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PICKERING NEWS

Miss Olga Glomseth spent the holi-
days at her home.
Abel Wall arrived from Bottineau
Wednesday.
A party was given in honor of
Gladys Setter on Tuesday eve. The oc-
casion being her birthday
Miss Bergliot Haugen is a guest at
the Raphael Henning home.
Adolph Noun is at present visiting
at Grand Forks.
Mrs. Ostland called at Bottineau
last week.
A Junior Red Cross was organized
at the Carbury schools last week and
the following officers: were elected:
Chairman. Beniar,in Gorder; Treas
urer, Isabelle S~ivertson.
Ole Crogen was at Bottineau last
Saturday.
Miss Hilma Holmberg at Rottineau
was 2 guest at Carbury Thanksgiving
day, 2 visitor of the Misses Dahl and
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said real estate being situate In the said
county Of Bottineau. There will be due
on. such mortgage at the date Of sale.
the sum OF Twenty-one Hundred and
Fifteen Dollars Inc Three Cents ($2115.-
O3), and the costs OF foreclosure.
Dated this second day of December, A..
D. 1919.
Sunberg-R osholt Investment Company
a corporation.
Mortgage.
John D. Scherer, Willow City,
North Dakota,
Attorney for Mortgage.
d. 4 to J. 8.
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NOTICE or BIDS

Sealed bids for wood will be received
nv School Board of Hilton School Dist
No. 10 up to 2 o'clock P. M. Jan. 18TH
1920.
,onlar wood. 2 TT. long to schools NO
+ :. and s, and one party to furnish :
cords of 2 #. wood to school No: 2 ana
> nords IF 1s in, wood to school No: 4.
Board reserves the right to reject any
or ali bids. Send all bids to clerks OIL
~ order of School Board Of Hilton
School Dist. No. 10.
Mensvil Larson, Dist. Clerk.
D. ! to D. Is.
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EASTERN STAR TO ENTERTAIN

The Eastern Star will entertain the
teachers Of Bottineau Special School
District and former teachers of Bot
tineau County residing in the city, at
the Masonic Hall tomorrow evening
at 8 o'clock. A program will be rem
dered: All Star members are expected
to be present to receive the guests
promptly at 8 o'clock.
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TEACHERS TAKE NOTICE

The Educational Commission has
designated December 10, 1919 as the
date for the state examination in this
years Teachers Reading Circle work.
This examination will be held Saturday
December 10. 1919 at -four places In the
county-Bottineau, Willow City. Russell
and Maxbass, beginning at $3.50 A. M.
Of that day.
Annie D.. Burr,
County Superintendent. II.
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l.. John T. Page, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true, to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
John T.. Page,
Cashier
Subscribed ard sworn to before me
this 2Sth day Of November, 1919.
(Seal) Paul j. Nordberg,
Notary Public
Correct. Attest:-
j. S. Page;
S. J. Rostvedt. Directors.
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service they will get:

service they will get:
l.. J Dorr and son Alex drove to
Gardena Friday by auto and returned
Saturday.
Rev. Redal and family, Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Garden and son John and Miss
Bella Kornkven spent Thanksgiving
at Carbury. 49,,
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No. COS

No. COS
Report of the Condition Of
THE FARMERS BANK OF NEwBURG
At Newhure. in the State of North Da-
kota, at the close Of business Novem-
Der 18th, 1919.
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you many want a hot lunch quickly
and neatly served, call on US. To
those who do not care for coffee, we
can brew a, pot of green o r black ten
that will please the most particular
palate. Just a suggestion-An oyster
stew.
SHIRLEY CAFE
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tineau. SIS.
T.. y. p. Mcdonald Cashier Of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
ABOVE statement is true to the best Of
my knowledge n belief.
D. B. Mcdonald, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 22nd day Of November, 1919.
(SeaD John r. Wigehy,
Notary Public.
My commission expires June 3, 1924.
Correct. Attest
D.. b. Mcdonald, >L--
F. j. Nordbcrg, Directors.
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Weckworth.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Crogen visited
with the latter's sister, Mrs. Martha
Wall, Sunday.
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I. Anton Lallum, Cashier of the above
named bank. do sobemnly swear that the
above statement is true. to be best Of
my knowledge and belief.
Anton Lallum. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 25th day of November, 1919.
(Seal) Benz. Iverson.
Notary Public.
Correct. Attest
Anton Lallum, r.f.
M. E. Wilson, Directors.
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Dated at Bottineau. North Dakota this
18th day Of November, 1919.
WIN. M. MARTIN.
County Auditor, Bottineau County.
| North Dakota.
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Report of the Condition of
THE MOUSE RIVER VALLEY BANK
At Souris, in the State Of North Dakota,
at the close of business Nov. II, 1919.
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Report Of the Condition Of
THE STATE BANK

At Maxbass in the State Of North Da-
kota at the close of business November
17th 1919 aE... f
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charged with electricity, and Of such
a height that it would jut fit under
the table (see illustrations). Writ
ing of these experiments, Sir Will
lam says:
Mr.. Home took the accordion be-
tween the thumb and middle finger
on one hand at the opposite end to
the keys. Having previously
opened the brass key myself, and The
cage being drawn out from under the
table so as just to allow the accordion
to be pushed in with its keys down.
ward, it was pushed back as close
as Mr.. Homes arm would permit, but
without hiding his hand from those
next to him. Very soon the accordion
was seen by those on each side to be
W ing about in d somewhat curious
manner; then sounds came from it,
and finally several notes were PLAYED
in succession While this was going
on my assistant looked under the
table and reported that the accordion
was expanding and contracting, and
at the same time it was seen that the
hand of Mr.. Home by which it was
held was quite still - his other hand
resting on the table.
Presently the accordion was seen
by those on either side of Mr. Home to
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discoveries in the realms Of chemistry,
physics and medicine (the X-rays, etc.)
He made many valuable contributions
to the study of radium; he invented
tho 'radlometcr,' which we now see
IN nearly every oculist's shop; he
wrote many standard works upon
chemical analysis, sugar manufacture,
dyeing, printing, metallurgy sewage,
diamonds, and many other topics
thereby establishing his name as one
OF the finest, most ingenious and most
practical scientific minds in the world,
and leaving TO posterity q yeritable
monument, in the shape of lasting and
valuable achievement, of great prac-
tical benefit and value to mankind.
"Sr William Croolles, however, was
known not only for his interest in the
problems Of physics and chemistry,
but also by reason of his interest in
psychic phenomena, and his book
Researches in Spiritualsm' is clas-
steal manual on the subject, oft quoted
and a model of clarity and impartiality
Curiously enough, his researches into
the phenomena of spiritualism were
being undertaken during the very years
(l510-'7A) when, in the opinion of many
physicists, Sir William was doing his
best work in chemistry, SO that the
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cal suffering grpped him and he could
not speak, but his purpose to continue
was so manifested by sweating face
and gripping hand that no one spoke
until he spoke again.
"Now let me speak plainly about i'm
mortality. For surely | stand nearest
to that possibility of all Of Us here.
Immortality is no such lodging away
as you imagine from this strange
world which is so desolating. so dread
full, SO inexplicable- and at times so
utterly lonely. There may be God in
the universe or there may not be.
God, if He exists, can be ter
ribly silent. But if there is
God lie is a coherent God. If there is
a God above, and in the scheme Of
things, then not only you and and my
dead son, but the crushed frog and the
trampled ant-hill signify. On that the
God in my heart insists. There has TO
be an answer not only to the death Of
my son, but 20 the dying penguin,
roasted alive for farthngs worth of
OIL. There must be an answer to the
men that go in ships to do such things.
There has to be a justification for all
the filth and wretchedness of louse and
huke. l VIII not have you slipping by
on the other side, chattering Of planes
OF living and sublimatea atoms. while
there is a drunken mother or man
dying OF cholera IN the world. ! viii
not hear of God who is just means
for getting away. Whatever foniness
and beastliaess taere IS YOU must
square God with that. Or there IS no
universal God, but only a coldness'
vast cruel difference.
81 would not make my peace with
such God if could.
81 tell you Of these black and sinister
realities. and what do you reply2 That
il is all right because afr death we
shall get away from them. Way, Il
presently go down under the sur
geons knife, down out OF his hot ana
weary world, and Chen fnf myself be-
ing put together ty a spirit doctor III
this beyond Of yours, wAs g up to a
new world Of amiahle conversations
and artificial flowers, having my hals
restored and the gaps among nay tee'"
filed up, shall feel Ike some one who
has deserted his kind, who has silppea
from sick room into party.
Well, my infection Will 60 with me-
shall talk of nothing but the tfasees
out of which l have come-which SUI"
remains-which continues tragedy
"And yet l believe in Immortality
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Eliphaz serenely, "the answer is. We
don't know. Why should we?"
Mr.. Huss seemed lost in meditation.
His pale and sunken face and crum-
pied pose contrasted strongly with the
bristling intellectual rectitude and
mounting color of DR.. Elihu Barrack.
mo, Sir Eliphaz," said Mr.. Huss,
and sighed.
"No," he repeated.
"What a poor phantom of a world
these people conjure upi What a
mockery of loss and love! The very
mothers who mourn their II VII .
believe their foolish stori
tlonl 1t is crowning - 1t
makes me think of nothing III the
world but my dear boys body, broken
and crumpled; and some creature. half
fool and half impostor, sitting upon it,
getting between it and me, and talking
cheap rubbish over it about planes of
being and astral bodies.
AFTER you teach me, Sir Eliphaz,
that life, for all its grossness and pain
and horror, is not so bad as it might
be-if such things as this were true,
But it needs no sitting of the evidence
to know they are untrue. No sane
man believes this stuff for ten minutes
together. 1t is impossible to believe
it,"
DR.. Ellhu Barrack applauded Sir Eli
phaz acted fine self-restraint.
They are contrary to the texture OF
everything we know" said Mr.. Huss
They are less convincing than the
widest dreams. By pain, by desire. bv
muscular effort, by the feeling Of sun
shine or Of rain in the face, by their
sense of justice and such-like essential
things do men test the reality Of an
pearances before them. This certainly
is no reality. II has none of the feel of
reality. l will not even argue about il.
1T IS thrust now upon suffering world
as comfort; and even as comfort for
people stunned and uncritical with
grief it fails.
You and Lady Burrows may be
pleased to think that somehow Won
two, with your teeth restored and your
compilations rejuvenated, will meet
again the sublimation of your faithful
Fido.
"At any rate, thank God for that! I
know clearly that so shall never meet
my son. Never! He has gone from
mel"
For some moments mental and physi-
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as the atomic theory in chemistry. 1t
is not matter of faith, but knowledge.
are in communication. News is coming
ough--scientific certainty"
Sir Eliphaz cleared his throat. eve
have already evidences and descrip-
tions of the. life into which we shall
pass. Remember this is no idle talk,
no deception by Sludges and the like;
io is a great English scientific man who
publishes these records; it is a great
French philosopher, no less a man than
that wonderful thinker-and how he
hinks!-Professor Bergson, who coun-
selled their publication. A glory of
science and glory of philosophy COM
bine to reassure us. We walk at last
upon a path Of fact into that further
world. We know already much. We
know, for example, that those who have
PASSED over INTO that higher plane have
bodies still. That I found comforting
Without that one would feel bleak. But.
the messages say, the internal organs
are constituted differently. Naturally.
AS one would have expected The die
tary is, gather, practically non-exist-
ent. Needless, as the outline is the
same the space is. presume, used for
other purposes. Some sort of astral
storage. They do not bleed-an inter-
esting fact. Lady Burrows's sister is
now practically bloodless. And her
teeth-she had lost several; she suf-
fered greatly with her teeth - her
teeth have all been replaced, beauti-
full set, used now only for articulate
speech"
Raymond all over again." said the
doctor.
'You have read the book?" said Sir
Eliphaz.
The doctor grunted In manner that
mingled assent and disapproval. His
expression betrayed the scientific bigot.
ave know now details Of the pas
sage" said Sir Eliphaz. eve have some
particulars. We know, for instance,
that people, blown to pieces, take some
little time to reconstitute. There is a
correlation between this corruptible
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cult reduced to plain, ordinary
modes of physical expression. We
are conducted into the laboratory
of spiritualism and made familiar
with instruments whereby it is
claimed this mysterious something
can be tested and measured.
Si;y WiLlians
DR.. Darlington opens his article
with a short account of the famous
English scientists career and en-
dcavors. We read:
"Thc late Sir William Crookcs, ON,
FRS, will always be regarded as one
cf the greatest scientists--as he was
one Of the greatest 'psychical' students
of all time His achievements in the
fields of chemistry and physics alone
insure the perpetuaton of his name
in scientific circles. He was the dis
coverer Of the element thallium; he it
was who first investigated many of the
phenomena Of radiation, which led to
the ultimate discovery of the 'Crookes
tubes'-named after him-and which
in turn have led to many important
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charge cannot be brought against hir

charge cannot be brought against him
that he only became interested when
in his dotage'; on the contrary, he was
then IN his prime-about forty years
Of age. 1t is true that Crookes main
tanned his interest to the day of his
death, but he wrote very little upon
the subject, contenting himself with
patient research and investigation
which tended but to confirm his earlier
researches. A brief summary of these
cannot fail to be of interest.
The accordion
"The majority of these experiments
which were chiefly conducted in Six
Williams own home or laboratory
were made with the medium D. D..
Home-a medium who produced cx-
traordinary physical manifesto tions
and who was never detected in fraud in
all his long career (Home was an intel
ligent man who wrote several excel
lent books upon the subject himself).
"One of the earliest experiments
was that with an accordion, held light
ly between the thumb and middle fin
ger of Homes hand by the end oppo-
site the keys. His other hand was visi-
Bile and rested on the table. The accor-
dion, thus held, was placed within a
circular wire cage, which could be
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rows. We had dog called Fdo, a
lectle, teeny fellow, practically hu-
"Thcse blessed ones engage very
largely i'll conversation. Other occupa-
tons | found difficult to trace. Ray
mond attended a sort Of reception on
the very highest plane. 1t was a spe-
clal privilege. Perhaps npliment
to Sir Oliver He met the truth of re-
Ncaled religion, 50 to speak, personally.
1t was wonderful moment. Sir Oliver
suppresses the more solemn de5ails.
Lady Burrows intends to write to him.
She is anxious for particulars. But 7
Will not dilate," said Sir EIiphaz. ~
will not dilate"
"And you believe this STUFF" said
the doctor in tones of the deepest dis
gust.
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Sir Eliphaz waved himself upon the
ques toner.
$50 far as poor earthly expressions
can body forth spiritual things" he
hedged.
He regarded his colleague with an
eye of forid defiance. Both Mr.. rarr
and Mr.. Dad had slightly shamefaced
expressions, and Mr.. Dads cars were
red.
Mr.. Dad cleared his throat. "Im sure
there's something in it-anyhow," said
Mr.. Dad, hoarsely, doing his best to
support.
IF | was born with a hare lip" said
the doctor, would that be put right ?
DO congental idiots get sublimated i?
What becomes of a dog one has shot
for hydrophobia
"To all Of such questions" said Sir
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served its purpose and populated those
higher planes, then it may freeze, as
you say. A mere empty hull. A seed
case that has served its purpose, mat
toring nothing. These are the thoughts,
the comforting and beautiful thoughts,
that receive the Endorsement Of our
high scientific and philosophical intel
ligcnces. One thinks of that
life there no doubt in some dimension
Of space. that world arranged in planes
-metaphorical planes, Of course-in
which people go to and fro, living in
sort of houses, surrounded by sort of
beautiful things, made, SO we are told
from the smells of the things we have
here. That is curious, but not ira
ticnal. Our favorite doggies will be
tfere-sublimated also. That thought
has been great comfort to Lady Bur-
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cut with an awed and unquestioning
acceptance of the whole psychic
scheme. "This life," he says, ais only
the first page of the great book we
have to read" And, to quote fur
ther:
All this life is like waiting outside
In place of some disorder, before be-
ing admitted to a place of wider
reality, larger sphere, where the
aruelties, all these confusions, every
Ching, will be explained, justified and
sat right"
He paused and then, perceiving that
Mr. Huss was about to speak, he re-
sumed, raising his voice slightly.
"And do not speak without my hook
in these Matters" he said. al have
been greatly impressed-and, what is
more, Lady Burrows has been greatly
lmpressed-by the writings of two
thoroughly scientific men, DR.. Conan
Doyle and sir Oliver Lodge. Ever
since she lost her younger sister early
In life Lady Burrows has followed up
this interest. 1t has been great con-
ISOLATION to her. And the point is, as
Sir Oliver insists in that wonderful
book Raymond that, continued exist
pnce in another world is as proven now
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body and the spirit body which re-
places it. There is a sort of spirit
doctor over there very helpful i'll such
cases. And burned bodies, TOO, arc
trouble. The sexes are still
distinct, but all the coarscness Of sex
is gone. The passions fade in that
better world. Every passion every
the habit of smoking and the craving
for alcohol fade. Not at first. The
newly dead win sometimes ask for a
cigar. They are given cigars, higher
plane cigars, and they do not ask for
more. There are no children born
there. Nothing of that sort That it
is very important to understand Here
is the place of birth; this is where
lives begin. This coarse little planet
is the seed-bed Of life. When it has
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W Hard Can the ~Psychic Force" Push:
Strange Case of the Spirit With
Normal Pulse and
Heart

at one end to balance, sunoo-,.,
by a firm tripod. See illustrate,
herewith. Any downward pressure ~,
on the board was therefore Re egis.eroa
by the spring balance. The other end
of the board rested upon a Anife-edo.
fulcrum on a solid table, and directly
over the centre of the fulcrun va,
placed large glass bowl filed with
water. Over this, in turn, but Quit.
detached from it, being separately SUD.
ported, was metal cup, perforated 50
as to allow the entrance Of the wsts,
The board, thus suspended. we;Ybsd
six pounds.
cit will be observed that By placins
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eoatroversy should be discussed
& intelligently as possible. The
;thor Of the present article, DR..
ilereward Darlington, is member
of the Society Of Psychical Research
cid he IL also the author of several
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hold Of one Of the mediums wrists and
found that he was not moving muscle.
"The next experiments were those
with spring balance A mahogany
board, 36 inches long, was suspended
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actually exerted by psychic energy.
We look upon Sir William Crookes's
apparatus for testing psychic force
radiation from the fingers of the
medium. In fact, we seem to find
what we had always considered
something wholly esoteric and oc-
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is plain T u b b i s h.
what a poor phan-
tom of q world these
people conjure up"
We find Mr.. Huss,
DR.. Barrack and
Sir Eliphaz engaged
in a breathless argu-
ment. "Immortality,'
breathesS Sir Eliphaz.
And they are off.
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fed fling at spiritualism. Through
tho voice of his hero, Mr.. Huss,
he proclaims that all this talk of
spirit existence and communication
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How Sir William Crookes Took
Spiritualism Into His
Laboratory

"HE editor Of "The Electrical
Experimenter" admits in a
little boldface box that cit is
q very unusual subject to
appear in a scientific magazine" But
he adds, 1--WE have approached the
matter with an open mind, neither
condemning nor upholding it. The
reader must be the judge. We do
not publish it with the mental reser-
vation that there might be some
thing it it, after ALL but we do be-
l.eve that anything at all in science
over which there has been a great
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interesting books; among others are
Death: Its Causes and Phenomena,
The Problems Of Psychical Re-
SEARCH The Coming Science,' 'Psy-
chical Phenomena and the War;"
So here we have it-"scientifc
proof of psychic force or spiritual
ism," published in one Of our popu-
lar scientific magazines, sandwiched
between articles on "New Continu-
Gus Panorama Advertising Display"
and something about making sill
houtte movies. In the accompanying
illustration we see graphically how
much pressure (by the scales) is
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the fingers in the metal bowl no added
weight was impaired to the board, since
this would serve only to disDlace a
small amount of water, which would
Continued on page seUen)
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move about, oscillating and going round
same time. DR.. A. B. now looked I'm
der the table, and said that Mr.. Home's 5
hand appeared quite still, while the
accordion was moving about, emitting
quel was still more surprising, for the
medium then removed his hand alto
gether from the accordion, taking it
quite out of the cage, and placed it in
the hand of the person next to him.
The instrument then continued to play,
no person touching it and no hand be-
ing near it,
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Not q Muscle
"When Home had hold Of ono end Of
the accordion Sir William Crookes took
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7y " G. WELLS, in his latest
4 81 book, "The Undying
- Ia " Fire" takes an unuuali-
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Sir Eliphaz launches