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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20
Various Uses Of on.


The virtues of oil on the farm are
little thought Of. 1t is both a lubricant
and a preventative, and should al
ways be kept ready for use, with care
that the supply does not run out and
harness and machinery suffer for want
of it, or a half day in moving thresh-
ing, or other machine work, for a lit
tie much-needed oil. 1t is better to
buy in large quantities comparative
ly, as it will not be so apt to run out,
and can generally be bought cheaper.
Certainly the supply will not be ex-
hausted so often. For machinery q
mixture Of unsalted hogs lard and
castor oil is recommended; adding the
oil until the mixture is Of the right
consistency. For the wood work of
tools, nothing is better than boiled
linseed oil. Whenever it is proper,
the woodwork oftools and machinery
should be kept well painted. Kero-
sene is very penetrating. and the wood
might first be filled with this. 1t is
also excellent to cut the gum when
running gear gets gummed up. But it
must soon be wiped off and oil with
more body be substituted. Castor oil
is good for use on a buggy. 1t is also
excellent for harness and for boots
and shoes. Some recommend for all
kinds OF leather three parts OF neat's
foot oil and one of beef tallow, ap-
plying the oil when it is about as
warm as the hand can bear and while
the leather is still somewhat moist
and pliable after being cleaned in
warm water.
Adulteration OF Ground Feed.
The adulteration OF ground feed
which IS purchased in large quantities
by numerous dairymen. is source of
much present complaint. Not that it
is new discovery by any means, but
that the patience of purchasers is ex-
hausted and Indignation is overflow
ing. Any time for twenty years past
this nefarious practice has existed, but
OF late q fresh spasm excites the suffer-
ing public.
Not alone is the value OF the food
decreased by the addition OF useless
matter, but in some cases the most
serious injury results from it. 4 very
common adu 'tcrant is ground gypsum,
commonly called "plaster." This is
heavy and cheap, and is most easily
recognized by the shape OF the cry
stalls that may be seen in the feed by
the help of an ordinary magnifying
glass. Ground white clay and mari
are also used for this ill purpose, and
to such an extent as sometimes to
make up nearly one-half OF the bulk Of
the so-called feed. A sample recently
examined at the Geneva IN. " sta
ton gave 40 per cent. OF ash, while
genuine feed should not have more
than or per cent. Dat hulls are
also ground up infeed instead Of oats,
and the light weight of this stuff is
equalized by adding the clay or the
plaster The ground clay (kaolin) is
very deceptive, as it has every ap-
pearance OF fine middlings.
There is an easy way to avoid this
wrong and nuisance. Every dairyman
and farmer should grow his own feed,
which he may do for half the price Of
the poor stuff he buys. There is no
better feed than corn for COWS, and no
crop is more easily grown.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20

A Canadian being carried to the
grave groaned just in time to be
saved. He was probably thinking Of
the undertaker's bill.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20
The Formation Of Coal.

1t takes Il prodigious amount of
vegetable matter to form a layer Of
coal. it being estimated that the pres
emit growth of the world make Il lazy
er less than one-eioht Ola inch in
thickness and that it would take a
million years OF vegetable growth to
form IL coal bed ten feet in thickness
The United States has an area Of
more than 100000 square miles of
coal fields, and more than 100000
tons of coal We're mined in this
country last year, enough to run IL
ring around the earth at the center
five and one-half feet wide and five
and one-i.ti.' lleet thick. Competent
scientists say that there is enough
coal in the United States to supply
the world for the next 1000 years.
New York Telegram.
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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
TO PIE CONTINUED.
How tho Primes Died.

have recently had very interest
Ing interview with an English gentle
man who was present in Zululand at
the time OF the death of the prince inn
perial. and who knew the young gen.
tleman well, besides being personally
acquainted with all the details OF the
catastrophe. says a writer in the Phila-
delphia Telegram. He was not much
impressed by the character and man.
ners of the ill-fated prince himself.
describing him to me IS very full
fledged specimen of the most obnox-
ions type of fast young Partisan So
ciety man. Besides which. he was i'm
pressed with an overwhelming idea of
his own Importance, and insisted
always on taking the command OF
every expedition in which he was In
cluded.
The fatal fray in which the unfortun-
ate youth lost his life owed it's whole
success for the ZuluS to the fact of the
princes party being taken by surprise.
Everybody ran away on the sudden
attack of the savages, aud it was owing
to a broken girth that the prince failed
to make his escape with the others.
There were only live Zulus concerned
in the attack, aud they all belonged to
one family-a father. his three sons
and son-in-aw. They stripped the
body of their victim, leaving nothing
behind but a gold locket suspended
around his neck. and which the Zulus
thought contained charm.
My informant told me that for him,
the most trying part of the whole BUSH
ness was the interview which the
Empress Eugene insisted upon having
with him after he returned to England.
She asked the most minute questions
about the princes death, being espe-
cially anxious to know If the fatal
wounds were not dealt him in front.
But, unfortunately, they were all in
his back. Then she wanted to be told
that he had died fighting for England,
aud the Engishman was compelled 10
assure her that such was not the case.
"But at least, Mr.. X. you can say it
was" was the unhappy mothers sug-
gestion. It did not occur to her, poor
lady, that an English gentleman has
natural objection to telling lies on any
subject whatever.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
SCIENCE FOR DISEASE.
Standing on the Border Land of Medical
Discovery.

Discovery.
We are standing to-day on the bor-
der-land of vast unexplored region
in the domain of life. 1t seems to be
n region rich in the promises of benefit
to man, when after patient toll we
shall have learned more Of the re-
lationships of these tiny organisms to
one another and TO higher forms. The
richest harvest garnered hitherto in
this domain has been the power to
understand the cause OF certain dread
human scourges, and thus to stay their
progress.
In the face of threatened epidemics
Of Asiatic cholera, we stand to-day
fully equipped with "a knowledge of its
nature, which surely enables Us TO
hold it successfully in check. The
surgeon can to-day undertake with
just confidence OF success such opera
tions for the relief Of suffering hui
manity as would have made the hearts
OF his elder cORtrereS stand fairly still.
Many of the so-oalled accidents OF
maternity have largely lost their
vagueness, and with this their power
to harm. The great cloud which for
so many years has hung low over the
heads Of the children of tubercular
parents has at length begun to roll
away. The terrible epidemic scourges
of former times no longer haunt the
imagination. Man is not in these days
n serious seeker for the fountains of
perpetual youth, nor may we justly
long for earthly immortality. But we
now see-dimly, but at last-that we
may lay larger CLAIM at least to our
allotted threescore years and ten If we
can but learn to cope with or to hold
at bay those unseen enemies which
have robbed us already of far too many
lives.
Little by little we are learning that
prevention is better than cure, and that
prevention is possible in large num-
Der of those diseases which have
claimed their victims hitherto unchal-
lenged. People have always taken it
as matter of course that a certain
number of persons must sicken and die
of such diseases as typhoid fever and
dtpntneflai Dut we KNOW Today thaJ
these diseases can be largely limited if
only proper care be taken in destroy
ing the waste material from the sick.
We know now to just what we must at
tribute the widespread requirement OF
tuberculosis, and that proper cleanli-
ness in streets and houses and all as
sembling places, would greatly curtail
the number of its victims.
Still, again, these delvings in the
unseen world have brought up at least
one shining moral nugget, which, when
beaten into words, means something
like this: zoe must not lag at the door
Of Providence or fate those ecils Which
zoe scit@lly or ignordntly bring apon
ourselves. -Harper's Magazine.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
ADJUSTMENTS IN BAVARIA.
Quaint Ways IN Which the People OF That
Country Enjoy Themselves.

Country Enjoy themselves.
As TO amusement you may trust q
Bavarian not to be behind in that, says
the National Review. The men meet
almost nightly in the different inns and
beerhouses, according to their status
in the local societies, where they have
talk. singing, music, etc, the large
glass mugs of boer at their side bong
constantly replenished. The beer is
fortunately light. but the amount drunk
Is a serious expense, and much more
than the men usually can properly NJ.
ford. Besides these nightly gatherings
there are different clubs or societies
that meet at certain times at one or
other of the inns for an evenings
amusement, some OF them under the
patronage of the priest. In many of
them the women join, but the women's
chief entertainments are kunkl, Hor
spinning parties, at home, and very
coy and picturesque these spinning
parties are.
The great feature in Bavarian sit
ting-room is the large porcelain stove
that stands out into the room, and that
is usually lit from the passage outside.
Round this stove bench runs, making
q delightfully."- warm seat, the back be-
ing The porcelain stove. But besides
this stove, in the older houses, there is
in the wall hole with a chimney,
where a peculiar sort of pine, that
burns brightly without sending out
sparks, is burned at night for the pur-
pose of light only.
In olden times, when such luxuries
as lamps were unthought of, it was
often the only means OF illumination.
Some still use them constantly; others
keep them only for festive occasions.
A man GENERALLY the wag or story
teller OF the parity sits beside it to
keep it replenished. The women have
their spinning wheels or knitting, and
the men sit in the darker corners;
and there are always some TO sing songs
or tell stories or keep the fun going
in some way. One such scene espec-
tally occurs to me.
Imagine an old. dark-paneled room.
In her armchair close to the stove, in
the full light of the blazing pine wood,
sits the handsome old hostess, in her
picturesque costume, busy with her
spinning-wheel. A young woman with
n wheel is in an opposite corner.
Three daughters knitting and guests
sit in a circle, more or less, the light
playing on the varied faces and time
worn furniture as bright freight alone
can. One man has guitar and two
girls sing Tyrolese songs. At last
schnapps OF different kinds (sort Of
cheap liqueurs) and delicious coffee,
with homemade cake, are handed
round. and the evening ends with
hearty farewell greeting.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
Ten PuRs for a Cent.

Have you ever thought, said the
economist to the spendthrift, that
every puff of your cigar represents a
certain amount of money blown to the
windsp How much did you pay for
that big, black roofer?" Five for a
dollar" spendthrift replied. well,
If you take 200 puffs from 1t they will
cost you at the rate Of a mill puff, or
ten puffs for a cent. Look at your
wasteful habit in this light, after you
have blown that costly cloud of smoke
out OF your soot-begrimmed mouth,
and you cannot longer violate economic
law by forever burning up the money
that you put into cigars"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
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Trade In Cast or Teeth.

A medical statisticiau estimates that
the citizens of the United States are
carrying gold to the value of Gl00,0 900
in the recesses of what ought to be
their teeth. There are no people on
the face of the globe who have such
bad teeth and who spend so much
money upon them as the Americans.
No doubt the habit of hurried feeding
and the wholesale consumption OF
sweet dishes have assisted much to-
ward this end. But is it not mistake
to suppose, az says the medical statis-
tician. that false teeth set in gold are
buried when their owner shnffies off
this mortal coil? II tbs is so in
America, it is not so in England. or
why the numerous advertisements
offering to buy old artificial feethP The
old teeth are not bought to<ose again.
as some nervous people fancy. but
simply for the sake o1kthe gold
Popular PrOUider. 49,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
Deafness Can't he Cnren

by local applications as they can not reach, yazS
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only oDa
way TO cure Deafness, and that is by eonstitn.
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by al In.
famed condition Of the mucous lining of ths
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets In
famed you have rumbling sound or impeaeet
hearing and when It is entirely closed Deaf
ness Is the result, aud unless the Inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored 10 its
normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catanh, which Is nothing but an infamed con
dition OF the mucous surfaces. Wewill give One
Hundred Dollars for any ease of Deafness
(caused bv Catarrh) that we can not cure by
taking Halls CatarIh Cure. Send for circulars,
free. f. j. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, ..
6sS-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

day OF neglected genius Is gone by. Muller
was the lastsutferer, think-and he died
young"
IF You are so sanguine, why not try your
own luck at it?''
III would; but unfortunately am rich
man."
/ laughed at this misplaced regret Then
CaTriston, in the most simple way, told me
good deal about himself He was an orphan,
an only child. He had already ample means;
but Fortune had still favOrs in store for him.
At the death of his uncle, now an aged man,
he must succeed to large estate and bar
onetcy. The natural, unaffected way In
which he made these condolences, moreover
made them not knew, from any wish TO in
crease his importance in my eyes, greatly inn
pressed me. BY the time we parted for the
night had grown much interested In my
new acquaintance-a interest not untinged
by envy. Young, handsome, rich, free TO
come o. go, work or play, as he listedl Hap
py Carriston!
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
A New Yorker paid ss.SOo for brown

A New Yorker paid s.. SEQ for a brown
diamond.
Queen Marguerite of Italy is devoted
student of the Hebrew language and litOrA-
ture.
Between 1896 and 1880 four seperate YER
slons of the bible woie put before EDglSsh
readers.
The first complete translation OF the
bible into English was effected by John
Wyclif in 1880.
In the old Roman days the feet Of ths
bride and bridegroom were washed after the
wedding ceremony.
The reformed code OF Italy torbids eiS2s
to marry under IS, but most of them feel
the torments of love at ~.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

A bachelor tradesman who has Just
died in Hamburg adopted novel
method OF revenging himself on tho
woman who once Tilted him. In his
will he left her legacy Of 10000
marks, but also indited the following
letter which he ordered to be handed
TO the lady, who is now a widow, with
the money: Madam: Some thirty
years ago l was n sutton for your hand
in marriage. You refused my offer,
and as consequence my days havo
been passed in peace and. quietness.
Now | requite your goodness.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
GREAT GUNS.
How They Are Made and What They Cost.

How They Are Made and What They Cost.
The forging of the immense guns is
n most interesting process. The rihed
guns OF the present are made by re-
enforcing the tube with rings and re-
peated layers of steel called JACKIE.
which are fitted one over the other
over the original tube or barrel OF the
gun. The jackets or hoops must fit as
closely TO the guns as If forming an in
tegral part OF its composition. The
only way to get them on is. of course,
by heating and thus enlarging them.
When they cool, they fit snugly. 1t is
evident that the exact size Of the jacket
and ring when heated so that it can be
put in its place must be a matter of the
incest mathematical calculGxSn. The
coarse powder now used vIkes such
havoc with the rifing of the largest
guns that one hundred charges are
about all that can be expected from
them. The jackets and rings can then
be removed. and fitted TO another tube.
The various parts of u gun are not
put together at Bethlehem, but are
sent TO Washington, to department
of the Arsenal called the assembling
room, where the tube is rihed. and the
gun is finally completed. A steel gun
of the largest calibre costs about $780,
600. The ordnance of our modern
navy is therefore one of the most costly
items for which Congress is expected
to display patriotic generosity. -
Harper's Weekly.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
CATHEDRAL ARCHITECTURE.
How; the Great Church OF tRome Was
Built OF Butter.

Built OF Butter.
The cathedral is first found to per-
lection in the thirteenth century, but
It is more elaborate in the fourteenth,
says the Philadelphia Ledger. The
tenth century was an important epoch
in the history OF cathedrals. 1t was
the general belief at that time that the
end of the world was approaching and
a falling off in building activity is no
ticed in consequence. After the be-
ginning of the year 1000 A. ID. gen.
eral sense of relief is shown in the
building OF new churches. The cree
ton of a church was a convenient
means for the expression of thankful
ness. The founding of monasteries,
especially of the Cistercian order, led
also to this phenomenal activity. An
illustration Of this progressive spirit is
seen in the tower of the Rouen cathe-
dral, which was built OF butter. |
mean by that that the people of Rouen,
by giving up butter in Lent paid for
it from their savings.
The sculpture of cathedrals, which
was so exquisitely carried out in the
middle ages, contained n means for
teaching the bible in days when books
were almost unknown. This is well
shown in the statues of Christ. At
that time it was more than a symbol;
1t was n sign of the living spirit.
Then, too, the cathedral was moro
than church and was not merely a
religious place. IL was the one SUPER
lative place in the city-the center of
learning and of the community. Our
modern churches have deteriorated, as
in the early days. to mere places of
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
The Rusy Ree.

There is some reason for calling
them the "busy bees" A student OF
the habits OF these sacharine insects
says: To make one pound OF honey
they must tisit from 90, 900 to 200, 900
flowers.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

A girl In Pittsburg ran away from home
because she loved children and wanted ~
live in childrens hospital.
In the West Indies frefies are caught bn
dark rooms and used as lamps by which
their captors find the match box.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

Mrs. WinsIow's SoOthin Syrup, for Chill
dren teething softcns the gums, reduces innamma-
tion allays pain. cures wind collie. 30 n bottle.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

There's a patent medicine
which is not a patent medicine
paradoxical as that may
sound. It's a discovery the
golden discovery of medical
science! It's the medicine for
you-tired, run down, exhaust.
ed, nerve wasted men and
women; for you sufferers from
diseases Of skin or scalp, liver
or lungs-it's chance is with
every one, it's season always,
because it aims to purify the
fountain Of life-the blood
upon which all such diseases.
depend.
The medicine is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
The makers of it have
enough confidence in it to-
sell it OH trial.
That is-you can get it from
your druggist, and if it doesn't
do what it's claimed to do, you
can get your money back,
every cent Of ii.
That's what its makers call
taking tie risk Of their sO0rds.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

Standing Bear, tho Sioux chief who -
featuring in Chicago, has sent his sons to bO
educated in Pennsylvania.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

FITS.-Ali FilssJopped free by DR., kLtNkS eREfr
Nerve RestOrcr. No titAtter hrstday suHc. Mar
sellous Treatise and $500 trial bottle FREQ TO
Ptcases. send 20 DR. Kline,g3 Arch ST., Pbila-, Pa
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

In an agricultural exhibition in San
Juan county, New Mexico. thirty-four
varieties Of grapes were displayed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

Joseph Jefferson, Jr, is to be married in
June TO Miss Blanche Bender, an actress
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05
Poetry and Fact.

II lore all that is beautiful in art
and nature" she was saying to her
aesthetic admirer. II revel in the
green fields, the babbling brooks, and
the little wayside flowers. feast on
the beauties of earth and sky and cir;
They are my daily life and food, ard
'Maudie!" cried out the mother
from the kitchen, not knowing that her
daughters bean was in the parlor-
'Maudie what made you go and eat
that big dish of potatoes that was left
over from dinnerp l told you we wanted
them warmed for supper. l declare,
if your appetite isn't enough to bank
rupt your pal"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-06-05

Tiny, little, sugar coated
granules, are what DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are. The best
Liver Pills ever invented; ac-
tive, yet mild in operations
cure sick and bilious head
aches. One a dose.