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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

John Won Media lost ar arm III
threshing machine Mt Minnewaukan'
Thieves again in Pembina, securing
several hundred dollars worth vi
property.
The Hamilton house, Mt Hamilton
has been closed by injunction, ana ITO
arrests made.
The Hillsboro starch factory mas
been crowded to its utmost capacity
and quite n number of the farmers are
disposing of their potatoes. The fact-
DRY took in over 1000 bushels Tuesday.
Many purchasers Of school lands are
delinquent In the payment OF interest
and taxes. All such persons have Deeh
notified that the board will cause their
contracts to be cancelled unless thelf
payments are made prior to Jan. l.
The Fargo land office was affirmed
by the commissioner in the cases or
John w. Lee VS.. Walker NJ. Goodhue
Of Sargent county, and Alva y. NC
Cutcheon VS.. Henry PaytOn Cooper.
The land was held for cancellation.
A report of the First National Bank
of Bismarck, Oct. S, shows $35S,373.5O
deposits. S224, G17.90-undivided prof.
AAcs FLLs-Ot.po. prosperous
ton, of which Col. Little is president,
ana s. Nj. Pye, one of the capitals
most energetic and successful young
business men, is assistant cashier.
\ picture enlarging agent attempted
to obtain forcible possession of n pic
ture from IL Lisbonite-on which there
was Il balance due-and in the scuffle,
the picture, frame and all, was demol-
ished, while the agent was arrested for
assault and fined $50 and costs, $36 in
all.
Money in the permanent school fund
is increasing rapidly, and the board is
making extra efforts for it's secure in
veStment. The state treasurer has
been requested to correspond with
Eastern capitalists who hold North
Dakota school bonds to ascertain at
what figure the bonds can be pur-
chased. At present there is about
$25O,00O idle funds on hand, and the
board is anxious for safe and perma-
nent investment for them.
The coal mines north of Bismarck
will do n rushing business this winter.
A colored man, working on the Lilly
farm. near Wimbledon was recently
poisoned by drinking bootleg" whis-
ky, which, the News says, was the
product of a still not a thousand miles
from Wimbledon. Three men, be-
longing to a threshing crew north of
town, are also said to have imbibed
freely of the poison, and were very
sick.
1t is claimed thot the poor quality of
wheat raised in many parts of the
state this year is due to the seed used,
which has been allowed to run down,
and to remedy this trouble steps have
been taken in Stutsman county to have
elevator agents along the Canada line
obtain pure Scotch fife wheat, which
VIII be placed in separate bins, and
will be shipped at half rates by the
railroads, so that the farmers who de-
sire to lay in a supply Of pure and
clean seed wheat can do so.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

Gen. Fltzhugh Lee. consul general to
Cuba, was robbed of $3.50 in cash apd
negotiable notes while getting on Al
street car in Richmond, Va.
Theodore Hanson, middle-aged
Scandinavian farmer Of Whitehall.
Wis.,, hanged himself. Family trouble
is the supposed cause.
An eighteen-year-old daughter of
Capt. Hoxie Of Corning, Iowa, gave
birth to an illegitimate child. Later
the child was killed. Investigation is
being made.
Gov. Drake of Iowa has offered n
reward of 5000 for the arrest of John
Overmiller, who is alleged to have
murdered John Leagle in Dickinson
county on Oct. s.
Thomas Y. Reynolds, aged fifty. for
many years court reporter for one Of
the local papers Mt st. Louis, shot and
killed Joseph Kirby, aged twenty-nine,
Il clerk in railway Office and tai
ented singer.
In accordance with the verdict ren-
dered by the jury in the criminal libel
case brought ut Montreal by j. l.
Tartc, minister of public works. Judge
Wurtelle sentenced w. A. Grenier,
publisher Of the Iibre Parole, to six
months in prison.
w. e. Bessey. prominent ply
stefan Of Toronto, Ont, was arrested,
charged with causing the death Of Mrs.
Thomas, a widow, aged thirty-four
years. by abortion. The arrest has
caused a great sensation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

1t is common maxim that history
repeats itself: it is quite as true but
less understood, that life repeats itself
from generation to generation. The
meanness that has been forgotten, the
lie that was too small to be remember
ed, the impurity, the hatred, the skep-
ticism that We think are hidden deep
ly in our hearts, only lie fallow, pos
sibly to bear fruit in our sons and
daughters. whatever we SOW, we
reap" This makes life a problem of
tremendous Importance. But the fact
that what We SOW others may reap,
complexities our responsibilities, and
makes us not only the arbiter of our
own destinies, but the prophets, for
veal or for woe, of those who come
after us. The science of life should be
taught in our public schools.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
Crimes and Grimm ais,

Sylvester L. Metz of Argyle, Iowa,
committed suicide by shooting.
A central criminal identification bu-
reau is to be established in Chicago.
At Spokane, Wash, Judge Brant
sentenced John Clifford to life for rape.
Tom Parker, colored, was lynched
as result Of the picnic riot near Ken
dali, Ark.
Clarence Coen, who killed his father
in-law at Eldon on Aug. 8, has been
sentenced to thirty months in the pen
itentiary.
The third trial, at Maryville, Mo-, Of
the case of Hez Rasco charged with
having murdered Mrs. Baumie, has be-
gun.
The public prosecutor of Mexico has
demanded the sentence of death of ten
people concerned in the murder of
Arroyo.
w. E. Bessey, prominent Toronto
physician, was arrested, charged with
causing the death Of Mrs. Thomas, q
widow, aged thirty-four years, by
abortion. The arrest caused a great
sesation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
W@shlnEtOn Talk.

A deficit Of nearly eleven and a half
millions occurred in the postal depart.
ment last year.
Admiral Worden. who commanded
the Monitor in it's fight with the Mer-
rimac, died in Washington.
The legation of Guatemala Mt Wash
ington has received the following Of
fetal bulletin: Revolution subdued;
order restored all over the country"
James Il. Taylor Of Pennsylvania
was appointed supervising architect
of the treasury. Mr.. Taylor has here
tofore been the chief draughtsman in
the architects office.
Charges of inefficiency have been
filed at Washington against Postmas-
ter Homer Reed, Assistant Postmaster
G. n. Seidlitz and Thomas Walker,
superintendent Of mails, of Kansas
City.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

1t appears that the freight rates on
the Great Lakes are not the cheapest
in the world, as we recently asserted
them to be. Our attention is called to
the fact that two dollars will pay for
the transportation of ton of flour
from the Pacific coast to Hong Kong,
distance of between seven and eight
thousand miles. The two dollars can
be bought for about ninety cents in
gold. Accordingly the Pacific freight
rate is about one-eighth of a mill, or
one-eightieth Of a cent, per ton per
mile, reckoned by the English none
tary standard.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
Casualties.

Windsor, n. S.. was completely de-
stroyed by fire, the loss being $4,000
600.
Sections of New York and Pennsyl-
vania We're swept by forest fires last
week.
A Spanish coasting steamer was
wrecked O the Cuban coast and nearly
all on board, some 200 people, were
lost.
On the Northwestern ore dock at
Ashland, Wis. Fred Green, captain Of
whaleback 100, was killed by being hit
on the head by piece of ore.
The three-year-old child of Rev. Mr..
Norris, of Pratheryille, Mo-, was eat
ing cracker, when part OF it lodged
in his throat, and the child died later
from being choked to death.
Edward Langtry, husband Of Lily
Langtry is dead in the asylum for the
insane at Chester, Eng. 1t is supposed
that he was suffering from conclusion
Of the brain, due to falling down the
gangway of a steamer.
Raymond Allen, aged twelve, of
Springfield, Mo-, found a stick OF
dynamite in a stone quarry and car
ried it in his pocket to school. It. ex-
ploded, injuring the boy so that he
will die and causing a stampede in
which several other children were
hurt.
Mrs. Thomas Adell of North Station,
Mo-, in driving home from Clinton,
Mo-. had her dress take fire from
sparks out of her pipe. She jumped
out Of her buggy and rolled in the
grass to eXtinguish the fire, but her
clothes all burned off. She drove to a
neighbours, got some clothes, drove
home, and died in two hours.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
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Corn for Figs.

A correspondent who In writlhs ,
,ers tn the fact that everybody WIN
speaks upon the subject at all ls az" ~
yising against the large use OF corn ~
swine growing, wishes to know 10 ""''
extent corn should, In our judgment
be fed to hogs, says Blooded stocA 80,
make pretty good western hog' I'm
Ing the whole animals life from weah-
ing until market, and speaking ia
general way, it would be no Dao i',.a
to make one-fourth of the pig WILL
clover, one-fourth with oats, pian'
shorts and other food OF grown, an1
one-half of corn, the bulk of the lat.e,
to be fed late in the latters lie anu
chiefly after the preparation 1or iia
ket has been decided upon. This woulu
mean very light feeding of corn oui-
ing the growing period. the bulk Oh 'no
food then consisting OF feed SUNS
more appropriate for growth makihs'
and while there is no better hnlshAns
feed than corn, and 1t can hardly NO
crowded too fast in the latter part y.
the feeding, the present tendency ol
market demands would indicate ratnef
smaller proportion of it than Is ABOVE
suggested, as compared with the total
amount of feed given from weaving 10
slaughter, as suitable to make the KIM
of hog the market wants. The tenaen-
cies are all in the direction OF nghter
and growthier and more muscular
swine. The cuts of which the packers
goods must now consist in order to MI
his orders, weigh very considerably
less than the same cuts used to Welen.
He has nothing like the demand anu
can obtain nothing like the price TOT
lard that he used to receive, and hence
more food of growth and less corn IS
necessary to make the kind OF hog
which he says he wants. One or these
days the packer will discriminate be-
tween the two kinds of hogs and pay
premium for those that suit the mar
ket demand. When that time comes
he will get what he wants, for the
western farmer can make it II 1t IS
made an object for him to do so, but IN
the meantime while the margin be-
tween the lard hog and those that more
nearly approach the bacon hog is mar
row and fat is only slightly discrim-
mated against, the lard hog will con-
tinue to be made. because it is more
easily made.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
The Rocky Mountain Sheep.

The Rocky Mountain sheep inhabit
the lofty chain from which they derive
their name, from it's northern termi-
nation, in latitude GO degrees, to about
latitude 4S degrees, and perhaps fur
ther south. They also frequent the ell
evated and dragged ridges with which
the country between the great noun
tain range and the Pacific coast is in
tersected, but they do not seem to
have advanced further eastward than
the declivity of the Rocky Mountains,
nor are they found in any of the hilly
tracts near Hudson's Bay. They COL
lect in herds Of from thirty to forty
young rams and females, herding to-
gether during the winter and spring.
Mr.. Drummond informs us that the
Rocky Mountain sheep exhibited the
simplicity Of character so remarkable
in the domestic species, but that where
they had been often fired at, they were
exceedingly wild, alarmed their COM
panions on the approach of danger by
a kissing noise, and scaled the rocks
with speed and agility that baf-
fled pursuit. Some naturalists have
supposed that this variety of the sheep
family is substantially the same as the
Asiatic Argali, but Of diminished stat
ure. Others dissent from this opinion,
not only on account of it's size but of
a difference in the curvature of the
horns. Those who maintain it imagine
that some of the Argali originally pass
ed Behring Strait on the ice to the
American continent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

The lynching OF two Italians in st.
Charles parish, near New Orleans, two
years ago, for the murder of an old
man cost the general government sew
eral thousand dollars by way of indem-
nifty to Italy; and now an old negro
confesses and proves that he was the
murderer and the Italians had nothing
to do with the crime. The doctrine
OF an eye for an eye would make it
necessary to hang the lynchers; but
perhaps the matter may be compro-
missed by bringing the innocent Italians
to life.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

Estimates of population Of cities and
towns in the United States having one
thousand or more Inhabitants, accord
ing to the census of $780, have been
received at Washington in response to
circular sent by DR.. Wyman, of the
Marine Hospital Service, to the health
officials of those localities The esti-
mates were asked for as a part of de-
sired data bearing on the statistics of
mortality and morbidity in the coun-
try, but it is needless to say that thew
have an interest for people outside of
the class of sanitarians and patholo-
gists. This is particularly true as re-
CARDS the larger cities. The figures
compiled, which are for the year 1895.
seem to indicate that Chicago has made
the largest increase in population in
the interval since the last national
census. It's population is given as
1,619,226 in 1896, as compared with
1,OO9,850 in 1890. New York seems to
have made the next greatest gain
among the large cities, its population
being put at 100000 as against 1,515.-
301 in 1890. Brooklyn comes next, hay
ing increased its population from 8O6,-
343 to 100000. Philadelphia shows an
advance from 1.o46,964 to 1,1SS, 1893. St.
Louis shows gain from 451,77O to
$4,000, Boston from 448,477 to 516,3O5
and Baltimore from 434,439 to 506,378.
These represent the cities having a
population in excess of 100000. Note
worthy gains are shown by some of the
cities falling below that figure, in GER
tain instances more notable proportion
ately than those shown by soHs Of the
larger ones. -,---
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

An English Tory army officer who
died lately left directions that his body
should be cremated and the ashes bur-
led in garden by the side Of his IA
vorite dog. The dog was Scotch col
lie that had been taught to bark and
growl whenever Mr.. Gladstone's name
was mentioned. After it died its mas
ter used to decorate the grave with
primroses on Lord Beaconsfield's birth
day. ,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
HOLDING SUSPECTED VESSELS.

The system of quarantine observed
by civilized nations to-day shows the
methods of the past in anything but
a f1attering light. The old habit Of de-
tanning suspected vessel for months
with it's cargo, passengers and crew
constantly exposed to the possible in
lection is now absolutely disregarded
and after the people on the boat have
been removed, she is sent on her way
with very little fear of further disease
| following, since the cargo has been
kept fastened close under tight matches
during the whole voyage. 1t is an
endless task to clean a vessel and it's
cargo of supposed contagion and it is
rarely done. The main precaution is
to get the exposed passengers and their
contaminated personal property off
into little bands, where, if the disease
does break out, only a small number
of people will be in danger.
At the discovery of vaccination by
Jenner in the beginning of the present
century the matter of taking care of
smallpox epidemics on shipboard be-
came a simpler matter and the COM
paratively recent discoveries in the
science of bacteriology have put the
matter of caring for infected craft on
high plane of systematic intelligence.
Steam is now used largely in treating
the baggage of passengers and crew and
constant experiments are being made
with view of securing absolute Sc
curity in such cases.
Quarantine, which means literally
detention of forty days, was originally
Instituted as protection against the
bubonic plague, which is working such
dire havoc in India at the present time.
This dreadful visitation, known as the
"black plague" was first officially
treated in Venice in 134S, at which
time 1t is estimated that fully one
quarter of the population of Europe
succumbed to the terrible disease AL
though these early attempts to stem
the flood of death were generally of lit
tie effect, we read that the plague in
1856 carried off 100000 people in
Naples, while Rome's policy of better
sanitation kept it's death rate down to
1 400.
England established rigid quaran
tine against the plague in the first part
of the eighteenth century and the rules
were later extended to all "highly in
fictitious disorders" The system thus
imposed was, however, named com
merce-destroyer," for it was no rare
thing for boat to be held for at least
two months while waiting for further
cases to appear among it's passengers
or to arise from contact with the cargo
Lazarets for the keeping of suspected
goods were constructed at a great cost
to the government. There are records
of cases where whole vessels and their
valuable cargoes have been burned or
sunk, the government paying the vast
sums to their owners as indemnity
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
Eradicate Tuberculosis.

The demonstration that tuberculosis
is one and the same disease in both
animals and men, has opened up a new
field for useful work on the part of both
local and state boards of health. Here
tofore the attempt to eradicate tuber-
culosis from the dairy herds has been
undertaken by state cattle commits
sions. The most extensive work under
state control has been in the eastern
states, and has, for various reasons,
thus far resulted in only partial suc-
cess. The need of absolute purity in
the milk supply makes the eradication
OF tuberculosis necessity. It is claim
ed here that this is practicable onlv
by the local boards of health controll.
ing their own milk supply by issuing
licenses to both producers and vend-
ers, after thorough inspection Of the
dairy and cattle by the veterinarian Of
the board. This plan is now being
carried out in our own city, under To-
cal inspection ordinance made possible
by a special act of the state legislature
The constitutionality of this measure
~AS~e' 0SSA SOAAA AlCu ny d decision 0f
the supreme court of the state of Min
nesota.-Charles E. Cotton
Swine Supply.-The September re.
port of the department of agricultura
says: Reports as to the number of
stock hogs for fattening show a de-
crease OF 9.2 per cent from that or
last year. The reduction is greatest
in the following states, the figures In.
dicating the decreased percentage.
mississippi, -; Texas, 10; Arkansas,
IL; Tennessee, 10; Kentucky, 16: Iowa
IL; Nebraska is the only state with =
0os',oOo hogs or upward from which an
increase Is reported. the gain for that
st'Ne being s per cent. in point ~
condition the reports are fairly mi
form. Only five states and territor,a.
out OF forty-eight report less than o.
While only two, Rhode Island and No.
81 aska, are as much as 100.
Bad habits never backslide.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

To be married on Pixies Peak was
the sole object of young couples re-
cent trip to Colorado. The papers say
they were "elated." Doubtless! Others
than the German Emperor love to play
astonishing pranks which put them I'M
der the lamplight Of the public gaze.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
No Such Thing as Homely Babv.

The man who has offered a prize of
IS to the homeliest baby exhibited at a
country fair in Maine has a safe thing
No committee can be found to make
such an award, unless the infant han
pens to be an orphan.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

The finding of uniform case marked
boats recently captured at Berber, re-
calls wildly the tragedy of the Nile
that led to the fall of Khartoum.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

A sonnet to lady's eyebrow is
safer form of authorship than sQuib
about the kaiser's trousers, for pub
fishing which Socialist editor was ar
rested recently at Madgeburg.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
Foreign Notes.

The king Of Siam and his suite have
arrived at Madrid.
Mgr. Merry del Val, the pope's envoy,
1t is said. approves the Manitoba
school settlement.
The dominion cabinet has decided to
appoint the 25th of November a day
of general thanksgiving throughout
the dominion.
Dispatches from Cairo, Egypt, say
the Ehedive is in a precarious financial
position, as the result of a long course
of private extravaganza.
Sir Hamilton Lang has been ap-
pointed governor of the Imperial Otto
man bank at Constantinople in success
sion to Sir Edgar Vincent, resigned.
1t is announced that the combine be-
tween the Russian firms engaged in
the naptha industry, which has ex-
PRED, will not be renewed.
Mrs. Lily Langtry, owing to the
death Of Edward Langtry, who died
recently while confined in the asylum
for the insane at Chester, England,
has withdrawn, for the present, all her
horses from the turf.
Lord Rosebery, the former premier
and leader of the Liberal party Of
Great Britain, in company with Count
Herbert Bismarck, is visiting the
former chancellor, Prince Bismarck,
at FREDERICKSBURG.
The Peruvian senate has begun the
debate on the measure providing for
gold standard which was recently ap-
proved by the chamber of deputies. 1t
is predicted that the measure will pass
and become law.
Minister Buchanan, of Argentine, in
4 report to the state department upon
the wool industry of that country, says
that he is convinced from careful OBJ
servation that a probable maximum
OF production in that country has been
reached.
The Amalgamated Society of Engi-
neers have prepared manifesto which
it to be sent to the American newspa-
pers and labor organiza tons appeal
ing for money in order to enable the
society to keep the striking engineers
from giving in to their employers.
Count Herbert Bismarck, eldest son
of the former chancellor, has been
nominated as the agrarian candidate
for the reichstag in the Hanoyerian
district heretofare represented by Herr
RanningSen. Herr Sattler, National
Liberal, will be Count Herbert's op-
ponent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28
THE NEWS RESUME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD

\ Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Fast Week Culled From the Tel
eEraph Reports The Notable
Have Attracted Attention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-10-28

Bad habits never backslide.