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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
Improving Stamina o, Hogs.

Prof. Shaw: Why should it be
looked upon as an impossible thing to
secure stamina the best and breeding
and feeding qualities the best? There
is no inherent antagonism between
these. 1t is when either is carried to
an extreme that the other differs.
Even in the corn belt Berkshires can
be given the highest order of stamina.
Gymnasiums have been established
throughout our country to improve
the stamina of our people. 1t is i'm
proving and it will further improve.
And when the breeders of Berkshires
establish, gymnasiums for their favor
ties on every farm where Berkshires
are bred, the stamina Of Berkshires
will gradually rise. and faster than the
ground beneath the mangrove forests
by the sea. The materials to be used
in building these gymnasiums will in
clude large pastures, heterogeneous and
succulent foods, well ventilated styes
and the eternal rejection of all
but the strongest to be used In breed
Ing, The future OF the berkshire
therefore 10 entirely in the hands Of
Berkshire breeders. A limitless domain
lies before them. It rests with tn0ih
TO say TO what extent It shall bs &C.
euDisd.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Is tho Ambitious Ago for Members Of
This Club.

Is tho Ambitious Ago for Members Of
This Club.
Chicago correspondence Philadelphia
Times: Chicago boasts of many strange
things, but the strangest of all is club
that was organized here last week. 1t
is called the One Hundred Year Club,
the members Of which are honorably
bound to live one hundred years.
Bachelor clubs, old maid clubs, sui
eide clubs, the Thirteen Club, and, in
fact every form of club imaginable
has been organized here in the Windy
City, but this Century Club is the odd
est of them all. The club is open to
both sexes and already has over TWEEN
ty members. Among them is Fernando
Jones, millionaire real estate man,
who prominently figured in the organ
ization of the club. To your CORE
spondent he said there was no reason
why people should not live hundred
years. For one thing" he said, Il
don't believe in snoozing in the day
time to lengthen life. never go to
bed the same day get up, but 1 do
get up the same day go to bed. 1t
is the sluggard who sleeps in the day
time. People, think, sleep too much.
Even at my advanced age I find that
six or seven hours sleep is sufficient.
Another thing, I never drink raw
water. 1 haven't drunk pint of raw
water in twenty years. I drink most
everything else except raw water, Too
much stress is put on the necessity for
fresh air as being the great life pre-
server and prolonger. This talk about
sleeping with open windows, winter
and summer, is a mistake. Even birds,
whose brains are small, know that it
IS wise to put their heads under their
wings, protected from fresh air, when
they Sleep" Judge L. B. Otis, 80 years
old, said: Zone of the most important
steps any one can take who is ambi-
tious to round out a century of life is
to join the Don't Worry Club. Don't
worry about the things that you can't
help; let other people do the worrying.
Three-fourths Of mans troubles are
borrowed. The things that he fears
IL anticipation don't come to pass. 1t
shortens life to carry the burden of an
tlcipated troubles which never come"
Mrs. Mary Ann Otis. the first woman
to join the club, said: "No pies nor
cakes for me. shall be SO years old
on April Fl, and expect to be the first
member of our club over the century
mark. attribute my long stay on
earth to plain food and quiet. domes-
tic life, free from the fret and worry
and heartburnings of society. If 1 were
asked what one thing more than any
other has contributed to my long life,
would say moderation in eating"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02

900 lbs Of prunes. Careful men VINO
are engaged in the fruit business esti-
mate that the state will produce this
year 125, O00, 900 lbs. There are 7,000.-
900 lbs. Of prunes still on hand of last
years crop. The Cured Fruit Asso-
citation is endeavoring to get control
of 80 per cent of the acreage. The
officers believe it this is obtained the
whole surplus can be marketed at not
less than 8 cents pound. It Is
thought that the surplus can be placed
in foreign markets at small differen-
tials. At the headquarters of the as
ISOLATION it was stated that some acre.
age was coming in, but the association
was still much short of the necessary
percentage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02

The future Queen of England, the
Princess of Wales, is the subject of an
interesting article in the June Cosmo-
politan by that well-versed writer of
European royalty and nobility, the
Marquise de Fontenoy. There are
many women in English society, says
the writer. who are infinitely more
beautiful, whose figures conform far
more closely to the ideals of the artist
and who possess a greater degree of
brllliancy, Of dash and wit than the
Princess Of Wales. Yet wherever Eng
lands future Queen appears, not only
does she become the cynosure of all
eyes, but more than that the loneliness
of every other woman present seems in
some way to pale; this, too, in spite
of the fact that she is grandmother
of six little ones and is nearer 60 years
OF age than so. True, she remains
amazingly youthful in appearance,
thanks not so much to those vulgar de-
vices known as making up" as to
those iudicious cares that are entirely
legitimate. For instance, daily mas
sage with cold cream has been en-
ployed to help nature in warding off
wrinkles from her fair face. while the
elasticity and elegance of the figure
has been retained by menas of exer-
else and moderation in diet to the same
phenomenal degree as in the case of
the late Empress of Austria at the time
OF her assassination. The hair is
dressed in precisely the same quiet and
characteristic manner as rs years ago.
The head retains the same dainty
poise on neck SO graceful that it con-
veys the impression of slender stock
supporting flower, while the eyes as
suredly have neither dimmed nor
changed, flashing as in days of yore
with fun and mischief. or else sweetly
appealing in that sort Of pathetic man
ner peculiar to people who are hard of
bearing.
Her Sweet and Gracious Manner.
But it is not this that makes the
princess so fascinating-that renders
her so much more attractive than wom-
en- of immeasurab1y superior beauty.
Nor can it be described as magnetism.
For magnetism implies something that
is violent, and against which one would
be inclined to resist. But it Is the
sweet, gracious and kindly manner
that converts every man that sets eyes
upon her into her sworn admirer, and
that even disarms the jealousy of wom-
en-, Transforming them into her devoted
friends
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
p e 2 Is = e = ~ q Is s IS 8 s p 2
II DeW ReliSiouS Sect.
noted for Dislike Of otber
Christian Denominations %.
%S s. u s. Il u u $f35 ~ s. u - ~ Il II M

A new religious sect is attracting at
tention in Fulton county, Indiana.
The members call their church the
Haven of Rest" and in order to join
it one does not have to submit to any
particular creed. So far the member
ship is made up almost entirely of per-
sons who have become dissatisfied
with other denominations. They do
not have any established places of
worship, but move their tents wher-
ever an inviting field is to be found.
The Rev. Samuel Plantz is the prin-
cipal preacher for these people. He is
a man who would score success in
any line of work.
Possessed of native shrewdness, a
commanding personality, and a pleas
ing style of oratory, he is born
leader. For a number of years he was
member of the Evangelical Associa-
ton, but he became dissatisfied and
changed to the Methodist. Soon after
he returned to his old church. But it
was not long until the dissatisfied spir-
it again took possession of him, and he
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
Statue Struck by Lightning.

Statue Struck by Lightning.
The statue of Liberty on Liberty
island in New York harbor. was struck
twice by lightning on the Fourth OF
July and emerged unframed. The bolt
struck the appraised arm and another
hit it squarely on the forehead. The
statue is protected by the finest sys-
tenn of lightning rods ever made. They
extend from a point above the torch
down the figure and foundation into
the ground, distance of 3O5 feet.
Thence they go into the waters of the
bay and end in system of piping
filled with carbon. A gang of work
men have been climbing all over the
statue since the bolts struck it, but
they find that it was not damaged at
all. very much to the establishment of
those who saw the brilliant display OF
electricity which made an aureole
about the goddess forehead when the
shaft struck and seemed to break into
mass of sparks. It was in this same
storm that the Standard Oil Com
pany's works at Bayonne were set on
fire by lightning.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
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dry regions. The plants form a soft
sod, covered by two or three inches
Of soft, cushion-like foliage. The plant
spreads by runners or PROSTATE stems,
which creep along the ground, roofing
at intervals. The seeds are produced
In little hard clusters near the ground
among the leaves. The plant grows
readily from the seed. 1t cures natur-
ally and furnishes sustenance for stock
upon the range. There is no doubt
that at an earlier period buffalo grass
extended much farther east than at
present. When the prairies were
tramped by countless herds of buffalo,
all the grasses except this and grama-
grass were prevented from establish
ing themselves upon the uplands.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
horticultural Observations,

Reports from large buyers of fruit
are to the effect that very few fruit men
pick, pack or sort their fruit properly.
When fruit is to be shipped long dis
tances to market it is very necessary
that only the best fruit be sent. as the
cost of transporting poor fruit is as
great as the good fruit. This becomes
a leading principle when fruit is
shipped across the Canadian border
and has to pay duty. If it is not first
class fruit the Canadian buyers do not
find profit in the transaction, and are
not likely to again seek the American
producer.
Like many other fruits, the Kieffer
pear has it's fast friends and it's I'M
compromising enemies. The conflicts
over it remind one of those that have
taken place over the Ben Davis apple.
But the Kieffer is a very valuable pear
for several reasons. 1t is good in
quality when it is rightly handled;
that is, allowed to properly ripen. 1t
is deceptive fruit, and looks ripe be-
1O10 ~ udo oIId1uSo IudL pOluL AL us
existence. 1t must be allowed to lie
for some time after it is picked, some
times for weeks, before its flavor is
developed. Then it becomes a good
fruit for all purposes.
The new Fruit Growers Association
of California is making an attempt to
do away with some of the obstacles
that have always been in the path of
the fruit producers. About 70 per cent
of the fruit grown in the state is I'M
der the control of the association. All
the growing, packing and selling are
to be done in the most approved ways.
Members are not to pack or crate their
fruit. The men that do this work are
experts. If the association holds to-
gether, it will doubtless compel the
other fruit growers in the state to
pack their fruit better, as otherwise
the association would take the entire
field, at least so far as desirable mar
kets are concerned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
If Clover Fails.

Farmers everywhere are coming to
understand the great value Of red clover
as a conserver Of nitrogen In the soil.
In many cases. however, farmers are
unable to grow clover and after sew
eral attempts to grow it give 1t up.
In such cases some new crop should
be tried. This is where the value Of
the soy bean aid cow pea comes in. A
man should grow some kind Of legume
on his farm, and where red clover can
not be grown, soy beans may be. Even
on poor soil In our middle west soy
beans have done well. It has this In
its favor that where clover has bean
killed out soy. beans may be plantsd
and crop raised that will greatly I'm
prove the soil. But there are other
'leguminous crops that can be tried.
The point 10 that some lsgums sAesll
b GTuwn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02

asked for an honorable dismissal
which was granted him.
But he continued to preach when
ever he could secure an audience. At
this time he had but one text, and
that was the faults Of the other
churches. 1t was not long until he had
gathered about his standard many
who, for various reasons, had fallen
out with their churches, and were in
sympathy with his movement
No matter what his theme, his ora
torical powers never failed to attract
a crowd. On one occasion he was ad-
mitted to school house, and on the
wall he displayed chart containing
the names of all the church organiza-
lions and the per cent of the member
ship of each which would be saved.
Thirty per cent was the largest num-
Der until his church was reached, and
it was marked 100.
This church has now number of
ministers in Noble county, and they
all have deep-rooted dislike to other
denominations.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
Tile Drainage.

CONDENSED from Farmers Review Stem
ographic Report Of Wisconsin Roundup
Institute.)
N. E. Becker spoke on tile drainage.
In part he said:
The changes in the soil caused by
draining are manifold. Plants are not
so easily killed by severe frosts In
winter, because the ground is left more
dry and porous. 1t allows cultivation
earlier in the spring, and all through
the year after heavy rains. 1t causes
the soil to sooner obtain a certain
warmth in such degree that on SINH
lar kinds of soil a location from two
to three hundred miles southwark
would not be better. It keeps the soil
more porous and mellow, because 1t
will never be fully saturated with
water, which would cause it to bake
like brick If very dry weather fol-
lows heavy rains.
1t gives more effect to manure and
therefore insures better crops, and
greater variety Of plants and cereals
may be raised on so drained lands.
On my own farm the first drain was
laid in 1887, and many more since that
time. The first ones were laid, of
course, where we thought they would
be most beneficial. Every year ever
since they have proved to be So
Where in wet seasons nothing would
grow but weeds, the very best crops
have been raised ever since.
On most every farm there are de-
pressions and little wales, where in the
first days of seeding time in the spring
the ground is too wet; after they are
drained they are much drier in the
spring than those parts that lie much
higher. Marshland, with a layer OF
peat to depth Of three feet or more
should not be drained. II the water
is tapped off from such ground. hard
ly anything but weeds and a poor
crop of grass will grow. Keep all the
water in such land-but the surface
should not be covered by water-for
a big crop of even poor marsh hay is
more valuable than small crop of
hay of still poorer quality.
Land with subsoil of gravel re-
quires no draining, but l have seen
sandy land drained to good advantage.
In clay soil, black muck and such,
draining proves most beneficial. In
the eastern part of the county I live
in (Ozaukee) the subsoil is red clay,
which Is almost impervoius to water
1t finds no way out and therefore the
ground at times is fully saturated with
water, and on such soil draining
proves to be of great Importance and
value.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
Too Expensive Seed.

In buying clover seed, the farmer
should use the greatest Of care to Sc
cure only seed that contains no weed
seeds, especially If he desires to &C.
cure a crop of seed from his planting.
The weed seeds do not always get into
the clover seed through mistake, or
even by natural methods, such as
weeds growing with the clover in the
field. The seed of yellow trefoil Is
used quite extensively for this kind OF
adulteration, and has sometimes been
imported for this very purpose. It is
said that as high as 30 per cent Of this
seed may be mixed with clover seed
without detection. The seed Of yel-
low trefoil is of greenish yellow In
color, and is distinguished by minute
projection in the neighborhood of the
scar that marks the point of attach
ment of the seed in the fruit Poor
seed is too expensive for use at any
price.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
Storage Battery Lightning.

Recent developments in train light
ing with the storage battery as an i'm
portant adjunct warrant the belief that
the electric light will at no distant day
be universally used for Illuminating
day and sleeping coaches on all steam
railroads. Not only is this true of the
United States, but one of the largest
railway companies in England is al
ready equipping fifty of it's day coaches
with dynamos and storage batteries of
system which has been successfully
tested for some months past.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
Tho Peddler.s Bundle.

The very latest use of all to which
the fashionable maiden has put the
bandana is to tie up bundle. Books,
sewing, fruit, candy, pair of gloves,
anything or everything collected dur
ing the mornings shopping, it matters
not what, all are jumbled together and
tied up In one Of the modish handker-
chiefs In bold eastern hues which are
enlivening the shops and embroider-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02

the south on the leaves OF Indian corn,
sassafras, black locust, false indigo,
wild blackberry. 1t also feeds on
leaves of. the willow, currant, cotton,
clover, elm, hopvine, balsam poplar,
balm of Gilead, dogwood and choke
cherry, The eggs are top-shaped, at
tached by the smaller end, in patches
of about 80, on the underside of leaves.
The caterpillars in the western states
begin to hatch about the end of June,
getting their growth in two months,
after moulting five times. The spines
are poisonous to the fingers, and the
caterpillar cannot be handled without
causing some pain and irritation. A
government report describes this cat
erpillar as sometimes feeding late in
summer on the maple, large green
ish, thick caterpillar, with fascicles OF
irritant, radiating, sharp spines :, over
the body, spinning thin silken CO.
coon among the leaves. and transform
ing the following May or June into a
large, stout-bodied moth; the males are
yellow with very large eye-like spot
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02

ing the current matinees. The Paris
woman Of hundred years ago, they
say, did her marketing with the help
of big, bright kerchief, bringing
home her vegetables in it, SO that the
present fad is only revival of very
old fashion after all.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
BuHalo Grass.

A Kansas report says: This is the
common short grass of the uplands
throughout the central and western
regions of Kansas and more or less in
many parts of eastern Kansas. The
leaves are short and curly, and the
=ge has characteristic gray color
rather common in plants adapted to
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
British Government came,..

The British government is the owner
of over $4,000 camels. Several thou
sands are used in India to carry stores
and equipment when the regiments
are changing quarters by the line OF
march.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
small wounds panxerou..

A Berlin physician has written an
article on the dangers resulting from
what are considered insignificant
wounds. For instance. In IL wounds
to the thumb. permanent disability
followed in 90 per cent Of the casss-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
The 10 Caterpillar.

The insect that We here illustrate is
one OF those known as Maple Cater
pillars. The insect appears to be wide
~ distributed being found feeding on
the sugar naples in the north and in
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST ro
A0RlCULTURlSTS

Some Up-to-Dats HAT. About Gull
tivaAaon Of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, viticulturs and
Horticulture.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02

IN the hind wings. and the females
purple brown, the wings Of the latter
sxpaadjng 1sitlx tosSsr Inches.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-08-02

CONDENSED from Farmers Review Stem
ographic Report Of" Wisconsin Roundup
Institute.)
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-25
City Council to Meet Thursday
Night for That Purpose.
AMOUNT is STILL UNDECIDED.
Finance Committee and Comptroller
Paul Will Hold n Session Tonight
to Consider Estimates for Coming
fear-GenernI Cutting of Appro-
priations Is Contempiated-Levy
May BE Reduced to Eight Mills.

The city council will meet in special
session Thursday night for the purpose
OF fixing the municipal tax levy for the
year 1901.
The amount Of that levy is still in doubt.
the finance committee having, because
OF the absence of several of its members
from the city, been unable to get quo
rum and begin the proposed cutting OF
the departmental estimates for the COM
ing year. Such a meeting will be held
tonight and II is said that a determined
effort is to be made to secure reduction
OF estimates sufficient TO lower the levy
TO eight mills.
Several OF the estimates are considered
by the council to be excessive and little
trimming VIII be necessary TO keep the
present nine mill levy Comptroller Paul
and several members OF the council are
In favor of still further slashing and
levy Of eight mills.
The estimates upon the cost Of con-
Quoting the city government during the
coming year were received by the coun-
Gil two weeks ago last night and, being
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-25
VETOED BY MAYOR HUMES.
Ordinance Giving seattle q San
Francisco Railway More Time
Sent Back TO Council

At the meeting of the city council last
night message was received from Mayor
Humes announcing his veto of the or
dinance extending the time for the COM
pletion OF the road Of the Seattle e. San
Francisco Railway & Navigation Com
pany to January l. because OF the failure
to provide In the ordinance for a penalty
time. Because Of the necessity Of pub
fishing the mayors veto five times, the
matter will not come before the council
for action until Monday night.
The railroad to the Leary coal mines is
involved In this franchise. The original
ordinance required that IL be completed
by July l. 1890. This the company failed
to accomplish and the deposit OF s. 600.
given as an evidence OF good faith. was
tension to January was then passed. In
vetoing this Mayor Humes said In part:
The company mentioned in this or
dfnance DID not complete the standard
gauge railway mentioned on or before
July i, 1900; consequently by the very
terms Of this ordinance, No. $3.50. the
franchise attempted 10 be granted became
wholly void.
so far as / have been advised, fran
crate railroads and street railways have
required the payment 20 the city OF a
certain sum of money as a penalty for
noncompliance with the terms OF the or
dinance granting the franchise in refer
ence to the time the work OF construc-
ton or such railway should be complet-
ed; the ordinance, No. $3.50. imposes such
a penalty.
No. 332, to resurrect this old ordinance
No. $3.50. and breath into 1t the spirit OF