessing her
first hundred dollars,
From that great adventure Jenny
went home with soul alight. She felt
renewed. She had found an appetite
OIL the way. And for that appetitc's
sake she had bought hcefsteak and
eggs and a whole peck of apples at
MIR. Scott's grocery. 1t was wonder
full how lightly she stepped. Her
stopped shoulders Strengthened. her
chin lifted, her eyes shonc. She was
almost pretty. That hundred dollars
was to her not charity. but a gift
from God.
\ week passed. Jenny finished her
work at Mrs. Bates's and Went to
Mrs. Moran's. From Mrs. Moran's
she was impcratively- summoned home
by Mrs. Holloway over tho telephone
one afternoon. A lady vas waiting to
sec her. Jenny excused herself and
r hurried home. =
The Visitor was i'll Mrs. llolloWay's
rarlor. She was a stout. old woman
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$3.50
by a cyclone and it's live stock. was
blown loose and flew away.
That same evening as the luckless
part Of the show was sitting in thu
village store, Illuminating on the
fortunes Of life, a colored gentleman
poked his head in at the door: "Did
you-al lose a giraffe?' he inquired. :
Yep" returned the owner; II sure
did. Have you found him 2"
Vas. sab; I done found him."
Got him with you
mo, sab; I reckoned ! batter In
quire first, sab. before ] fetched him
over"
"All right, you fetch him here and
I'll give you a dollar; for your trouble
"Yas, sab; but 1 reckon re trouble
am wuff mo- dan a dollah. Dat ole
giraffe right smart rambunctious. lie
done tried to bite me-,
What are you .tafkinI about. mtg
ger? Girafes don't bite! They kick.
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y w~ell-trained conscience. W
stretch as long as the fun lasts.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-11
CLEAN DRAMA.

Th" popularity OF such "a rlay AS
Peg. % My Heart is evidenced chat
III" lheiter has &till a function as "a
purNeNoI' uf clean entertainment. The
PLAY does not preach n ermop If
IT teaches amy great and deep lesson
We do moi know ii is, amy more than
We know exactly what is tho lesson
lausht by. the birds SONG or the color
and fragrance of spring lowers, These
all have their lessons, of course.
Ja1ueS found sermons i'm stones.
hooks in the running brooks. and good
IN everything But these Are not set
lessons, To he committed to memory.
with everything about them neatly ar.
ranged and classified and fabulated.
Their character depends ON the state
OF the mind which approaches them.
E'lt, like the play, their beauty and
their usefulness lie in their natural
ness. which makes them fit many
moods and adapt themselves, to MANY
situations.
That there is a place for tho drama
OF the deeper emotions. no ono will
deny. Lear" n Hamlet will AL
Ways he with us. always fresh and
new. The so-cailed problem play and
the drama OF crime have their uses,
though those uses are often obscurcd
by the appeal which is made Trough
them TO morbid and degenerate minds.
But the highest type Of all these the
drama would still be sadly incomplete
without the cheerful. wholesome play.
the merry skit, with tears, perhaps,
at times quite close to the surface,
which brings wholesome relaxation,
and which leaves no bitter taste after
wards.
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a wise maid rejects the silly you'll,
who is willing to die for her, and
cleaves to n man who is willing to
earn her living.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-11

To make n friend Of Il man. ask his
advice and follow it. Io make a
friend Of a. woman say nothing and LET
her do all the talking.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-11

why blaine .. doctor for thinking ill
Of his paticnts?.
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Naturally A. mar who leads "a. crook.
Cd life is unable to keep both feet ir
the straight and narrow path,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17
MODEL STREET CLEANING.


 Commissioner John A. Fetherston of the New York department of street cleaning proposes to establish a mod ed street cleaning district and equip it with modern appliances instead of the obsolete apparatus with which the work is now done. This district will serve as a basis for the future de- veIopment of the cityss street clean ing methods. The Improvements, it is estimated, will cost $253. 1000. and will reduce the annual cost for opera ton from $359.S27, the charge under the present system, to s304s9S5, a yearly saving of $54,342 in a single street cleaning district.
 The main feature of the proposed plan is the replacement of horses with motor tractors, each fitted with three types of trailers. one for street flushing or sweeping, one for refuse disposal, and the third for blowing sweeping and hauling snow. The tractor-trailer system. obviously, is one of great fedbi1ity, for no single motor will be limited to a single kind of work and working hours will nor be confined to a single shift. By ex- tending the functions of the equip nent and increasing the hours of work for the tractors. fixed charges will be decreased and lower costs will be secured than is possible with horse drawn equipment. Engineer ing Record
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17

He conceived the idea of doing something in that line himself. He has not yet appeared in Inter den Linden in running shorts, but he has dispensed with his watstcoat and col lar and tie and tucks his shirt in the full length of the neck opening.
 The real ultra s'knut'' suffers quite a martyrdon in the cause Realizing that the tanned skin of the athlete is much more attractive than his own pasty grayness, he takes himself out to Wannsee or some other bathing station on the neighboring lakes, and lies for several hours stripped on the hot sands while the sun slowly bakes him to the requisite color.
 Then, "done to a. turn he can re- turn to town and promenade the streets in all the barbaric splendor of la bare, burned and blistered breast.
 The acme of the absurd is to 5s seen on Sundays when the Berlin clerk. who has spent the week coop ed up in an office, promenades the west end of the city in black tailed coat and silk hat. his open shirt re- veaung an expanse of generally scrag- gy neck decorated with a bright red pot in the place where his collar but ton ought to be.-Berlin Letter New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17
PREsIDENT rAKEs \ DAy oFF'.
secret-servtce Men Trail Him as He
 Wanders About Washington.

President Wilson called up the members of his cabinet Friday morn ing and told them there would be no meeting of the cabinet and that they could take the day off, as he was go- ing to do and attend to some of his personal correspondence. This done. the president dressed, did up a pack age of papers put on his hat and walked out of the White House to- ward Pennsylvania avenue
 Being tired of his personally con ducted'' trips about Washington, as he once described his walks with se- cret service men,. the president intend ed going downtown, attend to some business and return without saying anything to anybody about it. He got halfway to, the gate at the north grounds of the White House when two secret-service operatives, clad in white duck suits. dashed wildly out of the White House office. They did not stop running until they were a few feet behind the president. who turned around, laughed and said he hadn't made good as a dodger.
 When he emerged from the White House a policeman on duty there saw him and that he was unaccompanied. The policeman pushed 3. little electric button on the side of the portico. Inn the President was going out unaccom- panied. The dash of the secret ser vice operatives followed
 The president went to a local bank and attended to some business, and then walked to the shopping district stopping now and then to gaze into some attractively- dressed window. For more than two hours he mingled with the hundreds on busy F street.
 Returning to the hite House about noon, the president spent ar hour. in answering personal cores pondence. . In the afternoon he play ed golf
 So far as ceu1d be ascertained none of the cabinet members followed the presidents advice They all were ali their desks throughout the day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17
THE TRUTH or rHH a1A1srEs

When Edw1n A. AIdermdn was president of the Uniyersity of 7To9Eh Carolina he was vtsfted one cay bg one Tom Lloyd, a totaIRy uneduclEst man who had accumulated wealth by the shrewd buying and ceiling ofs eoo- ton, One of the things for which, ,taiG local nabob was famous was hfs 4Ru- tastic contortton of the EnsIigh lane guage- He was a staunch republ1cn. a republican adnnin1stTa&3on was 9ilau in power at Washington and he cann6 to ask fthe University president tc indorse one of his brothers ag a. can didate for pogtmaste~ of the village ln preference to another brother who al so wanted the job, but was not in Tom good exaoeG
 Which one of your brothegs ig begl fitted for the petition, MT Lluyd ff asked Alderman
 'fWe1l. perfessorsT answered Ghs cot ton merchant, ssto ten the truth, nary one of se4n afn't fitted for 1t, but ary one of 'em have a son that air.''@rgep1 York Evening Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17

ton, biIiousnesz, headaches, and the various other disorders of the stom- ach, liver and bowels nothing is more suitable than this mild laxative tonic, Dr. Ca1dwelPs Syrup Pepsfn.
 Three. generations of people are us ing it today, and thousands of fani- lies keep 1t constantly in the house, for every member of the family can use 1t. It can be obtained of any druggist at fifty cents or one dollar a bottle, the latter being the size bough by families who already know it's value. Results are always guaran- teed or money will be refunded.
 Families wishing to try free sam addressing pr. W. B. Caldwell, H. A Washington St., Monticello, III A postal card with your name and ad- dress on 1t will do.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17

zealous in forwarding home indus tries as Australia. is. But in building this line additional locomotive is required for every. 50 miles of track being laid at the rate Of a mile or two a day. This extraordinary de- mand is much beyond the power of the home man ufacturers to supply.
 Bids from abroad showed that the Baldwin locomotive company of America was the only concern that would guarantee to make deliveries at the intervals specified, and as a result this company has supplied. and will doubtless continue to supply all the for the great trans-conti- mental line that cannot be built in the country.
 How much Australia's commercial patriotism in buying home-built loco- motives at all is costing that country was shown in a recent debate in the commonwealth Parliament. when it came out that the American engines were being purchased delivered at Port Augustay for approximately $23,- 900, whereas Australian engines were costing more than $50. .00o apiece Worlds Work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17
T Teach Your Child
 How to Be Healthy
Regular Bowel Movement From Infancy Insures Good Health
 In Later Years.

We cannot all start life with the ad- vantages of money, but every child born is entitled to the heritage of good health Through unfortunate ignor- ance or carelessness in the feeding of baby its tiny stomach may become deranged- The disorder spreads to the bowels and before the mother realizes it the two chief organs on which the infants s.s7raforf and I,aa1t17 depend are causing 1t great suffering grave ailments often result
 There tss however, no occasion for alarm and the sensible thing to do but it should be done instant1y-is to give the baby a. small dose of a mild 1azatfve-tonic- In the opinion of a. great many people, among them such well known persons as the parents of Bertha Lee woodland, 3 years old, of 1Eoultrfe. Ga, the proper remedy is Dr. Cz1dwe11's Syrup Pepsin. Mrs. [. N Woodard says that little Bertha was troubled with constipation for over a year. and that after trying several different kinds of remedies she found her relief in Syrup Pepsin- It is a 1. pills. etc, are distressing. Tn fact, every person likes, does not gripe nor cramp. and contains that most excel lent Of all digestantss pepsin.
 Dr. Ca1dwelI1ss Syrup Pepsin is es- pecdaI1y intended for infants, hildren, women, old people and all others to whom harsh cathartics salt waters, pills etc. are distressing. In fact in ffe common disorders Of life, such as constipation, liver trouble, 4ndiges-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17
TIE GERMAN ..KNUT..

The t'knut,,.' who has been a. fan1il- jar feature of Berlin life for two years. but has hitherto been content to ern- ulate the example of his London cou- sin, wearing the very latest thing in clothes and mispronouncing English expressi ons, is nothing if not progres- sive, and he has far outstripped his London prototype.
 Almost coincident with the arrival of the 'sknut'' in Berlin. Young Ger many awoke to the alIurements of sport. Football clubs, swimming clubs. rowing clubs. cycling clubs sprang up like mushrooms.