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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
people do not flock south after hay as
they did last summer. The simple
reason is they cannot get it. ssSs
AMBRo.

A. Fornwald went to Ridgefield last
Monday with two thoroughbred mares
one a Clyde and one Norman,
"A monument of the present era or;
prosperity is noticeable in the large
granaIy recently erected by John;
Kartes-probably the largest in Ans.
bro.
Henry Kartes has lately purchased
the house and farm machinery of the
Tomasi Bros, who propose returning
to their home in 1yrol, Austria,
shortly.
Jos. D. Fischer experienced an ex-
citing runaway OH Saturday. But
little damage resulted however, except
a broken wheel ON A. Fornwald's
wagon where the mower happened to
come in contact with it.
Among the recent arrivals in this
neighborhood are John Miller, Frank
Schnell, Daniel Senft and many others
who came across from Manitoba on
Saturday to view the land of abundant
promise and prosperity. They will
return and bring their families, having
decided that this shall be the land OF
their adoption.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
HARVEY.
Haying is in full blast.

u Haying is in full blast.
y Miss Edith Oke is visiting with the
Browns this week.
h John Ryan begins work on his new
residence this week.
u Miss Kenney was storm-stayed while
Visiting at Mrs. Hugh McDowell's last
week.
4 John Rylance had the misfortune to
have one Of his horse badly cut on IL
wire fence last Sunday.
James Smith of Olga passed through
our town on his homeward march from
on his Rush Lake claim.
Pastor Herrinton delivered an i'm
Spressiye and thoughtful sermon in the
new N. E. church here last Sunday
evening, taking for his text, "In my
Fathers house are many mansions"
81 New arrivals continue to come from
Ontario. Among the latest we well
come Mr.. J McCastlen in our midst.
He reports Ontatio crops a failure and
thinks he has never seen anything to
equal our Cavalier county crops.
u A pleasant picnic party left Harvey
early Wednesday morning for the Fish
Trap hills. The party included nearly
all our citizens except those who had
gone to Winnipeg fair. They spent an
enjoyable day berry-picking-some got
berries and some didn't.
While digging we'll at the resi-
idence of Fred Grierson three eggs were
found embedded in clay at a depth of
twelve feet. The eggs were as large as
those Of a turkey, but perfectly white.
Many ingenious reasons have been sug-
gested with a view to throwing light
upon their originality, but as yet it
lies shrouded in mystery.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
PITY PENLINGs
Picked, Pointed and Preserved
For Reading By Regular
Gsorrespondents.
MILTON.

From the Milton Globe.
A son was boykp Mr.. and Mrs. l..
r. Kelly on Mohday, July 22nd, 1895.
Ole T. Axvig has recently finished
building build his ne" s'"n]fy o" his south
There are some bad places in the
roads leading north and towards Osna-
brock that ought to fixed at once.
"A. Mcdonald has a splendid ten
acre garden on George Mckenzie S
just east Of town. He is marketing
plenty of garden truck.
Arthur Mears came in from his Rush
Lake claim on Monday and is exceed
ingly enthusiastic over the brilliant
prospects for that section. Louis
Tower also drove down, arriving in
the evening.
Peter Wild comes down from Osna-
brock township with an order for $500
TBS. of binding Irvine for a starter;
liver Elsrud orders l 500 for his Silvista
township farm and so on they come;
harvest is near at hand.
The Milton Implement Co. are now
in their new office on the corner of
Oakland Ave. and End street. The
new Office is we'll lighted, ventilated
furnished and fitted up and is great
improvement over the old quarters.
They have immense sheds covering the
greater part of two lots, a fine display
platform in front and are equipped for
handling farm machinery nearly as
we'll as any machinery dealer in the
Northwest.
An effort is being made to procure
for each of the two congressional
townships comprisingAlma township a
separate civil government. Alma is
the most populous township in the
county and one of the most substan-
tial, and no matter in what part of
the township meetings and elections
are held large per cent of the voters
are compelled to travel long distances
to attend them. Then there are vari-
Gus minor differences of opinion be-
tween the denizens of the two ends
which tend to create disturbance that
many of the inhabitants believe moth
ing but division will pacify.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
osNABRocK.

NJ. Kelly was here the other day to
see his friend Mr.. Hoopsy Doopsy.
The niger entertained the folks at
the bowery and-''I'll never go there
any MORE"
Robt. Fleming of Langdon, umpired
the foot ball game and proved to be an
impartial umpire.
One of the birds of our town quit us
on Tuesday last. Why didn't you let
you let her go Billy? 81.
Kingsbury has discovered a new kind
of fowl without feathers on. Sample
free on application.
H. Jacobs and his new bride have ar
rived from Illinois. We congratulate
him on what he has accomplished.
Tom Ward one of our crack base ball
players, started for Montana last Mon
day. The boys will miss him very much
A school election will be held in town
on the 18th of August. The vote will
be for or against the building Of new
school in Osnabrock.
The sad news announcing the death
of Mrs. VIM. Fleming was telegraphed
to her friends here, who have our sym
pathy in their hour of sorrow.
A picnic under the auspices Of the
Woodmen lodge of this place was held
here last Thursday and was attended
by large crowds from all the surround
ing districts, including Soper, Stokes
vile, Olga, Alma, Milton and Lang
don. The streets and grounds present
ed quite holiday appearance, being
decorated with a profusion of ever
green's. The members of the order
provided ample accommodations for
refreshments and amusements.
The sportive features of the day
consisted of foot races by the school
children for the prizes. "A friendly
game of base ball between Soper and
Osnabrock, resulting in score Of 20 to
in favor of the latter and and game
of foot ball between Stokesville and
Osnabrock resulted in draw, each
having scored goal after an exciting
contest of over an hour. The playing
of both teams was excellent and appre-
ciated and cheered to the echo BY the
crowd which witnessed it. A ball and
entertainment in the afternoon wound
up the program. The rest is q matter
of history and we hope thoroughly
satisfactory to all who took part in h.
1t is pleasant to be able to say that tie
athletes parted on the best Of terrha
and the Osnabrock sports will ev I
gratefully remember the kindness n !
ability of the members of these club
which helped 80 far to make the picr
the success it was.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
st..na1lng Through Space.

signaling Through Space.
Further confirmation Of the success
full experiments concluded last year In
England In transmitting Geographic
messages over long distances without
wires, an account has been received
from Scotland of the maintenance Of
telegraphic communication by means
Of the same system between the island
Of Null and the mainland. The ISL
anders were decidedly put to a shift.
The six-mile cable which usually kept
them in touch with the outer world
had broken down, and they were I'M
certain as to how long the Interrupt
ton to communication would last. A
local electrician, who had heard of Mr..
Freezes plan, saw no reason why 1t
should not operate at Oban just as
well as anywhere else, and lost no
time in running a gutta-percha insu-
lated wire, one and one-half miles
long, along the ground from Moyern,
fifteen miles from Oban, and signaling
LNEOuSu LudI, Wul1St Ou tAC AoAuAu VI
Null the ordinary overhead circuit con-
Meeting two distant villages was made
use Of The distance intervening be-
tween the two parallel circuits was
about three and one-half miles. A vi
orator was used as a transmitter and
a telephone as a receiver, and the
usual Geographic traffic was carried
on until the cable was repaired. An
0k4I
comes from India of the completion by
Prof. ]. G. Bose, of the Calcutta Pres
idency college, of some instruments
by which extraordinary results are
said to have been obtained. Certain
phenomena have been produced with
out any connection between the trans
hitting and receiving stations. Sig
nails in the form Of light and sound
have been passed along the ether,
without any other apparent means of
transmission, and even solid walls
have not interposed any obstacle to
the passage of these signals.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
SOUTH LANaDoN

w. Baker of Osnabrock is spending a
few days with friends here.
We are glad to know that Mrs. r.. j.
Falconer and her nine pound daughter
are doing well.
w. j. Harris was to Mimic last week
and reports great crops in the Valley.
Considerable grain is already cut and
in the shock.
The wild game did not go north this
summer as they did last. We do not
know the reason, but we do know why
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
Professional Cards.

TT E. DORVAL
JUDGE OF COJNTYCOURT.
Homestead, filings and Final pdoofs made;
Money to loan for final proof and on cha,tel
securities. Office at court house, Langdon' N.
Oak.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01

The Great Northern railway runs through Din.
ing and Sleeping Cars from st. Paul. Duluth and
West Superior, to Spokane, Seattle and Portland
shortest route to the coast, making the fastest
tame Of any competitive line. New irst-cIags no.
comodalions and the strictest attention paid to
on the Great Northern line For advertising
matter and time tables call OH your local agent
OF address F: I. Whitney. G. p & T. A., st. Paul
B9ggage checked and tickets sold for all poi nts
IN the United States and Canada We will be
glad 10 give you all the information we can in
regard to travelling, rates, etc,
+. SAUNDERS,
Agent Ct. Northern Ry, Langdon, N. OAK.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
MCQUEEN & MACDONALD.

MCQUEEN & MACDONALD,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS.
WV. MCQUEEN. NJ. D. c. NJ,
Honor Graduate Of Trinity Univ. Toronto.
Fellow Trinity Medical College; Diploma from
Burnside Lyingin Hospital, Toronto.
RE MACDONALD. NJ. D. C. NJ.
Honor Graduate Trinity Univ, Toronto;
lege Physicians & Surgeons, Toronto: Late
Medical Superintendent of Sudbury General
Hospital Sudbury, Ontario
Office over C. Plains machine depot.
MILTON, n. OAK.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
DR S. G. GIBSON,

DR S. G.. GIBSON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Graduate OF Western University, London, Ont,
Office over Mrs. Blakaey's Store.
l,ANGDoN = N. DAKOTA.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-01
TYR. I. TURCOT,

DR. I. TURCOT,
Graduate and Medalist of IS Montreal Vet
Urinary College. McGill Department
The only registered Veterinary Surgeon in
Cavalier County.
LANGDON, NORTH DAKOTA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06
Ill THE PRELrDE.

The most noteworthy Characteristic OF the music
OF ''Hansel and GreteI aside from the graciousness
OF the mcodic invention the refinement Of its har-
monies and the ingenuity OF it's contrapun'al treat
ment Uhree particulars which disclose the hgn or
der of Herr Humperdincks talenp IS Its Application
Of Wagnerian principles TO melodic material NOR
oughly consonant with the simple story. OCCASION
ally in tho prelude and the music accompanying
the pantonme in which the guardian angels appear
to the sleeplng children for Instance. there seems
to be an unnecessary employment OF sonorous
masses but the offence is venal and scarcely worth
scolding about when there IL 30 much that is tn"r-
oughly admira bile on the ground OF fitness as well
as euphonious result The prelude betrays the Nas-
merriam model quite much "a the defamation OF
the first act and like it. Is frankly initiated from
"Die Meistersinger" Il Is Introduction Ouiit out
OF few themes which are associated win sorhe OF
the most significant elements OF the pay Not one OF
them IL a personal label They stand for dramatic
ideas and II these ideas passed in review as Is
pur,osed to be done directly. It Will DE found thdt
NOT the sinister but the amiable features or the
story have beer chosen for celebration IN the over
ture Here TOO IN waat may be called the etnical
meaning OF the prelude. Humperdlnck mas toho"eu
the example set by Wagner In the prelude 10 Ms
conedv Simply for the sake OF Identification mere
after names will ',e attached 10 the themes out 81
which the pre,ude IL built and which are the chieI
rnelodic factors in the opera. The most Important
OF these is the melody which is intoned by the hors
nj the beginning Let 1t be called The Prayer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06

which is the Counter Charm Theme III n us 8, or r.
Inal form II is Inversion OF the iHelnr vi FL
rhantment a proceeding anal Joyous TO reversing t ~.
rod or spelling the charm backward wagner .hANt
use OF the device to give profound meanlhIs 20 NJ
symbols as when he makes the phrase Wntcn ~ 80
stand for ragnar0k the Destruction o. Al! 'i ~
inverting the meodic symbol OF the ors'"a' w
ment . 1870 -. 49,, ,haracter and in
tho exuberance OF her demoniac g."e Wdulsrs ~
wt,chs ride first repeating some Jargon III .iaDi
Of the cabalist!c formulas common 20 n'eu'ae'"'
Frau Wsttes lines partly, copy y,r o. td ip
u.i,rh's MULTIPLICATION table LINN il-,-il- -
Scsns VT Of Cioethe's Faust. TIE pay TOW ,H ~
rias ~ the catastrophe the lines OF inc nou'-si
story Ciretel gives Hansel power OF n,y1"yhn sbes
s,aaithilv. repeating the Counter CharIh VIZ -
Ne overheard and pushes the witcn mo per on
nyen The two then break out into JuDYInl, - -
witch The composer designates the hhuSpc i."b..
~" frightfu explosion destroys te .ari,s
g., and with the crash the gngerpread ,- a. 20
ssns from the children forming the IehC- 40,
ma he 70 move being still under inc ,ue.lit 1870. nv
sino IN the melody Of the Theme or ftej Oe.is charm
a. DENOMINATION Hansel repeats the Coui..sr IA
Ia the children crowd Ground tnelr nrlre.' % the
S,.rrn thair gratitude. TIE parents appse. W cSu.
,s ana ont Of the ruins ~ the oven me ntpps Won
sre drs the figure of the witch baked no ,and in
strous gingerbread. and dance arouil i ~ 81 the
hand Finally al join in oroad 'ers'o" - ~
Prayer Theme %;
when mast bearing is our griei,
Cod the Lord. will SEND reiei'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06
oror,c1nr roo HrCH FOR PARK POLfcENEV


-. Dahl Commissioners moved the En-
I,ool ranartment from their old quarters III
rho Arsenal up TO the Swiss Col'@se DE-
v,sening and gnashng OF teeth a'io"s =.
o,icen,en on duty in the neighporhoo' y. III, -
80 They had been accustomed 10 uSe '"'
cot,aoe as a trystng place ana lun'"eo'
-, -, dvent Of Professor Southwick ana MS traps
' -, ~ all thar. More particularly they
r,,I,Iea AZ being deprived OF place IN "n'en "
90. .uncheon and or two ins.steu upon Us
~ Mace as before. We've been cofi's nj
,rs and were g5n' u keep on coming ''ey
said. and Professor Soutn"lcN gave
humoredly and no more was SAID
r-na professors foreman however uiu no' ap
- - tho leniency OF mis- superior ana in"druS
,.,,,os that no sparrow cop should come tramp'hs
IN and out of the Sw.ss Cottage II ne 'ou'' "eP
shorty before the luncheon hour ne& M ,Se aoor
spiii ny, down 10 await Developments blsa $50
- carbon is Of the chemicals ussa - ,onf ne
80 rreeable otor 81 anything IN eNls,ehee'
~ noiicemen appeared ready ior ther ia
80 a,hico they produced from their pockets An.
con WEI" ~ cat 49, What barkety blank smell,
IA one The other agreed and ASKED tnS foreman a
what WIS N S mac sag They y finished their
luncheon in doHbe quick tl' ne,t ana good dea, more
corbon bisuphide down and again waited aeVe'0p-
msppbcw, sad the unfortunatae policemen WIEN o,s
~, uttered 'I'll be BANKED y can eau III IN.
smell" said No and ne oo I90W When they got
49, thev we're greeted by the sinell iLV'i
a'ir,r IN which was boiling mixture OF 80
on and creosote ami few other oaot't'.p-s , 80
sta3ces This time luncheon was ear. ~ u. -,
+, anticIpation OF a thiId VISIT ne i,ielth
Saiy drenchea the hoor with Ms 'nc9Iy
peIm1 o TWO gray helmets poked in az the doorway.
AT i'o ,mo noses anxiousy snured the atmospnerc
ana wv The air 'aden with the horrible smell.
OF t M rcSemica as soon the door was opened
rushed toward the 0perins ana enVeoped one p IT,
~ ,uo policemen IN its fearful odor lhey
81 CT ne one veil ana fed and never since then has
erv park policeman expressed desire TO cay ms
InScbson or DO anything csc in the SWISS cottage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06

bone when she asked him TO put out his hngI ~
that she might learn whether or not he was rat
enough TO Kill. for you must know she had very pad
eyesght and could not see how plump he was.
At last she got tired Of waiting and made Gretel
fiji the great kettle with water so that she might
set Hansel 10 boil but Gretel she intended 10 roast
Would you believe IL? While the horrid old witch
was looking into the oven 10 sec whether IL was not
enough Grete gave her a push and In she went
head over hees, and Gretel slammed the door 10,
and II was the Old witch who roasted But
HAnyel and Grctel loaded themselves down with
diamonds and pearls and al sorts OF jewels which
they found IN the witchs house. and ran home be
ing carried across a pond one at time by kind
duck and when they got home they found that
their wicked stepmother had died meanwhile. and
they lived happily with their dear father forever
after.
Thus In outline runs the Marchen as German
nurses tel It to their little charges The author OF
the book Frau Wette who is the sister OF Herr
Humperdinck has made few changes. 70 which Il
may be well call attention before describing the
opera in detail She has changed tho stepmother
who leads such an unhappy lfe in the nursery tales
OF all countries into q real mother who does not
plan the death OF the children. but ia 1T Of III
humor punishes them for their ndoence by driving
them into the woods 10 gather strawberries The
children loter in the woods. ana eventually reach
the Ilsensten. a spot that figures as witch's
haunt in Goethes Faust" There night overtakes
them and they put 10 sleep by the Sandman
uho seep-fairy who puts sand into the eyes OF
German children. But before they 90 to sleep
they say their evening prayer. which tells how
fourteen guardian angels are sert 20 watch over
good children every night The angels come. as
descrlbed and in the morning the children are
awakened by the Dewman che dawn-fairy. who
shakes dew into the eyes OF sleeping Children Of
a beethoven when II II time for them TO wake up,
and happer upon the home Of the Gust Witch
whose gingerbread house is surrounded by fence Of
gingerbread children. II b. the practice OF this
witch TO bake he- victims into gingerbread and ga
them afterward She meets the .ate Of the witch
in the original story anu Is herself transformed
into a monstrous gingerbread When the magic
oven falls to pieces the gingerbread covering falls
on the figures which form the fence around tho
witch's house and the spell being removed rom
them the children all come TO life and the opera
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06

mother proposed that the children be taken deep
into the forest and left there die To this wicked
proposition the father though he loved his children
dearly. last gave his assent driven by stress OF
need But the children had overheard the plot. and
when next day their parents took them into the
wood and left them thny found their way back
home by following some pebbles which Hansel had
Jet fall in the morning and which g,iitered white
In the moonlight a second time did the step
mother attempt 10 carry out her pan, and this
tiuN the children lost their way In the woods, for
Hansel had been unable 10 provide himself WIN
pebbles and though he had marked the path by
dropping bread crumbs the birds had come and
eaten them up. so brother and sister wandered
about in the forest for days. and were Ike to
die OF hunger when they suddenly came upon
house in a direction toward which they mad oeeh
attracted by the singing OF a snow-white bird And
such a house The walls were gingerbread. the
windows barley sugar. and cakes, tarts and all
manner Of sweetmeats adorned the door and WIN
dow-sills and caves What sight for the chill
dren who were just about dying OF starvation
OF course they asked questions but began break
ing off bits here and there and eating them. Then
came a voice from inside the house:
Munching crunching, munchng,
Who's eating up my house?
You may believe that Hansel and Gretel were
frightened but hunger gnawIng them more
than fear. and they made bold to reply:
The wind the wind
Only the wind
But that didn't hep matters. and before they
knew it d witch had out OF the house. which
she had set there expressly to entrap children and
caught them by the hands. She was the knusper-
bexe. which means the Crust Witch: but that
doesn't give hat an idea OF how dreadful she was.
FOR she spent all her time catching children, fatten-
ing them. then killing, cooking and eating them.
That's what she intended TO do to Hansel and
Gretel She shut Hansel up in cage and fed him
with al sorts Of good things 10 make him fat, but
he fooled her a long time by letting her feel OF a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06
ROsERr BURNs.s GREArGRAYDsoN
From The London Daily Graphic.

Rohert Rurnss last surviving descendant IS
,,-est- grardson named after the poet. and wears
5nnnicinaI Uniform as an official In the employment
~ ,ho civ of Edinburgh. The following letter
- orn Pan Elizabeth Cape Colony. 10 THE Weekly
Scotsman speaks for itself:
We in common with scotsmeh IN plhoT paris o.
The addressing condition. bodily and pecunlaiiy OF
our countryman, Robert Burns the iasi surviVlne
nrsssion 10 our sympathy by contributing small
amount which, W. nope, may heIp 10 browne som,
afiietion. we therefore enclose bank draft for
iiz iss sd-f5 5s. OF which IS rom our own asso
ton at Oudtshoorn and e S. 3D. from ne asso-
cia ton at Klerksdorp with me reques' .hat you
heartfelt Sla. good shes for the welfare OF himself
and Mrs. Burns