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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
A Rosky journey,

Indian Chief Ito prisoner)-You say
you are a foreign tourist?
Prisoner-Yes.
And you have a title?" ....
Yes
And you are married?"
YES"
We'll, I will let you go; but you will
have to run the gauntlet Of American
heiresses all the way from Denver to
New York.-New York Weekly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Her Plan.

He-How does it happen that none
Of you women have come forward
With new currency plan?
She-Oh. we already have a perfect
one. When we need currency we just
sit down and cry for it.-Cincinnah
Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Drive Chem Away.

She shran;l away coyly 1T his APP
prOacll.
care we alone she fultered. in APP
prehensiol.
II don't know" he answered. "You
might sing II few selections and make
sure"
He rose and would have led her to
the piano hut for the cold stare she
gave him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
A Drop too Much.

Jimson-Sad about poor Keely.
wasn't it?
SimSOn-HVnIt about him?
Had the jimS and ran UP On the
roof, stood on the edge crying for
Drink" 'Drinllr''
"Wcll:"
Then the wind came alcng and
blew him off,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Ehe yynstcs of Siberia

pnore barren Of comfort than the
Sthose. who suffer from dyspepsia
4 complaint or from kidney trouble.
klsteter's Stomach Ri.ters they can
FL. So cam the malaliouS. the rhcu-
gle neuralgia. the feeble and the old.
Fh persistence this remedy with :,
Nof over Il third OF H. century. \
Sssful three times IL day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Frank, Mt Least.

May would like to join bicycle
club. Are you all full up at yours?
Agatha-Not generally till after the
O'clock Russian Tea is on.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Up TO Old Tricks.

Ontllme-I remember when used to
got thrnshed for going fishing, and
then lying about it.
Mrs. Ontume-It didn't do YOU much
good, apparently.
Ontume-Why not?
Mrs. Ontlme-Yol do it yet.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
At Intervals,

Fratherstonc-1ook here, Willie
When am iii The pailor With your
sister do You cye'. peak through the
keyhole?
Willie-Sometimcs. when mamm:
isn't there.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21

fallen into q reminiscent mood between
patients.
81 got that in thespring Of Co." said
the doctor, as he looked at the cap and
blew the dust from the visor-duSt of
West Madison street, which lay where
more than thirty years ago. ut was
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21

There are people who have learned. as the
poet eNhOrS. to labor and to wait: but. llll-
fortunately. they wait Il great deal more
than they labor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Only a Stem between.

\nkleigh-See here! 1 signed that
b. of mine Free Lance. You print
Me signature Free Lunch.
gor-What is the difference?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Some Trolley Data.

J, fact that the trolley is cheaper
the horse for traction work, and
the public like it better, is no
or questioned, but none the less
some figures which come from
ladelphia Of a months operation
"a line where trolley has just re-
placed the horse. of interest. The $50
horses that were formerly used on the
road consumed in month two and 4
half tons of hay, two tons of cut hay,
abOUL G - 's Of feed and =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Taken In.

"If#I live long enough lie said,
modify, II hope I'll get over being Il
natural mark for any bunco steercr
that happens to be loose"
Whats the natter"
I concluded I'd hay, to economics,
SO I sent so cents to man who said
that was all he'd charge to tell me
how to make Il little money so long
way"
And what did he tell you?'
He simply wrote. Send 5 cents by
express to San Francisco. "-Washing-
ton Star.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21

/ Nothing recalls to the mind of the mar
ried man the joys Of his single life 81
wildly as to find that the baby has bcc,l
eating crackers in he'd
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Acknowledged.

Mrs. Withcrby-Ive been With IN
engaged couple all day. I wonder if
we were as stupid before we were
married
Witherby-I was, or I never would
have been married
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21

IT the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
BE s,re and use that old and well-tred remedy, Mrs
MISSIONS SOOTHING SYerc G.as -,,ill-au Teething-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21

4s@S Goes Cough Salsam
IL the Oldest and best. IT, III treas up Gold uuick
err than thing else. 1t Is aiwiS reliable. Iry j,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
.Row's This:

Weeer OneHIundred Dollars reward
for any kase Of Catarrh that can not be
cured ~ Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY e. CO.. Toledo, o.
We, The undersigned, have known F. ].
Cheneyfor the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
West TRUAx, Wholesale Drug; ,ts, To-
ledo, ri WALDlSa, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
lIACatarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
free. Prics 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
Druggists.
Halls Family Pills, CSC.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21

Sraffe has Il tongue seventeen inches
Eat is the male giraffe. What mus
i length Of the tongue of the lady
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
Tho BROKEN spe1,.

''Tht1wn ovcr!w
The rural lover gazcd at the now
darkened windows of the Old red
schouihouse and wept aloud.
Paxted forever by one small word"
He remembered her besecching
glance but how was. he to know
winery he III" came in "Pbthisic?
"An lay, there'll be no more spcllin'
bees 3 winter, an IL she kin stand
II III I"
SnfananiEg his fortitudc, he walked
away. sss
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21

"Hanson's Magic corn lalve."
Warranted to cure money refunded. Ask your
druggist for II. Price Is cents.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21

cid not get along without Iiso'S Cure.
assumption. 1t always cnres.-Airs. T..
Needham, Mass. Oct. ~, 1894.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21
THE ONWARD r1ARcH

of Consumption is
stopped short by DR..
Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. If
you haven't waited
b e yon d on,
there's complete re-
covery and cure.
Although by many
believed to be incur
able, there is the
evidence of hundreds
of living witnesses te
the fact that, in al
its earlier stages, cor
sumption is a curabl
disease. Not ever
case, but a large pc,
ce,,tage Of cases, ane
we believe, fully 9e
per cent. are cured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10

and torment to both the subject and his
friends. 1t depends upon the artist Mr.
Prince has made a life study of the art of
posing. and he has the impressionist's
faculty of at once graSping the best points
OF subject. Princes art studio is at the
corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 18th
street.
Paper fancy work is a favorite this sea-
son. 1t combines beauty with economy.
}. j. Gould, 421 9th street. has everything
for paper fancy work. everything with
which to trim the Christmas tree, to make
paper dolls and napkins, &c.
Time is of the essence of this ante-holi-
day period. You must keep account of it,
and Hutterly, 6S2 street, opposite the
city post otfice-he can help you to do it.
His hospital for sick watches is well
known, and many fine timepiece goes
there for rest, good nursing and general
correc ton.
Half hose at half price! There's an equa-
ton for you. P. T. Hall, the shirt maker.
90S F street, has them. The quality more
than equals the price
The. Christmas hatter-Chares H Ruoff
(up-to-date also), at sos Pennsylvania ave-
nue-ofers you the genuine thing in Der
bes and Alpines at extremely low prices
the same prices that others charge for
really cheap and poor goods. i.
Ii any one has a Nmas lawsuit on hand
let him remember Elliott, the quick prin-
ter, at 56 10th street Cphone- 164!O. He
can do brief wsrk in a surprisingly short
space of time-now or at any other season
of the year.
Wells makes shirts we'll. It's only diff
ference of one letter. You can remember
him by the phrase 70 for 9''-six trst-class
shirts for So Wells. 141l Pennsylvania
avenue.
Nothing adds so much to the enjoyment
of Christmas time as good sleighing-or
without the snow. good driving, behind a
good horse, or two of them mot horseless
horses), and nothing adds to this pleasure
so much as a good carriage or sleigh robe.
James Y. Davis Sons, 12U1 Pennsylvania
avenue have them. They also have fur
capes, collars, gloves and many other
things in furs that are the richest and
best of their kind.
The Christmas young man needs dress
suit. Haslett & Pistol. 1345 Pennsylvania
avenue. the up-to-date tailoring shop,
make them at prices that really give every
customer a Christmas present.
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sense of disappointment, he knew not why,
came over him. The kindly overture of the
unseen player had been relief to his loneli-
ness. Yet he had barely concluded the hymn
when the familiar sound again struck his
ears. But this time the musician played
boldly-confidently, and with q singular
skill on the instrument.
The brilliant prelude over. TO his entire
surprise and some confusion. soprano
voice, high, childish, but infinitely quaint
and fascinating, was miSchievously uplifted.
But alas! even to his ears, ignorant of the
language, it was very clearly a song of levity
and wantonness. of freedom and license Of
coquetry and Indictment! Yet such was it's
fascination that he fancied it was reclaimed
by the delightful, childlke and innocent ex-
preston of the singer.
Enough that this TALL gaunt, broad-shoul-
dered man arose. and, overcome by a curl
osty almost as childlike, slipped into the
garden and glided with an Indian softness
of tread toward the voice. The moon shone
full upon the ruined mission wall, tipped
with clusters of dark foliage. Half hiding,
half mingling with one of them-an indis-
tinct bulk Of light-colored huddled feeces
like an extravagant birds nest-hung the
unknown musician. So intent was the per-
formers preoccupation that Masterton
actually reached the base of the wall i'm
mediately below the figure. without attract
ing its attention. But his foot slipped on
the crumbling debris with swapping of dry
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Al)&19rSVert
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WG9 H"''s
Copyright 1895, by Bachelor, johnson Bachelor
PART l.

Copyright, 1895, by Bachelor johnson & Bachelor.
PART I.
The largest tent of the Tasajasa camp
meeting was crowded to its utmost extent
The excitement of that dense mass was
at Its highest pitch. Rev. Stephen Master.
ton, the single, erect, passionate figure
of that confused medley of kneeling wor.
shippers, had reached the eliminating pitch
OF his irresistible exhortatory power. Signs
and groans were beginning to respond tc
his appeals, when the reverend brother
was seen to lurch heavily forward and
fall to the ground.
At first the effect was that Of a part OF
his performance; the groans redoubled, and
twenty or thirty brethren threw them.
selves PROSTATE In humble imitation of the
preacher. But Sister Deborah Stokes, per.
haps through some special revelation OF
feminine intuition, grasped the fallen man.
tore loose his black silk necktie and drag.
ged him free Of the struggling, frantic
crowd. whose paroxysms he had Just
evoked. 1t may have struck her that his
own condition was not essential to thai
condition In others. Howbeit, he was pale
and unconscious and unable to continue
the service. Even the next day, when he
mad slightly recovered, 1t was found that
any attempt to renew his fervid exhorta.
lions produced the same disastrous re-
suit
1t so CHANGED that the medical practi-
toner of the district was a man of large
experience. of military training and plain
speech. When, therefore, he one day found
in his surgery a man of rude western type,
strong limbed and sunburned, but trem-
bling, hesitating and neurotic in move
ment. after listening to his symptoms
gravely. he asked. abruptly: And how
much are you drinking now?"
II am lifelong abstainer," stammered
his patient, in quivering indignation. But
this was followed by another question SO
frankly appalling to the hearer that he
staggered to his feet.
I'm Stephen Masterton-known of men
as a circuit preacher, of the northern Cali
fornia districtr' he Numbered, land an
enemy of the flesh In all its forms"
Il beg your pardon" responded DR..
Duchesne, grimly. but as you are suf-
1ering from excessive and repeated excl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10
PROGRESS IN FLORIDA.
Palaces on What Was Government
Land Twenty-Five Years Ago.


From the Jacksonville Citizen.
Perhaps there is not a tract of lard in
tie United States that has enhanced in
value so rapidly as that on the east side of
Lake Worth for a distance of about ten
miles.
Twenty-Five years ago the entire penin-
sula was all government land and not
homesteaded. Five years later few people
from the north. among them some of the
largest land owners and Weulthiest peo-
pie now here, took up 100 acres each they
lived on it and gradually improved it. A
few purchased their tracts from the gov
eminent at 81 % per acre after they had
lived on it the required length of time.
Many sold their holdings for what they
days was not an easy task.
The famous Lake Worth region began to
be attractive to a few northerners early in
the eighties. They went as far south as
Titusville, and took schooner for Lake
Worth, and later for BscayEe bay.
At the time that E. N. Dimick built the
Cocoanut Grove Hotel the property was
not considered to be worth much. The
been purchased for $3.50. This same piece
Of property offered to Congressman
Harry Miner of New York several years
ago, but was refused. Mr.. Miner was here
last winter. and when informed that the
same piece of property is held at $4,000 he
was SURPRISED.
Perhaps the most money ever paid for a
piece of this land was paid by Mr.. Flager
when he purchased the Mccormick proper
ty for $4,000. He also purchased a piece
of property from the Brelsfords for $4,000.
The improvements around Lake Worth
have cost millions of dollars. Fine winter
residences of wealthy people of the north
are to he seen everywhere. Many of those
who first came here own fine houses that
front on Lake Worth. Many of these can
not be purchased.
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The Publisher Made $4,000 Out of o
Three-DOllnr Song.

The Publisher Made $4,000 Out of q
Three-DOllnr Song.
From the Philadelphia Footlights
One day three friends were walking cn
the boulevards of Paris. All three were
young and all three were poor.
Should 1 not like a good breakfast"
said one.
Il should like any breakfast" said an
other, "even IL not very good"
And 1, also. the most simple of break
fasts. so long as it is a breakfast" said
the third
How much must it cost?" asks the first
speakers
Two dollars. at least" says No. q
I've got an idea-come along" says No.
3. And all three went to well-known
publisher of music.
Sir" said the young man with the idea,
I'VE have come TO ask you to buy a song,
of which this genteman has written the
music and that gentleman the wordG, and.
as / am the only one Of the three who has a
voice. l will sing it to YOU
The publisher made wry face. but he
said:
"Sing. and 1 will see." Then the young
man sang.
TT is a very simple ditty." said the pub
Usher. but as 1 want a lot of songs for O.
cafe chantant which is going to open 1 will
buy it and give you s. for it'll apiece"
The three friends looked at each other.
They did not expect so much. They took
the money and left the manuscript in the
publishers hands in exchange.
And with that s. they went to breakfast
like three princes of Bohemia, as they were.
Now, the composer Of the music was Mari
posa, the author Of the words ALFRED de
Musset." and the singer Duprer!
AS for the song, 1t took all Paris, and
from the cafe chantant 1t went to the
Paris The publisher made $4,000 by this
song.
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WHY BIRDS MIGRATE.
Lack of Suitable Food Regarded as
the Main Reason.

From the Boston Transcript.
The meeting of the Boston Scientific So
ciety recently was particularly interesting
since C. ]. Maynard, the well-known nat
uralist, presented his own ideas on the
Migration of Birds" Why birds should
migrate with such exceeding regularity
has always been a puzzle to scientists, and
| no hypothesis which has yet been suggest
ed has been adequate. In fact, some nat
uralsts are of the opinion that it cannot
be explained. Mr.. Maynards own observa-
tons have led him to what seems a solu-
ton of the problem.
| For the origin of the migratory instinct
one must begin at time when life was
confined within a comparatively narrow
zone by the cold which extended below the
| ice-sheets of the glacial period. Here all
| migration to the north and south was i'm
possible. The necessity for a dispersion
Of the young, in order that all might OBJ
tain food, was a principle which led to
| moving to other places. AS the ice melted,
| it was possible for the birds to move to
| the north to gain new food fields, and this
range increased as the ice melted, and the
northern country became fertile.
But the regularity of the movement is
! still unexplained, for it is well known that
certain birds make their appearance in our
| fields and forests within a very few days
of the same time each year. This. Mr..
Maynard thinks, is due to the physical
time of breeding: the male breaks into
song, and in the south this is known to be
a forerunner of the birds departure north.
1t seeks the haunts where 1t has been be-
fore to rear its family, and at the advent
of cold weather again returns to the south.
This return is due to a number of things,
principal among which is the lack of food.
With the cold weather the insects begin to
decrease, and the bird is forced to seek
places where they are still plenty. This
is to the south.
But" said Mr.. Maynard. some will
urge that the birds which leave in August
and early in September should still be able
to find plenty of insects to eat" In reply
to this it is evident that certain of the
birds, those which on the wing all
the time seeking for food. are blessed with
exceedingly active digestive apparatus, and
need to eat almost continually. When,
therefore, the nights get below a certain
length. say ten hours the bird gets hum
cry in the night, and instinct or heredity
teaches 1t to seek some other place with
shorter nights. Some of the birds that
have learned to stay with us during the
winter have developed notifications either
in structure or in food, whereby they are
able at all times to get sufficient food.
The instinct of migration Is therefore de-
pendent in the first place upon the neces-
sity of dispersion which has assumed a
north and south direction through the re-
cession of the ice sheet, modified by the
shifting of the food itself and the homing
instinct which leads them to seek the same
localities year after year in which to rear
their offspring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10
WHY HE JUMPED.
A Cowboy. Now Retired, Talks PrOud-
ly of His Horses achievements.

A Cowboy. Now Retired, Talks Proud-
ly of His Horses Achievements.
From the Chicago News.
A gentleman, a former herdsman, relates
thrilling personal experience connected
with stampede of cattle. He was taking a
herd of 400 steers to Leadville, and had
camped for the night on Bear river, near its
junction with the Little Snake. At midnight
when he went on guard all was quiet, but in
an hour or So for some unexplained reason,
the cattle were up and of. like flash; some
thing had stampeded them. He says:
I was riding old blue-colored line
backed California broncho, just the beast for
the work. had often ridden him 100 miles
day. The night was dark and cloudy, and
l had to rely on Sans sure-footedness, as
1 strove to stay on the TANKS Of the steers
and turn them until their scare should cease.
1t was a wild race. Four five times
Sam gave tremendous Jumps but landed
right and went on in good shape. In the
course of an hour or so had the beeves
quieted.
When daylight came, being curious to
know what obstacles had occasoned those
tremendous leaps of the broncho,I set forth
tom land the steer had assembled a gentle
activity and on the plateau at the top had
kept circling them.
This plateau was intersected by a canon
about four miles long and from 500 to 1900
feet deep. Its walls inclined toward each
other at the top, and the distance across
was fifteen or twenty feet.
During the chase Sam had jumped that
frightful chasm four times. His hoofmarks
were plainly visible, and down in the debris,
hundreds of feet below, were a dozen man
gled steers that had been crowded off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10
The bedbug has no wings at all,
But he gets there just the same.

The boarder complains of the bug but 1t
is the boarder who goes; the bug continues
to occupy his old quarters. The bug has
more lives than a cat, and like the cat, II
driven out he comes back. He fourishes
on coal oil and insect powder, and burning
sulphur only serves to stimulate him to
fresh efforts. The bedbug is an institution
and is here to stay. A short time ago on
1Ath and Clark avenue man tried to BAN
ish his crop of bedbugs with gasoline. At
ter carefully smearing the furniture with
the fluid he lit his pipe while he awaited
developments. He was taken to the hos
pital minus his hair, his whskers and much
epidermis. The bugs stayed to keep house.
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twigs. There was a quick little cry from
above. He had barely time to recover his
position before the singer, impulsively lean
Ing over the parapet, had lost hers, and fell
outward But Masterton was tall, alert
and self-possessed, and threw out his long
arms. The next moment they were full of
soft 1ounces. struggling figure was against
his breast. and a woman's frightened little
hands around his neck.
Go be continued tomorroW)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10
THE BEST PROOF

OF the wonderful curative qualities
of the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt is the
fact that it is initiated. The genuine
is without equal as an aperient for
chronic constipation, rheumatism,
dyspepsia, liver and kidney troubles,
&c. Best taken when outdoor exer-
else can be had. Be sure and secure
only the genuine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10
IntlOmitnbIe Bedbug.
I'M the st. Louis Post Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post Dlspatch.
The bedbug fourishes though all man
kind rises to crush it. The poet has sung
the indomitabe perseverance and energy
of the insect under adverse circumstances
thus:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-10

DR.. Maurice Egan of the Catholic Univer-
sity delivered a lecture last night at the
Holy Cross academy on 1.-The Tendency of
the Modern Novel"