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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09
TO ABOLISH TOLL BRIDGES.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey Take
Joint Action.

r~ennsy'vanIa and New Jersey Take
Joint Action.
The states of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey are to take active steps to do
away with the toll charges to which
the travelling public is now subject in
crossing privately owned bridges in
both states.
y general conference was recently
held at the office of Governor Brum-
baugh Of Pennsylvania which was at
tended by officers and interested Off
Gals of both states and which elected
Governor Brumbaugh chairman Of a
jo1nt commission to take steps in this
direction at once. y campaign to take
'Tcr such bridges has been inaugural
ed, and the states have appropriated
>l0o,OW n year for five years for the
purpose.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09
Her Saddest Hour.

"A woman's saddest hour" said the
amateur poet. lis that in which che
finds her first gray hair"
"Not necessarily" bis wife replied.
1T may be the hour in which she
learns that the man she Tilted when
she met the failure whom she married
has become a millionaire."-Life.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09
A Slight Omission.

A recruit being ordered aloft In a
military balloon hesitated in obeying
and complained to his captain. please.
sir, in my oath of allegiance I wore
to be true and faithful on land and
water, but there was nothing said
about air."-Boston Transcript.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09

County of Cavalier, SIS
In District Court-Seventh Judicial District
John j. Robson,
VS..
Ethel NJ. Gordon, Helen
4: Herchmer, Lizzette
Wheeler, Archie Wheel
er and Helen Wheeler,
Defendants.
PENDANTS: "'e' "'
You are hereby summoned to answer the com.
pant Of the above named Plaintiff, which will
PC MED IN the office of the Clerk of the District
state OF North Dakota. and to serve Il copy OF
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09

your answer to said complaint on the subscrib-
er, at his office in the City of Langdon, North
Dakota, within thirty days after the service of
inns luminous upon you, exclusive of the day of
sucn service; and in case of your failure to ap-
pear or answer as above required, plaintiff will
apply to the Court for the relief demanded in
his said complaint.
October A. ID. 1916.
THOMAS DEVANEY,
Attorney for the Plaintiff,
Langdon, North Dakota.
Please take notice, that the complaint in the
aooye entitled action has been filed in the office
OF the Clerk of the District Court in and for
cavalier County, North Dakota, and that said
action has been brought for the purpose of
quoting title to the northeast quarter(NEA) of
Se CT ! tWenty-nine G29), in township one hun
(59, west, in the County of Cavalier and State
of North Dakota,
THOMAS DEVANEY.
Attorney for the Plaintiff,
Langdon, North Dakota
Nov. :, ., IL, %, 30. Dec. /.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09
His Motive,

Pillows-I never realized till three
years ago why Dobson was always
preaching patience. Bolsters-What
made you realize it then? Pillows-I
lent him S1O.-New York Globe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09
Conuuerina the Cobra.

1t has been known thousands OF
years that the dreaded deadly cobra,
whose bite invariably and almost in
stantly causes death, may be easily
r%aralyzed and tranced by a very slight
fngn" squeeze around the back of its
fearful neck.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09
Fans In japan.

Fans are in universal use in Japan.
Even the Japanese servant girl has a
fiat fan made of rough paper to blow
the charcoal fires with or to use as a
dustpan.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09

Perhaps never again will the presi-
Dental ballot of this state carry the
ane in two party columns of Lang
den men as presidential electors. It's
& sure thing that Langdon will be
represented in the electoral college no
matter which way election goes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09
likes 1t Then.

"Do you like to work?'
Yes. when 1 have II good thing
Exchange.
Legal blanks Of all kinds for sale
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09

Ccns"ripted farm help would be on
the job ut meal time. but would it hoe
corn?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09

The country is saved, but there is
some grief on parts of the ticket a lit
tie nearer around home. Well, thank
goodness its over with anyhow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09

The Same Old Story.
*fWhat prompted you to marry Miss
BROWNE"
Miss Brown."-Gxchange.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21
AIM OF CIVILIZATION
TO CREATE INHIBITION

animal trap. The hungry wolves saw
there before their eyes fresh animal
food Of every sort, from the enormous
mastodon to the smallest bird. They
I to were drawn into the trap as we're
also the large saber-toothed tigers
which then roamed that vicinity. To-
ing the bones deposited there by in
discreet appetite.
The aim OF civilization is to create
inhibition the quality which holds back
and directs to useful purposes the nat
ural appctites, preventing them from
leading man into the pitfalls which
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21
LEWIS COUNTY
news EVENTS
ARE REPORTED
Correspondent Keeps Tab 81
That Section for Readers of
the Telegram.

WESTON. Dec. 21-This city has
been suffering for several days be
cause Of a gas shortage, principally
the manufacturers. The machine
plant of the Crescent Glass Company
had to close down last Friday. The
electric light company cut on power
last Saturday for a while, and the
Hope Lumber Company, the Sprigg
Lumber Company and the Danser
Manufacturing Company all closed
down Tuesday noon on accouant OF
the shortage or gas. This is very I'M
fortunate for the companies as some
have large rush orders to fill and
they cannot tell just when the gas
will be sufficient to resume opera
tions. II is also apt to take the joy
out OF the laborers' Christmas on ac-
count Of being laid of for a few days.
4 It's indeed shame that some one
could not purchase and control few
gas wells lust for the benefit Of the
city
The local public schools win close
Friday for a two weeks vacation.
giving the teachers. q chance to go 10
their homes in this and other states.
The revival meeting at the United
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21

Brethren church is still in progress,
and much good is being accomplished.
E7orty-seven conversions have been
reported and thirty-one new names
have been added TO the church roll.
p. r. Lockhart, of Akron. o., is a
guest or his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
James I.ockhart, on Maine avenue.
Leonard Kaplan, son of B. Kap-
Ian, is home for the holidays from
Fittsburg. where he is attending
school
The Reserve and Hope gas COM
panies have ben granted an increase
Of rates charged outside of the city
w. p. Bowser. Of Fink, who had
some time, died Saturday and his
body was taken to his old home
in Pennsylvania and buried. He had
been in this county for n good many
years, connected with the gas indus
try.
Most all the church will have
Christmas services Sunday with ap-
propriate music.
a union meeting for children will
he held in the sunday school room Of
the Presbyterian church Thursday at
4 j. m. by the Rev. John Beddow of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
S9leTeoptlCon pictures ana lecture
is the program.
DR.. Frank Lovett. who travels for
a Clarksburg drug company, was here
Monday evening.
The roads throughout the county
are pretty we'll packed down and COW
Tered with snow and good many
people are enjoying sleighing.
DR.. A. H. Burton. who had been as
sisting his brother, G. NJ. Burton,
fleft Tuesday for New York. where he
will work in a hospital for some
time. He expects to return here la
tier TO make this city his permanent
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21

spent Sunday with her son, w. +.
Hawker.
Misses Grace Goe and Viola Casa
dy are visiting at Butler Pa
The eight-montb-old son Of All.
Hebron cemetery, near Jane Lew.
Luther Lightburn visited the city
Tuesday.
Mrs. Claude Jordan, formerly OF
this city, but now Of sutton. is i'll Of
typhoid fever.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21

home
Thomas Berry, who used to be in
the transfer business here, has leased
the Gillooly hotel at Roanoke, and
will feed the hungry passing that
way.
The Weston high schol basketball
team which defeated the St. Mary's
high school team at Clarksburg a few
days ago, will play the same team
here Thursday night.
Mrs. NJ. Kasson, who has been Wis
iting her daughter. Mrs. Morris Free
.denberg, has returned to Baltimore.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Freedenberg accom-
panied her as fas as Ciarksburg,
where she visited Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Hitler for few hours between
trains.
James Henry. of Cameron. has
opened a feed store on West Second
street. He will move his family to
the city soon.
Mark Hersman. an aged and re-
spected citizen Of upper Hackers
creek, died Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Mary Hawker, of Clarksburg,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21
Quality Which Holds Back and
Correctly Directs the HUI
man Appetite.

In southern California several years
ago tho oil escaping from a small
spring formed in n depression of the
earth n little pool The lighter por-
tions of the oil evaporated leaving the
sticky asphalt. From time to time the
rains covered the surface OF the pool
with water. animals and birds came
down to drink. sank into the asphalt
and were imprisoned in this gigantic
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21
STOCKHOLDERS. IEErISG.

The regular annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Merchants National Bank
of West Virginia, at Clarksburg, West Vir-
ginia, Will be held at its banking house
in the City of ClarksburG. w. Va, on
TueSday, January 9th, 1917, at eleven
O'Clock a. III. for tile election of directors
and the transaction OF any other business
that may properly come before 1t.
w. II. LEWIS, Cashier.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21
A WEAK,
AILING CHILD
Made Strong and Well by
Vinol. Fathers Letter.

Lakeport, N. Hour little girl 8
years of age was in debilitated,
rundown condition and had a stub
born cough so she was weak and all
ing all the time. Nothing helped her
until we tried Vinol. Then her appe-
tite increased and she is strong and
well, and I wish other parents of
weak, delicate children would try
Vinol"-Geo. A. Collins.
Vinol is especially efficient in build
ing up puny, weak, ailing children,
because of the beef and cod liver pep
tones, iron and manganese peptonates
and glycerophosphates which it con-
tains, and as it is without oil or
grease, children love to take it.
We will return your money if Vinol
fails to benefit you.
Stone 6 Mercer, Druggists, Clarks-
burg. w. Va. Also at the leading
drug stores in all West Virginia towns
The sun., 1916-10-08

the city, q course Of gallery talks by
the museum instructors, meeting every
two weeks. beginning Tuesday. Octo-
Der 10, at S:45 p. NJ, %hen the class
Will be held In the Egyptian galleries.
For students Of history In the city
high schools. four lectures by Miss q.
NJ. A. Richter. rrofs. Van den Ven,
James Harvey Robinson and Christian
Gauss, lecture hail. Wednesdays. Octo-
Der IL and %, November 8 and %, at
$3.50 +. NJ. No tickets required.
For designers and students Of design
two lectures on the Textile Arts" as
represented in the permanent collec-
ton Of the museum. by Miss Frances
Morris and Durr Friedley, cless room.
Saturdays. November 4 and II. at S:l5
r. Nj. Admission by ticket.
For salespeople, buyers and design
ers. -four seminars TO be held on Satur-
days in February, at 8 =. NJ. class
room. No tickets required.
For the blind, three lectures. Illus
The sun., 1916-10-08

material NOT used in practice, Ike UNI
usual fractions. deci'usls 10 many places,
urstandardized interest problems. the
use Of proportion in business problems H.
place OF "A standard commercial method,
g.. This IL In the interest Of efficiency.
but ourht not 10 be allowed to petrify
the mind IN business routine.
=. The demand that the text hoo'i
writer no longer imposes his ideas on
the teacher. This influence. like the
others, II n product o. HE. 10 when even
q conservative subject like arithmetic
has slowly 10 yield.
The next great influence, prof, Smith
believes. will bc the junior high school,
and certainly 1t should simplify some Of
the hardest problems Of arithmetic
teaching. including the bridging over uf
the gaps hetwecn the school AMI the
problems of adult life, white the study
of arithmetic ma! begin AZ a very early
age, for some phases 81 considerahl, ma
furity IL usually needed. and II arith-
met" can hr given IN extra push after
some general insight into mathematics
has been gained all the better, II IN the
Junior high school an elementary course
Ia algebra, geometry and ~trIgnnom.try
could be supplemented witt, n Vigorous
extension OF arithmetic the general
standard would DO materially raised.
HH1crlch mas AWAY pun great stress on
arithmetic, and quito rightly hut the
stress has not always fallen in the right
place or at the right age. The next re-
forms are likely to contribute both TO
the practical efficiency which a CONNER
cial nation needs and to mathematical
knowledge. which needs a geometricai as
well az an arithmetical foundation. In
making n fetch of arithmetic practical
minded America has sometimes forgot
ten that II Is but a part OF the whole,
but the practical demand for getting rid
Of obsolete lumber Is now helping to
clear the ground for reform.
The sun., 1916-10-08

salient characteristics of a masculine
subject. A. A. Weinman. whose Rising
Sun" and Descending Night were two
Of the sculptural triumphs Of the Pan
ama-Pacifc international Exposition.
San Francisco, is showing the model
OF the great Sphinx for the Scottish
Rite Temple, Washington, d. c., and
four panels for the Stewart mauso-
leum. one Of the most versatile Of
sculptors. Mr.. weinman is master In
many branches Of the plastic art.
Monumental figures. portrait statues,
portrait busts. Indian studies. animal
studies, decorative figures. fountain
figures, medallions and medals are all
mediums in which his ability finds
expression. and he seems equally at
home In every one Robert Aitken
Is represented by the masterful door
for the Gates m~ausnleum and the model
for the Fountain of the Earth. which
will be remembered by those who at
tended the Panama-Pacihc Internal
tional Exposition. Although compare
lively a young man. Mr.. Aitken has
already been awarded the highest hon-
ors in the profession. He possesses
great genius and rare abilities in
sculpture and the future should have
much In store for him. Hcrmon A.
MacNeil has sent the full size model
Of the recently completed figure Of
Washington for the Washington Arch,
New York city.
The sun., 1916-10-08
MUSIC TEACHERS AND PUPILS.

EsperaIiza ,iarrigue'. artip, pupil.
Edith Halett Frank. has been cr.aped
for q number OF concerts to take place
during October. November and Deem
Der. On January I, 1917. she starts
on n thirty week tour In .laslic con
certs. under management booked for
high class club concerts. Miss ~IIalctt-
Frank Is preparing her programmes at
the Garrigur studios, Hotel Richmond.
20 West Forty-slNth street, coaching
four times IA week with Esperanza Car
rigue and foreign language teachers. un-
der Nine ,iarrigue's direction.
Mrs .Inlin II, Waixel announces the
opening Of her studio in the Hotel Rich
riond, 20 West Forty sixth street.
Lillian u, bradley, soprano, who has
n studio at 2i5 West Elfty-tirst street.
has given fifteen concerts since Sept.m-
her |, including concerts at Paul smiths
Hotel IN the ~Adirondacks Grand View
Hotel, Lake Placid ut Saranac Lake
and at Loon Lake at %Champlain Hotel.
Lake Champaign Fort William Henry
Hotel. Lake George; Maplewood Hotel,
Pittsheld Curtis Hotel. LenoX iIea,on
Hall and Red LiOn Inn. S~tockbridge, and
Aspinwsll Hotel. Ienox. with Lake Suna-
pee as the neSt stnp Of her concert tour.
The concert given At The Hotel .Aspin-
The sun., 1916-10-08

nell University: the standing figure Of
Thomas Lowry: the Signing Of the
Louisiana Purchase Treaty. and his
last work, the symbolical figure for
the Pulitzer Fountain, New York city.
Mr.. Bitter was most versatile, hut his
ability was best expressed in his por-
trait statues, Of which the examples
in the current exhibition are quite
representative. Daniel Chester French,
whose genius Of creation made such
an impression at the Panama Pacific
international Exposition, has n the
Earl Dodge memorial for Princeton
University; Mourning Victory for the
Melvin memorial. Concord. Mass, and
his standing Lincoln for Lincoln, Neb.
All Of Mr.. French's works show his
splendid mastery OF composition and
design and his forccful yet delicate
mi OF expression of the essential
qualities Of the subject before him.
Herbert Adams is exhibiting the seated
figure of Chief Justice Marshall for
the Cleveland Court House; the seated
figure Of William Cullen Bryant for
Bryant Park. New York city, and his
recently completed figure for the
Michigan memorial on the Vicksburg
battlefield. Feminine grace and beauty
have a masterful interpreter in Mr..
Adams and, while he Is most happy in
that field. he Is not lacking in the
ability or power Of expressing the
The sun., 1916-10-08
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

CAMRRIpGE. Mass. Oct. THO Top
pan prize, awarded In the Graduate
School of Arts II Sciences at Harvard.
carrying AN incom" Of $3.50. has been
gwen to Homer BeWs Nanderblue. Pin. H.,
for his essay entitled Railroad Nalua-
ton" The announcement WAS IA 10y
bean Haskins of the Graduate school,
The prize was established 10y Robert
Noxon Tuppan OF Cambridge of the class
" 1858, and is offered each year for the
best essay on IA subject In political
science. Mr.. Nanderblue was formerly
assistant in the economics department
at Harvard, but is now instructor at the
University Of Chicago,
The Harvard Union will DO host OF tho
first freshman smoker OF the year next
Tuesday evening, Many prominent grad
uutcs and undergraduates Will speak.
The sun., 1916-10-08
II LIFE

radical. Prof. David Eugene Smith OF
Columbia University has been investigat.
ing the development Of the American
arithmetic. and nnds a very interesting
complex OF forces involved.
Most important II the relation Of arith-
metic TO American life. In the early days
the Americans were y seafaring people.
and arithmetic had for its sole purpose
the preparing Of a boy for commercial
work in a land whore the important
towns were seaports M where the trade
was largely with England and Holland /;
and in this prepa ration time was not a
serious factor" The m OF Am
sterdam and that Of London were not
different enough to make variations BE-
tween Boston and New York significant.
In the last part Of the eighteenth century
text books multiplied and the mood OF
The sun., 1916-10-08
Painting in the focouhng exhibition by the lNeH Howard Gushing at the Knoenr Galleries

justly their existence. 'One man" ex-
hibitions Of sculpture have made the
circuits Of the museums Of the country
and have been shown in various pri-
vste galleries. In that rather unsatis-
factory way the public has to a GER
tain extent been informed of the work
Of our masters. No museum " fine
arts in the country has ever given
over its entire building and surround
ing grounds TO the presentation Of
sculpture AS has been done in the ex-
hibitlon of contemporary American
sculpture being held under the aus
pices Of the National Sculpture So
ciety in the Albright Art Gallery. Buff
falo. y. Y.
Tho .dea ri the exhibition originated
with the ate Karl Bitter, a sculptor OF
international reputation and president
of the National sculpture Society at
tho time of his death In 1915. T. was
for many years Mr.. Bitters desire Ia
hold such an exhibition In the most
suitable place under the most favor
The sun., 1916-10-08

the change. ny the middle Of the nine
teenth century writer's were turning 10
the farm instead Of to the counting house
for problems.
And now America Ia becoming a
manufacturing country. interest In for
eign trade has revived to the extent Of
popularixing Spanish, and the ideal OF
mental discipline has been dismissed
with contempt. What. then. OF the
future of arithmetic PROF. Smith. who
has traced the rise and fall OF many
y fad dispenses easily with the catch
words OF the oinen like "~functioning
in the life Of the child; such jargon
he calls "rhe froth of education Tie
main forces now at work he finds to be
I. The demand that less time be given
to arithmetic, as In Europe. where bot
ter mathenaticians are produced by a
wiser distribution OF effort.
.. The deman for more skill. a. In
adding rapidly and accurately.
.. The demand that the child live his
own life and not that OF an adult. But
this IL no, to he taken as cutting on
training for the problems that adults
have 10 solve
4. The demand for the elimination OF
The sun., 1916-10-08

10 an easy matter to keep in
formed Of the latest in painting. The
sculptors are not so fortunate. There
Is little doubt but that sculpture as
displayed at our current exhibitions
fails to attract the General public. In
place Of being q focus OF interest 1t Il.
usually surveyed with i'll disguised in
difference or ignored save by a slender
fraction Of tho chosen few. Unless
something Of sensational character be
OF view the plastic arts do not COM
pete Upon even terms with painting
and are hence r%elegated to ~draughty
anterooms and obscure corners
Through continually seeing sculpture
treated in ar inauspicious fashion we
have come to regard the statue, the
relief or the bus as different phases
OF the same inevitable evil. They
are forms OF art which. in the popular
mind Al least. do not c~onvincingly
The sun., 1916-10-08
PRIVATE SCHOOLS OLEGE AND

narrow minded methods" began, but the
commercial motive was unaffected.
But in the early nineteenth century a
new motive, that OF mental discipline.
continues the Springfield Republican In
an editorial. was introduced by the
spread OF the Ideas OF Pestaloszi. and be-
Ing in this country carried to An ex-
IRENE 1t did perhaps more harm than
good. The extremists, says Prof. Smith.
acted upon the principle that III 1t did
the child good TO think . little It would
do him much moro good to think much
more" Hence arithmetic became the
buebear of the oninon schools, which II
has remained 10 our day. Discipline
dominated arithmetic. II arithmetic
dominated the curriculum. Meanwhile
America was ceasing to be a nation OF
seaports with commercial interests pre-
dominant: II had become an AGRICULTURAL
country. and arithmetic slowly rehected
The sun., 1916-10-08
COLLEGE OF ST. ELIZABETH.

studies were resumed in all depart
ments Of the College Of 1t. Elizabeth,
Convent station. y. j.. on Monday. o"-
tulcr -. With a record attendance ~
pupils from last year to huiSh their
course and An unprecedented registrs
ton OF new entrants. In the college.
freshman class more than MT three
have been recorded. while tho iIgl,
sciiool shows n .ompa ratiNc Increase in
tho four classes. The ysar promises,
therefore, to he a most successful one
for the Institution.
The sun., 1916-10-08

wall, Lenox. was for the benefit Of the
Crippled Children's Hospital In this city.
This talented singer also gave concerts
In Breton Woods. y. H.. and IN Man
chester. Vt. and In birmingham.
The Now York College OF Music. les
and l30 East Eifty eighth street. again
offers thorough and complete courses IN
methods Of teaching public school musi"
and drawing. under the direction of br.
Frank X, Rix and Frank Il. Collins, 4
special course In music to begin Mon
day evening. October Is, has been
planned. to give teacher a practical
exposition OF the work in methods re-
uuiied In order to obtain promotion
license.