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The Portland daily press., 1895-08-12

AUCK TOWELS that soak
the water like Sahara Sands.
Two kinds.
(a) Hemmed, 81 inches long, 18 IL inches
wide, colored borders.
lb) Fringed, SO inches long, 20 inches wide,
colored borders.
200 of them, IL l-2 cts.
Buy full dozen of them and you get them at
S1.45 the dozen.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18
DM1ca1aAN Cry is agitating for
q cemetlty.

HERns "hot one' from lead
ing Chicago daily: North Dak'ota's
defaulting treasurer is still absent
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18
THE NEW ROAD GRADER.

No township or district should
buy a road grader until they have
seen the New Indiana Reversibls
road machine, or written us for !
descriptive catalogue of same. II
is the most complete machine on Tho
market; the blade can be turned
around and used for smoothing IL
place of a roller, and the draw bar
can be raised and lowered on thS
front axle to give tho proper tilt "a
the blade. These are entirely new
features. This machine is made 81
steel, light and strong and very
easily handled. Local agents want
ed in every county. Magill q ca,
of'Fargo N. OAK, general agents
for Northern Minnesota and NORTH
Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18
IKE CROP OUTLOOK.

The people Of the Northwest may
take encouragement from the splen-
did crop outlook. We do not re-
member season that opened more
auspiciously. An early spring is of
immense advantage to this section
of the country. The wheat plant
has two principal dangers to face.
One of them is the occurrence of in
tense heat at the time when the
grain is in the milk, drying up the
berry before it has obtained the
necessary consistency. The other
is an early frost, which catches the
grain in the dough, and renders it
worthless. Both of these dangers
are made much greater by a late sea-
son. The later the date at which
the seed is put into the ground, the
greater the probability that the
critical periods of its maturity will
fall within the cycle of these unfav-
orable conditions.
The present season is, on the
whole, almost two weeks earlier
than usual. The greater part of
our seeding has been finished, and
the circumstances could hardly have
been improved The dryness of the
first part Of spring made plowing
and planting possible with unusual
dispatch. There were not the Gus.
tomary Interruptions and delays
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

Miss BATES, state superintend-
ent of school, advised the students
of the University, in a recent lee
ture, to "attend the high schools
for two years, until the University
could open again on solid fnan-
cial basis A happy thought
this--send the young men back to
the primer class to enable Miss
Bates to draw some 1900 as extra
clerk hire, that the state might be
on a Fgood solid financial bases. %
Great economists these republican
oMcials-when it don't come their
way.-News and Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18
AAySzp LANGDON NORTH DAKOEA THURSDAY, April.

from frequent and heavy show
Then, just at the right time, a.
general rains, supplying the mSlla!I r.
ture that was badly needed. Ehs
crop is in the ground, therefas
under conditions almost ideally.
is reason able to suppose, after - =
scarcity of rain and snow durin
last summer and winter, that I
will have an average precipitatiol
in the months to come. If we do
there ought to be harvest in th
Northwest as bountiful as that q,
the memorable season of 1901. Ol
course ther is a gauntlet of danger!
yet to be run. But thus far ths
outlook could not be impoved. And
if we have a good crop year, witt
the steady recovery of business y
othes lines that is already making
itself felt, the Northwest may ex'
pect anotner period of great pros
perity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

One of our Oldest settlers, Joseph
Fulton, has moved with his family to
Beaulieu. We are sorry to lose our
old friend and pioneer townsman.
We understand that the secretary of
the Central club house, while return
ing from hunt the other morning, lost
his way and nearly battered his brains
out against tree, wound up at theCen-
tral club house about daylight, as he
knew it was the only place he could get
fax seed poultice threshed out with a
bumper.
Tuesday, March 2eth was the date of
the first regular meeting of the new
township board. We were not present
but are informed that the new pres
ident arrived on the scene a little late
not being there cannot say as to the
truth of it. However, with the capa-
BILE and efficient business capacity of
him and his two deputies they soon
cleared the docket, with the exception
of an application for the removal of the
carcass of beast from the public high
way. The deceased animal turned up
its toes in the applicants door-yard and
is considered by him as unnecessary
nuisance. The board on motion laid
it over until the next regular meeting,
which will be held in June. Shoe Fly,
don't bother me!
1t is rumored that certain member
of the Central club borrowed a broncho
and Mexican saddle recently to go and
see the maiden, but instead of going
west the blooming broncho went east
and wound up at Neche. He then
headed outhwest through St. Joe and
Earnest where he came into collision
with rag carpet bee, half way be-
tween Ernest and Walhalla, where
seventeen ladies were assembled. Not
finding the object of ois affections he
travelled across country to Ireland.
After he had been standing around
for an hour and a half his entertainers
discovered that he could not very we'll
sit down. 1t took two bottles of Perry
Davis pain killer 'ere he was accorded
sufficient relief to enable him to occu-
py a we'll padded chair.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18
ELM. POINT.
How's your ire-break?

q How your fire-break?
AA Coughs, colds and cures.
To bluestone or not to bluestone,
that's the question.
III The game law does not seem to keep
the tender plants from shooting.
1 Matt Bisenius of Ridgefeld, accom-
panied by his bride. visited friends in
town last week.
. The ladies will have an opportunity
to study the latest style in bonnets this
spring without the expense of a trip
out of town.
Rev. Reese will hold forth to saints
and sinners every other Sunday at $50
sp. m. in the Elm Point chapel. Sab
bath school will be held every Sunday
at $3.50 p. m.
Cicaline, the great forage plant, is the
latest Innovation here. If it attains the
phenomenal proli6cness upon meager
requirements claimed for it it will put
.whiskers on the chill repellant front of
"a stone pile.
E. B. Benjamin's house and furni-
5ture went up in smoke on Wednesday.
Total loss s475.00, there being no in
isurance. But with characteristic
pluck Mr.. Benjamine has already COM
menced to rebuild.
II N Bald Knobs edition of Langdon has
sprefaced his bifurcated vestments with
some of that material which thrifty
housewives use to stuff mattresses
We presume that accounts for the
look of intense pre-occupation which
he carries on his face. He is listening
to hear his bed ticking.
B Seeding is we'll advanced in this
quarter of the county. Many of our
people are practicing diversi6cation OF
crops to a great extent this spring. The
wheat acreage will be largely suppressed
ed by flax and barley. Considerable
ground will also be planted to beans
and potatoes. while one resident in
tends to devote quite portion OF his
land to corn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18
PITHY PENLINGS
Picked, Pointed and Preserved
For Reading by Regular
Correspondents.
AMBRO.

= N lick Bester is busily engaged in
building a large and commodious farm
residence.
4. Mary Gatschene purchased the Kas-
tor tree claim and filed homestead On
the same.
4 Frank Hamerl is going to put in ten
acres on his tree claim as soon as the
season opens.
4 Mat Doyle is losing no time in put
ting up his frame house before COM
.mencing seeding operations.
IS Jos. Urich and Jos. Schell have each
taken up homestead west of here and
are busy making improvements.
Jos. Boesl numbers among the best
snimrods in the county, having shot a
goose at distance of over mile. Who
can beat this?
Il Henry Illerbrun brought home a
new horse team from Langdon on Tues
day last and says that he can beat any
thing in this neighborhood.
81 Henry Schmidt and Oteman re-
moved from Gretna, Man., to this
place to make Dakota their future
home. They report that many others
will follow soon.
Andy Fornwald has moved all his
household goods and stock to Ambro
land is satisfied to stay here now
|.After seeding he intends to erect q
Ineat frame house and then who will
Ebe the lucky girl?
Geo. Riedhammer opened up a groc'
Eery store in connection with his post
lofice and is offering fourteen articles
Tor s1.OO. Among them are one pound
Eof tea and one-fourth pound of each o1
Ethe other articles.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18
A PULPIT SCANDAL.

The Rev. Mr.. Lansing recentlA
stated, in public address, that thu
president of the United States waS
in the habit Of getting drunk
Called to account for his seanda! our
assertion, he explained that it wasII
based entirely on hearsay, and hast
ened to withdraw it. The apologyY
however, in no wise placated the
president. He says it is only al
aggravation of the original offenses
but he is willing to leave the reverz
end scandal monger to punishment
of public sentiment and his own
conscience.
Mr.. Lansing, or any body elss
who is disposed to circulate scan
dals about prominent men, can find
plenty Of material if he will listen
to the conversation of people who
make speciality of that sort 81
thing. He will hear it said that thu
presidents duck hunting trips ars
simply opportunities to sober off,
but such malicious gossip should
find no Judgement in the pulpit. e
it were true, what good would it do
to proclaim it from places of athor-
ity? If the personal character Of
the chief magistrate is not what il
ought to be, the fact would reflect
disgrace upon the whole people,
and the, course for self-respectin1
citizen to pursue would be rather "a
"Walk backward with averted face,
And save his shame"
But the vile slandeas circulated
about President Cleveland are mol
true. If they were, he could no,
perform his public duties in ii.
courageous and dignifed manner
customary with him. When ths
pulpit assumes to set up the prssi
dent of the United States as s.hor
rible example," for the purpose 81
warning other people from sin, j,
will have to select less successful
man than Grover Cleveland. IF,
man could accomplish what he hal
done while giving himself up to-,
life of debauchery, it would consti
tute an encouragement to the you'll
of the land to lose conduct, rattle.
than warning against it. The
Rev. Mr.. Lansing has doubtless
learned by this time, through th,
universal disapproval of his conduct
that the people of this country hav,
no appetite for scandalous sensation
alism in the pulpit. 81
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18
FREMONT.
rToo late for last weeks issue.l

s [Too late for last weeks issue.l
\; Banker Pask has rented the Green
wood farm.
n Our schools open for the spring term
'On the 18th inst,
Our town clerk not only efficiently
performs the duties of that Office but is
also town cobbler.
h Most of the farmers in this vicinity
Ire through seeding and the ground
enerally is in good condition although
!hslittle rain would be appreciated.
& One of our prosperous farmers went
down town the other day and invested
ia secondhand stove and some old
|pots and now thanks his neighbors to
mind their own business.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

There are a good many honest
people who sympathize with some
Populist theories, who wonder
what has happened to Standish.
The trouble is that that gentleman
has an overwhelming desire to
officiate at the birth Of new parties.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

The Larimore Pioneer was
short on local and long on editor
ial last week. The paper explains
the matter by. stating that the To-
cal editor had gone to Grand
Forks to get dress made.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

LAST Saturday was the l52nd
anniversary Of the birth of Thos.
Jefferson, the great prototype of
democracy. Men Of all parties
may we'll revere Jefferson as the
champion Of civil and religious
freedom.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

LITTLE Roger, the artful dodg-
or has bestowed the erm1ne of the
Seventh Judicial district on the
broad shoulders Of Sauter, of
Walsh. How will he square him
self with Pembina?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

ANOTHER North Dakota news
paper boy gets it in the neck.
Last week the proprietor Of the
Benson Go. Star lost his entire
plant by fire.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

CAVALIER COUNTY will cut down
it's wheat acreage 25 per cent this
season. Diversified farming is
what up to date farmers are after.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

The spring term of court Of the
Seventh Judicial district for Cava-
lier county will open the third
Tuesday in May,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-18

A WAVE of purification is sweep
ing over Grand Forks and threat
ems to clean i Of it's iniquities
p. d. q.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02
EVERYBODY LAUGHED.
Huge Crowd Amused by Terrier and al
Indestructible Rat.

! Huge Crowd Amused by a Terrier and an
Indestructible Rat.
A rat, a terrier and small boy caused
thousands Of people to congregate on
West Madison street about nine o'clock
the other night, md it was not a real
rat, either. The rat. which was a most
misunderstanding rubber affair, was con-
nected with a long, thin pipe and a
bulb. Every time the boy squeezed the
bulb the rat would leap forward in q
most lifelike manner and the ladies on
the street would shrek with terror and
gather up their skirts This delighted
the crowd, which surged down on the
boy and the rat from every direction.
The fun was kept up for an hour or
more, even the policeman on the beat
stopping now and then for good
laugh. Suddenly, however, sleek
looking rat terrier sprung through the
crowd and made for his mortal enemy.
Down he bounced. The boy gave the
bulb jab and the rat leaped about six
feet. Again the dog made spring.
This time he caught the rat in his teeth
and the pressure caused it to give out a
most lifelike squeak, which delighted
the deg and audience alike.
By this time the street was packed.
Time after time the dog would shake
the rat and put it down, only to see it
leap again, to the wild delight of the
crowd. For the first half hour it was
mere play to the plucky little terrier,
but after awhile things began to grow
monotonous. The dog lay down for a
rest and the rat jumped over him. This
was too much for canine flesh and blood
to stand; he loaped up again, and now
the contest kept up until the dog fell
from sheer exhaustion. Painting and
with eyes protruding, he made few
more Intellectual snaps at the rubber
rat, then turned over on his side and
laid his head on the pavement. His
owner worked his way through the
crowd, picked up his pet in his arms,
uttered few remarks, and offered to
lick the man who had killed his dog.
The crowd jeered and dispersed, while
the small boy strolled down the street
in search of another ambitious rat ter
News.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02
v PINNED TO THE GROUND.
How an Enraged Cow Managed to Whip
Grizzly Bear.

o Gr1zZly bear.
Usually cow does not stand much
chance when she engages in hand-to-
hand conflict with grizzly bear" said
a Colorado stockman to WRITER for
Dumb Animals, '.but several years age
one of my cows killed one of these AMI.
mails and came out Of the struggle with
out scratch. The cow had recently
had calf. 1t being her frst-born, the
mother was exceedingly vicious, and it
was unsafe for stranger to approach
her, as her horns were long and point
ed. The cattle-shed had matched
roof. and was scooped out of the hill
side short distance from the house.
''One night a bear, having smelled
the presence of COW and calf, mount.
ed the roof of the shed and proceeded
to force an entrance by scratching
through the thatch. The COW at the
same time detected the presence Of the
bear and held herself in readiness to
receive the intruder. The noise of
terrible struggle aroused me, and grab.
bling a lantern I rushed from the
house, and opening the shed door found
the COW in a frantic state, bunting and
tossing to and fro some large object,
which evidently had lost all power OF
resistance.
st turned out to be good-sized
grizzly, which had been run through
and through the body by the courageous
mother. The little calf was nestled
in a corner, sleeping peacefully, and
seemed unmindful of the maternal
struggle. / suppose as soon as the bear
gained an entrance through the roof 1t
was pinned to the ground by the cows
horns before 1t had time to do any
damage"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02

spring that he gets enables Hin
his foot more rapidly and reue'
stride more quickly than the \
who goes flat-footed. As lenotl
rapidity of stride are what piye
in running, it follows that a flat4
runner can never be a fast one A
er reason against pounding avail
footed is that the delicate mean
of the ankle, knee and hip Is 4
and may in time be injured.
The second point for a runner 4
serve is his method Of Brett
Breathe through both the moss
mouth. Nearly every boy whsI
first begins to run has the insaug
that all the breathing must hi
through the nose. There was nsv
greater mistake. When boy rn|
heart beats Inuch faster than III
ordinarily, and pumps out just u I
more blood. All this must be aersi|
purified by air from the lungs nj
preston that one feels whfn|
ginning to run is due to the lund
manding more air for the extra
atty of blood which the heart Is
ing out. Nature has looked ou1
this, and provided a way by Wild
can be furnished to the lungs yeE
idly. 1t is a very simple way, aul
sists of merely opening the y
Breathe, then, through the I'd
ordinary life as much as posSibl
when you are running or ezer9
violently open the mouth andt
air in deep, rapid breaths, nOtgd
it in through the mouth alone,
ting the mouth and nose have
their share.
Take a long a stride as posso'
without overwhelming the BODY
the body slightly from the hlps;
it be held too erect the strideT
shortened. Let the bent arms
easily and naturally Q little aoo
level of the hips. swinging out ana
with every stride. This kes
muscles loose, prevents them ~
coming tired so easily as they y
held rigid, and balances the ~
ter. Take especial pains 70 Y
body from being stiff; let II ~
easily and lithely as posslo1
sprinting the stride is sh0rs
more rapid than in long- {,
ming, and a Splinter usually ~
body thrown farther back N 4,
ferent form from the long, eas,
the distance runners ScovA
In st. Nicholas.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02
n,-a swaIIow.d by . Flove

A New Orleans lady observe !,
ming-bird in her garden b. 7
around a spike OF annuncla e.
The next morning early "
went out for a stroll, she nes Z
tering and faint cheeplng 4
neighborhood of the lily pea,
time she could see nothing y I
for the faint sounds, Dus Z Y
astonished to discover tnas T.
lify bells had closed its pe.s' ~,
oning the humming-bird WIZ "
probable that the bird d. 4.
beak too far in and extracts
honey as to cause the an' III
flower to collapse sudden'S X,
ing the little fellow clos' ~
night long. Upon being H
bird few away in 's''
feeble manner.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02
. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE WEARY WOODEN SOLDIER.

NV wooden head Is cracked across,
rye lost my youthful charms;
i've lost, alack, one wooden ieg'
And 10th my wooden arms
Full many fght have been IN
,Twixt Fred and brother Hugh'
I'VE been oficer and private
uve been ammunition, tco'.
rye been used to poke the fire with'
I've been dipped into the ink;
AID I've made q perflous journey
Adown tho kitchen sink.
I've been drowned, and I've been married;
I'VE been buried. and dug up;
I've been worried" round the garden
BY that seven-months'- old pup.
In short. this mortal life is such
That. though I'm truly brave,
I long, with all my wooden heart,
For just quiet grave.
-Theo Bernard, In Harpers Young Peopls.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02

Eyes" sighed the virtuous grocer, at
IS really too bad" The honest blood
coursed through his veins and lit up his
kindly face. He bent down and looked
into basket intently, while sudden
spasm passed over him. "Yes," he re-
peated, ut is too bad" and he picked
the egg out of the basket marked thirty
cents, and gently dropped 1t among
those for twenty-fve.-Truth.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02
LEARNING TO RIIs
Ono OF the Most Healt,,
Boy Can r.L IKE

ono OF the Most Healtb,,, !,
Boy Can Take O.. VI
Running is one of tbe =
cises for the whole bod l ny 4
out 2 hollow chest, drives !, =
into the farthest air cells ' :, me
wonderfully increases tba !. 'ae|
and develops the leg. thi e.l g
and waist muscles. Bnt
learned, just as skating. s,v;, I II
bicycling have to be Learned aiun1
are two things that mnst :, |, IA
mind by the learner. Th n, y :
whether in sprinting, djstan ~ ~
country running-to run ~ ~, n
the ball OF the foot, or, a. t th.a
the track: "Get up on voo NY y
striking on the ball Of tho 80 ~ "
is a sort of a natural sprina i =,
runner takes a long str;da III
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02

Mother-What in the world shall we
10? Our son cannot afford TO marry,
yet he is determined on 1t.
Father-I1l fx him. The very next
night he comes in late, III start that
old phonograph TO screeching out some
Of your midnight talks 10 me.-N. Y.
Weekly
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02
nov, Have Their CSC

When Marquis De Lafays ~
ceived in great state in als 's r
the market and church w. ~ 81
ington in 1894, an eag', q.
loaned by a museum man, Nd,
upon the floral arch Of VIA d
precisely the right mOi. ~ Il
bird tapped his WING ,.,o.ll.|
scream Of victory, being as -, r.
to by a bright boy win
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02
Generous DeI :

Theatrical Manageru,IIil,,'s'
line you've got in the 'nns
farce of yours. ,..,,,-ls>
Playwright (contri,is..., n
sir. its purely DDseori
out at once.-ChicaeO
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-08-02

Every person is responsible for all
the good within the scope Of his abili.
fieA and for no more. and none can tell
ehcs scope l. the Iargert