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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-05
SIZE DIDN'T SCREAM.
How Sharp Chambermald Failed
to Blackman Drummer.

How a Sharp Chambermald Failed
to Blackmail Drummer.
II have been on the road for
years." said a man with a gray mus
tache who registered as from New
York to q Cincinnati Times Star
man, "and 1 never had but one adj
venture that amounted to much.
That was at Wheeling. 1t was one
Sunday afternoon and I was sitting
it my room writing, when the door
suddenly opened and a chambermaid
came III. She locked the door and
put the key in her pocket. Now she
said won't you buy some tickets for
a rattle. 1t is gold watch that is to
be ratified off for my brother, who
was hurt while railroadng.' l told her
l wanted no rattle tickets. Then
she went on. I'll scream CAL right,
Scream said l."
"Did she?" asked an interested aud
itor.
"Not m~ch-I said to her if she
tried to blackmail me in that manner
I'd never let up until had seen her
punished. Her nerve gave out then
and she broke out crying, begging me
to not expose her.
"And did you?" asked the same
man who had made the previous IN
quiry.
"No."
.'I wish to heaven you had," ha
calculated.
"Why" VI
because that same chambermaid
in Wheeling did me up for $40 on that
rattle blackmail scheme.'
Then there was a silence, broken by
the mutual agreement the next time
anything OF that kind happened to
expose it for the benefit Of the pub
lic
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-05
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NM sweek 10 think whom No ara old
4 ~ pleasant days that came to pass:
Ssre Ne took the b6rries from the
Earned the bees with pans and
.moke unrolled.
ss1Iesd the melon nets when nights
,,,sd lie biood-root in the mderbrush,
marked the ringing of the tawny
IA .n ii the west VAS broken burning
gold.
4 % I bind with rhymes these menu
.;Ss press pansiee in the poets leaves
ind them afterward with sweet sur
|.,.ssure sure petals mingled with perfume,
e;ng them in the days when April
,bsie summer in the rainy room.
Duncan Campbell Scott
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-05
A JAG WITH A JAGUAR.
Account Of Desperate Fight Be.
tween a Man and Jaeuar.

tween Man and Jaguar.
A Demerara correspondent de-
scrlbes desperate fight between man
and q jaguar, which recently took
place on the Demerara River. The
hero OF the combat, a black, named
Lally Davidson, a farmer, was out
with his dog, which reused jaguar
from it's lair. The ferocious animal
made tracks for the thick scrub, fol-
lowed by Davidson and his dog. Be-
ing closely pressed the jaguar climbed a
tree, where Davidson shot it, wound
ing it in the head. This made the ami
NAL descend, and a ain he dived into
the bush, pursued by Davidson. The
beast concealed himself in some bram-
bles, and as Davidson was again try
ing to take aim the jaguar leaped upon
him, knocking him bodily into a dram
full OF water, Davidson now engaged
IN q desperate struggle with the fierce
brute, and Selling the jaguar now
somewhat exhauted from loss ofblood
he exerted all his strength, and man.
aged to hold his head under water
until he was slowly suffocated. But
before this the jaguar had severely
wounded the courageous man; his
hand was badly bitten, the scalp on
the left side of his head was partly rip
ped off, and his left eye was gouged
out. Suffering as he was, Davidson
slowly crawled home, and while he
went into hospital sent his friends for
the dead jaguar. The latter measured
five feet eleven inches from head to tail.
Davidson, on whose happy escape his
friends congratulated him, was slowly
recovering when the last mail left
Demerara.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-05
He Came to the Point.

Adolphus: "What is that noise, dar-
ling?" 49,.
Darling: "Oh, it's only papa. Ever
since he read in the papers of actions
for breach Of promise of marriage be-
ing abolished, he is always going
about cracking his horsewhip."
Adolphus: "Oh" (Pauses reflect
ively.) "Well, would it-er-be troub-
ling you to-er-name the day."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-05
The Only One Ever Printed.

CAN you FIND THE WORD? There is 8
inch display advertiser ent in this paper,
this week, which has no two words alike
except one word. The same is true of each
new one appearing each week: from The
DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This house
places a "Crescent" on everything they
make and publish. Look for it. send them
the name Of the word and they will return
you BOOK, BEAUTIFUL AUTOGRAPHS or sAA-
PIES FREE.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-05
DIGEsTIBLE FOOD.
An Interesting Table Of DigestibIe
Food.

Although the day OF dieting while
training for athletic sports is past the
following interesting table ofdigestible
food may be instructive to those
younger athletes continually asking
for advice as to "What shall eat?"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

collections of orchids have been dispersed,
but the number of new ones have increased
90 rapidly that this Ii more than counter
balanced. Thousands are now engaged in
the culture Of the plants, and the importa-
tions are annually increasing. Yet, consid-
ering the number Of firms engaged in the
business of importing orchids, the appear
ance of new and really distinct species are
not 50 frequent as many might suppose, but
this is partly due to the fact that collectors
devote more time to collecting those which
have already established a great name at
home than to looking for doubtful new
ones. Many new species and varieties, how
ever, are annually brought into Europe and
America among the hundreds of thousands
of bulbs. 1t is very rare, therefore, that an
entirely new and rare orchid attracts the
public attention, but when they do come
they bring stiff prices in the market.
Hybrids Have Swamped the Market.
OF late years one great feature of orchid
culture ia the work of professionals and
amateurs in hybridizing them. The enor-
nous SUMS that have been realizedsin past
years for mule orchids have stimulated both
amateurs'and professionals to try their luck
in this delightful employment 1t was not
long ago that hybrid orchid, no matter how
door, or of what parents could command q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

1926 (b)-vIoE VERSA.
Good Farmer Joe has wed a wife;
i think he calls her FIoy:
And having found this So of -sss
He leads s*** of sa..
Bound heart and hand, for good or i'll,
No Quarrels they have known;
While he delights TO go her &*&s.
She makes his sa*R her sss.
Her house is neat-below, above
No cobweb there may come;
As soon as Joe brought his
She keeps her daily duties planned,
Exact as any clerk,
And always has some *s*s at stAf
To keep her sees at t*ss.
She never frets at little stinrs,
For she has learned perfOrce
Some trying ..s*ss of .r.*s4
But you must not from this infer
Her burden hard to bear:
Joe takes the tenderest *>ss OF ttt
To tighten go of R&sA.
"Do you hold marriage bliss for twof"
Laughing, asked one day;
THE neighbors here all 49, you sc;
But you, what 80 you =1aT
Then Joe and Floy together said,
Live single those who Will.
But he who thinks 1t .&* to sft
Is often 49, to f<s.
Z" "A lottery some wedlock call,
They view the facts askance;
It must be only *"*ass to *ss
Who leave it go to s*xsxs.
And for those wrangling ones not rare, D..
Who grudge and chIde and blame;
Thew who 50 fercelv #xs their .
Should rather <*sss their sss<s,
'.Iu every home some strife may start,
But he who holds impressed
The welfare of the sss* at $s<kt
Will have ss**r ar <s*k"
To help. to cherish to forbear,
There seems no more to tell;
So with wish that ssft you sstt,
Kind reader, 49,. you ss*t
-.s -s 80 s.E1- ~ -
1527-CHARADE.
A total last a mariner,
Seaman last a seafarer,
All mean the same;
All one the sea, and understand
The best way vessels to command,
Who bear the name.
BITTER SWEET.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
MAKING PEOPLE ALL ALIKE.
What tho Sewing Machine and Telegraph
Are Rapidly Accomplishing.

What tho Sewing Machine and Telegraph
Are Rapidly Accomplishing.
Some wit remarked that the sewing ma
chine and telegraph are rapidly making one
people Of all that dwell on the face of the
earth. They are destroying the national
peculiarities of the dress of men in the
countries of Europe by giving them the
styles of everyday clothing from London,
which is the great center of traffic for that
part of the world. Ready-made garments
from London are sold in the shops of
Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen,
Christiana, Stockholm and st. Petersburg,
and in many of the smaller cities, which OBJ.
tain their supplies from the great ones on
the list or from London direct. Formerly an
English sailor could be readily distinguished
from Danish or Swedish one. and each of
these from the other by his distinctive cos
tune, but at the present time all of them
are dressed alike, and quite possibly their
garments came from the same factory. Fifty
years ago the homespun garments of New
England differed from those Of tbs Western
and Southern States, and thsse again from
those of Canada, but nowadays the home
spun has been largely driven out by ''store
clothes" which have found their way into
the great majority of the towns and villages
all over the land.
The business of manufacturing clothing
on the theory that every garment that is
made will fit somebody and fLd customer
is increasing year by year, and though the
coats and trousers thus created are sold at a
price that defes competition on the part of
the weaver ofShomespun, the trade seems to
be profitable one for all concerned. In
many of the large establishments the cut
ting is done with great rapidity, the cloth
being piled in thicknesses of 100 or 200
layers, which are cut by fine saw that fol-
lows metal pattern, under the guiding hand
of single operator. Thus, with the aid of
machinery. one person can do the work Of
90 in the cutting of garments; the sewing
machine follows closely and rapidly, and in
this way the whole world is clad. With
our clothing of one pattern, and the tele-
graph laying before US every day all the
news of the world, we are not only dressing
alike, but thinking and talking Of the same
things at the same time. =
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
And the waves dashing against the rocks

And the waves dashing against the ROCKS
seemed to say: "Here, here you will nno
entrance into the home of the Princess.
Looking about for means to carry him.
self out to the rocks, Rheinhold discovered,
floating under the willows, small boat.
SDringng in, he seized the oars, and was
soon speeding over the water. when ne
reached the dark object, which he had taken
for few rocks rising up in the lake, ne
discovered it to be the top of tower. AND
be was sure that he had found the sunken
palace of which the sweet voice had sung.
On the top of the tower was trap door,
which Rheinhold opened, and saw pair OF
narrow, winding stairs. Running down
these the youth soon found himself in the
wide halls Of a once beautiful palace. There
was all the splendor of former days, but
where sounds of music had been heard. and
where brilliant lights had flashed upon
gaily dressed courtiers, now q few smoky
lamps cast weird shadows, and servants
moved quietly about No one seemed to
notice the young knight until he ap-
preached page and asked: "Where is the
Princess?"
"She sits in her room grieving her young
life away" was the reply. At his request
Rheinhold was taken into the presence OF
the Princess. Her ewes were red with weep
ing, and her fair face WAS pale with grief.
'Noble lady" "said Rheinhold, u have
heard your song, and have come to free you
from this prison"
The Princess looked curiously at Rhein-
hold for a moment, and then with bright
smile cried: 'Yes, you can save me; for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
TRANSLATED FOR rHR p1srArcH.,

A poor boy, called Rheinhold, who had,
through death, lost both father and mother,
was obliged to leave his home and seek his
fortune iu the wide world. All day long
the youth trudged over the dusty highway,
and when might came, weary and footsore,
he lay down on the grass by the roadside
and fell fast asleep. When he awakened
the dew drops on the flowers and grass were
sparkling in the morning sun, the birds
were singing, and gentle breeze rustled
among the branches. Rheinhold, refreshed
by his long sleep, sprsng up, and after some
little searching, found a number of berry
bushes He filled his hat with the ripe,
sweet fruit, and was about to begin his
breakfast, when little girl of wonderful
beauty stood before him and said: II am
very hungry and can find nothing to eat. !"
F,heinhold at once reached her his hat,
filed with the berries. When the fairy
like creature had eaten eagerly OF the fruit,
with her dainty fingers, she touched Rhein-
holds ewes. and said: Follow the way
along the brook; it will lead you to fortune.
Il YOU see blue forget-me-not by the way,
do not neglec: TO pick it and stick it in your
hat"
The fairy then vanished, and Rheinhold
was surprised that although his visitor had
eaten heartily of the berries, there were as
mauv in the hat as when he had first given
it 10 her. The boy lost no time in seeking
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
SECRETS OF LEeERDEMA1N.

A Magician Tells How Some Simple but
Elective Tricks Are Done.
''There is no reason, said Frank j. Kirk,
teacher of magic, to writer in the New
York Herald, "why every one should not
indulge in my agreeable pastime and art.
1t drives away tine cares of the business man
and lightens the heart of the overworked
wife and mother. To the children it affords
innocent amusement
ANYONE with little time devoted to
practice and following instructions NAV be-
come fair prestidigitateur. When prac-
ticing alone the beginner should always
stand in front of large mirror, in order
that he may see his faults as others see them.
when about to perform trick be should
never state what he intends doing, but SIM
ply name the articles he is about to work
with. The same trick should never be
shown twice in succession, as the audience
loses interest in it and is liable to detect the
movements"
Magician Kirk then explained few in
teresting tricks, as follows:
"The Smoke Illusion-Take two ordi-
nary glasses and rub the inside OF one with
ammonia and the other with muriatic acid.
Then place one on top OF the other, bowl to
bowl, and stand at the other end of the
room and smoke cigar or pipe. Immedi-
ately the glasses will fill up with smoke.
This is very effective trick, and can also
be done with two common clay pipes. Care
should be used in handling the acid, as it is
dangerous.
THE Invisible Hen-A dark silk hand
kerchief, about 24x24 inches is necessary to
perform this trick. Fasten an empty egg
shell to the handkerchief about two inches
ha "a sfriu aho ha no
through the egg shell, and be about eight
inches long. The performer borrows silk
high hat, and taking the handkerchief by
the two top ends, with the egg toward HIM
self, proceeds to fold the handkerchief by
bringing the two top ends together. Then
hold these ends in the left hand and the
other Two ends in the right.
Let the egg slide so that all can see. then
cover the hat with the handkerchief, and
when raising the handkerchief keep the egg
toward yourself Then let it slide into the
hat again, and 50 on for four or five times.
1t will appear as though there are five eggs
in the hat, when, to the astonishment of
everyone, the performer shows the hat to be-
perfectly empty. This is y very simple trick,
and can be learned in few minutes.
"To Spin Handkerchief on Cane-Puta
strong pin through common walking cane,
beginning about half an inch from the bot
tom and pushing it slant-ways. It will pro-
ject about an eighth of an inch. A silk hand
kerchief il then thrown into the air and
caught gently on the cane where the pin is,
and by giving the cane few quick twists
the Handkerchief will straighten out like
piece Of cardboard and spin in the air in q
very lively manner.
s'To beginners would remark that they
must not attempt to accomplish too much at
the start. What they do, let them do it
WE'LL"
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'ou wear the blue forget-me.not.|

you wear the blue forget-me-not.H
The Princess then said: "Three wears
ago my father waged war with q powerful
enemy, and perished in battle. The con-
querer, who was cruel tyrant, was not
content with having slain my father, but
came to our beautiful home, and bY magic
art sank it beneath this lake, and declared
that we should live in this way, until some
knight having the Fairy Queens blue for
get-me-not should find our palace. If you
had not found and kept the little blue
flower, you would never have heard my
song"
While the Princess was speaking, the
castle began to rise above the water, and
the sun, which was just rising, flooded the
dark rooms with light. The lake disap-
peared. and the magnificent palace with its
stately towers and pillars stood in the midst
of large, blooming park. Joy and glad
ness reigned once more in the WIDE halls,
servants. with smiling faces, ran hither and
thither, obeying commands and enioving
the bright sunshine. Rheinhold married
the beautiful Princess, and they were happy
ever afterward, and the blue forget. me.not
never faded. PAYSIE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

reasonable person it is only as a canal-boa
to u railway train when compared with eiec-
tricity.
Now the tooth pulling vibrator is simply
q iorceps attached to a small electric bat
terry. When the forceps touch the tooth
the current is turned on gradually, and this
current takes possession of the nerves rum
ming to the brain, by reason OF superior
swiftness. and thus bars the way against the
comparatively slow coach with the pain
passenger. That is the explanation of the
new device reduced to the plainest level OF
comprehension. There seems to be no
doubt that the success Of the new device
has been demonstrated, and since man is as
prone to the toothache "as the SPARKS to ny
upward" we shall all hope to see the day
when it will be as painless to have molar
taken from the mouth as to have a caramel
put into it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03
THE CROWN PRINCES TopKNor.

Ceremonies OF Cutting It OF and Thus
Making a Man of Him.
The 'eoming of age" of every Siamese
child in any family pretending to fashion is
celebrated with quaint and picturesque
custom-the cutting of the topknot, says
the New York Commercial Advertiser. The
topknot is nothing more than round patch
of,hair allowed to grow on the crown of the
head, while the rest Of the hair is closely
shaved. The jet black locks. still fine and
glossy, are wound round into coil fastened
by large pin with a gold and sometimes
jeweled head, and surrounded on festive oc-
casions by tiny chaplet of sweet scented
white flowers. 1t is worn until the time
comes when the child, if boy, is to be
emancipated from the harem and withdrawn
from female control; or, in the case of girls,
till their manageable age begins to draw
near. Convenience or fancy, or, perhaps,
more often still, the dictates of the family
soothsayer, fix this date vsriously at 8, II
or 13 years., but the even numbers are
avoided as less propitious.
Come when it may, however, the day of
the topknot cutting is great and gay cere-
mony, combining in itself something of the
nation, Jewish and Mussulman circumcis-
ion, and feudal coming of age. When the
parsonage to be operated upon is OF royal
birth. and more especially if he is "Chow
Fa," or Celestial Prince-born of royal pa
rents on both sides-the rite is elaborate and
splendid. But when the hero of the day is
the heir apparent to the crown OF Siam, the
whole festaI resources of the palace and the
kingdom are exhausted in doing honor to
the occasion, which absorbs for week and
more the undivided attention of every prince
and magnate. Well, before the appointed
time-Jauuary 19, 1891-when the present
knot. there were assembled in the Siamese
capital all the feudatory vassals of His
Most Buddhist Majesty.
The hair-cutting iete was ushered in, like
most others in Siam, by formal State pro-
cessions. The feature OF this occasion was
the appearance in the procession of
battalions, male and female, representing
the different States either subject to Siam or
connected in some way with her. Each
band of 40 or 90, marching four abreast,
sported the characteristics dress of thei
country; and the funeral black of the distant
Shans. with their black hair reared up into
q hideous cockade, contrasted most striking
ly with the brilliant uniforms OF the Maun
girls. the gay cofors of the feudatory Malays,
and the sprightly elegance and neat dress of
the Siamese themselves. Five hundred
girls, all marching in exact time, formed
the van Of the main body, and displayed the
costumes OF white, black and yellow shsns
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-03

bursting into bloom. Somehow he is al
ways associated in my mind with corn
planting, from the fact, think, of his
always lowering around the cornfelds at
that time, and seeming to watch the plant
ing with great interest Some writer says,
that during the complaining the Bobolink
sits on the fence and sings, drop 1t! drop
It'll pick it upl pick it upl quickl quick!
quickl'' all uttered with inconceivable
rapidity and jollity.
Washington Irving, speaking of the
Bobolink. says: "He comes amid the pomp
and fragrance of the season; his life seems
all sensibllity and sunshine; he is to be
found In the soft bosoms of the freshest and
sweetest meadows and is most in song when
the clover is in bloom"
The Bobolink is, as John Burroughs re-
marks, the only white and black bird we
have. When he first comes in the spring,
the white-or rather, the warm cream-color
on his back, is decidedly marked, but
toward fall, he doffs his suit, for rusty or
grayish black, not unlike that of the cow
bunting, OF which he Isl distant relative.
He builds his nest on or near the ground,
generally in a bunch of sedges near some
low swamp, and so carefully does he con-
ceal it that often as have searched, have
only succeeded in finding one nest. 1t was
in tussock Of coarse grass near marshy
place, in low meadow, and was first at
tracted to it by seeing one of the birds
swinging on q tall reed near BY, and pour
ing out his whole soul in joyous outburst,
as though he knew he was
A jolly fellow,
And also 'just little mellow"
There we're four eggs in the nest, of pale
blue, spotted with dark brown and about the
size, or perhaps little larger than those Of
the cow-bunting.
During the early part of the summer, the
bobolink feeds on grasshoppers. crickets,
other insects, etc., but later in the season he
lives almost entirely on the seeds of grasses
and reeds. from which he gets his name of
''reed bird" Early in September they
leave for the rice fields of the South, where
they are known as the ''rice birds" There
they become very fat on the tender rice, and
are shot BY the hundreds and sent North to
tempt the palates Of the gourmands of New
York and Philadelphia.
Hill welcomes the bobolink back in these
lines:
Bobolink, that in the meadow,
Or beneath the orchards shadow,
Keepest up constant rattle,
Welcome to the North, again.
LILLE N. HOUSTON.