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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
MARRY OR PAY.
In the Argentine Republic 1t Will Be
Crime to Refuse a Proposal Marriage.

IN the Argentine Republic 1t Will be
Crime to Refuse Proposal Marriage.
The wise legislators of the Argentine
Republic have been much troubled
about providing population for their
large and fertile country. They have
decided to provide remedy by max
ing marriage almost compulsory. A
law has been introduced. the first
clause of which reads: "On and after
the 1st day of January, 1897, every E.ale
from the age of twenty to eighty shall
pay tax till he marries, and shall pay
it once in every MONTH" The next
clause is more severe, and reads:
Young celibates of either sex who
shall without legitimate motive reject
the addresses OF him or her who may
aspire to her or his hand, and who con-
tinue contumaciously unmarried, shall
pay the sum of 500 piastres for the bene-
fit of the young person, man or woman,
who has been so refused.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Corner of the EaEsa.-,
4 Remarkable Island.

Out-of-the-Way Corner of the Earci:--
a Remarkable Island.
A traveller from Boston-nearly all
the curious travellers are Bostonians-
has lately come back from Christina
island with some interesting stories OF
what he found there, says the New
York Herald. He seems to have found
almost everything except good and
sufficient reason why the island should
have the name it bears. The traveller
sailed away from Java eastward and
northward, and in three days the
island hove in sight. It is seldom Wis
tied and seems to have no population
of its own-lndeed it is coral forma-
ion, literally crowded up out OF the
sea. Successive and very slow accre-
tiDns of soil have formed and in this
is rooted vegetation of considerable
extent and variety. The island pre-
sents to the mariner the aspect OF
saddle, two hills forming the pommels.
Though the hills are Of considerable
size they are covered with coral for
nation to their very submits, the peak
of one of them being an immense cora
line limestone. No stream or standing
water was found on the island, as the
soil, if it may be called soil, Is so
porous that the rain is absorbed i'm
mediately. Yet the vegetation was
green and under the fallen logs the
earth was found to be sodden with
moisture. The traveller spent ten days
on the island, and during two of them
rain fell heavily. He found trees $50
feet high, of which large proper
tion bore edible fruit. This latter was
the food of great numbers of birds,
whose flesh was found to be exquisite.
The place also swarmed with rats and
bats. The most numerous Of the birds
We're the large fruit-eating pigeons and
a species of brown dove. Neither OF
these knew fear of man and they were
shot by the dozen. The fact that at
an elevation of 1000 feet above the sea
coraline limestone was found, and the
formation of the hills, cased as they
were with coral from base to summit,
led the traveller to observe that Christ
mas island was unique and a most re-
markable example of coral formation.
It appeared that from the time the
island came within the reef building
zone it had been steadily subject to
movement of upheaval, varied by paus-
es during which the cliffs were eroded
by the sea. There is no other such
example known
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
Good loans on good security
Any kind of money. See H. d.
ALERT about it.

Mr.. Ward L. Smith, of Frederickstown
Mo-. was troubled with chronic diarrh@e
for over thirty years. He had become
fully satisfied that it was only question
of short time until be would have to
give up. He had been treated by some
of the best physicians in Europe and
America but got no permanent relief.
One day he picked up q newspaper and
chanced to read an advertisement of
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rhma Remedy. He got bottle of it, the
first dose helped him and it's continued
use cured him. For sale by N. E. Nc
Gruer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
SEA sERPENrs.
How They Disrort Themselves in the
Great MaelstrOm.

AleXande.. Lewis, an old seafaring
man, says that sea serpents similar to
those being exhibited in Tacoma are
very plentiful in north and south polar
waters. He tells very interesting
story. In 1852 he was seaman on the
American bark Oregon, Captain
Shields, sailing from Antwerp, Belg-
ium,, to the Arctic Sea after seals.
They passed North Cape, the northern
extremity Of Norway, $50 miles cast of
which is the great maelstrom, the
whirling influence of which is felt and
seen at sea distance of 100 miles from
the centre. Though the government of
Norway has made careful experiments,
1T has been found dangerous for YES
sells to approach nearer than fifty miles
OF the center. On the extreme outer
edges of the maelstrom, Captain Lewis,
says, the crew of the Oregon saw num-
erous sea serpents Identical with those
on exhibition and ranging from ten to
twenty-five feet in length. They would
bob out of the water now and then
alongside of the ship, q pair of them
being frequently seen together. Occa-
siona1ly some of the sailors put off in
small boat and endeavored to har-
poon one, but they never succeeded.
The serpents were too quick in their
movements, and had such a ferocious
lcolk that the sailors did not care to get
too close to them.
Mr.. Lewis says that two or three
years later, when the Oregon was about
one hundred miles out of the Cattegat,
between Denmark and Sweden, and en-
tering the North Sea, the entire crew
beheld an astonishing sight. 1t was
sea serpent about three hundred feet
long, black in color, and with big,
round eyes that seemed the size of a
washtub, Lewis declares. Around each
of his eyes were three great rings: It
had dorsal fin extending the entire
length of the vertebrae, and a sharp
tail. Lewis thinks this was the great
est sea serpent ever beheld by man.
When deserted it had its head fifteen
feet out of the water, and was summing
itself. The ship put about and made
straight for him. When within about
quarter of mile the serpent went
under. Lewis thinks the serpent was
twenty feet through at it's neck. He
says the story sounds so improbable
that he has seldom told it, but that
Captain Shields. whose home port was
Rockland, Me-, as we'll as the other
sailors, will vouch for it's truth if alive.
Tacoma Ledger.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
The Rest Accepted.

An English journal tells an anecdote
concerning a wealthy Irish lady, whose
summer house was situated near gar
rison town in Ireland. A few days
ago she sent an invitation to Capt. A.
to take tea with her, saying that "the
pleasure of Capt. AS company Is re-
spectfully requested, ETC."
To her astonishment she received by
an orderly the following note: EN-
listed men John and Smith have been
detailed to do guard duty, but the re-
mainder of Capt. AS company accept
with pleasure Mrs. Ms polite invita-
ton"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04

Chicora, Pa, "Herald:" Richard Vensel
reports One Minute Cough Cure the
greatest success of medical science. He
told us that it cured his whole family of
terrible coughs and colds, after all other
so called cures had failed entirely. Mr..
Vensel said it assisted his children
through very bad siege of measels.
One Minute Cough Cure makes expec-
toretion very easy and rapid. H. D.
ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
A GOOD LETTER.
From the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

L iOtu Utlo Sl0ih VI LILO OlICulO OJuIt.
Fernandina, Fla, Feb. %, 1896.
Mr.. J. George Suhrer, Druggist. City.
Dear George:-Please send bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. would
not feel easy if knew there was none of
this valuable Remedy in the house. I have
given it fair test and consider it one of
the very best remedies for Group that I
have ever found. One dose has always
been sufficient, although use it freely.
Any cold my children contrs ct yields very
readily to this medicine I can conscien.
tiousIy recommend it for Group and colds
in children.
Yours respectfully: Geo. E. Wolff.
Sold by N. E. McGruer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04
SCHOOL REPORT.
ROOM MOL.

ROOM MOI.
No. of pupils enrolled. So
Aggregate days of tes ching. ....... 988
Aggregate days of attendance. .8451
Aggregate absence. .7S12
Aggregate non membership. ,.. 64
Average daily attendance. ce.......... ~ 5
Average membership. hip.............. 4o
Per cent of attendance. .............. 81
The following pupils were perfect in
attendance.
Maud V. Haight Hercules Dorval
William Haight Edgar McGauIran
Ray Kelly Ralph Placement
Annie Montgomery Lizzie Bryns
E CO'Rellly Bella Campbell
Carrie Dunford Maggie Campbell
Tnos SnEEHAN, teacher.
ROOM NO.
No. enrolled 81
Aggregate days Of teaching. %. 80. lO26
Aggregate days of attendance. 7o4
Aggregate days Of absence. ......... IS
Aggregate non n-membership. l59
Average daily attendance .......... Al
Average membership. ip............... 46
Per cent of attendance ............ ~
The following pupils were perfect IN
attendance.
Annie McCay Norman Balfour
Frank McGauvran Lille Crawford
Frank McHugh Allie Stewart
Katie Sillers Annie Lockwood
Howard Finley George Dorval
M. G.. WHITNEY, teacher.
ROOM NO. III.
No. of pupils enrolled...."............... 55
Aggregate days of teaching g........:.... l0O7
Aggregate attendance........... ....72l .
Aggregate days of absence. l16
Aggregate non -membership...".........lO9.5 .
Average daily attendance..."........ 80
Average membership. ip.................".."
Per cent of ndance.."................ OIL
The following pupils were perfect IN
attendance.
Willie Crawford Charlie Robertson
Guy Helen Balfour SplKer
Harold Eltord May Foshay
Oliver Spiker Bertha Porter
LULU +. HoDG1Ns, teacher.
ROOM NO. ".
NO, OIL DuplIS 0uIOltSu..
Aggregate days OF teaching. ......... 9so 9Ss
Aggregate days Of attendance. 6S4
Aggregate days of Absence. .........' llS
Aggregate non membership .......' lS6
Average daily attendance. .......... 80 SO
Average OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" e 81
Per cent Of attendance ce............ %
The following pupils were perfect IN
attendance.
Rella Robertson John Mcknight
Reniamin Dorval Sinclair Currie
Mary Perins Rod McHugh
Walter Spilker Albert Chaupet
VEDA M. OKE, teacher.
Consultation in it's worst forms, dys-
pepsia, sick headache, biliousness and
arrangement of theliver are readily cured
by DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These
little pills never gripe. Small pill, safe
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04

Minutes seem like hours when a life is
at stake. Group gives no time to send
for doctor. delay may mean death. One
Minute Cough Cure gives instant relief
and insures recovery. The only harmless
remedy that produces immediate results.
H. D. ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04

HCC0nuHuC6.
BELLA Robertson John Mcknight
Reniamin Doryal Sinclair Currie
Mary Perius Rod McHugh
Walter Spiker Albert Chaupet
VEDA M. OKE, teacher.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04

InN:,s ~ ;ar.;..n Grinders.
About 300 o-saL grinders arrive in
London every June from Italy, and
leave again in October.-Tit-Bits.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-04

Constipation in it's worst forms, dys-
pepsia, sick headache, biliousness and
arrangement of the liver are readily cured
bv DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These
little pills never gripe. Small pill, safe
dill, best pill. H. u. ALERT Il Co.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-08
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

did Slumpy make much of sue
cess as singer?" mo; the same old
story. All his notes were protested."-
Detroit Free Press.
Why He Was Fined.-'I understand
that Wheeler was fined for scorching."
"Scorching nothing! He was fined for
riding so slow that he impeded traffic."
Truth.
-Warding Off an Evil.-"Why do you
laugh at his jokes? 1t isn't possible
you understand them, is it?" mo; but
II l didn't laugh, he'd try to explain
them. brooklyn Life.
Time Not Expired.-Mr. Bellefield
lis Andree back yet?" Mr.. Bloom
feld-"Not yet. l think he must have
been sent up for 80 days."-Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
the summer young man, ''you may not
believe me, but 1 must tell you that you
are the only girl have loved this year."
indianapolis Journal.
Timely Warning.-"Don't you be-
lieve all you see in the funny papers
about summer girls and their engage
ments just for fun" said the sad-eyed
man. "Why not?" II thought l had
met that kind of a girl last summer; but
she married me good and tight before
the year was out. Philadelphia North
American.
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LAGER, ALES UND WINES"
Meaning of "L. A. w. HOTEL as Elk
planned by n German.

Among the many advantages set forth by
the l.. A. w. to riders to join the organiza-
ton are the special Accommodations extended
to members at the official hotels in cities and
towns. 1t is the custom inssuburban places
for proprietors of official hotels to display
a sign like this: 81. A. w. Hotel" in some
conspicuous place. Naturally riders patron
ize the official quarters, and as a conse-
quence the keepers of road houses and of
hotels in the country are now hanging out
81. A. w. HoteP' signs. The practice has
been called to the attention of the league,
and its officers are trying to compel the non
official houses to remove the signboards.
Complaint was made to the New Jersey dl-
vision of the league that hotelkeeper on
the outskirts of Jersey City not entitled to
display the official sign of the l.. A. w. was
an offender. A visit to the place developed
the fact that the owner was not disposed to
accede to the demands of the leagues rep
resentative. The latter, finding that mild
persuasion was futile, became indignant and
threatened legal proceedings. The propri-
etor, a German, also waxed warm, and in
response to the remark that he was using
the official sign of the league without author
ity, retorted:
"Vot l know aloud veelmen's legs? Dot
don't shtand for holdings like dot. Dot
sign shtands for lager, ales und wines hotel,
alretty yet. Dot my leeg, togedder."
The explanation amused the officials so
much that no legal move was taken.-N. Y.
SIM
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ENGLISH AS SHE is SPOKEN.
One Way to Spell Tomatoes, Five to
Pronounce 1t.


One word in its time has many pronuncia-
tions. For instance: Mrs. Housekeep the
other day was doing her mornings market.
ing. With her had come the stranger who
was spending a week or two within her
gates. Standing by while she snapped the
beans between her fingers to see that they
were tender, parted the husks to make sure
that the corn was ripe, pulled the pears out
OF their paper wrappings and conducted her
self generally after the manner of a careful
housewife, was the clerk, order book in
hand, and obsequiousness on his brow. The
visitor began it with:
!, These tomaaytoes look nice. Get some
there's dear!"
To which Mrs. Housekeep replied: "Why,
certainly, if you like them!" Then to the
clerk: ''How much are Tomatoes this
morning?''
"I'm not sure; I'll ask JIM" calling to a
fellow clerk, chow much is them termait-
ers?"
''I'll ask the boss. Say" passing the word
toes to-day"
"T'mats? o, two baskets for quarter,
I guess"
Therefore, to please her guest who loved
''tomaytoes," Mrs. Housekeep invested in
some Tomatoes" and Jim, who was inves-
tigating the price of tomatoes" for the
benefit of fellow clerk who wanted to
know how to sell "termaiters," was en-
lightened as to what he should charge for
''t'mats." And the bystander was left mar.
yelling at the infinite variety of English as
she is spoke. Chicago Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-08
CURING HlCCOUGHS.
More Remedies Than One Suggested
in the Story.

More Remedies Than One Suggested
in the story.
.eWhy don't you stop that hiccoughing"
said one business man to another as they
met at the corner of Fourth and Vine
streets at the noon hour. The man ad-
dressed was all but in commissions.
''Stop nothing" said he. Give been try
ing every old remedy | ever heard of and
every new one that every fool friend was
kind enough to suggest. I've held my arms
over my head for Is minutes and extended
them like sign board until they ached. |
held my breath until l was all but ready to
drop from apoplexy. I've drunk nine swal.
lows of water nine times over, guess, and
two or three chumps have tried to scare me,
and did it, too, but to no good. Then an
other enthusiastic amateur physician hit me
in the middle of the back when | wasn't
looking and escaped before | could land on
him. | would not have done thing to
him if had caught him. But the hiccoughs
are here, and to stay, l fear
''Set 'em up if | cure your
"Will /? I'll set 'em up for month and
throw in big cold bot besides if you cure
'em."
Then they adjourned to moistening es-
Enlistment, and the good Samaritan said
to Dan: "Dan,, give this gentleman lump
of white sugar"
He took it and dissolved it in his mouth,
and the hiccougns went as if by magic,
probably because their stay was over any
how and not on account of the remedy but
it cost the cold bottle just the same and
some drinks besides Still, he thinks he got
out of it cheap enough.-Cincinnati Tribune.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-08
THE LITTLE GATE.

When baby goes out with his nurse to
play,
Sometimes he tries slyly to steal away:
Then off he runs with his roguish laugh
To the little gate at the end of the path.
For the world is wide. and the world Is
sweet,
Outside the gate is the busy street.
But fast as he runs he is just too late.
And he never escapes through the little
gate,
For we pick him up and we carry him
back,
Away from the horses. the trolley-car
track
And all the dangers he'd surely meet
Outside the gate in the busy street.
I wonder how soon will come the day
When my care and watching will end for
aye
When my baby will open the gate and go
Into the world he longs for so!
And think sometimes, with heart of pain,
OF the day when he may not come again
From the world beyond that he thinks so
sweet,
Outside the gate in the busy street
Blanche Davis, in N. Y. Examiner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-08

barrel, but outside, in the bright sun
light, the ground appeared already al
most dry. A solitary goat stood upon
the shed roof; he had been among the
sheep in the pen.
You can't keep good man down any
more than you can goat was Bricks
comment on the catastrophe.
While Whalen was working the boys
double time at pulling the wool from
the dead sheep, he had the happy
thought of stocking his ranch with
bees. Having money enough from the
proceeds of his wool sale to buy 100
stands, he promptly carried the thought
into effect.
Again he sat down in the door of ais
shack to double his money"
"This is better than Sheep" said he;
''for they herds themselves. And they
are like mules in one thing-you are
liable to get hurt if you fool with 'em."
This wave of prosperity broke up as
soon as former ones had done, for he
had imported L bad case of foul brood,
and within year the hundred swarms
had petered out. When we went down
there last summer in the interest of a
new company which has taken up the
work of completing the canal, Whalen
gathered the bones out of the old shed
in the cut and hauled them to the rail-
read, where he sold them for fertilizer,
realizing enough to buy two more
mules. With his four-mule team he is
at work in the ditch for days wages.
Somewhat grizzled now, and not so
br;ck-red of hair and whiskers as for
merly, he is happy as ever, and sanguine
that he will double his money.
Here's hoping" that he may.-Sap
Francisco Argonaut
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A Ruined Reputation.

"And you say said the Sympathetic Per-
son, looking down from the elevation of the
doorstep, upon the latest applicant for SUBJ
urban charity, that you have honestly
done your best to find employment
II have, madam"
"You have regular vocation?"
81 was formerly an expressman."
"In what city?'
But, surely, at this season of the wear
you ought to find work enough as an ex-
pressman in large city like Boston,
Madam, you do not know Boston. You
have heard of the Bacchante? Yes? Then
Of the expressmen who carried her to the the
station"
''But / do not see"
'The fact became generally known,
madam. From that moment l have ceased
to be respectable. There is no one in Bos-
ton who will now employ me" Boston
Budget.
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Not Worth n ID.

Chief Justice Peters, of Maine, has rep
utation for telling witty stories. At the re-
cent commencement of the University of
Maine he told this one:
Il knew young man who was seven years
getting through another college Then he
went into the ministry, because he didn't
have sense enough to practice law He
went into the Episcopal ministry because he
didn't have to make prayers and could steal
his sermons. Then he went out and got the
degree of ID. ID. from university. One would
have done just as well, and such degree
isn't worth much."-N. Y. Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-08

the crest of an adjacent hill appeared
the flock browsing on the rank sage.
"They do look some like mules" he
scliloquized, land III bet I'm the only
Irishman in America ever owned herd
of Sheep"
Winter came and passed. and the only
Irishman prospered. By roofing in a
cut with brush he had commodious
sheds, and cross sections of poles di-
vided the broad ditch into as many cor
rails as he chose. The sheep were fat
and carried heavy fleeces.
Whalen had for help two boys who
had wandered there and asked for work.
He had proposed to hire one of them,
but the boys protested that they had
never been separated. and that if they
go jobs at different ranches "the other
one wouldn't know where the other one
was" contingency which they could
not abide. So Whalen offered to take
the two at the price of one, and on that
basis they shared with him the shack,
herded the flock, and cooked the grub.
They soon knew as much, or as little,
about sheep as Brick himself; and the
proprietor found opportunity to break
the monotony of camp life by occasional
| trips to the railroad and once to San
| Francisco.
I'm going to see my friend Martini"
| he told the boys. "Now tend to busl-
ness and don't let any get away" And
| should escape.
During Whalen's absence in the city
| he went out of the sheep business even
more abruptly than he went into it the
previous autumn. The instruction to
the boys was fulfilled to the letter-not
any got away.
II happened on hot day in June
when, contrary to usual custom, the
| boys brought the flock to camp and the
shade of sheds a. noontime. 1t never
rains in that arid region, but some
times pours. This was one of those
times. Charged with ice and water a
great black cloud came drifting down
the wind, and emptied out it's load upon
the camp and the hillside above it. The
canal, curving around it's base, formed
an cave trough for the whole mountain
anu poutCu several luOuSduQ lQcneS OF
| water into Whalen's improvised sheep
| sheds. The flood very soon subsidized,
but when the cloud had passed and the
sun again shone forth. there were no
living sheep. Not many minutes are
required to drown rat in hole
Meanwhile the boys, greatly fright
ened by the sudden storm, and with no
thought for the safety of the flock,
were in the shack. The hail pounded
| and the wind shook it. Water covered
| the floor.
pray, Billy" said the one on the
barrel.
mo, you do it," he answered from the
table top.
| The shack had no window, and, with
the door. closed, it was pretty dark in
there. When Whalen reached home two
hours later, the floor was still wet and
the boys were yet roosting on table and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-09-08
Mere Bundle. of Nerves.

Some peevish, querulous people seem
mere bundles of nerves. The least sound
agitates their sensoriums and ruffies their
tempers. No doubt they are born so. But
may not their nervousness be ameliorated,
if not entirely relieved? Unquestionably,
and with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. By
cultivating their digestion, and insuring
more complete assimilation of the food with
this admirable corrective, they will expert
ence speedy and very perceptible gain in
nerve quietude. Dyspepsia, biliousness.
PitterS