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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

the intellectual and spiritual equip.
ment of his son. But he can do this
only when he cares so much about II
as to make it daily, hourly object
of his life, says the Cosmopolitan. So
many fathers shirk the undertaking;
so many of them stand aloof and let
the precious years go by, willing to
give anything and everything except
themselves. The first and great re.
ward, of course, is the one that comes
when he sees the boy upon the verge
of manhood, going out into the world
to face the inevitable dangers which
confront the novice. For the life of
man differs from the life of wo.
man in this respect, that at some time
or other, sooner or later, the time
must come when he shall stand alone
relying on his own strength to con-
guer if he be sound and brave, to fall
If he be weak and cowardly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
The Question of Size.

!, There seems to be rule governing
form which confines it's greatest per.
lection within certain sizes. Under
size in the Bantam deprives it of the
highest form. AS oversize in the
Brahma detracts from its grace of con.
tour this same influence works against
an effort to advance the size of the
White Wyandotte beyond the limit of
the rule governing the individual
form. Bad shape has come with these
mistaken efforts, and this should be
warning against continuance. It
is we'll to guide them in size within
that limit line which gives assurance
Of maintenance Of the best breed
characteristics, but not to so beyond.
Hold to their beautiful form by all
means; that is their real attractive
ness and value. Do not try to gain
size, which cannot prove of value as
against the loss of form.
We have the greater size in OUT
Asiatic fowls. A large Wyandotte
cannot excel a larger Brahma as a
meat fowl. while as a Wyandotte Of
proper proportions it may meet with
greater favor. The White Wyandotte,
as it should be, has as much size as is
consistent with its position as gen.
eral utility fowl. The grace Of form
and exhibition qualities can be main.
tanned within these conditions as to
size. Both the Brahma and the White
Wyandotte can be improved within
the limits of the rule which controls
form as against size, and both may be
injured in an effort to go beyond these
limits.-Bulletin Department of Agrl.
culture.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
Rose.comb Black Minorcas.

It is worthy of note that the lat.
est acquisition to the Minorca class
is the Rose-comb Black Minorca. The
only objection that has ever been
raised against the varieties of the
Mediterranean class is their suscep.
tibility to frostbite of the como. Their
combs are SO large that continued
cold or exposure is sure to result in
this complaint. To obviate this one
defect. If it may so be termed, in this
valuable class Of birds, has actuated
breeders in making bird that DOS.
sesses the other qualifications, but
with low rose combs. There are two
varieties Of Rose-comb Leghorns-the
Black and the White. and the Rose.
comb Black Minorca. The latter is
not standard variety as yet, but in.
dications point to their admission as
such in the near future. Many good
specimens have been bred and ex.
hibited at the recent shows, and sue.
cess in making this new fowl seems
assured.-Government Bulletin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
Victim of New Scheme
In the World Of Graft

"'Sleep uneven, eh?' he continued,
and you feel tired all the time. Suffer
with nausea, too, suppose, and your
food doesn't agree with you, and
your nerves are in bad shape and pain
in the breast and heavy headache,
and-I see-I see,' he said after a
while. He pulled little box out OF
his pocket, fumbled for few seconds
and then handed me a half dozen
small pills, with the instructions that
take one every three hours. Fifty
cents he said, for diagnosis and
medicine l protested, telling him
had not asked his assistance. He
drew a large, ugly looking pistol from
his pocket, ard, looking me squarely
in the eye, simply repeated, Fifty
cents gave it to him and, to tell
the truth, was glad to get off so
lightly in that wild region of the
world. 1t was a new method in the
holdup business and I experienced a
new sense, too, as a result of it all.
Inquiry developed the fact that no
such man lived permanently in that
section, and l was laughed at con.
siderably because I had been made
the victim of a tramp's crooked en-
terprise. New Orleans Times-Demo.
GRAFT
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
Deadly Fer-de-Lance
Vanquished by Cat

the stroke of the armed paw that
dashes the horror aside, f1inging it
mangled in the dust.
Nevertheless, pussy. does not yet
dare to spring; the enemy, still
active, has almost instantly reformed
his coil; but she is again in front of
him, watching, vertical pupil against
vertical pupil. Again the flashing
stroke; again the beautiful counter
ing; again the living death is hurled
aside, and now the scaled skin is
deeply torn, one eye socket has ceas-
ed to flame. Once more the stroke
of the serpent; once more the light,
quick, cutting blow. But the trigono-
cephalus is blind, is stupefied; before
he can attempt to coil pussy has
leaped upon him, mailing the horrible
fiat head to the ground with her two
sinewy paws. Now let him lash,
writhe. Irvine, strive to strangle her.
In vain! He will never lift his head;
an instant more and he lies still; the
keen white teeth of the cat have
severed the vertebra, just behind the
triangular skull.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

It was the hour of midnight. The
west wind moaned fitfully outside, as
1t rose and fell among the creaking
trees, and the man in the bed tossed
sleepily to and fro.
THAT window rattles tonight" he
said to himself, 'but what Of it? l
don't mind q little thing like the rat.
Ting of a window. l wonder which
one it is?"
Half an hour passed by. The wind
Increased in violence. 1t was case
of victory or defeat for the man in the
bed. 1T is good thing" he had said
to himself, ito develop my self-control
and let that window rattle. l will go
to sleep anyway in spite of the pesky
thing" But at last he had gotten up
In the cold chill air and finding his
knife had whitfield off the end of a
match and inserted it in the crack.
Now" he said to himself as he
crawled shivering back into bed, IN
be off,
1t happened, however. to be the
wrong window. Another battle with
himself of thirty minutes. This
time" he said, "I'll fix things, you can
bet"
Jumping briskly out of bed once
more he gathered together six
matches, two pencils made into
wedges. comb, pair of scissors and
a nail file, armed with hairbrush as
a hammer. he advanced to. the fatal
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
NIGHT IN NEW YORK

Business Always Going On in the
Great Human Hive.
The traveller arriving at New York
in the evening and approaching the
city from the New jersey shore, says
the New York Times. sees thousands
of bright eyes looking out from the
great downtown buildings which mott
fly him that the activities Of the me-
tropolis go on long after night has
fallen upon the city.
Far aloft in the skyscrapers and
here and there on all the floors of
the many buildings lights are blazing,
indicating that men are burning the
midnight carbon keeping up with the
insistent demands of their business.
=. The effect Of the thousands of
lights, some of them seeming to be
far up in the sky, is to make picture
that is impressive, bearing upon the
visitor sense of New Yorks activ-
ity that is quite as forcible in its way
as the hurrying of the crowds in day.
time
A few years ago none of the down.
Gown buildings were open at night,
except those in which the newspapers
we're published, but now more than
half of the ONCE buildings are open
until 9 O'Clock in the evening, almost
ell of the newer skyscrapers are open
until midnight. and many of them
ievef close.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

'Out in the Ozark mountains few
years ago l experienced the strangest
hold up in my whole career, said
man who had travelled around great
deal, and have been through a few
train robberies, a stage holdup, and
few other exciting things of this sort.
"One evening just about dusk was
strolling along the mountain side
when dilapidated man suddenly
shambled out from behind a small
clump of bushes. paid no particu-
lar attention to him, for he did rot
look like a desperate man, and l
really did not expect him TO say any
thing to me unless he should beg a
nickel or dime. Really my hurried
and Indifferent impression of the man
was that he was simply harmless
beggar. Suddenly, and with an un-
suspected activity he threw himself
directly in front of me and momentar-
fly blocked my passage. Stick out
your tongue said he in a command
ing tone of voice, and obeyed him.
4 see,' he said, after carefully scru-
a!nizing my tongue. Let me feel your
pulse he said, as he grabbed my
wrist. I see,' he said again. 'Hows
the appetizer he asked, and l told
him. I see,' he said again.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

The fer-de-lance is one Of the most
deadly poisonous snakes in the world.
1t is common in Brazil and some OF
the West Indian Islands, and was
particularly so in the forests Of Mar
Unique, now destroyed by the volcano.
The head is fiat and triangular,
the length five to seven feet, a horny
spike on the end of the tail that
rasped against hard objects. The
bite is almost instantly fatal, and
even when immediate death is avert
ed. serious, and eventually fatal,
troubles may set in.
The creature which fears the mon
ster least is the brave cat. Seeing a
snake she at oIce carries her kittens
to a place of safety, then boldly ad-
vances to the encounter. She will
walk to the very limit Of the SER
penis striking range and begin to
feint, teasing him, startling him, try
ing to draw his blow. A moment
more and the triangular head, Kissing
from the coil, flashes swift as if
moved by wings. But swifter still
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
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A cannibal Hen.

The latter part of June set two
Bantam hens of a mongrel type on
pheasant eggs. placing them IN col.
ony coops, writes q correspondent OF
Farm Poultry. During the incubation
Of these eggs the weather was exceed
ingly warm. Each day l took the hens
of. lifting them gently so that no eggs
secreted between wing and BODY
would fall and break; placing them IN
their cages I allowed them all the
fresh water and whole corn they want
ed. Each Saturday busted them Win
q good lice killer. All went we'll until
the 21st day. pheasant eggs taxing
"a days to hatch. On said day wnen
I lifted the door to let off the hens,
one of them was sitting on her egss'
her comb very pale. and in appear
ance a sick and dilapidated bird. me
eggs were chilled, how long l could
not tell. The other hen seemed quite
we'll and contented, excepting her
comb, which was slightly pale.
With NO other sitting hen on hand
and quite a distance to the nearest
neighbor, I for awhile felt perplexed,
but not for long. l was not for giving
up the chilled eggs experience has
taught me not TOT. The we'll hen mad
seventeen eggs under her. Realizing
she had only three more days to sit,
and the weather being warm. l coupled
the eggs into one sitting, isolated the
sick bird, put iron into her drinking
water and fed her nothing but boiled
rice, rolled oats and onion tops; and
for grit. egg shells. In three days
that hen showed her former vigor,
and her comb became more normal
in color.
BY this time my chicks were due
from under the other hen, and there.
fore examined the eggs that morning,
finding many of them Clipped. At noon
l noticed half a shell just outside the
roof. Upon raising the hen gently,
l found no chick. The cage being be-
fore the coop made escape impossible.
Now l was puzzled. Where was that
chick?. I.,pondered for awhile, then
thought best to watch the hen more
closely. Suddenly she shifted back a
little and. deliberately picked at one
of the chicks that had only one wing
emerged from the shell. To my sur.
prise she ate the chick. 4 cannibal,
thought 1; but there was no time to
waste. That hen would eat them as
fast as they Matched. The GONZALES.
cent hen was still clucking, so rest
ed my, hopes on her. placed the eggs
under her, and bless her, she Matched
and reared them, is rearing them to
this day. She makes good mother
in every respect.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
eaII.:::eedine Show Pigs.

Feeds and Feeding: Stephens de.
scribes how, toward the close Of the
feeding period, English pigs fed for
exhibitions are induced to put on the
last possible ounce of fat. Equal
quantities Of bean. corn, barley and
wheat meals are used, and three parts
of this mixture added to one of mid.
dlings, with the addition of little lin.
seed meal. This material is moist
ened with milk to form a dough and
made into balls the size of IN egg.
After the pigs have eaten all they will
Of the ordinary feed they are given q
dessert Of these balls dipped in milk.
The pigs soon learn to sit on their
launches AMI are fed the dainty NOR.
sells one after another In turn. each
pig after eating the thinner food
given him in the trough, consuming
about . gallon more OF these ball mix.
lures.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
Prepare Winter Feed.

We give this advice especially to
farmers living in the corn belt and
to others that have the habit of feed
ing their fowls corn only during the
winter. Prepare other feed for the
fowls, making the corn but part of
the ration. 1t should not be more
than third Of the whole ration. This
is for two reasons. One of them is
that the constant feeding of corn burns
out the digestive apparatus of the
fowls when that feeding is continued
for six or more months at a time.
The other reason is that it makes too
much fat and too few eggs. About
next March the men that feed corn all
the time will find many of their birds
dying. The droppings will be green
and the owners of the birds will say
that their docks have q touch Of
cholera. The real trouble will be in
digestion. This can all be avoided
by the feeding Of some soft food and
some green food. 1t is not too late
now for a supply Of green material to
be laid in. It is good use to which
to put the carrots, as fowls delight
to have carrots to pick at during the
winter. Here and there in the fields
are cabbage heads that are too i'm
perfect to go to the market or into
the vegetable cellar for use, but they
should be taken care Of to serve for
green food for the poultry in winter.
Provide variety of food for the
fowls. Once day give them a mess
of soft food. This will relieve the
strain on their digestive organs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
Permanent Pastures.

On practically all American farms
the permanent pasture is neglected.
This is more true of the west even
than Of the east 1t is rather surpris,
ing to find it true in all of our dairy
regions, where we might expect to see
the permanent pasture fully appreci.
ated. Where an effort is m4de to keep
them up it too often stops at putting
on little manure and some clover
and timothy seed or turning the sod
over and sowing to blue grass. Tim.
othy can hardly be considered very
good grass for pastures. unless the
pasture is to be used largely for
horses, and the clover generally dies
out in few years. The blue grass
proves good pasturage only under
favorable conditions and With proper
handling. Generally it does not prove
to be tirst-class pasture through the
whole year. 1t is desired to have
pasture that natures its grass at diff
ferent seasons. Our great mistake
seems to have been In sowing too few
varieties of grasses. THIS mistake is
accentuated when we sow two or three
varieties of grasses that mature at the
same time" These begin to grow at
the same time and during, the flush"
OF the season the animals reyel in a
superabundance of good things. But
when the grasses have reached their
maturity they begin to decline at
once. No new varieties are coming on
to take the place of the varieties that
are in decadence, and the stock at pas
turage begin to feel the difference.
The farmer then must begin feeding
or he will have to face a shrinkage in
flesh of his fat cattle and a shrinkage
of milk in his dairy cattle. The prop
er way would be to select grasses that
mature at different times and that have
their growth in different seasons and
at different times. This can be done
by sowing some very early and some
very late grasses. Among the grasses
that it will be we'll to sow for the early
growing we mention the fescues, or
chard grass and timothy. For those
that have late growing season we
name crested dog tail, alsike clover,
red clover; and meadow foxtail. To
these may be added other valuable
grasses that have been found to be
good in different ocalities.-Farmers'
Review.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
Cheap Plants.

From Farmers Review: As a rule
buy cheap and you get cheap. This
same principle. think. holds true In
the Nursery business. We often see
strawberry plants quoted at q very low
figure. and ii purchased from these
parties are generally. of a low grade.
! prefer sending direct to q specialist
In the, 'gWwing. Of strawberry plants
and paying a good price than to the
one whose quotations are way below
the average. Plants that are true to
name: strong. healthy. well-rooted.
carefully dug, trimmed and well.pack.
ed cannot be sent out. at q low fieure
and be profitable I'd the gre cr.-J. L.
Herbst, Wisconsin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

the plant seldom flowers, and never
produces seed except in south FLORIDA
Or near the gulf coast. 1t is cultivated
in the southern states, where it is con,
sidered a valuable forage plant, and
under favorable conditions produces
an immense amount of forage. For ex.
ample, it is reported to have produced
in Louisiana over fifty tons of green
forage per acre. 1t requires a long
season and considerable moisture, for
which reason it is not we'll suited to.
Kansas conditions. 1t gives fair
amount of fodder in Kansas, but there
is nothing to recommend it above corn
sorghum or kafir corn for the same
prrpQse.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

reosinte.

rsosinte.
Bulletin 102, Of the Kansa. ,...
says: This is q native Of Mar;oa a. ua
thought by many botanists to he s tss
original Of our Indian corn. u =. .ue
annual plant. resembling corn ~ ,s ~
ghum in general appearance Int ' "
stead Of producing an ear. thera ~. ~
ed spikes which are separate , s..@
each other instead Of being united int
an ear. However, in the United States s
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
Temple Of Ae.cvIapiu. pi.cov.r.,

S"P'S W pSOo OJSCOvSrS0s
After three years of patient research
DR.. Rudolf Herzog, professor of Greek
archiology in the University of Tu.
bingen, has discovered the Temple Of
Aesculapius in the Island of Cos.
The temple is 80 yards by II, is built
OF native white marble anu has numer.
GUS magnificent columns.
In the middle of temple Chris
tian church was built at later period.
and near the staircase an altar has
been found, with cross ut its base.
Many interesting Inscriptions have
been found, also piece of marble
sculpture representing health, and q
large snake. the symbol Of medical
science.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

He that trusteth his automobile II.
the care Of hired man shall come
quickly to grief; but he that careth
for it himself shall flourish like /.
branch.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

The growing Of flowers increase.
from year to year. Many : man ma
many Q woman 10 now making q com.
Portable living BY tAs growing Of
1oWeru for sale.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
final Triumph Of
Mind Over Matter

windows like regiment storming .
kopje. and with the skill Of a veteran
hammered his wedges into every pos.
sible crack. Then he stood up in the
cold air and chuckled between his
chattering teeth as he heard no
sound.
AT last!" he exclaimed triumph
antly, and sprang once more into bed.
The usual time passed by. Sudden
ly there was a fitful burst Of wind.
All, what was that sound? The same
old thing. Something had worked
loose.
But the spirit of man is ever I'm.
daunted.
1t was thirty minutes later. The
man, clad in worsted slippers and a
wooden dressing gown lay back in a
comfortable chair in the same room.
On a table at his elbow were one
siphon, one bottle of whisky and box
of cigars.
And now" said the man in the
chair. as he shook his fist in the face
of the enemy, Rattle and be hanged!"
Tom Mason in New York Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

There is no doubt about life bein.
one long. sweet song, but not all Of IN
are good singers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
silaos Facts.


Bulletin 50, N. H. Experiment Sta
tion.-Our results and those Of other
stations invariably agree that the best
silage is obtained from corn that has
nearly reached maturity, with ears
fully formed and well filed. At this
stage of growth, also, corn plant
has reached its maximum Of food pro-
duction. Varieties Of corn should be
selected which yield the largest crops
at this stage, rather than those which
produce large plants, but are yet i'm.
mature at cutting time. This prac-
tice is already followed by many
farmers. but should be by all. For
New Hampshire, q standard variety
is the Leaning dent corn, while in
those portions Of the state with too
short season for that variety to
reach q proper stage, the Sanford
flint corn can be advantageously used.
The. sugar in the green fodder is
practically all destroyed in the silo.
and since it is most abundant in the
corn plant in the early stages Of ear
development, it is an additional argu-
ment for postponing cutting until the
grain is full size and the sugars
change largely to starch. The amount
of seed per acre affects the yield OF
green fodder, and also its compost
ton. A medium stand is essential
for the best results in both quantity
and quality. The practice Of using
a half bushel Of seed per acre is good.
In a favorable season, with plenty Of
fertilizer. more seed could be profit
ably used, but the tendency to in
feriority in quality, especially in de-
creasing the protein and increasing
the sugar and fiber, renders It., as a
rule, inadvisable.
Bran and Barley as Swine Feed.
Prof. w. A. Henry says: Bran car
fies much protein and mineral matter,
but its ibrous choppy character rem
ders it unfit for the digestive appara-
tus of the young pig, which has but a
limited capacity. Middlings rather
than bran should be fed to young pigs,
but as they increase in size some bran
may be fed to advantage, especially
where it is desirable to add volume to
the feed. Bran may be fed with good
results to breeding stock and to a
limited extent to fattening swine, the
amount in the latter case being re-
stricted, lest the volume Of the feed
be too much increased. Harris rec
ommends that bran be supplied to
pigs in separate trough, where they
can eat 1t at will.
Judging from the European stand
ard barley leads the cereals in the
quality of pork produced. In quantity.
OF product returned from feeding a
given weight of grain it yields to
corn. Because consumers are grow
ing more critical, the pig feeder should
study the uses of barley in the feed
ing pen that he may profit by using
it whenever opportunity offers. Bar
ley flourishes in the western states.
and in conjunction with alfalfa may
prove instrumental in turning many
sections into profitable centers of
pork production. This becomes all
the more certainty because consun-
ers are learning to appreciate the
higher grades of pork.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02
DUTY Of the Father.

What, then. q father can do, II he
Will. 10 to make his own experience
and knowledge m insepsrsble part Of
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

Women like contrasts. She may
consider herself an angel, but she
likes q devilish sort Of man.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-02

A husband or wife would often be
perfect if they were only somebody
else's husband or wife.