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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
CHAPTER VII,

The next morning Lady Yorke was down
stairs, alert and energetic, before nine.
Her husband looked up in surprise as he
entered the breakia>troum. This happened
to be one Of the rare days when we were
alone.
"a revolution!" he cried "The most
luxurious woman in England down at the
early hour OF nine. l canpot understand
it,"
do not laugh at me, Stanley" she said.
II am very much in earnest this morning.
l want to talk to you"
When she had sought him before, it had
generally been to ask for new jewels, or
check for some heavy bill-always some
thing FOR herself, never anything for amy
one elSe;and | am sure that he expected the
same thing now.
Il want to talk to you, Stanley" she
continued. DO you know what he world
is like outside our yard gate? Here we
tile roses of life without the thorns. DO
you know what it is outsider
II know something ofit" he replied half
sadly.
"Ah, such a world, Staney!' she said.
'.,There is sickness, sorrow, poverty, hunger.
Hunger seems the hardest to bear" she
,ntinued, thinking no doubt ofthose trag
ical words, ''he died hungry" land |
have heard such words, but | never knew
what they meant. | knew only the sound,
no. the sense, until yesterday" Here she
paused.
land them" said Lord Yorke. What
happened them"
She told him all that had occurred. Just
for one hal fmomentl was uncertain wheth-
err he would be quite pleased or not. Had
l been mistaken in thinking that he
was sometimes distressed at her supreme
Indifference to all things except hcrSe II
NV doubts were soon cleared. He looked
at her with the most loving smile had ey-
er seen on his ACE.
II am glad Louise, he said. II have
always thought that, if you understood
more OF what was going on in the world
around you, you would try to help others.
And now about this poor womunMr
Clinton, did you say? What do you want
to do Tor her?"
"Everything," was the comprehensive re-
ply. she must have nice clean cottage
in the fresh air, plenty Of food and clothes
AL that is wanted to make her daughter
we'll"
"She shall have it," Lord Yorke said,
time or your money better than in reliev-
! ing the poor. But all charity must be gov
| erned by discretion. While the woman
| and child are i'll, keep them but afterward,
although you can go on helping her, let
| her work for herself. 1t will be greater
rarity to place the means of gaining her
| livelihood in her hands than to give her
| money enough to live upon"
II see that" she replied gravely. "Qh,
| Stanley. if had only thought before now,
how many people I might have saved! It
must be terrible thing to die of hunger!"
| TO RE CONTINUED
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
REMOVING THE HAT.
Not So Very Long Ago Gentlemen
Did Not Uncover at Dinner.


One OF the simplest instincts OF good
manners would seem to be that a man
should uncover his head while eating
his dinner with his family; yet it is
pretty certain that the gentlemen
OF England two centuries ago habitu-
ally wore their hats during that cere-
mony, nor is it known just when or
why the practice was changed, writes
II. w. II. in Harper's Bazaar. In
Pepy famous Diary, which is the best
manual OF manners for it's period, we
read, under date OF Sept. %, 1864:
"Home to bed, having got q strange
cold by tlingipg off my hat at din
ner and sitting with the wind in my
neck" In Lord Clarendon's essay on
the decay OF respect paid to age he
says that in his younger days he new
er kept his hat on before those older
than himself except at dinner. Lord
Clarendon died in 1874. That the
English members of parliament sit
with their hats on during the sessions
is well known, and the same practice
prevailed at the early town meetings
in New England. The presence or alb
sence OF the hat is therefore simply a
conventionality, and SO it is with a
thousand practices which are held, SO
long as they exist, to be the most un-
changeable and matter-of-course af-
fairs
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
FORCEPS FOR EAST INDIA.
The Belief That EVIL Spirits Cause
the Toothache Has Died Out.


the Toothache Has Died Out.
East India has dearth OF dentists.
She no longer believes that the tooth
ache is an evil spirit, SO she has sent
some of her sons to this country to
learn dentistry. One OF them arrived
at the barge Office recently, says the
New York Advertiser. He is Martin
Zoebel, and is tall and swart by,
although Il delicate-looking young
man. He is detained pending a medi-
cal examination.
Martin came over in the steerage to
save money and study human nature
He found plenty OF subjects for study.
Martin is bright and intelligent, and
is the son of % wealthy East Indian
planter His i'll health is due to fifty
days OF travel under trying circum-
stances. He expects to study at the
Philadelphia Dental College. "Our
people," he said, are fast becoming
enlightened. The good and evil
spirits so much believed in years ago
are losing their hold. A toothache
years ago would be accepted with
resignation by the average East In
dian. but the contact with travellers
has been the means of completely re-
versing this belief, aud we now look
for toothache drops and hot applica-
tons as Il relief for toothache as
eagerly as the more enlightened.
"This diversion from time-honored
custom is naturally followed by other
diversions, and now the dentist, with
his forceps and rubber plates and gold
filings has become much desired
adjunct to the East Indians life.
There is demand for dentists in my
country, and that's why am going
to Philadelphia to study"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
Another Printers Error,

The other day an official paper, in
giving an account of the doings of the
President of the French Republic,
sent the following slip to the printers
Office: 1.-THE President enjoys excel
lent health Notwithstanding the dis
quieting rumors which have arisen,
and which every effort is made oput
down.
The typesetter put it as follows:
"The President enjoys excellent health
notwithstanding the disquieting tn:
.mors, etc"
/ The inmates OF the Elysee havewith.
drawn their names from the list Of
subscribers to that official paper
Fats Divers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
Hot Griddle Cakes,

Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder possesses a peculiar
merit not approached by that of any other baking powder
It produces buckwheat Indian or wheat cakes hot
biscuit doughnuts waes mullins Any of these tasteful
things may be eaten when hot with IMMUNITY by
the most delicate digestive organs Dr. Prices Cream Bak
ing Powder eavens without fermentation or decomposition
In its preparation but the pures tartar So
d. ETC. is used and in such equivalents to always
guarantee perfectly neutral result thereby giving the natu
raj and sweet flavor peculiar buckwheat other -four
that be used the natural flavor desired and an
preciated by all The oldest patrons of Prices powder tell
the story that they get the results from
other leavenng agent that their gridde cakes biscuits etc
are never 50 light and taste or good as
when raised with Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
TO BE CONTINUED.
THE SPLINTER TOOTHPlCK.

'-rle tablecloth was fresh and neat,
Ihe china bright, the viands sweet.
And slim and straight beside the meat
Stood proudly up-the toothpick.
Stood stiff1y a, toothpick ought,
Which once was summed butnow is sought,
For time has turned and forward brought
To prominence the toothplck.
The dinner done they passed it round,
And none said Nay, "and no one frowned,
But all with dignity profound,
Applied the nimble toothpick.
o, Other things of meanest sphere,
Com b! tweezers! brush! Thetme dra WIS n ear,
Perchance, when each shall be the peer
Ofthe promoted toothpick.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28

agreeable things" continued Lady Yorke.
1T does no good, and makes ones life
miserable":.
ruled by such thoughts" replied. I'VE
ought to live for the next WORLD, and not
for this"
Madame de Deffand said you were
very serious. For my part could not Civ G
my mind to such ideas. The very sight
that dead bird has made me .eel i'll and
miserable"
yet everything living in this word
has to die sooner or later, said.
She made no remark, but saw the in
dolent selfish soul was reused from its
long sleep. The first thought of death and
pain had come to her, never to be forgot
ten
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
COULD PROBABLY TELL TALES
Architectural Mysteries In a Form
err Secret Society Building

Workman engaged in tearing down
! The buildings on the block condemned
for the new Washington postoffice
have made Il discovery. They have
begun to demolish the building used for
many years by the co!ored secret socie-
ties. Certain architectural mysteries
can only be explained on the theory
that they were used In the initiation
ceremonies. They suggest rites which
must have outdone the performance
OF the once famous Sons of Malta. By
far the most remarkable OF all the
wonders OF this sort discovered is hor-
ribly suggestive brick hole. 1t is built
like a chimney into the edifice itself,
reaching from the bottom Of
the cellar to the third floor. This
brick hole is four feet square inside.
One lifts piece of floor in third story
and looks down into it.
Below the flooring about two feet is a
curious lid with a funny shaped open
ing. Removing this lid one sees a
brickeiin space four feet square and
ten feet deep. This is only part of the
hole. At the bottom is another lid.
like the first, and when that is lifted
there is revealed another bricked-in
space ten feet in depth. At the bot
tom OF that is still another lid, like
the other two, and when this is remov-
ed one can look down yet another ten
feet to the very bottom OF the cellar.
1t is very weird, altogether. The
entire hole is rather more than thirty
feet in depth. 1t forms. us has been
said, a portion of the solid structure
OF the building.
T erhaps the most curious thing
about it is the cellar. 1t has an open
ing four feet high by eighteen inches
wide, which is big enough to admit the
passage OF q mans body. 1t is pos
sible that victims subjected to the
ordeal of initiation ceremonials were
lowered into this awful we'll and per-
mitted to find their way out into the
cellar, and TO wonder vainly into what
sort OF a place they had got. There
may have been whole cemetery OF
bones down there to brighten the nov
ice out of his wits.-Giobe Democrat.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
FRESH CHUNKS OF HUMOR.
LATEST PRODUCTIONS FROM
THE PENS OF THE TESTERS.
Laughable and Side-splitting Incl
dents--Humorous Sayings and
Misunderstanding Situa-
lions.
His Memory Returned.

He had on salmon-colored over.
coat which had streaked and faded
across the shoulders and back
in curious fashion, and as he stood
in front Of a Michigan avenue clothing
house and stared at the number, this
condition of the garment was careful
ly recorded by the proprietor before
stopping to inquire:
"Can sell you Something's today"
81 'spose you remember me, don't
your" asked the man.
''No, sir! Inever saw you pefore in
my life."
Don't remember OF my coming here
about this time last Year,"
"Vhere you got dot oafercoat, eh?"
81 came here about this time last
year to buy an overcoat. Don't you
remember OF my having a big dog with
me?"
l doan' remember holdings. 1t vhas
q great time to come back after a
whole year to make a kick.!'
81 told you | wanted the best over
coat you had for $40. You replied
that, owing to low rent and small ex-
penses, you could give me a regular
SIS overcoat for $40 Don't you re-
member?"
"Not at all. Let's see! Why, at dis
time last year vhas in St. Louis, and
my brudder vh;is running dis sthore."
"My dear SIR" continued the other,
IL cannot be mistaken, "Don:t YOU
remember said was going to Tole-
do?"
"No sir-no, sir"
"And that thought I could do bet
ter in Toledo than here?"
"No, Sir"
didn't you say you would advise
me as a father in the matter OF pur-
chasing an overcoat?"
"Not Won word, sr! I doan advise
nopody dot vhay, you vhas mistaken
in der place. | guess you wash down
on Shetferson avenue. doan' allow
you Won cent on dot oafercoat. I
meier warrant him to YOU'D
Didn't you-"
''No sir! 1t vhas some other place!"
'Iook here! Let me explain"
"But dat explain doan' do no
good"
"Perhapsit will. did not buy this
overcoat OF YOU"
"O-h-h"
"Nor anywhere else in Detroit. In
spite OF what you told me went to
Toledo"
"You doan' sayN
"And was swindled-I paid S14 for
this coat, which wasn't near. as good
as the one you offered me for S."
"Vhell! Well! | pegln to see!'
"And now, as it is no longer fit to
wear, have come toyou to get some
thing to be depended on, owing to
your low rent you--"
ooh! Of course-of course! 1t vas
so funny dot | doan' remember you.
but my eyes vhas very bad dis fall
Yes, you come nit a big dos-und you
vhas q perfect shentlemans-und I
talk to you like a ladder. Why, Of
course! come right inside, und ash my
stock vhas too large und | must
reduce him at vonce | shall gf you a
500 oafercoat for shust half-price
Well, l do declareF'-Detroit Free
Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
LOVE FOR A DAY.
CHAPTER fv-cosr,surp.

81 hope that you will like your
looms," said Lady Yorke. II told
Aasham, the housekeeper, to give you
TIE two most cheerful; They are in what
will be very comfortable, Miss Chester. l
think you told me that you had no rel
NO. Ireplied; 9" am quite alone in the
world"
"Ah. them" said Lady Yorke, with q
pleasant smile, you will be the better abe
TO devotea your time, thought, and at
tention to mel"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28

were some tramp. VIII be down d.
rectly!"
The baby is all right now, but Mr.
Sawyer Cook wants his mama
changed. - Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
mo Clue.'
"Well?" queried the detective from
headquarters who had climbed three
pairs OF stairs on Griswold street in
response to call from an insurance
office
"Why, I gave q trampish-lookinp
fellow a quarter to bring up some
coal, and he had scarcely gone when I
missed my spectacles," replied the
agent.
"Gold-bowed?"
Eyes, suppose he could sell them
for about a dollar.
81 know where they are"
"You do?"
"Yes-on your forehead!"
"Bless me! sasped the agent as he
put his hand up. $50 they are! So
they are! Well, we'll, but l must be
getting absent minded! You needn't,
arrest theparty."
"No."
at seems that he simply intended
to take them, but had no show"
~ see"
"Just report mo clue and see that
the papers don't get hold oft. That's,
all. Wonderful how smart you detec-,
tives are in unraveling mysterious;
cases! | must really speak word in
favor OF the department some day.
If the man had actually taken them
believe you'd have arrested him some
time or other. Good ."-Detroit
Free Press.
Reasonable Inference.
Mr.. Billus-"Maria, how long has
young Hankinso on been coming to see.
Bessie?"
Mrs. Billus-" About five years."
Give years, hey? How often does
he come to the house?'
"'Three or four times q week."
"Does he take her to operas, concerts
and other places of amusement?'
"Yes"
'Go to church with her sometimes?'"
"Nearly every Sunday evening"
"H'm! Does he seem to be attentive
to her?"
"Rather attentive. should say" =
''Act us if he were taking q sort of
q fancy to her?"
"He does"
"H'm! Stays pretty late some
times?"
"He often stays till IL o'clock
"Suddenly struck by an idea, "PN
tell you what, Martial That young
chap will be wanting to know some OF
these days if he can't keep company
with Bessie. Chicago Tribune.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
"I'm nearly always disappointed In
the Christmas gifts my husband buys
me-" confessed Mrs. Dimmick to Mrs.
Kickshaw
"Is that sop
eyes. Hemeans well, but he doesn't;
seem to get me the things want. I
try to appear pleased, OF course, but,
I'd rather have things l care for.
give him hints but he never seems to,
catch them"
"Now never have any trouble like
that with Mr.. Kickshaw."
GLOW do you manage it?"
easily enough. | buy him for his
Christmas present Just what | want
to have myself, and he gets for me
just what he thinks he would like to
have, and then we exchange the
articles with each other."- From the
Editors Drawer, in Harper's Maya
zine
His knowledge was Complete.
Irate Father-Pll teach you to lie
and steal you rascal, you!
Hayward Son, from the midst OF
the scrimmage-Don't Iroub!e-oucht
yourself father. l know how al
ready!-Harvard Lampoon.
To bring success in the sheep bust
ness, it is as necessary here to have
some practical knowledge OF the sheep,
it's peculiarities and necessities, as 10
any other vocation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28

To bring success in the sheep bust
ness, it is as necessary here to have
some practical knowledge OF the sheep,
it's peculiarities and necessities, as in
any other vocation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28
Badly N AIMED,

This habit Of naming boys after
some friend and hanging two "last"
names to q lad all OF his life is about
played out. At least. that is what
Mr.. Sawyer Cook thinks about it. His
baby had the cramps the other night,
and paregoric did not seem to have
the slightest effect upon the little
sufferer, SO Mr.. Cook flew for the doc
tor post haste He went to the side
window, and the physicians voice
called excitedly, who's there?"
Sawyer Cook" hurriedy cried the
anxious father.
"Saw my cook, did you? Well,
what the deuce do care if you saw
the cook, the ch:tmbermaid, the butler
and the stable boy? You let that bell
alone, you loon, or I'll break your
face! Get out OF that''
"But I tell you I'm no loon. Pm
Sawyer Cook"
"Confound it, what do care if you
did see my cook? That's her business
if she wants to gallivant around at
night. l mind my business, she minds
hers, and you had better 90 about
yours if you want to. keep out OF
trouble. Hear me?"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28


~ don't know anything abo..
your servants. doctor, and i am NJ.
drunk; but my baby is sick. and i
die!" VIZ
"Your baby's sick? Who are von,,,
cried the doctor in astonis6ment
once more.
:'Why I'm Mr.. Sawyer Cook, Of
345 GRIPPE street, as l told you be-.
fore, and my baby's dying with tn.
cramp!" cried the agonized father.
"Oh, beg pardon, sir-I thought Won
were some tramp. l will be down d.
rectly!"
The baby is all right now, but Mr.
Sawyer Cook wants his nama
changed. - Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-01-28

His Knowledge was Complete.
Irate Father-Pll teach you to lie
and steal you rascal, you!
Hayward Son, from the midst Of
the scrimmage-Don't 1roub!e-oucht
yourself father. 1 know how al
ready!-Harvard Lampoon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-06
HOUSE pRoCNEDlN,G,;s.,

iisbusterins TO Delay tho Passage of th,
FREQ Woo! Eill-,Drmocrats Now F,.l
she Mood OF u Cloturo Rulo--ChIckcns
Como Homo to Roost.
WASHINGTON, D. G., April 5.-Aftcr
Preliminary business intho house, Mr..
AeAlillin moved that tho house 90 into
committee OF tho whole OIL tho FREQ wool
OIL and pending that, moved all de:
Oase on tho first section. be limited to
oac hour. This met with opposition
rom tho Republicans, who, while they
we're willing to take a vote immediatcly
On the pending amendment, thought
,I'a' no limitation should be placed on
debate, Mr.. McNl:llin was willing to
extend tho time, but insisted that the
seOase must be limited. The Rcpubli.
vans M. under the lead OF Mr.. Burrows, OF
yt'clnisan, then began to iishtfor delay
i sMght disagreement between Mr..
is..ows iIattows and tho speaker caused the
n, ,a.sef 10 suspend business until the for
"tSt should take his seat. 2; 80 ~ =
iri,' H'F, Burrows reluctantly but grace.
My My 9DGyed the Speakers bidding and
ca,;: ",i :McAiil!in, withdrawing his modifi.
JChot, Jho, renewed his motion limiting the
;SreaIG ;,ns 10 ono hour Mr. Burrows was
,ammna,eglatcly ANN OH Shis feet to make mn
WI,.enMuMent, but. the. speaker recognized
UT. McMillin IN darnn,I s,ta
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-06
b RAvAouoIis EXPLOSIVES.
Tho Anarchist Tells His Secret to tho
-. ~ ErnnclI Authorltlra 81 --L..-..-I

Tho .Annrchlst Tells Iii. Secret to tho
French Authorities. 5s.-l..
PARIS, April GA box recently ar
rived in this city addressed to Matthew.
one oi tho accomplicos OF tho anarchist
Ravachol. Tho police opened 1t and
found that 1t contained two revolSera
and a number OF cartridges. The box
known TO have been sent from St.
Etienne, and tho police arc trying to
find out who shipped the box.
Ravachol admitted to tho lnaS-gtrate
yesterday that he wrote tho article in
the Journal International describing the
surest method of blowing up public
buildings and giving information as to
the manufacture OF bombs and high OK
Enlosives. He told the magistrate that
the explosive he had employed in the
Boulevard St. Germain and Lobau Bar
racks affairs was triple powder dyna.
mite. lie charged his internal ina
chimes with two Kilograms OF dynamite
and two Kilograms OF his own explosive.
He gave tho most minute details as to
the manufacture OF his own explosive.
A sample of it has been sent to the state
laboratory to be tested.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-06
THE pEMoCRATIc spLIT
In New York-Tho Eufrilo Meeting d.
nouncing tho IIill Snap Convention.

In New York-Tho Eufrllo MoetInr De.
nouncing tho iIiil snnp Convention.
BuFFAIo, n. Y, April ga til ousand
men bearing banners and transparen-
cics and headed by a band If music.
escorted ex-Secretary Chas. Fairchild
ex-Mayor VIM. Gray and the Hon.
Frank n. Thornton to Music Hall,
where were gathered 1000 people to
hear their protests against the isn apn
state convention. and their reasons for
revolt against the alleged bossism
which dictated and dominated it. The
assemblago included many ladies, some
Republicans and few Hill Democrats.
John Citbacker, president OF tho Eric
county Democratic the new organiza-
ton formed by the Cleveland men.
called tho, meeting to order, and uomi.
mated Chas.. b. Bishop mayor to pre-
side. Ex-Secretarv of tho Treasury
Chas. T Fairchild was the first speaker.
In part he said:-We propose toproye
our case BY going to.the people, BY 60
ing to our constituency and asking them
to give US our credentials with which to
go to Chicago to represent them. We
propose to present our. case to the
national convention in tho wav in
which It invites US to do, to make our
arguments, to address ourselves TO tho
reason and judgment: OF those who sit
in judgment upon our case, and then
VIC propose to abide tho result loyalty
and faithfully, and all We ask Of our
opponents is that they recognize our
right to present our contestant, and
that they be prepared as We are to abide
by. the decision OF the last tribunal OF
the party. .=i -,,-
Mr.. Fairchild spoke at length favor
ing the sending OF. a contestinr Demo-
cratic delegation to Chicago and Bit
tcrly denounced the Hill snap conyen-
ton. In conclusion, AMONG other
things, he said: a':,e 4 E;G1 !
A truthful history OF the caucuses
from which the members OF the Febru-
iary convention trace their authority,
will show lthatthe..convention expresses
not merely an ill-considercd, premature
expression of New York g Democracy,
but that tits false and fraudulent OK.
preston that there was a general con.
,spiracy, covering the whole state,to dc.
lpriye the people Of theirrights. When
we appear beforot the national conyen-
tionin Chicago we will go before that
body recognizing it as /. court of
equity us well rs court OF
law. We will not only urge
THAT tho state Democratic committee
New York, in calling a midwinter con.
;vention, oyerstepped their authority
and dwere in technical error, but, in ad.
dition TO this. We will show that tho
whole transaction is permcated with
fraud, that the action Of the snap con.
vension not onlyimisrepresents the De-
mocracy OF tho state OF New York. but
that il was intended TO misrepresent
that Democracy, and that every action
taken by that convention is anullityin
conscience as well Us law. ~