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WITH THE NEEDLE
FINE WORK IN MANY KINDS OF
MATERIALS.
Popular Taste To-day 10 for Handsome
Designs in colors That Will Last
Strive to Make Work
Individual.

The fad for useless, snowy needle
work IL happily over, and one rarely
sees nowadays the mult-colored en-
broidered sofa cushions. table covers
and centerpieces, which used to be
considered very artistic" by the ma
jority of women who did fancy
work." Fine needlework Is probably
more In demand during the past few
years than ever before. but there 10
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The Affection of The Nerves.

traction of the organs, thus refusing
to prmit a proper flow of the air cur.
rent producing tone. People rarely
or never stammer when singing. for
then the attention is divided between
the words and music. the nervousness
Is momentarily forgotten and the pas
sage of the air current through the
larnyx is continuous and unobstructed.
Stammering very often ID the result
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A large, shapely mouth signifies
breadth Of mind and federation Of
others peculiarities.
Thin lips denote covetousness,
greed, selfishness and. unless strongly
contradicted by soz1e other feature, in
tense love of power.
The more curved and flexible the
lips the more yielding the nature. The
more straight and irm the lips the
more severe the nature. Lips that
look as II they had been pressed into
. straight line show self-repression.
nervousness and obstinacy.
A mouth to be perfect should b
large and shapely. the corners straight
or very slightly inclined to droop;
lips neither thick nor thin and 0rnRY'
but easily closed.
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PLACE FOR PRICED RECIPES.
Cookery Book" Keeps Them Always
Handy for Reference.

From time to time there appear val
liable little recipes that are well worth
cutting out and arranging in book 80
that they may be easily turned up
for reference when required. Our
sketch illustrates good kind of book
for this purpose that is not dificult to
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no wasted effort now in embroidering
American beauties and the like on
huge centerpieces, that do not sur
vive three visits to the laundry.
For linens, cross-stitch is much In
favor, although it takes time, OF
course, just as all needlework worth
while does; but the lasting beauty
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1t should be of the softest. finest W
riety. and the skill of the designer II
displayed not only in the graceful
shaping and posing Of these huge son
choux, but in the harmonizing Of their
colors. Here indeed il the touchstons
of the milliuer's art.
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prepared to find these 'lily-footed"
women such a merry, lively lot. as
they toddle about on the points of
their distorted feet. In answer to a
remark upon this, an experienced
missionary said, There is no doubt
that the suffering incident to foot
binding has been greatly exaggerated"
II China had no worse evil than this
one she would have small need for
missionaries.
Not that the foot-binding is other
than a bad practice; it is needless,
stupid, hurtful and probably worse
than the tight lacing of the white
woman. Progressive Chinese and mis-
sionaries have all united to break up
the custom. The girls of mission
schools are always required to I'M
bind their feet; the chief reason why
older Christian women do not always
do so is because the pain suffered
from unbinding would be greater than
the Inconvenience of the small feet.
Peasant women are usually big-foot.
ed; so also is the empress dowager
and all other Manchu women. The
Manchus never followed the practice
of binding feet
So substantial has been the prog.
ress made in this reform that the
Anti-foot Binding Society, vigorously
led by Mrs. A. Little, and served by
many European ladies', recently closed
out its affairs, after ten years of &C
tive campaigning. The fight for big
feet is now so far won that its further
prosecution is left to the Chinese
themselves.
Waging. War on Opium.
Everybody knows that Chinese
smoke opium; strangers to this land
do not realize to what an extent it has
permeated the national fabric, so that
1t has debilitated the physical
strength of China and Slapped the
moral fiber of its countless victims
To an even greater extent than strong
drink, opium units its user for use
fulness. For years the missionaries
have hammered away at this seeming
ly hopeless subject, Rev. DR.. H. C
DuBose, of Soochow, being the most
tireless and dauntless opponent Of
| opium In the empire.
At last the lethargic nation has
been stirred. The Chinese them
selves have become concerned at the
, spectacle Of their public men made
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It's the srosue.

"Why do we call a handcuff a
bracelet" asked the commissioner OF
an Irish recruit at a recent police ex-
animation. Faith. bekase 1t IL in
tended for artist" replied the appli.
cant. And he got the position q
once.
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gives and never does forget any allu
sion to it which in his mind savors
of ridicule.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
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otammerIns Not Always Due to De-
fects in Vocal Organs.

~Stammering is often more the re-
anti of habit than from any defect OF
the vocal organs" says Prof. B. L.
Pavyer. at is generally, If not al
ways, caused by spasm OF the
ssrnyx, resulting from nervous con-
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have
Waa Worth Stealing.

A woman dentist recently stopped
with gold a hole in the tusk of CIR
Gus elephant at INNSBRUCK, Germany,
but a few nights later the filing
worth $40, was stolsn.
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STUDY in Natural History.

Teacher-What are marsupials?
Boy-Animals which have pouches
In their stomachs.
Teacher-What do they have
pouches for?
Boy-To crawl into and conceal
themselves in wnen they are pursued.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14
sortina of House Refuse.

While the st. Louis municipal au-
thorities are arranging to collect all
house refuse, which plan contemplates
the passage of an ordinance requiring
all families to keep garbage in enc
receptacle. ashes and dust in another,
paper, rags and other inflammable
waste in a third, they might do we'll to
consider the system that has prevailed
in Charlottenburg. Germany, since April
1, says the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
There houselolders are compelled to
keep three separate cans for the refuse
and all are constructed with special
regard to sanitation. The householder
may keep all these in his house, as
many have to do, having no yards, but
if he does. he must stow them in an
alright chest. In order to prevent any
company from getting control of the
business Of supplying these can Char
%lottenburg exercises the monopoly,
charging the citizens only the actual
cost of production for them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14
THE WAR ON SIGNS.
Massachusetts Minister Who Is Keep
BUSY Choppinu Them Down..

Massachusetts, Minister Who Is Kept
Busy Chipping Them Down.
a placid town of high attitudes and
summer s%ojourners resounds with the
din of war, in which the Congregation
al minister of the town, the Rev. S.
G. Wood, is the liveliest and ~fiercest
combatant, says a Blandford Mass.)
special to, the New York Tribune. The
Rev. Mr.. Wood a Y that advertising
signs and billboards must go from
Blandford, and billposters are begin
ming to avoid the town as though it
was full of mad dogs. The minister is
known as "the minister militant and
"caretaker of the charm of the earth"
by his enemies, but neither names nor
threats daunt him in the slightest.
Every morning while the fight was
at its height the reverend gentleman.
accompanied by his stalwart, college
graduate son and armed With an AK,
started out in a wagon to hew down
the billboards. He secured the coun-
try all around, and whether the adver-
Using sign was on private property or
not made no difference to him. He
knew it was not legal to touch boards
on private property, but he depended
OH public sentiment to prevent the
property owners making a row.
The advertising agents expostulated
with him. argued With him, tried to
compromise with him, held out induce
ments to him and threatened him.
but he neither looked nor listened and
fastened on to the next billboard. In
order to get the best of him his enc
mics placed high in the trees along the
country roads little wooden signs IN
nouncing the value of a certain shoe
polish. When the minister learned of
this he hitched up, called to his son
and made for those trees. The minis
ter is fifty-two Years old and too old to
climb trees, but his son was eager
and willing to use his college athletics
in some practical way, and the signs
came down. All the small boys of the
place aid him by reporting to him the
minute an advertising sign is put up,
and an improvement league is being
formed to assist him. But so far he
has done most of the strenuous work
himself, and it is said that every time
his horse sees an advertising sign he
stops and refuses to go on until it
has been torn down..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14
Concrete For Paving.

Concrete is now being employed for
paving purposes in towns as we'll as
cities. This material promises smooth
ness, cleanliness of surface and dura-
bility, says the Washington Star. A
foundation of cinders to the depth Of
ten inches is first made and permitted
to pack we'll for a week. Then the
concrete curbing is made in the usual
manner Finally the concrete is mixed
and thrown into place, considerably
higher in the center and sloping to
either gutter. Immediately before the
concrete hardens it is marked off with
an instrument to resemble a pavement
laid with brick. This method will in.
sure Il firm footing for draft horses 10
the winter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14
A BLACK HAND MYSTERY.
The Disappearance of Pasquale Patti,
Italian Banker.

The Disappearance Of Pasquale Patti,
Italian Banker.
There is much mystery connected
with b disappearance from New York
of the Italian banker, Pasquale Patti,
and his family. 1t was supposed that
his flight was due to fear of death at
the hands of Black Hand operators.
When his institution, a private bank,
was opened after his disappearance
and no funds We're found in the vaults
some began to charge that the banker
used the alleged Black Hand attacks
and threats as an excuse for precipi-
tate flight, leaving depositors in the
lurch. There was a very excited mob
in front Of the bank when the receiv-
er's announcement that no funds had
been found was made.
"All that talk of Black Hand threats
was rubbish" shouted one man in the
crowd. ut was only an excuse to get
away with u money. He has rob
bed us of our savings. We want re-
venge. Shall We have it," he yelled
and the mob took up the cry and
surged against the building until the
police fought it back.
The day following PATHS disappear
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

United States at Il foreign capital. His
fortune is said to III away up in the
millions. Part of it was inherited,
part came from his wife, and part rep
resents the judicious investments he
has made in iron and steel industries
and in iron lMineS in Minnesota. He is
sixty years old and has been lawyer,
railway president and historical stu
dent, n of his works being a volume
covering the career of Lafayette in
the Revolution. His father was a
classmate Of Charles Sumner at Har-
ward, and the son studied at that insti-
tuition, graduating in 1872 and after
ward spending several Years in travel
and study abroad. His wife, whom he
of Oakland, Cal. He served at the
courts of Vienna and st. Petersburg
before his appointment to Berlin. AT
Vienna the Towers occupied the pal
ace Of a grand duke and at one of
their dinners laid plates for 200 guests.
AT st. Petersburg they dazzled the
court by their entertainments, and
while there Mr.. Tower appeared on
state occasions in cooked hat, gold en-
broidered uniform and court sword, as
the regulations OF the court chamber
lain suggest is proper for one in his
position. For the Koenigsplatz, his
Berlin residence, he pays $4,000 a
year, or more than his salary, and it
is said that the value Of the furnish
ings he has placed in it represent sew
fral hundred thousand dollars. The
kaiser has made much of Ambassador
Tower and has often dined with him.
Dr.. Hill. like Mr.. Tower, is a histo-
RAN and has made a speciality of the
history of diplomacy. Being our min
lister at The Hague during the peace
conference of last year. be and his
wife, who is accounted a very bril-
liant woman. distinguished themselves
In the entertainment of the learned
men who We're assembled there. They
occupied Il modest villa. but made it
very Interesting by the treasures they
have gathered in different parts of the
world. Dr.. Hill was born f%ifty-seyep
years ago in Plainfield, N. j., and was
the president of Rochester university
before he was thirty years old. Nc
Kinley made him assistant secretary
of state In 1897. He is the author of
numerous works on diplomacy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14
THE KYAITTEYo PAGoDA.
Its Seemingly Dangerous Position on a
Rocking Bowlder.

There are a good many rocking
powders in the world. One of the
most remarkable is in the Andes of
South America. Often persons sitting
beneath it are overcome with the idea
that it is about to fall upon them. One
would think the same kind of impress
sion would be made upon any one
who made the experiment Of sitting
or standing Immediately beneath the
Kyaitteyo pagoda on the Kelasa hills,
in Burma. 1t is supposed to be
miraculously balanced and held in
place by Il hair of the great teacher
and prophet of India. Gautama Bud
dha. which is believed by the faithful
to lie beneath the bowlder. It does
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14
PETITION TO SPARE A TREE.
Why Independence (Mo.) Aldermen
Needed an Appeal From Citizens.

Why independence (Mo.) Aldermen
Needed an Appeal From Citizens.
How trees endear themselves to
mankind and prove an attraction to
any town is described in the following
article:
The council of Independence, Mo-,
was in session the other night trans
acting routine business. When the
time came for "petitions and commu-
nications' the clerk reported a petition
from citizens of West Walnut street
asking that a large walnut tree in
front of lot "a, Sawyer place, be al
lowed to stand, Notwithstanding the
fact that steps we're being taken to i'm
prove the street, says the Kansas City
Star. The petition was signed by
twenty-nine people living in the neigh
borhood.
In the carly days of Independence
fine groves of walnut trees We're to be
found in various parts of town, but
most of these have disappeared. This
tree in question stands in front of y
new house built by II. r. TrOwbridge.
a business man, and he entered the
| council chamber to add his prayers to
| those of the twenty-nine signers of the
petition.
eff that tree is dug up said Mr..
Trowbridge to the members of the
| council, cit will cause deep SORROW, not
only to my two boys, but to fifty-seven
others in the neighborhood that make
it a meeting place. In behalf of thel.1
as we'll as myself. l ask you to spare
that tree
Councilman William Pitt lives in the
neighborhood of the tree. 'You see
said Mr.. Pitt, smilingly, chat Mr..
| Trowbridge is q lover of the children.
1t isn't every man who would encour-
age the gathering of half a hundred
boys that near his home"
The council spared the tree on con-
dition that Mr.. Trowbridge build a re-
tanning wall around it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

the place of an American who has cut
such a social swath as Ambassador
Tower has at Berlin. But nobody
supposed that objection would be
raised in any quarter to the presi-
dents appointment of DR.. Hill to the
post, and when 1t was learned that
such objections had been expressed by
William himself a sensation was very
naturally created. That these objec-
tons were subsequently withdrawn
did not diminish the interest the whole
affair created in diplomatic circles.
One authority explained that "the kai-
ser's objections to DIR. Hill rested ex-
plicitly on the fear that American
diplomatic prestige in Germany would
suffer if there should be any diminu-
ton in the embassy's social brillian-
cy."
DR.. Hill is eminent as a scholar, as
was Mr.. Towers predecessor, Andrew
d. White. DR.. White, being a man of
small means, had to live economically
at the German capital. DR.. Hill is not
a rich man, though he has some income
besides that supplied him by Uncle
Sam. Both he and Mrs. Hill are So
cially gifted and thoroughly schooled
i'll he usages of polite society, but they
could not maintain at Berlin the scale
of hospitality of the Tower regime.
Ambassador Tower is one of the rich
est men ever selected to represent the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

PATTI BANK, NEW YORK, DURING A Rum.
ance q notice was found on the door of
the bank reading:
To My Clients:
L will suspend payment for two weeks.
1 am compelled to leave town, as 1 have
received threatening letters and people
nave attempted to take my life. There
are no fears for your deposits. Besides
cash, | own siXty-five houses in New
York and ave my life insured for $780,
600, and l can pay everybody. I will re-
sumo in two weeks.
PASQUALE PATTI & SONS.
Shortly before his disappearance Pati
had an encounter With a man who. he
claimed, held him up in the bank at
the point of a revolver and tried to ex.
tort a large sum from him. The bank
err pulled his own gun and shot the in
truder, killing him. He was eXonerat-
ed by the coroner's jury. He claimed
that various attempts had been made
by Black Hand agents against his life
and that the conspirators had sought
to burn his home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14
Reward For Ten Words.

Business men Of Emporia, Kan, are
Offering a reward Of 500 to the Kan
sas editor who will write the best ten
words about Emporia. The winning
words will be used as a city slogan Of
publicity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

THE kYAlIIEYO PAGODA, IN BURMA.
seem to the observer as if nothing but
a miracle could prevent the great rock
from rolling eli its perch and blowing
its way through the dense jungle be
low, Through this jungle, which is in
Tested with snakes and tigers and wild
elephants with voracious appetites.
come hundreds of faithful followers of
Buddha on pilgrimages to the shrine
on top of the bowlder. They believe
that the performance of the pilgrimage
counts a good deal toward increasing
he high standing they will enjoy in
the next world. The place is several
The pilgrims make many offerings.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

A. O. o.. W.-Langdon Lodge meets in the
Workman hall the first and third Monday OF
each month. ~ nj w
THos. SHEEHAN, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

LODGEOF PERFECTION.-Langdon No.8
holds regular communications on the first and
third Th1rsdays' of each month at the Masonic
compile. - ~ uu, NJ
ROBERT WORK., Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

w. o. W.-Excelsior Lodge No. 81, meets on
the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month
in the Woodman Hall.
F. E. B. MERCER, c.. c.
A, e. L1NDsTRoM, Clerk.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

G. o. E. No. s0s-St. Alphonsus Court, meets
on the first and third Wednesdays OF each
month in their hall over the Moo on y of :
Bank. JOHN SHEEHAN' u H.
JOS 6. SCHILL, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

AT "a. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds, regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
aecond and fourth Fridays of each month.
j. kELLAND, w. Nj.
j. H. BAN, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

DEGREE OF HoNoR.-Meets in the Work
man hall on the first and third Friday'sof each
month. TT
Mes. BELLE BIRMINGHAM, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

M. ". A.-Langdon Camp, No. 1880 meets in
the Woodman hall the second and fourth
Mondays of each month";.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

LADY G, o. Est. Mary's Court, meets at
the Forester hall on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month.
MRS. VIM. FLUMERFELT, G. R.
MRS. Al. KoEHMsTEDT, Rec. Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

K. o. T. M.-Langdon Tent of Maccabces
meet in the Forester hall the first and third
Thursdays of each mouth.
R. B. F%ALCoNER, Commander.
M. MORRISON r. K.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

YEoMEN.-Meet in the X. of P. hall, on the
arst and third Thursdays of each month.
THos. SHEEHAN, Yeoman.
G. C. CRAWFORD, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

LADY MACCABEES.-Langdon Hive of the
Lady Maccabees meet in the K. of p. hall
the first and third Monday ofeach month.
'No MRs. BELLE BIRMINGHAM Commander.
MRS. j. C. McCoMBE Record Keeper.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

DE- .-Langdon Temple holds regular com.
nunications on the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month at the Masonic hall: Wy
"A'' Sec'v S. G. KERR, w. P.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14
David ]. Hill and
C%harIemagne Tower
The New and the Old Ambassador to
Germany - Why the Kaiser
"Butted In"-DazzIed
by Tower.
VvYHEN DR.. David
" j. Hill was Sc
lnotal to S11n.


Charlemagne Tower
at the court of Ber-
lin it was remarked
at the time that this
was a case of a
comparatively poor
man succeeding a
rich one in an i'm
portant diplomatic
position. There was
some wonder as to
how DR.. Hill would
get along i'm fi1lino
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-14

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.--Meet on Wednes-
day evening of each week at the K. of P. hall.
E.. H. GORDON, &C.
F. W. B~LEAKLEY, Recorder.