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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

WANTED:-Fifty cords of building
stone at once for the foundation Of an
Armory and Opera House 10 be built in
Langdon. For price and further par
ticnlars apply at w. ]. Mooney State
Bank.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15
FOR SALE.

Choice seed grain of all kinds, in
any quantity to suit purchaser and at
reasonable prices. II you have TO buy
seed this spring it will be to your ad.
vantage to cell at the
WI. MOONEY STATE BANK.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

A. R. De Fluent, editor ui the Journal.
Doylestown, Ohio, suffered ;or a number
OF years from rheumatism in his right
shoulder and side. He says: ''My right
arm at times was entirely useless. I
tried Chambe berIan's Pain Balm. and
was surprised 10 receive relief almost
immediately. The Pain Balm has been
and it never fails" For sale by N. q.
McGrurr
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15
Farm For Rent.

Four quarter sections Of land, OF which
45O acres are under cultivation, situated
21amiles southeast of Dresden. For
particulars apply at Office Of Llebeler &
Finerty, Langdon, N D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15
TWO per cent insurance tax:
SPECIAL MEETING.

A special meeting of the stockholders
of the First National Bank of Langdon,
N. Oak will be held at it's banking rooms
in the City Of Langdon. North Dakota,
on F iilay, March 80. 1900. for tne trans
action of such business as may legally
come before it.
O, E. THOMPSON, Cashier.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

To secure the original witch hazel
snlvp, ask for DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, we'll known as a certain cure for
piles aud skin disens.s. Beware of
worthless counteriei,s. They are danger
GUS. N. E. McGruer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

NJ. b. Smith. Bnttrruul. Mich, says,
"DrW'tI y Little Early R<prs are the
very best pills l ever used f,r cnstivenese
Iiverand bowel troubles. NE. McGruer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

Wehave money in unlimited
quantities at Nine Per Cent,
No commission. You get all
that your note calls for.
Truax & Mclean
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15
SPECIAL SALE OF HORSES.

On Saturday, March Oath, at two
o'clock in the afternoon I will sell
one mare, 1400 pounds, heavy with
foaI; one horse. 1400 pounds, SIX years
old; one mare, 1450 pounds; one horse.
100 pounds. At public sale in Lang
don for cash, or good paper on time.
+. McPHAIL, Anctioneer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15
FOR THE F1REMEN.

Amount That Will be Received by the
Firemen From Insurance Tax.
The following statement from the
office of the commissioner, shows the
amount that will be received by the
volunteer fremen of the state from the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15
Announcement.

AT he solicitation al Il large number
the taxpayers OF the City have con-
s"nred to become :, candilnt" iur the re.
election inr The office oi M,vov aud res
I"rtinllv solicit your vote aud Influence
at the election to b" held Monday April
2nd 1900
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

~ Z. G. G. SHUTS, Of Winterset, Iowa,
J" inventor and manufacturer OF
Shuts Safety Whihletree Coupling.
writes OF DR.. Miles Heart Cure. 'Two years
ago an attack Of LaGrippe left me with a
weak heart. had run down in flesh to
mere skin and bone. could not sleep lying
down for smothering spells; frequent sharp
dartine pains and palpitation caused con-
slant fear of sudden death. nothing could
induce me to remain away from home over
night. Ny local physician prescribed Dr..
Miles Heart Cure and in a few days I was
able to sleep well and the pains gradually
lessened. and finally ceased. reduced the
the doses, having gained fifteen pounds. and
am now feeling better in every way than /
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

I can make your Farm Loaus nm
Final Proof ut the lowsst rate obtain.
able in Cavalier county. J.C.MoNNRr.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

Most Respectfully Yours,
D. H. MCMILLAN.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15
TENDERS WANTED.

For the building of school house near
Easb' in Easily township. Parties ma,
make their tender to include both ,h'
building and furnishing of material, OF
for the building of the school hons
separately. Bids will be received up
the hour of noon Thursday, April 5
1900, and the board reserves the right L.
reject any or all bids. Plans and sp-cl
fcations can be found at the office of til
clerk.
By Order of the School Board:
henry BAKER,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

have for years.
DR.. Miles, Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee. first bottle
benefits or money re-,
funded. Book on dis
eases Of the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DR. MILES MEDICAL
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-15

Supervisors VIM. Flack, chairman, William
Shelley, Josiah Myers; clerk, Joseph Heapy
treasurer, George Perry; assessor, Ebenezer
Bremner; road overseers, Owen Heating,
Nathaniel Woodiwiss, William Shelley, Albert
Albert Anderson, Frank Gurlie, G. NJ. Roach,
William Kahn. James Keating.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24

The Strategic Approach.
He decided that he'd win her,
So he planned with insight grim
That he'd pay her no attention.
And she fell In love with him.
Chicago Record.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
An Earth0uake.

Yokohama and the neighboring To.
kio are said to have about so earth.
quake shocks year. Most of them are
insignificant, but now and then comes
one of different sort. In 1891 the
Japan Mail described the experience
of man who had witnessed the ter.
rible earthquake at Gifu.
He had just finished dressing when
the first shock came. He crawled and
dragged himself out of the house, for
to walk was all but impossible. The
next moment, so highly strung were
his nerves, he burst into laughter at
seeing the remarkable way in which
girl was moving down the garden
path, stepping high in the air, as it
seemed. Then, looking over his Shout
der, he saw great and ancient temple,
which he had been admiring the pre-
vious day, leap into the air and fall
in dreadful ruin. Looking again to
his front, he saw the whole town in
an instant swept away before his eyes,
and out of:the great cloud of dust came
a screaming, gesticulating, wildly
frantic crowd of men, women and chill
dren, rushing hither and thither, they
knew not where, for refuge from the
great destruction which had come
upon them.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
SUBSCRIBE FOR ROADS.
CONNIE n dable Enterprise Shown by
Farming Community Near
Clinton, Iowa.

A large number of farmers around
Clinton, Ia, have entered upon a
movement that promises much in the
way of good roads. The city and coun.
ty has macadamized highway four
miles into the country in the direc.
ton of Elvira. an inland town, and the
center of large and wealthy farm.
ing community. The county proposes
to extend the macadam a couple OF
miles the coming season, but that does
not satisfy the farmers, so they have
subscribed over $4,000 now and the
amount is still growing. They sub
scribe from $40 to $1OC each, depend
ing upon the number of acres owned.
They propose that the macadam be
this year extended six miles to Elvira.
which is the terminus of the new rural
mail delivery route. They further pro-
pose to extend the syste>n of good
roads by running north and south
from the terminus so that others
can be accommodated. Farmers still
farther away are offering to help and
it is likely that within two years
the macadam will be extended to
the towns in the western portion of
the county, a distance of 30 miles.
The board is thus encouraged to con-
centrate improvements and have a
system of good roads, instead of scat
tering improvements, as has hereto
fore been the plan.-Prairie Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
GEN. ROY STONE.

have accomplished much in the last
two or three years in the way of con-
structing good roads. What is want
ed is a general plan of road building
and improvement that will apply to all
the states, and Gen. Stone has suggest
ed the best one in this direction to
date. The increase in thrift and econ
omy that would come with the intro
duction of postal savings banks would
thus be accompanied by an increase in
land values by the employment of the
peoples savings in making good roads.
The one improvement would depend
upon the other, and both would be for
the direct benefit of the people and the
country.-Chicago Record.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
w,LL,E.s LESSON OF LOVE.

Last summer Tommie Jones and me
Were climbin' all around.
And found q birds nest in tree
Away above the ground.
We took the little thing away
With all the eggs inside.
And oh the words ma had to say
I just sat down and cried.
''You wicked. naughty boy" she said,
ITO pain the birdie so!
Oh He that watches overhead
Will punish you, I know!
It was a sin to take the nest
And rob the bird of joy!
Now promise God you'll do your best
To be better boy!''
90 when said my prayers that night
I promised God I'd do
The best could to make 1t right,
AS ma had told me to:
I carried crumbs out every day
And left them at the tree,
And tried to get the bird to stay
And make it up with me.
She flew away last fall and that
Was all seen or heard
About her till they brought mas hat
Home yesterday! That bird
Was there as fine as life, stuck through
With wires you couldn't see
To make her look as though she'd flew
Down from the nearest tree!
If God hates Tommy Jones and me.
AS ma let on that day,
I'd kind of like to know what He
Above us has to say
About the one that went and shot
The little bird like that,
And also of the one that's got
It fastened on her hat
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Heralc
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24

intersections of these markings.
When digging these holes, keep the
subsoil and the surface soil separate,
and when setting, put the surface
soil in the bottom of the hole and
then fill up with the subsoil. In the
fall protect the vines by blowing a
furrow or two on each side of the
row and throwing the dirt up toward
the vines. In the spring cultivate this
ground down again, for level culture
is the best practice. Drive a stake for
each vine and tie the vines to this.
keeping them as straight as possible.
When the vines are large enough I
advocate putting them upon wire trel-
Uses. Keep the vines cultivated
throughout the season just as thor
oughly and carefully as a bed Of
strawberries. BY the time they are
two years old set posts 30 feet apart
and put up wires. Place the first wire
% to "a inches from the ground, the
next 30 inches above it. These two
are all that are necessary.
Prune the vines so as to have two
arms or main side branches at the
lower wire. By the time they reach
the upper wire two more arms will
be available. At the age of four years
the vines are so pruned as to have
eight arms on each side. Keep the
new wood as close to the old stalk
as possible. Leave seven to nine buds
on each arm of new wood. AS the
vine gets older it may become dis
pen, start new shoot from below the
diseased spot and develop other arms.
By this method of pruning I am able
to produce, during favorable seasons,
36h tons of the very finest grapes
on five acres. do my thinning when
I do my pruning; that is, by judicious
pruning the fruiting of the vine is
restricted. ! thus get the very larg-
est clusters and the most compact
ones possible. AS to varieties, those
most extensively sold in the markets
here are Worden, Niagara, Brighton,
Concord, Agawam, Moore's Early,
Hartford, Champion, Pockington, En-
pire State, Diana and Delaware.
In harvesting the grapes, I use the
small blade of pocketknife to clip
off the clusters. They are at once
packed in eight-pound baskets. For
the home market I do not use covers,
but put from II to 10 pounds in a
basket. This basket costs about 3h
cents, and by putting in this
amount there will be a great saw
ing of baskets. My wagons are
so arranged as to carry two tiers
of baskets. I first fill the wagon
bed, then the shelf above arranged
for this purpose. In 1898 there was
such a demand for my grapes that I
sold the greater portion of the crop
at home in bushel baskets.-Indiana
Letter in Orange Judd Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24

Then Faterelented or was busy attend
ing to something else. At any rate.
the stenographer with the silvery voice
said that Mr.. Campbell was in and
would come to the phone, and the next
moment Mr.. Campbell said: Hello,
old mani"
"Hello!" said the lawyer. Say, we
seem to have been having some diff
Guilty in getting together. Where are
you going to eat lunch tomorrow
"Any old place. III eat lunch with
you if you ask me. Do you think we
could arrange meeting?"
II doubt it," said the lawyer. I'll
invite you, but don't expect you to
come. Say! Iwish you would, though;
Id like mighty well to see you"
"I'll be with you this time, all right.
I'll swear it, if necessary. At the same
time haven't any kind of an idea that
I'll keep my word"
GAN you have to do is to stay in the
office and attend to your business.
I'll attend to the rest. Will you do it? 2"
"I'll do it,"
Gail right. Good-by."
"Good-by."
The real estate man stayed in the
office until he got telegram from his
friend, which read:
"Don't wait for me-will explain
later"
Then he went over to the pie counter
at the board of trade and consumed
doughnuts and milk in high dudgeon.
The lawyer explained (by letter.
that he had been called away to the
bedside of an opulent uncle in Iowa
who had just had his second stroke of
paralysis. He made another effort at
an appointment, but it was in half
hearted, despairing way. His success.
sive failures had unnerved him and left
him more than doubtful of himself
foredoomed to disappointment. The
real estate man felt about much the
same way, and they both abandoned all
attemptat communication for month
or two.
Then as the real estate man was pass.
ing the lawyers office he thought he
would just look in for the fun of it.
He told himself that he did not expect
to see the lawyer, and that this being
the case there was more than reason.
able probability that he would be in.
He was not in, however, and the real
estate man went out bitterly disap.
pointed.
He left note asking the lawyer to
call him up, and the lawyer called him
up and learned that he had ''just this
minute gone out" Then the whole
thing was gone over with again.
As the matter now stands the two
men are quite intimately acquainted
with each others stenographer.
"Oh, it's you'll" says the young WON.
an who attends to the real estate mans
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
Fine Climber for Porches.

The clematis paniculata is grand
climber for porches, and is gaining a
deserved popularity. Recently there
has been some question as to its fra
GRANGE. Some say it is fragrant, while
others don't find it so. A writer has.
in some cases. found it very unpleas-
antly fragrant, and has mentioned this
as defect of the species. 1t probably
varies under differing conditions. Some
of these variations may possibly be
explained by the fact that it has been
propagated chiefly from seeds in this
country. Doubtless it will be propa-
gated more and more from cuttings as
time goes on.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
Gen. Stone Suggests That Their Els.
tablishment Might Promote
Building of Roads.

How to have good roads everywhers
is big problem in the United States,
but there are certain sanguine advo,-
Gates of the good roads movement who
are studying it with fair prospects of
success in it's solution. In the gretaer
part of western Europe roads are uni
formly good; in the greater part of
the United States they are uniformly
bad. To remedy this condition there
has been as yet no practical plan pre-
sented, but Gen. Stone, of the agri-
cultural department, Washington, has
supplied this desideratum. Not only
does his plan seem feasible, but it en-
ables two good movements to supple
ment each other.
Gen. Stone says in order for the
good roads movement to be effectual
provision must be made for vast sums
of money at very low rates of interest
for use in the general construction of
highways throughout the country.
Happily, the postal savings bank sys-
tenn, if adopted, would provide these
funds. One of the chief arguments
against the postal savings bank has
been that there would be no oppor-
tunity for the proper investment of the
funds. This drawback is removed
by the suggestion that the funds could
be employed exclusively for road con-
struction, the money being loaned on
county bonds guaranteed by the state,
the rate of interest to be the same, or
practically so, that the government
would pay on saving deposits pos
sibly two per cent.
AS to the advantages of this form of
employing savings Gen. Stone says:
''No investment could be safer than
that in public roads, which add at least
tenfold their cost to the value of the
property which is pledged for the debt.
The small interest charged could in
most cases be taken out of the pres
ent amount of road taxation and still
leave enough to keep good roads in
good order, so that the great result of
good roads everywhere would be
brought about without a perceptible
increase in taxation"
The scheme seems practical. Some
of the eastern states, particularly New
York, New Jersey and Massachusetts,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
CULTURE OF GRAPES.
How to Get the Very Largest Cluster
of Fruit, and the Most Com
pact as Well. -.

In my county, St. Joseph, are raised
according to good authorities, some OF
the very best grapes that have ever
been grown. This is the result OF
careful selection of varieties, thor.
ough cultivation and methods which
keep the grapes free from insect and
fungous pests. This work must be-
gin before the vineyards are set out.
After securing a proper location
plow the ground deeply, subsoiling il
possible. Harrow, pulverize and drag
until the soil is thoroughly mellowed
then mark off the land eight feet
each way and dig holes two feet
square and IS to 20 inches deep at the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
Rape for Cow Pasture.

Rape makes excellent cow pasture
but you must be careful about letting
the cows eat too much at first, and
especially, when the rape is wet, writes
a contributor to Michigan Farmer. 1t
is as bad, if not worse, than rank
clover. It will cause hoven or bloat
If the COWS are turned in for short
time only at first, until they become
accustomed to the feed, there is usual
ly but little danger. But would not
turn them in when the rape is wet
with dew or rain, even though they
were accustomed to it, unless the
plant is fed down so close that they
cannot fill themselves quickly.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
Immense Private Forest.

Among the largest private forests
to come under government supervision
is tract of 1885, 900 acres in Polk and
Monroe counties, Tenn, owned by
Senator George Peabody Wetmore. OF
Rhode Island. Senator Wetmore has
availed himself of the offer of free
assistance to the owners of woodlands
made by the division of forestry and
has asked that the tract be inspected
with view of making working plan
by which the merchantable timber
can be cut and the forest still be pre-.
served in good condition.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24

ING LUNCH TOGETHER?"
correspondence. "Of course I know
your voice. No, he isn't in
but I'll tell him to call you up when
he comes in. know it won't
be any good, but we might as we'll OBJ
serve the usual routine. Per.
haps you'd like to call. =
Well, really couldn't say-not with
any degree of certainty, but I'd be very
glad to see you. No, don't
think you change much as the years
go by, but, then, seeing you so often
I might not notice it. Yes, I'll tell Mr.
Campbell; he'll be glad to hear from
you, know. I'd give great
deal if he could. He says he'll raise my
salary when he does"
Mr.. Campbell holds similar dialogues
with the lawyers stenographer. Some.
times he comes in and finds pencileG
note lying on his desk. It is lunch in.
vitation. He picks it up and glances
at the familiar handwriting, and then
signs heavily. Seating himself in hi.
swing chair, he places his heels care.
fully on his plotting pad and allows
himself to sink into mournful reverie
that brings back to him the once ia.
miliar face of his friend of night.
The lineaments of that face are grow.
ing hazy and indistinct now. The real
estate man is beginning now to be
afraid that he would not know them il
he saw them on the street.
And the lawyer is haunted by sim.
liar fear.-Chicago Daily Record.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
Uniform Fruit Packages.

Trouble is likely to arise when the
state department of agriculture at
tempts to enforce the law regulating
the size of fruit packages, says Rural
New Yorker. A crate of strawberries
packed in short" boxes and sent to
New York from New Jersey would
probably come under the ''original
package" exemption, and could, dc ubt-
less, be sold, much the same as oleo is
now sold in original packages. This
makes it all the more necessary that
nearby states should enact and en-
force law similar to the one now in
force in New York.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
Intelligence Is Needed.

These are not times when men can
go along in careless, haphazard way;
they must think, plan and act, says
the Kansas Dairy Farmer. From the
selection of the dairy herd, the proper
feeding and care of the cows, the de-
livery of the milk to the creamery,
working it up into butter, and so on
up to the marketing of the article, the
best judgment is needed; and when all
these points are looked after carefully
and with the constant thought of
economy, it is surprising how much
more cheaply the goods can be pro-
duced than they could few years ago.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
Mean of Him.

~ peeped into the parlor as I came
along the hail." remarked Mr.. Famli-
man, land saw quite strange freak
of nature"
Really" exclaimed Mrs. Famliman.
edith is there with her young man"
eyes, I saw two heads on one pair of
shoulders. "-Philadelphia Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
A M.tomornho.,.

A MefnmOFphOSis.
Miss Smith is as slim as a cherry-tree
sprout,
Mr.. Jones is as thin as stick,
But when they're together and no ones
about,
Oh, then they are awfully thick.
-Elliotts Magazine.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
whv =. Chnnred III. s,ind

Why SIC Changed His mind.
Bacon-That fellow used to be one
Of the most outspoken foes of the
trusts.
Egbert- he now?
"Oh, no; he's completely turned
around"
"What brought about this wonder
full change, do you suppose?"
"Oh, he owns little stock in one
of the trusts, now"-Yonkers States.
man.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-05-24
HOw'a This1

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Halls Family Pills are the best,