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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04
devices, business men think
f can start the wheels. The
'ahtry devotely hopes>that no oc-
ltion for an extra session will arise.
THE NEW ROAD GRADER.

No township or district should
buy . road grader until they have
seen the New Indiana Reversible
rosa machine, or written US for a
descriptive catalogue of same. 1t
y The most complete machine on the
m9tket; the blade can be turned
.arotind and used for smoothing in
place of a roller, and the draw bar
canahe raised and lowered on the
front axle to give the proper tilt to
the blade. These are entirely new
features. This machine is made Of
steel light and strong and very
easily handled. Local agents want
din every county. Magill & Co.,
gensFal agents for Northern Mime
sotasand North Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04
GIVE Us PEACE.

For the Democratic party as a
contestant for supremacy, the best
thing that could happen would be
an extra session.
For the people of United States,
as business men and producers, an
extrasession would be about the
worst thing imaginable.
Dissensions and impotence in
the face of financial problems
would weaken Republican as they
weakened Democratic prestige.
But for the price of the entertain
ment faithful Democrat would be
delighted to sees TomReed dodging
in painful embarrassment and Alll-
son brought to bay on free coin
age.
The cost is too great. Democrats
will prefer to wait until the battle Of
parties opens in the regular way.
Business is just getting ready for
activity. 1t is weary of politicians
aud afraid of them. Left to their
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04
SOW LESS WHEAT.

It is always easier to offer advice
than to accept it. And this is
especially true when the person
who offers the advice has less prac-
tical experience than those to whom
it is offered, because in that case
the adviser cannot appreciate fully
the difficulty of putting his advice
in practice. Nevertheless, it is a
fact, that mere onlooker may at
times be able to see more clearly the
progress of a battle and the dangers
to which the contestants are ex-
posed than those who are in the
thick of the fight.
The advice which heads this arti-
Gle is offered to farmers throughout
the country in full consciousness of
the fact that there may in many
cases be good reason why it should
not be followed. That possibility
does not, however, weaken in any
degree, but rather intensifes, the
arguement that all who can find any
other profitable use for their land
should, for this year at least, devote
a smaller portion of it to wheat
than has been their custom; in
order that they may be less depen-
dent upon the price of wheat for
the success of their years opera
tions, and also that they may have
a better chance to get a paying price
for what wheat they do raise.
In view of the continuous increase
of the production of wheat in
Russia and in South America, there
seems at present to be little pros
pect that the price of wheat will
advance to the figures that were eur
rent three years ago, even if there
shall be considerable falling off in
the production of wheat in this
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04

is IT not time that North Dako-
tans should cease boasting fierce
blizzards and awful winters? We
have not had snow enough this
winter by half, eastern states have
had six or eight times as much as
we; we have not had even an in
FAINT blizzard while New York has
been showed under and showed
up. While the balmy chinook
gambols over North Dakota's
prairies, eastern people have been
waiting for last weeks train and
ancient mail.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04

THE militia appropriation stands
and all companies will receive
their full quota of cash as hereto
fore. Out o f the seven bills intro
duced affecting the appropriations
but one passed. The bill provid-
ed for a board of control for the
military grounds and a reduction
in the salary of the adjutant gen.
eral.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04
FREE WOOL.

We have noted with amusement
the reception by the organs of pro-
lection of the report of Consul
Meeker giving an account of the i'm
portation into England of American
cheviots. 1t was first treated as
some canard unworthy of credeace
then, when it was forced to admit
it as fact, it was accounted for as
other exports of protected wares,
a suplus sent out for sale at sacrifice
prices to relieve the glut. Then,
when it was shown that it was a
bona tide transaction, made after an
exhibition of samples, and that the
goods were sold fourpence a yard
under English prices for similar
goods, it was finally treated as a
little matter about which there was
no need of making so much fuss.
1t is, however, very significant
matter, more SO than the invasion
of England last year with Ameri-
can-made Administer carpets, for
people have to wear woolens who
can get along without carpets. It
is corroborative of the predictions
made by free traders of the effect Of
freeing wool from the import taxes,
relieving our makers of a sur.
charged cost of their raw material
and enabling them to compete on
even terms. 1t is yet to soon to
have the effect extended to and be-
come apparent in advancing wool
prices, but that is inevitably bound
to follow, as with the export trade
will grow the foreign trade in.
woolens made from mixed and
domestic woods.
Free wool has come to stay. It
alreadyaffects and lowers the home
price of woolens and read y-made
clothing, and this is an object lesson
people will not care to unlearn. As
yet the maker of woolens is to high
ly protected with the tax of from
40 to so per cent, and he is demon
strating, as in this shipment of
cheviots, that he needs no protec-
tion, because he is meeting abroad
successfully the competition he has
said he could not meet at home.
Free woolens will soon follow free
wool.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04

LEADING Democrats in New
York claim that the state legisla-
ture which has been republican
has been Disappointing the people
and has solidi6ed the Democrats,
so that everything now indicates
that New York will surely go
Democratic this fall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04

.sPorhIar Edition" of Laws of 1896.
The 3cts of the fourth session Of the
North Dakota legislative assembly, to-
gether with complete synopsis of the
importa ant changes made in, the old laws
by the new codes, will in a few days be
issued From the press of the Bismarck
Tribnns, in the Popular Edition form
retaiIprice rs cts. There are many
startlin& and important changes in the
laws !an the little volume will be the
first san completest review issued. AS
the reSi Sd code will not be printed for
some na6ahths, this edition will be found
almost Adispensible with all classes
immena iy more so than any previous
work 81 this nature. There have been
manyS Sanges made, new duties i'm
posed IN county city and township Off
GERS, ical departures in the assess
ment aim taxation of property lin fact a
compiled new revenue law; a new gar
nishmeSt law; exemption laws; impor-
tant Chi Sbges in the school laws, in the
probate Dde, in the code of civil pro-
cedure, I'D criminal and justice codes,
The w nchucks' in the new codes are
numerd and changes radical. The
new rey nue. law Isl complete depar-
ture ffpi present methods. 1t must be
remernh red that all the new codes
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04
Railroad News.

TheIatter part Of last week, D. W.
Hines, president of the Duluth and
North Dakota Railroad Co., let the
contracts for grading the road between
Drayton st. Thomas and several miles
westpf st. Thomas, to the following
parties: Messrs. J. D. Wallace, W.
Gpf, r. Il. Richardson, Chas. Ed
wards; John Cochran, miles; Thex-
ton Bros,,5 miles; Garnett Bros, S
miles,, J. Tisdale, 81 miles; = Bald
win, miles; W. Thexton and others,
3 miles The price paid is seven cents
per ysSd the several parties to receive
stock Al the road as payment for their
labor Geo. j. Patterson, of Bowes-
5mont yho owns grader, has been
seen help in the work the first 6
milA est from Drayton. The other
CONT orswe understand have grad
erssd a6irown. The grading is to be
done Keen June 1st and July 18th.
Mott, the Walsh County Sur
veyoIi been secured to re-survey
the The proposed road, and will
comma 6ee the work about May 1.
Mr. Lines came in Thursday even
ing Sfrs trip to Warren and Thief
Rivera Falls, where he has been on
.businSs connected with the new road.
Y FridR morning, armed with the
propefegal blanks and accompanied
by Jus5ce I. E. Mussell, he started
out to Secure the right of way between
DraytSn and st. Thomas. Most of the
said riSht Of way was virtually secured
some Months ago, by pledge, and Mr..
Hines now goes over the ground again
to get ne transfers made in legal, writ
ten fom.
Thu9 the enterprise moves forward,
and th6 Duluth and North Dakota
RailrOXd is go.-Drayton Echo.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04
Electric Bftters

This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise.-A purer medicine does not ex-
list and is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure
all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys,
will remove pimp1es, boils salt Rheum
and other affections caused by impure
blood.-Will drive malaria from the
system and prevent as we'll as cure all
Malaria fevers.-For cure Of headache,
constipation and indigestion try Elec-
trio Bitters.-Entire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded
Price so cts. $1.0O per bottles at E. L.
DonoYan's drug store. 5
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04

EVEN the good, old prohibition
state of Maine is opposed to wom-
ans sufferage-the bill being de-
feated in the state senate by a
vote of Is to IL. Woman's suffer-
age has been getting knocked out
all around this winter. .Is
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04

Farmers, mortgages of chattels and
others having property fof sale at pub
lie vendue in Cavalier county will con-
suit their best interests by obtaining
the services Of an auctioneer that will
honestly try to get the most for each
and every article sold. I am prepared
to do work in any part of the county
Call and see me before engaging any
one else. Terms reasonable.
P. MCHUGH, Licensed Auctioneer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04
THE TWICE-A-WEEK
REPUBLIC.
SPECIAL OFFER,
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Good Only Until March S1st, 1896.
Send two new subscribers with two
dollars and get one year free.
Send four new subscribers with four
dollars and receive the paper two years
without cost.
''Do you know q good thing when
you see it? A word to the wise Is suffi-
Gent" Address THE REPUBLIC,
st. LOUIS. Mo.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-04

me Ies guild Of the Presbyterian
chus0h 81 aarrangsd FOR that talented
younR y ntlonist, Marie Louise de
! Lorisrlef "a appear here Thursday.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-01
A Lake with n RoOI.

No, 1t is not frozen salt, and 1t Is not
underground. On the contrary, this
remarkable lake may be seen at any
time during the year, fully exposed,
being even at it's best when the sun
is shining directly upon it. This won
derful body of water is one of the
saltiest of the salt lakes, and is stu
ated near Obdorsk, Siberia.
The lake is nine miles wide and sew
enteen long, and, within the memory
of man. was not entirely rooted over
by the salt deposit. Originally, evap-
Grafton played the most prominent
part in coating the lake over with
salt, but at the present time the salt
springs which surround it are adding
fast to the thickness of the crust.
In ages gone by rapid evaporation of
the lakes waters left great salt crys-
tails floating on the surface. In course
of time these caked together. Thus in
the end the water was entirely COW
cred. In 1878 the lake found an I'M
derground outlet into the river Obi,
which lowered it's surface about three
feet.
The salt crust was so thick, how
ever, that it retained its w level,
and now presents the curious specta-
Gle of a sa%lt-roofed lake. The salt coat
increases six inches in thickness every
year.
The many islands with which the
lake is studded are said to act as
braces and to help keep the arched
salt-crust in its pOSition.-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-01

What Is an Orchid?

A horticultural journal seeks to rem
edy the popular inability to define
what an orchid is. People may know
an orchid when they see one; they
may even be cognizant of the habits
and with the habitats of some of the
more hardy varieties, but to give IL
definition at sight would certainly be
impossible to many. A plant which is
not peculiar to any zone, which is
found in the frigid equally with the
torrid, which has at least 10000 va
rieties already known to man, of whom
some grow from roots, some from a
bulb Tor from pseudO-bulh), some grow
ing in trees, some creeping on tn"
ground, some of the plants complete.
covering huge logs and trunks. others
growing of the size and with the pro-
fusion of the daisy; such a plant, such
a variety of plants, must needs have
something in common to enable the
perpleXed botanist to classify and to
catalogue his specimens. Every or.
child flower consists of three petals
and three sepals. Under the micro
scope every difference apparent to the
naked eye disappears, and one sees
that, whereas, in other plants the or
gans of reproduction are separate, III
the orchid they are, in each case, fused
together. Orchids have the style ant
the stamens in common with Other
| plants; but they bear the stigmata un
derneath, while at the tip are the pol
len grains.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-01

Prof. e. w. Scripture of Yale Uni
versity, whose psycholo gical subjects
are now given special attention, has
been doing some valuable work with
the new apparatus called the pendu-
lum c~hronoscope, or the pendulum
timer, designed for recording the time
occupied by the various operations or
the mind. Some CT the tests Of this
Instrument, made at a recent deiion-
stration by Prof. Scripture. w"'
interesting. Skilled piano-forte play
ers know that one Of the main essen
tials to a smooth and artistic perform
ance in the ability to press any re-
quired number of keys exactly at the
same instant. This is much more diff
ficult than is generally believed, but
the timer will bring the musician
nearer to it than any inctrument vet
devised. A well-known pianist was
asked by Prof. Scripture to preside at
the piano. He was told to move both
hands at the same time In pressing
the keys. He was quite sure that he
had done so until the reading of the
timer was taken. This showed that his
left hand was fifteen-thOusandths of q
second behind the right. To obtain
this record a telegraph key was put
under each of the performers hands.
Connected to these was an apparatus,
including a large spark coil and two
metal recording points which rested
| ON a revolving drum. The drum was
| covered with smoked paper. The mo-
| ment each key was pressed a spark
| was made from it's pointer, and the
| distance between the sparks was told
| off in thousandths of a second by a
| tuning-fork adjustment. In a similar
manner the psychologist can ascertain
the time occupied by any given effort
| throughout the whole domain of men
| tai life. The operation of the pendu-
| lum timer is not confined to sound,
and a very elaborate series of tests is
being made by Prof. Scripture for the
purpose of determining many hitherto
unknown phenomena connected with
sight, touch, etc. The pendulum timer
was made under the supervision of
Prof. Scripture for Prof. G. B. Bliss.
who proposes to publish the results of
a large number of measurements on
mental time he is now taking.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-01
No Fun Being u King.

Speaking of the boy king of Spain,
a correspondent of the Congregational
list says: 'There are many points in
the court of etiquette of Spain that
make it hard to be a boy king and
harder still to be the boy kings loving
mother. AS he was born a king little
Alfonso had to have a household of
his own, with his own suite of rooms.
He cannot even dine at the same table
with his mother, nor can h perform
for him those tender little offices that
mothers delight in and children find
so comforting. The little king has to
go through the tedious state recep-
tons, which weary him sadly and
sometimes try his childish patience
beyond endurance. Once at a grand
church function the baby sat upon
his nurses knee all dressed in white,
as patient as a baby could be. A bish-
op had been holding forth for a good
hour, and everybody was doubtless
waiting for him to close. At last the
little royal listener could bear it no
longer, for he is a high-strung little
man, and with a glance of indignant
despair in the direction of the talker,
he clutched at his party white hat and
cast it upon the floor. When his no.
bles were paying their compliments to
him on his second birthday their king
entertained himself by jumping up
and down the steps of his throne"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-01

l would IKE to know the name of
the man who originated the falsehood
that the ostrich. when pursued by his
enemies, sticks his head in the sand.
This man never saw an ostrich. or
when he did, he, and not the bird.
stuck his head in the sand, for, weight
for age, an ostrich could give that par
ticular brand of man about ten stone
and a beating.
An ostrich that has not been brought
up on the bottle or dosed with pare
goric will stand eight feet high when
he has done growing and weigh 300
pounds.
He can kick harder than a mule,
travel faster than a horse and grow
fat on food at which a goat would ele-
vate his nose.
1t is more difficult to make his ac-
quaintance now than it used to be a
few years ago, for he has been taught
by experience to look upon man as an
enemy.
He takes no pride in his feathers,
but he does not want to loose them,
being accustomed to them and know
ing that they are useful in keeping off
the dew, or, at least, cOunteracting it's
effect.
He is a dangerous bird when driven
into a corner, as he uses his feet with
great d~eXterity, and If he plants them
on a a anywhere between his col
lar button and the w~ristband, the
mans relatives always claim the in
| surance money, if there is any on him.
| Black and White.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-01
SsroMing onion seIs.

Will you tell me what time to SOW
onion seed for sets? Do you plant in
rows, how thick and what is the best
kind.-G. r. f.
Replying to the above the Ohio Prac-
teal Farmer says:
Onion seed sets should be sOwn at
nee in rich, mellow soil, and very
thick. For ordinary bulb culture only
four or five pounds per acre is sown,
but for sets not less than thirty should
be used, and On very rich soil fifty
pounds per acre is more likely to give
satisfaction, The idea is to crowd the
plants so ina they cannot attain a
very large size, the multitude of plants
acting like weeds to each other and
checking growth. If sown in April or
early In May, the bulbs get to be as
large as chestnuts about the time OF
dry, hot weather in early August. n
suffering for moisture, the little onions
give up the struggle and the tops be-
gin to die. They are then pulled and
allowed to wither upon the ground Il
few days, when the tops are twisted
off and the onions spread upon racks
i'm the barn to cure. The seed may be
sown broadcast in beds, or thickly IN
drills not more than six inches apart.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-01
with Ensiiage.

order 70 raise good corn for the
si,o. get the best seed op'aihapie'
rrofer a good flint variety Long
follow is my favorite, because VI us
long ears and fine foliage, when Is
still green after the corn has rlpene"'
Give he field careful preparation pe-
fore planting, if the best results are 10
no obtained. A clover sod is best. IL
nossibic manure lightly II pow oe'l'
onor,ob TO cover the manure SO VIC
..rao will not bring it to III Suf'a'e'
After plartius. with Il hight 'iraS or
weeder keep the weeds out OF sisht
until the corn is three or four inches
high. Then put in a shallow cuit'-
vator and stir often enough TO re'al
the moisture when it is most needed
| cultivate as late as possible win IL
| two-horse machine. and if the work is
| nerfectly done, the corn will at the
| last blowing shade the ground so that
no further culture is necessary. Cut
when the corr is nicely glazed ana se'
II into the silo us quickly as possible
For six years l have never put corr
into the shock unless the silo was fuil
For the past two years l did not think
' the crop would make good ensllage, as
it began to wither so early. so we nae
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-01

to cut 1t then or not reed at all. AS
soon as we get another good corn crop
I shall begin again and make ensilage.
We have been told that we could not
feed ensilage to dairy cows, as it
would affect the milk and butter. but
this has not been true In my case,
as not a single customer found fault.
l was very much surprised to find
that after beginning to feed ensilage
our monthly feed bill at the mill was
$1.25 per head less than the previous
year. The same number of acres fec
as ensilage lasted much longer h n
if given as fodder. In 1890 l began to
ship cream and was told thai it would
be impossible to continue feeding ensi-
lage. but as the summer was dry and
my supply held out longer than l ex-
pected, 1 turned none of the cattle out
of the barnyard until the first day of
August, and then they continued to
eat nearly a full feed until the 10th of
the same month. l cut the pasture for
hay while my neighbor with the same
amount of stock had to pasture twice
as much land and got no more cream
per cow than I did. The cost of cut
ting and putting into the silo l esti-
mate at 30 to 35 cents per ton.-James
DALEY in Orange il id Farmer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-08-01
JAPAN's SICK AND WOUNDED.
Medical and Surgical Aspect of the
Japs' Side of the War.

Medical and Surgical Aspect of the
Japs' Side of the War.
Great progress has been made in
military surgery during the last few
years. The surgeOn-general has point
ed out that the mortality among the
wounded in the Satsuma war was II
per cent, while in the present war it
has dropped to 4 per cent. The armies
of Japan are accompanied by 1850
medical attendants, of whom $50 are
surgeons. The barrack hospitals in
Japan are large and are equipped with
the latest appliances.
The largest of these hospitals is at
Hiroshima. The staff consists of SO
surgeons and sol nurses, in addition
to 173 surgeons and nurses from the
Red Cross society, in which many of
representatives of the Japanese no
bility serve. The same society has
1873 practitioners and nurses in the
field. The remarkable results which
have been obtained in the present war
in Japanese surgery, medical practice
and sanitation, are largely due to DR..
Kitasato and other pupils of the great
medical schools of Germany.
DR.. Kitasato was one of the most
eminent of DR.. Koch's students, and
was associated with DR.. Behring in
some of the researches that culmina-
ted in the discovery of anti-toxine.
The army of Japan has been as for
tunate in regard to disease as it has
been in the results of it's numerous
encounters. The London Times states
that the combined mortality from dis.
ease and the loss in battle has only
been about 1900 lives out of the
armies, which numbers $4,000 men
and the navy, which consists of q
ships. The comparative immunity
from sickness is believed to be largely
due to the rice diet. 1t is probable
that such achievements were never
before realized in the history Of war
fare with so small an expenditure OF
human life.-American Machinfst.