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sail away to distant, savage country he knew not where and in the morning be so far from home that he could never get back He might even go to China, he thought away to the other end of the world And his heart sank he thought of 1t. Poor lost Dumping tried hard to keep awake; but he tired from much excitement and such unusual exercise and his eyes closed in spite of all he could do to keep them open. The cloud was soft and comfortable, 50 at last he fell asleep.
 The sun was shining brightly when he awoke He looked down from his cloud to see where he was. All below him great desert of rocky plains. burnt and dry from the heat of the sun. Here and there he saw droves of sheep and oxen, and sionally or two but they looked very foreign to him.
 And now Dumpling discovered that he hun gry. And the became hotter and hotter He crawed down into a shadowy nook of his cloud to try to keep cool. While he sat there, rehecting over his mishap and wondering where he could get a breakfast. he discovered that his cloud had grown smaller while he was sleeping. And even now, as he looked seemed to be breaking up. It also became thinner and more transparent, and he was surprised to find that he could almost through it. The hot sun was drying it up.
 Tn the of few hours, though to Dump ling it seemed much shorter time, the larger part of his cloud had melted away before his eyes. Here danger What would become of him if 1t disappeared entireyI
 He no longer could move about it with safety, for steadily big pieces would break off and float 7 away. And now he noticed that the remnant of the cloud was also getting nearer to the earth all the
 If 1t only holds together till get therep he thought to himself. But he very much feared that it could not last long enough to let him down in safety Now he saw houses, plenty of them. He was just over great city: he could it stretching away in every direction. And what strange houses! He had never seen the like before. They were of such odd shapes, like great wooden tents. and all brightly colored
 Perhaps it $ China" he thought.
 Here the cloud began breaking up in most alarming manner Piece after piece broke off and melted away into the air Dumping scrambled from each shifting piece to another and held on for dear life. But they kept growing thinner and thin ner To his horror, he found that his feet went through and left holes. He felt that he must fall unless things changed at once But the sun grew hotter and hotter and the cloud still melted away before it. Dumplng felt himself rapidly sinking. He tried to hold to the last lump
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The Chinese boys were very fond of flying Kites, and as soon as there was any breeze they were out at play In the palace Dumping saw some inl- mense kites of odd shapes, bigger than men, He asked the people, by signs, to fly them They an- swered, by signs, that they needed much more wind
 Al last, one day there was strong breeze; the big kites were taken out and Dumping was de. lighted to great clouds high up in the sky.
 1.Qh, if could only get up to them!o he thought
 The men sent up the big kites. One of them pulled so hard that it took two to hold 1t. As soon as 1t was up a long way in inc sky,-amost to the clouds, 1t seemed to Dumpling,-they tied 1t hrmly to post. Then they came lowing to Dump
 ling, the Child of the Sun, show him that they had fulfilled his command They invited him to feel how strongly 1t pulled. Dumping surprised to find that he could not move the great kite though he used all his strength. Suddenly he thought. "A kite may do well as balloon to carry me up more he convinced that the idea would work. He was very homesic1 and very desperate. T will try 1t, at any rate he said at last; "I want go homeF So, while his unsuspecting attendants watched him adoringly. he suddenly cut the line which held the kite and holding to it firmly. away he sailed.
 The prince and his guards, when they saw him go, fell down on their faces, crying, The Child of the Sun is vexed with us, and he has gone back to his house i'll the sky
 The kite soon carried Dumpling up among the clouds; and as he was so used to travelling in this way he easily dropped off upon soft, thick one, and soon was speeding away toward home
 As he had made early start, he reached his own part of the world just before dark
 He ssilfuy dropped from one cloud to another. untV quite near the earth When he approached hls home his cloud swayed by a gust of wind and his weight passed close the tops of the forest trees. Dumpling managed to drop in the branches, and, after some trouble, succeeded in climbing down to the ground, again safely at home
 "Hehyl DumPlingl I~say, Dumpling! Where your"
 Dumping rubbed his eyes and looked out There he saw the other boys with lanterns in their hands It was quite dark. They were looking for him.
 Indeed, but you do sleep well! said Victor. Did nit you hear the supper bell7"
 "We thought you were lost, and have been hunt ing for you for the last hour" added George
 What have you been dreaming about this time, Dumpling? asked Howard, laughing.
 But Dumping would mt tell In fact, he is nt sure yet whether it dream not.
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loon sailing the wood and coming toward the village. At once all excitement, for balloon sight to the boys As it ap-l preached, the occupants of the basket dropped long rope, shouting to them to catch hold and make 1t fast to post They wished to come down. The, boys eagerly for the rope; but the balloon was going too fast, and they unable to hold it. Take around that post" called one of the men from above. But before the eager boys, tug ging with all their might, could do as they were asked, sudden gust lifted the balloon and they. carried off their feet dragged along, their toes barely touching the ground
 "Let go, let gor shouted the men, alarmed lest the boys should be hurt. The boys, now somewhat frightened. let the rope slide through their hands, and tumbled and rolled on the ground, unable to stop themselves. But Dumpling, always too slow: the last to take hold, he now the last to let go In fact, he did nt let go all; for just he was making up his mind to do SO, the balloon, freed from the weight of the other boys, with a jump, carrying him high up from the ground
 Stop, hold on, stopl l want to get down." cried poor Dumpng, very anxious to let go But the above cried out to him to hold on for dear life for they that should he fall from such height he would surely be hurt, and perhaps seri- ously. So Dumpng set his teeth and held on.
 At last quite low down, he found himself drag ing across Mere Seigles garden. The linen was hanging out on the lines to dry Now Dump ling chance: he decided to drop; but just he had come to this conclusion. sheet Tapped around his
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Dumpng thought they looked very funny with their smooth-shavcd heads, and long pigtais of hair hanging down their backs And their eyes, too, were queer, running up at the corners. And they wore strange shoes and strange clothes. It all looked very funny to him. When he smiled at them the people shouted in their joy for they thought it d sign of his great favor and that he would bring them much happiness and glory.
 For the first few days he enjoyed himself seeing howcry gardens. A guard of soldiers always car red him about; and since they could Tt understand
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PONE-BREAD. By GRACE MCGOWAN COOKE.

Little Bobby Black,
 He's a-singn' for snack An what shall we make him from de meal in de sack1 Go chunk up de fire wid piece O hick'ry wood,
 Mix up de dough,
 Pat it de hoe An, sinner, did v ever taste hoe-cake? Oh, sinner, did y ever eat ash-cake? Elf y didn't y don know what's good (sABxirA 4y Ms ctnfs,, comS~Ay.
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him, he made signs when he wanted anything and everybody ran to wait upon him. But after while he grew very homesck and could think of no way be very far off
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DUMPLING'S WONDERFUL VOYAGE
 By BOYD SMITH,
By E. BOYD SMITH.

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-10-15
An application for abatement of taxes

An application for abatement of taxes
was presented by Robert Patterson ask
ing that the 1907 taxes on the S. e. OF
Section 10, Township l63, Range 80, be
lowered from S707 to 1861 for the reason
that this quarter section is assessed
higher than land of the same quality in
the same neighborhood also that build
ings are assessed and there are no build
ings on this land
Resolved, that the application be
granted and the Auditor is hereby in
structed to lower the tax accordingly.
An application for abatement of taxes
was presented by Mrs NJ. Young asking
that her personal property assessment
in Seivert township be lowered from S27
to 81 for the reason that household
furniture assessed to her in Seivert
township valued at twenty dollars was
not owned by her at the time of assess
ment and she had no household furni-
ture whatever in Seivert township at
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-10-15
(OFFICIAL)
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Beard Of Csuaty Commissioners.
(OFFICIAL)
CAVALIER COUNTY. n. d.

Minutes of the regular meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners of
Cavalier county, North Dakota, held at
the Auditors Office in the City of Lang
don, North Dakota. on October 9TH, 1908
at two o'clock p m.
Present: Ole l. Gjevre, chairman and
Commissioners A. A. Seeley, M. Nc
Knight, John Reid and D. Weinecke.
The minutes of the last regular meet
ing of the Board OF Equalization were
read and upon motion approved.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet on Tuesday, October 9Th, 1908, at
nine o'clock a. m.
TUESDAY, October 9th, 1908.
The board reconvened pursuant to
adjournment.
All members present.
The minutes of the last meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners were
read and corrected to. read as follows:
Amount granted for improvements
on road from Elkwood to the new steel
bridge across the Pembina river, one
hundred dollars" instead of lone hun
dred and fifty dollars" and then upon
motion approved.
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed:
II. l.. Francis, county supplies. $40 GO
q. H. Morton, board and lodging
of Mr.. Gallagher, county poor 90
DR.. H. W. f. Law, salary as
county physician, one quarter 81 IS
q. KristjoDson, care and board
of G. Emerson, county poor. 10 OO
f. A. Mcdonald, office and vault
rent one quarter ......... 10 W
Grand Forks Herald, county
supplies. oO
DR.. S. G. Gibson, salary as
county physician, one quarter 30 OC
I'll. G. Russian, rent of house for
A. hnutson, county poor..... I 5C
Syver Gunderson, care and
board OF Thore Vetten, county
poor from July 1st, 1908, to Oct.
LIST, 1908 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 60 OC
VIM. Geo. Mckay, sheriff's fees
at Morden. Man, in case of
State VS.. Gilmore. e............ &c
j.. L. Briden, goods for Alex.
Longer, county poor for April,
May and June 1908. ........ IL OC
Sam Braaten, delivering Ole
Omestad, county poor from
Wang to Langdon. .......... 1 5(
John Blackburn, services as
county PHYSICAL for second
quarter ending June 30, 1908. l6 q
Dr. r. E. Cutfe, services as
county physician for same
quarter as above $l625 Disallowed.
Thos Sheehan, laundry for
PAAooHotS... ,.....'. - "e
On motion board adjourned to meeI
at two o'clock p. m.
TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 1908.
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that time
Resolved that the application be
granted and the Auditor is hereby in
structed to lower the tax accordingly.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet on Wednesday, October 7th. 1908.
WEDNESDAY,, October I. 1908.
The board reconvened pursuant to
adjournment
All members present.
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed:
Thos. Sheehan, postage, express
and exchange e. s34 80
district court vouchers ... Pope 80
st. Joseph's Home, st. Cloud,
Mimi. to hospital care. etc, of
Mrs. Ducosse, county poor. Sc so
w. A. Mcintyre fees as referee
in case of State VS.. Churchill. 80 90
E. r. Fletcher, fees as steno-
grapher in case of State VS..
Churchill. 40 %
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-10-15

All members present.
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed:
Walker Bros. & Hardy,
County supplies. ............. " OO
Two voting booths. 80. .. 20 90
County supplies. ............ l so
B e. Groom, mileage for quar-
ter ending Sept. 30, 1908 49,. l59 10
Postage, etc 80 80
Thos. Sheehan, county treasurer
money advanced for tianspor
tation of transient poor r,... 10 80
DR.. S. G. Gibson, fees, county
coroner, "Errickson case. Is 90
Boyd & Holland, wood for Mrs.
Venne, county poor. IA rs
Langdon Light Co., light for
Court House and supplies, for
quarter ending September. 30,
I9US ................... 90 Id
DR.. Fl. w. f. Law, hospital care
and nursing of Mrs. Geo.
Stevens. county poor. ...... 10 30
C.J. Kelly, goods for Mrs. Venne,
county poor 800
The following bids were received for
furnishing coal and wood for the ensuing
year as follows:
Boyd e. Holland, twelve cords of
mill wood. TO w
nr n Il ,; wi
per cord.
Birch and tamerack per cord. 81 %
Jack pine per cord .... 6 %
Patrick H. Kelly, jack pine per
cord. 70
Armenia Elevator Co., fifty tons
Hooking Valley coal, at s775
per ton, delivered at the Court
House.
Langdon Lumber Co., Yough-
wugheny or iiocklng Valley
coal $500 per ton, delivered
at the Court House
On motion the bids of the Langdon
Lumber Company to supply coal at
seven dollars per ton delivered in the
basement of the Court House and the
bid of Boyd & Holland for wood at $3.50
per single cord were accepted.
AS provided in Section 1885, of the
Revised Codes of 1905. Resolved the
Auditor be instructed to issue warrant
on the County General Fund for the
sum of $50 20 for the redemption of tax
sale certificate No. $3.50 said certificate
being for the 1906 tax on the south west
quarter of Section 5, Township 159,
Range 60. Said tax having been sold
through error.
An application for abatement of taxes
was presented by G. E. Dustin, asking
that the 1907 assessment on building in
Clyde village, North Dakota be lowered
from S266 to 1925 for the reason that the
actual value of the lumber in said
buildings shown by bills Is 1921 and the
per centage of assessment adopted by
the various assessors of Cavalier county
is about one third of the value of the
lumber.
Resolved that the application be grant
ed and the Auditor is hereby instructed
to lower the tax;accordingly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-10-15
ErERNnoN SESSION

The board reconvened pursuant to
adjournment.
All members present.
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-10-15

On motion the following bills were
allowed after having been passed by the
County Board of Health:
[. NJ. Law, NJ d. establishing
aud removing quarantine and
mileage. Observation-Disclosures. II so
DIR. j. y. Mckay, establishing
and removing quarantine. -. 10 20
DR.. j. a. Mckay, establishing
aud removing quarantine and
mileage NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II 60
w. A. Ferguson 4 Co. medicine
for B hercher, county poor. l 90
DR.. j A. Mckay, establishing
and removing quarantine and
mileage II 90
A justice report of Daniel Shanks, j
F., was presented and upon mot on the
following fees were allowed:
State vs.. II NJ Churchill:
Daniel Shanks, justice fees. . 4 90
Jas. Thompson, constable fees. 30 30
Thos. Costello, witness fees. 6 90
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-10-15
Alice K. Omlie, care and board
of Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Skette.

Alice K. Omlie, care and board
of Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Skette-
berg, for quarter ending Sep
tember 30, 1908. 100 90
P. G. johnson, expense of States
Attorneys office for quarter
ending September 30, 190S.. 50 80
Ed. Olson, witness fees on States
Attorneys subpoena. ....... 3 30
Allan Pinkerton, register of
deeds, postage ETC., one quar-
Observation-Disclosures. % 30
filing military lists. ....... II so
recording bonds and appoint
ments of township and county
officers, etc.. c.,................. POP 90
Alsen Mercantile Co., goods for
Burns family while IN quaran-
tine NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s s5
Peter Reid, sheriff, sheriff's fees 339 O5
A justice report of Jas. Templeton, J.
p, was presented and upon motion the
following fees were allowed:
State of North Dakota VS.. Everett
Stead:
Jas. Templeton, justice fees. 81 Al
On motion the board adjourned te
meet at two o'clock p M.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. I 1908.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The board reconvened pursuant to
adjournment
All members present.
On motion the following bills were
audited and allowed:
M. H. Row Il Son, rent for Mrs
Nenne, county poor for three
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Continued to he Eighth Page
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-03
WILL NOT BE
REINSTATED
Postal Employees Who Resign to En-.
gage in Political Work Can't
Return.

Postmaster General Meyer desires
ment to the effect that republican or
democratic employees in the postal
service who resign their positions for
tho purpose of engaging in political
struggles, national, state or otherwise,
with the expectation of being rein
stated after the coming election, will
find themselves out in the cold. He
has just issued another general or
der" on this subject, directing the at
tention of all officers and employees
the postal service generally to the fol
lowing circular. issued by the civil
service commission. under date of
September 1, 1908:
The commission desires to inform
each of the departments and the indie
pendent executive officers of it's atti-
tude toward employees in the classified
service who resign to become candi.
date for office or to engage il active
political work, and who afterwards
seek reinstatement Inasmuch as the
issuance of certificate is discretion
airy with the commission on certifi-
cate will be issued in any case where
the party seeking reinstatement re.
signed with a view of running for of.
flee or indulging in a degree of politi.
cal activity which would be prohibited
if he had remained in the service and
who afterwards having failed in his
candidacy, or having INDUCED in the
contemplated political activity, seeks
reinstatement"
This ruling of the civil service com
mission was approved by the presi
dent, says the postmaster general, and
the postmaster general was so mott
fled in a letter from the secretary tc
the president, dated September 10
1908, which read as follows:
81 am directed by the president to
inform you that he approves of the
circular of the civil service commits
sion of September /. in reference tc
employees of the classified service who
resign to become candidate for Office
or to engage in active political work
and who afterward seek re-instase
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-03
ILLINOIS NOTES

y i a u IN
The Carthage college, foot bali seized.
ule for the season is as follows.
Oct. 3, FIT. Madison at Carthage.
Oct. II, Carthage at Quincy.
Oct. "a, Keokuk at Carthage.
Oct. 81, Quincy at Carthage.
Nov. Z, Carthage at Fl Madison.
Nov. IA, Jacksonville at Carthage.
Nov. 81, Carthage at Keokuk.
Nov. 26, Carthage at Jacksonville.
w. H. Hainline of Macomb has been
appointed by Gov. Deneen on the com
mission to erect monument to the
memory of the union soldiers who died
In the Andersonville prison. The an
polntmeat is one well bestowed as Mr..
Hainline was a prisoner in that mem.
cradle institution.
wreck occurred in the @. yards at
Bushnell last Sunday night about 10
O'Clock in which James Concidine a
fireman on the Beardstown branch OF
the c., B. & Q. lost his life.
About 7:45 o'clock SATURDAY. night
Nose Caffeine, resident of Walnut
Grove township, whose home is five
miles northeast of Good Hope. met
instant death in Bushnell by being
run over by train of cars on the C.
B. & c. railroad. The tragedy oc
CURED about half a mile south oil
the depot and there were no witness
es to the occurrence.
The Christian church in Burnside
was built in 1872 since which time D
G. Tyner has been janitor and las
week the members presented him witt
a nice chair with automatic bach
which he appreciates very highly. He
has been faithful to his trust.
Warsaw Bulletin: On Sunda,
next, Oct. 4th, the annual mission fes
tival will be held at the Lutheran
church. The morning services will b.
in German, beginning at 10 O'Clock
and will be conducted by Rev. C. A
Eberhardt, of Arenzville, I'll. The at
ternoon services, beginning at 2:3t
o'clock, will be in English. The Rev
f. Berg of Beardstown, vice presiden
o; the Central Illinois synodical dis
trict of the Lutheran church, ha.
promised to be present and delive
a sermon on missions. The evening
services, also in English, and begin
ming at 7:30 O'Clock, will be conducted
! by Rev. A. Slowing, of Chaplin, III. A
each of the services free will offering
will be taken up for missionary pur
| poses. Instructive sermons and inter
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estlng reports from the mission fields
are promised. Services are free for
for all who desire to attend, and the
Lutherans of Keokuk, Alexandria and
Keystone, Mo-, are especially invited
The Adrian depot was discovered to
be On fire night this week Prompt
work after the discovery, saved it. A
pile of old books and papers saturated
with oil and set afire was doing good
service towards burning the building
Joseph Hilberer, former resident
of Warsaw, died at his home in Alton,
Saturday, Sept. 49, 1908, aged So years.
5 months and q days, of carcinoma
of the liver, after an illness that dated
from April 10th last
Richard White of Carthage is show
ing specimens of three crops of apples
and one blossom from one tree in lis
yard this year. The first crop. which
blossomed in April, yields a large, red
apple of delicious flavor. The tree
blossomed every month since April
The May blossoms died The June
blossoms produced apples as also did
July and August, specimens of which
are on our table. The September bios.
som is as fresh and fragrant as an ap-
pie orcahrd in the spring. The tree is
a curiosity
Up at Nauvoo protest was made
against John Bauerman and wife as
unfit persons to rear their three chill
dren, Bessie, Henrietta and John. agel
IA, II and years respectively, and al
though the parents were in court and
vehemently protested. Judge James.
after hearing the evidence, decided tine
complaint was well grounded, took the
children from them, and will endeavor
to find homes for them
The post cftlce at Swan Creek, lit
tie hamlet in the south part of War
rem county, and miles north of Good
Hope, was visited by robbers last Fri
day morning who blew open the safe
and robbed it of stamps and money to
the amount of $500 and two gold rings
and a gold watch belonging to the
| lady assistant in the post office.
w. w. Switzer. C. b. & @. station
agent at Tennessee was the victim Of
a cowdardly assault at the hands of
| three young men of that village Fri
| day evening in which he received some
painful but not dangerous injuries.
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ment. His instructions and statements
hav been explicit, viz, that the people
within the classified service stand on
an entirely different footing from
those without, and those within must
not render political service of this
kind. The president directs that the
circular be complied with ty each
head of department"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-03
KORN KARNIVAL
AT BOWEN, i'll.
viii be Given in That Place on
October IA and is Fer
the Fifth Annual
Time.
TIE LIST OF PREMIUMS
Neshborns Illinois City Has Made
Big Preparations For
Most Entertaining At
fair.

The fifth annual Korn Karnival at
Bowen, H., will be held on October / 4
and Is and plans have been made for
most interesting and entertaining
exhibition. Besides the corn show,
there will be an exhibit of horses and
poultry for which premiums are Of
fered
The premium list for corn, is as fol
lows: