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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-06
How Scripture Texts are Mis-
applied.

DR. Robert Wilde, who died in Au-
gust, 1873, bequeathed to the par
ish church of St. Ives, Hunts, Eng,
$50, the interest of which was to be
expended yearly in the purchase of
six bibles to cost not exceeding rs.
Sd, each of which should be least
for by dice on the communion table
every year by six boys and six girls
Of the town. There was also to be-
paid los. yearly to the vicar for
preaching on this occasion a sermon
commanding the excellency, the
perfection, and divine authority of
the holy scriptures" A piece of
ground which came to be known as
Bible Orchard,', was purchased with
the $50 and income from it has been
Observation-Disclosures to the pur-
poses set forth in the will A few years
ago, however, complaint was ma de
OF the practice Of throwing dice on
communion table erected near the
chancel steps was, by order ofthe bish-
op of the diocese, substituted. This
year the highest throw, three times
with three dice, Was 81, made by a
little Girl. and the Rev. E. Totem
ham from the text, From a little
child thou hast known the Holy
scriptures"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-06
Justice Miller.

The oldest justice on the bench in
point OF service, and one ofthe ablest
iurists in public life, is Justice Miller.
He is six feet tall, weighs atleast 200
pounds, and every molecule of his
anatomy is packed with good sense,
good nature aud judicial ability. He
could have retired years ago, for he
is considerably over 70. He likeshis
work, however and does not intend
to become noDrntity. Judge Mil
Ter was appointed by Lincoln in 1862.
and when Salmon =. Chase died it
was thought that he would be made
,hirt Justice. Grant. however, ap-
pointed Waite, and Justice Miller has
outlived him and seen a new man
take his place on the bench. Justice
Miller is said to be well-to-do, being
worth 100000 or so. He began
life as drug clerk. and studied medi-
cine and practiced eight years before
lie decided to hecn:ne IL LAWYER.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-06
Stuck Fast in the Chimney.

A ludicrous attempt to commit
burglary occurred here recently. A
negro named Bob Nails spent some
time in the afternoon in the store Of
Mr.. F. Hopkins and decided on his
plan to get in the store at night. So
when night came he went to the rear
window in the store and broke out
the glass, but failed to get in because
of the iron bars across the window.
He then conceived the idea of going
down the chimney, so he climbed up
on the awning and from there to the
top of the house, which is only one
story high. He then, to rid himself
ofall incumbrances and make himself
as small as possible, stripped himself
OF every particle OF his clothing, left
them on top of the house, and slipped
himself into the chimney; but the
chimney, instead of being one with
the old-tashioned large fue and large.
open fireplace, was one built for a
CRATE i'll which to burn coal, and
had very small fue and throat;
consequently when Nails got about
two-thirds OF the way down he stuck.
He could neither go down nor up,
so there he stuck from - O'Clock
till day. He yelled and sung, but
could get no help until parties went
in the store to make a fire in the
morning. when he made his presence
known to keep IL fire from being
built under him. They got couple
OF negro men to go on top of the
house and let down a rope which the
thiefgot hold OF, and they pulled him
out, when he had the appearance Of
being covered about quarter of an
inch thick with SCOT. He made a full
confession. waived commitment trial,
and went to .jail.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-06
Pleasures of a ParachutiSt.

The lady parachutist who was
nearly drowned at the Welsh Harp,
Herndon, has secured her ADVERTISE
ment, though she must have grudged
the price she had to pay for it, That
price was to lie for some moments,
that must have counted as hours,
helpless under the waters of the lake,
while the machine to which she was
fastened foated outspread on the
surface, without a moment to show
what was passing beneath. The ball
loon had disappeared in the mist, and
the parachute with it, till the latter
came futtering down in the wrong
place, with the lady attached She
was dragged out insensihle, but she
is alive to tell the tale of her grue-
some adventure, and no doubt to
risk a REPETITION of it in subsequent
dissatisfaction News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-06
A Perfect Baking Powder.

The constantly growing demand for DR.. Prices
Cream Baking Powder the standard tartar powder
for forty years. is due two causes.
FIRST:-The extreme exercised BY the manu-
facturers make it perfectly pure uniform quality and
of highest raising power.
SECOND:-The recent investigations exposing the
fact that certain other brands of baking powder contain
ammonia and still others alum
These Inscriptions manufacturers being found out
and the consumers giving them wide birth
Nothing is left to chance in the manufacture of Dr.
Prices Cream Baking Powder Chemists employed
test every ingredient purity and strength Hence
its marvellous purity and uniformity Each can is like
every other It never dissapoints. BEST is ALWAYS
the CHEAPEST.
DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder is re-
ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia,
Alum, o. any other adulterant In fact the
purity Of this ideal powder has never been ques-
toned
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-06
Had the Moon Down:Fine.

A small farmer was speaking to
me about the weather. He said we
should probably have change with
the moon. I asked whether he
thought the moon had any influence
upon the weather. "Well,' he said,
they say she has-particular a new
moon;" and after q somewhat doubt
full pause he added: "Some says SO.
but other some says it's allars the
same moon, and it does seem queer
there should be so m,tny new 'uns. :
Notes and Queries.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-06
Cleanliness a Modern Virtue.

The English upper classes are clean,
but cleanliness of any high degree is
very modern virtue among them.
1t is an invention of the Nineteenth
century. Men and women born at
the close OF the Eighteenth century
did as the French people do to-day;
they took warm bath occasional
ly for cleanliness, and they took
shower baths when they were pre-
scribed by the physician for health,
and they bathed in summer seas for
pleasure, but they did not wash
themselves all over every morning.
However, the new custom took deep
root in England. because it became
one Of the signs Of class. 1t was
adopted as one Of the habits OF {,
gentleman.-Pall Mall Budget.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-06

injurious effects to minimum.
Where they serve no better use, they
at least give evidence of the soils
fertility. Unless rich ground is closely
covered with useful plants it is quite
certain to produce weeds. Nothing
surpasses clover for smothering weeds,
ii sown thickly, and stock is kept off
from it after the moving, so that
some of the seed from the second crop
will be scattered, it will gain complete
possession of the field to the exclusion
of the weeds.-New York World.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-06
To Wool Growers,

1t Is a we'll known fact that wool
buyers annually sustain more or less
loss on their purchases, owing to the
improper handling OF wool by grow
ers. 1t is claimed that after season
like the past, when final results have
not been satisfactory, buyers, when
entering the new clip will do so pre-
pared to use unusual discretion in
making their selections; and that the
best results may be realized and the
trade started on satisfactory basis
the following suggestions to sheep
growers are recommended:
The sheep should be housed during
storms, regularly fed and watered, the
weak ones especially cared for, the
short stapIed ones marked at shear
ing time, fattened and sold. They
should be kept from plowed ground,
burrs, wild oats, chatf, and be we'll
tagged before shearing, so that in
time the entire flock would grow long,
strong and most valuable wool at all
times and in all markets. Each
fleece should be tied by itself, inside
out, with two strings each way and
with regular wool Irvine. Wool never
looks as we'll nor weighs as much as
when first taken off the sheep, when it
should be put on to the market and
its best price realized. In shipping,
mark a number and the we ,ht on
each sack and send a list OF them.
This will help to trace any Ell ors or
losses in case any should occur
American Cultivator.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

p. II. Search, superinteuaent Of he uuh.
lie schools of Sidney. O., stands fese and
inches in his stcckinzs-sxuly man Ia
strike terror into the heart Of the truant
small boy. Mr.. Search told q story tia
other day bearing upon the question Of \
mans height that is worth repessing.
~ an, pretty tail" said he. ''but I am
glad of it. lowe nv life to the fact that
am taller than the average man. II had
been OF your height would have been in
my grave long ago. That may sound
queer, but it is fact A few years ago
spent short vacation visiting friend N
New York state. He is a prominent msn
In the little town in which he lives. and
owns large grain elevator and 3 Touring
mill.
In showing the latter TO me he took me
up stairs where the wheat is carried from
the elevator into a large bin IN the second
story of the mill The grain is then drawn
from the bottom OF the bin into the Eas-
chinery below TO be ground into -four. We
were standing above this bin on some tim
bers, when suddenly one of thera gave way,
and l fell into the wheat Instantly was
drawn downward. The pressure was so
strong that | could not extricare myself
1T was awful sank slowly, but surely.
In spite of every effort the grain crept up
TO my knees. my thighs, my waist. and !,
seemed as if a whole legion of devils wers
tugging mt my feet. Ny friend was ter.
ror stricken. and his attempts TO pull me
out were fruitleSs. At last in desperation
cried out: For Gods sake, stop the mill.
Smut off the power. or I'll be q dead man
in thirty secondsr Like n flash my COM
panion darted 10 the stairway and rushed
below
las I sank nearer and nearer 10 suffoca-
ton and death could hear his footsteps
on the floor below. IL seemed an axe ia
me. The wheat reached my throat / eie-
waited my head, and placed my hands be
fore my mouth and nose &c keep out the
grain. Suddenly there came a jar. and the
machinery stopped. 1t required a quarter
OF an hour TO dig me out OF the grain, and
II had been bat six feet tall would have
been corpse long before help could have
reached me."-Chicago Mail
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
MORE FARMING.
from the Kansas City Gazette.

FROM the Kansas City Gazette.
We have for the past year been read
ing such an amount of stuff from the
Kansas farmers that we were slowly
reaching the opinion that they were the
most God-forsaken, woe-begone, desc
late, hungry and ragged mortgage-eaten
lot Of paupers and slaves on the face of
the earth. We had In years gone by
published marvellous stories of the pros
perity OF Kansas farmers. and especially
of the wonderful productive capabilities
of the Kansas prairies. and these latter
day walls begin TO give US a suspicion
that possibly we were a liar. We were
satisfying our conscience from day to
day with the fact that somebody in
twenty-five years amid drouth. grass
hoppers, ruffians, and the blasted money
lender down east, had made the most
magnificent commonwealth known to
human government, and had created one
billion dollars worth of property out of
raw prairie, and as three fourths of our
people did not have a dollar when they
started in. that possibly it was not I'M
business like that we should owe a little
on the job. The Junction City Union,
through which we talked this way for
t"ChtN -oCNch SrtIS, tc1us uiiuci Oliicl
management, insists that we were not
lying, and from week to week gives
sketch of prominent farmers in Geary
county who have had great sue -ess. 1t
tells this last week of John Cameron. on
Mcdowell creek, who III twentv-three
years has made himself worth $50. 900.
He has 1.S15 acres, without cent of in
debtedneSs. For the first three years he
worked by the month for farmers, when
he started for himself. He buys more
grain than he raises, and makes his
money from Kansas horses, Kansas cat
tie and Kansas hogs, on Kansas land. In
1886 he sold his farm for S., 900 worth of
stock; in 1890 he sold for clean cash
$4,000 worth, and has in sight to sell in
1891 $4,000 worth. When one man can
do this and another cannot it ought to
suggest that possibly there is difference
in men. and that the country is all
right. But the professional agitators,
the jawsmiths, who have been clamor-
ing for office from time immemorial,
came upon season of general depres-
sion and the noise they made reached
the uttermost parts of the earth, these
loafers leaving the impression wide
spread that Kansas farmers were shift
less lot of galoots, or that they had made
a mistake in settling in barren waste
and should have some help in getting
out. But the woods and prairies are
full of such farmers as the Union has
been telling about from week to week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

a PHENOMENA IN PHYSICS.

Perhaps the most extraordinary fever
on record has been under the observation
of several physicians of Memphis during
the last three weeks. A patients temper
allure rose TO 15S degrees Fahrenheit and
eleven physicians thermometers were
burst by the pressure. The case as re-
ported, as follows. is most remarkable
if not Unprecedented:
At the home of NJ T. Paoli. manager
of the Postal Telegraph company, 81
Monroe street, a young grill from Cat
Island, Miss, has been sick of remark
able fever for the last three weeks. The
fever started in tonsilities. to which she
is subject Little was thought of the
matter until the fever followed. two or
three days after. 1t was then found that
the girl was dangerously i'll. The tom
silitis meanwhile had been cured. Mrs.
PaolI took her temperature with her own
fever thermometer. Il registered 1876
degrees. \ physician was summoned.
He pronounced the case serious, and
prescribed proper remedies. Next
dav the temperature rose TO
los degrees Fahrenheit Dr. Sale.
who was present this day, doubted
the accuracy OF Mrs. Paoli's thermometer
and used his own. 1t reported the same
result. The physicians. Drs. Jones and
Sale. became alarmed, and expressed it
visibly. The fever was intermittent II
rose usually about 9 or 10 o'clock il the
morning and continued at intervals until
about noon. The patient rested well
during the night. Soon after the physi-
clans had gone on the second day of the
fever Mrs. Paoh summoned them again.
announcing that the temperature had
risen to li9 degrees. This was all the
thermometer couid register and the bulb
burst. 4 second attempt was attended
with no more success. From this TINE
thermometers broke daily. Little esti-
mate could be made of its height. Tor
every fever thermometer that was tried
broke under the great pressure. tinatiy
thermometer of extra strength and
highly graduated was obtained from
Chicago. II was capable nominally o.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
The New Conductor.

"The rev conductor cant hide the fact
that be is new" said tie old man AZ tho
barn as he saw the new man on his car.
The passengers get onto him before he
thinks they do. He is looking ali the time
rs if be was expecting somebody 20 cheat
him or as II he expected 10 make mistaEa
On himself about change. lie is always
looking out for the names Of the streets
lest be make wrong call. and two 10 one
be will do il oftener than he makes a right
call. All this apprehension makes HIN
fidgety, and TINT makes him cross, and he
has row with some nervous woman
about paying full fare for her child Hs
gives himself dead away to the passengers
who have been travelling on the line any
length OF time Your veteran conductor
never wastes any time with a cross woman.
I'm the fiTst place he gains nothing byit.
and in the next place he loses the respect
Of his passengers by IL, and conductor
never knows what minute be will want
the friendship Of a passenger 20 help him
out of hole with the company. IL con
ductoT shows that be has the comfort Of his
passengers at heart they will always take
care Of him, even az the expense Of the
company. The heart OF the public il all
right IL you treat IL IN the right way. The
young conductor learns this in the couTzs
Of time but lie has 20 get knocked down
about fifteen times before be does. CHI
cago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

St. Joseph, Mo-, is burdened just now
with partisan warfare that is not cal
culated 10 lend attraction of detirable
sort or material advantage to the city.
1t is like this: The mayor is Republican
and the Democrats have majority OF
the city council. In naming the ap-
pointive officers the mayor proposed 10
divide them equally between the two
parties. This the Democrats reject and
insist upon naming majority of the
officers and refuse to confirm any of the
mayors appointee5 until he agrees to
their terms. The simple statement of
the case carries with it as severe com
ment upon the dictatorial Democrats as
can be pronounced.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
THE BURDEN OF TAXATION.

James K. Magic, the Washington
political economist, claims that the
burdens of taxation are a great deal
less now, comparatively, than they were
before the war. This is a rather sur
prising assertion, in view of the popular
impression about the billion-dollar con-
gress and the high tariff.
There never was time since the
adoption of our constitution when taxa
tion was less a burden upon the people
than it is today" says Mr.. Magic. I'm
round figures the money raised by taxa
ton in this country which includes
national, state and municipal, is about
one thousand millions, or $1,000, 600, 600.
On the other hand there is now annually
produced in this country wealth to the
amount of $50, 900 600, 900, making taxa
ton about per cent of the product. In
the early years Of the government taxa
ton exceeded 10 per cent Of the product,
and prior to the war it was never so low
as 10 per cent, while at this time 1t
scarcely reaches per cent The burden
of taxation, to be rightly measured and
understood, should be gagged with the
volume of production. While our aggIe-
gate taxation may be greater than that
of Great Britain, measured by produc-
ton it is much less. The cost Of govern
ment in that country is about % per
cent Of the product, almost FIVE times
greater than it is in this country"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Oklahoma's daisy,
Her atmosphere is hazy.
There's money in every foot of soil.
| The man down there who's lazy,
| Must surely now be crazy
Such money, with so very little toll
| Saltwater had big fire last week.
| Kingfsher is ''stuck on" the new vay OF
| voting.
| Guthrie.
Mansur has street in Guthrie named
after him.
There are more preachers than editors
in kingfisher
| Some of the strawberries in Oklahoma
| have begun to turn red.
Some of the ''old uns'' at Noman have
been having the measles.
The city marshal of Saltwater killed
six dogs at one shot, one night last week.
Last weeks Kingfsher Journal had the
best local page that ever appeared in that
town.
One reason it rains SO much in Okla
homa is because so many people start to
go fishing.
There is something about an Oklahoma
spring that makes people want to start
newspapers.
The Oklahoma City Journal says there
is no local row at Oklahoma City. 1t is
only municipal scrap.
The Guthrie News is mortified because
the city council charges 81 tax for the she
dog aud only 81 for the he.
Mrs Marion Rock is the only prominent
individual in the territory who is liked by
both Guthrie and Oklahoma City.
MuIhall has a company of infantry or
gained and Is waiting for the first 1ntlna-
ton of ghost-dance among the Indians.
The way TO find out if there are any
typographical errors OF grammar in the
Guthrie papers, IS to read the Oklahoma
City papers.
There is a paper in the territory that will
not accept an advertisement from saloon
keeper 1t is said that the fool-kiIler is not
very far away.
The hills of the Pott4watomie country
are covered over with blackberry bushes
which already give indications of boun-
tiful crop of that luscious fruit.
The Canadian river rises very suddenly.
One day last week. AT O'Clock in the
morning a man could cross the river
almost dry shod. but in an hour after that
it would swim a horse. liz goes down al
most as rapidly as 1t rises
The Guthrie Capital is authority for the
statement that Attorney General Brown.
during his recent visit TO. ashingtou
got the right of appeal from the decisions
OF towusite boards shut of, and that here
after the decisions OF those boards will be
final
The Cherokee commission il negotiating
with the Wichitas and the affiliated tribes
for 691. GO acres of land. No special diff
Guilty has been encountered The Indians
are well disposed and the prospects OF a
treaty are very good. The negotiations
viii undoubtedly be concluded n a few
days
A man fenced his claim north OF King
fisher and forbade any one 70 cross it. Peo-
pie living three miles from the city have
20 go about ten miles TO reach this place
as they cannot cross the railroad track and
cannot go further eass on account Of the
track
Minco Minstrel: 4 herd OF aboI. i0o1o
head OF cattle passed through here We'd
nesday On their way 70 the Cheyenne
reservation They belonged 70 Contractor
Fant, who has the contract TO supply the
beef issue to the Indians a. Darlington;
and had been drivez IN from the south.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13

registering 60degrees. The thermome-
ter broke at 15S degrees. 1t is estimated
that as there could have been no pressure
at 150 degrees the real temperature must
have been fully $50 degrees to break the
thermometer. In all, eleven instru-
ments were broken. The extreme tenn
perature could not be measured many
times for want of Thermometers. The
strangest, most wonderful part of the
whole affair is that the little girl is ex-
pected to recover. She has not suffered
with the fever for three days, and seems
much better. One popularity was the
rapidly and extent of the change. The
patients temperature some times fell to
90 degrees F., when stimulants would be
needed to raise it. Perhaps only half an
hour later the temperature would be
climbing toward 100 degrees. A physi-
clan said last evening that he had known
OF but two instances where the tempera-
ture had reached the fatal limlt-1i0 de-
grees. Both died. One was case of
sunstroke, the other loekjaw.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-13
An EncIishman.s Slow wit.

Every one has heard Of the lawyer named
Strange, who upon diving called his famii s
around him and said that on his tomb
stone be wished TO nave engraved, Here
lies an honest lawyer" Some one suggest
ed that people would no. know whose the
tombstone was But" said the dying
lawyer, they will Every one viii say.
Why, that 5 strange" An krgiishuaan
told ii in this way: A very clever earristsr
was dying. lie was very clever indeed
His family were devoted 10 him and asked
him wha: his las. wishes we're Now, I've
forgotten what the lawyers name was. t1s
tha. doesn't make any difference win the
story he was very clever indeed
When his family asked him about his
lass wishes he was very clever, you know,
a Wit even On his deathbes}, be ssid- Have
inscribed OF ny tombstone Here hes an
honest bar-ssteT.'" Nery clever man, ycu
see But" said his wife, "hox Vii ~ zozs
know 10 you zref' '-Ah, my dear" be al
sxered. every one VIII ssg That's very
extraoriinarT.f" And this reminds oze
of Marx Twaia's frog.-Asw fo-z TriO-
vU1