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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10

the very root Of the tree Of good gov
eminent to allow himself to be the
candidate of the machine. But, on
the other hand, he saw instantly what
a power a fearless public prosecutor
could be in a misguided common
wealth where the lack was not of
good laws, but of men strong enough
and courageous enough to administer
them.
He would see If the good to be &C
complished was great enough to over
balance the evil-it was a temptation
to compromise, a sharp temptation,
and he found himself longing for Pa.
tricia, for her clear sighted comment,
which, he felt sure, would go straight
to the heart of the tangle.
1t was that thought of Patricia and
his need for her that made him dis
trait and discontinued at the War
trace Hall dinner table that evening,
and the father, looking on, suspected
that Evans %taciturnity was an ex-
preston of his prejudice against the
woman who had taken his mothers
place, and when the son, pleading
WEAKNESS, rctreated early to his room
the suspicion was confirmed.
You'll have to be patient with the
boy, little woman" said the master of
Wartrace when Evan had disappeared.
81 shouldn't wonder if Boston had put
some right queer notions into his head"
The little lady looked up from her
embroidery frame with a whimsical
smile wreathing itself at the corners
of the sensitive mouth. HE is a dear
boy" she said, "and he is trying aw-
fully hard to hate me. But 1 shan't
let him, David"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10

The piano is the outgrowth of hun
dreds of years of invention. In earli-
est times it was simply a harp with
two or three strings. AS time went
on more strings were added, and the
instrument came to be known as the
cithara. This instrument was in the
shape of q "P" and had ten strings. In
time musicians thought of stretching
the strings across an open box and so
made Il dulcimer. The strings of this
We're struck with hammers and so
continued to be struck until some gen
ius invented a keyboard.
In Queen Elizabeth's time this was
called a virginia.. Then it was called
a spinet because Of the quilts which
caught the strings Of wires and pro-
duced the sound. In 100 people be-
gan to call this 4 harpsichord. In ITO
Bartholomew Cristcfoli invented a key
board such as is now used.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
PROLOGUE.

This story of a young mans
honest attempt to "break" the
boss" and the power of the
machine" is an absorbingly in
timate portrayal of the working
of the wheels within wheels" in
a desperate political struggle Of
today. The senator, strongly in
trenched behind his party ma
chine" presents an almost in
Vulnerable front, and the con-
fict between father and son as
this young lawyer, single hand
ed, fights for what he honestly
believes to be the truth and
right holds one with q tremen-
dous sympathetic interest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
GiIbertian Wit.

Once Sir w. S. Gilbert was standing
in front of his club, absentmindedly
staring out at the line Of vehicles by
the sidewalk. when a pompous mem
Der strolled out and. without glancing
at Gilbert, said to him:
"a cab, my good man: call me a
cab.'
"You are a cab" Gilbert answered
solemnly.
"The f1ustered member looked about
suddenly and I'D not recognize the
writer, but he did demand of him on
what grounds he was insolent enough
to call him Il cab.
"You asked me to-" Gilbert respond
ed, "and you certainly could not have
expected me to call you hansome."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
Five Geese In a Flock.

In five geese in a f1ock'' the chill
dren sit on a bank or bench in a gar
den side by side. One stands as mar
ket woman opposite the row Of play
ers. She walks along the row and
touches each child, beginning when
she pleases and saying one word Of
the following rhyme to each as she
touches her:
Please, good farmer. cut the corn.
Keep the wheat n burn the thorn.
Shut your gate and turn the lock:
Keep the five geese in the flock.
AS soon as she says the word "fock"
the n first touched jumps up and
runs off. The market woman pursues
her. But while she is catching her the
other geese have fed away, and she
has to catch each player and reseat
her in her place before the game re-
commences. The one first caught be-
comes in turn market woman
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
The Only Way,

lie was a very raw recruit and par
ticularly stupid at that. The drill SER
geant did not know what to do with
him. He had tried patience, he had
tried language, all in vain.
Squad. halt" yelled the sergeant.
The double rank of the men obeyed,
but the raw recruit marched gayly on.
"Fitzmooney." shouted the sergeant.
"Yus, sergint.'
Odd We eve drive Il donkeyT"
"Yus, sergint."
"What did ye say to him when ye
wanted i'm to stop?"
II said Whoa sergint."
VERY we'll. Squad. t'shun! By the
right, quick. march. Lef', lef', lef'!
Squad. halt-whoa. Fitzmooney!"-Tit-
Bits.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
fro BE
FOR The CHILDREN
He Wouldn't and He Would.

He wouldn't eat the breakfast food
Nor say Please at the table.
He wouldn't speak to Cousin Nell
Nor sing for Cousin Mabel.
He wouldn't wear a macintosh.
Though it "a raining hard.
He ran ont With no rubbers on
Into the muddy yard.
He tracked the kitchen floor all up
And didn't care at all.
He took grandmothcr's knitting work
And threw it in the hall.
1 know You think him naughty-yes,
AS naughty as EAR be
But, then. he's not a little boy.
But a little dog. you see.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
PAGE SEVEN
Tho Ancient Mortimer.

Do you know where Normandy got
its name? If you have studied Euro
pean history you remember that the
Normans were really Mortimer or
Norwegians who invaded what is now
northeastern France in the tenth CEN
fury. William, the conqueror Of Eng
land, was one Of their descendants.
and SO is the present king Of Eng
land. The Normans We're great SAIL
ors, and they ventured u into the
ocean. even across to Greenland and
to the coa Of New England. in long
rowboats.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
A New Kind of Rain,

Here is a new kind of rain-nothing
less than sand. When a storm swept
over Massachusetts recently there was
not much rain at Pittsfield, but there
was q shower Of fine sand. which fell
for several minutes. 1t is supposed
that the sand was sucked up into the
air by a whirlwind as the storm pass.
ed w the Cheshire sand pits near by.
But Cheshire did not bet OF easily. II
had no rain of sand, but It had a
shower Of hailstones. Scarcely q house
In town escaped without at least one
window broken.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
[coNT1NUED.1.
CHAPTER V.
AT WARTRACE HALL.
WW HEN Evan Blount opel
M~ eyes on the morning
ing the night Of singu
V.
AT HALL,

ventures the sun was shin
ing brightly in at the beds head win
dow, a cheerful fire was cracking on
the hearth, and his father, a little
heavier, a little grayer, but with the
same rugged face and kindly eyes,
was standing at his bedside.
EVAN, boy" and "Father!w were
the only words of greeting, but the
mighty hand grip that went with them
hood and a sufficient promise for the
future.
Followed instantly a rush of mingled
emotions; of astoundment that he had
recognized no familiar landmark in
the midnight faring through the hills
or on the approach to the home of his
childhood; Of something like a keen
SECRET that the old had given place so
thoroughly and completely to the new;
of something bordering on chagrin
that he had been surprised into ac-
cepting the hospitable advances of a
woman whom he had been intending
to avoid and for whom he had cher
iShed-and meant to cheriSh-a con
temptuous disregard.
But at the hand gripping moment
there was no time for a nice weighing
Of emotions. He was in his fathers
house, the Homecoming, some phases
of which he had vaguely dreaded, was
a fact accomplished, and the new life
the life that was to be lived without
Patricia-was fairly begun. Also there
were arrears to be brought up.
did the little-er-did Mrs. Blount
tell you that I was here?'
"She did, but she couldn't tell me
much more. How on top of earth did
.you happen to blow in at midnight
with Jack Barto for your herd leader?'
"Its a fairy tale, and you won't be-
lieve it-of a Blount," was the laugh
ing reply. Il left Boston Monday and
should have reached the capital last
night. But my train was laid out be-
hind a freight wreck at Aretas just
before dark, and 1 left it and took to
the hills-horseback. Don't ask me
why. The smell of the sagebrush was
in my nostrils, and I had to do 1t. I
knew where I was, and I thought I
could ride to Debbleby's, so I hired the
broncho and pitched out. I think 1
kept the general direction all right I'M
til 1 got lost among the Lost river hog
backs, but after that I was pretty sue
,c%essfully lost"
Sand Barto found you?" queried the
senator.
"Who is this ubiquitous Barto who
goes around playing the holdup one
minute and the good angel the next?
'He is a sort of general utility man
for Hathaway, the head pusher Of the
Twin Buttes Lumber company. He Is
supposed to be a timber cruiser and
log scaler. but I guess he doesn't work
much at his trade. Down In the lower
wards OF New York they'd call him q
heeIer maybe. But you don't mean 70
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
SYNOPSIS.

Evan Blount, son of Boss David
Blount Ex-senator Sagebrush'D. has been
rejected by Patricia Anners Dick Gan
try offers him a position with the Trans
continental railway, which is fighting his
father. McVickar, head of the railroad
and Boss" Blount quarrel.
The boss demand that the railroad stop
the use Of crooked methods. Going west
to meet his father, Evan meets a man
who takes him for a forestry employee.
Evan is kidnapped by a band Of men, evil
IDENTIFY lane corporation agents. and is
taken at night to a mansion seemingly
nrasidad auar hu.n usnnnar
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
Conundrums.

Why are washwomen frequently
silly? Because they put out their tubs
to catch soft water when it rains
hard.
What word by taking the first letter
from it makes you sick? Music.
What is that debt for which you can
not be sued? The debt of nature.
What time should an innkeeper visit
an iron foundry? When he wants a
barmaid.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
A Popular Attraction

eyes, she's lecturing against woman
suffrage"
But that's an unpopular side to take
in this neighbcrhood."
Eyes, but she draws tremendous
crowds everywhere"
"By her arguments"
mo; by her clothes."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10

Cuts and bruises may be healed in
about one.third the time required by the
usual treatment by applying Chamber
lain's Liniment. 1t is an antiseptic and
causes such injuries to heal without
maturation. This Imminent also relieves
soreness OF the muscles and rhsumatic
pains. For sale by II. n. Close I Go
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
Not Needed.

81 never judge u woman By her
Clothes" observed Bilkins.
NO" put in Mrs. 3. sarcastically;
"a man who gets to as many burlesque
shows as you do Observation-Disclosures
kee News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
a Preferepea

somebody is trying to make people
believe that sauerkraut will cause one
to live long if n eats plenty Of it."
well. it seems to me that I'd prefer
a short life and a gay one."-Chicago
Record Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
The Rural ldeaIjst.

"Do you think that man will make a
success of farming|' asked one real
estate agent.
I'm afraid not" replied the other.
Hes too particular about finding q
farm in 4 neighborhood where the
fishing IS good.''-Washington Star.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
Between Bows,

Patsy-Say. Chimmie. who was Rob-
inson Crusoe?
Ch!mmie-IIe was de duck wot got O
long term on dc island,-Boston Tran.
script. =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10

catching step, but the marching orders
have gone out. We're going to clean
house this fall"
"Not If the slate hangs behind your
door or any mans door, father" was
the theorists grave reminder. "Re-
form doesn't come in by that road"
Hold on, son; steady go easy's the
word. Reform comes in by any old
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
Then Seldom Do,

II hope your husband has no secrets
from you"
"Not many. However. he never
would tell me what he paid for the en-
gagement ring Louisville Courier
Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
Whispering Feet.

Baby was asleep, and Ben was eau
toned to be careful and not waken
her while he played soldiers. law
wight" he agreed: IN make my foots
whisper when they walk" and he tip
toed softly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
Ready Rhvme,

Two. four or more words that rhyme
are written on a piece Of paper and
given to each. A complete verse must
be written from these.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10

There's nothing so good for a sore
throat as Dr.. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
Cures it in a few hours. Relieves any
pain in any part.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-10
Linen.

Linen was first referred to in 1716
B. G. Its manufacture started in Eng
land in 1853.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-16
WHEAT SHOWS UP
Is Looking Surprisingly Well
This Spring.
Late Shows Helped Crop in Cen
traI COun. les.
LITTLE OATS is SOWN.
Ground Is PlOwed and Will Soon
BE in Shape.
The Condition Of Fruit Is Said
to Be Good.
LITTLE OATS is SOWN.

Abilene, Kan, March 16.-During the
past week a NUMBER OF men from I
western Kansas have been IN ADlene
and when asked concerning the wheat
cron in their respective counties, the
answer has been about the same, just
coming out fl.e." 49, s
The stock wheat, in which there was
SO much anxiety previous to the recelI0
SHOWS and rains, seems 10 De IN DC
fer condition now than was ever hopeo
60 when the SHOWS came. 1t was III
the stock fields where the grain re,
fused to sprout after 1t was pIdnteu
last fall, but at this time the sprout5
inc process has passed and the GROUND
Sc covered with the green growth. II
has heen discovered that in a rev IN
stances the grain in the STOCK neIus
snrouted last fall and for the want u
moisture died, but the per cent OIL SUCH
defective fields is small.
II the fields where the plant came
through the ground last fall ana De,
cause of the lack of moisture turneQ
brown. there is all the improvement
that could be asked for, ana lne Ploe
meets are very fattering. Many Oh
tn farmers report that the wheat crop
Is now in as GOOD condition as II mas
haen at this time of the year IN
number of years. These reports oOr.ao
from every county that was Ieplo
scented here during the past week, anu
the farmers of this county report 'i0
conditions here about the same.
Very little oats has been soWn' DuI
,,oos+ Of the ground has been ploWeo
and the sowing will be done as soon
as as the ground becomes dry enough li
The ground is thoroughly soaked anu
two or three showers week keep
1t SO wet that the farmers are unanle
to get into the fields with their drills.
rrbe condition of the fruit in this part
of the state is said to be good.
Nothing with the possible exception
of ueaches, has been damaged by freez-
ing weather. 1t is declared tnat the
peach crop has not been seriously Gam
aged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-16
rEMPLEToN AND EARL GUILTY.
-Four Counts Against First Two of Cal
lahan- Naftzger- Burt Gang.

Wichita. Kan, March 16.-Ray Tenn
pleton and Edward Earl, the first two
members of the Callahan Naftzger-
Burt gank to face trial, were found
guilty by trial jury on four counts
Of robbing the postoffices at Hope and
Burdick. Kan, by the grand jury yes
terday.
Perhaps the most sensational de-
velopment of the day was the adrnis-
sion of Frank Burt, former police
chief of Wichita, that he had been
told by United States District Attor-
ney Harry Bone and United States
Marshal Mackey that he would never
be sent to prison if he turned state.
evidence. Burt's admission was given
reluctantly.
John Callahan, leader of the alleged
postoffice robbers. will be placed on
trial today. -
Frank Burt. in his statement on the
stand, admitted purchasing the stolen
stamps from Callahan, saying he paid
90 cents for each dollars worth and
that he had full knowledge at the time
O. where the stolen stamps were COM
ing from.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-16
DROWNED SELF IN SPRING.
Mrs. BeaI, Tired of Life, browns Sell
in Peculiar Manner.

Ottawa, Kan, March 16.-Standing in
a narrow spring, the water OF which
was Just deep enough to cover her head
and clad only in her night dress, the
body of Mrs. Media Beal was found at
8 o'clock yesterday morning at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Henry Gentry,
living IL miles southeast of Ottawa.
Mrs. Beal has been visiting. here. Her
home is near Sugar City, Col. Since
the birth of her five months old son
her health has been such that she Of
ten remarked that it would be better
to be dead than alive. 1t was the cry
ing of the baby which aroused the
Gentry family at o'clock in the morn
ing. When Mrs. Gentry called at her
sisters room to see what was the trou-
ble she discovered her gone. Search
was Immediately instituted but it was
an hour before the body of the wo-
man was found in the spring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-16
MExICANs SHOT THE ''BOss."
Forty Five Were Ordered to Leave
sherman City After Near-RiOt.

Columbus, Kan, March ia
small Mexican instruction broke out
at Sherman City about midnight Tues
day night and was put down by SherlH
Ralph Martin and an auto LOAD OF
IDENTITIES after a 20 mile ride from
Columbus shortly after 3 o'clock. A
posse of farmers armed with shotguns
appeared on the scene about o'clock
and warned away every Mexican in
sight. About forty of them picked up
their bundles and started down the
track afoot to Parsons.
Three men were wounded in the
fight. w. ]. Melton of Parsons was
shot in the left forearm, the ball en-
tering his wrist and coming out at. the
elbow. Joseph Donislaus, Mexican
cook. was cut severely about the head
and a Mexican boy known about the
beaten with clubs until his body was
a mass of welts and bruises. Melton
is the boss of a section gang OF forty
five Mexicans who were camped IN
three bunk cars on an NJ, K & T.
switch, one mile south of Sherman
City. The two wounded Mexlcans
were members of the gang.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-16
Pirnples Off
In s Days
The New Calcium Sulphide Treatment
Does Wonders to Every Kind
of Skin Eruption.
Trial Package Sent Free to Prove It.

Trial Package Sent Free to Prove It.
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>
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-16
USE DYNAMITE ON CORN FIELD
Hardpan Broken Up to Allow Water
to Soak Through.

Cawker City. Kan, March 16.-Gus
Rich has dynamited part of his corn
field south of town this week, and the
result of his experiment will be watch
ed with interest. There is a small
part of this field which is underlaid
with hardpan, and the water has been
standing on it until the land soured.
The dynamite was used for break
ing up this hardpan, giving the water
a chance to soak through, and incl
dentally it is expected that a greater
supply of moisture will be held
through the summer.
The dynamite was exploded in holes
drilled about two feet in the ground,
half a stick, or about a quarter of d
paund of dynamite was used at each
charge, and the holes were placed
about twenty feet apart. The explo-
sions were produced with cap and
fuse, and each explosion made a hole
in the ground about as big as a bar
rel, in addition to cracking the ground
for several feet each way, under the
surface.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-16
BOY WAS IDENTIFIED.
Ernest Schwendener Roamed for FIJI
teen Hours.

Abilene, Kan, March 16.--Friday
night about O'Clock, Ernest, the Is
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sigman
Scnwendener, who live ten miles
southeast of Abilene, left S. Rohrer's
where he had been visiting for his
home. became bewildered and walked
straight south for % miles. He was
found by a farmer at II O'Clock the
next morning roaming about in a field
three miles east of Durham in Marion
county.
His parents missed him that even
ing and telephoned Rohrer's to see if
their son was there, and were told
that he had started home. After a
long wait Mr.. and Mrs. Schwendener
became uneasy. Then every telephone
in that vicinity was put into action.
Many neighbors assembled and form
ed searching party. The boy could
not be found Thirty farmers secured
the county all the next day.
A farmer happened to be driving to
Durham about IL o'clock the next day
and saw the boy roaming about in a
field near the road. He took the boy
into Durham and had him washed
and fed. The boy had not slept any
the night before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-16
MAY LOSE ROUNDHoUsE.
Recent Fire at Garden City May Cause
New Location.

Garden City. kan, March 16.-
There is a possibility that, growing
out of Sunday nights fire, the Garden
City, Gulf & Northern railroad may
not rebuild the roundhouse, but may
build a new and larger one at Scott.
This was indicated by E. A. Tennis,
vice president and general manager of
the road, as a more than probable
guess.
The completion of the Scott North
ern extension of the Gulf road will
make Scott central point; and while
Scott and Scott county have done
about all they could to harass and
injure the road, Scott is considered the
logical point for the roundhouse and
machine and repair shop.
1t is possible that some activity here
may yet prevent the road from taking
such steps, if the town cares to keep
the roundhouse, shops and train
crews here.