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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-09
DRS. KERR & SMITH
DENTISTS Donovan Block

The marriage of Louis BOSNIAN, of
Gull Lake, Sask., and Miss Philomene
Koehmstedt, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence KoehmstedJ took place at the
Catholic church, in Mt. Carmel yester-
day morning the 9Th inst, at ten o'clock.
The bridegroom is one of Mt. Carmel's
young men who has recently removed
to the northwest, where he has a fine
farm home awaiting his bride. Enroute
to Gull Lake they will make a short
stay in Winnipeg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alden ..R. Marshall and
family took their departure yesterday
from Langdon their destination being
Williston, N. D., at which place Mr.
Marshall has accepted a position as
manager of a farm implement business.
Mr.. Marshall in the years past that he
has been a Langdon resident has shown
himself to be a man of worth in both
business and public affairs such as our
citizens were we'll able to appreciate,
Expressions of regret at the Marshalls
leaving Langdon are generally heard and
the wish expressed that Willistor people
may seize the opportunity afforded them
in making full usa Of the push and force
Mr.. Marshall always shows in the affairs
Of his home tswn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-09
THEATRICAL EVENTS

Feb 22-Lecture by DR., Gillette
March 2-Signor Romanila, Italian harpist,
Mar 17-Lecture by DIR. Taylor.
March 19-Tne English Opera Singers.
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Job printing-the De MocRAT.
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MARIAN'S VALENTINE TO THE
POOR CHILDREN.

It was just the twelfth of February
and only two days till st. Valentines
day. And Marian was sitting on the top
step of the broad long stairs that were
in her house. She was thinking very
hard.
Where Marian went to school they
were going to have valentine box.
Marian thought that she was not very
we'll liked. So she was not going to
give any. But she did SO want to send
something to little sick neighbor boy.
Marian decided to take her pretty
maltese kitten and put pretty blue
ribbon on his neck and then she put
him in a basket and tied little card
to it. She sent it to the little lame boy.
And he took great pleasure in his pet
and valentine. The next morning she.
went to the mail box to get the mail.
She found a pretty little package adj
dressed to her. She opened it and it
was pretty valentine from her little
friend Marian found that she should
not be hopeless and that it paid to be
kind to others.
Eleanor Nickel, age 10.
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VALENTINE DAY.

Tomorrow is Valentine day." said
poor little Carl Sprague to himself. He
gave deep sigh. and tears started to
his eyes, as he thought how much
he would like to have a home and
plenty Of money to buy Valentines
with, as other little boys did, and oh,
he wanted 80 much to give little Mary
Smith a valentine because she had
give him a nickel to buy cookies. now
and then, whe nhe was very hungry.
And as he thought Of these things, the
little boy began to cry harder.
The little boy. was an orphan, and
sold papers on the streets, but many
times little Carl went hungry because
he could not sell enough papers to buy
him anything to eat, and when night
came he slept with some of his com
panions who also sold papers.
Mary Smiths father was not a
wealthy man but he had plenty OF
money, so whenever Mary went out,
he always gave her some money to
buy candy with, and she had often
bought paper from Carl for her
father, as she had taken fancy to
Carl So whenever she saw him, she
always gave him nickel to buy
cookies.
Carl began to get tried and crouched
down in his little dark corner. He de-
cided to see if he could sell just one
more paper and then he would have to
hunt up his companions and find some
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To An Old
Shoe

We've walked the ways Of life. ole
The rough and smooth together;
I've kept you under foot, tbs true,
But you've been honest leather.
You've not refused to take the dust,
Your shining surface soiling:
You've been friend that could trust
In pleasure or In toiling.
You've borne the brunt Of many q
blow
~ foesfor me- intended:
Eouvo never kicked . fallen foo,
Through me you've oft defended.
Mou pinched-me some when you were
new,
uro chad learned each other;
But now you 1t my foot, old shoe,
j Al brother sunto brother.
Observation-Disclosures, old and gray
4 Too shabby to be mended;
III ddng you out beside the way
1 That by your help I've wended.
And then wonder II some day,
When am old and faded,
Like you I'll thus be thrown away
i BY those whom have aided.
Then lst,lt. be beside the route
! OF some divine endeavor.
Der which the feet that wore me out
Pass on and up forever.
Youths Companion.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth presi.
dent, was born Feb. IL, 1909, and dleu
April Is, 1865. Abraham Lincoln WAS was
born in Hardin county, Kentucky. HIS
father was illiterate, but his motner
was very bright, with great FORCE OF
character, exerting marked influence
over young Lincoln's life. He had limit
ed educational advantages, but at the
age of eight he moved with MS parents
to Spencer county, Indiana. HIS
mother died when he was but nine
years of age, but his stepmotner was
a good woman, offering him every op-
'portunity she could for an education.
At the age Of nineteen he hired out
as hand on flatboat and made trip
to New Orleans.
Later, his family moved to Macon
county, Ill.
At the age Of 81 he again worked on
a f1atboat, making another run to New
Orleans. It was on this trip that he
received impressions which greatly
influenced his future life. In his return
he worked as clerk in a country store
at New Salem, becoming a leader IN
that neighborhood. He was appointed
postmaster at West Salem and later
opened small store in which enter
prise he failed. He became assistant
surveyor Of Sangamon county, and IN
the meantime studied law.
Manila Jewett, age IL.
LOvilia, la.
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place to sleep. AS he came to win.
dow all decorated with Valentines.
Carl gave q cry Of glee. ooh, amt
that beauty. know May would like
that" and for a moment his paperE
were forgotten. l am inclined to think,
dear reader, the little boy did not
| think of them very soon again.
just then a man brushed past him,
and ne seemed to be in great haste as
ne hurried down the street. AS Carl
turned to glance after the hurrying
figure he stepped on something and as
ne stopped and picked it up his little
neart gave great bound, for 1t was
pocketbook full Of money. 1T must
De that mans" said Carl to himself,
50 ne hurried after him. Almost
GREATNESS he caught up with the man
ana grabbing him by the coat. said in
gasps: Mister did - you - lose -
your-mon-ey? I-found-it,' as he
thrust the pocketbook toward him. The
man examined Its contents, found 1t
to be the one he had lost, and his
money all there too. The lonely little
figure standing before him. almost
brought tears to his eyes.
We'll. bless my soul, child, where
did you ind it," !,
mister, saw Valentine
wanted to buy Mary, and as was
look1n' In at the window I stepped on
the pocketbook. knowed it was
yours as saw you almost runnin'
down the street." said Carl as he
looked up into the kindly face Of the
men.
Where do you i've" ne said.
Mister, don't live any place. I'm
an orphan replied Carl.
Then come with me. Most little
boys would have kept the money, but
you are an honest little boy"
They soon reached a big house, all
lighted up and as the man led Carl In
and seated him by the warm fire, to
the little boys surprise who should
come in to kiss her father good night
but Mary, and on seeing the little boy
she threw her arms around him and
kissed him. Carl looked from one to
the other. Then he understood.
You are going to be Mary,s little
brother now" said Mr.. Smith.
Little Carl was so happy to think
how nice it was to be Mary's brother
and of course he could get the v slen-
tine now. "a
He was soon tucked in nice warm
bed, fell asleep and dreamed Of the
Land of Valentines.
Irene Kelley. age II,
1908 w. Second, Ottumwa, Ia.
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Disconnected
May

May Jackson was pretty girl, and
she was a clever girl, too. But she
was q very Disconnected girl. which
made her unhappy. And not only did
It make her unhappy, but it often
caused her parents little regrets and
troubles. They were loving and kind
and did everything in their power to
make Mays life not only happy, but
useful Mrs. Jackson insisted on Mays
learning how to sew. cook and manage
Q house. for she thought 1t part Of
every girls education to know these
things. And Mr.. Jackson gave May an
allowance and babe her to keep &C.
counts straight. and told her that she
must be economical and thrifty. If
she spent more on one thing than
she should spend she was obliged to
go without something else that she
wanted, for her father gave her suffi-
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JUNIORS IN AN A,RsHlP.

Flva Huffman. Caroline Tout, V1da
W. -. Forest Weber, Johnny Sk1rVlp
arr -nyself decided we would take 4
trip in an an arship as Forest owned
one. We started on the second Of May.
lit was beautiful morning. We took
enough provisions to last us for five
weeks We went west from OttumWa
and it was decided that Forest should
guide for the first three hours, and
we We're to take turns in guiding it.
We girls wanted to stop off and get
Lois Griffin. so Forest lowered the
and myself went in search Of her.
When at last we found her home. her
mother did not want her to go as she
was afraid she might get hurt. But at
last she consented. We went back 70
the ship and Forest was the only one
with it. We asked him where Vida and
Caroline were and he said they had
gone down town to get some post
cards and candy. We waited until they
came back and then we started on our
journey again.
We were kept busy for about an
hour addressing cards and writing
letters to the folks at home and to
our Junior friends to let them know
we had got started.
We passed Charlton and Forest
lowered the ship again and we posted
our cards and letters and then we went
and had supper with nv sister who IS
working In Charlton. We left Chart
ton about o'clock and decided we
would not stop until we, got to Oma-
ha It took us another day to reach
that place. 1t looked like rain so we
decided to stop in Omaha over night.
Forest. and Johnny had the airship
put up for the night. Then we went to
find a good hotel. 1t did not take us
long as there are several in Omaha. We
went to the hotel and ordered supper
for seven, which consisted Of bread,
butter, potatoes. beef roast, gravy,
plum pudding. two peach pies, celery,
fruit salad and q cup of coffee for EACH
When we had eaten our supper we
went ont and the boys wanted to go to
some place Of amusement so we went
to a show. 1t was Just grand. We went
back to he hotel at 10:S0. ~
III the morning when we awoke we
saw the clouds had all cleared away
and We could continue our Journey.
We left Omaha at $3.50 o'clock. We
had gone but few miles after dinner
and. Vida asked us to 20 and see "the
man in the MOON" So 1t was decided
that we would go to see him about 9
O'clock that night. AT the time appoint
ed we made known our arrival by
laughing. Lois asked him If we could
talk to him for few minutes and he
said yes" He asked us many ques-
tions about the world below. When we
girls got our luncheon ready the boys
asked him to dine with us and he did
so. without any coaxing. As We were
eating he asked Elva (who sat nearest
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doing things for my own good, and all
the time have been discontented ana
ugly Rut-Mamma I have had my

doing things for my own good, and all
the time have been discontinued ana
ugly. But-Mamma. l have had my
awakening. And I shall not abuse my
privileges, ether And May kissed
her mothers cheek. Next month my
account book will read differently:
And this one shall be destroyed" Ana
May, with her mothers consent, tossed
the old ledger-wh0se pages pointed TO
her many foolishnesses- upon the
CRATE fire. and watched 1t burn. An,
she sighed, as the last vestige OF IL
fell to grey ashes. II have burned my
misdeeds. Now for new start. Ana
Mamma, won't you permit me TO
help you with the family sewing and
mending? My own work won't keep
me nearly occupied. l have hours ana
hours each week that have hitherto
been thrown away. want to be OF
use from now" E.
Everything will be brighter when
you feel that you are helpful to your
parents and to your friends" smiled
Mrs. Jackson. II can see happy times
ahead of u.s.. for henceforth we are to
be comrades-papa, May and mamma.
working for each others good,
added May. And all of sudden her
old feeling Of fretfulness and discon-
tentment. disappeared, and Life opened
up to her gloriousIy, because 1t opened
up for Good.
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an migrate. haven't deserved the
privileges you and papa have given
me- And--I have never yet worn q
frock made from your old one. T.
II have had money to spend az
pleased, and have pleased to waste
much Of it. But-I'm going to begin
anew. I'll throw away that accusing
ledger. and start a new one. And
I'll keep a diary, too, and each day
must feel that have done something
worthy of being written in it's
"Ah, you are my own little May"
said Mrs. Jackson, feelingly. II felt
that some day your eyes would see
things clearly. And papa has been
very liberal with you, hoping to make
you self reliant of strong character,
by allowing you to keep your own &C
counts. He thinks that girls, as we'll
as boys, should know the value OF
money, and unless they are put on an
allowance-just sufficient to keep
their wardrobe replenished, and to buy
necessary books and music-they are
apt to become wasteful and Indifferent
to money"
I'VE learn all things by com
parison,' mused May. And that is
how learned my lesson today. AS
compared with Stella and Hester
girls I had almost envied till this
hour-I occupy very independent
position. You and papa have been
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GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Dear Editor: George Washington
was born on February %, 1892 In VIZ
ginia. He was strong active boy,
afraid of nothing and whatever was
given him to do he did 1t in the best
way he knew how. He was known as
the most honored Of the Americans.
For while he thought Of going to sea
in, hopes that some day he would be-
come the captain of a trading vessel.
But his idea was not carried out SO
he, fitted himself as a. land surveyor.
There was an English nobleman liv-
ing in Virginia at that time and he
was attracted by his qualities and en-
ployed Washington to survey his land
and at sixteen years Of age he plunged
into the wilderness and began his
work. When they found out that the
French were in the Allegheny valley
they knew a brave man was needed to
carry them the message 80 they chose
Washington. He started out to deliver
the message, he found the French and
delivered the letter and started home
in the dead of winter. When he came
to the Indians they tried to kill him
and came near doing SO. While
crossing river he came near getting
drowned and nearly frozen when he got
out, but he escaped all dangers and
brought back report Of what he saw
at, the forts which alarmed the gov
ernor. In 1889, at New York City
washington was made the first presi-
dent of the U. S. His retirement took
place March 4, 1897. He had refused
reelection in 1896 and published his
eoroua1l address Ar the close of his
term he retired to Mount Vernon.
Wishing the Junior page much sue
cess I will close.
Geneva Smithburg, age IL.
Blakesburg, Iowa, r. r. No. 2.
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VALENTINE DAY.

It was three days before st. Vale-l-
tine day and : merry group of girl;
were gathered ! o,.nd the counters Of
a little village store, all looking at the,
comic valentines, one especially. It
was the picture Of tall, read-haired
girl, sitting at the piano, playing and
singing.
"Oh,' exclaimed one of the girls,
"let's send it to Kate Haley
1T looks just like her. Yes, let's do"
joined another, bright, blue-eyed
lass, who was Rubie Brown.
"You buy it and / will send it."
So the valentine was purchased and
given to Rubie to send.
The next morning Rubie gave the
valentine to her sister Hazel to mail.
Hazel was a nice, kind hearted girl.
and would not hurt person s feelings
for anything. So she began thinking
what she could do. At last bright idea
struck her. 3
why" said she, Il will take this
out and send a pretty one in its place. =
But where was she to get another;
one? This, however, dill not puzzle her
long, for she had beautiful one that
she had intended to send to friend.
This she quickly Slipped into the en-
velope.
That day the girls were in the posi-
Office waiting for "The Fun" as thew
called it. when Kate came in and
asked for the mail
"Oh,' she thinks she will get some.
thing NICE" laughed Rubie, as the: en-
velope containing the valentine, was,
handed out. "I wish I hadn't sent it,
But was it the comic valentine? No, it
was a lovely one, and lump rose in
Rubies throat as Miss Haley thanked
her for it. And oh, how glad and sur
prised the girls all were to think tha:
Hazel had not sent the one they had
bought.
ooh Hazel" said Rubie that night,
after telling her sister all about it,.
Then bursting into tears, II cannot
thank you enough for changing it, !.
Never mind, DEAR" said Hazel,
"this will be good lesson for you."
And it was. Every year Rubie sends
Kate Haley a pretty valentine and
Kate is the best friend she has.
Essie Godlove, age IA.
Lacona, Iowa.
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STORIES AND LETTEPs S.
AN IMAGINARY TRIP IN AN AIR
SHlp IaF.

It had always been Jimmy's. desire
to make trip in an airship and eX-
plore the skies and come back to
earth with a proof of some great dis
covery One day he got his wish be-
cause there was to be an airship
which was to make trial flight the
following week. Jimmy asked the in:
ventor of this machine if he could go
with him and as this man was a good
friend Of Jimmy's father, he said:
Certainly, my boy, would be glad to
have somebody with me-"
Jimmy could hardly wait till the
time came and as he sat in the seat
looking down on the people he felt
very proud At last, when they were
so high that the people looked like
small specks, Jimmy's companion
asked him where he wanted to go. "Oh
do go to Mars" said Jimmy. So they
sailed through the air toward Mars.
At last they got there and when
they got out Of the machine to look
and see what they could find they saw
small dwarf making motions for
them to come. And the Funniest thing
Of all was that everybody walked on
their heads. This dwarf led them
through a large tunnel which was as
dark as night. He then led them
through tiny room that was so low
that they had to crawl on their hands
and knees. Then they came to large
room that was lighted by hundreds OF
fire flies. This room was filled by
many women, men and children: They
had yellow, dried up skins and black
curly hair. They were putting coal
into large fires that made the room
very hot. Some were digging the coal
in another end Of, the room After
they had seen everything the dwarf
led them back to the entrance and
they got in their airship and went
back to earth. They told their story
to their friends but rney were laughed
at because people would not believe
them. .t
Hedveg Carlson,
1n1E oouct Off1,mua
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VALENTINE DAY.

Valentine day Is celebrated the 14th
of February. This custom is traced
in origin to a practice among the
ancient Romans. At the feast OF the
Lrnercalia. which was held on the
18th day Of February, in honor of the
Great God, Pan, the names of all the
virgin daughters of Rome were put in
box and drawn therefrom by the
young men, and each youth was bound
to offer gift to the maiden who fell
to his lot, and to make her his partner
doing the time of the feast.
This custom became united to the
name Of St. Valentine st. Valentine
was bishop Of Rome during the third
century. He was of the most loving
nature, and gave the most beautiful
gifts Of eloquence, and was so very
successful in converting the pagan
Romans to Christianity that he ex-
posed the displeasure of the emperor,
and was martyred by his order Feb
ruary IA, A. D. 27O.
When the saint came to be placed
in the calendar, his name was given to
made festival, to Offset that of the
Lupercalia, and an effort was made
to substitute the names of saints for
those of girls in the distribution, but
naturally without success. Many other
old customs which have became united
in name to a holy saint the church,
are not questionably Of purely worldly,
even pagan origin. Now we give
valentines away to our friends on
valentine day.
An old Junior
Martha Marie Scott,
N. Court ST., Ottumwa, Iowa.
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HIND what those things were, and he
pointed to the ,doughnuts and she told
MIN. When we were through eating he
told us he would give us some green
c enc II we would give him some OF
! the doughnuts. AS we had never seen
any green cheese we decided to ex-
change with him. He went out and
soon returned with q piece of green
cheese about the size Of q loaf of
bread and we gave him dozen and q
half Of the doughnuts. We left him
about 2 o'clock and went very fast for
about twenty-four miles.
When we had been on our way for
about two weeks after our visit to the
moon we were coming to mountain.
On the side Of the mountain was q
small log cabin. We girls wanted to go
down and see the people that lived it
the cabin. SO Caroline guided the air.
ship towards the cabin. There was no
one In sight. After about an hour was
spent In calling an old gray haired
woman and little girl came from the
cellar. We asked her If we were In
Colorado or Utah and she said we were
In the central part of Utah. She asked
us to wait and have dinner with her
Dut we told her we would have to be
on our journey as we would like to
reach Sacramento by the end Of that
week: Just as we were going UP the
@itouASeIAA WuCIc we lldO 101L our SalIe
ship we heard q man and girl a
short distance to the left Of us talking
In angry words. We waited q few min
utes and a young girl and an old man
came along q narrow foot path and the
girl was crying and she told us that
her father had beaten her because she
would not drink the whisky he had
brought home from the village. So the
boys took the whisky from him and
threw 1t away and then we went on
our way.
We reached Sacramento about six
days after this. It was at noon and we
were eating dinner when Vida (who
was guiding the airship, told us We
had reached our destination. went to
take piece of green cheese which
the man in the moon" had given us
and Caroline and Lois said they want
ed 1t and then we began quarreling
over 1t. Johnny came up and said he
would settle 1t and he took the piece
Of green cheese from me and threw It
overheard
When we got out Of the airship we
decided we would stay in Sacramento
two weeks. and then go home on the
train. This was on Saturday. So we
left Sacramento on Saturday also.
Lois and went to Ottumwa with the
girls for a weeks VISIT. When we parted
at Ottumwa we all said we had had
fine time and would like to go east
next summer.
Hannah Clark,
Lucas, Iowa.