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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
A Plan for Cutting Corn.

Here is plan for cutting up corn.
Set posts at each end of the cornfield,
far enough from the fence to allow a
wagon to pass (braced of course), and
from twenty-four to thirty-six Tor
more) rows apart. Then stretch COM
mon smooth fence wire from one post
to the other, supported at intervals
with two pieces of plank, placing the
wire in the crotch. Then cut the corn
and set on either side of wire. making
a rick across the field instead Of
shocks. Lighter wires can be stretch
vent winds from blowing it down or
twisting the corn and fodder.
In husking, the fodder can be placed
along each side of the wire and tied
with the smaller binding wire. 1t
would be best for two hands to work
together, one on each side of the wire.
Some Of the advantages Of the plan
are the saving of ground. When corn
is put in shocks the ground covered by
shocks is lost for next year because it
cannot be cultivated; but with ricks
there would be narrow strips of land
reaching across the field which could
be plowed and planted with almost
any crop, as potatoes, corn pumpkins.
oats, etc. Corn cutters would not (pro-
poltionately) have to travel so far in
conveying corn to ricks as to shocks,
because it would all be rectangular
travel and no oblique or "cat-a-cor-
nered" jourIeying. Any fractional part
of rick could be put up and allowed to
cure before the whole rick was finish
ed, thus allowing corn to cure while
the fodder is still green.
The cost Of posts, ETC.. would not be
great, and would last for some years
Journal of Agriculture.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Household Hints.

If the voice becomes husky beat up
an egg with sugar, and the voice will
become clear and strong. There is a
great deal of nutriment in this concoc-
ton.
The housewife would do we'll to take
lesson from the japanese, and not
overload every nook and corner and
shelf with trities in metal. wood. glass
or, porcelain A few rare articles of
real worth are far mere artistic in
effect than Il car load Of inferior spcci-
mems.
When SWansdown becomes sOiled it
can be washed in the following way:
Basic the strips on a piece of muslin
and wash in warm water with white
CASTLE soap; then rinse aid hang in
the wind to dry. Rip the pieces from
the muslin and rub them carefully be-
tween the fingers to soften the skin.
If the family. particularly it's young.
er members. grow tired of the whole
some and economical bread pudding
ding as it is usually served. try cook
ing it in custard cups. These are first
huttered and then filled with the Duu-
ding. Bake them standing in a pan
of hot water. Cover each one with Il
tiny spoonful Of bright-colored jelly
end meringue. In this form the dcs-
pissed pudding will take new lease OF
life.
Why not put tho living room on the
sunny side OF the house in city homes?
and II that room is ut the back OF the
house and away from the noisc of the
street, so much The better. There is
no law compelling one to keep the best
for occasional use. II the front of n
house IL the most delightful md has
tho greatest possibilities, take that
part Of 1t for the family gathering
place. and put the place yon keep for
evening use 0r formal visits nj tho
2anr.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Building I'm the Figure.

eve have had 10 build ur tie figure
more this season thar ever l.hle."
commented i en.'1, drcssmaker to
one Of her pa."ons ilurin. a cnl,S':lta-
ton Of wardrobe ways anG means.
How is tha1!''
"Well, you see, the now sleeves. tight
almost to the shoulder. al Ger pretty
good-looking arms inside of ta:.n.. or
they have about us much style lis
pump handles. Some of my tus1Ol;,-
ers. the young :sir!s, have actually gore
into physical culture foi Tie sake of
developing their arms. It's fact.
BY the time they'vc rounded then out,
though, there will probably be Il COM
plctc change i'll The tut III tn: sleeves"
I'm the meantime, how 10 you de-
stroy the pump handle effect
30! We pad. havcn'S scnt home
but two waists this month thai have
not had the sleeves plumply INTEL led
to make n good outline. And then. the
princess gown, That IS com.Eg back in
to favor. looks Xix, Il sight uni. S. The
wearer has an ld.:al figure It's ar
art to pad ND to :he requirements Of
this dress. The hip slope must be per-
feet or the prin:e,s' is ruined. Yes,
indeed, it's Il :-car of figure padding,
sure enough"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Furu Notes.

Bank up the cellar if it needs it.
Fall blowing gives Jack Frost a
chance to have fun with the insects.
Plan a good reading course for the
long winter evenings.
Select the seed-corn very carefully,
and protect it we'll through the winter.
Many farmers do not seem to realize
the necessity or advantages of q well
planned rotation.
A Michigan man bas discovered TINT
Kaf1ir corn is no good for stock. Eth
er he or the stock is way eff.
The we'll will drain considerable
area, and so often become cause OF
disease. Watch the condition of the
we'll water.
In localities where alfalfa thrives
we'll it is estimated that one acre of
alfalfa will furnish pasturage for ten
to twenty hogs.
Don't put off looking over the ma
chinery to gee if it needs repairs. II
YOU do, you may be like the man who
was going to oil creaking door every
day for forty years, and died without
doing it.
Prof. Morrow says the chief work of
experiment stations should be scienti-
fic rather than what is often called
purely practical; but the scientific
work should have for its end the i'm
provement of practice.
The Tennessee Experiment station
does not believe that salt Is valuable
as fertilizer Potatoes, tobacco,
beets and melons are injured by 1t.
Light applications may help onions,
cnbbages and celery. On stiff clay
soils, 200 to. 300 pounds per acre may
help the soil mechanically.
The Iowa station has been selecting
and breeding mp corn, with n view to
securing Il variety having large ears,
with long straight, even rows Of deep
grains we'll carried to the tip. of bright
yellow color. OH u stalk of medium
size, and maturing before frost. The
three best varieties thus far produced
are EARLY Yellow Rose, 62 bushels per
mere; Iowa Gold Mine, GO IL bushels
pyuucyebAestc Ilolgrpe rlclinico m
pcr acre; Capital. q bushels per acre.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Tourist Car to California.

An Upholstered Pullman Tourist
Sleeping Car is run once each week
from st. Paul to San Francisco via the
Northern Pacific and Shasta Route.
This car leaves st. Paul at 2:45 p. m.
every Wednesday, and Fargo 1856 p.
m. every Wednesday. reaching San
ing. Rates for double berths from St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Fargo only $500
for tickets and reservation write to j.
Il. johnson ticket agent n. ?. Ry. Co.
Fargo, N. D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

top. Red coverings consist Of the soft
est Of linen and the finest of-light-
weight blankets.
Baby is no longer made acquainted
with the rninOus fashion Of rocking.
Neither is he or she sung or pattesl in
to dreamland, but is allowed to go to
sleep like a rational human being.
Poor baby! What must its feelings
he when 1T does fall into the hands Of
an old-tilne nurse who chants in a
high-keyed voice to drown Its fret
tings? Who losses and jumps and
handles AMI swings and sways and
rocks the mite of humanity to state
of repose!
Another thing baby is spared by the
model mother is being, as one writer
puts it. exhibited almost to ts deathi
1t isn't considered correct taste to
drag the youngest member of the fam
lily before the public. Nothing, in fact,
Is allowed to interfere with the grow.
Ing process, so necessary to the small
man or wcman's welfare.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Patents Issued.

List Of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors:
Oliver Crosby, st. Paul, Mimi, loco
motive crane; Henry NJ. Grover,
Anoka, Mimi, potato digger; Rudolph
Herbers, Beardsley, Mimi. inside pipe
cutter; Godfried Laube, Huron. s. d.,
trace holder. lanes T.. Mccoy, WinOna,
Mimi, cylinder cock; Duncan j. Nc
Gregor, Duluth, Mimi. snow plow and
rutter; Andrew E. Veon, Brlinerd,
Mimi, gun sight.
T. D. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 90
Pioneer Press building, St. Paul,
Mimi, and Washington, ID. C.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

Massage has lost a little of it's vogue
In Paris for the treatment of obesity,
and now they are starting an establish
ment which is sure to introduce a new
and interesting feature in Partisan life,
bringing with it the Roman and East
ern customs of old. 1t is a bathing
club. where all sorts Of baths will he
prepu. Cd. after the old and foreign re-
ceipts: ass milk, such rs Queen Isa-
bella of Bavaria used every morning;
rose water. lemon juice, harley, Mecca
balm, etc. will be found there, and
even the famous bath of Marie Cze-
wcrtir oska. the beautiful mistress OF
herself every morning into the con-
which ceremony the silver tub was
cmptied ond the wine sold. 1t seems
that such a bath is simply perfect as a
skin-fcc!er.
Marie .Antcincttc's bath, which was
prescribed 10y her doctor, was 4 con,
pound OF aromatic herbs mixed with Il
handful of salt. SHE took it cold III
summer and tepid in winter. Later
OIL, Nine. Tallien had brought every
morning to her house twenty pounds of
Strawberries and two pounds Of rasp-
berries which were mashed in her
bath of warm milk and water. Anoth-
er preparation used by Eastern wo-
men is composed of barley, rice: Dor
rage, thyme and najoram boiled to-
gether AMI then thrown into the water.
Cost of Living.
1t has long been maintained that in
the average American home the cost
of living-that is of the food supply
is at least 100 per cent greater than it
need be. Experiment has demonstrated
this time and time again, but many
housekeepers, especially among those
who have the greatest need to prac-
tice economy, cannot be brought to Il
realization of the extravaganza of their
manner of cooking.
In many public schools physiology
is now one branch in the course Of
study: this affords an opportunity for
thr" intelligent teacher to impart to our
future hOusekeepers some knowledge
of the relative values of foods, and
with this knowledge as IL founda ton,
we will probably learn some day to
utilize many food producers that are
now wasted. The cooking schools are
doing much to bring about that time,
by showing us low rG prepare appe
1iZing meals from what our mothers
would have thrown away. and also
how, in a pitch. to serve the same ar
ticle of food every day for week, but
prepared in so many entirely different
ways that the mead Of the house does
not complain of Il mOnotOny.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
His Usual Style.

Mr. Hilltop-Well, the sultan really
seems to be carrying out his promises
of reform.
Mr.. Birmingham-Oh, he always car
ries them out.
whats that?'
Yes, he always carries them out,
but generally he carries them out and
buries them" -Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Give Baby u He'd.

Give baby q bed, all ;ts own. even
when it is in swaddiing clothes. There
is better for the youngest child than
being coddled on mothers arm, and
action
The habit, once 1t is formed, of 60
ing to Shut Eye town alone. saves
bnby and mother a vast amount of I'M
happiness. No habit is so hard to
break Is this when once 1t has become
Il pnrt Of the Tiny ones training.
We are blessed with such sensible
mothers nowadays tnht c0nching
seems almost II waste of time. Babies
nrr tucked away with the coming ut
twilight In scnsibly-cquipptd cots. Tho
mattress IL of hair with II doWny wool
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Mothers BE Just.

Justice is not quality met with at
every street corner Neither is it one
in which women shine conspicuous. AS
IL rule, women are particular rather
than Just, and inclined to make favor
ties in the nursery as in the drawing
room. The most promising children
are often the most difficult; and dittl-
cult child requires light touch and
great discrimination in handling. Sensi-
tiveness is often mistaken for temper,
shyness for sullenneSs-the habit of
brood ny observation, which does not
always see or hear the thing immedi-
ately present, for impertinent indiffer-
ence-and so on. Then the child is
chastised or spoken to roughly and
harshly for a fault Of which it was
utterly unconscious, while the shallow
little Brilliancy is caressed and pettcd.
Then a spirit of indignant. perhaps Of
revengeful wrath is reused if the tenn
per be of the resisting and self-re.
speeding kind; or the little heart is
broken and the spirit crushed if the
character be weak and humble. And
in any case the sense Of injustice and
misunderstanding rlnkles, quite as
much as when the favOrite is always
preferred, no matter for what treat
and no matter for how little merit, or
always let off punishment, no matter
for what fault committed. This is a
kind of thing that come only too read
ily to women Of q low class Of mental
training. 1t is very human; granted.
But we want something more than the
instructive action Of the undisciplined
mind in the treatment of our children,
who themselves are so wanting in dis
cipline. AS the blind leading the blind
ends III the ditch, so does the influence
of uncultured women over children,
who have all as vet to learn and are
all to make, lead them to regard these
moral faults as integral to the condi-
ton of things human aud mature; just
by so much lessening their faculty of
faith in good and their young endeav-
ors to be good. For why be good when
under the hand Of woman who can
not discriminate and who is grossly
partial? Hopelessness soon succeeds
to endeuvor. and the groove widrns
and deepens.-Philadelph Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Saving Seed Corn.

mere have been years when the
WIN W." crop OF this country fell short,
s w. maps % per cent, owing to the poor
a., so' OF what 1t would have been had
o "a seed been saved in the fall in good
va ae,' Seed may germinate and n rea-
,urI,. u'e per cent Of It grow to ma
lha ~, nut owing to lack OF vitality
yi.lS Io"'Rs are puny from the start and
Inla,, greatly reduced from what
LnG1 I no nave been had II proper care
wen exercised he selection Ond
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Id HANGED Chanx.

''No," said the Boston girl, firmly,
II do not care to meet the Chinese vice
roy. Any man who is so lost to the
rules Of polite language as to use
Hung in place Of Hanged is beneath
my notice."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
HI. Winning Suit.

Mrs. kirtland-And why do you
think, Mr.. Dunley, that the world is
better now and more beautiful than it
was thirty-five years ago?
Mr.. Dunley (who is after her sweet
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. you were
not in it then.
Papa Kirtland's objections to the
young man have been overriden--
Cleveland Leader.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
EOxwarned.

Wailscr-I come, sir, to ask for your
daughters ha,lI!
Mr.. Windy-Weil, young man, before
going any further, may as well in
form you that her hand is the least ex-
pensive thing about her.-Philadelphia
North American.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
The Universal Curse.

Housewife-It is dreadful to think
what whisky will bring q man to.
Tramp-That's so, mum. Afore I
took t. de road 1 never thought I
would hev t. eat SIGH things ez are
bein' handed out t. me every day.
Judge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
A SIunLer,

A SANDER.
Boggs-If women We're allowed to
vote, the inspectors would never get
through.
Foggs- not?
Bcggs-An hour after one had cast
her ballot she would sneak back and
want to change it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
THE TACTLEss woMAN's TRICK.
Husband ana Visitor Bored by the
situation

Husband and Visitor Bored by the
situation.
Her caller had fingered until close on
to the dinner hour. There was the "a
miliar click of a latch.key In the front
door, and little Mrs. Blank, peeping
through her reception room portieres
caught glimpse of fleeing coat tails.
Now. anybody with a bit Of intuition
could have told by the stealthy way in
which i'm ovcrcoat and hat were hung
upon the rack that tine owner was try
ing to escape detection and detention,
and n really wise wife would have
taken the hint and talked along briSkly
to her guest, approaching the fact that
her better half was ut this moment
turning II deaf ear to the clatter Of
feminine tongues near by, and doing
his best, in quiet way to get beyond
their range.
But this wife, erring through de-
sire to he gracious to her visitor, called
sweetly Henry, is that you? Come
in; here is Mrs. A."
Mrs. A., with sympathy born of her
own marital experiences in this line,
felt little chill of dismay creep clear
to the edge of her bonnet. There was
a space of silence, which Henry in the
hall and Mrs. A. in the parlor wished
each other several blocks away. Then
forced courtesy conquered; reluctant
masculine footsteps crossed the hall,
and Mrs. AS host entered the room,
with perfunctory smile and greeting
improvised in the brief intervals be-
tween the inhospitable reflections.
Awkward? OF course, it was awk-
ward and tactless enough for the wife
to place husband and caller in such q
situation. The most sociable man liv-
ing. when he comes home at 6 o'clock
in the evening tired from the bread
and-butter scratch all day, doesn't feel
like presiding at a hen convention.
He hasn't cleared away the business
burrows from his brow or the business
projects from his brain, and it's a mild
torture for him to have to do the polite
thing to some petticoated acquaintance
of his wife. If he is in n mood that
Graves solitude, or, at least. only the
presence Of those nearest and dearest
to him until he thaws out, so to speak,
in the domestic atmosphere.
Although most wives understand this
perfectly we'll they are seldom consid-
crate enough to give their husbands
the benefit of their knowledge.
For my part, don't see what pleas
ure Wife gets in tolling her mate i'll
to the reception room. From the mo-
ment he crosses the threshold she acts
distrait. She realizes. in vague sort
of way, that his manly soul is up in
arms against the social inanities he
encounters in ten minutes Of femi-
nine society.
The departure of her caller is. likely
enough, the signal for Il husbandly
lecture.
Do. for PHYS sake, you who get this
lecture profit by it, and the next time
your husband comes home and finds
you in the midst Of social duties, let
him sneak up stairs if he wants to,
with never Il protest from you.
He is not the only one who will
thank you. Your caller will be equally
grateful to you for not placing her i'll
the light of bore.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
A Crusller.

Tramp-Give us a nickel, will yer,
lady?
Lady-Aren't you ashamed to strike
a woman?-Yaie Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
The Modern Mother

Has found that her little ones arc i'm
proved more by the pleasant Syrup CT
Figs, when in need of the laxative CT
feet Of a gentle remedy than by auy
other, and that it is more acceptable to
them. Children enjoy it and it benefits
them. The true remedy, Syrup of Figs.
is manufactured by the California Els
Syrup Company only.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
True to His PRINCIPLES

Waiter-Have you a Welsh rarebit?
Very nice, sill.
Gucst-I don't doubt it; but the fact
is, my good man, I'm a vegetarian
Buffalo Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

FITS stopped free and permanently cured No cts
after first days use of DIR. Klfne's Gree Nerve
RestOrer. Free So trial bottle and treatise
Send to DR.. KLINE 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

"Uncle Simon, what is old-fashioned
politencss:'
"lt is Il way people used to have of
asking q !nan about his health. and
then listening until he got through re-
plying. Chicago Record.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

Goes Cough BaIsam
Is the Oldest and best 1t will break Cold quicker
than anything else. It is always reliable. Try it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used In my housed. G.
Albright, Miflinburg, Pa, Dec. II, '95.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

The Glad Laugh.
Dobson- Did old Money Bags take II
good-naturedly when you asked him for
the hand OF his daughter?
Hobson-G food naturedly? oh, yes,
yertiser.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

Are you going to CauaGa TO spend Christ
mas with the old folks? Gail at Northern
Pacific ticket Office for excursion rates and
particulars. J. e. Johnson, Agent, Fargo.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup
For rhiL., teolhin xeiteas reduces inham
maiy, u;uys pain. wind collie. Is cents bottle
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

In Hamburg a dog is taxed according to
his size; little tax for little dog, and .
big tax for big dog.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10
Silage Experience

According to the agricultural depart
ment at Washington a compilation of
experiments from various experiment
stations shows the following results:
The Massachusetts station found
mixed silage of corn and sofa beans
very fine. Vermont station made SUI
perlor silage of oats and vetch; also of
oats and peas.
sllage produced more milk at the
ohlo station, more butter at the Penn
savanna station and more mutton at
'ie michigan station than beets. Even
WI, %nen there is a loss Of 20 per cent in
.Ie FEEDING value of silage is it a much
eneaper feed than roots. The Wiscon-
sla station preserves silage at loss
I'll I'll only per cent of it's feeding value.
!. Inc loss in curing fodder is never less
Than 20 per cent.
M "a: and cured fodder about equally
a tas Kansas station grew 100
. toas OF silage on ten acres and it sus-
lame 'alned twenty-five head of Gattle 1872
uayS-a result which it is thought
souid not be attained with ten acres of
cured fodder.
u,: use the largest variety of corn that
" %n 4, mature before frost. Experiments
a. a. 'ne pennsylvania stat: n show that
as corn approaches maturity the
,ta of 'nltriment it contains ard
I'll. ,ns o'ssestihi]ity both increase very
w.. =. The total yield of the digesti-
Wv W" = :'sod by the matured crop was two
"" -aree times that Of the same crop in
W.; SIX and 36 per cent greater than
, Men the ears began to glaze. The
MINI minhesota station found that 100
a,,, of ensilage from the northern
u. aLu southern, and sweet corn, all con-
'' cue, about the same feeding value.
.,, nilase is distinctly cattle feed, but
f fne Mansas station finds it not good for
. ,eeling bulls. 1t may be fed in mod
s sha to horses, pigs, poultry and
sheep " ''"se 40 dangerous ~
s;, mere has been some complaint that
T rn;s', gives milk an unpleasant flavor.
c nn,S is probably due to sour and de-
fraylhg silige. The Kansas station
a ata'a that If the silage be fed just
d dinr milking, instead of before, this
agreeable flavor disappears.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-10

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Druggist refund the money II it fails to cure 2c