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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20
The Danger of Tea Drinking

1t is great misfortune that the
popular name for a person who alb
stains from all alcoholic liquors is q
teetotaler; the term has fostered the
idea that tea is Il harmless beverage.
and it isno doubt tru; that the mod
crate use of well-made and not very
strong tea is less harmful than the
habitual resort to any other stimu-
liant. When, however, tea-drinking
ceases to be the amusement of the
leisure moment of busy afternoon,
and is resorted to in large quantities
and strong inlusions as a means of
stimulating the tagging energies to
accomplish the allotted task, then
distinct danger commences. A break
down may ensue in more than one
way: not inireGuently the stimulus
which tea in time fails to give us is
sought in alcohol, and the atomic
fatulent dyspepsia which the astrin-
gent decoction made by long drawing
induces, helps to drive the victim to
seek Il temporary reliefin spirits, sal
volatile oreven eau de Cologne. which
is at first dropped on sugar and
finally drank out of a wine-glass. In
other cases, by ladies especially, relief
is sought from morphine, and in a
predisposed person the morphine
habit is established with extraordi-
nary rapidity. 1t has been said that
as long as a person takes stimulants
simply for their taste he is compare
lively safe, but as soon as he begins
to drink fer the effect, then he is run
ming into danger. This is perhaps
to state the case, for stimulants rath-
er too favorably, but if the rule were
adhered to we should have fewer
cases Of educated people sliding into
habits OF secret intemperance or into
morphinomania. - British Medical
Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20
Good for the Baby King.

Alfonso Kill. Spain's small King,
has an idea or two OF his own as to
the privileges OF womankind. A few
Sundays ago, at one OF the weekly
dances at which he is the host, a pref
ty girl OF II years won his little Span
ish heart, and he showed his suscep-
tibility by choosing her repeatedly for
a partner At the end OF the dance
the children, as usual, began embrac-
ing and kissing each other goodbye.
Alfonso made straight for his dimin-
utive favorite with open arms. She
shrank away coquettishly and refused
even to let him kiss her cheek. Alton
so looked her over, turned his back
and walked away On the following
Sunday the little girl was present, but
the king did not dance with her When
tie ball closed. however. she went to
him and turned her cheek to be kissed.
Alfonso took a step backward,
stretched out his hand that she might
kiss it, and said:
81 am your king
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20
Wilder'S Latest Story.

"Once upon a time said Marshall
P. Wilder to a group of interested En-
glishmen in his hotel. ga little niger
sat at table pounding his thumb
nail with a hammer and the famous
story-te!ler screwed his face into com
ical grlmaces expressive of recurring
pain, while his hands went through
the motions suggested by the story.
Presently" he continued "a man
asked him what he was doing that
for?'
"Cause,' whimpered the negro, sit
feels so good when l stop.'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20
The Woes Of a Poor Editor.

Coshocton Standard,
One morning as we sat idly toying
with the solid gold trapping that
ornamented our luxuriously cushion.
ed editorial divan, the softsunbeams
glinted through the great cathedral
windows of our sanctum andreflected
with religious fervor from the tessell-
ated floor against the silvered cor
nice and brightly FURNISHED chan
deliers. Like an old heart that is
neither chilled nor dead, the fire had
died down to glow, while the
massive twe!ve-carat diamond that
bedecked our immaculate shiru front
cast acromatic prisms ofunutterable
glory over the original "Angelus'' on
the damasked wall. Fleet-footed
messenger boys carrying hugh boxes
OF cash bonds, railroad securities,
and other revenues of our subscrip-
ton list. goodnaturedly elbowed each
other through the pillared archway
entrance, and from beneath the gothic
canopy that surmounts the orna-
mented columns of the composing
ripples Of gladness and undulations
OF blithsome laughter.
Each member of the Standards
crops of ''nimble-fngered type-set-
tiers" had just now been presented
with a diamond ring, and house and
lotand six months salary in advance.
This was the situation when Charlie
Craig, the peoples popular sheriff,
let the light of his cheerful counte-
nance fall athwart the threshold. He
came as courier from the court of
common pleas, bearing an official
PRONUNCIATION that informed us how
George N. Phillips and Silas Martin
were DESTROYS of sharing our wealth
to the tune of $1,000 each. To be
more plain, the editor of the Stand
ard has been sued for malicious libel,
and the plaintiffs, who seemed de-
cidedly modest in their demands,
only ask paltry $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20
A Noble Act.

The beauty pages in books OF bio
graphy are where the golden threads
of pity and kindness appear and form
the pattern OF a generous deed. II we
who are touched then by what weread
would resolve to win the same simple
charm for our lives, how largely the
sum OF human happiness would in
crease? An illustration is offered
amongst anecdotes OF Frank Buck
land. On his way from his office one
night he noticed girl in great distress
in the street. He did not quell Curl
osity and deny compassion by saying
that it was no concern OF his. He
stopped and made inquiries, and ELI
cited sad little story OF harsh treat
ment. A young servant maid had
been .ummarily sent away from her
place on the score OF uselessness. That
city streets We're full OF perils her late
employer had cruelty refused to re-
member. The girls friends lived at
Taunton, and she was entirely with
out either means no return to them
or guidance for the journey. But a
warm heart had been aroused to in
disnation and sympathy. Frank
Buckland provided her with food, con-
veyed her to Paddinston, purchased a
through ticket, and instructed the
guard OF the train to be sure that the
forioIn young thing was seen safely
through. London has always many
like unto the priest and Levite OF the
Masters parable. 1t had d good Sa-
marian in the clever naturalist. And
Frank Buckland the man gains a full
Ter admiration, and OF a higher type,
through a noble act. than all his fame
in his own science fields eolild procure.
He had remembered mercy in others
stead, and redressed a heartless fail
lre Deeds like this, whether in emin
eni lives or obscure ones. cannot fail
OF enduring fragrance.-The Culver.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20
Not the Proper Thing.

Mrs. Dukane-A New York man,
who was respondent over his delayed
marriage. has shot his sweetheart.
Dukane-I don't see how that could
hurry matters.-Chronic Telegraph.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20

Let me impress one fact upon your
minds; you arelaying the foundation
OF a splendid manhood at the same
time that you are gaining skill and
grace. You are laying up for yourself
a store OF health that you can draw
on when you are grown men, and the
days for gymnastics are past.
In beginning your exercises there
are two points that you must always
bear in mind Stand erect, and be-
fore beginning any work draw q long
deep breath. Breathe from the aldo
men, SO that the lower part OF the
lungs are expanded. You will find by
following this simple advice that any
thing you attempt will be much easier
for you thanif you go about your en-
ercises in a careless or slouchy way.
There should be no round shouldered
gynmnasts, and have yet to see any
one who has achieved distinction as a
gymnast who was not as straight as
an arrow, and across whose shoulder
blades u yardstick could be placed
without touching his back.
In your exercises avoid devoting too
much time to one kind of work. DO
not spend all your time, for instance,
on the horizontal bar or, on the par
allel bars. What all would-be gym
nasts should strive for is symmetri-
cal development OF their muscles. You
do not want to have legs like Il piano,
hard and knotted with muscles, and
arms OF pipe-stems. Nor do you want
to have the arms and chest like q
blacksmith and legs like those OF u
crane You want to have all your
muscles alike not one at the expense
0f another. To avoid this lop-slded
kind OF growth is the reason that
gymnasiums have such a variety OF
appliances.
The Girl Who Is Ever Welcome.
The welcome guest is the girl who,
knowing the hour for breakfast, APP
pears at the table at the proper,
Time, does not keep others waiting
md does not get in the way by being
down half an hour before the hostess
appears. The welcome guest is the
girl who, if there are not many SER
wants in the house, has sufficient en-
ergy to take cure OF her own room
while she is visiting; and ii there are
people whose duty it is, she makes
that duty as light as possible for
them by putting away her own be.
longings, and in this way not neces-
Stating extra work. She is the one
who know hows to be pleasant to
every member OF the family, and who
yet has tact enough to retire from
room when some special family affair
is under discussion. She is the one
who does not find children disagree
able, or the various pets OF the house
hold things to be dreaded. She is the
one who, when her hostess is busy
can entertain herself with Il book, q
bit OF sewing. or the writing Ola letter.
She is the one who, when her friends
come to see her, does not disarrange
the household in which she is staying
that she may entertain them. She is
the one who. having broken the bread
and eaten the salt OF her friend, has
set before her lips seal of silence, so
that when she goes from the houseshe
nothing but the agreeable
things she has seen. This is the well
come guest, the one to whom we say |
good by with regret, and to whom we
call out welcome with the lips and
from the heart.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20
A Few Rules For Young Gynnasts.

A Few Rules For Young Cymnasts.
Much benefit can be derived from
gymnastic appliances ii they are used
understandingly. No advantage is to
be gained by exercise that is carried
on III careless manner. Neither too
much nor too violent exercise is bene-
fetal, though constant and regular
work is necessary. 1t is better to
work for certain length of time every
other day than to devote all of one
week to exercise, and not go near the
gymnasium the next.
To nse any apparatus carelessly is
to use it dangerously. | haze had
many OF my worst falls in doing some
of the simplest tricks, because | was
careless, and did not put my entire
mind upon what l was doing There
is something besides and beyond the
mere pleasure of being able TO perform
tricks in u gymnasium; there's a lasting
benefit to be obtained in careful gym
nastic exercise.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-13
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-13
INVOLVEMENT OF THE CAPITOL.

This matter has been repeatedly suggested to
the Legislatures, but the necessity for action
was never SO apparent as at present. Ihls IS a
noble structure in which the State feels just
pride, and It is due the honor OF the state that
it be properly cared for and preserved from de-
cay. hope that you will make provision Tor
having 1t well heated, lighted and repaired so
that it may be made safe from the liability OF
such accidents and misfOrtunes as have &C.
CURED from this neglect.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The weifore of the state demands judiclous'
economical administration of its affairs, yet
public interests needing financial assistance,
should receive discreet consideration. 1 believe
that the people will endorse intelligent expend-
itures, when the dignity of the State is to be
maintained and it's prosperity advanced. In
making appropriations, all the needs OF the
State and its ability 10 supply them must be
carefully considered. It's first duty is to faith
fully preserve its credit and to sustain what II
has already undertaken, then it should supply
the other needs according to the degree OF their
importance and its ability.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, gentlemen, bid you God
speed in every good work for the welfare OF the
masses of the people. You come fresh from
their midst and represent the thought OF your
respective constituencies. l hope that you
bring to the performance of your duties sense
Of the needs of the time and a desire TO labor
tremendously together for the common good
Your position, as lawmakers, is a responsible
one. You meet to make provision for the wants
Of great State and TO shape by enactment, re-
peal or amendment of a statutory law the ma
terial fortunes of its people. The time for leg
islative session is short, already much OF TINS
time has passed. To consider with proper care
the numerous important matters which press
upon you viii require a conscientious use OF
every hour of time and you will be untrue to
your trusts If you spend it in other ways. In
your deliberations it is well to remember that
1t is not the number of the laws enacted, but
their character and quality that will determine
your usefulness to the people.
With earnest desire that our relations
may be pleasant and that you may promote the
best interests Of the people, invoke upon your
actions the blessings OF Almighty God.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-13
Girl worth Having.

A few weeks ago read in your paper
Mr.. Moreheads experience in the plating
business, in which he cleared S167.95 in a
month; but I beat that if l am q girl. l
went as he directed and got a platter, and
cleared $208.17 in one month. Can any
of your readers beat this? You can get
spoons, forks or iewelry to plate at every
house. Send So to w. II. Griffith d Co.,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, and they will send you a
platter, and you can make money enough
in three hours to pay for it, or address
them for circulars. There is plenty of
work to do in both city and country; then
why should any person be poor or out of
employment with such an opportunity at
hand? 1 hope my experience will help
others as much as Mr.. Morehead's did me.
LAURA B
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-13
Keep Your Blood Pure.

A small quantity of prevention is worth many pounds
of If your blood is in good condition the liability
to any disease is much reduced and the ability resist
its wasting influence is tenfold greater Look then
your blood, by taking Swifts Specific IS. S. So every
few months. 1t is harmless in its effects to the
delicate infant yet cleanses the blood of all poisons
and builds up the general health.
CtS 9 contagious Blood Poison As
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Swifts
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-13


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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-13
$50, 900 CRAZE VINES

100 Varieties Also Small Fruits, quality un-
surpassed. Warranted true. Very cheap; two
sample vines mailed for l4c. Descriptive price
list free. LEWIS ROESCH, Fredonia, N. Y.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07
cen an Migrate: make me thy child.

been an migrate; make me thy child. o
Lord. there are so many hungry, and I'M
clad, and unsheltered today, l thank thee
tina. all my life thou has taken good care
Of me. o Lord, there are SO many sick
and crippled children today, thank thee
mine are well. some of them on earth, some
of them in heaven. Thy goodness, o Lord,
breaks me down. Take me once and for
ever. Sprinkled as l was many years ago
at the altar, while my mother held me,
now consccrate my soul to thee in holier
baptism of repenting tears"
For sinners. Lord, thou cam st to bleed,
And I'm a sinner vile indeed;
Lord, l believe thy grace is free,
magnify that grace to me.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07
One Drunax cv,rea Him.

, There is said to b In Philadelphia q
depraved rabbit that eats meat and
cooked vegetables and enjoys its beer
like confirmed topper.
The story may be true. but It Is not
sustained by my own experience with
a pet squirrel which, having once in.
dulged in the flowing bowl, could never
be induced to get befuddled second
time.
E Benny was big gray squirrel that
we raised since he was couple OF
weeks old, says writer in the New
York Telegram. He became famous
pet in the family and was allowed to
roam at will nearly all day. On Thur .
day nights whist party used to assem-
BILE at my house, and Benny enjoyed
nothing better than 70 sit it the, breast
pocket of my coat with his bright mis-.
chievous eyes watching every movement
of the players. Ono night as we wero
drinking some ale Benny was seized
with the thirst OF the desert and, jump
ing suddenly out, imbibed freely from
my glass. Soon thereafter he went to
sleep.
Next morning the sybarite squirrel
did not awake in his cage until aroused
by earnest calls. He lay languidly at
full length, yawned. stretched out hi q
forepaws. rubbed his heavy eyelids,
and behaved precisely as human bipeda
are said to behave who indulge not
wisely but too well. From that day
forth, no matter how thirsty he might
be, Benny could never be tempted to
touch any beverage except plain water.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07
ABOUT CASH CUSTOMERS.
One Groceryman Says He Prefers Those
Who Trade ON Credit.


1t seems very strange. but it is true,
nevertheless, that customers who pay
cash for their purchases are not con-
sidered very desirable by butchers OF
grocers, and especially those who do
not send children or messengers after
the goods, but go themselves and have
the articles selected and weighed or
measured under their personal SUPER
vision. A groceryman whom ques-
toned on the subject endeavored to
deny that such was the fact says q
writer in the New York Telegram, but
when l mentioned several instances
to show that it was true, he said:
'Well. we don't like them because
they are too particular. They want
the biggest and best Of everything and
then they beat down your prices as low
as they can. Ut course it is pleasant
to get the ready money, but it comes
in such small amounts that the full
benefit OF it is not appreciated. Be-
sides you are never sure of a cash GUS
toner. They are not in your debt and
can quit you when they feel they have
q grievance. You are sure Of the
customers who run an account with
you, though occasionally they fail to
pay. But we have a way Of protecting
ourselves against loss," said ths gro
ceryman with sly smile.
mo wonder the butchers and groc-
ers prefer customers who run book to
those who pay cash" said a boarding
house keeper Of my acquaintance; -
cent or two moro on pound for every
thing is charged to the book customer,
who is usually careless in noting the
increase, but this difference alone
makes handsome profit for the grocer
In additioHto this the poorest quality
OF goods is foisted on the customer
who runs an account, as the privilege
OF running book is supposed to be q
favor for which the customer cannot be
too grateful. Where the latter is inclin-
ed to be careless it often happens that
certain items ind their w;,y on the
book. so that when the account is footed
up at the end of the weelt or month
the total is found to be much larger
than was anticipated. 1t Is not at all
strange. to one who knows. why groc-
ers and butchers are wiling TO take
chances with book cuotonfsrs."
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07

The palm, the oak end tho ASH arr
the three trees which, since time i'm
memorial, were held t. be cacred
trees. The oak was always considered
q holy tree by our ancestors, and,
above all, by the nations of the north
OF Europe. When Winifred of Doven-
shire (6S0-754 A. d. went forth on
his wandering through Germany to
preach the gospel, one OF his first ac1
was to cut down the giant oak in Sax.
ony, which was dedicated to Thor and
worshiped by the people from far and
near. But when he had nearly felled
the oak and while the people were
cursing and threatening the saint q
supernatural storm swept over 1t, seiz-
ed the summit, broke every branch
and dashed it, quasi superni, motus
solaris, with tremendous crash to the
ground. The heathens acknowledged
the marvel and many of them were
converted there and then. But the
saint built chapel of the wood Of this
very oak and dedicated it to St. Peter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07
THE DIFFERENCE,
When Washington was President,
A O add M ia,i1,l,

When Washington was President,
AS cold as an icicle.
He never on a railroad vent,
And never rode bicycle.
He read by no electric lamp,
Nor heard about the Yellowstone
He never licked postage stamp,
And never saw telephone.
His trousers ended at the knees,
BY wire he could not send dispatch;
He filed his lamp with whale-oil grease
And never had match to scratch.
But in these days it's come to pass,
All work is with such dashing done
We've all these things; but then, alas,
We seem to have no Washington
Robert j. Burdette.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07

Some folks carry their business with
them everywhere. At full-dress re-
ceptiOn the other night an apothecary
present caught himself thinking what
splendid backgrounds for locating q
plaster nicely some Of the full-dress
ladies present did ssent-Philadel-
phia Times.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07
They Are Philosopher,.

The warden at Sing Sing says that
bank burglars are the best behaved
mon in his prison. Their idea is to
serve their time as quickly as possible,
and they are very careful to break NO
rules and enter into no plots. II one
escapes he always goes it alone and
makes q sure thing OF it.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07
OnDy q Cab.

4 miserable cub Of son cannot b
expected to do anything to help his
mother keep the wolf from the door.-
New Orleans Picayune.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-07

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thou weeping One of Bethany! o, thou
dying One of the cross! Have mercy on
the starving, freezing. homeless poor Of
these great cities!
have preached this sermon for four or
ave practical reasons: Because want you
to know who are the uprooting classes Of
society. Because want you to be more
discriminating in your charities. Because
want your hearts open with generosity,
and your hands open with charity,
Because l want you to he made sworn
friends Of all city evangelization, and all
newsboys' lodging houses, and all
children's aid societies and Dorcss
societies. under the skillful manipulation
OF wives and mothers and sisters and
daughters; let the spare garments of your
wardrobes be fitted to the limbs Of the wan
and shivering. l should not wonder II
that hat that you gave should come back Q
jewcled coronct, or II that garment that
you hand out from your wardrobe should
mysteriously be whitened, and somehow
wrought into the Saviour's own robe, 30 in
the last day he would run his hand over It.
and say: II was naked and ye clothed me. ="
That would be putting your garments to
glorious uses.
Bus more than THAI have preachet. the
sermon because thought in tho contrast
you would see how very kindly God had
dealt with you, and thought that thou
sands Of you would go to your comfortable
homeA and sit at your well filled tables, and
at the warm registers. and look ut the
round faces OF your children, and that then
yoU would burst into tears ct the review
OF God's goodness to you and that you
would 60 to your room and lock the door,
end nsel down and say: 10 Lord, have