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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
Baked by a Woman.

When William E. Chandler was Sec
rotary of the navy he issued an order
that officers should not permit their
wives to reside at the foreign stations
to which their husbands were at
tached. The order was promptly re-
scinded upon the receipt by the secre-
tary Of the following from Commodore
Fyfe. in command of the Asiatic
squadron: 1T becomes my painful duty
to report that my wife, Eliza Fyffe,
has in disobedience to my orders and
in the face of regulations of the de-
partment taken up her residence on
the station and refuses to leave.'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
ouarreIs Don't Help the Town.

:. Too many small towns exhaust their
energies in petty quarrels and local
rows in which the disputed issues do
pot amount to a picayune. If all the
energy and enterprise that are wasted
in getting ever and giving an enemy
q dig could be put to work for the
good of the community these small
towns would really amount to some
thing. People who are busy working
together for the common good do not
have time or inclination to peddle evil
reports about their neighbors and TO
dabble In little quarrels.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
HumOr n
Philosophy
} BY DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

TT isn't hard to lead any man provid-
ed you lead him in the direction
that his inclinations point. no matter
wf~t has been his opposite training.
The only way to hide Il thing is to
forget it.
A cold potato is an excellent symbol
Of professional charity.
The trouble with the ultimate con-
sumer is that he is SO often found I'M
able to consume.
The man who roasts you seldom does
it by heaping Scriptural Goals OF fire
upon your head.
When sweet words ferment they
often make Il bad mess of it.
/, The high polish Of some persons
serves to make manifest their extreme
ly coarse grain.
The trouble seems to be that we
have too many preachers and too few
practicers to make things in this old
world run as they ought.
People who live in glass houses
should provide the house with auto
matte shades.
AS a general thing the average man
has far greater capabilities for getting
into trouble than he has for getting
out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
SoIubiIity of Gold.

Gold is one Of the group of metals
soluble only in that mixture Of nitric
and hydrochloric acids known as aqua
regia. 1t has been found. however,
that the presence of certain organic
compounds renders gold soluble in n.y.
d%rochloric acid. Thus a mixture of
this acid and chloroform is found to
be a solvent. Ethyl, or ordinary al
chohol, methyl alcohol and amyl alco-
hol are among the other substances
which give to hydrochloric acid the
power of d%issolving'g gold. The solution
takes place slowly in the cold acid and
more quickly on beating.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
MID Dressinu.

Not everybody who can dress a head
of real hair becomingly can comb a
wig with equal success. There is a
special knack in wig dressing. In some
shops where wax figures abound one
or two Of the employees are trained in
the art of wig dressing and combine
that with their other duties at a slight
increase of salary, but in most places
the entire business is intrusted to pro-
fessional wig d%ressers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

When the di,.stio n is all right, the
action of the bowels regular, there is a
natural craving and relish for food
When this is lacking you may know
that you Iced a dose of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They
strengthen the digestive organs, improve
the appetite and regulate the bowels.
Sold by Close & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
Jonnnycake.

~NS
In tracing the term "iohnnycake."
says a writer. W. find ourselves at a
time %antedating by many years steam
cars and hotels Oh wheels. in an age
when mankind depended entirely upon
his four footed companions for trans
portation and had only saddlebags in
which to carry his luggage. Taverns
were few and far apart. and a lunch
was always acceptable. Cornmeal.
forming so large Il part of the dietary
IN those days. held a chief place in
making up the lunch. Wei with water
and Il little salt added. it was baked
In a shape that stored away in the
saddlebags nicely and was called jour
ney cake. This is the origin of our
modern. unconventional johnnycake.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
COMPASSION.

A tender hearted and compass
sionate disposition, which i%nclnes
men to pity and feel the misfortunes
Of others and which is even for its
own sake incapable of involving
any man iii ruin and misery, is of
all tempers Of mind the most anna
bic and, though it seldom re-
ceives much honor, is worthy of
the highest. Fielding.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
An Unintended Error.

The Critic-In the twelfth chapter of
your novel you say, Gas Clifford Dan
gerfield came slowly up the long gar
den walk Clarissa, with maidenly adj
miration, gazed upon him."
The Author-Well, isn't that all
right?
The Critic-Hardly. How can Cla-
rissa "gaze' after she has been blind
ed?
The Author-After she has been
blinded? What are you talking about?
The Critic-Why, in the previous
chapter, in which you describe Cliff
ford's planning mill, you say, For a
long, fascinating minute Clarissa rest
ed her beautiful brown eyes upon the
swiftly revolving Observation-Disclosures
Constitution.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

Dysentery is a dangerous disease but
can be cured. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has
been successfully used in nine epidemics
of ~dysentery. 1t has never been known
to fail. 1t is equally valuable for child
On and adults, and when reduced
with water and sweetened. it is pleasant
to take. Sold by Close a. Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
THE NEW LEAF.

The Improvement to come in any
life from turning a new leaf is not
to be based upon turning the leaf
so much as upon the constant and
resolute filling Of the new page by
dint Of un.cm.i:.;ag and often SIREN
uous effort. An evil habit is not
changed in a moment, but is sup
planted by the good which is cul-
hvated into a habit.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
At tho Dishes.

"Hilda is at the dishes now. Will
you wait?" her mother said.
GLADLY" said the young man, think
ing he had found a prize.
Just then a crash came from the
kitchen. and again he became unde.
cided.-Buffalo Express.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

My child was burned terribly about
the face, neck and chest. | applied DR..
Thomas Electric Oil. The pain ceased
and the child sank into a restful sleep.
Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson. Hamburg, N. Y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX-Langdon Chap
ter No. 2, holds regular communications on
the first and third Thursdays of each month
at the Masonic Temple.
WILLIAM FLACK, W.. NJ.
ROBERT Work. Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

LODGEOF PERFECTION.-Langdon No.8:
holds regular communications on the first and
third Thursdays' Of each month at the Masonic
J.E. TRUAx, V. M.
ROBERT WORK, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
A Pious Diet.

A prayer book was among the arti-
cles found In the stomach of an ostrich
dissected In London.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

A. F. & A. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
second I'D fourth Fridays Of each month:
VIM. STEVENSON, w. M.
j. q. Balm Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

O.E. S.-Langdon Temple holds regular com:
munications on the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month at the Masonic hall.
ETHEL WALKER, MRS. SADIE MILNE w. NJ
Sec'y. HUGH MCDONALD, W.P.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

M. B. A.-Modern Brotherhood of America
meets in the Opera House Hall on the first and
third Wednesday of each month.
w. A. FERGUSON, President.
GEO. E. DUNNIaAN. Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

C. o. F. No. eOS-St. Alphonsus Court, meets
on the first and third Wednesdays of each
month in their hall over the Mooney State
Bank. JOHN SHEEHAN. c. X.
JOS g. SCHILL. Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

IT o.. t'..,I.,. G. .lt u ~,
jnl;..:.'.'tu Ill Ia W.! truN C0r4"An
to revisit the : enes of his youth. as
he entered the gate Il bill WAS PIE
sented to him FOR goods supplied to
him when he was an undergraduate
nearly half a century before. God
bless me, sir" he roared, do you think
that l come up here once in every half
century for the pleasure of being
dunned?"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
The Real Gar.

I'd like to be the umpire
There IN the center standing
Before the audience n men
To hold the place commanding,
Deciding things offhanded,
The frantic crowd defying,
And paying no attention
To words and missiles flying.
The nOiS!rr the people
The caImer and the cooler
I'd hold TO my DECISIONS.
AS we'll becomes d ruler.
Though they SHOULD rise in fury
And yell, demanding slaughter,
They couldn't make me tremble
Or half an inch back water.
The player who got noisy
And came to make a holler,
I'd shut him off by saying.
You're fined another dollar"
And even should the captain
Get on his ear and flighty
I'd show him in a minut
Just who was high and mighty.
Oh, if my wife could see me
Commanding like a Nero
Perhaps for weeks thereafter
I'd be her little hero!
l wouldn't work the racket
On her or my relations.
For that / am too foxy.
l know my limitations.
Hard on His Brand.
"He smokes awfully."
"Yes. He is absolutely brutal about
it,"
"Brutal?"
Eyes. His wife just loathes tobac-
CO."
Tobacco"
Eyes"
"What has that got to do with it?'
Nothing Doing.
"They say she cheats horribly at
cards."
And they all hate her, l suppose"
mot at all. 1t amuses u.s."
"Why, you generous hearted things"!'
"Oh, l don't know"
Indeed you are!!"
But, you see. she never wins, any
way"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

90. F.-Langdon Court, Independent Order
of Foresters, meet in the Workmen hall, the
hrst and third Tuesday, of each month.
w. A. FERGUSON. {. R.
j. b. Balm, Rec. Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
Mayhe It DID.

"AS much fun as Il basket of chips.
eh: That's a bum saying. Now, what
fun could possibly attach 10 Il basket
of chips:"
Maybe the saying had reference to
an assortment of poker chips" Louis
Vile Courier-Journai.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
Profitable.
Makes Them Suspicious.

These modern songs are the limit"
II should say SO. Now. there is that
n My Wife's Gone to the Country"
"Has a bad effect. doesn't It"
II should say SO. We can hardly get
them to 60 any more"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

III. W. A.-Langdon Camp, No. 1880 meets In
the Woodman hall the second and fourth
Mondays of each month.
VIM. A. LAWN V. C.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

l.. o. o. Effects every Tuesday night in
hall over First National Bank.
FRANK CAMERON N. G..
d. A. JOHNSON, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
Business Sense.

"Charlie proposed to Edith last
night
THAT So"
Yes"
What did she say?"
asked for time" -.
"And he?"
Said he never gave time: his terms
were cash on the spot. discount off,"
And she?"
"Took her discount"
Queer.
1.-THE good die young"
lis that 500"
EYES,"
"That accounts for it. then"
For what?"
"Their popularity. l have always
noticed that the good have queer
taste"
Profitable.
Il always %patronize the store in my
neighborhood."
What store?"
'"The drug store"
What do you buy there?"
All my postal cards and postage
stamps"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

First rd....... Morris Orion. Jas. Brosnahan
Second Ward .......J j. Mahoney R. 7. Burke
Third Ward .......A. Harrington, Chas. Haugh
SCHOOL BOARD.
Members of Board of Education-John
Mahon Chas. Hunter, w. b. Dickson, Z j..
Fox, j. j. Mahoney. -
Clerk h. IruaA'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25
A COURT.

STATE SUPREME COURT.
Chief .Justice., E. Morgan
Associate Justices e. Engerud, C. ]. Fisk
John Carmody and E. S. Ellsworth:
Clerk ri supreme Court. ........R d. Hoskins
Renortar of Supreme Court. ........F w. Ames
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-08-25

DISTRICT COURT.
judge Seventh District. .......W w. j. Kneeshaw
Cont Stenographer. :. Miss Laura Daubenberg
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-29
RESENTMENT.

There are just now three countries that threaten to retaliate on account of our revised tariff rates-Canada, France and Germany, all of whom pre- tend to feel hard hit and call for con sideration under the act of reciprocity, and we have serious foreign tariff is sues staring us in the face.
 It is not probable that this govern ment will carry it's tariff provisions too far with Canada. The trade be- tween the United States and the Do- minion is great. the relations close and a tariff war would work a great both sides of the line. If the provincial restrictions on wood pulp and the reciprocity treaty with France 6o not present too large an obstacle, the min iElum will be proclaimed on Canadian importations, and tariff friction with thar country obviated.
 As between France and Germany matters appear to look most serious between the last named government and the United States; but it is not believed that there will be a trade rup- ture since the interests of all the ma tions concerned call loudly for peace. The Bulletin coincides with those who believe that it will be to the credit Of President Taft's capacity for diplo- macy if he avoids one, and, at the same time, secures admission for Anne rican products on fair terms. for unless material concessions are ob- ts.ned in the French and German markets for our products, the maxi mum features of the new tariff meas ure will have proven useless and rnlght as well be erased from the statutes.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-29
BUSINESS COMING THIS WAY.

The evidences that the world encir- cling naval fleet of this country made a good impression are multiplying. The latest is the placing with Ameri- can firms by the. government of Ar gentina contracts for new battleships amounting to twenty-twe million dol lars.
 The Fore River Shipbuilding com pany gets them, with the privilege of having one vessel constructed by the New York Shipbiulding company, of Camden. In addition the Bethlehem Steel company gets the contract for supplying guns for most of the tor pedo craft now being constructed for Argentina in European yards. This is worth about $1.000,0O0.
 Let us hope that the work will be done on honor and that it will be fol- lowed by great increase in trade from Argentina and other South Ann erican nations. This capture of $23,- GOO, ,000 worth of business from our competitors early in 1910, is most pleasing and assuring circumstance. There is no reason why American trade with the South American re- publics should not be increased scores of millions and permanently main tained
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-29
THE M'kINLEY BANQUET.

It is because of McKinley's com panionable quaiities-because of his oomra deship more than any other high and excellent quality which marked his career-tlat prompted his ad- naIrers in different states of the union to organize civic societies in his name and annually meet upon the anniver- sary Of laIs birth to fraternize and do honor to his memory.
 Mckinley was president and a cit izen, who. by his fatthfulness in small things and loyalty to eternal princi- ples. to the honor of ancestry added the honor of great achievements; and it Is not strange that in his name and memory there gathered togather last evening at the call of President Nor rts s Lippitt. two hundred of the leading men of the state and several of the leading orators of the country It was proud occasion for Norwich and a grand occasion for all concerned ss the report elsewhere printed clearly dlscloses.
 Tt was a disappointment to all pres ent that our sepators and members of congress felt obliged to send letters Of regret instead of honoring the ban quet with their presence The motto of our public servants is ''Busin ess be- fore pleasure" and their constituents recognize merit Tn the fidelity which keeps them at their post when they are needed.
 Congressman Higgins would have been as delighted to have been here as his constituents would have been Co have had him. but besides sickness in his family. he had on Friday an important meeting of the judiciary committee 10 attend, and then there are pending just now in committees Sfie interests of New London and Nor Tfch in the river and har'bor bill, the Putnam interests in the public build ing bill. pending soldiers claims, and other district matters of importance 70 say nothing Of the important na- Etonai questions which preclude any ncgl1gence on the part Of our public servants. all Of whom are extremely bnsy and honortng themselves by re- spending to the call of duty instead of pleasure
 They were missed, for they would have added ability and pleasure to what was really one Of the most sig nihcant and enjoyable meetings ever held in Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-29
fwritten for The Bulletin,


 When I was little girl I used to be taken on long, beautiful country drives by my father, my place being close up against his left arm, while he held the reins. All sorts of thoughts and fam cies and wOnderments go on in the mind of a child remember that whenever we drove up a long steep hill I held my breath in the sure convic- ton that when we reached the top of it it would be the end of the world; there would be nothing more, and we would simply fall off into space. I re- member how surprised I was to find the good road running on from the top of the hill and our carriage wheels bowling along it just the same. Yet when we came to the next steep as- cent, my breath would catch in the same unreasoning fear. It was not until I was a bigger girl that I spoke of this and was assured by my father that it was always safe to follow an open road. To this day, however, have never wholly overcome that never drive or motor up a. long steep hill that the expectation of falling off into space does not clutch at me, and have to be laughed away. It gripped me in the days when I climbed noun tains; and though I know better, just as I know that the earth revolves round the sun, yet the top of the hill ahead of me tightens my heart today as it did when I was a child
 All our fears are born of ignorance, and are to be conquered only by un- derstanding. I love to see the sun rise in the east and set in the west and l am glad that usage still retains this poetic imagery of expression. All the same 1t is convenient to accept the scientific fact that the sun is in reali- ty a fixed star. It was a happy day for me when it daWned upon my child ish comprehension that to arrive at the top of a hill did not necessitate an immediate falling off into space. It was not from anything my father said that I arrived at this understanding. Long before he gave the quieting as- surance that it was safe to follow the open road, had drawn certain conclu- sions for myself; the most comforting being that what had never happened probably never would happen; that as we had risen safely over the crest of every hill we had ever climbed, only to find our familiar road rolling on and on. so, by analogy. there was nev- CT to be any falling off into space
 A eF1iId's mind is embarrassed with uniformed thoughts and fancies and wonderments that he has no power to express To begin with, he has no vo- cabulary. His few earliest words give voice to elementary needs only; he has no words for the pressure within him of the infinite Moreover, from what what I understand of the ways Of lit- tie children, and out of my deep sym pathy with them, I know they never seek to express the depths of what they feel and Ffear. Distinctly I re- member, on the rare occasions that on coming from school I did not find my mother at home. how desolate the whole world seemed to me. used to wait for her on the front doorstep, for nothing would have induced me to stay inside the lonely house, and when I saw her coming I would run to meet her, glad. and happy and with my world all right again. But it never occurred to me to tell her how desolate the
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-29
YOUR BUTCHER.

There are some irate consumers who get to thinking that their butcher is a real buccaneer or something worse to charge such prices. because they do not realize that his troubles are surely equal 10 the troubles of his patrons, or worse.
 The retail treader in every line of ouEiness under present combinations and commercial dictations is more to be pitied than blamed. The market snan iz on the fighting line trying to live with the enemy in his front and rear. His aim is not To get high prices but by despatch and fair prices to win paronsgs and to keep it. His motto must be '=To PIsase'' He not only builds up his trade but must plan 10 keep it
 The wholesaler and the customer both think that it is their glorious privilege to make it hot for him. He is in a hot box and just now Is doing a good deal of sweating. He buys a carcass at a level price, and then he sells meat below cost and above cost. and disposes of the waste as best he can and then after a long day he fig ures out the profits, if he can find them He has to see that the whole saier doesn't stick him. or the custom CT beat him out of his bill for goods He has few pipe-dreams-his fore front has been a maze in which he has seen only struggling profits now and thsal
 It is in good form to think kindly of your butcher and to take good care of your stomach and your earn ings-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-29
Urban Movement of Population.

Massachusetts has commission which has been undertaking to find out why people move from the country to town and how they can be induced to retrace their steps. Its conclusion in brief is that they go to town be- cause they like 1t, and there is little the state can do in the matter. Four Of the five members do not think the state should buy land, build houses and then invite the city dwelling to buy on easy terms. But they do think some thing can be done to increase subur- ban life by borrowing the garden city idea which has achieved the substan- tial results in Germany and which has been adopted with success by several English towns.
 There is another reason why people move from the country to the town TO be a farmer Is to be a capitalist in a small way Three thousand dollars is a low estimate of the value of farm house, stock and implements. Of course a man can get a farm on a mortgage. Bue even thousand dollars is consid- erable for a man to get together as & farm laborer, so that he can transform himself into a farm owner, He may hire, and more and more of that is going on all the time; but the. rent is a good deal mora certain than the pro-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-29
NO LONGER HEADS TAX LIST. Mrs. John s. Kennedy Swears of As-
 sessment of $6,ooo,ooo.

Mrs. John $. Kennedy, widow of the late millionaire philanthropist.n long, CT heads the list of personal taxpayers in New York She has sworn off the entire assessment .of s6,0o0,000 which the city had recorded against her. Her husband left S30,000, 900.
 The following statement was issued the other day at the New York tax de- partment: Mrs. Kennedy has only re- ceived a special bequest of s1,00o, GOO. and this consisted almost entirely of city bonds and stock The taxable balance is more than offset by legal obligations to contribute to educational and other benevolent causes" Mrs Russell Sage and Andrew Carnegie were the next highest to Mrs. Ken nedy on the personal rolls. Their as- sessments were $5,000. .000 each, and probably will remain unchanged.