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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-27
Fun? YES, But
MIGHTY SCARY
Ice Yachting Fascinating Winter
Sport In Which Many Delight.
GREAT SPEED POSSIBILITIES

Several of the Skeleton Craft Have
Travelled Faster Than a Mile a Min
ute New Jersey and Wisconsin
Greatest lceboating Centers.
The recent cold blasts gave the ice
yachting enthusiasts ample Opportu-
nifty to enjoy their ~favorite sport.
To the enthusiasts, and they are
many. keenest suffering from
the tickle elements. which one day
promise a perfect II of wind and ice
and the next day bury hopes in snow
and calm.
. Ice yachting is enjoyed in every state
in the Union where the ice forms reg
ularly each winter. but it is especially
popular on the rivers and lakes in New
York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania Mich
igan. Wisconsin. Illinois and Mime
sofa.
The Shrewsbury river, which rises
not far from Long Branch. n. j.. and
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-27
Know ner. The scnolar is contemporary
with all time"
The Poetic Argentine.

Not LONG ago II Young man attached
to the Argentine legation at Washing
affair when Il Young invited his
attention to II couple in a corner who
were paying marked attention to each
other.
He is %tifty-one and she t%hirty-nlne."
said the young woman. land they have
been counting for twenty years"
The Argentine adjusted his monocie
and glanced at the happy pair, All"
said he; "a romance of the middle
ages, eh ?"-Lippincott's.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-27

KID IULlAN'S FIRST ExPE-
RIENCE AS A TRAVELLER.

Kid Julian. the Syracuse feath-p.
erweight, whipped johnny Dun /.
dee in Syracuse several months
ago. His closest friend. Phil .
Lewis. had won $500 through the
victory and. desiring to show his
appreciation, took the Kid for Il
trip to New York. a city he had
never visited. He had never
Travelled much. Julian awoke ut
6 that morning at Poughkeepsie
and shouted to his chum to get
up.
Pm very hungry" he said.
How long before we get to New
York;"
"Oh. we don't have to wait to
get to the big town." responded
Lewis. We'll eat in the dining
car"
What. We can eat with the
train going so fast?" inquired
the kid. You're fooling me-"
Lewis dressed. and they went
. into the diner. Julian was very
suspicious of the waiter, who he
!. thought was paying too much at
: tention to him and making him
. uncomfortable. At last the break
: fast was over. and the finger
. bowls were brought on.
. Julian got real angry when one
!. was placed in front of him. You
!. brings NE nice higga glass;" he
: told the waiter in his Italian dia-
. lect. Il no drink out of thissa
plate"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-27
The Scholar

DR.. Evans. a witty member of the
man, and the other members jokingly
spoke Of him as belonging to the era of
Queen Anne.
Once while making a speech he re-
ferred to Queen Anne and was greeted
with cries of Did you know her?"
What was she like"
Eyes. sir" retorted the doctor. Il did
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-27
Stars to Enter English Play.

Heinrich Schmidt Of the Worcester
Golf club. Massachusetts amateur
will be one Of the Ameri-
cans to enter next springs British
amateur championship contests. G. e.
Evans. Jr.. Of Chicago is another who
will make the trip seeking honors.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-27
SOAKING Salt Fish,

way to freshen salt mackerel and other
salt fish. Those who are familiar with
evaporation processes know that salt
falls to the bottom. Now, if you place
your mackerel with the skin side down
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-27

the pan the saIr rails to the SKIN
and remains there. IT placed with the
flesh side down the salt falls to the
bottom of the pan. and the mackerel
is freshened by the soaking in water.
as it should he.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-27
H. e. CLOSE & co.
The HeaeaW Store

Lansdon The 3exa& Store Dakota
There is a Re1all Store in nearly every town
and city in the United States. Canada and
Great Britain. There is q different Rexall
Remedy for nearly every ordinary human i'll
each especially designed for the particular Ill
for which it is recommended.
The Rsxall Stores are Amsrica's Greatest
Drug Stores
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-03-27

Giants Have Heaviest Battery.
In Tesreau and Myers the New York
Nationals have the heaviest battery on
earth.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
Medication and Prevention.

The regular physicians are studying
not only methods to cure disease, but
even more emphatically are they en-
gagged in the great problems of proven
tive medicine. Having appreciated the
vast influence of lower forms of life
bacteria, protocol, insects. etc., upon
human life and health. they have en-
deavored to make this knowledge prac-
teal and have succeeded marvelously,
as Is shown in the history Of the Pan
anna canal. the sanitation Of Cuba, the
eradication Of yellow fever from the
south, the stamping out of human
plague on the Pacific coast, and this is
but a beginning. Parallel with this
greatly increased work in preventive
lines there has been a ~lessening Of drug
medication. That is not to say physi-
clans have discarded drugs. They have
not, and some are as welded to drugs as
Y But among the more intelligent
there is a gradually lessening depend
ence upon drugs and a gradually in
creasing dependence upon physical
methods-diet and hygiene. Dietetic
and Hygienic Gazette.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
WGoR At SEVENTY.
0rsat Works Performed by Men Even
Beyond That Ripe Age.

Who talks Of fifty years as the cul.
minating point In mans career? Were
all the great work performed by men
even beyond seventy erased from his
tory the human race would be bereft
of some very proud achievements.
Jefferson founded u university by his
own activity after he had passed three
score years and ten John Quincy AID.
ans, although he had been president
Of the United States and five times a
foreign minister. wrought as a con-
gresham by far his greatest deeds
after he was sixty-tive. His robust
father sat in a constitutional onven
ton when he IA almost a homage.
marian. Franklin did valiant service
In helping to frame the constitution
Of the United States after he had turn
ed a serene and contented eighty.
Seventy saw Gladstone 10 vigorous
that he was still good for the greatest
battle of his political life and a pre-
miership.
Germany's FIRST emperor, the vener-
able William, saw Waterloo as a sol.
der, but ffty-fve years later was d.
recting armies at Sedan and welding
an empire after the fall Of Paris.
John Bigelow at fourscore was mental
~ as virile as a boy, and his powers
as an author were not dimmed.
Frederick Fraley was an active bust.
less man. president Of a bank and the
national board Of trade since the Span
ish american war, and yet he was
prominent enough in 1874 to serve on
q committee that welcomed to Phila-
delphia Daniel Webster.
Science is making lives longer than
they were In the days of our grand
fathers and also far more comfortable
The same agency that prolongs bodily
vigor will surely lengthen the age of
mans most virile mental labor.-Phila.
delphia Ledger.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
Hamlet Under Difficulties.

John Coleman. the celebrated actor,
once played Hamlet under difficulties.
The audience was small. and q seafar-
ing man. who had a prominent seat In
the fourth row of the pit. was not very
much interested. After he had left
SYSTEMATICALLY three or four times. re-
turning In a merrier frame Of mind,
Coleman stopped the play. walked to
the f0otlights and said:
If my friend would stay In his seat
and Keep his eye On me I think 1 could
interest him"
Hamlet" was then proceeded with,
and the mariner drew from his pocket
a telescope. which he extended to its
full length and placed to his right eye,
fixing It on Coleman when he appeared
in the play and following him as he
paced the stage. As % as Hamlet
completed his speech the telescope was
audibly shut up and then reopened as
Hamlet began to speak. COleman's
Hamlet was not a success. = London
Mail.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
Gem $50 p, ss.hsl

No, you cannot sell corn for
that on the market nor would
you have to pay that price if
you bought. but we have run
across an instance where seed
corn was worth just that price
and it occurs to US that it is a
fair example of the WORTH of
good seed of known germinat-
ing quality. The same princi-
pie applies to wheat, flax, barley
or other seed grains. The in
stance is related in an editorial
from a bulletin of the Interna-
tional Dry Farming Congress
and is as follows:
\"Corn at $3.50 per bushel is
almost too good to be true, yet
Col. Henry Exall of the Texas
Industrial Congress in the
February number of Dry Farm
ing and Rural Homes, tells of
one case where it was an &C.
complished fact. He inspect
ed a 200 acre Illinois field where
the seed for 100 acres was
bought in the ear and nubbed
and planted in the ordinary
wav. Seed for the other 100
acres was submitted to the cru
cial box termination test. In all
other ways the seed was the
same.
The two fields were cul-
tivated alike. One hundred
acres produced an average of
81 bushels to the acre, the other
SO bushels to the acre. The
carefully selected seed gave an
increase of 80 bushels, or $2O.O 90
per acre in value. A bushel
of corn will plant seven and
one-half acres of ground and in
this instance, therefore, the
specially selected grains were
worth $3.50 per bushel.
This same principle applies
to almost every seed that you
plant. It would be just as
reasonable to turn out all of
your stock, of every kind, and
allow them to breed indiscrim-
inately and expect to improve
them and be successful in your
business, as it is to plant any
thing but the very best and the
most carefully selected seed
that you can get and hope to
increase yourcrops.'-T First
National Bank of Bottineau.
(Adv.)
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
The Heaviest American Brain.

DR.. Edward A. Spitzka. the brain
specialist, credits the late Edward II.
knight with having the heaviest Amer.
lean brain on record. Mr.. Knight was
we'll known In Washington and was q
patent attorney Of note. At the time
oil. his death his brain weighed 1874
grams. General Benjamin F. Butler
had q brain which weighed 1.766
grams, the next heaviest recorded. &C.
cording to DR.. Spitzka. The heaviest
brain on record anywhere in the world
IL given as that Of the Russian poet
and novelist. Turgenev. which tipped
the scales at 2,O12 grams.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
THE OLDEST CHESTNUT TREE
Pennsylvania Has One at Least 221
Years Of Aos.

v0OVO ~ n.y.
On the farm Of Irwin 81. Schantz.
who lives near Spinnerstown, Bucks
county. Pa. stands a mammoth chest
nut tree. one that eclipses all the rest
Of the giant chestnut trees in the Key
stone State. Two feet above the
ground the circumference of the trunk
Of this tree measures exactly thirty.
ok feet. The trees height is sixty
feet. and ten feet from the ground are
two branches, one to the left and the
other to the right, and the circumfer.
ence of the former Is eight feet; the
latter nine feet two inches. Ten feet
above the ground its great branches
extend. one Of them six feet four
inches in circumference, each Of the
others a few inches less. Its boughs
spread nearly ninety feet.
The age of the tree Is known to be
at least 221 years. from tales told by
ancestors Of the p~roprietors of the
property on which, the tree stands.
No n v thought of cutting this
giant down. except in 1876, at the time
Of the centennial in Philadelphia.
when the exposition commission Of.
fered the proprietor 500 for an un-
broken section Of the trunk one foot
from the ground. What saved the
mammoth from destruction was the
fact that no saw long enough to cut it
could be procured.
With luxuriant foliage like that Of a
young tree. the monster chestnut still
bears abundant crops.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
Sand Cure For Fatigue,

One of the most e%fficacious cures for
fatigue from Overwork consists In
walking barefoot in sand. The nerves
Of the sole and heel are slightly irri-
tated by coming in contact with the
grains and accelerate the circulation
of the blood in all parts Of the body.
The effect produced is highly invigor-
ating. Besides this, the monotony Of
cises a soporitic effect on the brain
which induces sleep.-Exchange.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11

The conbtnD4 ara Of the corr 6elde
of IL Untted States Il nearly equal 70
H. area g Dnace Or Germany.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
The Sponsor.

Say. you told me BaIleigh was mar
ried and had a large family, and l
6nd him to be a confirmed bachelor"
HE is. in a manner of speaking, but
he is welded to bis art. and he has q
large family of unpaid bills. Why,
man, l stood for most Of them."-New
York Times.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
Microbes,
WALL PAPER

Twenty-four of our new Patterns in
stock. If you hang your own paper
we will trim it for you free of charge.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
WAGNER ANDi THIRTEEN"
The Crest compessrs "combination"
Recalled BY che Year 1918. .

VUO 0TO0v "~0mOsO0SSOU
Recalled BY che Year 1918. .
LET those who are superstitious, who
fear that the year 1913 will be one Of
disaster and hard luck. read the Wag
ner thirteen combination" says a writ
er in a Munich paper, land be cured or
have their superstitious notions con.
6rmed.
"Richard Wagner-it takes thirteen
letters to write the name-was born
May %. 1919. NJ Is the thirteenth let
ter Of the alphabet. and one plus eight
plus one plus three equals thirteen.
The Wagner operas number thirteen
When Weber died Wagner was thir.
teen years old. The lad heard a per.
Torrance of the 'Freischutz,' under the
leadership of its composer. on Oct. 13,
1924, and there determined on a must.
cal career.
"Wagner's first place as a director
was at the Stadt theater, in Riga. when
he began the duties on Sept. IL, 1887.
He finished 'Tannhauser' on April Is.
1874. and heard It Kissed at Paris on
March l3. 1861. 1t was loudly applaud
ed on May l3. 1895. The composer
vas banished from Saxony for thir.
teen years.
1.-The great auditorium at Baireuth
was dedicated on AGg. l3. 1875. 1t was
there that the master finished the Par
sifar score on July IS. 1882. and on
Sept. IL Of the same year he wen
.n,,Ah 49, <~ao R~~u> ,,,hSnh Ao onrn,
returned alive. He died in Vienna on
Feb. ID. 1883. In the thirteenth year VI
Germany's imperial era"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11

The brave nan rive ont his for
tune. and every man Is the Vol Of his
own works Ceramics.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
Modern Cieyarnesa

Mooorn CIevornOSo.
There goes n Of q clevereot
men,"
why clever?"
"Well, he's done all bis stealing u
gally."-Detrolt Free Press.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
Bald.

Knicker-The SHOWS ut seventy win
trs are on his head. Bocker-Well,
they must have been open winters
New York Sun.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
A Freak.

Maud-She's quite a linguist! She
has eight tongues at her fingers ends.
Bills she In q museum?
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
The Main Problem.

II suppose that there are many prob
lens which polar explorers seek to
solver" said the unscientiic man.
YES" replied the intrepid ira veler.
"a great many"
What is the most important one?"
Getting back"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11

Silk Producing Insects.
There are more than 200 species Of
dlk producing insects. though vefy
few Of these are Of any practical value
to mankind.
Microbes.
Without the ~ceaseless laborS Of mi.
cr0bes our earth would be an unin-
hA bita bic charneI house.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-04-11
Siuhts IN the Arctic.

Explorers who penetrate the Arctic
and Antarctic seas have a chance to
observe one of the strangest phenom-
ena In nature. that Of smoke rising
from the sea. Whenever the tempera-
ture falls to Is degrees below zero
clouds Of steaming vapor ascend from
the ocean. to be immediately frozen
into tiny particles Of ice and dropped
once nor into the water. The same
thing takes place on land. the vapor
rising from the NOW and even from
the bodies Of the explorers themselves.
In this case. however. the ice particles
fall on the ground and make q weird
rustling, like the swish Of a silk dress.
At 20 degrees below zero the sap Of
trees L. turned to ice. and the trunks
burst asunder with a sharp report.
These mysterious sounds and sights
are awe Inspiring to all who do not
know their cause, and they may &C.
count for some Of the strange tales
that asO told Of the Trojan north.
aEEt ----~H
AHF#EhElEE&E& q HIEt-&aaFA t
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-28
COTTON GOSSIP

Bulls were inactive at the start to-
day and the bears hammered heavily.
trying to push the decline further.
4 think this decline in cotton offers
great opportunities for investment" re-
marked s. Tate. II also favor selling
January and March and-buying Nav
spreading the difference"
It is famored that Nell. of London.
bales and gives the consumption an es-
innate at 14,500,000 bales.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
says: "a one-sided market is on the
yious that cotton is in a fair way to, bull
Itself, consequently the long horned
herd is overcrowded. For this reason
speculative sellers are few and far be-
tween. and the market suffers from lack
are convinced the, South has produced
less cotton from the growth of 1919
than the spindles Of the world will re.
quire between September /, 1918, and
August ag 81, 1914, and all anticipate very
on desirable cotton a little later on.
AS matter of fact, supply mer-
chants report they can now sell unlim-
tied quantities Of fully middling and bet
at a very much higher basis than now
rules. ..tt-... go. -. -- ~"
THE truth is, general rains. coming
before and after general frosts and freez.
ing temperatures, have played havoc
witty the size of the crop and with the
grade, and the merchant the consumer
and the Spectator are fully alive to the
fact that desirable cotton will be a
scarce article of commerce in the not
distant future.
j: w: Soady makes the following esti-
mate OF the cotton crop, including lint
ers: Atlantic States, $3.50 900; Gulf
States, 100000; Texas, $500, 900; total,
Little Rock wires: "Supplementing
Mondays message on Arkansas crop.
have made special inquiries t-day and
ind ideas run from under SOC, 900 Y to
$50, 1000 bales. Bottom lands are all under
water and picking is at a standstill.
WIN be. fortnight before bottoms are
nj. to pick, and much will be lost IL
rains set In, Practically white cotton
Grades are low and win get worse.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-28
Tuesday, October %.
Spot cotton; middling, 1875.
HOLIDAY.
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT.

WASHINGTON, Oct 2S.1-The lowest
mean temperature. 46 degrees, occurred
at Asheville, N. c., and Bentonville,
Ark, and the highest, GO degrees, at
Corpus Christi, Texas. Killing frost oc.
CURED generally over the northern por-
ton of the cotton region, and light to
heavy frost occurred in the southern
portion. except near the west Gulf
coast
Precipitation occurred generally
throughout the cotton region, except
that there was none in the western por-
ton of Texas. Meal temperatures were
below normal throughout the cotton re-
gion, the greatest deficiency, to 10 de-
grees, being over eastern Alabama and
western Georgia. o.
Weekly mean temperatures ranged
from as to "a degrees over the eastern,
from So to 60 degrees over the central
and from 46 to sc degrees over the
western part of the cotton region.
More than inches Of rainfall over
the greater part of Arkansas and at
some stations in all the cotton growing
States, except in Oklahoma. Snow and
sleet occurred over the northwestern
part of the cotton region. The great
est weekly precipitation. 13 inches, is
reported from Galveston, Texas. and
Calico Rock, Ark, reports 45O.
Heavy rains were detrimental in some
parts Of Arkansas and showers in Mis-
slssippi on four days prevented fan
work.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-28

-
NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-Tne opening Of
the cotton market to-day was barely
steady, being under general selling by
the ring on Cordell's report, which was
construed as bearish; in fact. it was
bearish on the crop, but bullish on
grade. First prices were at net de-
Cline Of to 8 points on near months
and IL to Is points decline on distant
positions.
Despite the unfavorable weather in a
large portion Of the belt, the list was
Kept under pressure by the bear ele-
ment, who were pushing the decline,
and at the end of the first half hour
the Hist had widened it's decline some 10
TO Is points. The map showed rains
having been general in practically all
over the area east Of the Mississippi
River and frost in the Central and East
ern States and considerable information
came to the effect that the proportion
OF low grades were increasing through
out the belt. On top of this weather
experts predicted snow, rains and gen
eral freeze in the weather during the
next few days.
There was evidence of good support
developing when the market reached
400 for October and 1857 for January.
Wires told of disturbance off the Tex
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-28

HEVIEWs
as coast over northwest Texas, which
was likely to move eastward and cause
increasing southerly shifting to brisk to
high northerly winds and much lower
temperatures by Wednesday. There was
also many bullish crop estimates. ali
being under $4,000, 600 bales. It took
very little buying from the big fellows
TO check the decline and prices during
the forenoon stood about points over
the opening, except near positions.
which was unchanged from the initial
tight.
The market was very dull during the
early afternoon. Prices, however, were
held steady at a sharp decline. A sale
OF 10 GOO bales of January at 1854, prob
ably for German account, attracted
some attention, but was easily taken by
leading bulls.
The. report from Mr. CordiA came as a
surprise IN view of the preceding dole
full accounts given. This report suited
the reactionary spirit lately manifested
here and accounted for the revival of
the bearish feeling. AS a whole the
market has apparently gotten In a rut,
but underlying factors are extremely
bullish and old cotton men are advising
the purchase Of contracts on all recess
sions.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-28
SPOT COTTON MARKET.

Atlanta, steady; middling 1875,
Athens, steady; middling IL 1916.
Macon. steady; rniddiing 13%.
New Orleans, holiday.
New York, quiet; middiing 14.50.
Philadelphia, easy; middling 1850,
Boston, quiet; middling 14.70,
Liverpool, easier; middling It'd.
Savannah, steady; middling 1874.
Augusta, steady; middling Is 1914
Charleston, steady; middIing 1879,
Norfolk, steady; middiing IA J. 16.
Galveston, steady; middline lac.
Mobile, steady; middling IA lie.
Wilmington, steady; middling 1895
Little Rock, steady; middlnig 1885.
Little Rock, steady: middling 1875.
Baltimore, nominal: middling IAN
st. Louis, steady; middling 1871.
Memphis, firm; middling 1S%.
Houston. steady; middling lac.
Louisville, firm; middling i'm
Charlotte, steady; middling 100, :.