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\ NEW YEAR INJUSTICE.
vhs Barkespsr Complains of the oesd
 Resolution Habit.

vhs sarkssps< Complains of tho oesd
 Resolution Habit.
 "John, I'll have to lay you of for the arst two weeks of the new year Ton Harry. will have to lay off.a week."
 The speaker. a lean man. stood in [ splendid and spacious beer saloon, g Daace of polished mahogany. onyx col smns, great mirrors and large paint lnSs of beautiful women. Ropes and Wreaths of evergreen twined about the pillars and the electroliers, and on the passive bar stood . bowl of free unch. for it was New Years day.
 "Yes. boys." said the lean man you'll have to go"
 What for, boss7' asked the young 4 of the two bartenders. Mechanic ally with his woolen bar cloth he pc. ished the bar till it shone again, and anxiously he gazed in his employers face.
 "why. John. you ought to know what for"
 The saloon keeper spoke impatiently \ fat man entered from the street, ap preached the bar with reluctant steps then all of a sudden turned hurriedl, and departed.
 Well. I'll bs danged" said Bartende, John. That's the fourth fellow has done that this mornin'. What's 1t mean anywayY
 "You ought to know what 1t means John." repeated the saloon keeper Its meaning is the cause of your sus pension"
 ''Yes. John," the man resumed: "your suspension is caused by the New Years swear off of that fellow and thousands like him. All over the broad land, John, countless numbers of mer swear off drinking for q year on New Years day. Half of them stick to their swear off for . week, and the other half, with just a few exceptions stick to 1t for two weeks Those two weeks of January. John. are al ways the two poorest weeks on the publican's calendar. He can't pay ex. penses; hence he retrenches; hence he lays of prudent. industrious young chaps like you-chaps with tit rut by, so that they can stand a little idle, ness without privation."
 "A!l right. But" said John sulKily- "but I ain't got nothing put by, and l think it's a shame that my poor wife and innocent babe have got to suffer at this joyous holiday season through the swear off of lot of foolisl.. thoughtless men. It don't seem right oor just. t."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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A "Mite."

The difficulties experienced by our forefathers in trying to reckon money in very small proportions appear in the various values given to mite" in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen tury books of commercial arithmetic. The original mite" seems to have been a third of a Flemish penny, but the use of the word for the widows coin of the New Testament made its regular English meaning half far thing, and some old people may re member applying the name to the short lived nineteenth century coins of that value. In those old arithmetic books "mite'' stands for various val ues not represented by actual coins, but obviously used in reckoning. A work of 17O6 makes it one-twelfth of a penny, two sixteenth century books one-sixth of farthing, and in 1874 Jeake's arithmetic made it as little as one sixty-fourth of penny.-Lon- don Chronicle.
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THE INDIANS PAID.
What the White Men Charged Them
 For Killing One Donkey.

TOT Killing One Oonkey. In "Reminiscences of Old Times In Tennessee" story is told of the good faith and honor of party of Chcka- saw Indians While hunting one fall they shot q donkey, mistaking the creature for wild animal They sold tie hide. and it finally came to the hands of John Barnes in Lipton.
 When the Chickasaws returned to the region of Lipton for their annual hunt the next fall Barnes invited them to shooting match, the prize to be the skin of very rare animal.
 Thirty braves appeared at the con. test. and one of them won the prize. When he saw the skin he turned it over and said: 'Ha, ha! Me kill hin. Me shoot him! See" And he pointed to the fatal bullet hole.
 Then Barnes told them that they had killed donkey, very useful animal. but he was sure that they had done it by mistake, believing it to be a wild animal.
 The Indians listened attentively to the white mans words and then con. suited together few minutes. Finally .hey separated, each brave going to his pony, unhitch'ng him and leading him to the spot where a gang of white men stood. Barnes in the midst of them Then one of the Indians spoke:
 We sorry we kill donkey. We think he belong to the woods. We find him in care We think him wild. We sor- ". Now we pay. We take no white mans boss. pony. nothing of white man. We honest. We have ponies, that's all. Take pay" And he mo- toned to the long line of ponies, held by their owners.
 How many:" asked Barnes.
 White man say" returned the Tn dian; "take plenty"
 The honor of the red men was not equaled by the white men. for. be it recorded to their shame. they took from the Chickasaws thirty ponies 10 pay for the accidental killing of one donkey.
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Whore New Ysars kas%s . Mont

Where New Yeafs kaste . Month.
 The celebration of New Years Is carried on more extensively in Japan than in any other country. The reason tor this can only be accounted for by the fact that the custom has beer handed down to succeeding genera. Hons for centuries. The time the oc. casion involves is quite lengthy. last. ing from tho 18th of December (Koto Hajime-vis, beginning sf things) to the 18th of January (Hokonin no yabu- ifD, which is apprentiees' holiday. On both of the occasions . sort of stew h eaten. compossd of rcd beans. rice sliced nsh and konnyaka root
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SCIENTIFIC FEEDING.
Health as . Primary Factor In inteIIi.
 oent | ivinn

gent Living.
 Health and success are so largely dependent upon balance, upon sym- metry of development, physical and mental harmony, that we should do everything possible to secure that physical poise which also means men, tai and moral poise. A large part of our ills come from one sided develop ment caused by overstimulating some tissue cells and starving others-over feeding and underfeeding. Scientific feeding, therefore, is of vast impor- tance.
 Overeating and improper eating are among the curses of the world. Think of the people who put all sorts of in- compatbles into their stomachs at the same time and then use all sorts of nostrums to get rid of their bad ef- tects.
 One of the most pathetic sights i1 the world is that of a human being struggling hard to carry out his am. bition, yet handicapping himself by his ignorance of physical laws.
 What pathetic figure Carlyle cut In the world-a one sided giant who might have been symmetrical power. possessor of colossal brain largely controlled by dyspeptic stomach. He was cross and grabbed and did just the things that he did not want to do, things that he knew it would be bet ter not to do. but he was the victim of starved nerves. of exhausted brain cells largely for want of common sense feeling.-Orison Swet: Warden in Suc- cess Magazine.
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THE CHILDREN'S HOLlDAf.
ln China New Year's 10 tho Lltt!e
 Ones Great Festival.

h China New Year's ls the Little
 Ones Great Festival.
 Except at the Chinese New Year whish comes in February, 1t is yer, hard to catch a glimpse of children ip China. Little beggars will run beside you for miles to earn cash, $ copper coin with square hole in the middle of 1t. worth the twentieth of a cont, but children who have parents to care for them seem to be kept in doors all the time or only allowed to play in walled yards and gardens. We used to say to each other: "Why, where are the children? Haven't they got any" But at New Years we found out that they had. This is the great holiday of all the year in China, whep everybody hangs out flags and colored lanterns and sets of drecrackers. (We borrowed our custom of nrecrackers cor the Fourth of July from China $ New Year's.) All the people put on their best clothes and the children the best of all, jackets and trousers of bright blue or green or yellow or pur- pls, the boys and the girls SO much alike that you can only tell them apart by their hair. The boys of course is braided in Q pigtail, and the girls is done up on her head with silver pins CT. if she's very grand little girl, with gold or jade. Thus decked out, the children go walking with their proud papas and mammas and often go to the theater, which is rare treat fGs them.
 Perhaps Chinese children have romp. ing plays together, but they always look as if they were born grown up,-- 0t. Nicholas
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Heroic Treatment.

In Guiana if child Is slow in it's movements the parents apply an ant to the child instead of whip to make It move faster. This little ant bites more cruelty than . mosquito, and it's bite is apt to be troublesome after. ward. As you can imagine, this treat >ment does not make the child kind to others. and the children of Guiana are said to be particularly cruel to anil mals. The little boys in Guiana do not reckon their age by years. but by their ability to endure pain. Until he gets to the point where he can let the Hucu ant bite him without wincing he is considered merely a baby.
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AwkwardIy Put.


 Old Lady (to new ruratseAh. sir we do enjoy your s"r'nons- They ar' co instructive. H.. never knew wha sin was until yc,, came to the paYish.- London Telegrapa
 \ Dor, .stic Hen.
 Joe Jefferson n..tl to tell this one: "In the spring If 1892. being in the vicinity a West Swanzey. N. H.. drove 0ver to call on my old friend, Den Thompson. It happened that ] called ct an inopportune time. as tho women folk were housekeeping. l.. fact, noticed as drove up to tho house tlat the clotheslines in the yard back of the house were laden with carpets.
 Den was very an.. lou; that should ioois over his prize fowls, in which .he too, especial pride. We went out into the biz; yard back 1f the house. Az Den was nalnting oui to me his favor. ltes We uotieed oEr old hen going through some queer antics. She was peekiass away at something on the ground lifting 1t in her bill and drop ping 1T again
 !" What's the matter with the old Eid1w. anyway, Den?' I asked.
 Den was silent for minute. then dra wleG out:
 Well. you see, Joe as she's a rath CT domestic sort of hen 1 cal'late tha old glrl must he getting ready to hy ( earpet' "- New York Telegraph
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 CHAS. VEIL.
 FOR RENT

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 STORES 621 Hickory St. (good stand). Gil B. 3rd Ave.
 OFFICE ROOMS Over Western Union. DWELLINGS k (Colored) 3 room 707 Mulberry St. 3 room 1006 E. 10th Ave 4 room and hall 1905 w. 9th Ave. 4 room 2S11 w. 12th Ave 8 room 1922 Fir St. 3 room HOS Virginia St. 3 room S05 Spruce St. ? room 1908 Missouri St.
 FIRE INSURANCE represent Old Line Companies, and ask share of your business. AL so write accident and boiler insurance as we'll as Automobile. If you desire to buy or sell it would be to your in- terest to see me.
 CHAS. HANCOCK
 0fce 113 Pine street.
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Sympathy.

He-It was a frightful moment when I received your letter telling me of the insuperable obstacle to our mar riage. would have shot myself, but I had no money to buy q revolver. She-Dearest. if only you had let me know w-SimplicissinGs.
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Rxsr llttls Dlt Hobs.

'You say you encouraged our friend se make another New Ysar's resolu dont'
 "I did," answered the man whose heart is all right.
 "But don't you know he'll break fl at the end of six weeks at the least ealculationw
 'I hope not. And even if he does ho'll be six weeks ahead of the game :"
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A Mean Friend.

"All the dust flies up my nose."
 "Well. Cholly. maybe the city will pay you to parade the streets. Per haps, instead of sweeping. 1t would be better to clean them by vacuum proc ess."- ."-Kansas City Journal.
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A Persuader.

"Did you make any New Years reso iution7" asked Miss Miami Brown.
 'No," answered Mir. Erastus Pink icy, .but done persuaded Mistah Colli flower to make one. After l got thoo with him at de las' parlor social he was willin' to promise dat he'd stop nyin' to pick 'sturbances fohsvsr an
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Quite Natwpai,

"That play had some very natural rouches."
 .Drama of domestic life. eh?''
 "Yes: they had a new servant in every scene. and the heroine was a brunette in act l and a blond in act 2."-Louisville Courier Journal
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All the Difference.

My wife is very bad" said man at The Bloomsbury county court.
 'You mean she is very i'll. hope she is not bad" replied the magistrate sympathetically.-Londrn Telegraph
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Asvlsed Version,

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LILLIAN q. HI6INDOTAA OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN A ns,ea klo Chestnut 0a
 tKa Kew Hhen,

k Hoskins and Campbell Eerinary Surgeons and Dentists. .oat diseases of horses, cattle and
 bs Calls to any part of the coun' |mromptly attended to. Old phone Io 1156. Residence 1867.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-20
A BATHLEss AGE.
For a Thousand Years tho People of
Europe Went Unwashed.

Europe Went Unwashed.
When Egypt. Greece and Rome were
at the height of their ancient power
their citizens made bathing a social
function, a municipal duty and a re.
ligiouS observance. The public baths
of these nations were magnificent ar
chitecturally and important as centers
of hygienic and municipal sentiment.
With the decadence Of these coun-
tries the world seems to have reverted
to a period of mental sloth and physi-
cal u~ncleanliness. AS an authority OIL
the matter puts it:
For 1000 years there was not a
man or woman in Europe that ever
took a bath. if the historian Of these
times. Michelet. is to be believed. The
ancient love of the bath seemed to
have disappeared from off the land.
There was no Greece or Rome to
hold up the ensign of cleanliness to
the nations of Europe. Small wonder
that the people Of the continent be-
came physical %decadents, as indeed
they We're in spite of tradition to he
contrary.
ut is not strange hat there came
the awful epidemics that cut off one
fourth of the population of Europe
the spotted plague, the black death,
the sweating sickness and the terrible
mental epidemics that followed in their
train-the dancing mania, the mewing
mania and the biting mania.
1.-THE bath was banished and filth
was almost deifed. Indeed. it was
then thought that the sanctiication of
the body was only accomplished when
that body was indescribably dirty
Physical Culture.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-20
POLICE OF GERMANY.
Privacy Of the Home No Bar to Their
F~arreaching Authority.

Privacy of the Home No Bar to Their
F%arreaching Authority.
To a foreigner no feature Of German
life is more striking than the promi-
hence and almost unlimited authority
of the police. Many of it's functions
are such as in the United States would
be intrusted only to a our of law.
What seems almost equally strange.
the greater part of these functions are
exercised quite independently of the
local government.
The m%inuteness and thoroughness of
the work of the German police are a
constant surprise to the foreigner. The
policeman not only preserves order in
the streets, but exercises a farreach-
ing authority in private houses. For
instance, he undertakes the nightly
locking of ones street door at a suf1i-
GENTLY early. hour. He see that one
has his chimney regularly cleaned. He
inspects at stated times ones stoves
and heating apparatus, and while he
is about it he will look into a few
other matters of domestic economy.
One feature Of his activity strikes a
good many American visitors with fa-
vor, In some places singing and piano
playing with open windows are for
hidden, and it is a common house reg
ulation in large towns that no pianos
may be played after 10 o'clock in the
evening. The German policeman is
also something of a food inspector in
his way, and he keeps a sharp eye on
vendors of food and of medicines. 1t
is not IN uncommon sight to see a Ger
man policeman halt a milkman's wag-
on and on the spot make an inspection
of his wares. Should there prove to
be anything wrong with them they
are promptly seized and destroyed and
the matter is Immediately taken in
hand by the higher authorities.-New
York Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-20

moderate expense and in the genial
month Of roses it would form a charm
ing beauty spot.
Open spaces about u railroad station
laid u like a park please the passer-
by and add greatly to the appearance
of a town and it's approaches.
What parks are meant for and their
value to mankind is concisely de-
scribed by u writer in the Los Angeles
Times who says:
Parks are. or at least should be,
built for use. not merely to look at.
A park is a piece Of the country with
in the town. or q piece of land within
the town where the people have all
the freedom and influences Of rural
parts. For this reason as little re-
striction as possible should be placed
upon the use of parks and every rea-
sonable provision made for the accom-
mediation and convenience Of the pub
lie. No Keep OFF the Grass signs
should deter any one from taking a roll
Tor 4 nap If he feels like it, upon the
lawns, and plenty of seats should be
provided for all who car to use
them.
There have been park boards who
seemed to think that the parks were
given them to juggle with and the
public had no rights which they were
bound to respect. but the shoe is on
the other foot; park commissioners
have no greater legal rights than the
public in general. A piece of land
within a town is not a park. nor will
it ever be until used. One of the lead
ing park men Of the United States has
made the point that a great collection
Of buildings does not make a city or
town. but a great collection of people
does, and they find the buildings con.
venient. almost necessary. The people
who use the land constitute the park,
for without them it would be useless,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-20
ENTRANCE TO THE d OF
nnI-RGEC

EFrom the American City. New York;
with trees and bordered with turf, of
cottages of various hueS. which give
an impression of freshness. of health
village the points Of compass have
been taken into account. so that each
cottage has as much sunlight as pos
sible.
Let us look at one of the village
streets. Here is a road five meters wide
with W sidewalks, each 3.5 meters
in width. of which 1.5 meters are nae
adam and two meters turf. The bound
airy line between the sidewalk and the
front garden is not marked by fences
or ratings. but by borders of flowers.
The front gardens are about four me-
ters in depth. This makes. therefore.
an avenue about twenty meters wide
between the houses. planted through
out its length with trees. acacias. plane
trees and sycamores. From point to
point at the crossroads the eye is
charmed. by groups of ash trees. ever
greens or rosebushes. In the rear of
each cottage is a garden covering
about a tenth of an acre.
THE cost Of the charming cottages
varies from $40 to 5000. The walls
are built of country made bricks. join
ed by white cement They are thirty
five centimeters thick. The corners are
Of artificial stone made Of the same
clay. We see that simply by joining
the bricks with this white mortar and
decorating them in different colors a
varied effect is obtained with little
change of plan. In the interior the
walls. instead Of being papered in bad
taste. are tinted in gay tones at very
little expense and have an attractively
decorated frieze Of washable paint.
Entering n of the cottages. we
find below us a paved cellar for wine
and provisions. on the ground floor a
porch. a vestibule. a living as
by As meters) and a bedroom for the
boys. On the floor above is a bedroom
for the parents as by 80 meters) as
we'll as one for the daughters of the
family three meters squarel. Under
the roof. SO that not a bit Of space is
wasted. we find a garnet for drying
clothes.
ut is worth noting that every room
in the house is paved with tiles, so
that the floors can be polished. All the
walls have rounded corners in order
that no dust may gather there.
ITO secure constant light and venti-
lation the windows take up one-sixth
of the surface of each room. They open
outside sc as to keep out the rain and
to take up less room. There was one
problem to solve-how to arrange the
laundry, the coal shed. etc.. without
destroying the general harmonious
book of the cottages. This has been
accomplished by connecting the laun.
dry (Which serves also for a bathroom
for the miner when he comes home,
and the coal shed, as well as the toilet,
with a porch. This porch makes a
sort OF outdoor summer dining room.
.eThe sewage from the toilets is con.
Quoted into septic tanks. where It ia
chemically treated. There Is one tank
for each house."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-20
An Island of Black Cats.

"The Island Of Black Cats" is a name
often applied to Chatham island. one
of the Galapagos. 1t is in the Pacific
ocean. about $50 miles west of the
coast Of Ecuador 1t is overrun with
black cats, and cats of no other color
are seen there. These animals live in
the %crevices of the lava foundation
near the coast and subsist by catching
fish and crabs instead Of rats and mice.
Other animals found on this island are
horses. cattle. dogs. goats and chick.
ems. all of which are perfectly wild
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-20
MODEL VILLAGE
MOST HEALTRFUl.
How French Companies Build
Homes For WOTk1en
GARDEN SPOTS DESCRIBED
Roads, Houses and Parking Strips Are
Described as Being Most Satisfac-
tory to Tenants as Well as Men Who
Had Them Built.

There is perhaps no other country
that can be called the land Of homes
so justly as France, says Georges Be-
noit-Levy in the American City. 1t is
estimated that there are 100000 land
owners in a population Of 40, 900.
I'm recent years." says the writer.
certain manufacturers have built gar
den villages" One of these he de-
scribes as follows:
ut was about four years ago that
l was called in the capacity Of social
engineer to the mining company of
Dourges. In the name Of the Associa-
ton des ~Cites-Jardins de France l
strongly advised the company to build
a model village, for which I had the
pleasure of furnishing the first sugges-
lions. The architect of the company
was sent with Inc to see what had
been done in England. and the work
was undertaken.
ut is well to note here that a garden
village. a garden city, differs from a
manufacturing settlement not only in
that it's inhabitants have cheaper and
more sanitary houses, but that their
dwellings are also more beautiful,
more artistically arranged and are
charmingly scattered among flowers
and greenery.
1T is an ensemble of elegant and
harmonious curves. of streets planted
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-20
The First Gentleman.

Who was the first gentleman" The
Prince of Darkness has been pro-
nounced one. but only mortals can
fairly count. According to John Bulls
rime. there was no gentleman when
Adam delved and Eve span. The first
of them soon arrived. however. for.
according to Dame Juliana Berners.
writing upon coat armor in 1886, "Cain
became a chur! from the curse Of God
and Seth a gentleman through his ia
theirs and mothers blessing" That is
to say. Seth was the first man who
could boast of family" Cain having
been cast out of the pale, while Abel
presumably persisted too young,-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-10-20
A Startling Reply.

1T is very detrimental to the n
versation if you play bridge while
talking. A gentleman once entered a
room and walked up to a lady who
was deeply engrossed in correcting her
score. How dye do, Mrs. So-and-so"
he exclaimed. I have just met your
children with the nurse. By the way.
how many have you got"
1.-THE lady looked up and replied,
Sixteen above and twenty-four be-
low.'"-From THE Confessions of q
Bridge Player" by Quilon.