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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
Foraker. Dig Mt Philadelphia.

United States senators have OCCASION
ally followed the custom of newspapers
in hitting humorously at Philadelphia,
and Senator Foraker stopped in seri-
Gus debate recently to indulge his sense
OF humor. The senator was having q
passage at words with Senator penrose
over the Chinese exclusion bill. For
aker had asserted that the courts have
decided that no Chinese except labor
ers may be excluded under the present
law. and he had alluded TO a decision
of the supreme court.
Senator Penrose suggested that the
Fifty-seventh Federal Reports contain
a different decision.
Yes" said Senator Foraker. "but
long subsequent to the Fifty-seventh
Federal Reports, the supreme court de-
cided, as have said. The old report is
not modern law" Then he told his
story:
1.-The senator from Pennsylvania re.
minds me OF the man who was going
around gathering up last years alma
macs and calendars.
what can you do with them?" some
one asked him.
"Why, intend to sell them in Phila-
delphia," he said,-Brooklyn Eagle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

Early American writer's were poorly
rewarded. Washington Irving was
the first who made any notable sue
cess in literature. His Sketch Book
brought him $500. During the forty
subsequent years of his life his writ
ings from sales and copyrights
brought him, it is estimated, $205, 1888.
Bryant received no compensation
whatever for his Thanatopsis and ev-
en- at the age of SO he could not buy a
modest home with all he ever received
from his poems.
No single production of Edgar Allan
Poe brought him over 500 and only
two seem to have reached that figure
He sold The Raven for SIS, The Bells
for the same, though he afterward re-
ceived $40 for a heightened and re-
yised copy.
Longfellow's executors estimated
that the plates and copyrights Of all
his work were worth 100000. The
Hanging of the Crane brought the
poet $4,000, of which he gave $1,000
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

In this region, too, the river Is Dor
iered with busy cities-Dubuque. Keo.
kuk. Quincy, Davenport. Rock Island.
Moline-thriving railway towns, full
Of factories, colleges. fine residences.
and all the evidences of energy and
culture. Most of them are built upon
hills, and all on high ground. Seen
from the river they present the finest
views Of themselves, something the
cities of the fiat country farther down
never do.
1t is a swift water that rushes past
these cities. At low water, which Is
usually in summer and fall, the cur
rent drops to three inches an hour or
less. But at high water. when 1t
stands thirty or forty feet higher on
its banks. it sweeps along at nine
miles an hour with irresistible i'm
oetus.
Imagine what that means in a big
'river-nine miles an hour. We are
so used to railroad trains that run
sixty or seventy miles an hour that it
does not seem an overwhelming
speed. But consider that when a rail-
road train is once checked its power
is gone. Interfere with the progress
of the Mississippi and the river piles
up against the obstruction, sweeps
around it, over it, under it, and mo-
mentarily grows stronger about It.
The power wakes until it sweeps away
the fret.
Yet such is the contrariety of this
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

Derby. and glanced into the fine gray
eyes. Never had he been so moved to a
woman like this before.
"But what will you think OF me?"
Ruth whispered. You have been so
good and kind and I am so foolish.
What can you think of girl who is
all this way from home at midnight?
1t is $3.50 unmatdenly."
ut might be in some girls, but not in
you," David said, boldly. lone has
only to look in your face and see that
only the good and pure dwell there.
But were you not afraid?"
Horribly afraid. The very shadows
startled me. But when I discovered
your errand tonight. I was bound TO
come. My loyalty to Enid demanded it.
and I had not one single person in the
world whom could trust"
IF you had only come to me, Miss
Ruth"
II know. I know now. Oh. it is a
blessed thing for lonely girl to have
one good man that She can rely upon.
And YOU have been so very good, and
we have treated you very, very badly"
But David would not hear anything
of the kind. The whole adventure was
SlldllSS W q dSSlSe, Uul IL SSGulSu w
matter nothing as long as he had Ruth
70, company. Still. the girl must be
Eot home. She could not be permitted
to remain here, nor must she return to
Brighton alone. Bell strobe up at the
same moment.
Miss Henson has been so good as to
listen to my arguments he said. II
am going into the house. Don't worry
about me- but send Miss Gates home in
the cab. I shall manage somehow"
David turned. eagerly. to Ruth.
THAT will be best" he said. Eve
can put your machine on the cab, and
I'll accompany You part OF the way
home. Our cabman will think that you
came from the house. shan't be long.
Bell"
Ruth assented. gratefully. AS David
put her in the cab Bell whispered to
him to return as soon as possible, but
the girl heard nothing of this.
How kind-how kind you are" she
murmured.
Perhaps, some day. you will be kind
to me-" David said, and Ruth blushed
in the darkness.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
Faith Rewarded.

Substantial answers to prayer are
childhood's fondest expectations.
Rob wanted a drum, and asked his
mother to get him one.
His mother answered that if he would
be a good boy for three days, and pray
to God for it, He probably would give
him one.
do you think He would, honest:"
asked Rob.
Eyes, think He would
'Well, then, TIL be good for three
days and then I'll ask Him.
He kept his promise, and his mother
purchased drum to reward his faith
On the evening of the third day Rob
prayed earnestly, and wound up with:
''And now, do please send me that
drum
His mother heard him. While he slept
she placed the drum upon his bed.
When he Weakened in the morning he
gazed at i. in establishment, then ex-
claimed:
where in the dickens did God get
that drum?'-Charles McIlvaine, in
Lippincott's.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
Nov come swiftly" she whispered.

Nov come swiftly" she whispered.
There Is no time to lose"
They were in the house at last, cross.
ing the dusty floor, with the notes
dancing in the lamp light. deadening
their footsteps and muffling the intense
stiffness. Above the stiffness rose the
song from the drawing room: from
without came the restless murmur Of
the dogs. Enid entered the drawing
room. and Bell limped in behind her.
The music Immediately ceased. AS
Enid glanced at her aunt she saw that
far-away look had died from her eyes.
that the sparkle and brightness Of rea-
son We're there. She had come out of
the mist and shadows, for time, at
any rate.
DIR. Hathlerly Bell to see you, aunt, "
Enid said. in a low voice.
Margaret Henson shot up from the
piano like q statue. There was no well
come in her face. no surprise there.
nothing but deep, unutterable contempt
and loathing.
Il have been asleep" she said. She
passed her hand dreamily over her
face. II have been in dream for sew
IN long years. Enid brought me back
w wv hAAesiS siSalIl lo-HlSHl, anu IL
touched my heart. and now am awake
again. Do you recollect the 'Slumber
Song. Hatherly Bell? The last time I
sang it you Were present. 1t was a
harry night-the very last night in the
world to me-"
II recollect it perfectly we'll, Lady
Littimer," Bell said
Lady Littimer! How strange 1t is
to hear that name again Seven years
since then. Here an. called Margaret
Henson, and nobody knows. And now
YOU have found out. Do you come
here to blackmail and rob me like the
rest?"
II come here entirely on your behalf
and my own. my lady,
(TO BE Continually
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
Forced Into l1atrimony.

j. A. Howell is noted for his genius as
an inventor. So devoted was he for
years to the development of torpedo
warfare that most of his friends were
greatly surprised when he found time
to get married. Some years after this
suspicious event a brother officer called
at the admiral's home, and found the
distinguished sailor seated on his door
step and contemplating several of his
children who were playing on the lawn
in front of the house.
cit is strange to think of you as a
father, HOWELL remarked the visitor.
''There was a time when no zone thought
of you as a married man. What in
duced you to take wife,"
WELL" returned the admiral, medi-
tatively, II got tired Of hearing myself
referred to as only the father of the
modern torpedo. brooklyn Eagle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

to the friend who negotiated the sale,
certainly q liberal commission. Kera.
mos brought him $1,000, and these
two were the eliminating prices for
his single productions, though he was
an industrious worker for more than
fifty years.
While Hawthorne was boarding the
$1,000 he received for The Scarlet
Letter, Mrs. Stowe was counting her
thousands from Uncle Toms Cabin,
which brought her 100000 in the first
four months after its publication in
book form. For the serial rights she
received $500.
Emerson, at "a. found his last vol
ume the only one that approached a
remunerative sale.
There is vast difference, in the
matter Of compensation, between the
authors Of the old days and modern
writer's. The latter are we'll paid for
their labors and unfortunately it does
not seem that their work is anything
the better on that account.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
Made a Queer Family.

The son of ex-Alderman Griner has
started a small but interesting menag-
erie at his home on North Franklin
street. 1t consists of a cat, her two
kittens, and two groundhogs. The
groundhogs were caught in the timber
northwest of the city by the boy when
they were quite small, and put with the
cat, who had two tiny kittens. The
mother cat adopted the groundhogs
into her family, and she distributes her
affections between the four little ones
as evenly as possible.
The family is probably the happiest
in the city; at least ex-Alderman Girl
ner thinks SO, and he has watched the
interesting group for some days with
considerable interest.-Danville Qll)
News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
Knocked Into IL Cooked Hat.

The expression, knocked into a
cooked hat" is familiar to everyone,
but perhaps its origin is not so gener-
ally known. Cocked-hat was a variety
Of the game Of LOWS, in which only
three pins We're used, set up at the an
giles of triangle. When, in bowling
ten pins, all were knocked down ex-
cept the three at the corners, the set
was said to be knocked into n cooked
hat" whence the popular expression.
for depriving anything Of it's main body,
character or puroosc.-Liverpool Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
Could Get the Whisky.

While Police Commissioner Partridge
was taking a quiet look about Manhat-
tan on Sunday, to see how the excise
law was being enforced, thinly clad
forlorn specimen of humanity shufled
up to Kim ard said
"Say, boss, I'm pershin' with the
cold. Cline the price of a drink?"
AS the mans hand closed over the
dime the commissioner gave him, the
latter suddenly bought of the excise
law.
II guess you'll have to take coffee
said Col. Partridge. New York is hav.
ing a dry Sunday"
ooh. that's all right" said the thirsty
one. Trust me to get the whisky
New York Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

mighty stream that while it will 49,
throw the strongest obstacle ~ WV
course that can be built, 1t viii Wv. ~
to the slightest. One could hardy ' ~ !,
a more striking illustration Of t m
power of slight things than the sh. .as
contrast between the behavior ~ ~
river against powerful check sss w
against slight one. For Years NV
government engineers struggled =.
direct the river with massive STOW.
bikes. When the river could NV.
overthrow one Of these it dug unas.
1t, and SO wrecked it. Money withou.
end was spent on bikes. There va, .
mighty one below Gold Dust ]and,n.
in Tennessee. 1t stood longer th.s
most Of them, but q flood in the ri,.,
at last conquered and swept it ava,
How. then. can the river be direct
ed? Simply by few sticks set N
the sand. A row IL piling, sometime.
with few brush hurdles, accomplish.
es it. The river sweeps through. al.
dies behind it, dropping sand and
building up bar. Nowadays. travel
ing down the river through stretche,
that once were broad and shallow ono
finds them narrow and deep, with
sandy sides. over the tops of which
can be seen just the tips of the pi,e,
that accomplished the mighty change
-Ainslee's Magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
All Glaze,

Mrs. Towne-Have you any close
neighbors, dear?
Mrs. Stubbzs-Yes; they are all close.
So close that you couldn't borrow n
flat-iron or a cup of sugar to save your
fe.-Phlladelphia Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
TRULY A VALUABLE TYPEWRITER


Witty Reply of an Authoress Who Used
Pen.
A New York bachelor author, who
writes on a machine, wrote note re-
Gently to a spinster authoress, who
still works by hand, and incidentally
called her attention to the fact that If
she wished him to do so he would Sc
cure, a machine for her at SIS per
month, guaranteed to write poetry,
able articles, fiction, etc. A day or so
later he received a reply written in
beautifully clear, round hand to this
effect:
my Dear Mr.. -: This is my type
writing machine. Isn't it nice? 1t is
called the Blank typewriter. 1t is
sound, kind, in good repair, warranted
to travel we'll in single harness and
il you do not say it is the incest ma
chine you ever knew l shall refuse to
believe that you were born when
knighthood was In flower. 1t is war
ranted, like yours, to write able ar
ticles, poetry and fiction with equal ia
cility, but, unlike yours, it is not for
sale at IS month. Its original cost
was large and have put so many i'm.
provements on 1t since that cannot
dispose of 1t save at considerable
advance-and even then should be un-
willing to part with 1t except to a re.
sponslble person warranted to treat II
with care" ~ ''"'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
CHAPTER XIII.
S.0Oh Dnr

Two dancing eyes Of fame We're
streaming UP the lane towards the
girls, long shadow slanted across the
white pathway, the steady flick of hoofs
drew nearer. Then the hoofs ceased
their shifting of the dust and a mans
voice spoke.
Better turn and wait for us by the
farm, driver" the voice said. "Rell, can
you manage, MANI"
who was that?" Enid whispered. "a
etrangcr?"
mot precisely" Ruth replied. "That
IS Mr.. David Steel. Oh. am sure we
can trust him. Don't annoy him. Think
Of the trouble he is in for our sakes."
II do raid Enid. drily. II am also
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

The recent remarkable case of Hen
ry G. Krause, who strangled his moth.
err, has served to recall other instances
on record in the history of medical
jurisprudence where crimes have been
connected with dreams and hallucina-
lions.
One of the Oldest cases of the kind
is that of the English gamekeeper who
was killed by his son. Both were
guarding from poachers the preserves
on which they were employed, when
the son, wearied with the long vigil,
fell asleep. Upon being suddenly
awakened he seized his fowling piece
and slew his father, evidently, in his
half-awake condition, acting under the
delusion that he was attacking a
poacher. He was tried and convicted,
but later was pardoned on the ground
that, because he did not know what he
was doing, there was no criminal in
tent to the action.
Marc, the noted English alienist,
tells of the famous case of a peddler
who fell asleep on the highway, hav-
ing by his side sword cane which he
carried as protection against rob-
bers. A traveller in passing stopped to
arouse him, thinking he might be
either ill or intoxicated. The peddler
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12
rhr.e state. Out o, Debt.

Three States Out of Debt.
There are three states which have
no debt-Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois.
There are three states which have al
most no debt-California, Montana
and Nevada.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

sprang up and stabbed him to death
with the sword cane. He was con.
victed at his trial, although he pleaded
that he did not know what he was
about when he committed the act.
Another case cited by Marc is that
of Bernard Schedmaizeg. Attacked by
a phantom in a dream he struc at 1t
with Ratchet and awoke to find that
he had murdered his wife, who was
the reality of the phantom with which
he had struggled. He was acquitted
of the charge of murder, the jury in
this case accepting the plea that he
had done it unconsciously.
From Cleveland, o., comes an &C
count of we'll authenticated case,
that of a prominent resident of that
city. Out hunting and camping with
party of friends, he was suddenly
awakened from sleepone morning and
shot member of the party in the
back, infiicting wound which caused
paralysis.
In 1873 Simon Frazer, Scotchman.
dreamed that he was attacked by a
wild beast, which he killed in his VI
sion. When he awoke he found that
he had dashed out his child's brains
against the bedpost. - New York
Press
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

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between here and there. g.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

At present. says the Detroit Free
Press, the author is striving strenu'
ously to become a millionaire, so that
he may secure the services of this in
imitable typewriter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

The beadle of the parish is ALWAYS q,
the wears opinion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-06-12

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apnnuile, Sasper 60. Wo.
charts Gpspepiia tablets irlses
bos apotetere oueraIt for 50c pr. gaf.
fe at iulo Sterreiie.
Decorah-posten., 1902-11-28
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be uSoaIets for auleoninseu. 9erfor
bill iss meb 8lahe arbefaIs gosen II!
ale. iom San Chit til ar srtnore gemer
os getisrots. Sobnrnes Sofisth.
Sartpeu. Rebr.
Decorah-posten., 1902-11-28

Der al Mofoel. 5 Glen SsIe. Gerf0r-
ibtre, boeoe en- rig Nonb beo MuDri
Storfep, Tom life tanItc aDrriSorer.
San'Ioo iis Osrfor bpgse ct aIoeles
runbt Gus, Der bar belt | to Dele, e,
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bnnoreoe. Gets gnsgc og Taee er
beouffeoe nieo Wlislineer, Iom sr
proneoe | pafre Msnitre; Erappeaf.
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minore at ioraree Jig oper, mar De-
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latte meS SaaftGontu9er bar p1ret
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Wenneffe, bporoper 8ropTtrret ftroc
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8Iotferen til fine Nigtcr.
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BET iamme: Raor grpitcn er tilireoS,
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Gn MP Nebieins br~ipnoerlise girfe.
fraft.

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gelier, men en- al be ieneite % met
poafalbenbe, en-. iorn fotruner iii at
blipe al uifatterIigt g9rS for 1itien.
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bsit u%obniuneret, bemmeItgbeosfulb
Gatentmcbietn, men en- p~ibenffabeIig
Communicating al beliebrineenoe, al.
beIes u~ifaoelige pc~setobilife gsienier,
Srustialte, rem 8epiin og gisututb.