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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

post office, one of the first in the county,
when the mail came from Neche by the
way of Olga, had Mr.. Wrightson as Its
first postmaster and the family were
strongly identified with the chu' ch aud;
social life of what VA, then u sparsely
settled section of county, up to the time
of their leaving here for Oregon in 1890.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

Itch! Itch! Itch!-Scratch! Scratch
Scratch. The more you scratch the
worse the Itch, Try Doans Ointment.
1t cures piles eczema. any skin itching.
All druggists sell 1T.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08
Card of Thanks.

signed through the columns of this paper
to express their feeling of heartfelt
thanks to their neighbors of Langdon
and vicinity for he many kindness shown
in their bereavement of last week oc-
casioned by the death of their daughter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08
NEW RURAL PHONE LINES.
The Langdon-Waterloo and Mt. CarmeI-Mow- :
bray Lines Now in Operation.

The DEMOCRAT has this week been fur
nished by Manager Burke, of the Lang
don Telephone company with list Of
subscribers and their phone calls on
their Langdon Waterloo line and Mt
Carmel Mowbray line, both of whic h
have been constructed during the sum-
mer and are now ready for service and
have connection with the central office
of the Langdon Telephone Go. Thehsts
appear below:
LANGDON-W WATERLOO LINE
opehst, Cornelius. Short and Long Rings
Spenst, Jacob g.. Long Rings
openst Peter...... Short Long and Short
hrohn, John ...... Short Rings.
hr"hn, Abraham. Short and ! Long Rings
loews, Claus....... l Short and l Long Ring.
Ioews, Abraham. l Short and Long Rings
Penner Martini. Short Rings
fenner John Long Short and Long
fenner, Peter....... Long and Short Rings
kitchin. Isaac ...... 3 Long Rings
Nehr. Isaac l Long and Short R ings
frelsen, George. Short and 2 Long Rings
Kelly, j. W......... l Long Short and Long
Mahoney, j. J....... l Long and 2 Short Rings
Morgan, John ....., Long and l Short Ring
Laugdon ..... 2 Rings.
MI. .CARMEL-MOWBRAYL LINE
Schneider Peter. Short and Long Rings
Fritz, Lorenz, Short and Long Rings
dapp, jacob. 1 Short and Long Rings
Boesl John ........ l Long and 2 Short Rim gs
hartes John l. -. Long and / Short Rings
hartes, Matt t......,.2 Long and Short Rings
Schuler, Frank. 1 Long and Short Rings
kroetsch, Joseph, Long and Short Rings
MoWbray ........ Rings
Mt. Carmel. ......... 1 Ring
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-08

Mr.. AND Mrs N. G. CROCKETT.
Langdon. N Oak. Sept 3, 1910.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27

Do you know that the hand Of the
Goddess is II inches long!''
.'Is that all?'' responded the other.
Certainly" was tie reply. ''if it
were ~ inches ii would be a foot
Visitors 10 the capitol are not able
The statue, This last stopping point
is reached after climbing many Fights
of stairs above the ultimate reach of
the elevators, for the capitol is a
monstrous pile. The last landing is that
winch runs around tho top of The dome
ltselt. Here visitors come, for view
OF the city. below. From here a man
once committed suicide by leaping to
the roof beneath, and the mystery of
his identity has never been solved
inside, the dome is practically ths
last stand of the sightscer. The cell.
ing of II crowns the great shaft that
mounts 200 feet above Statuarv hall
on the ground floor. It's ceiling boasts
some of the finest interior decoration
that America has known. The concaye
of its dome does strange things in the
way Of magnifying and throwing
sounds. Here, for amusement, the wise
ones come and sit on benches while
lovers. tuck themselves away in hooks
nifty feet distant and talk in whispers
Yet their secrets NAV he heard by any
lounger in all the circle that surrounds
I he great shaft
Modelled by Crawford.
The Goddess Of Freedom has held
her place here since December 9, 1863.
She was modelled by Thomas Crawford,
who received $4,000 for that service.
Then the model was turned over 10
Clark Mills, who lived lust outside of
Washington, TO be cast. It WIS made
IN i've different pieces. which aggre-
gated weight of 1885 pounds. These
pieces were fitted together and bolted.
Then every device possible was re-
sorted TO to obliterate the marks of the
Joints Finally the task was so thor
oughly, accomplished that no man could
say where the joints were, except he
who had done the Joining. This indi-
vidual was very clever Italian. Ii
was necessary that the statue be again
taken to pieces that il might be hoisicd
to the top OF the capitol. The Italian
refused to reveal the joints unless he
were given certain very excellent
government position, with a guarantee
of its permanence. He attempted in
th1s way to hold up, the government.
Tins was toward the close of the
Civil war, but Mr.. Mills, the caster. was!
sulL doing government work with.
slave labor Among his other men be,
had certain hght-colored negro of
great intelligence. He directed this,
man to find the Joints in the great,
statue. The negro attacked it With,
block and tackle. He stretched and
wracked and pulled it. The Joints he
gan to work with the strainine, the
bolts were discovered and the statue
was taken to pieces. So did a slave
render direct service to Freedom.
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majesty, entered the front door, still
emitting flashes Of flame, and went
still ma jcstically-to bed.
1t was about clock Of a blazing
July evening, and James was not only
warm when he went to bed but he got
warmer and warmer for an apprcciablc
period, or until the cooling winds Of
night woocd for him fitful slumber.
Genevieve went TO bed. also. after a
miserable hour or two. during which
she experienced double barrelcd ease
Of the horrors-Grst, for fear James
would lose out in business for plain
rudcness; and, second, for fear that, in
the morning. he would still cherish
ideas in his head and say unpleasant
things at breakfast. Though thc facts
were that she had never laid eyes
upon those miserable wrctchcd young
men more than half dozen times in
her life, and she hoped they would both
die of heart failure before such mis-
fortune ever happened 10 her again.
But James met the emergency by ris.
ing early, getting down 10 tho office
without any breakfast whatever. and
making life one grand sweet song to
his stenograDhcT.
Well, Gcncvicve cUddlcd hcr baby all
the hours James was away. and put the
baby 10 bed early So she could cuddic
James till she had about lured the dove
Of peace back TO its roost on the pOr-
there pole of her cosy little home
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
By William Atherton DuPuy

the capitol building. This last name
was not placed here by the men who
built the statue and its chiselng is
somewhat crude and rough. But there
was no one to prevent when the little
riggcr sat on this narrow perch and
cut his name. while the stiff blowing
gales tugged at his clothing and the
dizzy distances below invited an atten-
tion that he dared not give. Yet the
height has no terrors for Porch and
many time he has stood upright on
this small pinnacle, while the blood of
watchers below ran cold at the sight.
1T was Porch that led the way to
the bonnet of the goddess and helped
In Its trimming. This year ladders
were slung from one ledge 10 another
and the assent facilitated But climb.
ing these, while the winds Of the upper
air are blowing fifty miles an hour,
is no mean task. The two men spent
two days aloft and pronounced their
task completed. Since that time there
has been no complaint as to the method
of their hat ornamentation To be snrc.
few connojsseurs have had an oppor-
tunity 10 examine the technique Of it,
but the task is reported a masterpiece
and the goddess is said TO be satisfied.
Much-Needed Bath.
1T was five years ago that Liberty
was given much.needcd bath. Ex-
posed TO the elements, as she is, and
made of bronze, that mayhap contains
more copper than it should. the figure
becomes much tarnished as time passes.
This fact has given the solons on the
hill no little Worry, and various pro-
posals have been made 10 improve the
appearance of the statue At one time
a bill passed the senate providing that
1T should be overlaid with gold plat
ing, ms is the dome Of the congressional
library across the square. But the house
failed 20 concur. Other proposals were
made TO paint the goddess as the dome
of the capitol is painted. But these
likewise failed 10 meet general ap-
proval
This once was the Goddess given a
bath. Al Porch erected scaffolding
about her thar enabled the workmen
to perform the task Once in a decade
she is given new trimmings for her
bonnet, the most recent intrusion be-
ing that of the present season. Other
wise she stands In solemn seclusion,
looking down on petty men below and
holding her place above that body of
individuals who represent the thing for
which she stands. and who deal out to
their fellow creatures her gifts as they
see them, though led somewhat aside on
occasion by so small thing in so great
company as personal interest.
Giant Statue.
The statue itself is 10 feet, 6 inches
in height. It's face is. roughly 8 feet
long. There is very much mildewed
joke which keeps drifting about the
grounds of the capitol TO the effect
that one senator once said 10 another:
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The GenevieVeS | Know

nest. And Just about the time she had
got that wretchcd fowl inside aud the
door shut, James was sitting out on the
porch one evening, gazing engagingly
into the void and yawning as per pro
gramme and GencVicvc was strolling
up and down the walk when there
drove mp an elderly gentleman Of be.
uign counreDance and portlv figure, be.
mind a fast pacing horse.
The elderly gentleman was a friend
of GcncvIcyc s papa. and in those
earlier davs before James had ac.
quired a mortgage on every breath she
drew. Gcncvieye had thought about him
as friend ot her own.
The nice old gentleman drove up
and halted his pacing horse right oppo
site Gcuevievc, why, hello. he cx-
claimed. - How arc YOU. jenny Why
don I YOU come over and see the girls
sometimes! They were saving only the
other day they were afraid you were
mad or hurt or something, but / told
them YOU had too much sense for such
nonsense. Jump in and take a little
drive with me, can I vou?f
In the meantime. the nice old gen
tlcmcn had waved friendly hand 10
James, and James had stonily declined
TO recognize himself as having been
waved at. He was 90 and morc-thc
elderly gentleman: he was fat and
bald and naturally homcly, And she
used to sit on his lap when She was q
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kiddie But Geucvicve told him,
. Thank you, but | really have to 90
m hear the baby crying-'
Whcreupon Mr.. Mann. out OF his
grandfatherly lore, told her she heard
nothing OF the sort But, looking al
Genevieve 5 eyes, he had sense enough
10 see something-though for the life
Of hlm, he WASH Z sure what-aud he
dldn Z press the matter. He simply
said. "Awfully sorry. m sure Come
over when YOU can and drove away
ficking his pacing horse with the whip,
an attention greatly resented by that
pamPered equine.
What S The mattcr.' he mused.
"Isn t he good 10 Gencyieve? If that
young scoundrel ism = treating my old
friend S daughter right. Ill--''
And then he shut up. seeing. like a
practical elderly gentleman, that he
could do nothing whatever.
Genevicvc turned away from him to
make mad grab at The disappearing
tail feather of the dove Of peace, but
IL was too late. James had not even
waited TO storm. He had risen and
stalkcd INTO the house. with a look on
him that would have sourcd the milk
Of human kindness IN tho breast Of n
newly appointed frst.clasS postmaster.
What is Gcnevicvc going 10 do about
this? Gracious, she is Just going to
put up with it. ~ suppose she
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out Of. And mind YOU, Genevieve was
not In love with either of those Young
men and hadn I guilty conscience any
where about her.
But
"Who the mischief are those fellows
bowling to YOU. Genevieve?' growled
James in tone TO which a peal of
thunder would have seemed the merest
atmospheric giggle Who the mis-
chief =
'Why that is Mr.. Blake and his
brother, James, answered Genevieve,
gathering her voice out of the depths
where lUrked her heart, and finding it
shabby thing after she got il. ''That
is Mr.. Blake. the one in the company.
you know. You know him.
How the-mischicf did you come to
know them?' growled James.
"Whv. ! told Won, James. when |
met them six months ago at n church
entertainment. They sometimes 90 10
our church -
81 like their Internal nerve, bowing
to vou in that free and easy manner, y
proceeded this darling James,
"Why, they bowed mostly TO you,
dear hazarded suffering Gencvicvc.
Well, ! didu I bow TO them-not so
you could notice it-lmpertineDt young
puppies - thundered James, the lam
bent Iightings of husband s righteous
wrath flashing from his eyes. And
thereupon James arose in slippered
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or TINS ornamental tip, which is about
three inches in height, is screwed ;ntC
Inc bronze of the statne itsolf and
dorms part of it. Whenever ther6 is
iigntnlng bolt playing about the vi
LILY, this combination of conductors
I" ISSAes ~ INTO their lair and disperses il
FOR, when bolt is once indnond =" 90
tempt to find Judgement in fbe ~ hosd aS
gear oil the goddess it is entirely ,,n
done Ii passes from the platinum and
gold tips to the bronze of tbe stat.
iiseif and from this il finds its wnw ~
the roof of tho capitol dome and the
whole great building. All This ia nT
IRON; so great is it that the holt of
hgh5nlng IS devoured, broken INTO y
EEuhdreu parts and each unoffensiye
niasnlenI is sent TO the ground by
that reach mother earth.
Is Well Protected.
The capitol building is regarded as
,Ge,hg one OF the best protected from
ilghInlng that stands anywhere. Never
tn 1ne century of its life has it sui
fercd INJURY. Through the last 6ftv
years II has been the head dress of the
GODDESS that has cared for the thunder
bolts. Superintendent Woods has y
great fondness for the goddess and
watches her, particularly in time of
storm. On such occasions it is worth
the while for her manner of hsndIing
the electricity with which the Air is
charged is spectacularly interesting, and
then is her head-dress seen to greatest
advantage.
A building containing 80 much metal
rs does the capitol naturally takes up
much electricity In time of storm. 1t is
then that the bonnet of the goddess
serves It's second purpose As fhcv nj .
tract the lightning from the clouds so
do the platinum tips dispense that
which is already bound up in The metal
work of the building. When the storm
RACES. the bonnet is giving ont great
quantities OF electricity that the build.
ing has absorbed. At night every point
may be seen sputtering noisily and
emitting shower of sparks The pro
cess is similar TO that by which a cur-
rent OF great power gets over bad
connection where wires have been dam
aged. While the storm RACES the conn
tenance of the goddess is lighted up by
these vivid sputterings So is the dou-
bic purpose served Of breaking up the
great shocks and Of giving off the ac-
cumulated electricity Of the great build
ing.
Five Platinum Tips.
There are FIVE of the platinum TIPS
with gold bases in the bonnet of the
goddess. That her costume NAV har-
monize there is tip placed on each
shoulder and this also occasionally re-
ceives bolt of lightning. When the
onslaught of the clements is especially
strong, the platinum tips are fused with
the heat of it. They are melted and
burned out. This greatly interferes with
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27

scaled the statue TO its very top with
out the help OF ladder. He does this
by working himself into the folds Of
the garments Of Liberty, and so brac-
ing himself as 10 get ineXplicable holds
The only picture ever taken of the face
Of the goddess was gotten by photo
graphcr. whom Al Porch virtual car
ried up the ladders TO this dizzy height.
-Four Names ON Bonnet,
The very top of the bonnet Of the
goddess boasts n sort Of flat-topped
rosette it is ten inches By twelve
inches in dimension. On the face that
ii offers to the sky are chiselcd -four
names. names that have not been read
by half a dozen persons since the day
the statue was put up. The first of
these is that of Abraham Lincoln. pres
ident of the United States at the time
the statue was put in place. Next 10
IL is the name of NJ. G.. Mcggs, govern
ment architect. and designer of many
public buildings. Under this is the
name Of Thomas Crawford. the mod
cler of the statue. Then. finally, there
is roughly chisclcd beneath this last,
the name of 4. ID. Porch, the riggcr Of
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Gcneyieve sat on the front
Ieir cosy home nest, and
sngagingly into space,
Izsionally with wide-open
.nt would have STIRRED a
IN E man-eating shark.
eazed into space and lis
1r echo of her last remark
1nong the dim distances.
l7sg Of this lively debate a
>gtouobile wbizzed bv, or
N Imply went by. or what
''org 10 say about an auto
iis running sther slow
sutomoblle sat two per-
ccslonable young men. one
head of the organization
James got most Of his bust
|her that parsonage s inot-
innocent Younger brother.
young men looked at the
the porch, raised their
ermltted q pleasing smile
'eir respective countenances.
owed with the proper return
'sslss of the occasion. but
a sickcning bound, came
throat, choked her most
then sank down. down
not to its rightful place,
leefly certain, but some
'cr where it was heavy and
IKE a brick, or a ton of
eEng powder biscuit that
Z left the baking powder
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capitol building what the famous hunch-
back was to old Notre Dame Once he
fell from a position at the foot of the
goddess and was dashed from proicc
tion to projection down the statue base
Altogether he fell fifty feet, and with
one arm broken, chung with his legs
dangling over the abyss below, which
would have meant certain death if his
hold gave way. Yet later he climbed
ono after another of the pillars that
support the statue in an attempt to cap.
ture an escaped canary bird, and finally
succeeded. Many times since he has
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
Easter Hat for the Goddess Freedom ev1.e 1a-r

.,ore precious than gold
',,Sr metal itself, are the
scheme for trimming this
nnet for Miss Freedom,
'r ogd ,hs dome of the capitol
sa op The prccarious task or
ou, Roanuct to the head Of the
oS ;set above the pavement,
ies,i;shed. She stands TO"
.5em challenging all com.
aeDE NTH her in the hats of
|'lIe eye, "a" basis of novelty of
!|;uess IN or form the stand
',ssusc' ,''u No head IS today
as is hers for Freedom
HI Il feminine and susceptible
xbjch it may be said that
u has not had a new
.uoei y = before for FIVE years
,t'si;nencc acccntuates the
rre With d,gnifed re
. = waichcd the passing of
M the consequent frenzy
nv rr world and has made no
- widows. peach baskets,
iinrbans, have come and
a her participation IN their
BIT recently she has
'5s,t She sent her ulti-
|go,ssrintcndent ,s Elliott Woods
" building, If he did not
r;th an Easter bonnet Of
.nsnsiye materials, She said,
filow a bolt Of lightning
.sn;tol asunder. There was
feasibility of her making
. threat and the bonnet was
ming Her Plaything'
. .ay. The goddess, in her
'tion almost among the |
q the lightning her play |
Z. like Death, loves a far
h hurls his thunder bolts
|r<s from May TO October. |
from the already great
Capitol hill. the goddess
mark IN the city.
m of record that great
||ly fnd her out on an aver
4 Zines a year. They rend
"a and burn blackened
her sides. But she is in
little injury. This
'largely to her bonnet. 1t
tolstructed with the idea
|P.sfully handling lightning
mo ere so powerful as to
|n. Here again has hers
n over most millinery.
A all conductors of electric
un. But because OF the ne
simeut of a million dollars
rss it little on their barns.
& are. however, used on all
ons Of the bonnet of the
ert 10 platinum as a con-
.ttricity comes gold, a less
|etal but still ornamental.
i tips are backed up by a
plated in gold. The whole
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their usefulness. When they are all
disabled the protection from the light
9lng is not as efficient as it might be.
dnis was the condition existing this
spring when the goddess sent in her
ultlmatum, She threatened to LET tbe
bolts get past if her hat were not fixed
threat. "" '"0
:, But the threat was sufficient. Upon
It's receipt AL Porch, the rigger of the
capitol and the special attendant of
the goddess. was sent aloft to the dizzy
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made Of the very pinnacle of the capitol
his playground. lie has practically
lived here for forty-two wears. The
upper dome of the capitol has come
to be passion with him. 4 sprv lit
tic man OF siXtyfour. he runs about
these great heights as the ordinary man
walks abomt ihe streets He Is 10 the
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to tbe fact that what James loves is
simply, solely, only and entirely
James7
Copyright, 1910, by the Associated
Literary Press.)
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whispers to herself. "James must love
me very, very much, or he wouldn t
be so j-l,jj-I,"
pen the day that Genevicvc wakes up
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Pinnacle His PlaygrouI |

This mounting into the very presence
OF Liberty IS no mean task. Rarely
is ii accomplished in any other method
than that of scaling ladders. For sixty
feet, before the very top of the statue
Is reached. the ascent must be made
on ladders in the exterior Of the statue.
That is when any one other than Al
Porch makes it, This rieger has long
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to determine what was needed He
brought back with him the tips that
had served their time. and each bore
the mute record of a mighty stroke of
Lightning that had hit the building.
The platinum in each OF these would
cost SO With the gold and other ma
terial they contained each tip would
cost $50 With the accustomed milli-
merry profit this should have been adj
vanced 10 $l00-a very handsome price
for hat trimmings even in these days
OF the willow plume and the aigrette
With these valuable hat ornaments and
those for the goddesse s shoulders that
were to make her costume match, the
men -milliners went aloft TO perform
their dangerous task
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-20
Struck by Falling Tree

John Gill, who is employed at Ton
ne's camp nine miles north of this vii
lage, was struck by falling tree, and
seriously, perhaps fatally injured, yes
terday afternoon.
He, with some companions, were cut
ting out skidway, when the sawyers
near there fell couple of trees with
out any warning whatever. One of the
trees, in falling, struck Mr.. Gill across
the hips, knocking hin to the ground
unconscious. The engine was mined
lately sent to this village and medical
aid was summoned from Ladysmith.
DR.. O'Connor was conveyed to the
camp by the engine and attended to
the stricken man. Upon examination
it was found that the hip bone was
broken, but it was undetermined wheth-
er he was injured internally. At pres
ent he is doing as we'll as can be ex-
pected. Tony Enterprise.