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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Fencino Bouts For NAVY Men.

The schedule of fencing contests ar
ranged by the Annapolis cadets is as
follows: Feb. is, New York t%urnverein;
Feb. 25, University Of Pennsylvania;
March 4, Cornell; March 8, Princeton;
March II, New York Fencers' club;
March 1S, intercollegiate quadrangular
meet; March 25, intercollegiate fencing
tourney lat New York;.
All the above contests except the in
tercollegiate fencing tourney at New
York will be held at the Naval acad-
envy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Yankee Dollars and Lords
Foremost Among
Issues In British Election

most serious in the United Kingdom
since the fight over the reform bill If
not since the days Of Charles I.
The basic point Of difference in the
election, however, is the house of lords
and its powers. On the failure of the
peers to approve the budget the mat
ter went before the country a year
ago. and i'll the general election the
Liberals had two more votes than the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
OTITICS

is always
the thing para
mount in Great
Britain and Ire
land, inc the
present winter is
certainly far from
being an excep-
ton. rather an
a C c e u t I.
Though it is but
a few m o n t h 8
since tha 1act ran.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
sprackIino TO Lead Brown In 1911.

Quarterback Sprackling of the Brown
football team, whose work in the Yale
game did so much to accomplish the
p to 0 Brown victory, has been elect
ed captain of the 1911 team. This is
the third year for %Sprackling on the
gridiron, and it is freely prophesied
that he will put the team near the top
next season.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX-Langdon Chap
ter No. Q, 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, 1911-01-05
Harvard Eleven to PIav In South

IT G'CVSI 70 TFdy TT SVUSH.
Hamilton Fish, Jr., acting for an all
star Harvard eleven, has booked a game.
with an all southern eleven to be play
ed at Memphis Dec. %. This VIII be
the first appearance OF any athletic rep
resentatives Of Harvard in the far,
south. They will also play at New Or
leans Dec. 81.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
HULL TO COMPETE AGAIN.
Rhodes Scholar Will Race Under N. y.
A. c. Colors Next Season.

TNSVT 10
L. G. Hull. The only American who
was appointed to the presidency of the
athletic association at Oxford univer-
sity, will compete for the New York
Athletic club next summer. His rec
ord in the sprints is such that great
things may be expected of him when
he receives the benefit of Bernie We
fers' training, and those who have
watched Hull in the clubhouse gymna-
SUM say that he will surely prove one
Of the star runners of the next outdoor
season. The \. y. a. c. is mighty
lucky In getting Hull.
Last year Hull captured both the
hundred yard dash and the quarter
mile at the annual dual meet between
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
MRS. EDDY's SUCCESSORS.
Men High In Christian Science Coun-
ellis Briefly Told Of.

VbSs sss9s ~ Sso SSt0ttSC SOoI1s
ellis Briefly Told Of.
Since the death of Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy much interest has been mani
tested in the board of directors Of the
Christian Science church and those
who We're closest to the founder of the
religion now estimated to embrace
2,O00.OO0 persons.
One of the foremost Of these is Ar
chibaId Mcclellan. chairman of the IL
rectors and editor of the Christian Sci
ence periodicals issued in Boston. He
is a native of Moncton, N. B.. and is
ffty-three years of age. He grew up
In the United States and was in
commercial work and the law prior to
Joining Mrs. Eddy's following in 1895.
He was one of the three trustees ap-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
WANTS NEW YORK REBUILT.

DR.. Woods Hutchinson Has New Re-
lief For Congestion.
A new method for the relief of New
York's congestion has been evolved by
DR.. Woods Hutchinson. the literary
Aesculapian. His remedy is simple,
merely the razing of the present city
and the building of another. But this
revolutionary method Of correcting the
evils of congestion will not be put into
effect at once, if ever.
Il can think Of no better way to
spend a few billion dollars" says DR..
Hutchinson, than in making over the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
OUTLOOK FOR
COLLEGE HOCKEY
Bright Prospects For Interco|-
Iegiate League This Season.
GOOD COACHES IN DEMAND.
Every Team In League Has Competent
Man In Charge-Princeton and Yale
Teams Weakened by Graduation of
Men-CornelI Is Strong.

In he past the fact that u college
ice hockey has been below the par
maintained in the American Amateur
Hockey league of New York has large
ly been due not only to the ineXperi-
ence Of the players, but to lack Of
competent coaching.
This has been noticeable at Column
bia and Dartmouth. During several
seasons the blue and white of the To-
cal collegians has been trailed in the
rear because some mediocre material
was ~undeveloped, owing to the lack
of a coach who could make the candi-
dates do things. And then, too, it
was said that there, was a tendency
to clique on the team and that fra
ternal feeling had a great deal to do
with the choosing Of the varsity play
erS.
Good Coaches Bring Results.
Ever since Tom Howard has been
coaching Yale the Blue has turned out
strong sevens. Gus Hornfeck's TAX
ing charge of Princeton was just what
the Tigers needed. These two expert
puck chasers were able to teach their
candidates things about the game.
They could not only tell them how
things should be done, but they could
get on the ice and show them, and
that's what is needed.
Ralph Windsor has been successful
with Harvard teams. G. Hunters
work with Cornell sevens has been
handicapped by lack of proper prac-
tice. Last year at Ithaca the ice was
late in forming OIL Cayuga lake, and
when it did it was accompanied by Sc
we're snowStorns, and when the snow
cleared away sufficiently to permit of
work the ice began to crack up.
Columbia has at last startled itself
into activity and has taken the first
step toward molding what may de-
velop into something more than a pre-
tense for a hockey seven by securing
Percy lie Suer. the famous Canadian
goalkeeper. for Il coach. Under his eX-
pert guidance the team may develop
into Il strong seven.
Princeton Loses Two Stars.
The loss of Read and Peacock is Il
severe M for the championship Tiger
team to withstand. Peacock in goal
was one Of the most valuable men who
ever played college hockey. He was a
veritable team in himself. With Read
at cover the defense was the strongest
part of the team. and to it more than
to the fine shooting ability of Captain
Kay was the success of the team due.
1t will be hard to fill their places.
Yale lost Captain John Heron and
Martin from the forward line through
graduation and Johnson from the de-
Tense. 1t will be q difficult matter for
Coach Howard to find men able to fill
their places as well as they did.
The Cornell team appears to be al
most intact for this season. 1t was
a strong seven last year and should
have finished better than it did. but
it lacked coaching in the finer points
Of the game and at times it's work
waxed very crude.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

Rademacher to Captain Chicago In 1911
The University of Chicago football
team has elected Charles NJ. Rade-
macher captain for 1911. The new
leader is from Clinton. H.. and has
played two seasons on the eleven.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

Pigeon Fanciers Form Union.
The American Racing union, a re-
Gently formed body Of pigeon fanciers,
intends to control the racing game in
the eastern states.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

LODGEOF Observation-Disclosures No. 8
holds regular communications ON the first and
j. e. TRUAx, V. M.
ROBERT WORK, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

leader of the Unionists, which has
aroused and cemented many dissent
ing faction" Of his WI party. Though
in nowise an original measure and
called political shillyshallying by the
Liberals. it proved a clever point early
In the campaign. Briefly, Mr.. Bal
tours proposition-presumably speak
ing for his party-was that should the
Unionists name the next ministry no
tariff reform program would be en-
acted until first submitted to a refer
endum vote Of the people.
The strength of the Balfour declara-
ton lay in the fact that his party is
widely divided on the tariff. For in
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

A, F. g. A. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
second I'D fourth Fridays Of each month,
VIM. STEVENSON, w. NJ.
j. Il. Balm. Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
CATCHER M'L-EAM HAS Nov
Ell CLAUSE IN HIS
CONTRACT.

: Larry Mclean. the giant catch
: er of the Cincinnati Nationals,
: has named certain conditions
|. under which he will consent to
: play for the Reds next season.
. His contract as made out, by
. himself contains the very latest
thing in the way of a "booZe
clause"
!. Garry Hermann told Mclean
that he is to have a keeper next
! year and that the guardians
: 5000 per is to be taken out of
. Larry's pay envelope each
! month. Larry is not altogether
. certain that he wants to be both
! cred with a keeper and an
! nounces that he will not sign
1 unless he is allowed a rebate in
the shape of n quarter for every
! drink he refuses.
: Hermann has visions of Lar
. ry rounding up a couple of hun
: dred friends every now and
. then and getting them to invite
him to drink. that he may virtu-
. ously refuse and collect his little
two bits for each dram de-
!. clined.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

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, 1911-01-05

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. N.
Sec'y. HUGH MCDONALD, w. 2.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

sans who favor the retention of the
peers with their present privileges and
those who are against Irish home rule.
all with varying tariff sympathies, and
such are held by the Balfour declara-
ton to leave the tariff decision to the
voters themselves.
Because Of all these involved issues
intwined around the future house Of
lords the present election Is termed by
many erndite English politicians az the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

I. o. F.-Langdon Court, Independent Order
of Foresters, meet in the Workmen hall. the
arst and third tuesday, OF each month.
w. A. FERGUSON. @. r.
J.H. Balm Rec. Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
22,os2 Reaissersd Amateur AthIetes.

There are 22,052 registered athletes in
the Amateur Athletic union.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

C, O, F. No. s0S-St. Alphonsus Court, meets
on the first and third Wednesdays of each
month in their hall over the Mooney State
Bank. JOHN SIBERIAN, Z. r..
Jos G. SoHILL, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

stance, a large sec
ton of the Union
lists, especially Man
chester and the
northern English
counties, remain as
ardent free traders
rs the Liberals,
while throughout
The country a large
proportion of the
Unionists are luke
warm on tariff
C b a n 6 e g. Then
900 A -ks
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

I. o. o. F.-Meets every Tuesday night IL
hall over First National Bank.
FRANK CAMERON N. G.
81. A. JOHNSON, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

M. W. Abingdon Camp, No. $3.50 meets in
the Woodman hall the second and fourth
Mondays of each month";.
VIM. A. LAWN v. G.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

ALDERMEN.
First lard. Morris Orton. Jas. Brosnahan
Second Ward........J j Mahoney R. 7. Burke
Third Ward ....... Harrington, Chas. Haugh
SCHOOL BOARD.
Members of Board of Education-John
Mahon ,Chas. Hunter, w. B. Dickson, u D.
Fox, j. j. Mahoney. ,.
CisrL j. E.Truax
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05

DISTRICT COURT.
Judge Seventh District. wv. ); hneeshaW
Cont Stenographer. :. Miss Laura Daubenberg
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-11
Bell clspp.rs Of Opium.

The infinite patience Of the Chinese
is well illustrated III smuggling story
which heard from an imperial mari
time customs official at one Of the bar.
,iers" ON the upper Yangtze. The incl
dent occurred several years ago in an
attempt to avoid duty on a small
amount of Szechuan opium that was
headed for Shanghai.
IAN important article Of down river
trade" said the official in question. rs
the little belled and spangled cap worn
by the Chinese children from two to
six years Of age. In passing a number
of boxes Of these in the spring Of 1906
CHANGED to notice that the tinkle
from the little bell In the center Of the
cap | was examining was rather muf-
fed. Forcing it open purely out OF
curiosity. was astonished to find a
tiny pellet OF opium hardly a quarter
of an inch in diameter which had been
substituted for the clapper. OF course
we had to search the whole lot. and
our aggregate haul from about 5000
caps-a couple Of days work for US
was less than ten pounds of opium
Wide World Magazine.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-11
French Matches.

What IL the explanation Of the
French match? Well. on every box
there is printed the legend. "Manufac-
lures Of State; Contributions Indirect"
While you are struggling with the
Wrench match You are paying taxes.
DO not know the exact amount Of
the revenue raised by the French
match. but a French friend assures
me that the atrocious badness OF
French matches is due to the determi.
nation Of the government to compel
smokers to use ten matches instead Of
one There was once q contractor who
secured the contract for making the
state matches. He was conscien-
tious contractor. He made good
matches. He made matches that
struck on the box. In consequence
the revenue fell off. TIE government
was enraged They warned the con
tractor that his contract would be can
celed unless he forthwith lowered the
quality Of his matches. According to
my friend the object Of the contractor
now is 10 make matches so vile that
the whole population Of France is
forced to spend half its time trying to
make them burn. --London Opinion.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-11
Cleaning In England.

There is "A popular but quite errone-
GUS belief that a common law right If
cleaning exists in England A legal
obiter dictum that a man who enters n
field for the purpose Of cleaning can
not be prosecuted for trespass received
the dubious support Of Blackstone
But majority of judges decided in a
case which came before the old court
Of common pleas that to grant gen
eral right TO CLEAN would be contrary
to public policy, because 1t would "de-
moraliZe the poor" and open a wide
door to fraud" In many parts Of Eng
land the privilege is confined to the
wives and children of the harvesters.
Yet the privilege Of cleaning became
so firmly established in England that
the local custom has been recognized
by many acts of parliament. In some
country districts the cleaning bell" is
still regularly rung from the tower Of
the parish church during harvest tide
twice a day to let the cleaners know
when they may commence and when
they must finish - Westminster Ga
zptfp
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-11
A Monument TO CheerfuIness.

The following quaint epitaph is to
be seen in Crawford churchyard, Kent.
1t strikes one as one of the prettiest
monuments to cheerfulness in all Mer-
RE England: Here lieth the body OF
Peter Isnel thirty years clerk of this
PARISH. He lived respected as a pious
and a mirthful man and died on his
way to church to assist at a wedding
on the 31st day Of March. 1911. aged
seventy years. The inhabitants of
Crawford have raised this stone to his
cheerful memory and as a tribute to
his long and faithful! service. "-London
Standard.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-11
Persia's Great Superstition.

The greatest superstition in Persia Is
what is known as the "evil eye" You
must not say to some one whom you
meet, How well you are looking" for
If you do and that person is taken Ill
it will be because you gave him the
evil eye You must not say to a
mother. What pretty baby" What
a bright childr' for If You do and any
thing unfortunate happens to the child
you will be considered responsible.
Many mothers let their children 90
dirty and poorly clothed in order that
they may not attract favorable atten-
ton. The sign which is thought to
have some power TO avert the evil eye
consists in holding the second and
third fingers of both hands close to the
palms with the thumbs. while the other
fingers are extended straight out.
Then with the hands behind you you
make a downward movement three
times.-Los Angeles Times.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-11
Chinese and Chinaman.

On the subject Of surprising modern
words it is notable that the Oxford
dictionary finds no earlier instance Of
'Chinaman." In the sense of a native
of China. than 1854. when Emerson SO
used it. The previous word was Chi
nese." from which the plural Chi
neses" was formed by Milton and his
and the false singular
"Chinee" by modern Americans But
'Chinaman" in another sense, that OF
n dealer in china. was In use long be-
fore 1854 The oxford dictionary gives
three instances Of it from London di
rectories Of 1872. 1901 and 1919, bun
does not notice that in 1868 one John
Crowther. Chinaman." was ga2etted
"Chinawoman" in Il simi
lar sense goes back to Ben JonSOn.-
London Chronicle.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-11
What Is Eun2

81 don't see what fun it can be for
you to go on these fishing expeditions
with your husband" said her best
friend.
That's because you don't know any.
thing about fishing" she replied,
do your"
Indeed l do. / can sit in the stern
of the boat and give advice to the best
Of them. And when a big fish gets
away nobody can beat me telling how
IT ought to have been or might have
been landed"
81 shouldn't think that would be
much fun for you"
shouldn't you? Well. that's because
you don't know how mad it makes my
husband. Kid. you don't know what
fun is."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-11
TELLS HIS BELIEFS
Aviator Nelson Predicts Results Of
Flying on Human Body
and Mind.

Flying will affect the mental pro-
cesses," declared Nels. j. Nelson, avia.
tor OF international repute, and when
he gave voice TO the statement 1t was
with twofold meaning, as he after.
wards explained. Much has been said
by scientists as regards the physical
metamorphosis which they expect cen.
turtles of flying will make in mankind.
Little has been said of the mental
change which Is bound to result, or
which is several times as probable as
the grand supposition as to the phys
ical transformation of man. And it
was regarding this latter phrase Of the
question that Nels. ]. Nelson ex-
pressed himself recently.
Mr.. Nelson is inclined to laugh at
the scientific theory of the enlarge
ment of the heart by centuries of
flying as the suggested growth Of soft
down over the body, as we'll as the
supposed development of double pro-
cess of breathing. In these theories
Mr.. Nelson believes that scientists
have stepped a little over the bounds
Of possibility, but he earnestly de.
clared his strong belief in change
in the mental processes, thus includ-
ing a spiritual as well as physical de-
yelopment.
That the physical makeup of man
is bound to be affected, he thinks, but
it is in a different way from which
those who have so far given their
ideas to the world have suggested,
He predicts that flying will produce
quicker mental action and will make
a type of man far different in mus
cular development from the man of to-
day.
The play of the muscles in guiding
the machine is quite unlike that re-
quired for any other work, and while
it demands strength it develops the
body differently. Mr.. Nelson cites the
change that has taken place in him.
self since he first took up aerial navi-
cation two and half years ago. For
merly he was a mechanic and was
strong and robust Today he is slen-
der, and while very strong does not
appear muscular
The delicate; light but strong move
ments required in aviation" he said,
transforms the body.
while the spiritual side of life does
not appeal to the average person to-
day, he can not often sail in the air
without being forced to a different
train of thoughts. The beauties repre-
sented to the sight from the high alti-
tudes are so much vaster and greater
than anywhere else that has bene
given to us to enjoy that there is left
10 the aviator room for deep tnouSnt,
which leads him finally to a very diff
ferent, more hopeful and happier view
OF life"
Mr.. Nelson declares that he has
read with much interest everything
that scientists, or so-called scientists,
have set forth in their many theories
on the human system and he has
many ideas of his own.
The indications, from reports re-
ceived from all parts of the county,
are that there will be the greatest
crowds in Bryan next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday that this city has
ever seen in its history.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-11
Piuckina Sheep.

The pure bred sheep In Shetland are
not shorn. but plucked. The process
takes place generally in June. when
the fleece is ripe" and the silky wool
can be pulled of without pain. This Is
called ''rooing" and is much less dam
aging to the young fiber than clipping
with shears. The wool when thus ham
died retains its peculiar softness, so
that any one of experience can tell
whether the material of knitted ar.
ucle has been plucked or shorn. 1t
ripens first upon the neck and shout
ders, so that sheep half pulled resem-
bic in some sort poodle that Is
clipped We must suppose that harsher
handling prevailed at one time. for we
read that in 1916 the Scottish privy
council spoke of the custom us still
kept up Tin some remote and uncivil
places" and James l. wrote to tell
;hrla that It had been put down in Ire
and under penalty Of u fine Upon
This they passed an act on March II.
IGlG. deploriug the destruction Of sheep
'hus caused and imposing similar fines
on thosr who should persist in the
Jractice,