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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04

.v.rn;ng is about the best cure l
om Of for the hiccoughs." said On
k no" man in the New Orleans
oos. &C. nemocrat, land I have STUN
s a'la'' m the truth quite by &C.
o .so,t II was proved in my case a
clus cue r,,re and by reflection ! am con-
s',o that it is a perfectly logical re-
VII. ~. result explainable, too. on phys
;cal grounds.
wv men who suffer periodically with
s ~ w like stopping the ears and
ar;nkine a glass of water slowly and
VI without, a stop, or by holding the
srsath or counting, or thinking In
.antlv on some subject, and In many
. s.hor WAYS. l have tried all of these
o Yamedies and at times have been fair
T., successful in checking the hic-
coughs. Again, 1 have seen each one
~ these remedies fail. In my own ex-
oariancc so far as these remedies are
Concerned. drinking a glass of water
s,ow,v and without breathing is the
s,ost satisfactory. But it is torturins
enough. On the other hand, the yawn
IL not only efficacious, but it is abso-
iuto,y without any Of the torturing
features. There is, as l said before,
nrobebly a good physical reason for
Tho vawn being good remedy for
tho hiccoughs. The hiccoughs is de-
sor;hcd as being a modified respira'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
Weddina Superstitions.

1t is unlucky for the bride to
enter the church before the ceremony
ct one door and leave after the cere.
lnony by another door.
The bride should always cut the
first piece of her wedding cake.
1t is said to be unlucky to tie shoes
to any part of the carriage in which
the bride and bridegroom go away.
In leaving the church the bride will
do we'll to place her right foot fore
most # she wishes to be happy,
healthy ETC., In the future, and she
should always be the first to call her
husband by name.
After the wedding breakfast and
reception the bride should be care.
full to throw away and lose all the
pins, IL there are any about her. The
bridesmaids should not keep the pins
themselves, or they will retard their
chances of marriage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
How NaVies of the World ~
Will Compare in Year 1906

From the German naval year book
tor 1902, commonly called "The Nauti-
Gus, is taken the following summary
OF the navies of the world according
to the latest statistics. To enable the
reader to draw a proper comparison
between England and the other pow
ers the year 1906 is selected, when the
French and Russian programs will be
carried out as we'll as the new addi-
tons voted in other states this year.
only battle-ships and large cruisers
OF over 5000 tons which were not
launched prior to- 1882 and 1884 re-
spectively are taken into considera-
tlon. According to this reckoning, in
1906 England will have fifty-seyen
battleships, fifty-two of them over 49,
ooo tons, with an aggregate displace-
ment 765,650 tons, and seventy
large cruisers, Twenty-Five protected,
with an aggregate displacement of
o4S440 tons. France will have thirty
Two battleships, twenty-three over TO-
o'o tons, totaling 349,720 tons, and
tWenty-eight cruisers, twenty-three
protected, of 243,171 tons. Russia
Will have twenty-five battleships, nine
Teen over 10000 tons, of 247,241 tons,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
Latest Flim-Flam Scheme
Ingenious and Successful

instance, in this way: One shirt, two
collars, two pairs of cuffs. He will go
into saloon when there is rush on
in order to further minimize the pos
sibilities of the barkeeper's detecting
the scribbling on the bill, and will call
for a drink.
"The money is put in the drawer, the
man gets his drink and his change,
and walks out. Directly his partner
walks in, calls for glass of beer and
tenders 81 bill in payment. The bar
keeper throws out IS cents in change.
You made mistake, old man. the
purchaser will say. I gave you SIS
bill" A polite wrangle follows. The
fellow is insistent, says he only had
one piece of money and that was SIS
bill, and he remembers to have
jotted down list of his laundry on
the back of it. He calls for the boss,
tells him of the dispute and asks him
to see if he has a S. bill with one
shirt, two collars, two pairs cuffs
written on it in pencil. Sure enough
the bill is found, and the man gets
his $4.95 in change. This is the scheme
they worked on the man downtown,
and he had no idea that he had been
swindled until he thought over it for
some time, and then the whole plot
dawned on him. 1t is a clever scheme,
but one that will not last, as bar
keepers are awfully quick to get on to
tricks of this sort. New Orleans
Timos-nomOcrat
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
Selecting Judqes of Swine.

w. G. Huey says: In the selection
of the judge, the exhibitors OF each
breed of swine should have voice
in selecting the judge or judges OF
their respective breeds No one man
should push himself like an autocrat
and dictate who should be judge Of
the various breeds, and do so over the.
protest of the exhibitors. The ex-
hibitors or breeders of each breed OF
swine should be consulted in the Sc
lection OF their judge. And after a
fair expression of opinion Of the
breeders of the various breeds. has
been secured as to their choice for
judge, the judges for the various
breeds should be selected and their
names published 60 days previous to
the opening of the fair. The swine
show at the Illinois State Fair is the
royal Of America, and the State Board
of Agriculture should make ample
provision for the comforts and con.
venience OF the exhibitor and the ex-
hibit, and to see to it that judges
are selected that are competent to
rightfully place the awards, and Will
do so with clean hands.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
7NkS5kkS!s'

Seours Destructive Of Swine Life.
That more hogs die every year Of
occurs than from any other ailment to
which swine are subject, is . we'll es-
taollshed fact, says Texas Stock Jour-
nal. How best to curtail the ravages
OF this disease has always been q
problem. but Meissner Brothers, sue
cessful feeders near Reinbeck. Ia,
believe they have solved it. They
maintain that eternal vigilance from
the time piggy is narrowed till he IS
SIX months old is the only safeguard.
Don't overfeed the SOW. Don't feed
sour swill or sour food. Make no
sudden changes of feed Feed the SOW
nothing for the first day after far
rowing. but thin slop and, on the
second day half ear of corn in the
morning and an ear in the evening
with swill little thickened. Increase
1t gradually SO that on the sixth day
you will give four or five ears. Also
give the same kind of swill she has
mad before the narrowing. With good
swlll and good pasture you may safely
dispense with oats. In the absence OF
grass, oats may be fed with good re
suits. The above are not iron-clad
rules but each sow must be fed by
herself, and the condition of the SOW
taken into account. If she is feverist
and has small litter, she will have
to be fed lighter than a SOW show
| ing no signs of fever and having
large litter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
What Kind Of a Horse to Raise.

Wnat KIND OF Horse to Raise.
We see the advice is given to the
farmers to raise only draft horses.
That advice is very good to the farm
er that has a mare suitable to breed
to heavy draft horse, but there are
multitudes Of farmers that cannot az
ford to purchase suitable mares on
which to raise draft horses. The ad-
vice is also given to raise coach horses,
but even $500-coach horses cannot be
raised on the kind of foundation stock
available. A farmer must consider
what he has. If his mare is heavy
enough to become the mother Of a
heavy draft horse, she should be bred
to the best draft stallion in reach, ir-
respective Of what the service fee may
be. II he has mare that will only
produce horse heavy enough for a
roadster, then breed to the best blood
in that line that can be reached. Above
all, the man that wants to take advan-
tage of the improving horse market
should not breed his mare to the cheap
nondescript stallion whose fee is so
low that it is positive proof that he is
not worth buying up The really valu-
able stallion has a high market price
to-day and such horses do not have to
stand at an Insignificant fee.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
AN ANTI.TREAT LEAGUE.
IRISH Organization Looks for Recruits
in This Country.

irish Organization Looks for Recruits
in This Country.
IN ireland an anti-treating league
mas been formed. 1t has taken st.
tatFlck for its patron, and it induced
inc last convention Of the Gaelic
league held in Dublin to indorse its
enorts as tending to eradicate lone
"1 the most prolific sources of intern
9efance and a national evil
he league does not attempt to
n!hder anybody from taking a drink
himself if he pays for it. though 1T
q'aliles this by making it's members
premise not to be guilty of the sin
VI incompetence" But the chief pledge
a''a' would-be members must take is
A''' to take treat from another, nor
10 give one himself in any place
Sh're drink is sold, whether public
1ons", bar, hotel, or sheebeen."
me pledge does not hinder men,
".' from offering drink to friends In
MS own house nor from taking one
'''hSeIl at the house OF friend. 1t
woes not prevent him from buying a
"''AN Tor himself 1t only bars buy
NY drinks for others.
III token of these principles men,
'"'S are requested to wear the badge
=" 'h' league. a shamrock leaf in green
"''h'l with three small shields bear.
,"S me three initials of the Celtic
w." "l the league. Total abstainers
"'"s wear cream-colored shields. All
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
Fruit Storage.

Some sort of storage facilities are
almost indispensable in the manage.
ment of the fruit business for profit.
They allow fruit to be carried over a
season of glut, and so help the grow
er, even though the storage be owned
by the Spectator and be operated in
his interest. Fruit storage Is most
useful to the fruit grower, however,
when it is kept in his own possession,
or at least within his own manage
ment, for it makes him in a greater
or less degree independent of the
buyer and speculator-often remark
ably so. 1t may be safely said that
the fruit business cannot be conducted
on large scale except with few OF
the more perishable fruits, without
adequate provision for storage, either
on the growers own premises or in
rented storage rooms.-Prof. F. A.
Waugh.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04

1.-THE thing in the way of flim-flam
now, and the real thing" said an old
detective, lis away ahead of any of the
old tricks 1 know anything about. 1t
has been worked but once In New Or
leans. as far as I know, and If it has
ever been worked in any other place
do not know anything about 1t. The
business of finding a pocketbook,
'springing the pigeon as it is called;
the lock trick, which, by the way, is
one of the smoothest of the whole list.
and all the others are cheap and clum-
sy in comparison with the clever
scheme that was worked on q down.
town barkeeper a few evenings ago.
1t shows one thing, and that is that
the criminal classes are quite as &C.
tive mentally and otherwise as men
who are engaged in the decent calling
of life. They are probably more &C.
tive mentally than the men who are
ground into narrow grooves because of
ceaseless toiling in an effort to keep
the wolf away. The new flim-fam
scheme is wonderfully simple and is
worked with paper money. A 81 and a
S. bill are needed. OF course, bills of
higher denomination could be used,
but the two men who worked the
trick here used the bills of the first
denominations 81. and a S. BILL. 1t
is worked in this way: One of the
men will write in thin lettering on
the back of the IS bill what is sup
posed to be a list of his laundry. For
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
The Grape Plantation.

$. G. Soverhill, at meeting of ILL
hois fruit growers, said: Grapes
should be planted about twelve feet
APART each way, and between the rows,
one way, plant row of raspberries.
l have practiced this for the last ten
years and grapes and berries have
both done well, shading the ground
the latter part of the season, so that
very few weeds grew. l commence
cultivating in the spring as soon as
the ground is in condition to work
and cultivate about once week, so as
to keep the ground mellow and free
from weeds. I never allow weeds or
grass to grow among my grapes and
berries. A horse and flnetooth cult
vator do the most Of the work, and
very little hoeing or wedding is neces-
sary; just little close around the
roots. ! can set my cultivator wide
or narrow, 80 as to run close to the
rows,
have my berries staked and one
wire two and one-halt feet high on
each side Of the row. 50 that they
do not hinder the cultivation OF the
grapes at any season Of the year that
It is necessary to cultivate For my
grapes I set posts twelve feet apart,
In the center between the vines. The
posts are eight and one-hah feet long,
set two feet in the ground and six and
one-half feet above. Be sure and get
good posts at each end Of the row. Cut
= notch in the top Of the first post and
one near the ground in the second
one, and put in q good brace. The
center posts need not be SO good, as
it is very little work to replace one,
pull four staples and the wires are all
loose. l use hedge posts now and 90
not think l will ever have to replace
any of them. never saw one rotted
off.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
5AeRTI(0ET0RES
[Y}2Re&
Packages for Fruit,


The question of fruit packages is
one that has received great deal of
attention from our fruit raisers. 1t
Is very important one, as in its
solution lies large part of the ques-
tlon OF profit and loss. A package for
iruit must be as cheap as possible, as
II Is to be given away with the fruit.
on the other hand, it must not be go
cheap that It will permit the contents
TO be injured in transit or in subsc-
quent handling. Professor Waugh
says that the gift package is peculiar
10 the American trade, by which we
may infer that in other countries the
1rult is changed into the package
brought by the purchaser of the fruit,
or that the purchaser of the fruit
purchases the package in addition to
MS fruit and at a regular figure. 1t
is certainly desirable to have uniform
packages and ones that shall not be
under suspicion of the purchaser. Re-
Gently the bushel box for apples has
come into quite wide use. These
boxes are very serviceable in certain
| W - s@OC. WAClO SuC 6AOSV4 SoA
Duy them in large quantities and have
them delivered to his customers by
MS own wagon, they are a great help
TO the trade, as the consumers can
purchase the apples in bushel lots
But where q purchaser in the city
wants to buy apples from producer
at distance, the bushel box is hardly
as good as the barrel, for the reason
that the cost of handling the one
smaller package is as great as that
for handling the larger package. Thus
1t costs 25 cents to haul a box from
the railroad station to a residence,
and it would cost no more for a bar
rel. On the other hand, the box should
cost less than the barrel, as it can
be made out of almost any kind Of
wood, while barrel slaves and hoops
have to be made out of certain mate
rlals.-Farmers' Review.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
The Buff Cochins.

From Farmers Review: The Buff
Cochins are good layers. as they COM
mence laying in the fall and continue
till the end of the following summer.
Often l have trouble in getting my
show pullets in show condition on &C.
count of their combs twisting. which
is caused by their laying. They are
good sitters. l set them on large sit
tings of eggs and have no trouble.
frequently have two hens bring off
broods at the same time. I give one
hen the chicks and reset the other.
They are good mothers. The Bluffs will
forage if given the opportunity to do
so. They grow very rapidly and are
hardy. They make good table fowls,
and the meat has a fine flavor. 1t is
rich yellow in color.-Homer H. Nc
Convey, Fayette County, Ohio.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
II -===-.
[AGRICULIURE
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First Drainage Work in England.
While the theory Of deep drainage
of water meadows and swamps by
open bitches was advocated as early
as 1850 in book published by a Capt
Walter Bligh. there seems to have
been no general adoption of the prac.
tice of drainage until more than
century later. says Drainage Journal
In 1894 Joseph ELLINGTON, q poor
Warwickshire farmer who had come
into possession by inheritance of a
farm so extremely wet as to be of lit
tie value, conceived the idea of drain
ing 1t IL possible. His first expert
ment In this direction proving sue
cessful, he continued until his whole
farm was dry and furnished good pas
ture for his sheep, which had before
died from disease caused by the wet
ness of soil.
From this he was employed NOR.
and more widely by surrounding
farmers to drain their wet lands, and
for period of over thirty years he
| gave his time to this work, and many
thousands Of acres Of marsh and
Doggy land were transformed by his
skill into land the equal of any in the
kingdom. He seems to have had a
peculiar faculty, not generally pos
sessed, for locating hidden springs
and underground currents of water,
which enabled him to lay out drains
with marvellous effect, although he
was man without any education.
Towards the close Of his life Par
lament, at the solicitation of the
Board of Agriculture, voted him 1,OO(
pounds sterling as reward for his
discovery. The board also appointed
Mr.. John tombstone, an educated
Englishman, to study Elkington's
methods and learn from him the prin
ciples which governed his work, tha
he might reduce them to writing To-
the benefit of others, something Elk
ington was too illiterate to do.
This tombstone did, but either Elk
ington did not choose to make pub
lie his knowledge, or tombstone dit
not succeed in grasping his ideas, to
when Ellington died, shortly after
his system of drainage seems to hav
died with him, and no one has sine
: been able to apply his methods witt
| his success,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
Cattle Raising in Madagascar.

Phenomenal opportunities in live
stock raising in Madagascar are pre-
sented, according to Consul Covert at
Lyons, who in report to the depart
ment of state says: Business men
interested in Madagascar state that a
profitable cattle trade may soon be op-
ened between that colony and the
I'ransvaal. The southern part of the
island is rich field for raising cat
tie and is good for little else. The
cattle now there. owned by the natives.
number from 100000 to 100000. In
Madagascar cattle can be bought for
$3.50 per head or less. and they will
sell in the Transvaal for $6750. 1t is
announced in one Of the Paris papers
that 5000 head of cattle were trans.
ported from Madagascar to the Trans
vaal this year at profit of $l15.S00.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
SPREADING Manure in the Fall.


The hauling out and spreading o.
manure in the fall has distinct ad'
vantage over spreading Of manure in
the winter or in the spring-the
manure will be enabled to get into
the ground before it freezes up. This
process will be assisted by the fall
rains. Then when the ground freezes
the manure is locked up and will re-
main in the ground till spring, but
will be worked on by the frosts. The
hauling out and spreading may con
tinue through the fall and till the
ground freezes up, There is a fur
Their advantage of doing the work al
this time, and that is that consider
able part of the manure will be got
out of the way while the weather is
yet mild, and will save Just so much
labor when the weather is cold in the
winter or when the ground is wet In
the spring. The one objection that
may be urged against doing the work
at this time is that sometimes the
fall rains make the ground soft and
the wagon wheels cut up both sod
and plowed land. The natural .. and
only way to get around this is to dc
the work at time when the ground
is sufficiently dry to prevent rutting.
Manure hauled on now will by
spring be leached into the ground
to the depth Of the blowing, and
when the ground is plowed or re-
plowed in the spring this enriched soil
is turned up to become part of tho
seed-bed. ,.i
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
Bag-Worms.

Frequent enquiries are received re-
garding the "bag-worm" whose peco-
liar sacs or bags are frequently seen
during the winter attached to various
trees and other objects. If these sacs
are examined, some will be found to
contain large number of eggs within
a mass of yellow fluffy material. The
empty cases are the ones that were
occupied by the male during the past
growing season while the larger ones.
containing the mass of eggs, were
the abode of the females. The females
in fact never leave the cases and after
fertilization by the small male moths,
the eggs are formed as already d.;
scribed. From these eggs are hatched,,
in the spring, the larvae that begin
feeding on the leaves of trees at once
an6 soon form about themselves the
bag that is enlarged as the larvae
mature until it becomes too large for
them to carry. Then it is attached to,
the limb while the larvae is eating
and is moved to another place when
the food supply is there exhausted.
Every one of these cases should be
removed from the trees during the
winter and burned as otherwise the
larvae are certain to destroy a good
number of shade trees in the SPRING
Oklahoma Experiment Station bulle.
tin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04

Before the use of drainage tile was
thoroughly understood two-inch and
three-inch tile were quite generally
used. To-day four-inch tile is consid-
cred as small as should be used in
any case.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
The Cranberry Crop.

The 1902 cranberry crop of the
United States is estimated by the Sec
rotary Of the American Cranberry
Growers Association to amount to
725, 900 bushels, against 100000 hNsh.
els in 1901.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
Hiah.crade Beeves Best.

Ht9h-Grade BeeveS BEST.
One has but to watch the market
from year to year to be satisfied that
it pays to raise beeves that are at least
partially FLOODED" The advances in
price have been principally on blooded
animals, such as the Herefords, Short
horns, Angus and Galloways and their
grades. 1t has been surprise to peo-
pie in the large cities that during all
this time Of high prices for beef there
have been markets in the cities where
the prices Of meats were comparatively
low-where the prices seldom exceed
ed IA cents per pound for the best
cuts. The explanation of this is that
the low-priced meats come from low
priced animals, the low-priced animals
being those that have been sent to
market out of herds having no par.
ticular breeding. Now much of this
cheap meat is really good, but it can
not get the price that the meat from
grade herds commands. The men that
are making money are those that are
raising the high-grade steers. The
low.grade steers and the nondescripts
are not money makers. Yet these low
selling animals consume about as
much feed as do the high-priced ones.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04

Old Noah was great ball player.
He pitched the ark without and with.
In and later in the game he put tho
! love out ON fly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04
LARGEST University Library.

The Bodleian library at Oxford is
Just three centuries old. 1t Is the
largest university library In the
world.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-04

Horticulture as a science is still in
It's infancy. Many of the greatest
problems are yet unsolved.