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QUEER MAf.x LAWS.
And yoculor Reading OF TIE Coat OF
Ernas OF the Island.

And Jocu!or Reading OF TIE Coat OF
Ernns OF the Island.
The Isle 0! Man presents many
curious features, none OF which are
more curious than It's laws. For
instance, the Legislature is called
the house Of keys and was in other
time. judicial body charged with
the duty Of interpreting the laws.
ANY person so bold DIS to Islander
thi. house of keys was liable not
only to fine in the amount Of ElO.
but to the loss Of both his ears.
Two dee:nsters were once appoint
ed to execute the laws which before
the year I'LL were uncoaified. and
these were known as breast laws,
for the reason that they were i'm
parted to the decmstsrs in secret,
to be kept BY them within the sec
recy OF their own breasts as long as
they chose or during their whole
service, though they we're authoriz-
ed to iinpart anil explain to the
populacc as much Of these special
laws as should at any time seem
wise and expedient.
Certain Of the Manx laws. as set
down after the codiiication. arc ex-
trcmely quaint. Here are couple
Of extracts from the Manx legal
ruling:
IF d man steal Il horse or III OK
it is no felony, for the offender can
not hide them, but if he steal a
capon or a pig be shall be hanged.
''In case Of theft, if it amount to
the value Of sixpence halfpcnAv, it
shall be felony and death to the
offender, and under that value to
be whipped or set upon wooden
horse, which shall be provided for
such offenders"
The arms of the Isle Of Man,
which, though it may sound like an
Irish bull to say so, are legs--three
legs bent at the knee and apparent
ly kicking outward from a common
center in the midst of a shield
have provoked a number Of jocular
descriptions, Of which the best de-
clares that ono leg spurns Ireland,
one kicks at Scotland, and the
third kneels to England.
On July 5 Of every year the laws
Of the Isle of Man are still read
aloud to the assembled people from
the top Of Tynwald hill. This is
said to be the most interesting md
archaic legal ceremony observed to-
day in Europe Harper's Weekly.
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Ne cannot, Of course, measure
heat by yards, pints or pounds, but
the unit Of heat, the standard meas
ure of that phenomenon, has been
agreed upon by those whose bust
ness it is TO philosophize on that
subject to be that quantity which
can raise pound of water one de-
gree. Now, to turn pound Of wa
ter into a pound of steam requires
967 of these units of heat-that is
to say, if We boil pound of water
until it all goes away in steam we
shall have used in doing so quanti-
ty of heat which would have raised
967 pounds Of water one degree
higher in temperature.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-11-29
Unique Advertising.

A tale iS told of Robert Bonner
and Of his belief in advertising One
day he engaged whole page of a
newspaper and repeated two line
advertisement upon it over and over
again. 1t AUST have been repeated
5000 times upon the page in the
smallest type.
"Why do you waste your money,
Robert?" asked friend. 81 MOTTO
ed that same line so often. Would
not half page have answered your
purpose"
"Hnlf page would never have
caused Won to ask the question" re-
piled Mr.. Bonner. "At least five
people will ask that to every line
was the way ! figured it.
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els you de S. P. c. A.?' asked
the negro with his arm in a sling.
Il am member of the society,""
replied the earnest looking young
man.
"Well, / wants to report my mule
to you. : been arrested twice on
his account, an | amt CINE to hab
no mo- words wifi 'im."
"Has anybody hurt him? %
mo, boss. But look at me. |
has been kicked, tromped on an
cussed in mule talk. If rs got to
be kind to dat animal wants some
understandin' dat will compel reel
procity or, at de very leas', arbitra-
ton. "-Washington Star.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-11-29
How the Daisy Was Named.

Of all the flowers of the field the
daisy is the most appropriately nam
ed. Probably not one person in a
hundred understands the signifi-
canoe of this little flower. Hun
dreds and hundreds of years ago it
got its name, and in all parts of the
world the name means the same
thing. The nature lover who nam
ed the daisy had in his study Of the
wild flower observed that it opened
its eye with the opening of the day
and closed it with the setting Of the
sun. So with the simplicity of the
true artist he called it the eye Of the
day. the dayscye or, as we spell it
today, the daisy.
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Absentminded.

Benson have a literary friend
who is so abscntminded that when
he went to London reeentiy he tele-
graphed himself ahead to wait for
himself at a certain place. Smith
Did the telegram have the desired
result? Benson--No; he got it all
right, but he had forgotten to sign
his name, and, not knowing who it
was from, he paid no attention to
it.-Pearson's Weekly.
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The wrono Kind.

A strapping German, with big
beads of perspiration streaming
down his face. was darting in and
gu, among the aisles of depart
ment store
His excited actions attracted the
attention Of ali the salespeople, and
they hardly knew what to make of
it. 4 hustling young man OF the
clothing department walked UP and
asked;
Are you looking for something
in mems clothing9"
"No," he reared. mot mems
clothing, vinmin clothing. ] cant
find my wife" = Ladies' Home
journal.
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In San Francisco some years ago
there was notorious character
named Muldoon, who was the leader
of gang Of young ruffians. They
were terror to the community and
about as tough lot of citizens as
YOU could find on the coast. A re-
porter who had been assigned to a
story in which they had figured I'M
dertook to coin word designating
the gang. He reversed the name of
the leader and Geferred to them as
sShoodIums. The compositor mis-
took the N for an n and as hood
lums the words passed the proof
reader. "Iloodlum' is a recognized
word. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-11-29
Children and Influences.

The reason why children so easily
contract the mien. gestures and
habits OF their surroundings is that
they have no power Of resistance
Everything outside them is stronger
than themselves. and they have 10
borrow from all outward Influences
for their own growth: hence they
are good. cheerful and contented or
bad. morose and discouraged, just
according to their surroundings, =
Marenheltx- Rulow.
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Where Divorce Is Easy.

AS to easy divorce neither Aus
tralia nor America leads the way, if
we admit uncivilized tribes into the
competition. Among some Siberian
tribes, for instance, man need
only uncover his wife's head and
walk away; and the Eskimo ha>
only to leave his house and stop
away in pretended anger for a day
or two.
In Nepal a woman can divorce
her husband at any time by simply
placing a betel nut under his pillow
and taking her departure. And two
chopsticks broken in the presence
of witness are sufficient to divorce
a couple in Cochin China.--London
Chronicle.
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BRITAlN's CROWN JEWELS.
There Is Little Danger These Days Of
Them Being Stolen.

The British crown jewels are
guarded in the Tower of London.
At great cost the section of the
tower wherein these famous gems
are kept has been made impregnable
against all robbers.
At given signal all the gates
and doors of the tower would be
instantly closed and that by the
simple pressing Of button. But
tons are placed in the governors
room at Scotland Yard and at other
points known only to few respon-
sible officers, Even the massive
gates of the middle tower, which
weigh several tons, may be closed
by ele. trical process in order that
no one within the tower may pass
out. At the same time there would
ring an alarm bell to warn the ward
ers, police and soldiers to prepare
themselves for any emergency.
In other days several attempts
were made to steal the crown jewels.
A Colonel Blood actually succeeded
in getting possession for time of
the crown and scepter Of the Unit
ed Kingdom. This he did by over
powering and binding the keeper.
The latter, however, contrived to
raise an alarm and, help arriving
from an unexpected quarter, Blood
was pursued and overtakcn, Init not
before he had got clear Of the pre-
cincts Of the building with his
preciofS booty.
1t waS this attempt that led TO
the adoption of an elaborate series
Of precautions to guard the treas
ure. There is special military
guard of picked men, who give and
receive a countersign that is chang
ed every four hours. In addition,
aside from the electric alarm sys-
tenn mentioned above, there is a
rigid system of visiting patrols, etc
The most valuable of the jewels
are secured by massive iron graf
ing, the keys of which are held by
the lord chamberlain, out of whose
custody they are supposed never to
pass .Curiously enough, this APP
parent superfiuity of caution once
nearly resulted in the destruction
of the entire collection by the great
fire that threa tened the tower in
1911. The flames had attacked the
jewel house itself before the keeper
succeeded, with the aid Of crow
bar, in forcing an admission to thc
house, so lie might hand out the
jewels to the Gremen and police in
waiting:-NeW York Press.
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rvlNDMILLs or HOLLAND.
Old Fashioned Methods Still Prevail
IN Operating Them.


1t is said that there are 10000
windmills in Holland. The number
is said, however, to be less than 1t
was fifty years ago. for the Dutch
have, in measure, substituted
steam and other forms Of power for
the caI.ricious wind.
o.. the eastern end Of Long Is
land there may be seen old wind
mills. The curious may observe
thai there is a tiny windmill III
many cases perched on the top OPP
posite the great arms. a feature
that suggests pug dogs CURED
tail. Those who have investigated
the mechanism of the windmill
know that the little windmill Is the
Yankees method of automatically
keeping the sails on the great arms
always in the wind. As soon us the
wind changes it puts the small wheel
in motion, and this quickly rolls
the top OF the tower and the big
wheel around until it again faces
the wind. Then, being itself ont OF
The wind, it stops.
Whenever the wind changes IL
Holland hundreds OF mill keepers
come forth and laboriously turn The
tops about by hand. They may be
seen pushing and straining on the
galleries surrounding the towers
midway between the ground and the
tor or tugging at the spokes of Il
wheel on the ground.
Iaanland is especially the home
Of the windmill. 1t lies to the north
aud west of Amsterdam, and every
town or village in this district be-
gins or ends in "zaan.
Zaandijk, according to one travel
err. perpetually reminds one of the
old query, "Do you see anything
grccn?" Everything in Zaandijk is
green. Bridges, fences, doors, win
dows, walls, are green, ranging from
the green Of peas to that Of apples,
olives, grass, malachite, beryl, old
bottles and verdigris.
In little museum Of this place
there are shown many models Of
windmilis, among which is that of
the first windmill erected in Zaan-
dam. 1t stood in the water, and
when it was desired to turn bhe
sails toward the wind the miller
was obliged to get into his boat and,
taking line, tow the whole struc-
ture around until it was in a work
ing position again. Later Oh the
mill was set on a post and the whole
turned about this as an axis, in the
same manner that one revolyes
bookshelves. Then another method
WIS devised. The entire edi6ce was
turned about from the bottom like
monitors turret. Finally the
comparatively modern type was
adopted, that Of a cap holding the
axle and sails with cogwheel and
spindle inside and easily moved
from below BY hand wheel or
windlass to secure the proper 'front.'
age at WALLPAPER s.
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The Night Riders Of Decatur

Crimes Com nitted mistaken public policy
crimes nevertheless and will only bring drepue the community
which will inevitably its perpetrators 1Tbe
barns Decatur plain case OF anarchy
aud the duty to find I'd punish the criminals
The spirit retaliation such raught with danger the
lives and property citizen well those inter sted
the culture that awessne o his kind
breeds contempt will father further violence unless
the eo will be thoroughly and certainly applied The mis-
taken idea they public should
doing their duty the experiences of Kentucky
take stand against the
tal sml price too high for Georgia to
its reputation is stake
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Here Are Rates For
The Boys Corn s how

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 8 9th 1912.
SIS. 80 Round Trip. Cordele to
Atlanta via Georgia Southern &
Florida Ry. Tickets on sale daily
December 1st to 9Th inclusive.
G. S. & F. Ry., operates fast
through trains from all stations
n it's line to Atlanta Best of
.ccomodations. Should sufficient
lumber of people go, the G. S. &
z. Ry., will operate a special
Corn Club" train to carry the
crowd.
All who are interested should
communicate with one of the
undersigned Immediately. This
Will be the greatest gathering OF
:orn club boys ever brought to-
gether in the south.
For complete information call
N any ticket agent G. S. u +.
Ry., or address.
J. w. Jamison. T. P. A..
Macon, Ga,
C. A. Dewherry. T. 7, a.
ValHOeta Ca
C. B. Rhodes, G. P A.
Macon, Ga.
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A SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Tragic and Pathetic Climax That Came
In a Murder Trial.

IN muToer lTid'.
''One OF the most tragic scenes
| ever witnessed" said an aged law
yer, occurred in ii small town. The
Judge was a man OF sixty or more,
and in addition to most venerable
and dignihed appearance and man
ner he was the saddcst faced man
] ever saw. He had come to our
town ten or dozen years before
from the cast, and We knew little
of him except that he was an able
lawyer and jurist and that his wife,
who was the only other member of
his family, and himself had some
great sorrow.
''One night our town was all torn
up by IA robbery and murder and
the capture of the killer and thief
almost in the act. For a wonder
he wasn't lynched then and there,
but lie wasn't, and as soon as day
light came proceedings were insti-
tutcd against the prisoner, and |
was appointed, with another Young
ster. to defend him.
'Really here wasn't any defense.
and ! was frank enough to tell him
that he might be thankful if VIC
could save him from a lynching. He
Was a stranger in the town, evident
ly led there by some stories he had
heard of an Old miser we had among
us, and was a man of perhaps thirty
three or thirty-four, with a most
unprcposscssing appearance, greatly
accumulated by weeks growth of
rough whiskers, years of dissipation
and hard living. In those days and
in such cases the laws delay was
not much in force, and by 6 O'Clock
Of the second day the prisoner was
standing before the Judge to receive
sentence. As he stood there that
day harder looking customer /
think never saw.
octave You anything to say why
sentence Of death should not be
pronounced upon you?' said the
Judge after all the preliminaries
were over.
81 have, your honor, if you are
to pronounce that sentence replied
the prisoner with an air of almost
impertinence. AT least he added,
half apologetically, possibly under
the circumstances you might not
care TO pronounce it,
"This was entirely out Of the or
binary, and J touched my client on
the arm and was about to remind
him OF The customs of the court
when the judge requested me TO
leave the prisoner to him.
"'WiII YOU be kind enough to ex-
plain?' he said in a strangely ex-
cited tone.
"'Weli, your honor responded
the prisoner without quaver of
voice, as I'm YOUR only som
"But the judge heard no more.
It was evident that he knew the
prisoner was telling the truth, for,
with a groan, he threw up his hands
and fell forward across the desk
in front Of him, dead, a little stream
of blood trickling from his lips. The
excitement was terrific, and in the
midst of it the prisoner dashed
through window and would have
escaped, but a timely shot from
rifle in the hands Of a man on the
outside settled him forever. And,
best of all, his mother never knew.
She fingered a few months after her
husbands death, and the entire
population OF the town considered
it to be sacred obligation to lie to
her about the whole affair"
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k;.. saiu&asions.

Elssing as Il form of saiutation
aulong Englishmen was abandoned in
the einghteerth century The nose kiss
still exists in races so far apart as the
EsEimoS OF the arctic regions and the
Ma0ris VI New Zealand.
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Caught.

She i had an argument with
Alice this morning over the proper
use of "shalI" and will" Perhaps
you can tell me which is correct.
"Will you marry me ?" or "Shall you
marry me-?
He-l should say ''Will you marry
me:"
She - Then why in the world
dom. you?-Eoston Transcript.
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on the Safe Side.

They had been engaged for fully
thirty minutes.
81 have surprise in store for
YOU. Alfred. DEAR" she said. Il
can cook as well as can play the
piano" ;,
"That being the case, DURING, "
he replied, sit will be we'll for US to
board"
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Do your Christmas shopping great many of YOU have
ma w your minds buy have the means to buy now
as well as later The better and you will benefit your
self as well as avoiding the rush Do Now and do
it at Home
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In France and Germany organized Labor has declared itself
against War If the working people won't do the hitting there
will for general in Europe or anywhere else
it takes and lots of to fight great battles
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-11-29

There is more glory being in Virginia the mother Of
Presidents than lived New Jersey the mother of Trusts
OF course Mr. Wsoa will be entered in the off a guide V
gilman
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29

amendment. They did this eight years
before any republican congress did it.
The democratic party has twice demand
ed this reform in the national platform.
The republican party has not done SO.
Why do democratic leaders insist upon
this reform and republican leaders
oppose it? There can be but ono answer
the democratic party is nearer to the
people than the republican party.
Young man, will you stand with the
people or against them.
The answ of this question affects
your country. If you are with the
people your influence, be it great or
small, will hasten their victory. But
while in the first instance it is your
country that may gain or lose by your
action, you must remember that in the
long run your W position in politics
will depend upon your conduct. You
can not fool the people always. You
may lead them astray if you dare, but
they will punish you when they find you
out. You may work for the people
without their recognizing it at first, but
you can trust them to discover the
character of your work and to reward
you accordingly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE

Notice is hereby given that, by reason of de-.
fault in the terms and condition OF that Ger
tain mortgage executed and delivered by Ole
Erickson, single, mortgacor. to the North Da-
kota Loan ard Investment Company, a corpor-
alton, mortsagee, bearing date the 18th day of
July, 1909, and filed for record in the office of
the Register of Deeds for Cavalier county,
North Dakota, on the 10th day of July A. D..
1909 at IL 20 O'Clock a. IN, and recorded in Book
IS Of mortgages at page 44 and by reason of
said default the MORTGAGE hereby elect to
declare the whole principle sum due and pay
able and said mortgage will be foreclosed by a
sale o the premises in said mortgage and here
matter described at the front door of the court
house in the City of Langdon in the County of
Cavalier and State OF North Dakota at the hour
Of two o'clock p, M, on the 9th day of March A;
mortgage at the date of sale, together with
certain taxes aid certain amounts paid by said
mnrtEagee as Interest uron prior mortgage,
rights OF the said mortgage and to save said
premises from foreclosure upon said prior
mortsase, said taxes being as follows. VIZ:
for the year 1910 amounting TO 500. III and for the
year 1871 amounting to the rum of S24 .65, all
paid by said m"rtgagee January 9th 1912, and
in crest thereon cthe date of sale and interest
on that certain prior mortgage On said pre-:
misses dated 18th day OF July a. D. 1869 and filed
for record in the office of the register of deed
Tor said County on the 10Th day of July 1909 and
recorded in Book IS at page 81, due December
llst, 1910 amounting 20 &31 30 and due December
lst III amonntlns to the sum OF $4,000. That
said amounts were necessarily paid by tho said
mortgasee to protect its rights in said premises
and TO save the same from foreclosure sale.
Ihr premises described. in said mortg ge and
which will be sold to satisfy the same. includ-
ing taxes paid and interest paid on prior mort
gage, are situate in the County of Cavalier and
State Of North Dakota and are described As the
South West Quarter of Section Eleven in Town
snip One Hundred Sixty-three North of Range
Fifty nine.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of S674 90, said sum includ-
ing the amount paid as taxes and interest
thereon to the date of sale and interest paid
ON said prior mortgage with interest to the
date of sale, together with the statutory
attorneys fees and costs of this foreclosure.
Dated this 31st day January A.. D, 1912.
Inc North Dakota Loan and Investment
Company "a corporation) Mortgage.
DICKSON & DEvANEY,
Attorneys for Mortgagee,
Langdon. North Dakota.
First publication February LIST, 1922 1888
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
THE GREAT COMMONER AT FARGO

Chairman Macarthur and Sec. cLe
announce that all arrangements have
beencomplete to make the 7th OF March a
red letter day in the history of the
democracy CT the northwest. Hon. W..
j. Bryan will arrive in Fargo early IN
the morning and will be in the city all
day. An invitation is extended to all
regardless of political affiliations, Ihls
will be an opportunity to hear the Is
sues that will be prominent in the next
campaign discussed by the worlds
greatest orator. There will be a meeting
in the Union Hall at II o'clock a. m. MIR.
Bryan will address the democrats at
that time. At $50 p. N. he will speak to
the A, C. students in the A. =. audi
forum: at 1880 p. N. he IS OILED
to address the general public IN the
opera house. The invitation is general
and it is hoped that the democrats OF
thesstate and all others who are interest
ed will avail themselves of the OPP
portunity of hearing and meeting the
great commoner.