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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
PITHY PENLINGS
Picked, Pointed and Preserved
For Reading by Regular
Correspondents.
osnABRooK.

Many of our young people are build
ing castles on carrying off some of the
prizes offered at the ice carnival al
Milton Thursday night.
Geo. Durley is expected from Hunter
in a few days with another Car load OF
horses. Intending purchasers should
give him a trial. He claims he can
put horses Oh the market as cheap as
the cheapest.
The young fellow who exposes the
tender epistles of his best girl to the
critical gaze of his classmates at school
should beware lest she find 1t out and
give him the cold shoulder and find
himself out all round.
There lssome coming events" which
like the ghost in Hamlet, cast their
shadow before, and furnish an i'm
mense fluid of gossip and conversation
to those who profess to have the pros
perity and well-being of the commune
ty at heart.
Miss Eva, daughter of Patrick Nc
Gauvran. was taken seriously i'll Satur-
day and for several days remained in
very precarious condition but under
the skillful treatment of Drs. Sim and
Fleming she soon recovered and is
once more able to be around.
S. d. Gleason has reason to feel
proud of his fast and stylish driving
pony ''Topsy." Knowing her merits
he placed her under the management
of Mr.. Jas. Mclean who is an expert
in the training and driving of fast
horses. The prospects are by the early
spring time they will have a fully de-
veloped animal of great speed and
activity.
One more of the bright boys of this
vicinity have gone to increase the pop
ulatIon of large city. This time
Robert McAllan started on Monday
for Chicago to join his brother Dan,
who is at present employed by a large
wholesale house in that CITY. Bob was
a general favorite and his presence
will he greatly missed.
Wesley Balfour has resigned his posi-
ton as agent at this station for the
Northwestern Elevator Co., which he
ably filled during the last two years.
he intends to devote his attention dur
ing the coming season to the practice
and advancement of agriculture and
will give vari6ed farming a thorough
test on his homestead in Cypress. 1t
is whispered that he intends to become
benedict in the near future, but as
there is oDly circumstantial evidence
in the case it might be wise to let time
be the judge. However, we join with
his many friends i'll this vicinity in
wishing him success.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
Prom tiOn,

Flows that boy o yourn gettn'
along in the city, Josiah:" asked one
farmer OF another. Illustrate" an
swercd Josiah. Hes workin' his way
up right along
whats he doin':"
Hes workin' fer the city,
"sou don't tell me! What's he dom
fer it!'
Hes drivin' one O. them things they
call neutrality-suspicious. o. wipes up
the road nights. you know. But, my!
he's bein' promoted Fust off, he wus
workin' in the Twenty-fust ward. BY
m by he writ me that he wus workin'
in the eighteenth ward. Last week
he writ that he was in the Twelfth
ward now; an swan! you see If that
teller don't fetch up in the Fust ward
with his swcep-cart yie!'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
THE SNAKE THAT arlxs.
This In the Name Applied by the NJ
lians to the Sidevvinder.assSSssS

This In the Name Applied by the No.
dians to the Sidevvinder.:gs2sssss sS
To the unp1julicel observer the
stdewinder Is by no means a bad look
Ing snake. Indeed, the general exprea:
sion of its face is bright and c0mtek
rather than horrifying. When stnrtl
1t has Il habit Of raising its head sew
er;ll inches in the air and then turnlnx
from side to side to see what is going
on. At such times the quick motion at
the head, together with the appca rslly "a
Of the horns, that stand up like ,shah
hltle cars, remind one almost irreSalI!
ably OF Il terrier when some one saws
"Rats"' Then. with its mouth shut,
the line Of the lips seen from side to
side Is Il curve that rises ut both ends,
giving its features just as nearly the
appearance Of Il sarlonic grilis as any
snakes face cln assume. iGb HadlSy,
the hest known driver Of the big DIES.
art teams, first called the writer's at.
trntion to this popularity. ANA said
that the Panamint Indians living on
the west side Of Death valley. have a
name for the reptile which means ...the-
snake. witl,-a- grin"
In color, us Il whole. the silewindar
is exactly like that of the mesa ssnGl
When 1t is lying still no one walking
along the desert save an Indian cnn
sec it. Once the eye has located it. how
ever. 1t is found to be of IL light vel
lowish color ON the sides with stripe
along tho back. while very beautiful
brown spots. suggestive of the specified
trout. are scattered abut on each side
OF the stripe. Farther towards the tai,
there arc short, tigcrish stripes at right
angles to the dorsal stripe, and there
is brown dash just behind each eve.
1t has only one nostril, in the center
of large scale plate. Although it has
put one noStril. tho desert men believe
th't it has very keen smell for 3
sn'kc, and 4 part Of their dread of the
beast is due to this. They say the snake
is attracted by the smell of cooking
food, and comes to the camDfires to get
something to cat. When near the camp
it shows tho liking for warm bed
that all snakes have only in a greater
a. 40. and no matter how hot the
night may be it will crawl ON the bed
of the sleeping desert man aud stretch
its coo!ish length along his body. There
is no snake i'll the desert that shows
the liking for Il blanket bed that the
sidewinder does, and so it is hated ac-
cordingly. Not one of the desert men
here can tell Of case by name and
date where a sleeping man has been
bitten by one of these snakes, though
every desert man will say offhand that
''lots Of such cases happen every year,
Chicago Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
ELM POINT.
Mt forget the caucus.

Don't forget the caucus.
The fashion has changed in beaux.
Joe Graveline visited friends at Olga
last week.
Mathew Galloway made business
trip to Hope.
William Greenwood has adjourned
bachelor hall sine die.
Miss Hellett passed through the
Point en- route to her farm.
Our enterprising miners report strik-
ing a rich vein of-fish bones.
Frank Jones, of Bay Centre, was the
the guest of Mr.. Hunt on Friday.
Alex Russell has been OH visit to
his brother-in-law in the next county.
Mr.. Epton is building a house for
the accommodation of his new tenant.
Our sewing circle assembled at the
residence of Mr.. w. M. Wright's last
week.
Mrs. E. Benjamin contemplates CIV
series of socials in the near future.
Admission Is cents.
Master Fred Harvey celebrated his
sixth birthday by giving a children's
party. He was the recipient of kind
remembrances from his little friends.
Fremont Horse company we're sum-
moned to appear at the Pembina court
last week us defendants in a suit
brought by the First National bank of
Waverly. Ohio.
Divine services last Sunday at Mr..
Spence's, were postponed until Sunday
the 18th, owing to Rev. Reese being
invited to attend dedicatory services
of the church at Bay Centre.
Our contemporaneous editor is so
busily engaged in picking the ortho-
graphic notes of misprint out of the
columns of this paper that he has not
time to discover the beams of typo
graphical errors in his own. Conse-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
The sea-E,cph.nt Nenrl. Extinct.

The California sea-eleplllnt is an ami.
MI with Il fearf,l]ly long Latin name.
bul very short stay ON this earth.
1t is the largest of all the seals. its
average length when fully grown being
from II I" II feet. while 1t sometimes
reaches the astonishing length of %
feet. including the hind-flippers. 1t Is
still III open question whether this ami:
nal Is of the same species as the sea:
elephant Of the Antarctic ocean. OIlr
animal. like the other. derives it's pOpu-
lar name from the heightened, tapir-
like prohoS.is. or snout, of the old
males. Which sometimes projects SIX
inches or more beyond the end Of the
muZzle.
The hair is exceedingly short, very
stiff and harsh. and when clean and
dry is of Il duSky yellowish color. This
species once inhabited about 200 miles
of the coast Of California, from Point
Reyes south, but it has been practically
cxterminated for the sake Of it's oil
In 1854 c. II. Townsend visited Santa
Barbara island for the express purpose
of reserving for the National Museum
the skins and skeletons of what were
supposed to be the last survivors of the
species. then about to he killed by a
seal hunter for their oil. The result
was that ut the eleventh hour a number
of their valuable skins and skeletons
were saved for the geological museums
Of the world.
About the same time an enterprising
collector actually captured five young
specimens alive and shipped them to
New York, Baltimore. Philadelphia and
Cincinnati. which was the first and only
time the species were ever seen alive
in the Eastern United States, and win
doubtless be the last. But I am glad
to be able to state that these seals are,
not absolutely extinct, for a short time
ago MIR. Townsend assured me that ii
few individuals are yet somewhere
south of San Francisco, in a place that
the seal hunters know not of.-St. Mich
olas.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
HISTORY or THE HUDSON.

+ A..
Sn once RAN Through . Chasn sew
eral Hundred Feet Deep.
Tho Hudson river, a. we call II
along the western shore Of the Island
g Manhattan, = now y majestic estu
sary rather than river, and is deeI
enough for all the uses OF great ships
But 10 present bottom is formed Of the
rock wrecksge Of IN, earlier day, which
has largely iilled up a chasm, ',nce sev.
cral hundred feet deep, through which
Pie old riv ran.
So colossal was the shaet OF Ice which
came sweeping down from the North.
west over the top of the Palisades II
the ice age that this ancient chusm of
the Hudson rivera veritable canyon
once-chan9d It's course no whit. For
the direction Of the grooves and scratch
es seen everywhere gu the exposed
surface Of the Palisades, and pointing
ebliquely across the rivers course, run
in the same direction as do those on
the rocks over which the city stands.
1t rot infrequently happens that
steamers and ships bound tor New
York, when not quite certain of their
whereabouts as they approach the
coast, are compelled to seek what help
they can by consulting the ne,ret
land, which, under these conditions, is
thu sea bottom. Tie sea bottom along
our coast has been so often an so care
fully felt" that we know u great p1>.t-
eau extends out beyond the coast line
for some Gig sty or ninety miles, where
1t suddenly TAILS off into the great depth
OF the Atlanta. The place on which
New York stands was, 1t is believed,
once much higher than it is now, AND
WIS separated from the North Atlantic
bordr by some eighty or mn y miles
OF io,i ,sv.'coast Lead, now ...,-uetg> Il,
and forming this great continental plat
ca''. Indeed. the New Jersey md ad-
JAG MT cost Is still sinki 6 t the rate
OF a +, w lac, es In a century.
For us to-day the Hudson river ends
southwark where it enters New York
barber. But a channel starting ten
miles southeast of Sandy HOOK, and In
a general way continuing the line Of the
Hudson, runs across the submerged
continental plateau, where finally, after
widening and de pening to fo.m tre-
nlsuG, /, submarine chasm, it abruptly
ends ), a"e the plateau falls off into
thu deep sea.
This ch SIN near the end Of the sub
merged channel is, if we may believe
the story of the plummet, twenty five
miles long, a mile and a quarter wide
AMI In y aces 1900 ieet in yer al
depth below it's submerged edges, them
selves far beneath the oceans surface.
This drowned river" is probably the
old channel Of what we call the T. nd on
river, along which part OF the me1ring
glacier sent its flood during and at the
close of the ag Of ice.
And so at laSt-rounded and smooth
ed rock surfaces. where once sharp
crags lowered aloft; glacial grooves and
scratch@s on evey hand; ezra ic bowl
ders, great and small. numbering the
ground; typical rocking rocking stone
delicately poised by vanished forces
lorg ago, t~rmainal m 4raine so 6 eat
thai. it forms picturesque landscape
features visible many miles away
these are some Of the records Of the
great ice age which one may >pell out
in q holiday Stroll about New York
Harper'S MagaZine,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
Drawing the Line.

Mrs. De Fashion-''My dear, have
picked out Il husband for YOU"
Miss De Fashion-"Very we'll; but
] want to say right now, mother, that
when it comes to buying the wedding
dress I'm going to select the materials
myself"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
ONE DOLLAR
EVERY HOUR

IS easily earned by any one Of either sex in any
iriously at the employment witch we We furnish.
me Inc labor is light and pleasant, and you run no
risk whatever: We fit you out complete, SO that
to yourself For those willing to do a little work,
this Is the .grandest offer made. You can work
al day, or in the evening only. If you are EN-.
posa!, utilize them, and add to your income, -
our business will not interfere ut all. You will
be amazed on the start at the rapidity and ease
day out Even beginners are successful from the
iirst hour Any one can run the business = none
tail. You should try nothing else until you see
which we offer. No capital risked Women are
grand workers. nowadays they make as much
rs men, They should try this business, as it is 80
wei adapted to them. Write Mt once and see for
yourself. Address H. HALLETT & CO,
Box $50, Portland, Me-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

arden, supporters in this town who pro-
pose stopping his uninteresting sheet
and subscribe for the COURIER Demo-
Graf. The readers of the CD. are
sufficiently intelligent to he in no ways
distressed whatever over the accidental
displacement of letters in a word.
| tFrm smother correspondent
The central club house has received
Il thorough oyerlauling and has been
re-frescoed. III elegant chimney built
of sufficiently large dimensions to adj
nit of a corpuIent Santa Claus easy
descent into the interior and he can
bring in the bulky articles necessary to
fill the stockings of the members of the
club. The club room proper has been
frescoed in an allegorical manner, the
fine stucco work being especially
worthy of mention. All of the colors
AMI material for frescoeing, stucco
work and chimney being found in FIRE.
mont township, as also the artists who
so elegantly and appropriately done
the work.
The Mennonite thumper which does
the circular work near the Scotia Nova
residence and which gangs aft aglee,
'Bobs up serenely." The engineer
and pilot of this pugilistic separator of
grain says that the thumps it gives the
grain will be like mosquito bites along
side of the thumps he will give the
correspondent of the Courier-Demo-
GRAFT.
We have often heard of the young
man who carried off the bun. But the
young man who is now hunting and
skirmislling for some one to starch his
night shirt, sew buttons on his socks
and otherwise make herself generally
useful as we'll as ornamental, can bear
this in mind that no one-legged turkey
is accepted in the deal. That's the
long and the short of it, for the young
ladies are all aware of the agreement.
Since the renovation at the central
club house the members have gone to
playing Pedro with cent limit. The
recklessness of some of the members in
opening Jack pot has led to the belief
among outsiders that we have millions
of air around us.
1t is now conceded that the grand
mogul in opening the club meetings
should use a cork screw instead of
can-opener as heretofore, and the Sec
rotary was ordered to procure one be-
fore the next meeting.
There are rumors galore of weddings
and other family joys and jars. One
young man is daily exercising the Del
sarte movement which brings the arms
to the front, extended at full length
and gradually fold them over his
breast. Whether he ever expects to
get anything more tangible than air to
assist in this movement he does not
say, but keeps humping away at the
practice.
In the GreenWoods of Oak Park
many are wondering why man and a
gun that followed pig track for seven
miles through the hills and hollows of
the Pembina river should come back
and say it was deer
Now this is what call magnifigue
The view that we have from this pigue,
When from the top of the mound
Charley fell and hit the ground,
Anb now he is in bed very weak.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
The Necessary Thing.

Spencer-I'd like to go all around the
world in q sailing yacht.
Ferguson-Ihcn, why don't you?
Epencer-Bccluse can't raise the
wind
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
Strong Measures.

MIR Sirall-Do you believe in col
lege education for delicate boy?
Mr.. Streme-Ccrtainly 1t either
kills or cures him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
More GInrx I'm IL

Louise-What do you think is the
ideal marriage:
lrura'-"hy. TO marry II lord ANA live
".r%!,,liti. What do yDl?
''''' &''r% g" EH,,!i'h lord
20. .j,n {. ..,.-.t. ".
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
HOW TO GET III.

~ DUUII5HCTS'
price $50 cents Year,; or on receipt Of
the amount due us on past subscription,
and one year in advance, we will send
Farm, Stock and Home one year FREE: or
we will send it and this paper one year for
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
Reading "Farm,
THIS TELLS
THE STORY.

and farm home. Far
unique; unlike others,
its first number, and
has become chronic-it
better and better with
PIE Cory FREE.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15
Our New
$I.45. =

Last years demand for our Leader VI
SO large that we were unable 20 mznu:se
ture them a fast a they were ordert
This year we have one mammoth fatoV
that manufactures nothing but this linz
and we are making this boot IN sut
immense quantities that we are abb .
produce . much better boot
We have many new Improvements .
this line: first, Il Is made of heavy -
uine Dongola, solid leather sole and uns
sole; second, IL has a leather sock lIna
which no other but . high-prioed b"s
has; third, il has q backStay; fourh. .
much care Is taken In selecting this SOD
and in making, IS in our highefPtra
goods; fifth, we not only warrant bci "
guarantee every line to be just as rspr
sented. The above cut is an exad COP
of the boot itself.
Our New Leader Ladies' Dongola DO
ton; styles, Plain Opera Toe, Plain Con
nonsense Toe, Opera Toe Patent IFi
widths, d, E, and EE; sizes, a}io6
Our New Leader Ladies' Dongola ff0o
Lace, Opera Toe Patent Tip; widthh u
T., and EE; sizeS, II to 8.
Our New Leader Ladies' Dongola y"
ton, Spring Heel, Common-Sense Ls'
Patent Tip; widths, d, Z. and Il; s'0
Il to 6.
Any of the above-described shoes 20
on receipt of $1.%S, an postage p.'o y
US. Send for complete ILLUSTRATED a.
1ogue of all grades of boots and sso0-
free. Please mention this paper.
POSTAL 0Hog CO.,
Dox 9oo1. Session. msss'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15
The FIGHT -
IN KENlUcl,
Grows Moro Inssres,in, :.
Wssk-Ths POpulis.. An
Gaining
ALL iLoHG TIE LIN

rss Dsosessss sss Mop. ss.e.
DsssSs Tsss-rAsy W.., -
D'ss.'sss - ~. sr....a.l 90,
res rsssss Wtsi Get a. cr.-.
Special 70 The csoo..ssn
LorIsvrLLR. Ky, Aur..
Several prominent Deus,-.'-
rspudiated the gold mAeA,s. s.N
the last ten days. The -
Are asserting their mAnhoos s
dependence by the ,houans'
Democratic and Repubhc,, -
nees for governor have arr,.
joint canvas between ,a,n'
and Agreed not TO discus, "a. ~
cial question. They har. -.
to divide time with n. no,
nominee. 20 - 10 dodge III, 49,
sion Of thus Issue.
The Populist nominee, .,u
their own appointments .sS -,
the canvas about Sspi.nh-,
Hon. Thos. Petit said a e..
ago in an interview iha, u, -,
wanted to have the finanr,, IN
ton discussed, and iha, they 80
60 to hear those Who disco :
dc said that before the cau,,.
over that both OF the other no.,
would be following him ~ =, -
. crowd to talk to. Senator -.
burn il still making b. ~.
pendent fight for SILVER. X. !
nOunces the adminis,ra,lo. =.
Grover Cleveland. Now, 10 h. -
sistent, he must repudiai. H,rs',
Who accepted . goldbug plai,orr
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15
Death oG , astics J.sk...

Justice Howell Edmunds .,,,..
Of the United States supreme con,
died on the Sth inst. al N,,b,I.
Tenn. He was born in tia, So.
April Sth, 1882, and had been pro.
nent in public life for the pas, to.
~ years. He was elected 70 D.
United States Senate rs a peuoer,
in 1851, and served tall April Il ISL
Was appointed United States C,r,,.
Judge by President Cleveland, AZ
nominated for Associate Jus,io. l,
President Harrison; WAS confirms.
by the Senate February Is, ISIS. ~,
entered upon the duties Of the do
March 4, 1893.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15
Is Your
Blood Pure

II Il e, you win be strong, vigor.
eus, fun q lie and ambition; you
Win have . good appetite and good
digssdons your sleep WIN b sound
and rsfreshingS your nerves win b
strong; You win have little need 70
fear disease In any form.
But how few can say that their
blood u pursl How many people
ars suffering daily from the conss.
quences Of impure blood, scrofula, salt
rheum, vheumatism, satarrh, nervous.
ness /" plessnsss, headache, and
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15

NOT pAUoKDOUO YOR GOLD DCoo.
The Newton Entsrprise gold paperl
10 20 be commended for puoatshiuG
senator N0rganS speech, bot Ne warn
the brother that, after reading Nor
gans great speech, his readers will no
longer follow his gold teaching. IL 10
commendable but dangerous.-News
and Observer.
It il not at al dangerous for .
gold bug paper to publish Senator
Morgau's speech. In fact We don't
know anything nfer. For Senator
Morgan advised his silver Democratic
friends to stay in the Democratic
party aud vote the ticket straight,
even if q gold platform il put up
and John Sherman we're nominated
for President on it by the Democrat
ic machine. Everybody knows thai
the gold bugs control the national
Democratic party and that gold
bug will be nominated for President
therefore what more can the GOLD
bugs want than for free silver mer
to stay in the party and help cleo
their gold bug candidate? 1t is SAT-
for the gold bugs-very safe.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15
or COURSE.

Mr.. Harvey, the author Of Coins
Financial School, desires it to be
understood that he Is debating as a
Populist, and that the Populist party
IL the only organization that favors
free silver.-Washington Post.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15

We wonder! It appears that no
body is . candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor of
North Carolina Mr.. Jarvis ssys he
can't be one under any circumstances.
Col. julie Carr, who would make n
good Governor - the State ever
had, says he 10 not . candidate. No
body appears to want the Democr.-
tic nomination. But the Democr,-
tic papers are "6xing" up slates for
the Pops right along. We wonder
Why! Do you see?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15
GOLD BUG PROOF.

No party except The Pspulist has
ever dsne that declared against
single geld slandard) in national
csnyenliss and there Is 10 present
probability that any ether ever
WILL Charlotte Observer .Celdbug
Den.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15

NEW YORK, Aug. l0.-The Ss,
York World says:
ut can be announced asa ,us
that Frederick X. Coudert ear |.
the successor Of the late JuE,a
Howell 4. Jackson on the Uu,.l
States Supreme Court bench il b.
will accept the honor.
"A more or less formal tende, o,
the place has already been made ID
him and . cxblegram from him n
Europe announcing his decision .
now being awaited.
Mr.. COudert has been abroad .u
sometime and is now understood u
be In Paris"
The man who votes for gold bug
either wants the siogle gold stsndss
or else he IL o fool.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-08-15
That
Tired Feeling

Hoode eazsaparills puriAes, vitalisss
and enrtcheo tho blood. Therefore,
Il 70 the medicine Tor you.
Is wu give you pure, rich, red
blood and strong nerves.
UWU ovsrooms that tired feeling,
create a appetite, give refreshing
sleep and make you strong.
70 not this Just what you want?
Than take Hoods eaEsaparilla. Il
d The bet building ND medicine.