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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
Shooting Stnrs.

According to Camille Flammarion, q
current authority. the shooting stars
are small bodies, weighing. at most, a
few pounds and consisting mainly of
iron and carbon. They traverse space
in swarms and also revolve around the
sun in long, ellipical courses like the
comets. When these little bodies enter
the oarth's orbit they are DETECTED to-
ward the earth and great numbers are
seen in a single night Their bright
ness is due to the heat engendered by
the energy Of their m zion. Their speed
is enormous, viz, forty-two and a half
kilometers a second. while the speed
of the earth on Its orbit is only twenty
five kiloneters q second forward Con-
sequently when shower of them APP
prOaches the earth in the direction OPP
posite to its course. the initial speed is
seyenty-two lilometers a second; when
they follow on it's course they gain six
teen and a half lzilometers a second on
it, their mean rate of approach being
thirty to forty kilometers a second.
The friction engenders temperature
of 1900 degrees Celsius, subject to
which they burst into flames. If under
these conditions their substance it not
vaporized, they pass through and be-
You'd the upper strata Of our atmos-
phe1e and pursue their proper course
aro.lnd the sun; but, as Il rule. they are
vaporized, in which case the vapor
mingles with the atmosphere, to fall
later as meteoric dust. In this manner
we come in contact annually with LAG
milliards of shooting stars, which add
considerably to the cartll's substance
Brooklyn Eagle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
Patriotic Correction.

The historian Of Warwick. Rhode
Island, tells story Of Elder Charles
Holden, who was pastor of the church
in that town at the time Of the Declar-
alton of American Independence.
He had been accustomed to pray for
"thc king and all i'll authority in his
public services, and his thoughts. from
long running i'll the same channel, had
crystallizgd themselves in words from
which he found it difficult to break
away. The cider was patriotic, and
the new order Of things interfcred with
his set forms of speech.
At one time, while praying. he came
to the place, I'VE pray for the king
and all in authority" and before he
was aware Of it, The words were ut
tered.
He stopped short, and after an in
stant's hesitation, added, Living in
Rhode Island"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
POOLING THE SCEiOOLaIARM.
How An Omaha Girl Manages to
Communicate With the Forbidden
Sweetheart.

How An Omaha Girl Manages to
Communicate With the Forbidden
Sweetheart.
A friend of mine out in Omaha has a
daughter, and that daughter has,
among other girlish trinkets, "a sweet
heart. who is rendered doubly, dear
to her by the fact that her parents
have forbidden her to see him, says the
Washington Post. He is, to be sure,
a vry commonplace person, but no
girl can resist a man her parents have
forbidden her to see, you know. This
particular girl is in Washington now,
for safe-keeping in priv ate school,
where incoming and outgoing letters
are read by a stern faced teacher.
went to see her the other day Just af-
ter the mail was in. She had re-
ceived letter FROM a schoolgirl friend
in Omaha, and there wasn't a noun or
pronorn Of the masf uline gende" in
the whole of it. The girl read it de-
murely. and showed it to me. Then
we went to her room. The door was
curling tongs, heated them, held them
close to the written sheet, and read
with delight the yellow letters in a
masculine hand which appeared be-
tween the lines, and faded again as
the paper cooled. The moral Of this
is that love will find a way, and so
long as chloride of copper in solution
is to be had, I advise every keeper of
a girls school to toast all letters well
before she delivers them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
Marvl Gus Results.

From letter written by Rev. j.
Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich, we
are permitted to make this extract: IL
have no hesitation in recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery as the re-
suits were almost marvellous in the
case of my wife. While I was pastor
of the Baptist church at Rives juno
tion she was brought down with pneu-
monia succeeding la grippe. Terrible
paroxysms Of coughing would last
hours with little interruption and it
seemed as if she could not survive
them. A friend recommended DR..
Kings New Discovery, it was quick in
its work and highly satisfactory in its
results, Trial bottles free at E !
Donovan's drug store, Regular sizes
so cents and Sl.00 !
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
Things Learned in the MOrgue.

The old keeper of the morglle i'll this
city, who has seen hundreds Of I'm
known bodies exhibited for Identified
ton, has arrived ut some interesting
conclusions. If the face of the dead
prison is perfectly composed and nat
ural. Of course intimate frienrls or
relatives recognize them Immediately.
But, he says, if the face is distorted
through pain or distignrcd through in
juries. Il casual acquaintance can iden-
tify the bo6y much quicker than the
closest relation. He explains this by
saying that people who have known a
person well for long time lose sight
Of the features and see rather the per
sonality reflected in the lines of the
face. A casual acquaintance notes tho
features and can recognize them when
seen again. even if considerably dis
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
Reading Pnlimp.est manuscripts.

An ingenious method of decip'lering
palimpsest manuscripts has been ex-
hihited before the Berlin Physical So
ciety. The older. writing has been
washed to faint yellow. while the
newer one was black; 20 q phono-
graph was first taken through a yellow
glass, the negative showing the older
writings very faintly, then an ordinary
bromide photograph was taken for the
purpose of making from it diapositive
on glass. This transparency was then
placed over the first negative, so that
the two images conceded. The back
ground of the photograph being dark
in one case and light in the other, while
the newer manuscript was just the re-
verse, resulted in the latter being In
visible. The older manuscript, how
ever, was dark in both cases. so that
1t appeared to stand out. Some q fiji
Guilty was experienced III getting the
two photographs to coincide, but the
result eventually was successful Pail
Null Gazette.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
Setting "a Good Exnmp,c.

The daughters Of thu late Compile de
Paris have set good example to rich
girls who are called into mourning by
sending their clothing, including all
their colored gowns, etc, to the people
living near Stowe, their late residence.
Fifty packages of clothes have thus
been disposed of among families who
find it hard work to dress suitably, and
to whom these least offs" have q value
aside from their mere worth. In these
days Of rapidly changing fashions it is
folly to hoard stuffs whose style is as
ephemeral as the material composing
them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
III CHS " M,RAoEs...
ssRi1esk sixty NItlcs Distant Pictured
as&s se In the Sky.

ssraRceS Sixty Miles Distant Pictured
IN the Sky.
IN 1SO6 the whole Of Dover castle
was br0ught over and placed on the
aamsjhte side, of the hill situated be-
Tween the two places, and the mirage
strong that the hill itself could
seen through 1t. In 1906 at
ssaastings the French coast. which is
or fifty miles distant, was as dis
letay seen through the best glasses;
4 ~ the clif1s gradually appeared more
sseelevated the sailors and fishermen
places they had been accustomed to
visit, such us the bay. the wind mill at
ROulOgne, st. Valerie and other places
on the coast of Picardy.
From the eastern cliff one gentleman
saw Mt once Dungeness, Dover Cliffs
and the French coast all the way from
and, as some of the fishermen affirmed,
treMely hot, without breath of wind.
On another occasion the town of Dieppc
became visible, though sixty miles dis
tant. s@s5
Is "A few years ago boy observed at
+ FlambrO fields and hedges and houses
over the sea-" but they gradually melt
ed away before any one else had seen
them. This interesting spectacle is
very rare in this part of the country.
The boy was filed with amazement ut
what he had witnessed, but, unfort-
unately, could give no accurate dcscrip-
/ ton Of the scene.
+ 1t is, well known that places fifty
or sixty miles apart have. by the phe-
nOmenon of the mirage, or refraction
of the atmosphere, become distinctly
visible: 1t is, therefore, not impossible
that on this occasion the coast of Den
mark actually became visible to the
boy. 1t would have been interesting to
have ascertained the fact, if fact it
were, that FIamboro', for centuries the
stronghold Of the Danes, had, in the
latter half of the nineteenth century,
been visited, in optical illusion at least.
not by the rayaging viking. bent on
|. plumber and slaughter, but by the very
land itself, with it's fields, it's hedge
rows and it's houses, the property of
Its peaceful inhabitants.
In June, 1855, the inhabitants of
Blaclspoole, in Lancashire, distinctly
saw the Isle of Man. with five of its
hills, clearly visible for half an hour,
although the distance is between sixty
and seventy miles.-PeGrson's Weekly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
LESS THAN ST.. 900 A YEAR.

The Cost of Edwcntion Now Mt Cam
bridge University, England.
! The Cambridge students of to-day
strike the stranger us Il splendid lot
of healthy. earnest young men. says Il
writer in the Omaha Bee. The descrip-
tons of Cambridge lif" at the end OF
Che last century which have been given
us would not hit the mark now. In
those days beer drinking and royster-
ing and dog fancying and horse riding
occupied most of the time Of the young
lords, more angles being described ON
billiard tables than III the class rooms.
This sort of thing is very much looked
down upon nowadays, and the boys
who make display of their wealth are
by no means the most popular When
the young princes were sent to Cam
bridge the prince of Wales left posi-
tive instructions that their companions
were to he absolutely selected from the
students whose morals. capacity and
industry stood highest. and that under
no circumstances should they associate
with tho fast set of young eXtravagant
lords and rich mems sons, who some
times bnasted that they would not have
to live by their learning. Economy.
decency. manliness and earncstEess
seem to be inculcated here as much
as book learning. I was told by sew
eral fellows that from $3.50 to $1,000
per annum was ample to meet the en-
tire expenses of !: young man at Cam
bridge. That moro than this sum was
not only unnecessary, but undesirable.
On the ship coming over l met the
SONS of q rich Philadelphia iron master,
just from an American college. IL
stories those young men told me of the
cxtravagances of college students in
the United States, if true. were enough
to make us out of concait with the
higher schools of our own country
Compare the simple rooms of Cam
bridge students. and Cambridge pro:
fessors, too, for that matter, with some
of the suites Of our own college ''swell
| DOM" And vet what 4 procession OF
great men these little rooms, with theil
narrow staircases. low doors and did
| mondpaned leaden window easements
have seen. Our rich men. most of them
| men of simple habits and tastes, would
do we'll to follow the present genera
ton of wealthy Englishmen and insist
upon no vulgar display at college. Lei
them think OF the splendid young mci
| Cambridge is turning out ut cost OF
$3.50 to 81 900 per annum, the first men
toned SUD-. the faculty says, preferred
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
WOMEN ON SNORING Cars
Persistently Invading the Reacrya.
tion Intended for .LonE-Sutfcrinw;

Persistently Invading the Reacrvn-
tion Intended for .LonE-Suncrinwi
Men. VA stSS 3 Ss
A few months ago a Philadelphia
street car companies began running
smoking cars in response to popular
demand for them, says the New York
Evening Post. 1t has been found al
most impossible to keep women out OF,
these cars, and to make matters worse
the smokers, unable to resist the claims
If politeness. have been checrfully sur.
rendering their seats to the women.
Things have now, got to such 4 pass
that the latter have become masters Of
the situation. DAY by day." says an
observer, 'the feminine travel upon the
smoking car has increased. That man
IS lucky who can now cling to the edges
IF the car and fondly hope that he may
smoke in peace. after the long journey
s over and he has reached the secluded
precincts of his office OF home. The
women not only claim the smoking
cars as their own, but they have begun
to stare coldly ut such men as now ven-
turc timidly INTO the cars, which were
prepared especially for them" The
question whether the men have right
to smoke in smoking car in the pres
encc of women has been settled by the
latter in the negative, and an offender
was actually elected from one Of these
cars the other day by man accom-
panying IN indignant woman. What
makes the persistence Of the women
singular is that that the smoking cars
are much less comfortable and attrac-
tive than those provided for general
Use. The Philadelphia newspapers are
courageously supporting the men in
this emergency, and urging them to
stand on their rights. '"rhe women"
one newspaper makes bold to say,
must yield the cars to men or they
the women) must learn to smoke"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
MILTON.

From the Nation Globe.
A. X. Lang visited Langdon Sunday
and Monday.
1t is now given out that Pat Nc
HughsoE will be down to the Sons of
Norway ball after all-that he will
ride down on his goat-gout and all.
Jas. Fleming, of Osnabrock, was a
Milton visitor Saturday. In game of
football at Winnipeg between the
graduates and undergraduates of the
University of Manitoba, Mr.. Fleming
sustained a slight fracture in the knee
which was aggravated by the cold
while driving home, and requires care
full treatment to prevent serious results.
Under the leadership of Rev. L. j.
Anderson, the missionary evangelist.
with the assistance ofC. j. Hill, the
revival meetings at Wang and Poplar
Grove have resulted as follows: Con-
versions, between 10 and so; baptisms
So; churches organized, two-one
American and one Norwegian; Sunday
schools organized, two. The American
Baptist church at Poplar Grove con-
sists of IS members, and the NorWe-
gian Baptist church at Wang of Is
members-two 1lourislling Sunday
schools liz connection OF about 50 and
40 attendance respectively. This is
the result OF eight weeks work.
The new Romfo school house, Alma
township, is the best equipped country
school house around. It is elegantly
furnished, has large and sweet sound
ing bell which chimes forth merrily at
well marked intervals, and the stars
and stripes float gracefully from a
highly elevated and beautifully orna-
mentcd flag staff, emblematic Of the
patriotism of the good people of that
district, though nearly all of foreign
birth.
All who know him will regret to
learn that Harry Stephenson has sold
his splendid farm in Alma, and in
tends moving back to Ontario, where
he has purchased farm. He sold to
Donald Mckay; consideration, 50 600
He purchased MI. McKay's place in
Ontario for $1,000 MI. Stephenson is
one of the most substan and high
ly esteemed citizens Of this section.
has been doing we'll on his place, had
splendid buildings and everything con.
yenient and comfortable. His many
friends will hope that he may change
his mind before moving back where he
will certainly not be satisfied.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
1t May do a. Much for You.

Mr.. Fred Miller, of Irving ILL.,, writes
that he had a severe kidney trouble for
many years, with severe pain in his
back and also that his bladder was
affected. He tried many so called
kidney cures but without any good re-
suit. About a year ago he began to
use Electric Bitters and found relief at
once. Electric Bitters is especially
adapted. to cure all Kidney and
liver troubles and often gives almost
instant relief. One trial will prove
our statement. Price only SOC. for
large bottles. At 4. I. Donovan's
drug store. 8
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
For Practice.

Coach-How do you expect to play
football and spend all your time in So
ciety?
Toni only went to see the Duke Of
Fewclothes married for practice; led
the fight into the church and again
coming out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
More Than Likely

Mills-Old Jonah, who was blown uI
in his naphtha launch, was certainly q
man Of parts.
Kills-Well. he is now, at any rate.
Mills-Yes; may he rest In pieces!
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
PITHY PENLINGS
Picked, Pointed and Preserved
For Reading by Regular
Correspondents.

Political agitation.
Miss Kate Boyd has applied for No.
2school house.
Robert Walker, ST., was counting at
Pembina last week.
Mrs. Wright, OF Bay Centre, is visit
ing her son. Edward.
A fine span of Percheros1s was bought
10y Octave Tetrault lately.
Joe Reid is constructing palatial
mansion across the big canyon.
A caucus will be held at our town
clerks Office Tuesday, Feb. Goth. for
the purpose of nominating township
officers.
The new church being uncompleted
Mr.. Spense has kindly loaned his
house for divine services, which will
be held on Sunday Feb. 18th.
James Pask has removed his stock
across the big canyon and has placed
his ranch under the efficient manage
ment of his foreman, August :Schulke.
Our people are getting it down to a
science when they pay their neighbors
to stay at home. Robbie says he won t
bob around much AS long as. they don't
try to rob him again.
A charming matron gives us the
startling information that all young
babies speak the pure Hebrew. 1t is
surprising what knowledge can lie
derived from unexpected sources.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-07
HOW 10 GEE n.
ONE DOLLAR
every HOUR

IS easily earned by any ono Of either sex in any
part of the country, who is willing to work indus
triously at the employment which we furnish,
The labor is light and pleasant, and you run no
you can give the business trial without expense
to yourself For those willing to do little work.
this is the .grandest offer made. You can work
al day, or in the evening only. If you arc EN-.
posal, utilize them, and add to your income, -
our business will not interfere at all. You will
be amazed on the start at the rapidity and ease
by which you amass dollar upon dollar, day in and
day out Even beginners are successful from the
first hour Any one can run the business none
fail. You should try nothing else until you see
which we offer. No capital rsked. Women arc
grand workers; nowadays they make as much
as men. They should try this business, as It is so
well adapted to them. Write Mt once and see for
yourself. Address H. HALLETT & CO.,
Box $50, Portland, Me.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-20
ISEPNHssEN
Look After Your Titles.

Why risk your money by pur-
chasing property without be-
ing satisfied that you have a
good title? Kirby & Kelley
now own the only set of Alb
stract Books ever made OF
Miller county property and
together have had about Ia
years experience in Clerks Of
hce.
They can give you good
bargains in city property and
have thousands OF acres OF
good farm lands in Miller La
fayette, Nevada and Bowie
counties.
Leave your property in their
hands and you may rest as.
sured that it will receive the
best attention in their power
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-20
Fine Tailor Mad9 CIOthing

for mems, boys and children's wear,
amounting to $4,000.
The insurance companies have
taken charge of thisstock and dis
posed of $4,000 to dealers, and
$685. 0OOworth of fine tailor made
clothing has been shipped to Tex
arkana to be sold at less than man
ufacturers' cost, at retail The
building formerly occupied by the
Telephone Saloon, number 1913 East
Broad Street, opposite Smith Drug
Co., has been leased for a period
ending Saturday, February 23rd, at
10 o'clock at night,
Mems Cashmere Suits in light and
dark shades, only 1895; Mems
Black Worsted Suits, worth $500,
only $6.35; Mems Fine all Wool and
Silk Mixed Suits, worth $3.50, only
$8,98; Mems Fine Suits in Worsted
and Cheviots, worth 5000. only
$999; Mems Fine Clay Worsted
Suits, any style and pattern, worth
$25,O 90, only $11.98, Mems Fine I'm
ported Clay Worsted Suits, any
style and pattern, worth $500,
only $l3 j5; Mems Extra Fine Clay
Wolsted Suits, worth $4,000, only
$l47O; Children's Suits, 85 cents
andupwards; Children's Knee Pants,
worth so cents, only IS cents; Mems
Cashmere Pants only$L5O,
We have 5000 different styles and
qualities, embracing Cassimeres,
Worsteds, Cheviots, Homespuns,
Tricots, West England CIays,
Serges, Whipcord, Scotch Cheviots,
Broadcloth, etc, too numerous to
mention, and all at equally low
prices,
Remember this sale will positively
close on Saturday, February 23rd,
at 10 o'clock at night,
p, S,-Mercbants will find it to
thier interest to attend this great
Fire Insurance Sale, as goods will
be sold at less than manufacturers
cost Bring this with you, Make
no mistake, and look for our sign
on the building, formerly occupied
by Telephone Saloon
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-20
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, H., was told by her doctors
she had Consumption and that there
was no hope for her, but two bot
ties of Dr. Kings New Discovery
completely cured her and she says
it saved her life. Mr.. Thos. Eggers,
l39 Florida st, San Francisco, suf-
fered from a dreadful cold, APP
preaching Consumption, tried, with
out result, everything else, then
bought one bottle of DR. Kings
New Discovery, and in two weeks
was cured He is naturally thank
full 1t is such results, of which
these are samples, that prove the
wonderful efficacy of this medicine
in Coughs and Colds. Free trial
bottles at Smith DrugCo, Regular
size SOC, and $l00, 8
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-20
old Pooplo,

Oldpeople who require medicine
to regulate the bowels and kidneys
will find the true remedy in Electric
Btters. This medicine does not
stimulate, and contains no whisky
or other intoxicants, but acts as a
tonic and Alternative It acts mildly
on The stomach and bowels, adding
strength and giving tone to the or
gans, thereby aiding nature in the
performance Of the functions, Elec-
trio Bitters is an excellent appetia-
err and aids digestion Old people
find it just what they need. Pnce,
Atty cents per bottle, at Smith
Drug Co, D
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-20

A Des Moines woman who has
been troubled with frequent colds,
concluded to try an old remedy in a
new way, and accordingly took a
tablespoonful -four times the usual
dose) Of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy Just before going to bed, The
next morning she found that her
cold had almost entirely disappear
ed, During the day she took a few
doses of the remedy Zone teaspoon
full at a time) and at night again
took a tablespoonful before going
to bed, and on the following morn
ing awoke free from all symptoms
Of the cold. Since then she has, on
several occasions, used this remedy
in like manner, with the same good
results, and is mech elated over her
discovery Of so quick a way Of cur
ing a cold. For sale by Smith
Drug Co,