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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08
thursday. JANUARY s, 1914.
AND STOCK PRIZES.

George &. Clifford. Il former resi-
y. of Grand Forks, and who still
;;Jt large business interests here. has
eeCred $500 to be given in prizes for
e. N groM7-. in acre lots in northern
Nth Dakota during tho season "f
Iva, and the First National bank Of
TINT Grand Forks follows with an
e.Mr of $500 to he given in prizes for
6,Itn and cattle raised during the same
suson In the western twelve town.
Ms of Folk county. Minnesota.
ess,se prizes will be distributed ty the
barn and Glover convention of Grand
Nrks, and the competition will he
eaer conditions prescribed by that
AMa nizaticn.
hdlst is a. decidedly on~ouracine thing
.Sfnd representative business dem
ID "trating in this very practical way
krctr interest in the development of
N agriculture OF the northwest along
vN1t lines And it is gratifying TO
|Otr.e the work of the Corn aud Glover
recognized in such a sub
[su.tnltial and practical name after its
l~t1parativeay brief existence.
1'he Corn and Glover convention is
Irsrs of the younger organizations of
state, but So earnest has been it's
so satisfactory Its results thus
lle11, so b%oundless the field which lies
re,Iore it. and St thorough has been
OBI appreciation of the best farmers
4the northwest OF it's work that it
otupies a place today as one of the
Fat agricultural GATHERINGS of the
:. ctntry. Its appeal is to the agrieul-
IN 11al community generally. and it's
ssArk as it has been conducted thus
r has been of an eminently practical
NJ useful kind. The coming conven-
Hh will undoubtedly De the best in
' mt Of attendance and interest in the
9."tory Of the northwest.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

saw that the hair smuggling UP under
the dinsy gray bonnet was snow
white, but the face was MOI very
wrinkled.
Elsie listlcssly pulled from the near
est case n black and purple hat, en-
tirely suitable for an old, shabby
lady. And. besides being suitable. it
was also pretty--a combination that
did not always exist. Elsie herself
had trimmed it a few mornings be-
fore when she was feeling in q par
ticularly energetic and happy mood.
That was before last night, when
Jerry had intimated he didn't care
much about walking beside a girl
gay cerise hat could be seen a
mile away on a clear day and a half
a mile on a cloudy day. 1.-THE i'm
pudence Of hint" Elsie thought
w~rathfully as she held out the black
and purple hat. LAS if I don't know
more about what's proper to wear in
hats than he does" This looks nice,
madam" she said, with a swift veer
from mental to spoken words. "And
not e~Xpensive."
The shabby old lady looked admir-
ingly at herself in the mirror, but
shook her head, smiling a bit regret
fully, and asked to see something
else.
Elsie got others, n all black, one
all purple, II lavender and green.
ooh, my no." laughed the shabby old
woman That's tor bright" Elsie
an old woman! What difference did
it make what sort of hat she wore?
But she brought out others, tried
them on, waited while the old lady
inspected them in the long bevelled
mirror. One was a gray, not espe-
cially stylish. The gray folds OF chit
Ton over the Inevitable black velvet
was too dead a combination to attract.
Only a tiny cluster OF pink rosebuds
at the side relieved the ~lack-luster-
ish effect. But the old woman ling
1t OF her head.
at doesn't look nearly SO well as
that first one" Elsie told her con-
scientiously. THAT purple and black
The telephone at the rear Of the
store rang. Since she was the only
one to answer it Elsie went back
Jerry's voice m Elsie, dc you
want to go to the park concert to.
night I'll meet you-"
Sorry" snapped Elsie, but I have
an engagement"
Very we'll" snapped Jerry. al
first there had been an apologize tone
to his voice. Suit yourself" he said
coldly. There was an instant's ling.
ering on the part of both.
1T don't care!" Elsie storrned to her.
self. What right has he TO criticize
my hats? I pay for 'en. He doesn't
pay for 'em. I suppose when he does
do the paying HE'LL Only deter.
minedly, ''he will never never w
the chance to do the paying! I should
say mott" Then Elsie angrily c.-..-ed
| her receiver RI the hoOlr And ar the
same moment she caught the click OF
Jerry's being returned.
When she returned to the front OF
the store the old lady was looking
longingly at the purple and black hat
Elsie put anger away and devoted all
her mental energy to the salesman
ship for which Mrs. Hoppy paid ..er.
why don't you take that one?" she
said, bluntly. Honestly, 1t looks the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08
PRACTICAL HUMANITARIAN.

Nathan Straus, n of the wealth.
t merchants in New York. has re-
lied from business to devote the re-
leinder Of his life and his great for
ne to the relief OF suffering human
~. Mr.. .Straus is a Jew, and for
hi Ilny years he had devoted both time
II I'd money to work especially among
!. That work will he continued and
telarged. and special attention will
. paid to the work which has been
=. progress for years in the city Of
,irusalem, which Mr.. Straus regards
., the home city of his people. 1t is
Ms earnest desire that this city, as
Fciated as it has been with Jewish
story since the time Of King David,
all again become a city, as he puts
"ft to live in"
9The beneicent work Of Mr.. Stratus
rs been of a very practical kind. He
s relieved actual suffering wherever
10 has found it. and he has gone FUR
Ter In seeking to raise his people
cr1 a. condition where the suffering
9e to poverty would exist. He has
tablished industries which have
1ade self supporting mel and wonl-
= Of those who were formerly de-
= ,ndent on aims for a living. He has
veaned np streets and kept them
can. He has established hospitals
here the poor were treated free of
large. He has preached patience and
.dustry and hopefulness to those who
ssere downtrodden and outcast. and
IL has shown them that there was
nmething in life worth striving for,
cid worthy Of hope.
AS classifications are usually made,
r. Straus is not a Christian. But in
ae broad meaning which the word
Christianity" has come to have to en-
;ghtened minds, he is a Christian of
ae highest type. He exemplifes in
Els life the principle which is the
a.ary soul of the teaching of Jesus of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

New York financiers are practically
unanimous in their desire that the re-
serve bank which will be established
in that city shall be vey much larger
than any of the others, and ON peo-
pie seem to think that if the New
Workers have their way that bank
will be larger than all The Others con-
bined Tho New York people main
tain that it is essential that their hank
shall he of this great size in order
to retain the respect OF foreign finan-
ciers with whom their relations are
necessarily very close. The officials
who are conducting hearings just now
have thus far opposed the gigantic
New York bank plan on the ground
that excessive concentration i'll New
York is onc of tho very things which
the new law was enacted to prevent.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

I'D buy what I liked myself" said
Elsie sharply. "Men-oh, men like to
tell you what not to wear Just to
prove that they can rule you"
The old lady looked steadily at
Elsie's flushed face. Then she smiled
again and shook her head. IT guess
1t amt that. Anyway, I know John
will like my old face better in the gray
than the purple and black. And he's
about the only person that does care
much about my face" with a soft
little laugh. so, you can wrap up
the gray"
A soft light, matching the soft little
laugh. flushed into her eyes. Elsie
wondered if Jerry would care after
forty years. She had a swift intuition
that Bert wouldn't care forty days.
There came q soft glow into Elsiels
young eye . She flushed. After all.
the cerise was "a bit loud. And Bert
Come to think of it. most Of the girls
that she had seen with Bert wore loud
clothes. Elsie hastily wrapped up the
gray nat. And then. while the old
lady was trotting out the glass doors,
she found a soft white hat draped
round and round with white chiffon.
jerry had announced once, with all
the firmness of masculine tongue, that
a white hat, in his opinion, was the
niftiest thing in the millinery line.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

Joseph Chamberlain retires from
public life Us member of the British
parliament for birmingham. after a
continuous membership of thirty-scv-
en- Years. II is eight years since MIR.
chamberlain took an active part in
parliamentary work, as lie has been
a confirmed invalid during those
years, hut his constituents have kept
on returning him Just tho same, an
exhibition of love and confidence
which is rarely seen /. Chamberlain
a been II of the important forces
that have aided in moulding British
politics. In his earlier wears a liberal,
he parted company with Gladstone on
the question of Irish home rule, and
i'll tho reimbursement of parties which
took place after Gladstone's defeat, he
allied himself with the libcral-unionist
organizations, ANA during the admins
tration by h a party he held q cab
met office and was recognized as one
of the strong men of the kingdom.
During the years Of his activity he adj
vocated a strong Imperialism policy,
which, however, has never been re-
allied, and a protective tariff system
which has also failed of adoption.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08
(Ey John w. Carey,

Wy JUITT W. carey.
Who's i'll our midst to tell us
why i'll sunny Italy the children
cry to go to school to learn the
rule of three? Who'd add to our
curriculum of algebra and Creek
q course in Drop the Handker-
chief" and one i'll Hide and
Seek?' Whose scheme it is to
~saccharize We old scholastic dope
to make the student body ONE
for same upon the lope? Who'd
cart away the birch rods in a
large-sized moving var and see
that Teacher" straightway quits
the role of bogie man? Who'd
clothe our schools with so much
charm, 'twould seem 4 burning
shame that all of us can't go
again? That Montessori dame.
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pest on you. You like 1t, don't ?'
les, m~eattatiyely. She picked 4.
I9p again and looked at it. II like it..
! uon 1:hnoW when I've seen a hat
h,t l. nhea as we'll" Her eyes. .lue
she looked. Then She looked 'i und Is
cidedly at the dull gray. She reached
again Tor 1T n put it on her head.
ine erect was not the same.
You see" said Elsie, positively.
Yes, I see." She held them both
and looked at them.
sale. waited impatientiy. WIN
couldn't she decide and 20 away 90
she (Elsie) could have leisure to med
ltate on the tyranny and bad temper.
not 70 say absolute selishness, OF
night with Bert Bayley he'll be sor-
lry.' thought Elsie. triumphantly. Bert
liiked loud hats. although the cerise
mad was not loud. She didn't care
@hat Jerry said: Anyway. everybody
was stylish it couldn't be in bad taste.
AND, anyway. she didn't care what
Jerry thought. AS for Jerry's threat
never to speak to her again if she was
seen out with Bert Piffle! She didn't
believe all Jerry said about Bert.
The old lady laid back the purple
and black hat . III take the other. >
Elsie turned back. she had been on
the point Of going tn the telephone
to call up Bert. Gut you look SO
much better in the other and you like
1t better',' she protested. And they're
the sarne price,"
=! know. But, John likes gray. I
don't know why. but he's terrible set
against loud c%olors, like purple. And
So"
THE ideal" cried Elsie hotly. I'D
wear what l like! / wouldn't wear a
homelv old gray hat just because he
was all old fogy. l."
The shabby old lady smiled gently
"a bit shrewdly. Perhaps she guessed
that only a personal reason could
have reused the apatlaetic young
saies"onaan to such energy of voice
and eye. But he's about the only
person l like to look nice in front off,
She explained. There was a vague
hint OF pink in the withered yellow
of the old cheeks. "When you've been
married to a mai nigh onto forty
years, my dear, you don't like to wear
"a hat that he doesn't like to look at,
any more than you do when he's
counting YOU. Leastways, not if you
love him. And she RATED the gray
dinginess tenderly, Its a real nice
hat . 1 KNOW" with q resigned little
laugh, that John'll just admire it,"
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81 THE N r
Purple AND BLACK OR GRAY.
toopyrisht. 1913. b. ". wsnsr,.

Elsie went forward slowly. tagging
in front of h mirror to brush up a
waNy twist of golden brown hair that
fell from its confines. Three years in
u millinery shop had given her ability
to appratse correctly most customers
who pushed open the swinging glass
doors. The shabby old woman now
coming down the broad, g~reen-velvet-
ed aisle would ask to see something
not too expensive" in a timid, low
voice. Then she would try on every
SO hat in the place, pause, ponder,
wish that h could afford something
better and. likely as not. leave with a
hesitant promise to decide the next
day. Elsie frowned over the prospect
and wished that Mrs. Hoppy. who
owned the shop, were there to watt
upon her. But Mrs. Hoppy was down
at the wholesale house buying brown
roses, SO Elsie came forward. Elsie
was cross. anyway. Last night Jer-
ry- :
Something not too expensive" said
the shabby old woman. Closer oOe
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

When the matter of dissolving the
trusts was mentioned to the late ].
Picrpont Morgan. the flnancier asked:
How can you unscramblc eggs?" And
tarily taking part in one of the great
est unscrambling enterprises of his
tory. a famous man whose name has
escaped us for the moment remarked,
some things can be done as we'll as
others"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08
LAUGH WITH US !.
| -
Stories That lave \
Many People Smile.

The self-made man stalked into the
Office. :. of the great financier with
whom he had an appointment.
You probably don't remember
me-" he began. but twenty years
ago, when ] was a poor messenger
Yes. yes!" cried the tlnancier.
Where's the answer?"-christian
Register.
All Scotsnlen take pride in their
native land. but none more than he
old gardener of Duddingston, Of whom
the following story is told:
The gardener was showing to q
tourist the beauties of the loch and
of the little village. It was evening,
and; as he expatiatsd on the lovely
try, the moon rose over a hill.
The old man stopped short in the
middle of q speech and gazed at the
moon in admiration.
After a moment he turned to the
tourist and said: There's a moon for
nation!"
An old colored man had been in
trouble for stealing chickens. and wal
convicted on c.rcumstantial evidence.
What's circumstanttal e~vidence?"
We'll" he said. cas- near as I. kin
splain it.. f'um de way. it has. been.
splained to me, circumstantial evil
dence is de feathers dat you leaves
lynn around after you has done with
de chicken"
Master Ned Ito the Rev. Dr.. Ire.
hern)-Wished I'd been here last
night when o baptized the COM
pany.
Rev. DR.. Trehern-What do you
Ned-Well, mamma said that when
you came in last night you threw
cold water on everybody.
Lawyer-You understand what you
are to do in court now. don't you?.
Client-Yes. I guess so.
Lawyen-When the court asks you
Client-But- I can't do that, my
conscience wouldn't allow it,
Lawyer-why?
Client-Because it wasn't q ma I
killed, it was a woman.
Uncle George-What are you cry
ing about, Tommy?
Tommy-Teacher whipped me be.
cause I was the only able to an
swer q question In school today.
Uncle George (indignantly)-This
is IN outrage, my boy! I'll see that
teacher myself. What was the ques-
ton? :"
tack in teachers chair?
to the manager of the Madison Square
theater to know II there wat an open
ing on the stage there for a young
actor received a reply that there
were several openings in the stage
there. and II he would. come On he
would drop him through one Of them
She came into the telegraph Office
and raped on the counter. The clerl
remembered that she had been there
about ten minutes before as he came
forward to meet her. He wondered
what she wanted this time.
oh" she said, '.let me have tina.
got ss'es somet ! M!0ts very 2Sst .mporta ! tor
wanted to .underscore perfectly love.
ly' in acknowledg ring the receipt OF
that bracelet. Will it cost anything
extra?"
NO. ma'am," said the accommo.
dating clerk. as he handed her the
The young woman drew Two heavy
lines beneath. the words and: said:
cts awfully good of you to let me
do that. 1t will please Arthur over
SO much"
Don't mention it, said the clerk.
IF you would like it L will put a few
drops Of violet extract on. the :tele--
gram at the same rates."
oh, thank you, sir. You don't
know how much I would appreciate
it. I'm going to send all my teie-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

large herd Of cattle and will use the
alfalfa for both cattle and hogs.
Seventeen mea hare recently pledged
132 acres and others are expected to
put seventy-hve additional. which will
make at least 800 acres in this W.
cinity.:'
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

grams through this office. You are
so obliGing."
And the smile she gave him would
have done any one good. with the
possible exception Of Arthur.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

Nazareth, love for ones fellow man.
Where that spirit exists, sect and
creed and dogma form very slight bar
riers between man and man.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08
coon ALFALFA AcnEAGE

GOOD ALFALFA ACREAGE.
Flasher. N. D.. Jan. Sin addition
to the 200 acres Of alfalfa, pledged
for this season by local farmers, John
H. Hanson announces that he intends
to put In 100 acres. He intends to
seed this in bottom land. He has a
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08
!. TOE AMPUTATED
Old Injury Finally Causes Boy to

Devils Lake. N. D., Jan. s.-Morris
Lawyer, the 1S-year.old' son Of 4 farm,
or living thirteen miles northeast Of
here. had q toe anhputated this week,
years ago when the. boy stepped on
some burning grass.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

The average man wastes enough
time i'll silly talk to earn an homes,
living.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

Too often a mans Importance is
based on what his grandfather did.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

When a tramp asks for bread a
stingy. woman gives him the stony
stare.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

Smokers and giggles seem to have
taken the place Of the good old
fashioned hearty laugh.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

Shortly after marriage a mar be-
gins to realize that he talked too much
the courtship.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

When a lawyer Is. retained in a
breach of promise case he realizes
that it is better to- have loved and
lost than never to have had a chance
to show up in court.
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n 7

y. shorter answer seldom helps
things along.
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Something not too expensive said
he shabby old woman. Closer. one
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-08

A Jersey City amateur, who wrote
to the manager OF the Madison Square
theater to know II there was an open
ing on the stage there for a young
actor received a reply that there
were several openings in the stage
there. and If he would. come. on. he
would drop him through one Of them
with pleasure.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

There are" says Henry Clews in
his weekly New York letter, two
really encouraging factors in the bust.
ness situation which have temporar-
lily been lost to view. Our crop out
look is generally hopeful. This is
particularly true in regard to the
wheat crop, the prospect for which
from present appearances is a magni-
tiCent yield of fully 5000, 100000 bu-
shells, which far exceeds any other
crop in our history. There is also
an abundance of loanable funds at
low rates. Bank reserves are rising
and the outlook is for prolonged ease.
This fact is not only favorable to the
better class of Investments, but cheap
money will be a powerful aid 10 bust
ness recovery once confidence Is re-
stored. Lack of confidence today is
the main cause of business depres-
sion. 1t can be attributed to no 9th
er reason than the constant attacks
upon business by legislation, which
absolutely destroy all initiative.
When the average voter realizes
what large proportion of the pres.
ent depression and lack of employ
ment is due to harmful and hostile
agitation he is quite likely to insist
upon a change of policy on the part
of his political representatives. One
important advantage of an easy
money market at this time is that it
materially facilitates the refnancing
Of the large current maturities. which
are expected to reach over $4,000
900 in the month of May.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
SAN Juan DE uLNA

The fortress Of San Juan de Ulns
which has been opened up and clean
ed out by Admiral Fletcher. since the
American occupation OF Vera Cruz
has for centuries been notirious al
the fonlest prisons in the new world
When u. S. Sailors and marines took
possessions of the old fortress. which
IL constructed In the form of a little
island in the harbor 1t contained some
400 prisoners. most of them confined
for political offenses. All of these
men have either been released or
transferred to some other prison for
safe keeping.
The inspection by the American
authorities verified the tales that had
been written and told for generations
OF the terrible conditions prevailing
there. Many dungeons were below
the water line when the tide was
running in, at which time the In
mates. many OF whom were half blind
on account OF their long incarceration
IN semi darkness, We're drenched.
Other dungeons were 80 construct
ed that 4. Was impossible for the
SiesS a fufslIFs @ilR dIteoTs7sd ana
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
ASK TO HAVE
PLACE ON TICKET
S. PETITIONS FILED IN SIOUX
CITY AND COUNCIL, BLUFFS.
STORM DAMAGE IN MARSHALL co
Crippled Woman Burned to Death at
VaIisca--ottumwa viii Purchase
Motor Combination Chemical
and an Aerial Truck.

Des Moines, May 5.-District Judge
McHenry this morning issued a writ
of mandamus against the county at
torney of Polk county and Secretary
of State Allen requiring them to pro-
vide separate ballots of the not-par-
tisan county judicial candidates
in order that the prohibition
lists and others that were not affili-
ated with any recognized party may
vote as non-partizan electors at the
June primaries. The plaintiffs set
forth that under the construction of
the non-partizan law made by Allen
they were deprived of their consti-
tutional rights. Under Aliens plan
they would have to ask for a ballot
of recognized parties to vote for judi
bes Judge McHenry did not hear
any evidence but granted the writ in
order that it may be tested in the SUI
preme court tomorrow. Attorney By
ers appeared for the plaintiffs and At
torney general Cosson represented
the secretary of state.