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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1901-11-28
NO TROOPS MOVED BY RAIL.
Colombian Officials Object to Captain
Perry's Action.

.yr-- -ttt y -s
Washington, Nov. 27.--T The reported
action of Captain Perry, the naval of.
ffcer in command of the United States
forces on the isthnnus, in declining to
permit any of the Colombian belliger-
ent troops to make use of the railway.
may raise an interesting question. It
is understood here that the Colombian
government feels it has the decided
right to use this railway to forward
government troops. This stand Is TAX.
en- on the fact that the road is on land
over which Colombia has sovereignty
and Is operated under a government
concession, Colombia retaining an in
terest in the road to the extent OF
1850 900 per year. Moreover, the CO.
-iottbfs sTsaitt lsoIf IaSl,efss
have not had their belligerent rights
recognized by this or any other gov.
ernment, so that they have no status
as carrying on war.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
The Bayard
of The Beers

1t is not generally known that De-
larey, the Boer leader who rushed the
British rear guard at Vlakfontein a
few days ago and thereby precipitated
a sharp and bloody engagement, was
one Of the few conspicuous Beers who
opposed the sending of an ultimatum
to England. He neither liked nor
trusted Kruger, and during his II
years of service in the volksraad he
Invariably discouraged any policy cal
culated to provoke friction between
the two dominant races Of South AZ
rica. His service in the field has been
marked by energy, skill and judgment
and by powers of recuperation which
are simply wonderful when one con-
siders the Vigor and effectiveness OF
his attacks at Vlakfontein in connec-
ton with his disastrous defeat some
months ago at the hands of Gen. Bah
bington. He has suffered privations
innumerable during the progress of a
war Of which he did not approve, and
his personal sacrifices have included
the loss Of cherished son, who fell
when Methuen forced the passage of
the Modder.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

cracking jokes. In the very midst OF
the service . Photographer pushed to
the front, and showing some of the
mourners aside, ordered others to
stand where they were while he took a
picture CT the ceremony for an after
noon paper. Let us suppose for a
moment ta2t the scene is shifted from
Boston to Pekin, that the mourners
are Americans instead OF Cinnamon.
the rites Christian instead of pagan;
now crowd the spot with a mob of un-
invited strangers, who chat il a
strange tongue and laugh, and having
satisfied their curiosity, go away. It
IS hard to imagine the feelings OF the
dead mans son In either case? The re-
lat1ons OF a native OF any county to
the stranger within his gates call for
the finest courtesy. To ignore pecull-
arities OF dress ard manner; to dis
cover without impotence the wants
OF a foreigner who cannot speak the
language, and to help him-this is in
deed to be gentleman. How often do
We find ourselves falling short of that
high standard!-Youth's COMPANION.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Automobile Savings Bank.

An automobile savings bank Is the
latest device Of the ingenious French.
For some time the authorities Of Me-
zieres have felt that thrift among the
peasants of the Ardennes should b,
encouraged, and they decided that II
they would 90 half way in getting
at the peasants the latter would save
more money than they do now. Ac-
eordingly, new style Of electric
motor-car has been built It contains
our seats, one of which is for the
driver. The three places behind are
arranged around revolving table in
the middle Of the car, one at each side
and one at the rear. Writing desks
are fitted over each Of these seats and
are devised in such a way that they
can he either folded fat against the
sides Of the carriage inwardly, or
opened outwardly for the use of the
public. The central table also contains
desks, besides book shelves and
small metallic strong box. The car
travels about the country, making
stors CT IN hour or so on pre-arranged
days in different localities in the de-
rartment. The passengers are two
clerks OF the local treasury DEPART
ment and a cashier. They carry with
them a complete collection Of savings
bank books. registers and forms, and
the cashier is authorized to receive
moneys. By this method the authori-
lies hope to encourage the peasants to
put their money in the banks where
it will earn interest, instead Of being
hidden away in stockings, as Is now
the almost universal custom.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Aborlglnes of Japan,

The only original people now living
IN Japan are the Anus and these peo-
pie live today pretty much as the In
dams on their reservations in our
own west. They are under the protec-
ton OF the imperial government and
are entirely separated from the Japa-
nese, who regard them as barbarians.
among their many curious customs
perhaps the quaintest is their method
OF naming their children. They OBJ
serve a peculiar economy in giving
names. The infant must go without
a name until it shows itself worthy o.;
bearing one. II it is sickly and not
likely to live, 1t Is not considered
worth while to waste a name upon 1t.
AS each child must, by immemorial
custom, have brand new name. used
by no one in the community, names
are scarce and must be guarded. II
the child should be given name borne
by someone else, the ghost of the for
mer possessor Of the name may come
back from the underworld to ayenge
the slight. 1t Is customary to take
name from some incident that occurred
at the child's birth, or it Is left to the
parents afterWard to choose one for 1t.
from the age OF seven TO ten, Aim
children Of either sex have their heads
shaved, but after eleven they are al
lowed to have long hair, and wear the
same clothes as grown persons. They
wear no clothing unless the weather Is
very cold. The favorite and almost
exclusive ornament is the earring,
usually made of metal. What cloth
ing is worn is made OF straw. They
never wear shoes or other covering for
the feet, except as a great luxury and
mark Of distinction. on ceremon,ols
occasions. The men carry snail
knives and tobacco pouches and the
women carry small looking glasses and
knives. The knife is used as symbolic.
The maiden wears it with the blade
bare, but when she marries it is worn
in a sheath. The women also paint
their faces, using a kind of ink for
the purpose. The Anus live mostly by
fishing and hunting. They hunt the
bear and deer, catch salmon and othe.
fish, and grow potatoes and millet..
Whenever they can get it, they eat
rice, which they regard as the best
food, though they do not raise it them
selves. Both sexes smoke tobacco and
drink liquor. Woman is fairly treated
and held in deep respect. The man
is not allowed to enter the house when
the woman is in II alone, and he Is
not permitted to walk behind a wo-
man. When a man meets a woman
h9' huSt salute first, by smoothing his
beard and rubbing his hands. Then
she responds by touching her nose
with finger of her left hand.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
LIQUID Electricity.

While 81" trains were rumbling and
roaring up Washington street the
other afternoon to the accompaniment
of rafting wagon wheels and the
clacking of iron-shod hoofs, a man
whose gait was somewhat unsteady
iounged around the corner Of Walt
lam street and braced himself against
a building, says the Boston Record
He studied his surroundings for a
time in a disconnected way until the
noisy passage Of train reused him.
He looked up and hailed a passerby.
1--WE discovered il" he remarked with
a show of interest Before long I'll be
famous" and he glanced upward to-
ward the 81" structure. discovered
what?" Queried the other. why, cleo
tricity-I know what it is now" This
brought another question, and the
man who was to be famous replied:
why, it's liquid noise. / Just dis
covered it." He refused to say to what
use he would put his discovery" but
from his walk as he started in a. zig
gag course up the street he apparently
believed that compared with himself
the discoverer Of liquid air was back
number.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Boating n Cheat.


In Central Africa the only currency
is the native one, consisting OF cowry
Shells. Each piece of this money is
worth about the one hundred and
twentieth part OF an English penny.
When DR.. c. H. Robinson was travel
Ing through Afri'A few years ago,
one of the local kings sent him. among
other things, a present Of a hundred
thousand cowries On receiving them,
the doctor says, I vas told what I sub
sequently ascertalned to be correct,
that 1t was customary to give the bear
er of the present ten thousand cow
ries for himself. They are. as a rule,
delivered in bags containing twenty
thousand each. Noticing that the man
who was responsible for their safe car
rage Fad brought one bag that was
obviously, under weight some two
thousand 'towries having been ex-
tracted from'At I asked him II he
was certain that: this particular baS
contained the proser amount. On re-
ceiving his assurance that he was, I
told him to sit down and count from
this bag the ten thousand cowries
which, according to native, custom 1
owed him. He did as he wss hidden
with great alacrity thinking, no
doubt, that the white man was sadly
lacking In sagac!ty to allow a creditor
to count his own money unchecked. J
noticed that he took full advantage OF
his privilege and, so far as I could
Judge, the sum which he counted cx-
ceeded by at least two thousand cow
Hes the sum to which he was entitled.
His task completed, l asked him again
If he was sure that the bag, as deliver
ed by him, had originally contained
twenty thousand cowries. On his re-
plying in the Affirmative, I suggested
that, this being so, the amount which
remained over must therefore be ten
thousand. On his assuring me that my
calculation was correct, l told him to
leave with me the ten thousand which
he had just counted and to take the
rest as his due.-Youth's Companion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

Surgical Eessons of tho Sou5,, AfricanWa
The South African war has demon
strated the urgent importance Of not
exploring wounds on the field of bat
tie, or, indeed at any time, unless
there is distinct indication for it. 1t
has shown that elaborate operations
are not possible witt tile present ar
rangements, at least in field hospitals,
neither are they needed in many III
juries in which formerly they were
considered absolutely necessary. Tie
slighter injuries heal readily, simply.
End, as a rule, asertically, with almost
minimum CT treatment. What
changes in military weapons time may
bring we cannot say, but there Las
never been war before in which so
large percentage OF the wounded
recovered. Possibly in the future this
proportion may increase, but even as it
is, many more died in war from dis
ease than FROM W Junds.-Thc Lancet,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
A Chinese Funeral,

A prominent Chinaman died the
ether day in Boston. and his fellow
countrymen, according to their custom,
prepared to bury him with the rites
Of their race and religion. The cof-
fin was placed on trestlos In the mid
die of the street. At it's head stood
a small table on which were platters
,contginhFg'rnast,pigs, "a fowl.and other
food. .. At the foot lay. a mat From tie
houses on either sides the friends Of
the dead man came, in white gar
ments to burn Joss sticks and offer
prayers. The dead mans son, also
robed in white, came out a one, and
loosening the long hair of his queue
until. it hung about his face, knelt
sohbing on the mat. The Chinese as
we see them are a stoical people, bat
it was plain that the son was a mourn
er in fact as we'll as in name, and if
bearing counts, for anything, SO, too,
were some OF the dead mans friends.
Meantime crowd-of white men-was
gathering on tie sidewalk. and IN
little while was pressing c.ose about
the coffin and commenting aloud and
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
The ApnoSfiC

The Agnostict
"hat lies beyond the region of the
feeble mind?
| know not, for the unseen powers are
not so kind
AS to enlighten me; but this feel Is
true,
mat not in vain are these withheld
from view.
We peer into the heavens with a
naked eye,
And then with giant telescope ne scan
the sky.
what realm is that beyond tae Visions
farthest ken?
J know net, for its gates IRE closed to
r. petty men.
WHAT'S the strange, mysterious force
they call the soul?
Has 1t a home where waves Of mighty
chaos roll?
Has 1t life persisting after this short
span?
| know not, for such things are hidden
. deep from man. :,
The simple mysteries whlch nature
doth disclose,
Inc song of bird; the perfume Ct the
queenly rose,
The throb of human heart, its agony
and pain,
Inc cause Of falling dew, the medicine
= Of rain
These and ten thousand phantoms OF
our home on earth
Present a scheme of wondrous wealth
and worth;
And SO am content to live aud strive
below,
and leave the vast unknown for those
who really know.
Charles Flowers,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Macaroni Wheat. tho
Latest Suggestion for
West.

from Russia, where, from the use that
Is made CT it, it received its name.
Macaroni is no very uncommon article
Of food in this country, especially o.
the cities, while in Italy it is a uni
ve7sal food. 1t is a paste or dough
prepared originally and chiefly in Italy
from the Glutinous -four Of hard va
rieties Of wheat pressed into long
tubes or pipes through the perforated
bottom of vessel furnished with
spindals and afterward driad in the
sun or by low heat. limitations Of it
are made In this country from ordi
nary flour. Mark Alfred Carleton, the
agricultural departments cerealist, in
a circular sent out to tue country says
of the nature of macaroni wheats:
"Macaroni wheats differ radically
from the ordinary bread wheats and
in the field look more like barley than
wheat The heads are fiat, compressed
and bearded, the beard often being
black; the chat is usually golden vel
low, but sometimes black, and the
grains are large, hard, .yellowish white
and clear, or in wheats of the best
quality sometimes translucent. There
are also occasionally velvet chaff varie-
ties. In Europe they are known sim
ply as bard wheats, or durum wheats.
The grain Is much harder than that of
the hardest bread wheats, and In the
best varieties contain an unusual
amount of nitrogen and a correspond
lngly small amount of starch. The
quantity and quality of the gluten
make them extremely valuable for
making macaroni. They are extreme
ly resistant to drouth and resist the
attacks of leaf rust and smuts to an
unusual degree. On the other hand
they will not Withstand the hard win
tiers and are usually grown as spring
Wheats. This fact should not be a
strong objection to them, however, for
they will behave very differently from
the ordinary spring wheats grown in
Kansas and Nebraska. South of the
thirty-fifth parallel they may be sown
in late autumn" He adds: "In seek
ing for crops suitable for semiarid dis
tricts We usually have especially in
mind the benefit OF the region and not
the crop itself. In the case of maca-
roni wheats, however. it is not only
true that they can be grown in dry
districts, but they must be grown
there in order to produce the best
quality Of grain and up to a minimum
OF about ten inches annual rainfall,
the drier' the better, provided the rain
falls in the proper time and the soil
is OF the right kind."-Chicago Chron-
icle,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Arid-Land
.. .. Cereal

The existence Of vast plains in this
country where because of the dryness
Of the climate agriculture is but little
pursued by the small population, Is a
phenomenon that before many years
will be radically changed. The in
creasing interest of great numbers Of
people in the semiarid west Is mani
tested more and more each successive
year in the delegate conventions held
to devise measures to water the arid
lands and to interest the United States
government in the work, that certain
~ Is one OF the reost, important of this
period. And while so many people
have been thinking on the subject of
| utilizing those plains for agriculture
| ny means OF a system Of general irri-
cation the United States department
OF agriculture has been intent upon
nndlng and introducing crops adapted
to the semiarid districts. During the
last twenty years a most useful work
mas been done in this direction, but
only small beginning has been made.
Seed corn has been imported from a
certain district in Africa and alfalfa
IRON districts of Turkey and grass
that Is a species of wild oats without
bristles or beard. All have proved of
value as crops. Especially has alfalfa
proved OF value; there are usually four
cuttings year Of it, or ten or twelve
tons from an acre, and it Is excellent
food both for cattle and hogs. The
Cudahys of Chicago have packing
house in Los Angeles, and thousands
OF acres OF land in one body, some
thirty miles from that city, which are
planted to alfalfa and into which hogs
are turned and allowed to help them
selves to the green fodder. 1t is sup
posed to be profitable enterprise, for
otherwise the Cudahys would not pur-
sue 1t. But southern California Is al
ready under extensive irrigation, and
~AA sAS SlOpo SudI dIC IdlSCu any WnSE0
grow finely there. 1t is mainly of the
semiarid west, which includes both
the Dakotas, three-quarters of Ne
braska, two-thirds of Kansas, all of
Oklahoma and western Texas that the
agricultural department has offered its
latest contribution to the agriculture
OF the enormous region. This con-
tribution is Of macaroni wheat, which
tie department believes to be quite
as important as the other mentioned
and which may be profltably grown in
the plalss region of the United States
far beyond the hundredth meridian,
and only lass Practically in all the
states and territories west of the
hundredth meridian to the Pacific
coast The new wheat was imported
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Fremskridtskyindes

The new woman in Denmark calls
herself fremskridtskvinde, or woman
OF progress, and II we are to believe a
writer in the Boston Transcript, who
seems to know about her, she main
tains her claim to the title only by
sacrificing her best womanly instincts.
She is, In other words, rather too ad-
yanced to be Of any real benefit to So
ciety. We are informed that she ap-
parently despises the homely arts of
her grandmother and by way of DEM
onstrating her originality fills her
house with tobacco smoke and politics.
She Is prone, says the writer, to re-
gard the rearing Of family as rath-
er irksome and ungrateful task i'm
posed upon her sex, and she is becom-
ing even more jealous of the seeming
freedom and independence of man In
professional pursuits.-Chicago Inter
Ocean. 9
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Delarey. Who Rushed
the British at Wax
fontein.

Are you badly hurt, my boy" De-
larey Is reported to have asked as the
wounded lad was being carried to an
ambulance.
Yes, I believe I am going to die"
"Good-by, my boy"
"Good-by, father" And Delarey
went back to the firing line and the
boy was carried to the field hospital,
where he died an hour later. The in
cident, as above detailed, may or may
not be true, but it Is certainly char
acteristic Of the stern, silent man who
fought Kruger and 'Krugerism in the
volksraad for more than a decade
without once engaging IN debate. And
to his eternal credit stands the fact
that Of all the Boer leaders he alone
has refused to impress into his service
men who have taken the oath of neu-
trality. Delarey is the Bayard Of the
Transvaal, without fear and without
reproach.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Goats in the
:. :. Far West

At the rate at which the Angora
goat is now securing a foothold in the
west and the southwest the time is not
far distant when the goat industry
will take precedence over the business
Of cattle and sheep culture. Since
lS49, when the first Angora goats were
brought to this country by DR.. James
B. Davis, of South Carolina, who re-
ceived them as a present from the
Sultan of Turkey, the goat has slowly
but surely gained a standing among
the industries Of the west, until there
are now many more than million
goats in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas,
California Idaho Utah and Oregon.
Stockmen are awakening to the
great possibilities in the Angora, and
this at time when the profits of rails
ing sheep and cattle are On the de-
cline. Almost every region of the west
possesses the peculiar requisites for at
tanning the best results in raising An
CORA goats, and experts declare that
the conditions in the mountainous re-
gions OF Arizona are almost identical
with those of the province Of Angora,
Turkey. The summers are warm and
dry and the winters cold and wet, con-
which are conducive to the
highest development of the goat, in
flesh and fleece
So great is the confidence in the fu-
ture of the goat industry that a large
amount of capital Is being put into
goats by northern sheep growers. Sew
eral companies have been formed fer
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

From and after this date all hunting
OF any kind on Ambrosia and .Independ-
ence plantation is positively prohib-
tied under penalty of trospassing.
Any one found on these places without
permission will be considered trespass'
ing, and prosecuted to the full extent
MRS. E. FL. BARROW.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

The state geologist of Texas has dis
covered sources of mineral wealth in
that state that are astounding. He
aYs that in one county alone-Chero-
tee-there are 6OO,OOO,OOO tons of rich
iron ore in sight, and that in the
whole Of eastern Texas there are g.
3QOOOOOO tons. BY the side of this
ore lies all the coal necessary to work
It into shape. No country in the
world" says the scientist, has cheap
e. material for smelling iron than
EASTERN Texas"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
COMPANY WAS DERELIcT.

Military Boys at Chattanooga Dis.
missed From the Service.
Adiutant General Brandon, Of Ten.
nessee, issued orders Friday muster.
Ing out Of service company I, Of Chat.
tanooga. Of tn Sixth regiment, Ten.
nessee national guard, on recommen.
dalton Of Colonel Mitchell, Major
Brown and Captain Fulwer, because of
a disorganized condition and non-at.
tendance at drill.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

Americans do not monopolize the
nractice Of keeping the courts busy.
+ is published that in 1899 there were
nore than 1,125,0OO actions started in
england. making litigants of over 4
rercent of the population.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

among GlasgOw's municipal instI-
,otjohs are wash houses. where house
rres get the use Of q washing stall
.nd clean appliances as well as of a
s,ving stove, all for four cents an
touT
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

IT,, 'O' savings banks are increasing
''''y in number in the United
l ,,ss' Last year the system was in
h., a,S IN 7S2 schools Of 90 cities in
S' During that year the depos-
n, '''uea total of $S76,229. Of this
4, D' SoiO'7o1 was withdrawn, leav-
/ On deposit Jan, l, 1901, $685. 2a.
~' saue year goo stations of the
's,,, fF0'ident fund in 16. states re-
deposits from 1000 children
|h,s.' p'g TO s94,11O. Of this amount
n, "aS Withdrawn. Dayton, O.,
h., -ohS the cities inthe numbered
IA tanks. having 316 in % schools.
,s s'a@sroom where the savings Of.
Ill.,, IN are collected constituting
'as,,, Los Angeles ranks next, with
|ss y. ~, III 81 schools; then Chicago,
), w banks in 1913 schools; Kansas
fsh. 80 banks in 46 schools;
@0Ofg, Penn. 2oo bon,.,
.a,,,, long Island City, where the
d; ., 9S' laaugurated in March.
= osaks in II schools.