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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
PATENTS.

List of Patents Issued to Northwes
northwestern Inventors.
Michael Beck, Minneapolis, Mimi,
electograph; Rudolph Bratka, Mime
sofa Lake. Mimi, valve; John e. Erick-
son, St. Paul, Mimi, box-trimming ma
chine; Cornelius F'ockens, Minneapo-
lis. Mimi, currycomb; Henry Jewell,
Butte, Mont, safety catch for elevat-
ors; James E. Murphy, Carver, Minn.,
center gauge for railway tracks.
L.othrop G. Johnson. patent attorneys, oil &
o12 Pioneer Press Bldg, st. Paul. Mimi.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
rhe Main Thing

II knows" says Miss Mandy Dark
leigh, II knows dat my beau amt so
smaht as some O. de fellers whut comes
to see 70 all, an dat he can't read
readin' ner write write writin', but I'll
say dis fer im-he en- talk talkin' all
right, an OATS one necessary featu'e
oh co'tship. Baltimore American.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
A vain Hone.

Flushing-Didn't you join another
Don't Worry club last week, Harriet?
Mrs. Flushing-Yes. hope you don't
object to my belonging to two Don't
Worry clubs, Henry.
Flushing (abjectly)-Oh, no, Harriet;
but had hoped that they would keep
you from worrying me somewhat
Brooklyn Eagle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Happy, Though a Widow.

Happy, Though a Widow.
"A Southern lady met a colored wild
ow, gaudily attired, laughing and talk
ing, seemingly in the best Of spirits.
"Why, Lizzie!" said the lady, stop
ping the horse she was driving, "how
is it you are so cheerful when your hus-
band died only three weeks ago?"
"Lor, Miss Mary returned the wild
ow, with a broad grin, "ev'ybody knows
there amt no happiness in married life
til one oh denis done 'ceasted, Harp
er's Magazine. M.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Feminine.

Miss Douglaston-Then you do not
think u woman can be feminine who
shoots and plays golf?
Hampstead (hedging)-Oh, no; feel
that she can be feminine if she shoots
and plays golf, providing she does not
shoot and play golf too well.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
r,ha NJ a Il

Bicycle manufacturers state that the BIZ
cycle for this year will be practically the
same model as 1900, as Improvement seems
TO be impossible Precisely the same is
true Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It
impossible to make better medicine for
the stomach, liver, kidneys and blood. TRY
4 for dyspepsia. indigestion, constipation,
fatulency, or sour stomach and you will
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
clear Ont Of Ke,

"Lucy, where's that other tall beau
you nsed to have?"
Laws, Miss Nancy, dom ment back
on dat,man; he didn't have no taste at
all-dat man wo' silver shirt studs
when he had a gol' front toof. "-Chica-
70 Record Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Expressive.

Mrs. Gowanus-What is your father
doing, Herbert?
Little Herbert-He wants to find
some fact or other; and he is playing
hide and seek with the volumes of the
Encyclopedia Britannica. - Brooklyn
Eagle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
A Dimcult Role

A Difficult Role.
"You ask me if ever failed in any
role I attempted repeated the great
actor. Eyes, once when tried to look
like sober man."
..Why!" exclaimed his friend, you're
.,wavs sober. You never did drink, did
mo: but on this occasion, was TAX
ing two drunken friends home. '-Phl1a-
delphia Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
The Majors Predictions.

The Majors Predictions.
81 hear that the major has predicted
a frost for the Fourth o. july"
'who's the major?"
''Why, he's the man who predicted an
earthquake last June"
Ibid the earthquake come Z"
mo but the entire settlement had
the chills, an went to shakin' SO that
some of the buildings fell down, an you
couldn't tell whether it was an earth-
n1,ake or not!''-Atlanta Constitution.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Plants Passion for Music.

A musician in New York asserts that
not only animals but plants have
passion for sweet music, and Boston
ian musician AYERS that when he plays
harmonies his sensitive plant stretch
es abroad, drinking in the music like
sunshine. If, on the other hand, he
strikes discord. the plant trembles
and closes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Later,

Later.
Again the two illustrious men met.
'McSweeny," said the governor of
North Carolina to the governor of
South Carolina, with deep solemnity,
"have you Joined the Buffaloes ?''-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

Piso's Cure for Consumption is IN infslltble
medicine for coughs and colds-N. W. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove, N. j.. Feb. IL. 1900
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
His Ancestors.

Father Mulcaughey (calling)-Oi sup
pose these pictures in yez parlor are av
yer ancestors?
Pat O'Callahan (acquiescing)-Yis
some av thin are moi aunt's sisters,
but mohst av thin are moi wife's rela-
tions.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Appropriate.

Appropriate.
"This," said the inventor, sis my new
dredger for river and harbor work."
"Ah!" replied the capitalist. IT OBJ
serve you call it the Politician Your
idea in that, suppose, is to court favor
with the powers that be?"
mo; call it the Politician simply
because it throws mud."-Catholic
Standard and Times
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

AS long as you are the hero Of your
own stories an unreasonably suspi-
cions world will probably doubt their
accuracy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

A man may have keen mind withou
a cutting tongue.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

Peculiarities are certain traits Wn1cn
your neighbor has which are d1Herent
from your own traits
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

Long Live the King! The King is
Wizard Oil; pain his enemies, whom
he conquers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

After-effect-the kind word that
makes the dogs tail wag.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

HIS Occupation Gone.
Brooklyn Workingman's wife (in 1901
What happened, Danny?
Her Husband desperately We'll, /
have been fred by ]. II. Morgan, and
there's nobody else In the world to-
work for.-Brooklyn Eagle, 4
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
Family Bereavement.

r"AAS bereavement.
cam I part orphan now?" asked the
chick of the hen.
What do you mcan?' inquired the
hen.
1.-THE incubator was burned last
night" answered the chick.-New York
Herald
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
sV

Hairs Cntnrrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price. Toe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

Mrs. wInsiov's 1ocsh1ng Syrup.
m. children teething so1ens the gums, reduces I'm
dsmmxtion allaJs paine wind collie. Csc bottle
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

Rather be thou the tail among lions
than the head among foxes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

DIR. J. H. R1vDhAUB. Specialist,
Eye, Ear, Nose en n "1o'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27

~ cLAIrlANTs FOE PENSION
BICKF0RD. Wa a,,,;ns g nh,,h -; II S
aean afmh CORDS. prosecutinR Claims since 1875.
n. ID. N. U. No. &c. 1901.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-06-27
GUARANTEED

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moneY refunded. Go bny. today.
fair, honest trial. Ms per simple
not satisfied. AFTER using one SOC
box and tho empty beg to ~ BY
whom you purchased it, and get
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

not always to be relied upon. and 9TH
ers were difficult to find. and the Aus
tralian girls became. through necessity.
expert in the domestic arts. Frank
and unspoiled, they were admirable
companions, generous and warm
hearted. through the exigencies of a
situation where people were thrown to-
gether with greater intimacy than is
possible in older countries. AS much
of the continual visiting was done on
horseback-long before stage coaches
or railway lines were thought of-Aus-
tralian women living upon the ranges
young and old. were bold and fearless
riders.
In the cities. Sydney. Melbourne and
Adelaide, the life is essentially English;
although Melbourne formerly prided it.
self upon it's American characteristics.
The social conventions, as approved by
London, prevail; the teas, luncheons,
dinners and balls are conducted as
would be in England. except that the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

Mrs. Kitson, a charming little woman,
who had lived all her life in London,
until her removal to New Zealand. said
I'VE kept sharp eye upon Parliament,
and not a speech made in our favor
passed Cnnoticed. We wired our con-
gratulations Immediately, and did our
best to convert those who were oppos-
ed to Us F"
One Of the leaders of the suffrage
movement was Lady Annie Stout, the
wife If the chief justice, woman of
brilliant intelligence and great person.
al attraction. On the day of the cleo
ton Lady Stout officiated as an cleo
ion judge, sitting all day in the poll
ing booth in one of the worst districts
of Donicdin, where she then resided. 1t
is a remarkable fact that of the total
number of women enrolled at the first
election after they were enfranchised,
over VI per cent. voted. After the suf-
frage bill was passed the fran
chise league disbanded, but re-
organized Immediately under the title of
the Womans Political Education
League. Systematic study of political
questions was taken up. and the re-
suit has been one of the most intelli-
gent voting classes in the world. AS to
the result. it's entire success may be
inferred from the fact that few
years ago one solitary member rose
in Parliament to move the abrogation
of the law; he could not get a sec
ond. and sat down amidst roars of
laughter; it was the death OF opposi-
ton.
The women OF Australia are some
what more conventional than those OF
New Zealand; and. to the casual OBJ
server, the intellectual average does
not appear to be so high. The first
corners, however, who did not reside in
the towns, roughed it in the bush, with
fathers, husbands and brothers shar-
ing their privations, and ever-present
danger of attacks from the savage
"black fellows" and the still more saw
age bush-rangers. or outlaws VINO
were generally escaped convicts from
the penal colonies.
AS the country became more thick
ly settled and comforts and even lux
uries were possible, life upon the sheep
and cattle ranges improved. The most
open-handed hospitality prevailed, ana
still prevails; large house parties were
entertained, especially at Christmas
and Easter, which were observed as
generally as at Home word that
the English colonists always write with
a capital letter. Native servants were
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

OF civilization. The English have been
very just to the Maories in the acquire
Hent OF lands, which have been pur-
chased where they have been willing
10 part with them; as a consequence
they still hold vast tracts-some of it
Delng the most valuable land in the
colony The famous thermal region
at Rotarua is held by the Maories, all
ices charged at the various geysers
Delhg paid over to them, as
well as the ground rentals, from the
SSdhltarlums and hotels in the vicinity.
me Inc cares of the Maori housewife in
ms geyser country, which resembles
our own Yellowstone Park, are reduced
" minimum; the scalding steam is
sues from innumerable crevices in the
Puinlce, and the bread, mutton and po-
tdtoes are put into vessels, covered and
set over Granny to cook without fur
.Ier attention. The Incidence which
Snls has engendered has induced what
rIoude has called one of the most mel
"neholy examples of the degeneration
VI d noble race that has ever been re-
corded
- one OF the best known characters at
Iotarura was Sophia, the famous guide
NHuih Froude has immortalized in his
tdlher unilattering "Oceanica." She
was a sturdy, powerful woman, witty
oIG G clever, familiar with every myth
Si Snu tradition of the region, and, by in
SSusOy and thrift, had amassed a COM
1o' table fortune. Her less energetic
slslefs spent much of their time sim
mering in the hot pools, blue as indigo,
"lefe they basked amid clouds of va
III p' ike dusky nymphs. A clever
photographer of Domedin induced a
Dedutltul Maori princess to be photo
e.aphed in her bath, surrounded by her
ooSlenuants, and she consented, only on
ho"aitlon that a second picture should
t MADE reclining and wrapped in her
iesthery mantle, that the English
cues might know that she had pretty
ZINES touch of feminine human
lure that needs no comment.
t, ohe or the most distinguished of the
IsHsh women residents of New Zea-
E[nu was Lady Barker. now Lady
teuerlck Broome, whose second hus-
tSal tSaul was appointed Governor of Trim
tu'u ~ She has recorded her experiences
,,i.,,l va one OF the most delightful books yet
ritSteh on Australian life, station
i-'ae, - IN New Zealand" Among other
haJi.uents and adventures, she describes
bern showed in during the absence OF
ana husband in Christ church house,
'''' S4l being buried in one Of the rare
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25
BY Mary H. Kront.


tional Advantages.
BY Mary H. Kront.
AS in Hawaii, the first civilized wo-
man who visited New Zealand were the
,,ives of missionaries sent from New
south Wales, and subsequently from
England. But these pioneer women en-
drred hardships from which those who
s,ent their lives in Hawaii were spared.
The Maories, or aborigines, among
whom they lived were a war-like peo-
,,la and from 1914 until their final sub
mission, and even after this, hostilitiss
were always imminent-massacres oc-
curing in which neither age nor sex
wore spared The climate was cold,
fsw ships touched upon those remote
shores, and there were no fish in the
streams. and no game in the forests.
The sea. however, abounded in fish,
and oysters were abundant, and in the
course of time the land was cultivated,
and sufficient crops produced.
The MaCries were considered the best
of the Polynesian races; they were
tau well fol med, the men strikingly
handsome
d,sfgured by tatooing-a practice long
since abandoned. The women resembled
those of Samoa and Hawaii, having
long lustrous black hair, slightly wav-
ing, straight features, the same large
dark eyes and perfect teeth. While
men were tatooed from head to foot,
women escaped with few perpendicu-
lar lines on the chin, corner of the
mouth. While the male Maori has re-
a.. efny1o he
submit to it, and numbers may be
seen. any day, in Napier and other
southern towns, thus disfigured, seated
along the curbstone, wearing European
dress. and almost without an exception,
putting at a briarwood pipe!
During the early days the various
tribes were constantly at war with
each other, and they were very clever
in the construction of pahs, or forti-
fcations, which were frequently
perched upon the peak of an almost
inaccessible mountain. Women, as well
as men, were endowed with superb
courage, and often took an active part
in resisting their assailants.
AS elsewhere in Polynesia, the tabu,
or sacred interdiction, cut them off
from many of the enjoyments of life,
although, as people, they were prac-
tically without religion.
The women showed great skill in the
preparation of the native fax, bleach
ing the fiber to a snowy whiteness-an
art that has defied the ingenuity of
the English settlers. From this they
wove beautiful mats and mantles, the
latter decorated in pretty patterns
with vegetable dyes, or covered with
short, pendant cords. or the soft feath-
ers of fowls over the entire surface.
But this art. like that of their beauti-
full wood carving, in which the men
excelled, is being rapidly forgotten. A
few of the chiefs still preserve the
mantles, which are heirlooms, and
nothing can induce them to part with
them.
Most OF the women of the present
generation can read and write, and
their housekeeping is of the simplest.
They take almost naturally to the arts
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

Mrs. Marie Owens of Chicago is the
only woman police sergeant in the
world. Her career illustrates the fact
that when a woman enters the indus
trial or official world it is not to dis
place some man, but to perform work
for which she is specially fitted and
which probably few or none among her
male competitors could do so well. 1t
is Sergt Owens duty to supervise the
enforcement of the compulsory school
law of Chicago. This law provides that
children under IA years of age shall
not work in factories or stores, and
that they shall attend school or show
some good reason why they do not. The
people are ingenious in evading this
law. Many unscrupulous parents will
swear to a false age,for their children.
Avaricious parents want their children
to become wage earners at the ear
liest possible moment, in complete in
difference to the welfare of the child.
Others in pecuniary distress regretful-
ly find it necessary to put the children
to work to eke out the support OF the
family. The children themselves, eager
to earn money and dazzled by the ex-
citement of life in the big store, fire.
uuently prefer the latter to the duller
routine of school.
The enforcement of this law is con-
sidered one branch of the detective de-
partment of the city government, and
IL is in charge OF Mrs. Owens. The fact
that a woman holds this position is
not so much a matter OF interest, for
women nowadays, as well as men, are
sometimes placed in Office through the
influence of friends. But the fact that
she has been an efficient officer for
twelve years. holding under all sorts
of administrations and doing her work
so we'll that she was at length made a
sergeant. with the full pay of that Of
fee, and placed in charge Of a special
department OF the work is a matter of
congratulation with friends of woman's
progress.
All complaints OF violation of the
child labor law in the city are turned
over to her, and she is said to cover
more territory in her daily round than
any other officer on the STAFF. IL is also
said that her acquaintance with the
employers Of labor In Chicago is as
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

complete as that of the man who
makes the city directory. She is in con-
stant cooperation with the board of
education and with the labor unions,
both of which are interested in the en-
forcement of the compulsory education
law.
Sergt. Owens success has come large
ly from her skill in managing children.
In the early days of the child labor
law she frequently had long rows of
100 or more children lined up in n big
store or factory, all of them looking
suspiciously young for Ia years of age.
Her trained judgment as to their age.
followed by her adroit questioning, al
most invariably ended in a confession
of the truth, and a frequent proof that
the certificate of the child's age was
a fraud. All Mrs. owens instincts are
humanitarian. Some of the saddest
cases of distress in the city have come
under her observation, where fathers
found it impossible to get work, and
misrepresented their childrens ages
only to save them from the humiliating
fate of becoming public charges. In
hundreds of such cases MRS. Owens,
with her wide acquaintance and infiu-
encer has found work for the bread
winner before insisting that the chill
dren be returned to school. She was
Bely ilSli III NHC lOdudlitb VI
the Schools for Cash Girls and Boys,
conducted for two hours day by some
OF the large stores. One large depart
ment store has this year celebrated the
eleventh anniversary of its founding OF
this school.
Mrs. Owens went into public work be-
cause she was left a widow with four
children to support. She is distinctly
of the teacher type, and would impress
one upon first acquaintance as the
principal of some large school. There
is no hint of the policeman's uniform
in her dress, as being a member of the
detective department she is allowed to
wear plain clothes" She does not
have to make daily reports, but is left
to accomplish her work in her own
way, as it has been found that she
knows more about II than any one else.
She has full power to make arrests.
but never has been obliged to do 50,
as her woman's tact and diplomacy al
ways have been equal to the emerg-
ency, Minnie ]. Reynolds.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

snowstorms that visit the Middle ISL
and about once in twenty years, and
which melt as rapidly as they fall. The
day following the storm she stood waist
deep in icy water, and with the as
sistance of two guests dug out and
saved hundreds of sheep and lambs
that otherwise would have perished.
AS it was a long voyage from Eng
land, only the most enterprising wo-
men had the courage to emigrate, and
this, undoubtedly, had it's effect upon
the present British population, who
men and women BOTH are the very
flower of the British colonists. They
are surprisingly tall, athletic, with
fresh. rosy compilations, and this, not
withstanding the enormous quantities
of tea they consume, strong as lye in
huge cups, morning, noon and night.
Because of their fewness. the women
of New Zealand were treated with dis
tinguished favor. and their children and
grandchildren have reaped the benfets.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

The universities have been co-educa-
tional for many years, awarding wo-
men degrees with a justice that Ok
ford and Cambridge might well emu
late. There are several clever young
women employed upon the colonial
newspapers, while others are making
their way in other professions-notably
that Of medicine.
In 1898, after several years of perse-
vering work, in which the women were
aided by such men as the late Sir
George Grey; the former premier, Sir
Robert Start, now chief justice, the bill
legalizing universal suffrage was pass
ed. A franchise league. of which Mrs.
Daddy of Auckland was president and
Mrs. Kitson secretary, was the medium
through which the preliminary work
was carried on; and, in discussing it,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

duties of the chaperone are less exact
ing, and young girls are allowed a
good deal of liberty, which they are
careful enough not to abuse. In all
the various colonies the social life CEN
ters in and about Government House,
to which all maids and matrons, to be
in good standing and of any social
prestige, must have the entree. The
duties of the governor make it impera-
tive that his wife should be competent
to preside over his drawing room and
at his dinner table with grace and dig
nifty, and an ineligible help-meet would
be serious obstacle in his career.
AS has been said, Australia is some
what behind New Zealand in the adop-
tin of progressive ideas; but equal suf-
frage is already guaranteed, being sup
ported by the ablest men and women
The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

in the colony. Among them is Lady
William Wendeger, who is well known
in the United States, identified with the
temperance movement, whose husband
was a distinguished Judge, and whose
daughter was the representative from
Australia to the Columbian Exposition.
Women are admitted to the universities
of Sydney and Melbourne, being stu
dents in their own colleges a recognized
part of each foundation; and they re-
ceive the same degrees as are conferred
upon students of the other sex. Lady
Duff, whose husband was governor of
New South Wales in 1894, worked in
defatigably for the Woman's College of
Sydney-a magnificent building, fully
equipped in all it's departments. the
cornerstone of which was laid in that
year.
In her labors, Lady Duff was aided
by Miss Wooley, one of the foremost
educators of New South Wales. and
leader in the suffrage movement, whose
father was dean of the university; and
by Miss Macdonald, who was elected
head mistress, or principal, of the col
lege Miss Macdonald received her de-
gree from London University, having
distinguished herself prior to that at
the University of Edinburgh. where she
stood first in the local examinations.
1t will be seen that the women of
the Antipodes are fully in touch with
those of the mother country and the
United States, and are being we'll
equipped for the important part they
are destined to play in the development
of their far-off islands and continent.