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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

if he assists i'll household tasks,
though The burden of home duties nay be wearingo III a good wife.
Its always been my theory" said man of the other kind, that women
don't g right about this house cleaning bugaboo. So last year, when my
Wife talked house cleaning. asked if might boss II job. She tMd me
TO go to It 1suppose she thought I'd hire a regiment for the work, Go
Things up in a hurry. and spend a iot of money.
First thing. ! hired IL cut cleaner When ! got home I u m my
od clothes. My wife had all the closets cleared u az per instructions.
upholstery- wherever there was dust Then 1 cleaned the rugs with the
sweeper attachment n rolled them p
Meantime my Wife was in The Kitchen washing china and brc-a-brac
and wearing rubber gloves as she always does when she uses much water
The windows I cleaned with water and kerosene and old newspapers
they shonc like diamonds.
Then I put on som knee pads I'd previously made and got down on my
prayer bones. N scrubbed that Nat from fore to aft M rinsedo off the
back porch.
1t took just five hours, and the flat vas as spick and pan a. if a doz-
and all that remained to be done was tt N up tho Iaundered .rr-
tains and send III winter clothes to the cleaners and then pack them,
way for tho surmer.
And saS-when W e have q big dinner at the house I always helm m
wife in cooking. serving, and 'reddng " afterward. We get a lot ~ FIJI
ut O life by working together. And say! The best va Il make a mar
respect 'wornans work. is to make him do son of it himself"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

a man usually gets the short end of
it after cutting his wifc's allowance.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

There are some good husbands, bu
m ost Of them arc dead.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

Most girls are easily entertained:
all n has to do is feed them tafty.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14
Let the Husbands Clean House


SHORT TIME ago the newspapers
%chronicled the case of onc Sammy
Cohen. a small boy, vino hid in a
cellar for a week because he didn't
want to wash dishes for his moth
er. Sammy would haYe lost caste
With the gang, and see. IL he had
So demeaned himself as to- do
"worlan's. work."
It's Il general masculine senti-
ment that a mantdencans himself
if he assists in household tasks,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

Did We ever hear of a married man
who flattered his wife"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS

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Many a spoiled boy has developed
into a fresh man.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

a month old Jersey calf was nib
bling at the grass in the yard. and the
girl eyed it doubtfully. Tell
me-" she said, turning impulsipely to
her hostess, docs it really pay to
keep as small a COW as that
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14

It's easier to borrow trouble than i,
is to give it away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Sounds From Overhead

Against M. and Mime. Chevassat the tongues of the neighbors wagged most. But all was surmse-nothing was def initely known about them except that once they had lived in the fashionable Faubourg St Honore and were thought to have money.
 Finally it was reported that they had a son named Justin, who moved in the best society and whom they fairly wor- shiped.
 When all of this title-tatsle reached the ears of the Chevassats they simply shrugged their shoulders and remarked that they cared nothing for public opIn- ion as their eonsciences were clear.
 One Saturday evening of a bleak De cember day Papa Ravinet rushed in to the Chevassats' room just as they were sitting down to dinner and cried out that a tragedy was taking place in one of the cheap rooms above his own floor. He had heard as he had come out of his apartments, sounds which were like those of dying person.
 T could swear" said he. that the sounds came from the room Of Mile Henriette, who lives just over me. Come come quick with light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
The Letters Returned

The letter to D de Brevan read You are victorious Daniel intrusted me to you and you know how you have be- trayed that trust. I die, but feel that I shall be avenged. Daniel will come back"
 Maxine de Brevani" exclaimed Ray inet. "Oh, yes, a pretty scoundrel But who is this Daniel who intrusted her to his care?'
 Carefully he resealed the letters, and day or two afterwards when Henriette had become better, when the curiosity of the police had been satisfied, and he had a chance to see Henriette alone, the old man handed her the letters saying where he had found them-that he had mentioned his finding them and the note to Mime. Chevassat to no one.
 Henriette looked at him for while in silence and then made a sudden resolu- ton to confde in him.
 The story she told was long and painful one. After hearing it Papa Ray met went downstairs and out into the street Just as he did so q carriage stopped in front of the door and well dressed young man got out and entered the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Two Letters

While they were doing this Papa Raw inet saw, lying upon chest of drawers. paper. He took it up and read the following lines:
 Let no one be accused. I die yolun- tarily. Let Mime Chevassat deliver these A~o letters to their addresses. She will De paid what l owe her"
 Lying beside the note the old dealer perceived two letters. Eagerly he read their address. One was addressed to Count de Vile -Handry, No. 115 Rue de yarennes;" the other to M. Maxine de Brevan, No. 52 Rue Lafitte."
 A wicked gleam came into the yellow eyes of Papa Ravient as he read these addresses, and with long drawn ''Ah" he put the documents in his pocket.
 He rushed down to his own rooms and, summoning a woman to help him, brought up everything which was need ed to make the young girl comforta- ble-furniture, bedding, clothing-and sent out for wines and food.
 Am I going mad?" thought Mme Chevassat to herself. "or has some fairy changed Papa Ravient?"
 The fact was that Ravient did not enjoy reputation for generosity or be- uevolence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
The Kergrist Affair

Something over a year ago a young fellow named Charles de Kergrist af- rived in Paris. He had lost none of his illusions and had a fortune. He fell desperately in love with Sarah Bran don.
 Some eight months after his arrival when Miss Brandon's neighbors opened their shutters one morning they saw a corpse dangling few feet from the ground and hanging from the fasten- ings of the young ladys window. It was Kergrist
 "A letter was found in his coat in which he declared that he had com mitted suicide because an unrequitted affection had made his life undurable. The Kergrist family took the matter up but could prove nothing.
 "The partisans of Sarah arose to ex- tol her. She really gained repuation. Had she been weak, Kergrist never would have died. they said.
 The 500,ooO francs which the youth was known to have had when he came to Paris was missing. But he was a great gambler. and it was proved that he had lost heavily--probably every thing-at the gambling table.
 sir Thomas produced letter from Kergrist in which the young man said that he had lost all his money by gam bling, acknowledged that Sir Thomas had advanced him considerable sums. and begged for more to try again his luck. All seemed fair on the surface of Sarah's defense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Attempted Suicide

The Chevassats did not stir. You must be mistaken" said MIne. Chevassat: Mile Henriette is out. I saw her go out. She has not returned.'
 The door of the Chevassats' room was open and several people had stopped as they passed, their attention attracted by the excited words of M. Ravinet. In fact, the whole house was in excitement in a little more than d minute.
 Tragedy" ran from floor to floor at the news Public opinion moved the Che vassats, and everybody hurried to the room, from which Ravinet had heard coming the sounds which 'iad excited him.
 The door was locked. They broke it open and a dense and suffocating smoke came out into the passage.
 Ravinet rushed into the room and smashed window with his fist. As soon as it was possible to brethe in the room everybody crowded in.
 Stretched at full length upon thin mattress, destitute alike of sheet or blanket, lay a young girl of barely 20 years of age. clad in a flimsy dress of inerino. She had tried to kill herself with charcoal.
 They sent,for d doctor; they brought her back to life with some difficulty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Struggling Against Fascination

Daniel left-not convinced-but pug zled. At his departure Sarah was al- most affectionate, calling him her son and placing her hand affectionately upon his shoulder while she looked un- utterable things at him-not too boldly but just suggestively. as if maiden heart had at last seen that for which 1t had been waiting.
 A few days later Daniel received a note from Sarah asking him to come to her At this interview, which was a long one. Sarah seemed to become hys- terical and fainted in his arms.
 He went away more than ever be- wildered and, it must be owned, strug- gling against Vaccinations which a few days before he would have thought could have had no influence over him
 The next day he received a letter from Sarah in which she practically as- knowledged that she loved him-but re- gretted that this love had been discov- cred too late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Beauty and Heiress

Saran did really go into good society," as good society," was in Paris in the golden days of the second empire. Ugly stories were told about her-but she was received.
 Who was she? Why. she was an American heiress, daughter of the late General Brandon, who, having distin- guished himself in the American civil war, had become immensely wealthy through the discovery Of oil wells on his vast estates in Pennsylvania.
 Sarah was an only child, and her mother had long been dead. Her guard ians were Mrs. Brian. relative-a woman of the most puritanical and aus tere type; and cold. calm. tall, taci- turn Englishman. Sir Thomas Elgin. Sarah had documents to prove all this.
 The three had an elegant but modest establishment in a fashionable quarter and gave most exquisite little dinners
 Sarah was so gay and heart free; she cared so little for the ccnventionalIties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Mysterious M. Maxine

Did this young man come to see Mile. Henriette?"
 Yes, once of twice"
 What was his name?"
 q do not know except that it was M. Maxine He paid for her room at first, but must I fancy, have gone away from the country.
 "Certainly that handsome fellow could not have known to what circum- stances the poor girl was reduced; nor did or my wife. We would never have let her suffer
 Now, l have told you the whole truth But dear me, she must be girl of bad character and tomorrow I will send her about her business"
 No, you won't" said Ravinet; flor, hereafter, propose to pay her rent"
 ''You?'
 Yes, l."
 Papa Ravinet went back to his room and, setting the kettle asteaming opened skilfully the two letters he had abstract ed from the room of Henriette.
 That of the Count de Ville-Handry read as follows:
 Dear Father-Browen down with anx- iety and faint from exhaustion, I have waited till this morning for an answer to my humble letter. You have not re- piled. I see that must die. Why have you abondoned me to the hatred of Sarah Brandon and her people?"
 Poor child.'' said Ravinet. and the tears rolled down his cheeks. But I am still on time o, what a friend chance can be when it choosesl Yes; I recognize your work, Sarah Brandon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Unmasked

In A few days Maxine appeared and un- masked himself. His demand was Una. she either marry him, starve, or go pacR to her father, who would force her to marry Sir Thomas.
 Henriette refused with scorn and 1n- dignation to argue with Maxine and fair ly drove him from the room with re- breaches, The rest of the story, as Hen riette knew it, has been told already.
 The abandoned girl sold or pawned everything she had and, unable to get work, attempted suicide. She had written to Daniel, but the Chevassats had inter cepted her letter
 It was then that Papa Ravinet came into the game-"quite by that chance which can be so opportune when 1t pleases," as he put it-perhaps by the overruling of power greater than chance.
 In the meanwhile Daniel, out in Cochin China was having a remarkable series of adventures Strange accidents seemed to happen to him. both on ship and on shore-sccdents which could not seem to be explained.
 His life semed to be in perpetutl dan ger--not from the natives who had ceased war, but from some untoward and mys- terious combination of events
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Disappeared

"Ha." thought Ravinet that is Max ime de Brevanl 1 knew he would come to see if the charcoal had done its work Sarah Brandon, the day of my revenge is approaching"
 A few days after that Papa Ravinet gruffly told Mime. Chevassat that he would be responsible for the rent and board of Henriette no longer.
 ''Ah. ha." chucl1ied the woman to her self. 'so the old rascal has been un- successful, has he? Now. my little lady we shall see what becomes of you.''
 The next day Henriette had disappeared from the house in the rue de la Grange Thrown herself into the Sene,' said Mme Chevassat.
 Papa Ravinet appeared but little dis turbed by the disappearance of the girl 'Heartless old man." chuckled AIme Chavassat.
 As a matter of fact, Ravinet had spirited Henriette away to the protection of his widowed sister, Mme Bertolle, who lived in a distant part of Paris.
 Now the story of her life as Henriette had told it to Ravinet was as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Sensation of a Week

The confession fthe man who tried to murder Daniel and the evidence which I have collected is sufficient to place these conspirators where they belong.
 But do you know that your father Mile Henriette, is even now on tbe verge of suicide? Sarah and her gang have deserted him. Let us go to him.
 carriage was called and they went to the Counts house They found a decrepit old man with the bottle of poison already before him. Sobbinr he fell into the arms of his daughter and Daniel.
 The wheels of the law had already been set in action by Papa Ravinet. The next day Paris had sensational news-such sensational news as lasts Tor week or so in that city.
 large portion of the Counts fortune was recovered from the harpies. MaIgat confessed himself in full court and was parooned because of his restitution.
 The man who called himself Sir Inomas Elgin--they never found out who he was-got 20 years in prison in solitary confinement Justine chevas- sat, alias Maxine de Brevan, got penal servitude for life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Spreading Her Net

Nothing, positively replied Maxi me. "She is one of those cosmopolitan adventuresses whom the railways are continually depositing in Paris from the four quarters of the globe. She came to our capital to spread her net and catch her birds
 However, she is more intelligent and ambitious than most of her kind. She possesses real genius for intrigue. She means to have a fortune and is not scruplous as to how she gets it.
 She speaks English perfectly. calls herself an American and certainly knows more about American than you do of Paris. She claims to be very wealthy. and I have heard her relate family history to an admiring audi ence--though I won't say I believed her.
 "She came to Paris possessed of let ters of introduction to the best families of the American colony. Heaven only knows how she got them.
 Many have fallen in love with her. confess that at one time I myself fell under her Vaccinations. But the affair of poor Kergrist disallusioned me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Forged Requests

Daniel was stationed at the ministry of marine and was not due for a tour of sea duty. But, in a few days, he re- ceived an official communication or dering him to report at once on board frigate lying at Brest and about to sail for Cochin China. where war had broken out between the natives and the French rulers
 Sarah was about to be married to the count and Brevan had warned Daniel that even the life of Henriette was in great peril after this marriage took place. The young officer felt that he must stay in Paris and guard his be- loved.
 He went to the ministry of marine and asked for change of orders. of- fering as an alternative his resigna- tion.
 My dear boy" replied the minister who was his friend, you cannot resign orders like these. designations of or ders to the field of battle are not ac- cepted as a rule. Would you disgrace your name? Besides, you asked fol these orders yourself"
 "I-I-asked for these orders?'
 'Certainly"-and the minister tool from the files letter asking for ex actly the orders which Daniel had re. ceived
 Daniel looked at it. It was signed by his name and, had he not been sure oi the contrary, could have sworn that the writing was his own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Up From the Country

Her father. the Count de Ville- Handry, was provincial nobleman of great wealth, who had come to live in Paris, and had obtained considerable reputa- tion as a politician.
 With the consent of her father and the approval of her mother, Henriette had be- come engaged to a young naval officer, rapidly rising in the service-Daniel Champcey.
 When, shortly after this engagement, Henriette's mother died the count seemed to lose all his hold on politics and all his common sense. It had been, indeed, his wife who had supplied him, unknown to himself, with his political acumen and his brains.
 He had the greatest opinion of his own merits, but was, in reality, a week. minded simpleton with money-just natu- ral food for the sharpers and adven- turers of the gilded clique
 It was not long after his wfe's death that he came completely under the in- fluence of Sarah Brandon, the most beautiful and most widely known of the clique
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
Worlds Consumption of Wheat

Statistics compiled by the British Government place the 1911 per capfta consumption of wheat and wheat flour Depressed in terms of grain) at 202.7 pounds in Germany, 5so pounds in France, and approximately $50 in the United States. This statement is in cor rection of an item appearing in Daily Consular and Trade Reports for June1o. wherein the American consumption was enormously given as 65o.7
 Converted to 60-pound bushels tba foregoing reports would show an an- nuai per capita consumption in Ger many of s.Ss bushels. France. 9.6s bush els, and the United States, 5.s1 bushels. No allowance seems to have been made In the British computation for the quan. tity of wheat used as seed.
 Tn this connection figures recently published by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture are of interest.
 The consumption of wheat has been estimated for various countries. with results as given below The estimates are based upon the average production Tor ten years exports or imports of wheat dncluding wheat flour reduced to wheat equivalent), and an allowance made for quantities used as seed. Various conditions Affect the accuracy of such estimates; figures of exports or imports do not exactly coincide with those of crop production; the amount to be deducted for seed can be- only doughty approximated. for while data of wheat acreage are regularly publish ed, the amount of seed used an acre in the different countries Is not definitely ascertainable. The degree of accuracy varies considerably for the different countries; for instance. the estimates for England, France and most coun- tries of western Europe are probably within per cent of the truth, whereas for Mexico and Egypt the estimate may be as much as % per cent wide of the mark. The figure given for the United States may be regarded as a minimum of probability, and may be an under- estimate of to per cent. Generally. however. it is believed that most of the figures are less than 10 per cent in error.
 The per capita consumption of wheat in various countries during the last decade (seed excluded and flour reduced to wheat equivalent) was as follows, in bushels Canada. 9.5; Belgium, S.s; France. 7.9; Spain. 6,l; United Kingdom, so; Switzerland. so; Australia, $.5A Italy, 5.4; United States. $.3 Uruguay,s 5.3; Argentina. 5.2; Bulgaria. 50; Aus- Hungary, AS; Netherlands, Az; Roumania, 40; Denmark, 3.5; Chile, s.4: Germany, s.2; Russia. 27; Servia, 2.5; Sweden. 2.5: Egypt 2.5; Portugal. 1s; British India. 0.S Mexico. 0.S. and Ja- 0s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
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rcopyright. 1914 by Irving King. All rights


 reserved.)
 La Clique Doree' is one of those pro- auctions of Gaboriau which, like Other Peoples Money deals with the financial frenzy and the wild mixup of society which surged through Paris and infected all France in the latter days of the Sec ond Empire
 If Gaboriau painted truly, the Second Empire itself would seem to have been but a gilded clique as it hastened to its down. fall. Perhaps it was. But Gahoriau was fond of laying on his colors with some what reckless hand. All Paris society and all French finance could not have been quite as rotten as he has pictured it-even under the Third Napoleon.
 In the "Gilded Clique Gaboriau, of course, indulges his remarkable ingenuity in the detective class of writing and sue 'ceeds admirably in keeping the reader in suspense as to who's who and what s what until the end. We guess the plot many times in the course of the story but never guess right.
 Tn the "Gilded Clique" as in most of his stories, Gaboriau sticks to the good old-fashoned method of story writing with virtue triumphant in the end and vice punished, an example which some more modern writers might copy to ad- vantage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16


 well as for men and books.
 It was a very neat, well-kept house The first story was rented to two in- dependent gentlemen and their families whose minds were as simple as their lives.
 A tax collector had his home and of fees on the second floor; he dabbled in politics and was reported to dabble in usury at times. The third story was let No Baron-yery wealthy, rumor said who occupied it only at times, preferring to live on his estates in the Province of Saintonge.
 The whole of the fourth floor was oc- cupied by a man of an old appearance who dealt in curios and second hand ar tcles of all sorts He was popularly known as Papa Ravinet.
 Above him was a story of mean and squalid rooms occupied by people who did not count-seamstresse shop girls and such. But they were all most respect able as far as anybody knew-only poor people.
 This house was managed by M. Che vassat and his wife; the concierge M Chevassat was called in Paris. His position corresponded to that of the "su- perintendent' of some rather large apart ment house in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
The Counts Ultimatum

Well my friend' continued Maxine, I've cannot attack Sarah openly. She ie too powerful-too shrewd. Fortunately there are spies in Paris who can be hired. I am mortified that this woman is to become the step-mother of your Henrietta"
 Daniel hurried back to Henriette and told her what information he had ob- tained of Maxine. They both agreed that the proposed marriage must not take place.
 Henriette boldly told her father that Brandon which would prevent her from ever receiving that woman as the sue cessor of her dear departed mother The count stormed and swore and, had not Daniel been by, would have struck the girl.
 You dare to islander an angel?" he cried. 'I know the rumors which envious and base minds have circulated about my Sarah. She has told me of them herself and proved to me their falsity
 And is it you, Daniel, who has put my child in rebellion against me? Never shall you two marry until you have received Sarah Brandon here, in, this house. with all respect and affection"