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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
MISS LYON.

Of their ability to turn, out warships as
rapidly as any nation in the world
under proper incentive.
In the second place, the Texas will
be the first ship in the world to carry
fourteen inch guns. She will have ten
of them distributed in five turrets ar
ranged or a central line from stem
to stern. In addition to these mon
ster guns the new American ship will
carry no less than sixteen fve-inch
rifles in place Of the little three and
four inch guns that were formerly re-
garded as sufficient for the secondary
battery. The increasing size and pow
er of the torpedo boat d%estroyers and
the enormous speed of the chain light
ming cruiser have brought about this
doubling of the power of the secondary
battery, which must be relied upon for
very quick work in meeting these at
tacks.
The Texas will be clothed with armor
In plenty, not only over her vitals, but
ever the ordinarily exposed ends of the
ship, but the details of its thickness
and general disposition are withheld
from publication.
The Texas will not be ready to go
into commission until Dec. II next
year. AS she energies from the build
er's hands her total cost will be about
$1O.O00.O00,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
MALE BRAINS AVERAGE HIGHER
Dr.. Spitzka Finds Females Lower lr
Abstract Mental Conception.

DR.. Spitzka Finds Females Lower In
Abstract Mental Conception.
DR.. Edward Anthony Spitzka of
Philadelphia. noted as a brain expert
the world v professor of general
anatomy at the Jefferson Medical COL
lege and director Of the Daniel Baugh
institute, after having examined hun
dreds of human brains declares that
woman as a sex never will be the
ception.
Apart from that capacity for alb
stract conception DR.. Spitzka declares
that his examinations have shown no
difference between the brains of the
sexes, except that the feminine brain
is smaller, a fact which he attributes
to the smaller frame Of the woman.
I'm the female BRAIN" said DR.. Spitz.
ka. "the convolutions are broader and
Of more simple type. The female brain
is usually characterized by a smaller
frontal lobe. The frontal lobe is con-
cerned more with the abstract con-
cept. and therefore it would seem that
the male is possessed of greater ca
pacity for abstract conception.
while no one will dispute that the
individual woman may excel the aver,
age man. it is a fact that in the mass
the brains Of women are smaller. less
richly and less completely assured and
80 endowed with less cortical area
than those of men,"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
ALEXANDER MEIKLEJOHN.
He Is the New President of Amherst
CoIleqe-His Career,

College-His Career.
Alexander M%eiklejohn, who was re-
Gently elected president of Amherst
college, is probably the youngest teach
err in this country who yer succeeded
to a post of such responsibility and au-
thority in educational affairs. Although
for a quarter of his lifetime he has
been dean of Brown university, an adj
m~inistrative post of first importance in
the college world. he is only forty years
old. Like President Schurman of Cor
nell and DR.. Il. L. Patton Of Princeton.
he was born outside the United States.
OF pure Scotch descent, DR.. Meikle-
john came to this country when eight
years old from Rochdale, England,
where he was born on Feb. 3. 1872.
He was graduated from the public
schools of Pawtrcket. R. l., and enter
ed Brown university. finishing in the
class of '93 Two years later he got
his degree Of A. NJ. and became In
structor, AMI about that time also be-
gan to take up postgraduate work at
Cornell. He had determined upon
teaching for his life work. and at that
time the Ithaca institution was the ac-
tive home Of the new psychology.
After two years at Cornell, DR.. Mel.
klejohn took his degree in 1897 as doc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
SNAKE CAR FOR BENT STREET
Boston Trying ArticuIated Trolley For
Marrow Thoroughfares.

Boston Trying ArticuIated Trolley For
Narrow Thoroughfares.
A snake" car. a jointed coach which
it is hoped will be able to wind it's way
through the sharp turning streets of
downtown Boston, is being experiment.
ed with by the Boston elevated COM
pany.
No passengers have been carried in
it, but if it proves as successful in the
city proper as it has in Roxbury it
will be introduced into the regular
through city lines. enabling the COM
pany to run a fifty foot car where the
regular cars cannot travel.
This new car is provided with a joint
in the middle and a flexible platform
covered with a hood. When on a
straight track it appears as one un-
broken length.
Center doors are also provided. and
the passengers will enter and leave at
that point. Two trolleys adorn the
roof. The makers name for the device
is the articu!ated a
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
PLANNING FOR A
N0ISELESS WORLD.
Scientists to Consider Ways and Means
at August Congress.

Science is planning a comparatively
noiseless world.-a world in which
clanlOr and clangor are reduced to q
minimum. Men Of learning, such as
DR.. Clarence John Blake. professor of
GEOLOGY at Harvard Medical school,
says there is absolutely no reason why
there should not be such a world in
existence If the citizens of this and
other supposedly civilized countries
can be weaned away from the sur
vivals of savagery. Noise. at least loud
noise. he says. is needless.
When 800 distinguished physicians
and savants from all parts Of Europe
and America meet in the halls of the
Harvard Medical school next August
in the international biological congress
this matter Of noise will be one of the
most prominent topics.
It is contended that the hustle and
hustle Of city life, the footing of whis-
ties. the roar of trains and other noises
are taking their toll from the health of
the community. The ear is becoming
abnormal and blunted; the sensitive
mechanism Of hearing in an effort to
exclude the ending annoyance is
~tblckening. Gradually the roar of the
city works upon the nerves and brain.
producing irritation and exhaustion.
Nervous prostration. a disease of cit
les, is n result. deafness another and
suffering to the weak and GONZALES
cent still another.
Noise" says DR.. Blake, lis barba-
rou Its presence in a community
points to barbarism. If we pretend
to a higher civilization something must
be done to prevent it. The question
Of noise is a question of economics. be-
cause the presence of unnecessary
noise is as much an indication Of a
waste Of energy as the heating of a
bearing in a machine"
The congress next August will go full
~ into ways and means Of making the
world %noiseless.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

twenty years ago she and her daugh.
ter, Miss Annie, who is an invalid. re-
moved to Colorado Springs.
Champ is the logical man for the
place." declared Mrs. Pitzer, land l
am not saying this just because he Is
my brother-in-law. He has served his
party we'll and faithfully for more than
twenty years, and he deserves the
nomination. He is honest-a more hon
est mar cannot be found in public life
and he is unpurchasable. Above all,
he is n of the people and stands for
what the people want, and he will get
it for them, too, for he is not afraid to
say what he thinks, and. more than
that, he is not afraid to make a fight
for what he believes to be right"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

tor of philosophy and returned to
Brown. There followed four years Of
classroom work, and at the end of that
time he was made dean Of the univer-
sity, an almost unprecedented advance.
In spite Of the trying duties which de-
volved upon him. he refused to give up
his classroom work and as a result be-
came an associate professor in 1908
and a full professor in 1906.
Although a man of medium height
and physique. he was an all around
athlete in his college days, played on
several varsity teams and is still an
expert cricket player. He has been in
timately connected with athletics at
Brown during his term as dean, is a
fraternity man and has worked hard
to improve the scholarship Of the fra
ternities at Brown.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
Stale Bread Day.

A traveller says that Il curious weak
ness of grownup Moors is the love of
eating newly baked bread. The caid
of Azemmoor. i'll Morocco. discovered
that old bread WAS thrown away as
waste. To waste food is a serious Of
Tense in the eyes of a Moslem. The
caid Of Azemmoor therefore Issued a
bylaw prohibiting the baking of bread
upon one day in each week. The citi-
zens, he declared. must eat up the
bread already baked. and he fixed
Wednesday as the %"bitalah." or holt
day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
Tried and Found WANTING.

give had so much bad luck" said
the gloomy man, that l lie awake
half the night thinking about my trou.
bles."
'"The cure for that" they told him,
lis to quit thinking Of your own trou-
bles. Think of other peoples"
"Ill try it." he said.
Three months later ther net him
again.
"Well, how dbl it ' >!,l::" thny asked.
Didn't do any good" he replied. 81
lie awake all night now thinking of
other peoples troubles"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

Road Accidents In the United Kingdom.
A marked increase in the number OF
road accidents is noted in the United
Kingdom. The total rose from 2S,O23
In 1909 to 35.21O in 1911. Of which mo.
tor vehicles caused 20.2I26. Statistics
for the London metropolitan area show
that every 100 motor cabs killed five
times as many persons and injured
three times as many as every 100 horse
IRA wn cabs,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
The Thrifty Dutch.

The thrift of the Dutch has brought
to Holland a fame of wealth that is
richly deserved. Yet in spite of the
wealth. taken as a whole. the Neither.
lands do not contain many great for
tunes as fortunes are gagged in the
United States. \ feature of Dutch
business is the number of small es-
adjustments or the great corporations
in which shares are held by many peo-
pie. Much of the money which the
country lends abroad is the savings of
the masses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
FIRST CAPE OBSERVATORY"

German Scientists to Study Monkeys
In the Canaries.
The worlds first APE observatory"
is to be established at Tenerife under
the auspices of the Berlin Academy Of
Sciences.
Professor Rathmann Of Berlin and
Professor SiIenka, the foremost woman
scientist OF Germany. are on their
way there for the purpose Of making
a close observation of ape life in the
climate of the Canaries.
The scheme will make it possible for
apes to roam in the open the year
around and will provide opportunities
for observing them under natural con
ditions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

"Were all medicines as meritorious as
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy the world would be much
better off and the per centage of suffer
Ing greatly decreased writes Lindsay
Scott, Of Temple, Ind. For sale by all
dealers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
Her Rippino Waltz.

The Sentimental Cuss-How can 1
ever repay YOU. Miss De Smyth. for
the ripping waltz we've just had? The
Practical Puss-I think the simplest
way would be just to settle with my
Observation-Disclosures Sketch.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
One of the most com mon ailmer

One of the most common ailments
That hard working people are afflicted
with is lame back. Apply Chamberlian's
Liniment twice a day and massage the
parts thoroughly at each application.
and you will get quick relief. For sale
by all dealers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

A healthy man is a king in his own
right: an unhealthy man an unhappy
slave. For impure blood and sluggish
liver, use Burdock Blood Bitters. On
the market 35 years. $1.O0 bottle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
Thomas Parr,

Among the extraordinary cases of
longevity on record and we'll attested
is that of the Englishman. Thomas
Parr, who lived happily in Shropshire
OF the age Of 1852. The celebrated Har-
vey. who dissected him after death.
found his body in excellent condition
and stated that had it not been for his
intemperance he might have lived
much longer.
Suffered day and night the torment
of itching piles. Nothing helped me
until I used Doan's Ointment. The
result was lasting"-Hon. John R
Garrett, Mayor, Girard. Ala.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

Mr. w. S. Gunsalus, a farmer living
near Fleming. Pa, says he has used
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy in his family for fourteen
years, and that he has found it to be an
excellent remedy, and takes pleasure in
recommending it. For sale by all deal
erS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
Battleship Texas
Greatest Of
uper-Dreadnoughts
ME %battleship Texas. greatest of
of the r-Dreadnoughts vet

~ v SlS Olll6u
States navy, was successfully
launched. AS the big hull, gay with
bunting, started down the ways little
Miss Claudia Lyon, the t%en-year-old
daughter of Colonel Cecil A. Lyon, Re-
publican national committeeman for
Texas, crashed a bottle Of champagne
against the bow.
The Texas with all her stores aboard
will displace 2S.367 tons, or 1000 tons
more than the great Dreadnought Ar
kansas, now about ready for commits.
sion. She is 573 feet long, ninety-fve
feet two and a half inches beam, so
that she will have almost fifteen feet
to spare in passing through the Pana-
ma canal locks. Her draft will be
tw~enty-eight feet six inches and her
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

IL was cured of diarrhoea by one dose
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" writes NJ. E.
Gebhart, Oriol, Pa. There is nothing
better. For sale by all dealers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
MRS. ANNIE H. PITzER.
Only Woman Delegate Elected to tho

OH1y woman Delegate Elected to The
Democratic National Convention.
MRS. Annie Hamilton Pitzer Of Colo
RADIO Springs, who has been chosen a
delegate to the Democratic national
convention from the Second congress.
slonal district Of Colorado, is a sister
ln-law OF Speaker Champ Clark. Mrs.
TER maiden name was Annie Ham
llton Bennett, and she is a native of
Columbia, Mo. Her husband was a
prominent lawyer. and after his death
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15
THE T THINGS

Many little things go to make up
an important whole. Life is made
up Of little things-word's. acts, du-
ties, pleasures. They corn> to US
one after another, calling us out Of
ourselves, or seem to rush hurriedly
past US. and they leave an impress
on our spirit, and our characters are
made or msircA by Their influence.
Rev +. i.n~ry. ..-...
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

Harsh physics react, weaken tie
bowels, will lead to chronic constipation.
Doan's Regulets operate easily. 25c a
box at all stores.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15


First Morris Orion. j.: Boyd
sSacond Ward.......J. J. Mahoney +. T. Burke
Third Ward.......A Harrington, Chas. Haugh
SCHOOL BOARD.
Members of Board of Educatlon-John
Mahon Chas. Hunter, W. b. Dickson q D.
Fox, j. j. Mahoney. - ,,;,,a
Clerk ....... u AiuoA'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

I, O. o. F.-Meets every Tuesday night il
hall over First National Bank
FRANK CAMERON N. Ct.
n. A. JOHNSON, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

B, N. A.-Langdon Camp No. 6307 meets every
LIST and Bird Fridays of the month in the K. of P
Hall. MRS. JOSEPH POWERS, Clerk.
MRS. B. E. GROOM, Oracle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-15

90. F.-Langdon Court, Independent Order
of Foresters, meet in the Workmen hall. the
arst and third Tuesdays, of each month.
W. A. FERGUSON. c. K
]. Balm, Rec. Sec'y.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-23
age.

The spring thaw probably wont
have much effect on the food
trusters.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-23
.O--O-

A Milwaukee youth deserted
his bride at the altar. when he
learned that she had four chill
dren:-Ready-made families no,
longer appeal to our strenuous
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-23

shark! called The Tiger of the Ocean,, becau
large, strong and terrible human flesh Ali aio
fear like to follow ships and what for my Dime
Many man haveI swallowed.
strong that with single stroke of tail bres
mans leg If were caught the first thing the sailors would
would be to chop off my tail.
guess very good to ooka My skin is dirty grs
slate color My eyes cold and greensh They say
has horrible expression am about thirty eetong u
think of that!
have six of strong sharp-ponted teeh-sharpe thu
knife you had. raise lower these as wish.
Most fish, when they drop their eggs forget all about er
But love and take of my young ones.
Beware! Beware! Don't fall overheard! might getyou
gobble you up! ...
Milwaukee youth deserted age.
his bride at the altar when he -N $50
learned that she had four chill The spring thaw probably
Arizona republican., 1912-09-12
RESOLUTION NO. $40.
FRANK THOMAS,
 City Recorder.

resolution of the Common Coun- cil of Phoenix. declaring their inten- tion to improve a certain portion of Adams Street in said City, and de- tcrminng that bonds shall be issued to represent the cost thereof and de
 claring the work or improvement to
 be of more than local or ordinary
 public benefit, and that the expense of said work shall be assessed upon
 district, and providing that the
 proposed work or improvement shall
 be done under the provisions of The
 Improvement Act of 1912"
 Be it resolved by the Common
 Council of Phoenix:
 Section That the public inter
 est and convenience require and that
 it is the intention of the Common
 Council of Phoenix to order the fol-
 lowing work to be done, to-Wit:
 1. That the roadway of Adams
 street in said City from the easterly
 line of Third street to the westerly line of Fifth street, including all in tersections of streets (excepting such portions of the roadway of said street and intersections as have al ready been graded and paved with Bitulithic pavemenD be graded and paved with Bitulithic pavement in ac- cOrdance with the plan, profile and
 cross section for said work on file in the office of the City Engineer of said City; said plan being numbered 1909, said profile being numbered 2023, and said cross section being
 numbered 3011 in the records of his Cffice and in further accordance with specifications Number II and 12 of the City of Phoenix for the laying of Bitulithic pavement on file in the l office of the City Recorder of said | City, and which said plan, profile ] cross section and specifications are | hereby referred to for a more partic- | ular description of said work and | made a part hereof
 2. That a cement concrete gutter l be constructed along each line of the roadway of Adams street from the
 east line of Third street to the west l line of Fourth street, and from the east line of Fourth street to the west lire of Fifth street (excepting along such portions of said roadway upon which a cement concrete gutter has already been constructed) in ac- cordance with the plan, profiles and l cross-section for said work on file in
Arizona republican., 1912-09-12
RESOLUTION NO. 535.

Resolution of the Common Coun- cil of Phoenix, declaring their in- tention to improve a certain portion of Washington street in said City and determining that bonds shall be issued to represent the cost thereof and declaring the work or improve ment to be of more than local or ordinary public benefit, and that the expense of said work shall be as sessed upon a district, and providing that the proposed work or improve ment shall be done under the pro- visions of "The Improvement Act of 1912"
 Be It Resolved by the Common Council of Phoenix:
 Section l. That the public interest and convenience require and that it is the intention of the Common Coun- cil of Phoenix to order the following | work to be done, to-wit:
 l. That the roadway of Washing ton street in said City from the east erly line of Third street, to the west erly line of Fifth street, including | all intersections of streets (eXcepting such portions of the roadway of said street and intersections as have al ready been graded and paved with Bitulithic pavement, and excepting also such portions of said street and ] intersection as are occupied by any railroad track or tracks and by a | space of two CD feet in width out side the rails of said tracks) be grad ed and paved with Bitulithic pave | ment in accordance with the plan, profile and cross section for said work on file in the office of the City En- gineer of said City. said plan being numbered 1910. said profile being numbered POPS, and said cross sec l ton being numbered 3012 in the rec ords of his office and in further ac- cordance with specifications number l II and 12 of the City of Phoenix for the laying of Bitulithic pavement, on | file in the office of the City Record CT of said City, and which said plan,
 profile, cross section and specified tions are hereby referred to for a more particular description of said
 work and made a part hereof.
 2. That a cement concrete gutter
 be constructed along each line of the
 roadway of Washington street from | the east line of Third street to the
 west line of Fourth street. and from the east line of Fourth street to the
 west line of Fifth street (excepting
 along such portions of said roadway
 upon which a cement concrete gutter has already been constructed) in ac-
 cordance with the plan, profiles and
 cross section for said work on file in
 the office of the City Engineer of
 said City, said plan being numbered 1910, said profiles being numbered
 2027 and 2030, and said cross section
 being numbered 3012, the details of which are shown in cross section
 numbered 3002 in the records of his
 office and in further accordance with l specifications numbers Il and 15 on
Arizona republican., 1912-09-12
RECE|VERSH|P
 \. M. |. & $. CO.
Order by Judge Sloan Lat est Phase of Litigation Involving the Mutual Loan and Saving and Ari- Zona Trust Go.

At the end Of three days hearing of the petition of various stock holders against the Arizona Mutual Savings and Loan association and the Arizona Trust company, Judge Sloan in United States court yesterday ap- pointed George D. Christy receiver for the first named company fixing q nominal bond at $10000.
 Three petitions each by a different group of stockholders of the Arizona Mutual company have been filed against these companies, alleging that the assets of the former have teen inappropriate by the latter.
 The litigation was begun in su- perior court by Attorney w. M. Sea bury for John Dennett Jr. asking for a receivership for the mutual. After a hearing of several days, MT. Seabury moved for the dismissal of the case after which he filed another petition containing the same matter in United States court.
 A second petition was filed there. subsequently, there was q hearing before Judge Morrow at San Fran cisco and the defendant companies were ordered to file a bond for $10.000 by last Thursday. In tho meantime some seventeen other stock holders. similarly filed a petition in intervention. "lt
 In all the petitions it is alleged that the Arizona Mutual has been bankrupt since March of last year; that it's assets amount to only about $24,000. the balance having been ap- propriated by the trust company.
 In his order of yesterday Judge Sloan directs the receiver to inquire into the value of the property of the Mutual in March 1911 and the present value of all the property it owned at that time wherever it may be now. The trust company is re- strained from the use of any income from property it acquired from the Mutual and is ordered to pay it into the Phoenix National Bank.