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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Saving Trouble.

The husband of a fashionable WON
an, whose gowns are at once the admi-
ration and the despair Of her feminine
acquaintances. was discussing the cost
of living with a friend the other night
"By the way" ventured the friend.
"1-er-don't you have a good deal Of
trouble keeping your wife dressed I'm
the height Of style?"
The woman's husband sighed and
then shook his head emphatically.
"Oh, no." he said. nothing to speak
of; nothing-nothing to the trouble I'd
have if l Observation-Disclosures Times.
1t is worse than useless to take any
medicine internally for muscular or
chronic rheumatism. All that is need
ed is a free application of Chamberlain's
Liniment. For sale by H. E. Closs &
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
DUTIES.

If you are ever tempted TO feel
disconnected because your work in
life seems Of very little importance,
remember that on little things well
done many a greater work depends
for usefulness. The man who
builds a lighthouse does a great
work. but it would be Of very Little
use i the men who keep tho lamp
burning neglected their duty.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15

81 have;been somewhat c~ostive, but
Doan's Regulets gave just the results
desired. They act mildly and regulate
the bowels perfectly.-George B. Krause,
3O6 Walnut Ave. Altoona. Pa.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
me-

dE WhESIEO The WEAPON FROM AVERY.
Valentines voice began to waver.
and he inclined his face to one side
to hide the evidences Of the emotion
that threatened to overwhelm him.
To Red Flanagan and Bill Avery the
situation was a trying one. desperate
indeed. One Of them was all toe
young and inexperienced to execute
alone the delicate. sure. nerve racking
"inside" job Of a safe looting sortie.
the other was too old and feeble for
anything but a berth as ''outside"
man, to detect approaching danger and
give due warning thereof. They abb
solutely required the partnership of
Jimmy Valentine.
Yet here was Valentine. as Aver
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15

There is one medicine that every fam
lily should be provided with and especial.
lyduring the summer months; Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. 1t is almost certain to be
needed. 1t costs but a quarter. Can
you afford to be without it? For sale
by H. E. Close & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15

Know that he did blackjack anybody,
and I wouldn't know him if I saw
him"
That's your spiel, eh?
"That's the truth" Valentine rose
as though to end the distasteful inter.
view.
That's q lie! You know where he
is better than any one. If you don't
Red does, and ] want him. One month
to turn him up, and if you don't I &c
after you. and if 1 go after you 1 get
you"
"Well. get me-"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
Insects.

All insects can walk in proportion to
their size much faster than an express
train can travel.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-15
CHAPTER TX.

u SILENCE ensued. Valentine
~ was plainly suffering from
the blow. Then an express
N sion of confidence came into
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
KANSAS COMAENT
EVERY DAY HERoIsM.


If there are those who believe the
age of brave deeds is past, who think
| that the stories of devotion to duty
in the face of certain death are to be
round only in the translations from
the ancient writer's or in the classics
studied by the children of the public
schools, they should take the time to
run through the daily papers and read
the account of heroic deeds in real life
that happen every day.
Just now, when the Liberte horror
IS fresh in the mind of every reader,
one sentence which stands forth prom
lnently from the rest of the details of
the tragedy cannot help but fix itself
IN the minds of those who love to
read of bravery. Others would have
escaped except for the discipline that
held them at their posts On incidents
no less indicative of the courage that
recognized danger but refused to be
coWed by it have been written some of
the classics that come to mind when
one thinks of brave men.
Newspaper columns are replete with
stories of heroiSm, touching and thrill
ing and the fascinating feature of the
real hero is that he fails to realize
that he has done anything unusual
when with the work of a proper press
agent his deed might take a place
with the bravery of Casabianca or
Leonidas
Heroisn in it's every day clothes is
not always recognized with the ease
II would be if seen in the habiliments
with which the poets cIothe it, but
there is plenty of heroism to be found
IN every day life and it grades high
Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND.

Books with raised letters used by the
blind are generally very expensive.
They have, up to the present time, been
of two distinct types: those which were
stereotyped, the manufacturing process
being SO expensive that frequent print
ing of new books is made almost i'm
possible: those written by hand by
some blind person whose good will does
not prevent him from making frequent
Inaccuracies, and who can make but
one copy at a time, and that only slow
". M. Ernest Vaughn, the director or
the Quinze- Vingts hospital Of Paris
has devised a press for printing books
for the blind by means of which a
text Of irreproachable exactness can be
obtained, and at cost much less than
that of either the stereotyped or the
hand-written books. To place this sys-
tenn on the market. he has founded a
society of which the celebrated writer,
Anatole France, member of the Acade-
mic Franchise. is president. The work
of this society is described in a re-
cent number of The Journal of the
American Medical association.
This society proposes to provide the
blind workers with books on technical
subjects-necessary information in the
following of their Professionalism
logues, references and all the practical
information which will enable them
to fill positions commanding salaries as
large as those drawn by workers who
have the use of their eyesight; to es-
tablish free district libraries where the
blind people can find the means of
educating or amusing themselves, in
the same way that those who can see
may do; to publish and sell books and
music for the use of the blind, at the
most moderate prices; to give advice
to any Of them, and particularly to
the workers, who will find them willing
to give any help which they may need
except money aid, which they make
it practice never to give; and lastly,
to propagate NJ. vaughns method or
any other similar method, for printing
books for the blind.
The first effort of the society will ex-
pend itself on the printing of technical
books, which will be sold at mini
mum price. or even furnished gratui-
tousIy to the extremely poor persons.
as the resources of the society will per-
T17yf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
THE RUsINEss oIrT.ooK.

In view of the present apparently
unsettled state of business as evil
denced by the disturbed condition of
the Wall street market, it is reassur-
ing to be told by so eminent an au-
thority as Henry Clews that conditions
are not so bad as they may appear to
the casual observer. In a discussion of
the stock market furry he says:
1.-The wonder is that the security
markets stood up against such a series
of shocks so well. Thus far no serious
trouble has occurred, and at this writ
ing none seems to be anticipated,
which is remarkable, considering that
the shrinkage in values on the New
York Stock Exchange has run into
many hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
BREAKING UP A TRUST.

The mayor of indianapolis has
gone into the trust busting business
and the history of his first attempt in
that direction follows:
Indianapolis storekeepers had
forced the public to pay $1.75 a bushel
for potatoes.
Mayor Shank had heard complaints
for a long time. He appointed com
mittee to ascertain the cause of the
extortion.
The committee found that a com
mission trust controlled the retail
prices of farm produce. The trust al
lowed consignments of vegetables to
rot so that the consignee failed to
make the price of harvesting, thus
discouraging Independent producers.
Mayor Shank, who was equal to the
situation. sent messenger into Mich
igan with an order: Buy potatoes
Two carloads rolled into Indiana
polls; the seventy-flve cents a busheI
at which they sold represents the cost
to the mayor, plus unloatG::.g and
transfer charges.
The result was inevitable; before a
potato was sold the trust had lowered
its price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.I
The average man has more ambition
than ability
Few people have cause to regret the
letter they didn't write.
Don't worry if blind man threatens
to whip you on sight.
And a lot of people would rather be-
lieve lie than the truth.
It's easy for woman to fool a man
who thinks he can fool her
The average hero worshiper spends
a lot of time in front of a mirror.
How many of the things will be done
that you are going to do tomorrow?
A woman not only wants to be beau
tiful, but she wants to be told that she
is
Some people think they are entitled
to a lot of credit for doing as they
please.
How we dislike the thoughtless per-
son who changes the topic of conversa-
ton when it is in our favor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.


TF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
A thirst for glory has its after-ef-
fects
Any woman will tell you that she
just loves f1owers-on a hat.
A pessimist is a man who looks for
the thorns on a bed of roses.
The man who burns the midnight
oil never makes as much money as the
man who sells it.
One of the most annoying things in
the world is to be prepared for an en-
Urgency that Doesn't turn up.
Most of us are glad the voice of con-
science is so still and small that the
neighbors can't overhear it.
The average man is eager to crafty
his wife's smallest wish. It's the big
gest ones that go by the board.
Many fellow is financially embar-
raised who doesn't seem to be very
much embarrassed by it otherwise
Wigg-"Bjones is an awful bore, but
you can't rattle him" Wagg-tRattIe
him? Why, you can't even shake
him.
Some must work that others may
play" remarked the Wise Guy. Yes,
the water works and the fountain
plays" agreed the Simple Mug.
Bye, baby bunting,
Papa's gone hunting.
He will give lot for one,
If he isn't shot for one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03

THE PENNSYLVANIA DISASTER.
The flood disaster at Austin, Pa
again serves to call to mind that there
exists no adequate preparation Tor
events of that nature. The burden OF
relieving the distress Of the victims
falls upon the charitably inclined peo-
pie OF the country and is largely borne
by those least able to afford it. The
work of extending assistance falls upon
the members of the Red Cross, who
for the most part work without pay.
Such misfortunes are matters OF
public concern and it seems as though
the national legislature should devise
some plan for adequately meeting
conditions of that kind in a way that
would distribute the load among all
the people in proportion to their abili-
ty to pay and at the same time not
leave anything to chance.
The government already has in its
employ doctors and nurses in sufficient
number to meet the requirements of
any situation like that which now is
found in Pennsylvania.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
JAYHAWKER JOTS

A Coffeyville teacher ties the jaws
of her pupils together to keep them
from talking. That would not be a bad
plan to try on some grown-ups.
Now that reciprocity has been re-
jected, says the Toronto Republican,
and wood pulp will not be admitted
to the United States free of duty, look
for a sharp rise in the price of break
fast foods.
Old Bill Shiftless is the most per-
sistent borrower of money in town, re-
lates the Osborne Farmer. He is al
ways tackling somebody for a quarter
or half dollar. The other day he
tackled a fellow for a small piece of
coin and the man said: "Bill, why is it
that you are always borrowing
money!" "I'll tell you," replied Old
Bill in confidential whisper. ait is a
whole lot easier to borrow it than to
pay it back. That's why
A suggestion from the literary critic
of the Manhattan Mercury: why
is the smoker a popular hero in fictic%
and the cheWer utterly ignored? In
every popular novel we have the scene
in which Chauncey Van Puyster
flicks the ashes from his cigar and
said, Isabelle, it is a beautiful night
Why doesn't some booksmith change
his tactics and say occasionally, "Si-
lently but deity Reginald Devere spit
at a crack in the porch floor before re-
plying, Daphne, I love you!'"
Some excellent advice from Deacon
Walker in his Osborne Farmer: My
young friend, can't you get the idea
into your head that swagger and strut
and big head are no assets in the game
of life? 1t is all right to have a reas-
enable amount of honest pride, but
pride and an enlarged Uranium are two
different things. The only figure your
swagger and big head cut in the com
munity is to make you the laughing
stock of the people. When you swag
ger down street people get off the old
joke about you firing your boss, etc.
A lot of really big people have walked
down the main street of the old town
and the other end didn't tip up. It
won't tip up for you, either. Very few
people set the world af1re before they
are thirty-five years old and your
chances to pull off the stunt right now
are very slim. You have talents and
ability, but your self-imposed impor-
lance constantly hides them from the
people. Just calm down a little and
regain your normal size and try to ac-
quire a modest movement in getting
about and the world will be able to
distinguish them. You are all right,
but if you keep swelling up all the time
some base creature is apt to stick a
pin into you and you will explode like
q TOW balloon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.


CFrom the Atchlson GIobe.l
Ever know a Sunday school super
intendent who drove mules?
A fool never worries. and yet they
say a man who worries is a fool.
When a man can see both sides of
question, he isn't much interested in
Why don't the aviators borrow
their wives hats and use them for
parachutes
There are arms exposed. also, which
should be taken to the barber shop
occasionally.
A secondhand battIeship seems to
probation of value.
Every man breads the day when
people who are no kin to him will be-
gin calling him uncle.
No candidate, when elected, comes
up to the advance notices as served in
his keynote speech.
Suggestion to the humorists: Why
not assume that most Irishmen are
named Pat or Mike?
There are several kinds of voice
culture, and the college yell is a lot
like the others only more so.
You may have observed how man.
when he wants the best of it, repeat
edly urges you to Be Fair.
Doubtless, you, too, are still figur-
ing what relation the titles of some
books have to the story told.
A scrivening doctor names several
diseases which cause cold feet. not in
Guiding draw poker in his list.
While the cry-baby has its own way
frequently, it doesn't manage to get
much fun out Of that advantage.
Society Girls are also capable of
putting on a performance that isn't
superior to other amateur affairs.
IT isn't a good idea to make the
speech of introduction longer than the
Big Noise, as sometimes happens
One isn't expected to take sassafra
tea in the fall, and it has some other
advantages over gentle springtime.
One should learn to write we'll
enough so his signature won't be con-
fused with that of the helpful hen.
One could not. however, draw as
large a crowd with an old oaken buck
ct as with a keg built of thicker tim
Der.
Probably, however. your left ear
doesn't burn as much as it would If
that old notion were borne out by fact
A man should expect to support his
family, and count himself lucky if he
doesn't also have a lot of company to
feed.
To make the Office seek you is ad-
mittedly a good plan. but the other
scheme seems to bring down more
perSimmons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
MethuseIah VS.. Noah.

The keepers of the Bronx geological
gardens are UP against two tough
MethuseIah and Noah. For SO hours
these two historic gentlemen have been
engaged in close personal debate, ana
they won't stop.
Efficient prodding with a spiked pole,
generous additions of soapsuds for
their optics, applications of vinegar TO
the same region, much prying, coaxing,
and kind words have alike failed TO
separate them, and well-what else can
a man do? as Keeper Snyder expressed
it,
1t might be well to state that
Methuselah and Noah are two huge sea
turtles, avoirdupois about 200 pounds
apiece, age perhaps two centuries. They
are too old and wise to be affected by
the nalady of America-haste. They
believe in doing things slowly and not
by halves.
SO night before last, when Noah
fastened his horny beak in the leg of
Methuselah, that ancient parsonage re-
strangle hold on the neck of Noah.
Then both sat down, SO to speak, to
wait and pinch.
1t is probable that the embrace of the
great green reptiles will not terminate
till the neck of Noah or the shoulder of
Methuselah is severed
The keepers found the turtles in
death lock when they went to work
yesterday morning. The great reptiles
lay perfectly still, each devoting his en-
tire attention to holding tight. Efforts
were at once made to separate them,
but efforts might as well have been at
tempted to separate two lengths of
welded steel. 1t was necessary to wait
till they separated portions of each
other, or to saw off the neck of both
with a meat saw. The big turtles are
far too valuable for any such frivolity.
1t is not the first time that the sea
turtles have engaged in combat. Sew
eral years ago Cleopatra, another big
individual, chewed part of the hind
foot from Noah.
Few people" said Snyder, ''have any
idea of the power in a turtles jaw. I
would rather put my hand in black
smiths wise than have the beak of one
of these green devils close on it. They
never let go till they get ready. You
can club them all you want, and it
doesn't faze them at all We're going
to try a dilute solution of acid on these
graphing gents today. Maybe thatu
get 'em."-New York Evening Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03

Fortunately there are some steadying
influences at work which should not
be overlooked. Trade conditions are
not bad
There is less doing than a year ago
and the spirit of economy is spreading
from east to west. Our crops are not
failure They are not big, but are
about an average, and as our farmers,
VINO are still the backbone of the
country. are securing good prices for
their products, we have at least one
very important class in the nation who
will enjoy still another year of relative
prosperity. This must have an i'm
portant sustaining effect upon western
trade. Our foreign commerce. as has
been repeatedly stated, is in a very sat
isfactory condition. Exports are stead
lily increasing. particularly of manufac-
tured products. and the surplus of ex-
ports tends to strengthen our credit
abroad. The banking situation is
sound and affords no cause for uneasi-
ness. Paris is more hopeful, but Lon
don is not yet entirely free OF difficult
ties.
Many stocks are selling at exceed
ingly attractive figures as investments.
and IL may be mentioned that dividend
disbursements on October will aggre-
gate about s1sO,O0O.000.
1T would seem as if the railroads
had discounted all known adverse con-
ditions. They know pretty well what
is to come in the form of increased ex-
penses and decreased traffic, and have
comparatively little to fear from gov
eminent interference The regulation
of railways has already made consid-
cradle progress and removed many of
the former points of criticism"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
THE ELECTION IN MExICO.

The revolutionary movement in
Mexico eliminated Sunday in the cleo
ton of the rebel leader, Francisco /.
Madero, to the presidency of the re-
public and there appears to be a fair
chance that the country is about to
enter upon an era of peace and pros
perity. The new president will find
great opportunity for constructive
work and if he proves to be the man
for the job the result may well be
worth all it cost. His predecessor,
General Diaz, accomplished wonders,
when one considers the material at
hand. but he appeared to be unable
to keep step with the progress of the
age in matters of government. He
had grown old and had come to trust
the management of public affairs
largely to his subordinates who per-
haps were not always what they should
be- It is up to Madero and the nation
at large to again demonstrate to the
world that the people can be trusted.
The election of October 1 constitutes
an suspicious beginning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Our corn crop this year is estimated
at 2,S00.00o.0oo bushels. or 100000. 900
bushels above the average
X X
And yet the price of whisky is going
up.
X X
The breaking up of the trusts is a
heavy blow to socialism, but the labor
unions are still playing into the hands
of its advocates
In the final partition of Africa Italy
seems determined to get the first slice
X y II
The Wrights are reported to have in
vented an entirely new way of flying
Well, it appears that they haven't any
thing on our fellow townsman Colonel
Booge. Their plan is said to include
the elimination of the motor. So does
the coloneTs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03

six, living on the floor below. She had
been in the fiat several times before
and felt quite at home. She had the
dignity of a woman. without a WORD
of salutation she sat down and looked
from husband to WIFE, Both had smll-
ed on her entrance.
DO you know why I am hereF
she asked after awhile.
Two heads gave a negative shake
"'Cause think it's so funny.
Whats that, dear?' was asked
About you two getting married
How did you do it?"
''Why, Polly, what can you mean %
ma says one of you is deaf and
dumb and the other an idiot ana
how did you let each other know you
wanted to get married. ~
Five minutes later when Polly had
departed, not much wiser for her call
husband and wife found themselves
standing up and looking at each other:
THE clock, Stephen-the CLOCK
Darn the clockl" replied stephen
as he opened his Copyright
1911, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
MAKING TT DIFFICULT.

The United States government has a
great deal of trouble getting men for
the army, and the recruiting officers
become discouraged. It is not because
of lack of material, for every town and
village has its young men who would
like to be soldiers, but the require
ments are so strict that a youth to be
eligible must be in Apollos class.
He. is rejected if he has bad teeth
or if his eyes are out of plumb; he is
turned down if he is too short or too
tall If his feet are spiayed, if he is
round-shouldered. if he has symptoms
of any disease. At Winfield the other
day, sound and promising young
man was rejected because of INSULT
Gent knowledge of English"
The young man who can freak into
the army, under present conditions. is
fit for a more promising career. He
must be so beautiful that he might
aspire to the hand of Lillian Russell
and so excellent physically that he
might be a white hope. The supersti-
ton that fighting men are wanted in
the army seems to be groundless.-
Emporia Gazette.