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The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06

This is the utmost Importance
in any farming community and
sooner or later definite rotation
of crops must be used in all
sections of the state. These
plats illustrate the rotation
that is believed to be best
adapted to the particular con-
ditions existing in the locality.
In addition to the rotation and
it's effect in securing an in
creased crop yield, definite in
struction is also given. In re-
gard to tillage and cultural
methods and the use of manure,
grass crops and possibly in
some sections com mercial
fertilizers.
Farmers who cooperate on
the demonstration plats are ex-
pected to follow instructions
given for a,period a varying from
three to five years while work
on demonstration fields covers
period of one year only. From
the very nature of crop rota-
ton, it is necessary that the
demonstration plats be carried
on for a period of time and in
structions must be definitely
; followed. Owing to the late
start in several of the localities
the number of fields and plats
is not as large as it will be
next year. Several Of the field
men, however, are cosoperat-
ing with from fifteen to8twenty
farmers in developing this
class of work and all report
splendid success. There is no
more important feature of the
association work, according to
Secretary Cooper, and none
will receive closer attention.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06
AROUND The COUNTY

G. w. Peterson of Renville
Mimi, father of Ed and Henry
Peterson of Souris is visiting
them indefinitely.
Ben Wolf and wife of Eek
man are the proud parents of
son who arrived at their home
on August 16.
Ed Young has purchased an
interest, in the general mer-
chandise firm of Inman, Hol-
man & Company at Antler.
The Antler school board are
endeavoring to locate h E
parties who caused the destruc-
tion of large number Of books
in the basement of the school
building.
New arrivals in Lansford
homes are as follows: A girl
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
c. Banks on August 18th and
a boy to Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Garvin on the same day.
A fellow at Maxbass while on
his way home fell through a
barber shop window. 1t looks
as though the lid had been
raised again in that village. Of
course the night was dark.
The Maxbass Monitor reports
a bunch of transients arriving
and Immediately going out
the harvest fields. It's differ
ent here. They come but they
will not go-to the harvest
fields.
The editor of the Antler
American>is short of help since
his printer needed the call Of
the harvest field and bid him
adieu, but with the assistance
of his better half believes he
will be able to handle the fall
business.
Jasper Howard Of Lansfo ford
fell down a stairway ading to
the ~, r. Banks basement and
before morning death relieved
him Of his suffering gs. IL was
supposed that he Wake III the
flight fof stairs I'D il the darkness
| and lost his bal lantce ce y sffal lin y to
1.-THE cefiienf Hoof e1odp. s His
The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06
Demonstration Plats and Fields

tBetter Farming Association Special
Service0
Grand Forks, August 90
Reports of remarkable success
with demonstration plats and
fields are being received daily
by the Better Farming associa-
ton special service bureau in
Grand Forks. The demonstra-
ton feature is naturally one of
the most important branches of
the association s work from the
fact that it acts as an object
lesson in the various commun-
tiles, and brings home to the
farmer the result of scientific
methods in a practical way.
Secretary Thomas Cooper re-
ports that the experts, who are
conducting the work of the
association in the different sec
tons of the state, have had no
difficulty in securing the co.
operation of farmers in this
branch of activity.
The demonstration plats OF
fields are planned to show de-
tinitely the results of a certain
rotation or of tillage and seed
ing methods. These demon.
strations are necessarily CO.
operative. The farmer who
co-operates in this work furn-
ishes the use of his land and
does the work upon it as laid
out by the Better Farming ex.
perts. All. crops and all pro.
ducts, however, belong to the
farmer.
This feature of the associa-
tons work embraces two dis:
tinct lines, first, demonstration
fields; and second, demonstra-
ton plats. The demonstration
field comprises an acre or more,
regarding which definite in.
structions are given as to how
certain crops shall be raised or
certain t1llage methOdS applied. !.
On these fields, the methods OF
producing crops of economic
importance to the community
are shown. Naturally, especial
attention has been paid this
year to alfalfa, clover and corn
crops, winter wheat, rye and
! the production Of superior var.
ieties Of common grains.
The demo stration plat il
distinctive from the field, z
ranging in area from five tc
twenty acres or even more.
These plats have been designed
especially to illustrate propel
II, systems sc rotation which viii
enable the farmer to secure
yields ana AZ The same time
keep up the fertility of his soil
The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06
BLACK SHEEP.


TRoM their folded mates they wander
~ far. 4
Their ways seem harsh and wild.
They follow the beck Of a balefuI star;
Their paths are dream beguiled.
VET haply they sought but wider
h - range, 853y 1gsl RI
\ Some loftier mountain slope.
And little rocked OF the country strange
Beyond the gates Of hope. 4 e}
s sA ND haply a bell with q luring call
Summoned their feet to tread # s$
Midst the cruel rocks whore the deep pitt
fall s, n a sis ssI
And the lurking snare are spread.
EMAYBE IN spite Of their tameless days
- OF outcast liberty II lss s
They're sick at heart for the homely ways
S Where their gathered brothers
u ND " OF SO y night when the plains fail
dark 2ss
And the hills loom large and dim
yor the sshepherd's q voice they mutsly
A ii shs,r q .osl. 4 out e IN q.
E nANwtHIIn ! M zl.sk u - Z =, & 81,aek
sheepl ~ cry; 1 sss.
e&3e = tn inner fold, aE3 E3 Ess55S S} ga
Ara M Aybe they T. - ma yuls, ycza l ~ Wy
Ard sMAEysl. 0ut -
The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06
Sens In Verse
OLD FAvORITEs.

BELLE OF THE MOHAWK VALE.
II. sweet is the vale where the
Mohawk gently glides
On it's clear, winding wayNto the
~ sea, n
And dearer than all stored dreams
on earth besides
II this bright, rolling river to me!
But sweeter, dearer. yes, dearer Tar than
these, ..5
Who charms where all others fail,
10 blue eyed bonny, bonny Eloise,
The belle Of the Mohawk vale.
Oh, sweet are the scenes Of my boyhood's 9
That bespangie the gay valley o.er,
And dear are the friends seen through
memory's fond tears Il
That have lived In the blest days Of
yore!
Put sweeter, dearer, yes. dearer far than
these, 4. 5.
Who charms where all others fan,
1s blue eyed, bonny. bonny Eloise,
The belle Of the Mohawk vale.
Oh, sweet are the moments when, dream
ing, ! roam
Through my loved haunts. now messy
and gray,
And dearer than all is my childhoods hal
lowed home @
That is crunbling now slowly away!
Put sweeter, dearer, yes, dearer far than
* these, $50"
Who charms where all others fail,
10 blue eyed, bonny bonny Eloise.
The belle of the Mohawk vale.
Put sweeter. dearer. yes dearer far than
these, # Szy l,& t 81
Who charms where all others fail,
10 blue eyed, bonny, bonny Eloise,
The belle Of the Mohawk vale.
3G5H George w. Elliott.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06
THE MocklNG BIRD.

Upon a, spray that overhung the
stream ss s.
The mocking bird, awaking from
his dream,
Poured such delirious music from
his throat
( That all the air seemed listening to J,
5slss his note.
Plaintive at first the song began
and slow. sf s
It breathed Of sadness and Of pain
and woe: ssg} II.
Then. gathering all, his notes,
abroad he flung NJ
The multitudinous music from his /
tongue, II s S
4 AZ after showers = sudden gust
again
Upon the leaves shakes down the
81 rafting rain. ass rs.
Henry Wadsworth Longf ellow. s,
The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06

ALADDIN.
When was beggarly boy
And lived In cellar damp
had not a friend or a toy
But had Aladdin's lamp.
When could not sleep for cold
I had fire enough in my brain
And builded, with roofs Of gold.
Ny beautiful castles in Spain.
Since then 1 have toiled day and
night,
have money and power good
store, ,,, Is
But I'd give all my lamps of silver
bright,
For the one that is mine no more.
Take, fortune, whatever you choose.
You gave and may snatch again.
have nothing 'twould pain me to
lose,
For own no more castles in
Spain.
James Russell Lowell.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06
WITHOUT FEAR.
Like the bird be thou @
That for a moment rests
Upon the topmost bough.
He feels the branch to bend
And yet as sweetly sings. y
Knowing that he has wings.
Victor Hugo.
LONDON BRIDGE.

LONDON BRIDGE.
pRoUD and lowly, beggar and lord.
= Over the bridge they go;
Rags and velvet, fetter and sword,
Poverty. pomp and woe.
Laughing, weeping, hurrying ever.
Hour by hour they crowd along,
While below the mighty river
Sings them all a mocking song.
Hurry along,
Sorrow and song.
All is vanity meath the sun.
Velvet and rags,
So the world wags,
Until the river no more shall run.
nAINTY, painted, powdered and gay
I Rolleth my lady by;
Rags and tatters over the way
Carries a, heart as high. -
Flowers and dreams from country mead
ows,
Dust and din through city skies,
Old men creeping with their shadows,
Children with their sunny eyes
Hurry along,
u Sorrow and song.
All Is vanity meath the sun.
Velvet and. rags, 90
So the world wags,
Until the river no more shall run.
STORM and sunshine. peace and strife,
~ Over the bridge they go, st
Floating on in the tide Of life,
Whittier no man shall know.
Who will miss them there tomorrow,
Waits that drift to the shade or sun?
Gone away with their songs and sorrow,
Only the river still flows on
Hurry along, &
Sorrow and song. !
All Is vanity meath the sun.
Velvet and rags,
So the world wags, IS
Until the river no more shall run.
Frederic Edward Weatherly.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06
SOUND THE LOUD TIMBREL.


~ OUND the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's
dark sea!
Jehovah has triumphed-his peo-
~ pie are free.
Sing. for the pride Of the tyrant is
broken! az
His chariots, his horsemen, all splendid
and brave
How vain was their boasting! The Lord
hath but spoken, 8
And chariots and horsemen are sunk Ia
the wave.
Sound the loud timbrel Ger Egypt's dark
Jehovah has triumphed-his people are
free. s
Praise to the conqueror. praise to the
Lord!
His word is our arrow: his breath is our
sword. ysfs # W
Who shall return to tell Egypt the story
OF those she sent forth in the hour Of
her pride? M
For the Lord hath looked out from his
pillar of glory.
And all her brave thousands are dashed
in the tide.
Sound the loud timbrel Ger Egypt's dark lark.
Jehovah has triumphed-his people are
free.
Il Thomas Moore.
The Bottineau courant., 1912-09-06
"sHE DID HER BEST"

"sHE DID HER BEST"
IF can live
To make IKE. some pale face brighter and
x A second luster to some tear dimmed
eye,
Or cen impart
One throb Of comfort to an aching heart,
Or cheer some wayworn soul in passing
by;
II can lend
A strong hand to the fallen or defend
The right against single envious strain,
Ny life, though bare.
Perhaps, Of much that seemeth dear and
TO Us on earth. win not have been in
vain.
The purest JOY.
Most near to heaven, far from earth's al
10y,
u bidding clouds give way to sun and
q shine, ss
And twill be well
II on that day Of days the angels tell
/ OF me. 'she did her best for one Of
thine s
Helen Hunt jackson.
WHEN STARS SHINE OUT.
"A GE is opportunity no less
Than youth itself. though in another
| 81 Dress VIZ n 4
And as the evening twilight fades away
The stars are seen by night, invisible BY
day. 3fs ~
q -Longfellow.
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Real Perseverance.

MRS. DEWEY HEATH, the presiden.
AVA of the League for Home Economics.
said the other day in New York:
Our league purposes to get those laws
enforced which make the cost of living
reasonable 1t purposes. too. where the
old laws are unsatisfactory, to get new
laws made
She paused and smiled
I'VE are resolved to succeed she said
I'VE shall work for success with tina
perseverance of the passenger in the
overshoes.
"A train stopped one day at a. STA
ton and a passenger got out and walked
up and down the snowy platform to
stretch his legs. AS the train moved
off again. and the passenger horned
aboard, he discovered on the stems tina
he had only one overshoe on, and, think
ing that he had lost the other ON the
platform. he pulled off the remaining
shoe and threw it toward the station.
There he said, that makes good
pair of overshoes for somebody
Then he returned to his seat But AT
his seat he found the other shoe on the
floor. He frowned in disgust. but did
not hesitate. Picking up the oversboe
he raised the window and threw il as fa
back toward the station as he could.
There. lie said. resolutely-fhere fs
good pair of overshoes for somebody 4
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When Charles Dickens Visited Washington 1912 and Again 1868

others of their number lodged and
dined at the crude hotels. where a
guest might stop without the fear of
receiving such a bill as would cause
his financial embarrassment or bring
about the declaration of an assign
ment
taken quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel
known then the Queen from the
picture of an Indian queen hanging at
the front door. Or the distinguished
author could probably have found accom-
modations at the old National, which was
patronized by such men as John c. Cal
houn. or he might have been housed at
Gadsby's, on the northwest corner of I'd
street and the Avenue. or at any one Of
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From a very old engraving.

the dozen and one obstetrics then flour
fishing. The noted guest and his attract
i've wife really did stop at Fuller's, which
was located, according to present author
ity. on the northwest corner OF 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
A mental picture of this ancient house
may be formed from the great authors
own writing. as he described it as a
long row of small houses fronting on
one street and opening on the back upon
common yard, where slaves hung
clothes upon the many clotheslines. 1t
was in this yard that the great triangle
hung-that triangle which was such d
source of worry. Whenever servant
was wanted some one beat upon the tri-
angle striking il several times.
March H. 1872. Dickens wrote To his
friend, Mr.. FELTON,. that the blithe black
who was introduced to him on his arrival
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Instruction Free.

GIVEN grocers are taking hand
~ in the education of young house,
wives" said the pretty woman. II did
my first marketing last week. The
grocer knew | was green. When I had
finished buying he said:
Now, do you know how to arrange
things in your ice box to the best ad-
vantage?'
II said | was afraid / didn't. He
called young man from the rear Of the
store.
James, he said. when you deliver
this basket of things will you show the
lady the most economical arrangement
of her refrigerator
Fifteen minutes later whites proned
James was turning my ice chest upside
down. He made place for everything
and said it ought to be kept there. The
meats, for example, should always come
between the milk and butter and the
fruit and salads. When he finished my
refrigerator held twice as much as I
had been able to get into ii. Another
wondrous phase of the situation was that
James refused a tip.
I've make point, he said, of show
ing customers the proper arrangement
of an ice chest.
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as a special attendant was the only gen.
tleman in the town who had a peculiar
delcacy in intruding upon his valuable
time. According to the novelist it usually
took seven rings, then a threat and mes
sage from another world to produce him,
and when sent to fetch something he for
got it on the way and SO did not come
back. Whether or not the proprietor of
Fulers Hotel refused pay from his dis
tinguished patron is not stated in any of
Mr. Dickens letters which have been pre-
served by Mr.. Forster. but the author
wrote of experiencing that generosity in
some cities on this side of the Atlantic.
The social and economical conditions
which Dickens found in the nations capt.
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ton to make new conquests. but this tim.
his impression of the London of America
was quite different from those which he
had carried away with him on his visit
of 1872. When Dickens made his fare
we'll speech this side of the water
he said that it was his duty to speak
of his second reception and wonderful
progress.
ALSO l declare how astonished i have
been by the amazing changes that |
have seen around me; changes on every
side Nor am l, believe me. so arrogant
as to suppose that in five and twenty
years there have been no changes in ne
and that 1 have nothing to learn and no
extreme impressions to correct when 1
was first here
This speech was made forty-four years
ago. If the renowned novelist could re-
turn to America on his one hundredth
birthday he would doubtless have diff
Guilty i'm expressing his surprise. Prob
ably he would pronounce the change as
a truth infinitely stranger than his OWN
fiction.
copyrighted. 1912. Mrs Faber Stevenson.)
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American people today as they did to the
English of that time who heard of them
through the authors pen. Since the nov
elists day many of these conditions are
almost forgotten. for years have passed
since the slave pen was present in the
city or the national spittoon had a place.
No longer do the floors of our public
buildings, the Hobbies of the Capitol or
the halls of the White House show signs
of tobacco. For this reason Dickens
notes of the capital seem improbable.
In the small apartments which Mr. and
Mrs. Dickens occupied at their hotel there
was one picture which was on display as
long as the much talked-of English
guests remained in the city. AS photog-
raphy,' as we know 1t now, was then un-
practiced. Charles Dickens and his wife
brought "A pencil sketch of their children
with them from England, SO that they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04

CPENT Two of His Birth
- days in the Capitalists
Views of American Life
Washington at the Time OF
Dickens First Visit-How
the Famous Novelist Was
Entertained While Here
His Readings" and impress
sions Gained From His
Audiences - His Friendship
for Many Dist in g vi S h e d
American Statesmen and
Writers.
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where the occasion was celebrated by MS
many friends. A story of Dickens FIRST
visit To Washington in 1912 must neces-
sariIy contain an account of the city at
that time, for i'm those days this national
center bore little resemblance to the
great city which has since built itself
upon the Potomac.
At that time the 23,O0O people who
lived in Washington boosted of Pennsy1-
vania avenue their chief thorough
fare although IL was built up mostly
with small houses, taverns and hotels
constructed on the type of the country
inn of today The Capitol. then possess
ing only part OF its present glory; the
Treasury and White House were the
principal buildings of note. Dickens first
visit takes us back to the time when the
Avenue was paved with blocks. When
there were no trees from the Capitol to
the White House. and when much OF
the Mall was nothing more than COW
pasture where herds were taken in the
morning and returned to their sheds at
night.
In those days the private residences
of the city were not her pride, for
there were but few fine ones among
them. For this reason many OF the
dignitaries of that day lived i'm board
ing houses, which Were so common that
they reached the 100 mark. More than
zoo senator's and representatives. as
we'll as most of the judges of the Su-
preme Court, and numerous govern
ment officials found boarding life very
congeniai at that time. sfor they en-
joyed the freedom and good cheer of
the long mess tables
Naturally this boarding house in
dustry thrived best in the vicinity of
the Capitol. for Missouri avenue, near
the old Pennsylvania railroad station,
Louisiana avenue and Indiana avenue
as well as Capitol HILL all shared as
popular locations for congressional
patronage. 1t was not uncommon at
that time for Legislators or diplomats
10 board In private houses. while
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$ Z Is = 81 s
ks54 hAs tzzx-@zz=< BY Her
Lines to a
You simply product
your present crude you little value yourself
the ,uorld.
You're piece of green TIMBER unseasoned unreliable and
uncertain until you have been ''Uorked.'
You have been eathered exposure the and
stries Of life is yet to
you subjected the strain of responsibility
will probably varp.
Only experience qualify for unusual performances
and until you acquire what requireunl have suffered
ready, you're speculation.
What you will become a Of conjecture great
lathe of circumstance is waiting to
What do you be? What lead you think
that you achieve what you believe?
Take You the designer-you select
the pattern for your future.
The whole lies before YOU In every trade every
pursuit. every business, there's spare room for capabiy
hasty won't hasten Each time you change
you lose the benefit of the vtaity the IDEAS
and the hours that you have mis- applied
Until you elect a definite course, accept guidance
Only when you have tested yourself when you have made
certain of the field which most congenal and which best suits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04

HE one hundredth
anniversary of the
birth of Charles
Dickens recalls the
fact that the nov
elist spent his thir-
tieth and fifty
sixth birthdays in
America. When he
pa ssed his fifty
sixth milestone he
was "A guest of the
nations capital,
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IS to a Young Man.


An earnest outraged bound reach
the place he's bound to.
The of important the
character of his No pursuit offer you better
chance than you profer yourself.
Your personality your genius and ideals alone dignity
your calling.
Humanity has found bnefactors and leaders cang
ing the forge, measuring the counter and blowing in the
fields the bench and the operating table and in the
counting house.
Failure exist where zeal and purpose persist.
The form which toll cannot den,ean it. An
vorhy king sues his competent artisan exaLts his
craft
you steadfast and respect your tools you
enough and dare you'll make Roadway anywhere and
anything
sound will become first wherever has
chance to take root
there rotten streak in you IF probation ntndate
desire has gained mastery wN the of
Sweating and hetng abate your enthusiasm opportunity
is uasted upon you.
Cutters and quaers nits all the way from the
heap to the throne.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-01-19
Teachers Meeting.

The officers and teachers Of The Free
Baptist church Sunday Sch ool held their
monthly meeting on Monday evening ln
The church parlos. Supper was served
by the Nizpah class TO large gathering
Mrs. ]. J. Brokenshire Of Pawtucket gave
an interesting address, followed by mssi.
cal programme, which included selections
by quartet consisting Of Mrs. Herbert g..
Gulliyer, Miss Gertrude Emmett, Mr.
Walter r. Cook and Mr. Herbert g..
Gulliyer and soIos by Miss Esther Weeden.