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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

Pierpont, o., Oct. 5th.-Remarkable in
deed is the experience of Mr.. a. s. Turner, q
man now over seventy-One years Of age, and
whose home is here.
For many years this old gentleman had
suffered with o very unpleasant form Of KID
neY Trouble, a kind that very often both
ers aged people. He would have to get up.
four or five times every night, and this very
tlresome disease was fast wearing him
out.
AT last after having almost made up his
mind that he would never be able to get re-
let he stumbled over atmedicine which re-
heYed him almost immediately, and has cured
aim permanently, IL is so very easy to get
and So simple that Mr.. Turner thinks every
one should know it. Every dealer in the
country has It, and all you have to do is to
ask for Dodd's Kidney Pills, &IT. Turner
says
Il can heartily and honestly recommend
Dodd's Kidney Pills, for they cured me. Sew
eral others in the family have used them, too,
and always with the best results. 1 think
they have no equal"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

dropsy, rheumatism, Bright's disease.
Doan's kidney Pills cure all kid
ney and bladder ills. Read the fol-
lowing case:
Veteran Joshua Heller, FOG South
Walnut street, Urbana, ILL.,, says: "In
the fall of 1893 after getting Doan's
Kidney Pills at Cunningham Bros
drug store in Champaign and taking
a course of the treatment 1 told the
readers OF this paper that they had
relieved me Of kidney trouble, dis
posed Of q lame back with pain
across my loins and beneath the
shoulder blades. During the inter-
val which has elapsed / have had oc-
casion to resort to Doan's Kidney
Pills when I noticed warnings Of an
attack. On each and every occasion
the results obtained were Just as sat
isfaetory as when the pills were first
brought to my notice. I just as em-
phatically indorse the preparation to-
day as / did over two years ago."
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kid-
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Heller
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Medical
advice free-strictly confidential.
Address Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price
so cents per box.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

A trifing technicality was the basis Of
the argument, and, after deciding upon a
referee, each man stated has contention, re-
lates the Chicago Post.
4 don't see the difference, said the ref
cree.
you dOn't!" cried the argumentative
ones.
mo, I DON'T
"Well, now, see here" And each one
very carefully stated his position again.
Now do you see it," they asked.
mo"
''Well, you are dull" But, nevertheless,
eaeh n went over the ground again.
How about it nowg' they asked.
Il still fail to see it, was the reply.
Do you ever expect to see it," one Of
them asked, sarcastically.
Not unless you put it in writing, he re-
piled. Its all a matter of words, and one
can't see the spoken word"
Thereupon they stoppedthe argumentl long
enough to throw the referee over the top q
q building.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

Like other men Of prominence, Admiral
Dewey often comes across the irresponsible
party, who always affects to be on terms
Of intimacy with notable persons. Courte-
Gus and genial to a degree, the admiral has
profound dislike for this sort OF nuisance,
and Aaea-note heS5tata n.shosZsthaf feeling
Not long ago, while out walkingin Washing
ton, he was accosted by an ELUSIVE stranger,
who grasped his hand and said: George,
IN bet you don't know me. The admiral
looked his displeasure as he answered, GRIM
~: you win, " and walked on.-DetrOit Free
Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07
81. II. DOUGLAS
81 50 SHOES E8s
You can save from SIS TO SIS yearly b
wearing w. i. Douglas SIS 80 a. $50 ahesg.

They equal those
that have been cost
ing you from $500.
to $500. The im-
mense sale Of w. j..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
all other makes
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
TIA Douglas nsas CoF
OnaC Colt proves there %.
value I'm Douglas sitsebs
Corona ID the highest
grade Pate
ANaM.H M".H- Mn-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

Agirl would rather have a half pound 81 40
cent candy in fancy box with a red ribbon
around it than a pound Of 80-cent candy in a
naper bag.-Somerville journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

Carrie-HTm sure you misiudge Mr.. Sweet
ser, papa. He Is a man Of great ambition4
You should hear ham tell of the things be i
going to do" Carries Papa-And sun
nose I'm d Of 'em; but ] reckon he'll ind
Il harder to accomplish than lie fanciesi it IS
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

"Tried to skin me. that scribbler did,
what did be wantg?' WANTED to get out q
book Jointly, he TO write the book and / to
write the advertisements. ! turned him
down. I wasn't going to do all the literary.
work! "-Baltimore News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07
ALL TIRED OUT.

The W e a r Y,
WORKOUT, all-tired
feelings come to
who
taxes the Kidneys.
Whenthe kidneys
o-ver-worked
they fail to per-
form the duties
nature has proyid-
ed for them to do.
When the kid
neys fail danger
Gus diseases quick
" follow. Urinary
disorders, diabetes,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

The modern Sherlock was told to spot The
suspected man.
htVeil,3 said Sherlock, u have at lea
found thas his wife lie away on q vacation
How did You and that out asked the
mystifed friend.
"He Is wearing a safety pm instead Of g
rnspendeR button. Chicago Daily News
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

DO not believe Piso's Cure for Consnmp
tion has an equal for coughs and colds.
r. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb 49, 1900.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

Economy is the road to wealth. Putnam
Fadeless Dye is the road to economy.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07
GraDevine cnttinga from ohio.

Grapevine Cuttings from Ohio.
The vineyards Of central Asia are all
from American stock. Ohio has a large
and regular export trade Ia cuttings
with an the wi~ne-growing countries, oW-
ing largely to the fact that the American
vine IS free from many common para
sites.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

He-"And at last they agreed 70 marry
Sbe-eYes. and it was the last thing they
agreed on."-DenVer Republican.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

If al'our desires were granted our delights
would be gone.-Ram's Horn.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

The t~roublepeddler VIII never iac5 Gus
toners ia this world-N. o. Times.Demo-
crat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

0Hr0 ant Edge Lind eaaaot Be- guailsa az am h5ge
Shoes by mail, G6 eaate extra. IilusfFaal
eataloB free' ". y, DOUGLASS Broektpns Mass
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07

STEPS the Cough
and works of the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price % cents
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-11-07
= criminala.

Capt. G. e. Nathorst, chief Of cone
stabulary in Lepanto-Bontoc, in a re-
port to the war department tells the
methods Of warfare practiced by the.
Philippine head hunters. Capt. Nathorst
headed an expedition in search Of i've
Tgorotte criminals. The way led through
dense forests. and as they approached
Barlig they encountered thousands OF
sharpened bamboo sticks which thesav-
ages had stuck in the ground at an angle
OF As degrees. The sticks were thickest
where the trails were down hill. They
were hidden in the thick grass, and the
feet and legs Of the officers were badly
lacerated. The head hunters fed and
the town was burned, while the savages
threw spears at the soldiers, but with
out result. Capt. Nathorst got his little
force out with much difficulty. for the
natives studded all the trails with more
Of the s~harpened sticks.-Washington
Star.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
SCIENCE NOTES.

A body weighing one pound on earth
would weigh twenty-seven and a half
pounds upon the sun.
The highest mountain in the moon is
at least $4,000 feet in height; that is
5000 feet higher than Mount Everest.
Vanadium is a rare metal which oxi-
dies in air with great difficulty, melts
at 1000 degrees and becomes red hot in
hydrogen.
Perfectly transparent bodies are only
visible by virtue Of nonuniform illu.
mination, and in uniform illumination
they become absolutely invisible.
A transit Of Venus occurs only four
times in 2S3 years. It is most impor-
tant to astronomers because it gives
them an opportunity of measuring the
distance Of the earth from the sun.
The sun and the earth are both prac-
dcally spherical in shape, and the earth
is evidently only a small, cooled of or
frozen sun. The sun has a shell of
glowing metallic clouds; the earth has
q shell Of solid opaque rocks and
metals.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
Hard on Stock.

Severe Storm in Western North Oakota
on Wednesday sad thursday. No re-
ports from the Range, Bot It Is Feared
Stock Orifted sni Some loss May DO
Expected.
The first severe storm Of the winter
visited this section on Wednesday and
Thursday of this week.. The storm be.
gan a little before noon on Wednesday.
1t was warm and much of the snow
melted as it fell. Toward evening it
grew colder and the 10 packed down
and during the night and the following
day the wind blew furiously from the
northwest. Snow continued to fall OH
Thursday but with the wind blowing as
it did it was hard to estimate the total
precipitation. 1t was probably not less
than 6 or 8 inches.
The storm ragged as far west as Senti.
mel Butte but did not extend into Mon.
tana much, and east of the Missouri river,
on the Dakota division of the N. p, the
storm seems to have been quite severe
also.
At Dickinson the N. P. officials did
not try to any of its freight trains
on Thursday. The passenger trains,
however, were only 2 to 3 hours late.
No news has been received from the
range but it is expected that stock drift
ed some and some losses are looked for.
Ranches with hay and good shelter
should have gotten their stock through
in pretty good shape.
Friday morning it was clear and calm
and the murcurv registered 3 degrees
above zero at 7o'clock.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
The Title OF .sudr...


The title Mrs. was in olden time an
Piled to unmarried as we'll as to mar
ried women and to young as well as
old. Sir Walter Scott spoke Of joan
ma (unmarried) as Mrs. Joanna Baillie.
Although it was not perhaps SO univer-
sal to address quite young children as
1t was those over twenty-one by the
title of Mrs, yet it was frequently
done. The most ludicrous example Of
this occurs in the register Of burials
for the parish Of st. Margaret, West
minister. The burial Of Milton's second
wife and that of his infant daughter,
named after her, who died at the age
OF five months, are both recorded in
that register, the name in each case
being entered as "Mrs. Katherin NIL
ton" without any mark Of distinction
save the letter "C'' for ".child," after
the second name. Even in the reign Of
George H., as we read in "Pope's Let
tiers" unmarried ladies used to be
styled Mrs.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
RANCH TALK.

T. H. Brien: We have had some
SNOW around Fayette. 1t is mostly gone
but was a help to the range.
II is reported the wolves recently got
into August Browns corrals and killed
100 sheep.
L. Eger and son Fred are w%interinp
about 600 cattle-2oo at Knife river and
400 ia the Bad Lands.
Cattlemen on the great ranges be-
tween the Missouri River and the Black
Hills in western South Dakota are paw.
ing more attention than heretofore to the
important question of hay for winter
feed. This is a matter which effects
that entire region, comprising about
100000 acres. Those who have inyes.
tigated the matter have come to the on
clusion that the final solution of the
problem is to a great extent in the grow
ing Of alfalfa. Some of the cattlemen
along the water courses, especially those
whose ranches are on White River, have
experimental with growing of alfalfa,
and these experiments have proved that
the great ranges Of the state are we'll
adapted to it. The experiments carried
on by the caftlemcn show that land
which produces nj ton of wild hay per
acre will readily produce two or three
tons of alfalfa each season. The South
Dakota cattlemen have also discovered
that when they accompany their ship
ments of cattle to the eastern markets
that cattle raised in Colorado and other
western states where corn is scarce, and
which are tattened on alfalfa hay alone
or a mixture of alfalfa and beet pulp,
sell as readily as corn-fed animals and
command as good prices.
Frank Janisch who has a ranch twenty
miles northwest was in the city Wednes-
day but fastened home lest his 90 head
of cattle turned loose IN the morning
should drift in the sudden storm.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
INTENTIONS THAT COUNT.
Only Those,Put Into Practice Amouz
to Anything.

Only ThoseyPut Int Practice Amount
to Anything.
The paving Of the road to a very un-
comfortable place is said to be com.
posed Of good intentions. Nowhere else
has this material been tried for paving,
though it is plentiful enough for almost
any purpose. We all know people
whose houses burn when they are
'just going to" insure, who lose a cow
or a horse when they are "just going
to" mend the fence or close the gate,
who are 'just going to" buy stock
when 1t goes up like a rocket, who are
'just going to- pay a note when it goes
to protest, who are lust going to-" help
a neighbor when he dies, who are 'just
going to" send some flowers to a sick
friend when it proves too late. In fact,
they are "just going to- do things all
their lives, but never get them started.
ITO be always intending to live a
new life, but never to find time to set
about it," says Tillotson, lis as If a
man should put off eating and drinking
until he Is starved to DEATH"
Under every clock in a factory at
Cleveland, o., is the motto, do it
now" Such a motto, lived up to by
every one, would spare the world much
trouble. 1t would add thousands Of
good deeds to daily happenings, save
many firms from bankruptcy through
bad debts, paint hundreds Of pictures
only dreamed of, write books without
number and straighten out half the
tangles of u complicated social life.
The habit Of putting off disagreeable
duties is responsible for much needless
unhappiness. for these bugbears weigh
on, the mind and prevent the satisfied
content that comes from duty well per-
formed. Most tasks promptly under
taken prove less difficult than we antic-
ipated, and the joy of accomplishment
often compensates for any hardship ex-
perienced.
Don't get to be known for unfulflled
good intentions. Good intentions car
ried out become the good deeds that
make men useful, loved and famous.
Doing things rather than just planning
them makes all the difference between
success and failure.-Success.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
The parsee.

The Parsee, untrammeled by his sur.
roundings, is seen in Bombay in all his
wealth of height and dress. The men
are, without exception, tall, finely
formed and stately and possess a ro-
business and beauty quite at contrast
with their Hindoo neighbors.
Their street costume Is a peculiar
long white cotton gown, wide trousers
of the same material and color and a
tall inter shaped hat. They have a
general reputation for sobriety, frugal.
ty and sagacity, and they seem to
thoroughly understand the accumula-
ton Of fortunes, in this respect resem-
bling the Hebrews. The weafthiest
residents of Bombay are Parsees.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
No Briquettiaa Plant Yet.

J. F. Brodie, manager of the CONSOLE
dated Mines west of the river, says that
his company will not put in a briquetting
plant until some cheaper process Of
briquetting the Ignite has been dis
covered. Out in Wyoming there is a
substance found, which, when mixed with
Ignite, makes a splendid. binder, but the
cost of manufacturing 1t and shipping it
here and the additional cost of briquet-
ting the coal would make it too expensive,
for the coal fields both east and west
could supply fuel cheaper than the
briquettes would be-: Mr.. Brodie says
that his company shipped ten tons OF
coal to Germany and that d frst-class
article had been manufactured from it,
though tine coal holds insufficient tar to
furnish its own binder. The North Da-
-kota ignite holds something like forty
per CEN of moisture in the raw state, but
when subjected to a high gravity pres
sure, the quality of the coal becomes
much better than the bituminous of
Ohio-Fx
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
BIRMINGHAM
They Were Mere Paper, ~ They
Subdued the Artist Turner.

They Were Mere Paper, but They
Subdued h Artist Turner.
Turner, the great landscape painter,
was a curious mixture of parsimony
and generosity, determined money
grubbing and u~nreckoning devotion to
his art. He would drive a hard bar
gain one day and the next refuse to
sell at any price. Intending purchas-
ers were sometimes excluded from his
gallery, and the refusal Of admission
was communicated in anything but a
polite manner
Mr.. elliott, the wealthy pen manu-
facturer of Birmingham, once proved
himself equal to the task Of storming
the castle in the teeth Of the grun art
list and his doorkeeper and achieving a
bargain. A book on Turner gives the
story.
MI. elliott was met al, the door Of
Turner's house by an old woman, who
opened the door and asked the gentle
mans business.
"Can't let e in!" she snapped out,
when he told her, and tried to slam the
door.
But Mr.. elliott had put his foot in
side the door and without waiting for
permission pushed past the enraged
janitress and hurried upstairs to the
gallery. Turner met him like a spider
whose web has been invaded. The in
truder introduced himself and said
that he had come to buy.
Don't want to sell" was the an
swer.
"Have you seen our Birmingham pic
lures, Mr.. TurnerW inquired the visit
or, as calmly as If he had been received
as q gentleman should be.
"Never heard Of 'em," said Turner.
Mr.. elliott took from his pocket some
Birmingham bank notes.
"Mere paper" remarked Turner. who
evidently enjoyed the joke.
ITO be bartered for mere canvas"
said the visitor, waving his hand to In
dictate the paintings on the wall. Hill
tone-perhaps also the sight of the
"mere paper"-conquered Turner, and
when the visitor departed he had bar.
eained for several valuable pictures.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
For Sale

For sale sec. 81 I. 144,r. 81; secs. IS.
II, s., t. I44, r. %; secs. !, lit l43, r.: o8s
sec. u. I43, r.o7; in all 448o acres, in
Dunn and Billings counties, North Da.
kota: This is the best location for stock
ranch in Dakota, Abundance of hay,
water, coal and wood. Will close out for
balance in 8 installments due railroad
company at s per cent. Have contract
direct from railroad company and can
do business without delay.
HENRY R. HIGGINS,
AIS Phoenix Bldg,
lI-7S-2t Minneapolis, MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
Aluminium Used for Paper.

1t is stated that experiments with alu-
minum as a substitute for book paper
are being made in France. The metal
will not oxidize and is practically fire
and water proof. If it is a. success ii
will completely reyolutionize book print
ing the same as the introduction of Hos
letters Stomach Bitters completely revo-
lutloned the old methods of trying to
cure stomach, liver and kidney diseases.
Today, no one questions the fact that it
is the best medicine in the
world to cure indigestion, dyspep-
STA, constipation. biliousness. nervous.
ness, insomnia, general debility o ma
laria, fever and ague. Be sure to try it.
1t is highly endorsed by prominent
physicians throughout the country. The
genuine is for Sale by all druggists, ito
whom apply for a copy of Hostetters
illustrated Almanac for 1904. 1t is free.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
GLADSTONE NQIES.

The four year old son of Christian
Grassle, died Of diptheria, Sunday night.
The Catholics are nowi in possession OF
what was the Congregational church,
and celebrated mass on Sunday.
The section men went on a strike on
Monday-cause a accent cut in wages.
The excellent skating is somewhat
marred by the light fall of snow, and
subsequent chinook.
Mrs. c. E. Morres returned from her
extended Antelope visit among friends,
Tuesday.
Miss Della Bonney, at Louisville, ILL.,,
enjoyed Thanksgiving festivities among
her relatives,
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
Notice to Stockholders.
Meeting of the Dickinson 0pera House
COMPANY.
Dickinson, N. D., December a. 1907

Dickinson, N. D., December a. 1909.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed Secretary Of the Dickinson Opera
House Company Ia corporation) of Dick
inson, N. D., that there will be a meeting
of the stockholders of the capital stock
Of the Dickinson Opera House Compa.
ny at the Saint Charles Hotel in the city
Of Dickinson county OF Stark and State
of North Dakota on the 18TH day Of
December, 1903, at the hour Of half past
even o'clock on the evening of said
day; said meeting will be for the pur-
pose of electing a Board of Directors for
said corporation. to choose officers there
of and to perform such other bust
meeting; said meeting is called pursu.
ant to a request made upon me by the
holders Of the majority Of the Stock of
said corporation.
l2-5.at. N. L. AYERS, Secretary.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
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A WELCOME VISITOR.

Many people, on seeing its title, will
be apt to regard Sports Afeld as merely
q sporting paper" If they pass it by
tor this reason. they are certainly miss
reading matter. The December issue is
unusually interesting. We have lever
read a better sketch of life in the open
than e. =: Aliens Colorado Camping
Days." which is followed by a truthful
account OF the wonderful duck shooting
to be had along Lake Erie twenty-five
years ago. Under the Live Oaks de-
scribes a winter vacation in the Gulf
Coast country. with a striking picture of
Beauvier, jeff Davis's old home; and
many other interesting and instructive
articles. At your newsdealer's or OF
Sports Aheld, 1853 Dearborn ST., Chicago.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-05
wonderful 1nseot vitality.

00e110x 1MseCt V1I8tIty.
It Is q standing puzzle to the ento-
mologish how frail little insects Of the
mosquito and butterfly order can brave
the cold Of an arctic winter and yet. re-
tain their vitality. The larva IF the
milkweed butterfly has been exposed
to an artificial blast 6S degrees below
zero. Taken out Of range Of this aru-
hcial blizzard and gradually '.thawed
out" this same worm was able to creep
In less than half an hour afterward.
Butterflies have been found fitting Joy
DUSTY about in the highest latitude man
has ever penetrated, and the mosqui-
toes of Alaska and Greenland are
known to be the healthiest specimens
o6 that race Of little pests.