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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1907-10-31
the facts underlying the assault on
the value of our product.

A gentleman said to the writer
I'VE must just let go cotton to re-
lieve the situation" Yet, In the
same breath, he says: "It Is i'm
possible to get money to buy cot
ton." If so, where is the sense of
selling? Stop, FOLLY, and let reas-
on get an inning. One buyer of
cotton said In presence of writer (:
ST owe the banks. I am short of
cotton up to my throat. owe
So, 900 for cotton to one man, and
l can't get money to pay for same.
L do not fear run on banks. have
none in banks. I will stand at
rear end of the run and pick up
what any excited runner drops" !"
Ponder this stuff. A man buying
cotton ad libituin without a dollar
and owing for it, etc., as above
stated. Does it not show the char
acter of the story as well as the
character of the man, who makes
such statement?
In Mondays Picayune Is an ar
ticle from the ever ready enemy of
Our section, Theodore Price. In
this article he puts the crop at 49,
500, 900 bales. Is there a man half
way informed that does not know
this is fabrication pure and simple.
Yesterday the wires credited Bus
ton, of England, with figures
the crop at II, 800, 900.
Later, this was said to be a canard.
That Buston, in fact, had said no
such thing. Whether Buston said
t or not, our people surely are not
all FOOLS. We know the cotton
crop is late. We know ginning
igures are running away behind.
We know we have had several
Killing frosts. We know that a
yoodly number of planters in Clai-
'orne are either close to being done
,icking or are more than half done.
We know Texas is running away
,ehind last year. We know re-
eipts at the INTERIOR and even
It the ports are away behind last
ear. Then what do the state
nents Price and such men count
or, as against our own knowledge !?
IGNORANCE
S loud in yelling Throw your
otton on the market. Help the
ANIC MAKER ALL YOU CAN. It is
.ood business sense. 1t is the ver-
est IGNORANCE that ever came
rom Lunatic Asylum. Cliques
nd combines, liars, gamblers and
mongers are busy making
anicky conditions. and then adroit-
Z say to you Help us HE on
he panic hounds"
l.
]. McC. MARTIN.
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Tho Ground Is Alive.

We are so used to thinking of the soil
as mere mineral matter that it comes
quite as a shock to find this Is a mis-
take. AS a matter of fact, the layer OF
soft mold which clothes the ground in
all %cultivable districts and IRON which
vegetation springs is actually in great
part a living layer of tiny plants and
animals. 1nterlacing threads of molds
and fungi, worms and grubs, creeping
insects. tiny root parasites, decaying
leaves and the millions of bacteria
which spring from them-all these are
mixed and mingled together for many
inches down below our feet In a con-
fused mass of life. Germs Of all sorts
swarm in countless millions. Indeed,
all the plants that grow and life that
exists on the face of the earth wv
their being to the fact that the ground
Is alive. You take a shovelful of the
finest soil in the world and sterilize
lt-that Is, beat it till all the life III it
Is destroyed-and then plant seeds in
it. No amount Of care or watering will
make those seeds grow. Their life de-
Ponds on the life in the soil around
them.-LOndon Answers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Hotel Where Charlotte corday Stopped.

Hotel Where Charlotte Corday Stopped.
A good deal of old Paris is disap-
pearing just now, and among the lat
est bits Of the antique city to be threat
ened is the little spot upon which Char
lotte Corday found a fleeting place of
rest as she entered the city on her err
rand of death. 1t stands on the street
which prior to the days Of the revolu-
ton had been known as that of the
Vieux Augustins. 1t now is the Rue
d'Argout. The building is the Hotel
de la Providence. Charlotte arrived in
Paris from Caen on July 0, 1893, slept
at the hotel on that and the following
night and on the morning Of the 11th
walked quietly out of it to Stay the
monster Marat. The bedroom is still
pointed out which the Norman heroine
occupied, and some regret is felt that
the place has to be demolished. But
the march Of progress is merciless.
The buildings are needed to extend the
Rue du Louvre, and soon human feet
will tramp on the spot where the Nor
man heroine slept her last calm sleep
Of maiden freedom.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18

There have been nearly 5000 cases
of suffering animals, from an injured
cab horse to a consumptive lizard,
treated at the animals hospital in
Westminster, London, the last nine
months. One of the latest inmates is
q two-year-old hen which is suffering
from a peculiar disease in the crop.
The hen in the hospital is the last one
of a family Of nine, the others having
died from the same disease. A unique
operation is being resorted to by the
doctor to save the hens life. Every
day Il rubber tube is inserted in the
birds mouth, and its crop is filled with
warm water. Then the hen Is turned
upside down, and the water is allowed
to trickle out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Hu1nor ana Philosophy
BY DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
MAYBE.

You hear that graft has got to go.
ut has been going some),
For many an honest alderman
Has gathered In a crumb,
But now the world has grown so good
That grating has to quit.
And all the g%rafters may as we'll
Pack up their things and git.
It used to be considered quite
h thing for honest men
To pull coin from the public crib
And then reach in again,
But now we a a different code,
And statesmen who are shy.
II they would graft and hold their
own,
Must do it on the SLY.
Once on a time. SO I've been told,
The game was much like tag,
And statesmen were not counted bright
Who idn't get the swag,
But now we raise an awful roar,
A sort of man-SiZe fuss,
If n of our public men
Hold out a stamp on us.
Then let us bid farewell to graft,
Since from 1t we are free.
It's safe to leave a red hot stove
Without a lock and key.
The muck rake now Is bearing fruit,
We notice at a glance.
No longer do our statesmen graft
Unless they get a nance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Monkeyinq With Gravitation.

A Swedish scientist, although not
officially constituted as a parliament.
has assembled himself together and re-
pealed the law of gravitation.
However, 1t would be we'll to wait
for particulars before falling out of a
window. The MAJ who tried an ex-
pertinent of that sort might find that
the law was working we'll In this coun-
try-in fact, working overtime.
II the scientist is correct in his dag.
nosis and successful in his expert
ments. he will enable us to do many
things that only the birds can do now
Flying will be much simplified. When
a man wants to take a sail through
the air, instead of saving his money
and buying a balloon he will simply
buckle on his forty-nine cent wings,
touch a button that repeats the law of
gravitation and go soaring away to
whatever part Of the world his fancy
may dictate. We will surely have a
high old time if he is right.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Mad Doos.

Mac dogs do not attack people.
"When a dog has the rabies" said a
physician, she has lost control of his
body, and what he does is mechanical.
His jaws snap involuntarily, and if he
encounters any object. whether ami
mate or inanimate, he is likely to bite
it. But a mad dog does not attack as
does an angry dog. He does not pick
out a victim or use any strategy. For
this reason dogs suffering from rabies
are less dangerous than is supposed.
No grown person need fear them, for
all he has to do is to get out Of the
way. The dog will not chase him. OF
course, young children are in danger,
as they do not know how to dodge the
brute
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
A Violin Of Matches.

Karl Wagner. an upholsterer living
at Munich, has constructed a violin
entirely out Of wooden matches. The
instrument has a good tone, and the
back is ornamented by a picture Of the
tower of the famous Frauenkirche.
Wagner first made q model Of the parts
In cardboard and then glued over them
the matches, which are perfectly join
ed. The cardboard was then removed
and the parts put together. Ten boxes
Of matches supplied the necessary
wood, and Wagner was engaged for a
year on the work. He has presented
the violin to his son, who is a promis-
ing musician.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
The Questions They Ask.

The capacity of the average small
boy for asking questions Is practically
unlimited. but 1T is doubtful whether
more searching inquiries have ever
been made by IL boy than those pro-
pounded by a youngster to his father,
who had taken him for a steamer trip.
Here is Il partial list:
SIS that water down there any
wetter than the water in the Atlantic
ocean?"
what makes the water wet?"
How many men could be drowned
in water as deep as that?"
SIS that big man with the gold but.
tons on his coat the father of all those
men who do whatever he tells them
to?"
"Where do all those soapsuds behind
the boat come from?"
"Could a train go as fast on the wa.
ter as this boatY'-Chums.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Elephant Life In the JunuIes.

Without elephants jungles would be
virtually impossible. The great beasts
are a mixture of strength and weak
ness, of craft and simplicity. The
paths through the jungle from village
to village are merely tracks from which
the interlacing foliage has been cut
and thrust aside and the virgin soil
trodden into a black mud. After a
rain this mud is many feet deep, and
no living creature except an elephant,
a buffalo or a rhinoceros could labor
through 1t. The elephant makes his
way by lifting one foot at a time and
inserting it deep into the slough in
front, withdrawing another with a
sound like the popping of a huge cork,
Nothing but a ride on an earthquake
could be compared with the sensation
Of being run away with by an ele-
plant. AS for stopping him, some one
has we'll said that you might as we'll
try to stop a runaway locomotive by
pulling with your walking stick on the
funnel as seek to check an elephant at
such a moment with a goad.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
THE soMERsAuLT CAR.
automobile That Turns Completely
Over In Midair.


Over In Midair.
Whatever may be thought of the
American s~omersaulting motor a as
Z public performance, it is certainly a
triumph Of scientific mechanics. The
car, moving down = steeply inclined
track, attains a velocity Of twenty
eight miles an hour. Leaving the track
at the base of the incline, it is shot into
the air and turns IL complete somer-
sault before reaching a platform some
feet off. The arrangements by which
this remarkable feat is achieved are
notable for their simplicity. The
necessary gyrating impulse is given to
the a as it reaches the base of the
incline by the arrangement of the
guiding rails in relation to the track
itself. On the incline, which starts at
a height Of fifty feet from the ground,
are a pair Of broad tracks for the
wheels of the car, and between these a
pair of guide rails. The a is kept to
these rails by -four ball bearing rollers,
two in front and two behind. The
former press the sides Of the rails,
while the latter run in grooves ON the
tops Of the mt This arrangement,
combined with the sharp upward turn
Of the rails at the base of the incline,
gives the car the necessary twisting
impulse just as it leaps into the air,
for the front wheels of the car remain
on the track, while the hind ones are
tilted up by the back rollers, which
u on the top Of the rails. AS the
center of gravity Of the car describes
q parabola in the air the car itself
turns a slow somersault, moving
through 40 degrees for every two feet
horizontal advance. Having turned
completely round, it will have thus ad-
vanced nine feet. and a %collapsible
platform is placed at this distance to
receive it. The car lands on this in a
horizontal position, the force of the
impact being taken up by the springs,
and u off it for some thirty or forty
feet. The success of the affair con-
sists in the careful adjustment of the
pitch of the rails in relation to hat of
the track. The car must land on the
platform all four wheels at once; other
wise, as has been shown by actual oc-
%currence, the wheels first touching will
be crushed and the car damaged
London Globe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
A Woman Tells How to Relieve
Rheumatic Pains.

| have been a very great sufferer from
the dreadful disease, rheumatism, for a
number of years. l have tried many
medicines but never got much relief
from any of them until two years ago,
when | bought a bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. | found relief before | had
used all of n bottle, but kept on apply
ing it and soon felt like a different
Through my advice many of
my friends have tried it and can tell you
how wonderfully it has worked.-Mrs.
Sarah A Cole, lao S. New ST, Dover,
Del. Chamberlain's Pan Balm is a
liniment. The relief from pain which it
affords is alone worth many times it's
coat 1t makes rest and sleep possible.
For sale by N. Il. McGruer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Saving Out a Segment.

This rule is given by the Wood
worker for saving out a %segment-a
piece straight on one edge and curved
on the other: Suppose the segment is
to be 4S inches long and 4 inches wide
at the central or widest place. Square
one-half the length ga inches), which
gives SIC; square the width a inches).
which gives 16; add 576 and 16, obtain
ing 592; divide 592 by twice the width
(2x4-S), which gives II inches, the
radius. This rule will apply to any
case.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
serimped For Sweet Charity.

America is not the only nation whose
rich men give b~ountifully to public
works. A French Jew has b%equeathed
100000 francs to public institutions.
half Of 1t to the Pasteur institute. His
account Of himself was touching and
simple: '1They say ! have been misery.
They poke fun at my greed. What do
l care? l. pleases me to reflect that
that greed will benefit the wretched
and that, .fter all. 1t Is for them 1
have worked"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Three Points For Home Gardeners

There are three important points for
the amateur to remember In raising
flowers from seed for the decoration Of
the home garden-namely: To select
the good and well known kinds that
grow most easily and to leave the
novelties" alone; to purchase the best
seeds, from reliable seed firms only;
to plant them In we'll prepared soil, at
the proper depth and at the right sea-
son. And. adds the Good Housekeep-
ing botanist, don't count much on
freak or sport" plants, 50 long as ycu
can get pansies, zinnias, asters and the
other old reliables.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
When Stevenson Was Poor.

Robert Louis Stevenson was in poor
circumstances in San Francisco before
he made his hit with the world. Dur
ing the time hat he used to loaf, pen
niless, upon the lawn where afterward
they put up a bronze and marble statue
to him, he picked up a few quarters
acting as super in the old California
theater, in Bush street.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
The Retort.

Here is a retort which a dull stu
dent" once made: Professor-You seem
to be very dull. When Alexander the
Great was your age, he had already
conquered the world. Student-Well,
you see. he had Aristotle for a teacher.
Chambers Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Hint Not Taken,

"From the grammatical standpoint"
said the fair maid with the lofty fore
head, (which do you consider correct,
I had rather go home or Il would
rather go homer"
Neither" promptly responded the
young man. I'D much rather stay
here"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
His Little Joke.

At the breakfast table Good Friday
morning Wilfred was given a hot cross
bun. 1t was very small, raisinless and
burnt.
Ma said the little fellow, disap-
pointedly, this seems to be a hot cross
bunko."-Woman's Home Companion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Misunderstood

Misunderstood.
"What is your capital?"
Il carry my capital in my hat"
ooh, l see; organ grinder"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18

Politics may bear some relation to
the good of the country, but If so the
relation is badly strained.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Cause of SUFFERING.

SLOW is Griggs coming financially? o.
Gle is on his last legs"
"No wonder. His legs have been
pulled so often"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
Much Easier.

81 suppose he won his spurs on the
field of battleY"
"No; be got them of a mail order
house. Fine bargain too"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18

Queer that the money you save is
never able to draw interest as fast as
the mortgage you owe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
So Lucky.

So Lucky.
"You are looking awfully sweet to-
night, Lucy"
THANK you, Maud"
gone away"
"What do you mean?"
Nobody can really compare your
dress with the original, you know"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18

Writer'S cramp Is often chronic and IL
felt principally In the pocketbook.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18

When a man feels his ego getting
busy. he may know that he is due to
make a fool Of himself.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18

No person is popular who has an
opinion of his W worth more than 2
cents.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18

Anticipation.
81 notice that Rounds when he is out
with the boys begins to fidget and get
uneasy about midnight"
eyes, he has a notion that his wife
is giving him absent treatment by that
time"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

A friend you need is a friend indeed
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18

Legal blanks at the CoUR1ER-DEMo
Graf office.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-04-18

IT silence is golden, the man saving
wood ought to be able to quit his job.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-09-07
BARLEY UP ALREADY
E. E. Forester Will Have Some Early Grain. Feed May be
 Scarce

E. E. Forester stepped into the Press office one day this week and informed the writer that he had an 8O-acre field of barley which was already up and the whole field looks as green as could be. He is putting in more grain right along and expects to have at least 200 acres. He gave it as his opinion that unless the farmers of the valley got busy pretty soon and began putting in their grain there would Joe a scar city of feed this fall and winter. There is a possibility of such a state of affairs and it is fully re- alized by a few. The Imperial Valley farmer should not lose sight of the fact that scarcity of feed here will make our beef come pretty high. Cattle men all claim that the demand for feed is going to be great and the fact that extra early sowing will practically insure the farmer a chance to pasture his fields three times should be an extra induce ment for him to bestir himself.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-09-07

ness into a productive area by by the United States reclamation service. The water for the work is secured from the Colorado river, and it was the defection of this water that caused the formation of the great Salton sea, which at one time threat ened to destroy the tracks of the Southern Pacific railroad, and, in fact, did force the company to raise it's embankments for miles. For a time it was feared that the great irrigation .ditch would di- vert the entire waters of the Colorado river.
 The Imperial valley is in many places below sea level, and the heat is intense even in the depths of the winter season. Expeh- ments have proved that the val ley. owing to the evenness of the climate, can, with the assistance of irrigation, be depended upon to grow vegetables and fruits at all seasons.
 When ready to ship the pro- ducts of the valley the Pacific Coast Steamship company will place vessels equipped with re- frigerator company will place vessels equipped with refrigera- tor compartments on the route and run them direct from San Diego to Seattle.
 At present the freight is transferred at San Francisco, " said General Manager Pearce yesterday. Fruit and green stuff will not permit of such handling, and we think that the direct steamers will pelp out in this business. I have not work ed out the schedule for the yes sels, but that we will establish the line is assured. The nego- tiations with the railroad officials were terminated satisfactorily to both companies We can land freight in Seattle. four days after it leaves San Diego" "
Imperial Valley press., 1907-09-07
A NEW OUTLET
The Recent Contract Made By 5. D. & A. Makes New Avenue
 for Our Trade

The Seattle POst-Intelligencer of Recent date states the follow ing pertinent to San Diego and the Imperial valley:
 A deal was completed yester- day in Seattle between the Pa cifc Coast company and the San Diego & Arizona railroad by which the railroad will gain ac- cess to the water front at San Diego. Seattle is interested in the transaction inasmuch as the railroad will tap one of the most fertile areasin the United States, where vegetables and fruits can be matured at all seasons. and when the railroad commences shipping the Pacific Coast con- pany will inaugurate a system of steamers sailing direct from San Diego to Puget sound, and con- sumers in the State of Washing ton will be supplied with canta- loupes and fruit hitherto regard ed as hothouse products, and the choicest of vegetables during all of the winter months.
 At present the vessels operated by the company will go to San Francisco, where the freight is transferred.
 H. L. Titus, representing the railroad, and w. E. Pearce, gen. eral manager oJ the Pacific Coast Steamship company, worked out the details of the deal in Seattle, and lhe former left for San Diego last evening. All the wharves in the Californian port are owned by the state, but the steamship, company has property abutting on the states holdings, and now has gained a right-of- way to the water.
 The San Diego 6 Arizona rail- road is controlled by John D. Spreckles and his associates, and extends from San Diego to Yuma, in Arizona, a distance of about 275 miles, and there is little doubt that the road will eventually be pushed farther into the interior. It passes into Imperial valley, which is now being transferred from a wilder
Imperial Valley press., 1907-09-07
Worth D0inn

You had better buy an Fl Centro lot now before the prices go up. There is no better investment in the country to- day than resident or business lot in the town that does things. El Centro Land Go. See the agent at the office.
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Imperial Valley press., 1907-09-07

Don't be afraid to give Chamberlain S Cough Remedy to your children, It contains no opium or other harmful drug. It always cures. For sale by Fl Centro Drug Store.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-09-07
For a Sprained Ankla

A spained ankle may be cured in about one-third unusally required, by applying Chamberlain s Pain Balm free ly, and giving it absolute rest. For sale by Fl Centro Drug Store.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-09-07
Get a Clean Shave

At the Ell Centro Barber Shop. Strictly American. Electric mas sage always ready. w. B. D., proprietor.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-09-07

Buy town lot, few choice ones left, get in before the raise. Call and talk it over with Jauman. El Centro Land Go. 22tf