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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
Plenty of Room.


If toward the politicians
You feel crossgrained and sore,
Just start another party
We need a dozen more.
There might as we'll be twenty
To mingle in the game
And give more worthy people
A chance for short lived fame.
With half Il dozen parties,
And sometimes only three,
What chance for the ambitious
To be a nominee?
Whereas. if there were fifty,
Though lacking some were found,
There'd be enough of honor
TO partly go around.
If every little ism
And every lovely fad
Would nominate a ticket.
1t wouldn't be so bad.
hen many. passing worthy.
And * the hired man
Could tell their c%hildren's children
How once they also ran.
Then let the blanket ballot
Be ~broadened in extent
Unit its new dimensions
Are like a circus tent,
Or like. if you prefer it.
A mainsail in expanse,
And let us in the future
Give every one q chance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
REDUCING THE CIRCULATION.
Lesson For Local Application In Money
S%trinqency.

10Sson FoF Local Application In MONEY
Stringency.
This financial Depression" remark
ed the town philosopher. will turn out
to be not altogether an evil if it serves
to teach us the value of having plenty
of currency in circulation around
home. There is just as much money in
the nation today as there was three
months ago, but you can't see it. Our
cash took fright some weeks ago and
scurried into rat holes and other places
of private deposit. 1t was boarded at
home instead Of being left in the chan.
nels of trade. The result is that many
communities have been unable to find
cash enough to carry on their regular
lines Of business. Some factories have
had to shut down, others have reduced
their working force. and those still.
running at full tilt have had to pay
their hands in scrip, certificates and
other makeshifts for real money. 9th.
er business enterprises have had to re.
trench. The effect of this retrench.
ment is felt in the home. Even Santa
Claus this season has had to cut down
his customary generosity. The little
children, though they do not under.
stand why, are suffering because the
cash took fright and went into hiding.
"In every community there are per.
sons loud in their d%enunciation OF
Wall street, the stock gamblers, the
money manipulators or whoever it was
that caused the financial furry. You
can hear these indignant citizens on
the street corners crying down Wall
street with loud cries. Yet these same
folks are in the habit of doing things
that tend to bring about for the home
town and community just such a scar
city of money rs this depression shows
in kind if not in degree.
"They do 1T not by boarding their
money, but by what may be called ex.
Hing it. You will find them when they
have money to spend porting over big
catalogues from the gigantic genera
stores in the large cities which make g
specially of business at long range
These big concerns believe in the cen.
t~ralization of business. Theya act as pow
erful magnets, drawing to themselves
the loose cash lying around every com
munity. Our friends who decry Wal
street are frequently the very ones
who contribute most largely to the
city magnet. They send their money
out of the community, thus reducing
the local circulating medium. The re.
suit is that local business stagnates,
the town comes to a standstill if not
actually taking the inclined plane. and
people begin to cry that times are
hard.'
"Of course" concluded the town
philosopher. when you mail YOU
money to the city you are helping tc
build up the big stores there and thus
give employment to many clerks. But
what about the clerks in your own
town? What about your local stores!
Do you prefer to aid the big stores al
a distance rather than your home
stores, which are run by men you have
known all your lives? Patriotism be.
gins at home. Every citizen should dc
his best toward building up his own
community, and he certainly doesn't
add to the general welfare and to his
own best interests in the long run
when be does long distance buying
that he could do at home"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

ven last fall. when Yale showed thor
oughly better understanding of the
modern style of gridiron work, Cap
tain Parker is building up the speed
Of the Crimson players.
Frank Burr, Harvard's great guard,
is one of tbs strongest punters of re-
cent years. Many believe that in
Burrs kicking powers Harvard has
n of the most effective methods pos.
slble in making profitable use of the
rules.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
Whx ST siuhsd.

Il wonder why Debow & Brown
Don't paint their store?" 81 Jenkin,
sighed.
They'd do it sure II in the town
They took he proper sort Of pride"
Then silas straightway went and mailed
An order to a city store,
And that's why ID. & 3. have failed
To please him OF the painting score.
IT. Sapp, Jr.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
Humor ma Philosophy
BY DUNCAN M. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Ii any man has an idea that Il large
and attractive portion of his women
acquaintance are simply dying for
him, about now is when he gets the
jolt of his life.
Leap year comes only once in four
years, but it would seem that that is
quite enough to keep the men humble
and submissive.
1t is generally home where'er the in
stallment furniture is and where the
mortgage lightly rests.
1t is indeed fortunate that the days
are growing longer, for it takes some
men sixteen hours to do a days work.
Monotony is good for reflection, and
If you get too much of it there is al
ways dynamite.
We should like to see a little ommop
sense used occasionally, but there are
too many people who won't stand for
an innovation of any sort.
Many a time a woman has found
her way by sluicing through the gate
way of her tears.
Some people solve their problems and
others knock them in the head with.
an Ak.
Being brimful of good intentions is
all right if you possess sufficient execu-
tive ability and persuasive power to
induce your innocent fellow mortal to
carry them out.
A burning desire to begin at the 9th
er end is what negatives the energies
of too many people.
Prohibitive Handicap.
II can't get q pair Of shoes to fit
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
Good ~imauination.

"You couldn't believe that man If he
sWore on Il stack of dictionaries"
"He is something of Il liar. them"
Something? chat reprobate claims
to have gone around the Horn with the
feet. and it has hardly set SAIL
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
Prohibitive Handican.

~ can't get q pair of shoes to fit
me-"
THAT is strange, considering they
are made in such variety"
81 know they are. but what good
does that do a fellow when he hasn't
got the price?'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

A. F. ga. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
second and fourth Fridays of each month.
Fl. MCDONALD, w. Nj.
ROBERT WORK, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
Either Kind.

Put some of your small change away,
For you nay readily suppose
What you lay by for a rainy day
Will come in handy when it SHOWS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

G. o. E. No. 8OS-St. Alphonsus Court. meets
o the first and third Wednesdays of each
month in their hall over the Mooney State
Bank. JOHN SHEEHAN. c. r.
JOS q. SCHILL, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

A. o. q. W.-Langdon Lodge meets in the
Workman hall the first and third Monday of
each month.
J.J. SoUcH, M. w.
THos. SHEEHAN, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

M. w. Abingdon Camp, No. 2SSO meets in
the Woodman hall the second and fourth
Mondays of each month.
a. o. VOID, Clerk,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

YEoMEN.-Meet in the K. of P. hall, on the
first and third Thursdays of each month.
THos. SHEEHAN, Yeoman.
c. c. CRAWFORD, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

O.E. S.-Langdon Temple holds regular COM
munications on the first and third Tuesdays of
MRS. MCGRUER, MRS. R. WORK, W. NJ.
Sec'y. S. g. KERR, w. P.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

DEGREE OF HONOR.-Meets in the Work
man hall on the first and third Fridays of each
month.
MRS. JAS. LoYNBs, c. b.
MES. BELLE BIRMINGHAM, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

LADY G. o. Est. Mary's Court, meets at
the Forester hall on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month.
MRS. VIM. F"LUMERFELT, G. R..
MRS. A. I. KoEHMsTEDT, Rec. Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
The I'll WORLD
Football Talk.

In Captain Parker the Harvard elev.
en- has a heavyweight lineman who is
alert to the possibilities OF open foot.
ball, the onside kick and the forward
pass. With several veterans, among
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

NJ. B. A.-Modern Brotherhood of America
meets in the Workman Hall on the first and
third Wednesday Of each month.
IDA B. AYoTTE. President.
GEO. e. DuNNraAN. Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

LADY MACCABEEs.-Langdon Hive of the
Lady Maccabees meet in the K. of P. hall
the first and third Monday of each month.
MRS. Ellie BIRMINGHAM, Commander.
MRS. J. {. McCoMBE Record Keeper.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

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, G.. c.
A.. +. L1NpsrRoM, Clerk.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

LODGEOF PERFECTION.-Langdon No.
holds regular communication on the first and
third Thursdays of each month at the Masonic
Aemple.
w. F. WINTER, v. NJ.
ROBERT WORK, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

K. o. T. M.-Langdon Tent of Maccabees
meet in the Forester hall the first and third
Thursdays of each mouth.
R. B. FALcoNER, Commander.
M. MORRISON r. x.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.-Meet on Wednes-
day evening of each week at the K. of P. hall.
e. H. GORDON, G. C.
F.. ". BLEAKLEY. Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27
His Reason.

when take their things way from
them"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

To Him.
We are going to buy a piano."
How are you going to do itY'
"Have it sent up c. Q. d."
Sounds fshy."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

A burning desire to begin at the 9th
er end is what negatives the energies
Of too many people.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

Leap year ome only once in four
years, but it would seem that that is
quite enough to keep the men humble
and submissive.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-27

1t is indeed fortunate that the days
are growing longer, for it takes some
men sixteen hours to do a days work
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24
CONGREGATIONAL Bell Signals.

On the floor of the house the door
keeper has his desk, and it is here that
the bells are struck that give notice
Of the needs of Congress. One bell
calls for tellers when the house is in
committee of the whole; two bells in
dictate a call for yeas and nays; three
declare a recess; with four bells the
red light over the door goes out; five
bells mean ''call of the house." under
which the sergeant at arms is supposed
to summarily arrest any member on
sight and bring him in. whether on
foot or horseback. Any member who
is not present at a call of the house is
subjected to a severe reprimand Look
ing down the corridor, the going out of
the red light gives the curious sug-
gestion Of the tail end of a passenger
train dashing through a tunnel While
the red light burns bright and clear 1t
means that Congress is under way, but
when the light winks and goes out
then the visitors understand that the
wheels of legislation have ceased to re
Magazine.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24

1t Is announced from Washington
on country or farm life is fully organ
lied and about to take up Its work.
Prof. Bailey, of New York, who has
studied agricultural questions deeply
and written LUMINOSITY and interest
ingIy about them, has accepted the
Craftsmanship of the commission, and
we may be sure that the rather short
time which he and his associates have
at their disposal Will be husbanded in
accordance with the best principles OF
Intensive cultivation" 1t appears from
informal reports that the problem be-
fore the commission has already been
subdivided into the following subjects ::
Land supply, labor supply, communica-
ton, education and organization. Each
of these subjects admits Of subdivision,
and presumably under communication
the question Of social life and amuse-
ment on the farm, not only for the
adult but also for the younger people.
will claim a share of attention. The
possibilities of cooperation in the use
of improved machinery and in market
ing products will doubtless fall under
the heading of Organization" The flip
pant comments Of those who profess to
see something offensive in the alleged
effort to "uplift" the American farmer
cannot have made much impression on
anyone who is familiar, first, with the
amount of scientific and practical aid
given to farmers, and gladly received
by them, in the shape Of publications,
data from agricultural stations, State
and Federal authorities, and so on, and,
secondly, with the number and variety
of questions relating to rural life and
labor that have barely been considered
in the United States. There is plenty
of room for improvement In the techni-
cal side Of agriculture, for example, and
the distribution of farm help certainly
leaves much to be desired. In order to
arrest the cityward drift on the part of
boys and girls and to induce more and
more of the educated youth TO take up
farming as a career, the matter OF 70
cial intercourse, play and entertainment
in rural communities must be accorded
more recognition than it has so far re
reived The commissions report will
be preliminary In nature, but a basis
for constructive discussion is exactly
what the situation demands.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24

I
SHE'D and snorted at the untoward humps
on tffe Highway. 1t was as if war and
pestfience had stalked through Saint
Pierre that day, and winter storm had
tried TO cover the dreadful aftermath. A
door opened at last before them, and
there was a cry from Soronia. Pere
Rabeaut hurried out and led the mules to
shelter.
Constable sank into his old seat at the
round table under the window. He watch
ed Breen and the woman. His friend was
hinge and lean in the lamp light; his
white clothing stained from the saddle,
his hair and mustache white from ash. his
black eyes burning in a face hagsard unto
ohasrIiness. The woman was in his arms
as thew stood together. What they said,
Constable did not allow his mind to rea-
son with. but the glory of her lovers
presence which shone in the eyes of So
roma called down upon the watcher his
own black vistas of desolation. She had
found. for an hour. the true and the beau
tiful-the soul anchorage which he was
never to know He would keep
all craft of the Crusoe stamp from
Numbering into her sweet haven-this
much he could do, was his thought. Food
was placed before him, and he ate lit
tie. for the sake of Breen. His eyes
pained from the lamplight, and he drop
ned his face forward into his arms on the
table. Close to the wood the vibrations
of the mountain doomed louder in his
ears.
But you must not go away again -
Soronia implored.
YES. for an hour-two hours at the
most-little fairy" Breen whispered.
They were in the living rooms across
the court. where the bird cages were
TERED and covered with cloths. She chung
to him pitifully.
with you away-oh, my lover. no, no
l cannot live again for hours
and hours!"
Hush The is in great trouble. He
must not awake until after l am gone.
Then he must not know where l have
gone. l am going to the plantation house
on the Morne dOrange. 1t is for him.
Two hours at the most, and the last
the last l shall ever leave you, little
fairy
Breen recrossed the court and entered
the fruit shop on tiptoe. Constable did |
not move his breathing was inaudible !
At the street door Soronia joined him like
a shadow. He kissed her and put her |
arms from him 1t was eleven-ffteen |
by the old, French clock.
Soronia. alone, stared for an instant
at the figure sprawled across the table
the man who had caused her lover twice
to be torn from her arms that day. Then
she moved to chair, in the shadows at
the far end of the shop, and sat down
rigidly to wait.
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JeweIry in an old Tin Can.

A small boy went to the Walnut
street police station last night. In LIS
right hand he carried an old rusty
tomato can, says the Kansas City Star.
Lieut.. Joseph HeydOn was busy and
did not notice the boy, whose head
scarcely reached the. top Of the desk.
Say, mister" he said, Il guess l cot
something 1 think you want"
Heydon looked at the boy and the
can and smiled. He likes children.
Il guess if you don't want it 1 don't
either" he replied. But let's see it."
The boy walked around behind the
desk. Heydon took the can and turned
it bottom upward. Four gold watches,
a Iocket, a cross, a necklace and one
silver cuff link rolled out on the desk.
"Son, beg your pardon. do
want this the lieutenant said
Where did you get it?'
WAS digging for fishing worms down
at 18th and MCGEE Streets" the boy
replied. Had q dandy place picked
out to dig. Right longside Of some old
ties near the northwest corner of 10th
and MCGEE streets. Just got started to
dig when struck the old can. looked
into 1t and found that stuff. II was
about half past Z when l found 1t. l
took it home ard waited till my step
father came home. He told me to bring
it up here"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24

Constable carefully related the Crusoe
episode.
Breen groaned. Don't you see, Peter,
you are winding yourself up tighter and
tighter in my crimesY'
Somehow, can't get wrought up over
trifes tonight. The detective matter dis
posed of, what are the other reasons why
you and l must diverge after this night?''
Breen was silent a moment. Il was
pretty hard-hit this morning." he said
finally. THE rough weather broke down
my idea about not going to the shop
again. 1t seems incredible, but Soronia
has never had a lover-before. found
her-f you'll forgive me-in need of me.
You see, had just come from the reek-
ing stone of sacrifice where you lay; and
l relit a pair of creole eyes-promised
to go to sea no more"
Suppose l had missed Crusoe?" Con-
stable asked bitterly. Suppose l had
been poor liar?"
There are many Crusoes, Peter. They
won't all fail. You can't keep this one
off always 1t amounts to just this for
me-that l have found my little isle in
the midst of the sea, like that other pro-
moter who all but conquered Europe"
But why could you not both go aboard
with me?" the other persisted.
Il have told you that after this ride
I cease to yampirize the career Of Con-
stable If Crusoe finds the Rue de Rivoli,
very we'll If not, for the present, very
well again. None of his ilk shall find
you and me together. Two or three times,
back across the forbidden tundras of
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24

Every new invention has its baptism
of blood. But this will not deter the
enthusiast from the pursuit Of aviation.
or whatever the air-cleaving process
may by that time be termed. There
must always be few hide-bound con-
unbroken bones to the ecstasies of
flight; but despite catastrophes, IA
talities even, there will always be plen-
ty Of the adventurous not only to fur
nish victims, but TO push experiment
and invention to the limit
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24

Representative Clark of Missouri,
who is expected to succeed Mr.. Will
Jams as the leader Of the Democrats
in the House Of Representatives, said
after returning from the convention in
Denver. that the number Of delegates
to such conventions ought to be cut
down one-half, and that they should
meet in a hall which will seat not
more than twenty-five hundred per-
sons. The idea is not new one, 1t is
true, but 1t is a good idea. Neverthe-
less, so long as the spectacular and
picturesque features Of nominating
convention appeal so strongly to the
public as at present, there is no pros
pect of change.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24

different sense For generations women
have been engaged in mixing" reIuct-
ant elements. Flour and butter In their
hands have combined into faky bis
cults; and uncongenial cousins have
made up an agreeable family party.
woman at the head of large house
hold has need to be good mixer. She
may have three generations under her
roof and dependent upon her care. With
the children she must be as a child
Hnh the grandmother she must see the
wisdom Of age, even beneath Its feeble
ness for the wilful son she must min
gle ready sympathy and firm control
Woman's service in village or church is
often that of welding together obstinate
and diverse elements. For her there
must be no Democrats or Republicans
no Methodists or Catholics, when she
has in hand some measure for the com
mon good. The shade trees in a certain
village are a growing memorial to a
wman who got the Second Adventists
and the Congregationalists together,
and set them In pairs to digging the
same holes, instead Of working on op-
posite sides of the street. She was a
good mixer herself, and like all of that
brotherhood, she was the cause that
good mixing should be In others. In
this world of strifes and misunder
standings and petty frictions, the rarest
and dearest of her sex is the woman
who goes on her way-a smile on her
lips and a gently persuasive spoon in
Misunderstanding and mingling contrary
tastes and dispositions and ambitions,
and adding to the combination that
subtle one-knows-not-what Of person
ality which is the browning grace Of a
good mixer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24

Senior Nabuco, the Brazilian minister
to the United States, said recently,
You with your high civilization can
do no wrong to any nation. Intimate
contact with you viii, under any con-
diticn, bring only good to you and the
other party" 1t s well for the nation
If this is so. Certainly it is true that
II the civilization of a country is high.
the country will not deliberately do
wrong to others.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24

A deputy supervisor of spanking has
lately been appointed In New En-
gland city to see that the sentences of
a police magistrate are carried out
when the judge sends small boys home
to be punished for stealing apples. The
supervisor Of spanking prefers to re-
main In his office, In command Of his
forces, while the deputy does the SUI
pervising. an arrangement common in
other public offices.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-12-24
odd Use for a Balloon.

1t is said that an enterprising Par
isian company has discovered a meth
cd Of bleaching linen by balloon. A
few hundred feet above the earth the
a atmosphere is nearly as pure over the
city as in the open country, and it is
In this higher region that the linen is
dried by the aid of captive balloon.
The linen is attached to bamboo
frames and sent up. There are about
six ascents in day. An extra charge
OF from five to fifty centimes, or from
one to ten cents, is charged for each
article