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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04
Panama's Deadly Sunshine

Deadly SunshtnoY
DR.. Charles E. Woodruff, U. S. A.,
has recently published some novel theo-
ries about the effects Of light upon hui
man life and energy. Applying his
conclusions to the problem Of digging
the Panama canal by northern people,
he boldly advances the proposition in
an article in Harper's Weekly that ex-
cessive sunlight is the u~nrecognized
enemy of the Panama canal. Infec-
tious tropical diseases, he says, drove
out the French canal diggers, and the
virulence Of excessive sunlight must
be guarded against if Americans are
to succeed where the French failed.
Says DR.. Woodruff:
| So long as men continue to deny that
tropical light is harmful. just SO long
Will we fail in our duty to civilization at
Panama. We will not guard the white
employees as they should be guarded,
and they will i~gaorantly expose them
selves to needless dangers. After the first
year or two of strenuous labor they will
grow stale, lose interest and become
"quitters" through actual nervous dis
ease. Every experienced engineer who is
thus compelled to give up is a distinct
loss. Many more cases will be calami-
tous. Even If they do not ''quit the Job"
their nervous irritability is likely to lead
to defective judgments which may cause
most expensive blunders. The irresponsi-
BILE pessimistic gossip which pours out of
Panama is derived from such sources. We
had lots Of it from the Philippines at one
time.
In the tropics the race is to the
SLOW" the doctor declares, and there
the sluggish European accomplishes
more than the hustling American. The
white man at Panama must avoid
what he cannot survive, dodge and not
defy, and types which are known to
survive the trying conditions must be
selected. On this point DR.. Woodruff
observes:
It will be found in Panama, as in India,
that the survivors are not the big blond
men who do such grand work in the cold
darker north, but they will be men who
more nearly approach the physique and
complexion of the native who Is adjusted
to the climate. Famous tropical explorers
like Livingstone were all small dark
types. and the men who survive a quarter
century Of campaigns in India are under
sized, like Wolseley and Roberts. There
is something about the big blond physique
which makes it specially susceptible to
damage In the tropics, and such men
break down quite soon.
1t should be noted that the death
rate among Americans employed on
the canal has been very low the past
winter; also that the joint commission
sent to the isthmus by the commercial
clubs to investigate conditions have re-
Gently reported that the effects of the
climate of Panama upon Americans
are not Injurious and that there is
mo reason why Americans, observing
proper precautions, should not be able
to live in the canal zone for years."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

One of Mr.. Carnegie's German guests
at the recent opening Of the institute
at Pittsburg said that he had no SYM
pathy with the peace movement be-
cause his profession was war. He
meant that his profession was that Of
parading in uniform. The present Ger
man army has never fought a battle or
even a skirmish against white men.
The great imperial war lord has never
heard a shotted gun fired except at a
target. The entire rank and file of the
German host has been renewed a dozen
times since the bugles last sounded a
charge against a real enemy. Yet the
dress rehearsal, by land and sea, Of a
war that never comes costs the Ger
man people the services of about ESQ.,
600 ablebodied men all the time and in
addition to depriving the nation of
their labor compels the men who really
work to scrape together $3.50, DOC, oOO
a year to support them. And all the
other military powers are in like case.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

The best place to buy new hardware
is at Mercer & LAWNS.
Edison and Victor talking machines
for sale at McGruer & Wold's.
Doc Morton, the Old Homestead
restaurant man, returned yesterday from
a business trip to the Forks.
j. w. Mcqueen, the Milton dentist,
was here with his wife over Sunday visit
ing with DR.. and Mrs. w. W. Mcqueen
Prof. D. j. Ridlington got back Satur-
day from Grand Forks, where he spent
part of the week looking after school
matters.
a daughter born to Mr.. and Mrs. A.
o. Void on Wednesday of last week was
an item of news that was overlooked by
this paper last week.
G. W. Andrews, came over Monday
fromWalhalla and is a guest at the home
his friend, W. F. Winter, over the
celebration of the Fourth.
P. j. McClory returned to Devils Lake
on Friday. having spent several weeks
visiting here with the Flumerfelts and
he Mathisens at Dresden.
The big evening attraction that brings
to a close tonight Langdon's big celebra
ton of the Fourth, will be the orchestrs
dance in the Opera House hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. ALT j. Bake and little
daughter are Fourth of July visitors al
the home of Judge Dorval, father o.
Mrs. Bake, arriving from their home al
Kalida, Man., last Friday. The party
of visitors at the Judges home this week
also includes Mrs. Bake, ST., and bel
son, Raymond, who reside at Stevens
MINI.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

When things are ready at the James
town exposition there is going to be
produced a spectacular play called "Po-
cahontas," in which the celebrated In
dian maiden is to be, of course, the
leading lady. With John Smith as lead
Ing male support and Opecancanough
also in the cast, the most familiar and
the least rememberable names in Amer
lean history viii be exploited.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

On July 80 next all males in the
Philippine Islands not under twenty
three years of age and notscitizens or
subjects Of any foreign power will be
permitted to vote for members Of the
Philippine assembly and for provincial
governors, a third member Of the pro-
vincial board, municipal presidents and
vice presidents and municipal coun-
sellers. This will be the first step to.
ward Filipino self government.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

A curious feature Of the Central
American mixup is that Nicaragua,
which has Vol military ascendency, is
the smallest of the bunch in point Of
population. According to the latest re-
turns, the population of Nicaragua is
only 100000. while Honduras has a
population of 744,901 and Salvador a
population of 1,OOe,s4S. President Ze-
laya of Nicaragua must be a man Of
decided ability as an organizer and a
leader.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

TAKEN UPON or about Friday June 14th,
south Of Elkwood post office the following
described estray stocks One roam heifer, two
years old; one roam heifer, one year old; one
white steer one year old. Owner of above
described property will prove identity and
and pay expenses including advertising. or
sane Raper VII Rn be disposed S Of m as PrS%yidhed by Law;
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

-Four million pounds OF flour have
started from San Francisco for the suf-
ferers from the famine in China, and 1t
Is expected that the hatred Of the Chi
nese for things bearing the American
label will be temporarily suspended
at least Until need of relief is over.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

Lille .Devereux Blake's assertion
that it is an pathological fact that
the American eagle is Of feminine gen
der is not SO convincing for everyday
purposes as the fact that James Rus
sell Lowell wrote poetry to III nation
al bird as cher" and "she" forty years
ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

II peace could be accomplished by
means of a well capitalized enterprise
Mr.. Carnegie would no doubt have IT on
hand in a very short time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

No great poem has been written In
honor Of the Jamestown exposition.
So It may pull through without .asclash.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

People who urge that this country
should swear off, on statue building
to celebrities will agree that the pro-
hibitioA must not count against the
proposed shaft to Joe Jefferson.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

Some n ought to suggest to Mr..
Carnegie that by this time those 2os-
100000 starving Russians ought to be
in the mood to appreciate a well stock
ed library.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

The baroness recently convicted OF
manslaughter need 10 longer despair.
She has been acquitted Of being q
baroness by her thoughtful American
relatives. That more than c~ompensates
for the previous verdict.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04
WHEAT MARKET.

Prices corrected up to noon Thursday, July |
T., 1907, by Agent F. r. Lilly, OF the Armenia
Elevator Co., Langdon, N. Oak.
Wheat-NO. / 93k
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04
CELEBRATION AT LANGDoN.
Come Here and have the Time Of Your Lfe-Everythinu
will PositiveIy(beEPuIIed Off.

ANGDON has not celebrated the National Birthday
for several years and this year the citizens have
made up their minds to give the people one
great day. There will not be one idle moment
from the firing of the cannon at sunrise until after the
grand display of costly fire works at night. Everything
has been arranged for and there is no place where the
accommodations are better than in Langdon. Plenty of
nice shade trees, abundance of good water and the most
sociab1e people in America.
The invitation to celebrate with the Langdon
people is cordial and extensive; no one is barred if they
want to celebrate, but no fakirs are wanted and will not
be tolerated. II tt is to be a clean celebration for: both old
and young. Every business house in the city will be
thrown open to visitors and the immense crowd will be
properly cared for.
Gollmar Bros. big circus will be with us o that
day and their bands with our own, which is second to
none, will discourse music all day. Rev. Forster, of
Hannah, is the orator of the day and is man of state
wide reputation.
Come and enjoy the best time of your life and at
very. little, expense; see the show, races, fire works,
bowery dance, and when you go home you will say that
the people of Langdon are artists when it comes to enter
tanning a crowd of several thousand.
Following is the program of the days sports:
FIRING OF CANNON AT SUNRISE.
e:3o a. m.-Address of Welcome by the mayor and ora
ton by Rev. Mr.. Forster, of Hannah.
1890 a. m-Parade of Gollmar Bros. great circus and
menagerie.
1880 p. m-Performance begins and continues for three
$3.50 p m.-Racing program begins as follows:
PROGRAM.
Free for oral al tl TO or P pace mile heats
Three Minute Trot or Pace
Best 2 in s. Purse $500
Tro:or Pace by green horses owned by Cavalier
county farmers only
Purse .................. ...............$75.oo
q mile Dash, Cavalier county horses
Purse. .... 80. $1,000 @
All harness races mile heats; best 2 in s.; S to enter
and 5 to start. Entrance fee S per cent; 10 per cent from
money winners.
HORSE SHOW.
BestkDraft Team owned in Cavalier county ##E
-.Purse !. ..$ 3ooo
BestIGeneral Purpose. Team owned in Cavalier
@ county
E prrea1 &&&# #&N #M@&&@ y @@####&#
FuISe. II. 80 49,. -. ....S $1,000 M#M
Best carriage..Team owned in Cavalier county
Purse. 5000
Best Single Driver owned in Cavalier county
#$@8 Purse. ..... $1,000 %MN
GRAND DISPLAY OF COSTLY FIRE WORKS.
HON. RoBT. ME1KLEJoHN,
President Of the day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

DR.. Young, druggist and medical
practitioner at Munich, was a county
seat visitor last Saturday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
FOR NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY.
City to Use Only Part of Trowbridge
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City to Use Only Part of Trowbridge
 Property
 The protest against the city taking the whole of the Trowbridge property for an addition to the Bristol site for the new public library resulted in the bill, which is in the general assembly empowering the city to purchase the Trowbridge estate, being modified so that the city can use for library pur- poses only 40 feet of the 06 feet in the Trowbridge lot. The remaining 56 feet on which the Trowbridge homestead rests will be used for other purposes when the city gets possession of it aft CT the death of Mrs. Trowbridge, who has life use of the house.
 With the two properties there is 8 frontage of 19S feet, which has been regarded as too much for the building the city proposes to build. According to the reframing of the bill the front age of the library will be 142 feet, This is regarded as enough, and the 56 feet remaining can be used by the city to advantage later on. The city will pay $7500O for the Trowbridge property, and the city will endeavor to make an agreement whereby it will not have to pay for all of the plot at once The Bristol property will cost the city S65 .000
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
BIG CLEARANCE SALE AT MEIGS
 & CO.'S.

There is a great sale now going on at the well-known and popular cloth- ing house of Meigs & Co. And it is a sale we'll worth attending. In the an- nouncement in to-day's Courier it reads: Big Sale of Odds and Ends" Now, it is well known among all intel- ligent people in this and surrounding towns that the goods offered for sale at the big store are invariably and strict ly frst-class, and no shoddy or inferior articles are ever sold there at any time. And this sale is no exception. to the rule This is said to indicate to all that the odds and ends spoken of are "all right" every one of them, The goods are this season stock and will strongly appeal to those who visit the store.
 As a sample of what you can find tlere, just notice the following: Mems .overcoats that have been $2O, and some a little lower you can get at the big sale now at $14.50 $9.50 and $775; splen- did $12 to $15 suits now at $9.SS.
 Other goods approximately low. So you see this is a rare opportunity to get a genuine bargain.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
A VETERAN MARINER.
CAPT. WM. II. ALLEN PASSES
 AVAY AT GROTOM
Was the Hero of Many Daring Deeds During His Lifetime--Made One of the Most Successful Whaling Voyages on Record.

Captain William H. Allen has reached his final port. After a long and honorable career the veteran mar iner passed peacefully away at his home in Thames street, Groton, about ten o'clock on Saturday, February 2S, in the eighty-first year of his age. Cap tain Allen was not only one of Groton's foremost residents, but has for years been one of the leading citizens of that part of New London county and be- longs to a family which has been prom inent there for generations.
 To Captain Allen belongs the honor of having made the most successful voyage on record in the annals of the whaling industry This was in 1883, when in command of ship Onward of New Bedford he cruised in the Eastern. Yellow, Japan and Okhotsk seas and off the California coast On this voy- age he captured 134 whales, the catch netting 6,SS7 barrels of oil and 62,O9O pounds of whalebone This cargo sold for $417000 of which Captain Aliens hare was $39, S96. The voyage covered 8 periQd of three years.
 The thrilling story of Captain Aliens voyages, fraught as they were with strange adventures and daring deeds would alone form an absorbing and valuable contribution to marine litera- ture. During twenty-five years of his active sea-faring life of forty-tive years he was in command of vessels, always bringing his craft safe to harb5r through many tempestuous gale and many imminent and unforeseen perils To the natural instinct of a seaman he added a strong personality, undaunted | courage and the skill of an able navl- gator. He sailed from New London and New Bedford on many whaling voyages and was regarded as one of l the ablest commanders of that historic fleet of vessels.
 Since retiring from the sea Captain | Allei carried into his business ashore the same acumen and integrity which l distinguished him afloat. In 1899 he be- came president of the Mariners Saw | ings bank, of which he was one of the organizers in 1867, During his career at sea he had command of the Onward of New Bedford for seven years; his other conmends being the bark Nile of New London, and prior to that the bark Harmony of New London, Lewis of New Bedford and the Charles Phelps
 of New London. He has made his home in Groton since 1873.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
CLEVER REIN.sMAN DEAD.
John shillinglaw, We'll Known in New
 Haven. Dies in New York.

SliB G4S1S III 4NCW | ApAHAt
 John Shillinglaw, sixty-two years of age, one of the best known drivers of light harness horses in New England, and well known in New Haven, where he has many personal friends, died in New York on February 20. He under went an operation for gall stones a few weeks ago, a trouble which bothered him for years, but he failed to rally from the operation.
 To all horsemen with whom he came in contact John Shillinglaw was al- ways the same, never showed a ruffie and possessed of an easy, equal tenn per. He was of a quiet disposition and his most heated arguments were all ways tempered by a smile that left his dpponent in doubt as to the real sin cerity of his meaning. His familiar figure will be missed at old Charter Oak when the spring opens and the cal of the race track is heard by those whose only life and real happiness are enjoyed behind the trotter and pacer. Lest year he trained for A. J. Welch and handled Vice Commodore.
 MT. Shillinglaw had been in New York all winter, having gone there with the Clark (New Hayen) horses. As a driver, when health and strength were united with his good judgment, John had no superior and his style and methods were very similar to the ac- knowledged premier reinsman of the turf, Ed. Geers Among the many horses that John marked during his long turf career were: Fanny Wilcox 2:1O 1-4; then owned and bred by M. B. Wilcox of Southington; the chestnut mare L. H. Chase, 2:14 IA, then owned by Charles M. Reed of Philadelphia. Away back in 1878, in the days long be- fore the pneumatic sulky was thought of, John marked the black trotter Mid- night in 2:1s IA. Johns judgment of horse was good and experienced horsemen appreciated it's worth. In 1899 MT. Shillinglaw drove Rubber in the ten thousand dollar Charter Oak, winning the first heat in 2:11 1-2, the next heat went to Lecco in 2:O9 3-4, and Lord Vincent won the next three.
 MT, shillinglaw had, been confined to his bed for the past two months at the home of his sister in New York
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
A BAD BREATH.

Nothing is more offensive than to sit next to or converse with a person who has bad breath Paxtine Toilet Anti septic cleanses and disinfects the mouth and renders the breath sweet and agreeable.
 Mrs. l.. S Simpson of Wilmington, Del, writes: My husband and I both use Paxtine for our teeth and mouth wash and we have never found any thing so good. It not only removes all discolorations from the teeth but leaves a clean, refreshing taste in the mouth'
 For women's special toilet uses Pax tine has no equal. As fast as one wom- an learns of it's value she is sure to tell others, which accounts for the large sale Paxtine is having everywhere Have you tried Paxtine? soc at drug gistss For sample address The R. Paxton Co.,, 75 Pope building, Boston, Mass.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

with her mother, Mrs. Mead, in Green wich, arrived home yesterday.
 Word has come from Father M. L. Heagen, 0. F, that he has arrived at his new parish in Columbus, O., taking charge there Sunday. On his way west Father Heagen stopped in New York for short visit.
 A special meeting of the B. H. s. class 'G6 was held with Albert Jour dan of West Main street Tuesday even ing to arrange for a party and dance to be given by the class soon after Easter.
 The Dramatic club of the school cir- cle of the New Haven High school will give the farce Thirty Minutes for Re treatments" before the Berkeley Mems club at the City Mission on Friday evening"
 New Haven friends of MT. Nathan Fryer, the young musician who studied i here for several years with MT. E. A. Parsons, will be greatly interested to know that he made his bow to a Lon don audience Tuesday, MT. Fryer has been studying the piano with Letchet- itsky.
 The Friday Afternoon Whist club of West Haven was entertained Tuesday by Mrs. Smith. The substitutes were Mrs George M1rtiner, Mrs. James Jones and Mrs, H. s. Thompson. The first prize was won by Mrs T. A. SlQreyer, hanging jardinier with plant. The second prize was similar to the. first, only smaller, and was won by MT. Henry D. Sutton. The consolation prize was won by Mrs. l.. P. Langdon. The fembers of the Mayhower branch pf the Sunshine society gave a very enjoyable matinee whist Monday in the hall of the Young Mems Republican 1 club. Fifty-six tables were occupied. Sixteen prizes were given, two in each of the eight sections. hTe proceeds will go into the treasury of the society for the purpose of defraying the expenses ] gently voted, of about S60 for coal and clothing, The next feeting of the May flower branch will be held at the home of Mrs. Frank Lathrop, 130 Howe street, on March 4.
 The marriage of Miss Grace Corrinne Beard of Milford, has just been made public, the marriage taking place at Portchester. N. Y, October 30, 1906. MT. and Mrs. eBard will reside in Mill ford early this coming spring. The Lenten quietude of the coming wee kwill be broken by the second of the series of faculty eats, which, it has been announced, will take place on Wednesday afternoon, March G. from 1 to o'clock. The first faculty tea, it will be remembered, was really given as an experiment but 1t was such a brilliant success that the comittee in charge decided to take the regular fea- tures of the social season. The tea will be given in President Hadley's recep- ton room in Woolsey hall, where the first of the series was held.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28

lessening of the evils flowing from the wrong occur?
 The following clipping is very perti- nent at this place:
 Washington city has $50 licensed li- quor establishments, with population of about 33S,OOO; one liquor place to 800 people, in round numbers. MT. Carroll D. Wright, the accurate statistician, says, the average saloon takes over it's counter about $7,3OO year. $50 so- looms put in their tills $7,450,0O0 No statistician can tell the poverty, wid- owhood, orphanage, homes wrecked, disease, vice, crime and insanity born in the saloon.
 Can any one tell why law abiding taxpayers, and why sane people will bear with this iniquity for single day? We cannot, we give it up, and resume our place in the army of exter- mination, whose slogan is--The Saloon Must Go.-Lutheran Evangelist.
 'The greatest good to the greatest number" is democratic; but safe homes and a sober nation are the surest guar antee of all good.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-28
HUMPHREY STREET CONGREGA-
 TTONtAL CHURCH NOTES

The Thimble club of the Humphrey street Congregational church club was entertained yesterday afternoon by Mrs o. sWright of 662 Orange street. At the next church supper on March IS the ladies will also have a sale of fancy and domestic articles in the par lors of the church.
 The senior members of the young la dies physical phalanx of the church will entertain the junior members at the church on Saturday afternoon at 8 o'clock, There will be games, and a pleasant program has been arranged for the reception, and also refresh ments will be served The chaperons will be Mrs. Edward Q. Tiesing and Mrs. Harry Ostrander.