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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
Just think of Burke & Co. when you
want Cut Glass We have the Hawks,
Libby & Bos lines.
A F.u,ou. Whist Hand.

The most notorious hand of whist
ever played is that known Us 1.-THE
Duke Of Cumberland's hand" 1t has
never bc,.n definitely settled how this
hand came to be dealt, but such Pc
culiar combination naturally suggests
suspicious OF foul play. The duke.
playing in the room at Bath, held in
his hands king. knave. nine. seven or
trumps (clubs); ace. king Of diamonds;
ace, king, queen. knaye OF hearts, and
ace, king. queen of spades, and yet
was unable to secure single trick and,
moreover, lost bet Of 100000 upon
the hand. This incredible result was
achieved as follows: The duke of
course led with trump and found his
partner void in that suit. His left
hand adversary, whom we may call T.,
having ace, queen, ten, eight, and his
right hand adversary, e., the remaining
five trumps and no diamonds, the con-
sequence was that q. trumped diamonds
twice, and Y, sitting over the duke
with better trumps, after taking the
sixth trick had the lead with the seven
remaining diamonds, and thus Y. and
z. made the thirteen tricks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
An English Ghost story.

A remarkable ghost story is told in
the parish Of Burton Agnes. England
There years ago lived three sisters Of
the name of Boynton. The youngest
Of the three exacted the promise from
the others that on her death her head
should be placed on table in the hall.
She met with an accident shortly after
which resulted in her death. Her Sis
tiers neglected their promise to her,
and she was buried, head and all. But
on the night after the burial the hall
was thrown into terrible confusion. and
the dead lady appeared to her sisters
with her head under her arm. She
upbraided them with their neglected
promise and, placing the head on the
table, disappeared. In the morning
the head was still there, and on the
coffin being dug up the body was found
to be headless. Any attempt to re-
move the head was followed by dis
turbances during the night. 1t was
even buried at a distance from the
house, but was restored by the ghost.
Eventually the head disappeared, but
the disturbances continue nightly In
the hall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
/. :,ausliSse,ssIll sAosAan

.ssS 1eu90o9E80s 49, A1gs ~
IN ~ ~ sa q Dnanso
Ara n. south Ansf 60, StheEs s. 4
moth wind which sReepes oyer plains.
covered With tmaIsl1s an6 becnenes
;osesrAasgsa. with he e.
,Necl1 pfpancod IN, - huunan body arc
N eeneralS lassitnle anA efelaxatien.
TAe pores cf the skin are opened. IN
ducing great liability to colds, sore
throat and all consequences Of check
OF Precipitation. The damp wind Of
La Plata seems to affect the temper
and disposition Of the Inhabitants. The
irritability and Ill humor It excites in
them amount to little less than tenn
porary arrangement Of their faculties.
It is common thing for men among
the better classes to shut themselves
up In their houses during it's continue
ton and lay aside all business till it
has passed, while among the lower
classes 1t Is always remarked that
cases Of Quarreling and bloodshed are
more frequent during the north winds
than at any other time. Even MUIR
derers are said to lay to it the blame
Of their foul deeds. No sooner, how
ever, does the southwest wind, blow
ing from the dry and snowy submits
Of the Andes. set in than health and
comfort and peace are restored.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

CANADIAN statistical writer's claim,
that within twenty-five years Canada
will produce more wheat than the
United States, and exceed a production
of 7OO,O0OOO bushels annually. This
year Canada claims to have produced
100000 bushels When the Nc
Kinley tariff law was enacted, one
solitary benefit was accorded the
farmers of the grain-growing states in
the shape of duty of twenty-five cents
bushel on imported wheat. Farmers
took liberal views and acquiesced in
high tariffs on such manufactured ar
ticles as they were purchasing, hoping
partially to recoup and make good by
sharing in the general prosperity of the
whole country. a combination of in
terests now seek to circumvent, under
mine and break down the good gates
now holding back many millions of
Canadian wheat from submerging the
farmers of the United States and break
ing the price of wheat twenty to thirty
cents a bushel.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
The Prairie Doc.


There is no burrowing animal which
works with more intelligence than the
prairie dog. He never commits the err
ror of making his mound in place
which may be submerged by water. In
q western Kansas town a small boy
caught young dog and fixed home
for it in the cellar of his fathers house.
The dog went to work almost ct once
to dig tunnel to the open air. It
went down under the stone wall of the
cellar and up to the surface at a point
about 100 feet from the house. But it
found that its point of exit was in the
middle of we'll travelled road. 1t went
back and dug another gallery in an
oblique direction from the first, emerg
ing in a plot of grass. The earth car
ried back into the cellar in this digging
would more than fill a wagon box.
For several years the dog lived on the
premises, making the cellar its base of
operations, but going to the open mir ut
will through its gallery.-Kansas City
Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
Glasses In Turkey.

The people of Turkey are classified
as three classes-the wealthy, the peo-
pie Of ordinary means and the poor.
The wages which the poor are pad
range from 20 to % cents Il day. Some
Of the girls who work in the silk manu-
factories are paid as low as and Z
cents for hard days work. The ma
jority Of the inhabitants Of Turkey.
by the way, are employed in the manu-
facture of silk. Farming is carried on
very little, which is due TO the small
profits which it brings and to the
scarcity of machinery. There are many
wealthy people in Turkey, some Of
whom are said to be worth $2.0O0,OOO.
and they spend freely.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
what He Wa. Up To.

"Do you know of the only lrishman
who ever committed suicide?" asked
the story teller. "You know it is said
that Irishmen never commit suicide,
and when the argument was advanced
in a crowd of that nationality he was
SO unstrung that he decided to show his
opponents that Irishmen do sometimes
commit a rash act. He accordingly dis
appeared, and the man who employed
him started q search. When he got to
the barn he looked up toward the raft
ers and saw his man hanging with q
rope around his waist.
"What are you up to, Pat? he
asked.
"'Oi'm hanging mesclf. begobs! the
Irishman replied.
".why don't you put it around your
neck?
".raith, OF did, but OF couldn't
braythe,' was the unsmiling reply Of
the man from the Emerald Isle"-Lou-
isville Courier-J0urnal
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

The governors-el of North Dakota
Minnesota give the press Of both states
an opportunity to congratulate two of
the best known newspaper writer's on
their appointment as private secretaries.
Governor Sarles having rendered the
position to Jas. W. Foley the brilliant
editorial writer of the Bismarck Tribune
and Governor johnson appoints Ralph
w. Wheelock. whose Thoughts on
Things" have always drawn the attention
OF the reader to the last page of the
Minneapolis Tribune. The selections
are of the sort in which the reading
public are certain to acquiesce with the
choice of their state executive.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
NOTICE OF cHA7TEL MORTGAGE SALE

Default having been made in the conditions
Of a chattel mortgage, bearing date the 18th
day of April, 1902, executed and delivered
by Jacob Derkson. mortgagor, to p. McHugh,
mortgage, and fled in the office of the register
Of deeds fer Cavalier county,N. D., the 10Th day
Of April 1902, at O'Clock, p. m. IS follows
to-wit: by failure to pay the debt thereby So
cured at its maturity, said debt being the sum
of $500 With interest at IL per cent per an.
mum. from April 18th, 1902, due Nov. LIST, 1902,
of which amount the sum OF $3.50 is now due
BY reason of said default.
Notice is hereby given, that BY virtue OF said
default and the power of sale contained in
said mortgage, and by order Of Rosa McHush,
administratrix Of the estate of P. McHugh,
deceased, the present owner of said mortgage,
will sell the following chattels, described
old. weight 1850 lbs, at public auction,
for cash, at the front door OF the postotfce,
Langdon, n. D., between the hours Of II M
and p. m. on Saturday, the oath day of De-.
cember, 19H, from the proceeds of which sale
shall be paid: First, the costs and expenses of
said mortgage sale, and lawful attorney fee
Second, the debt aforesaid, with interest
thereon at date of sale; Third, the balance to
the owner of the mortsaged property:
r. E, MCHUGH,
Dated Langdon, N. D. Dec. 18th. 1901.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

The official messenger from North
Dakota who carries the electoral vote of
the state to Washington, according to
the governments table Of distances, and
per mile allowance, will receive s411.25
travelling from Bismarck. The official
will be selected by the cleo
tors of each state when they meet to
cast their votes for president. 1t has
been suggested that Hon. B. 9. Russell,
the octogenarian elector of Jamestown,
would make most fitting person to
carry the message of the North Dakota
people to President Roosevelt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY ADvER-
TISEMENT.

Notice is hereby given, that that certain mort
gage executed and delivered b. Abraham snellen,
berger and Julia A Snellenberger, (his wifel
mortgagors to Rosa B Wells, MORTGAGE, dated
the END day of December, A D. nineteen hun
bred and two (190e) and flied for record in the
office Of the Register of Deeds of the County of
Cavalier and State of North Dalkota, on the 22nd
day Of December. 1901. and recorded in Book
IS, of mortgages, at page 3B, will be foreclosed
by sale of the premises in such mortgage and
hereinafter described. at the front door OF the
Court House in the City of Langdon. in the
County of Cavalier and State of North Dakota
st the hour Of - o'clock q. m; on the slst day
of December 1904. to safety the amount due
upon said mortgage ON the day of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are thoee
certain promises situated in the County OF Caya;
lier and State of North Dakota and described
as follows to-wit:
The southeast quarter of Section Ten. (l0
Township One Hundred Fifty-nine. Q59) Range
Si4ty-two. W2)
There will be due on such mortgage at The
date Of sale the sum of Three Hundred Forty.
Right (34s) Dollars. together with the statutory
costs and attorney fees. ,o.,
day of November. 1901
L. s. CHAMPiNE 1921
Attorney for Mortgage. Lanpdon North Dakota
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

LAST Thursday, December @, is noted
on the calendar as being the first day of
winter that being the time at which the
sun began its northernly march from the
Tropic of Capricorn. At the same time
it may be noted that the weather man
and Old Boreas have been giving us
everything that was coming in the way
of zero temperature and chilly zephyrs
from the northland. The weather of
the past week has been the coolest of
the year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

Lots Of success has been pulled OF
BY invalids. Parkman, the historian,
was q bankrupt In health before he be.
ean his LIES work. Heine lived in q
mattress grave for years. Was it not
Pope who spoke Of that long disease,
my Hfe?" B. L. Stevenson pushed
away death with one hand while be
wrote and lighted cigarettes with the
other. There are hundreds of like in.
stances. Mr.. Tilden always was a vale.
tudinarian and never had any physical
energy to spare. But he had mental
energy. That Is the main thing. A
sound body makes for sanity Of mind,
but physical energy and mental energy
l0n't always 60 together.-HaIpeSs
Nglekly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

AT Fargo. in the Cas- county jail
"Spotter" Larson is the inmate of an adj
joining cell to two prisoners who were
given sentences upon his testimony.
Larson is putting in time for perjury,
and it doesn't require either microscope
or magnifying glass to discover the
of evidence sworn to by
these creatures who seek to gain fifty
dollars for each conviction they secure
through their double dealing.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF FOR PUBL.
CATION.

Land Office at Devils Lake, North Dakota,
November 9Th, 1901
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has fled notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before John
Sheehan. United States Commissioner, Court
of Cavalier County, n. D.. at Langdon, n D.,
on December 18th, 1904, viz:
JOHN j. DYNES,
Of Woodbridge, North Dakota, for the sw..
mex and nwk SCH, Section IA, Township 1853,
north of Range 81 west.
He names the following Witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz:
Charles Cogswen, Charles Freeman, Thomas
J 1ss1 L. RaE q! Rf WecdRdE Esa OAK
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
The Granting OK.

One Of the largest of the mammalia
Of Tibet is the yak, or granting OK.
Standing between five and six feet
high at the shoulders, the bulk of this
strange looking creature is not a little
exaggerated by the enormous growth
Of hair upon the lower part of the body
and tail. Beneath the outer coat, more
over, there is layer of fine wool
known as ''pushim," which is highly
priced for the making of cloth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

WITH the beginning of the New Year
it is understood that Grafton's old es-
tablished paper, the News and Times,
will again be edited by Mrs. s. E. Bates.
The paper was leased by Editor H. p.
Knappen during the two years absence
of Mrs. Bates in Oregon. In again vel
coming her return the sentiment is also
felt that the North Dakota field of
Journalism can lily afford to part with
Editor Knappen.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

By simple rule the length of the days
and nights can be ascertained by simply
doubling the time of the suns
rising, which will give the length of the
night, and by doubling the time of the
setting, which will give the length of
tho day. For instance, If the sun rises
at five o'clock, the length of the night
will be ten hours, and if it sets at seven
o'clock the length of the day will be
fourteen hours.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
bc matter Of the estate Of Joseph Charron,

Notice is hereby given By the undersigned
Thomas Olson, Administrator of the Estate OF
Joseph Charron late of the Township ct Hope
Dakota, deceased, to the creditors Of, and all
persons having claims against, said deceased,
to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first publication
Office address at Yang in the Township of Hope
in said Cavalier County, or at the office OF the
County judge, at Langdon. n. OAK.
Dated December Goth A. D. 1904.
THOMAS OLSON, Administrator.
First Publication on the 22nd day of Decem-
Der A. d. 1904. 2l-N
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

PRIMARY election has an almost solid
newspaper support over the state. But
can 1t stand the razzle- dazzle Of the
state senate during the sixty days of the
approaching session? That's the ques-
tion which naturally confronts the
thinking public since the way in which
they killed off the bill passed by the
lower house at the session of two years
ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
Find the Rainbow.

I have seldom seen a sky without
some bit of rainbow in it. Sometimes
I can make others see it, sometimes
not, but I always like to try, and IL
fail I harbor no worse thought of them
than that they have not had their eyes
examined and fitted with glasses which
would at least have helped their vision.
w. D. Howells.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

ACCORDING 10 sone OF the North Da-
kota solons there viii be introduced this
winter bill 10 district tho state con-
OCCASIONALLY. At tho present time the
state has two congressman and cannot
have more till after the next general
census. Both congressman represent
the state ut large.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
ANALYSIS Of the voTf.

Nineteen states from which the OIL
cial returns have been received gave
Roosevelt 4,73&l13 votes aud Parker
2,749OO7. These states in 1900 gave
Mckinley Ass. 226 aud Bryan 3625,966
Roosevelt's gain over Mckinley in these
states is 377,ss7. Parker's loss -
measured by Bryan's vote in 1900 is
s77,959. In other words, the republic
cans made moral gain, while the
democrats sustained unparalleled Losses.
which accounts for Mr.. Roosevelt's un-
precedented plurality. The official re-
turns are coming in slowly, but it is
already evident that the total vote was
less than that cast in 1896 or in 19OO.
The Evening Post estimates Roose-
velt's total vote at 7.70s,lso and Parkers
at 5,ll9,7o4. Mckinley's vote in 1900
was 7,2O7, 1923 and Bryans 6.25s,13. The
estimates of the 1904 vote may be
slightly augmented by the full official
returns, but they indicate an increase of
approximately 100000 in the republican
vote as compared with 1900 and falling
off of l,25O.OOO in the democratic vote.
The total vote in 1900 was little more
than 5000 in excess of the record
breaking vote of 1896. Against total
vote of $4,000. 1t may be may
be many thousand less. A conservative
estimate indicates that 100000 electors
failed to vote at ala number that is
about equal to Mr.. Roosevelt's popular
plurality. On the basis of the vote
actually cast, Mr.. Roosevelt could have
allowed Judge Parker all the Debs vote.
all the Watson vote, all the Swallow
vote and all the scattering vote, and
still won by popular plurality double
that of Mckinley in 1900. Only two
states carried by Mckinley show de-
creased republican vote this year
Maine and Maryland-and the decrease
IN Maine is only 81. Only seven states
show gain for Parker over the Bryan
vote in 19OO-Massachusetts. Rhode
Island, Delaware, West Virginia. South
Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. In
the other states Parker's loss ranged
from 25S in New Jersey to $4,000 in
Illinois. The meaning of these figures
is very plain. The republican stay at
home vote was largely Offset by the
votes Of democrats who preferred q
radical republican to a conservative
democrat. while hundreds of thous-
ands of others did not vote at all.
Judge Parkers total vote is less than
Cleveland's in 1888. and only 100000 IN
excess of Cleveland's vote in 1884.
although 100000 more votes were cast
in this election than in that of 1855 and
100000 more than in that of 1884.
Even in the disaster of 1871 Greeley
polled more votes than Seymour polled
in 1868, yet Judge Parker ran nearly
1.25O,OoO behind Bryan in 1900. In 1892
Harrison was defeated by the stay.at-
home republicans, his vote having
fallen from 5,44O2l6 in 1888 to 5176,lOs
in 1892. The disaffection against
Parker was the disaffection against
Harrison multiplied by five. That is
the whole story.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
INC Beauty Of . Face.

Thess are faces so fluid with express
sion, % flushed and rippled by the
play Of thought, that we can hardly
Ind what the mere features really are
when the delicious beauty Of Inca
ments loses its power 1t is because a
more delicious beauty has appeared
that an interior and durable form has
been disclosed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
re Ias.,s snare.

Mamma Johnny. see that you give
Dthel the lions share Of that orange.
Johnny-Yes. me. Ethel "a little lat
|@1alamma, he hasn't given me any.
Jolnny--Well. that's all right. Lions
don't eat oranges.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF FOR PUBL.
CATION

Land Office at Grand Forks, North Dakota.
December 5th, 1904
Notice is, hereby given that the following.
named settler has fled notice ofhis intention to
tina. said proof will be made before Fred W.
Mclean: United States Commissioner, District
OF North Dakota. at Langdon, n. OAK, on
January 9th, 1905, viz:
GUSTAV HARMEL,
Range 50 west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz:
Peter Rodenhauser, Henry BarteI, David
Bartel. Adam Heller, all of Lansdon, Cavalier
County, North Dakota.
1924 WILLIAM h. BROWN, Register.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

We have had several inquiries about
the number of votes cast for the differ
emit presidential candidates in the last
election. It was impossible to give
them before last Thursday when the
official count was completed with the
result shown belsw.
The total is 1350s,496 against 1396s,-
574 in 1900 Roosevelt received ma
jority over al candidates Of ], 746, 200
and over Parker 2,547, 57s. In 1900 Nc
Kinley had 467yO46 moro than al the
other candidates and 85a9e4 more than
Bryan. The ballots were divided g
follows: Il
Roosevelt rep 7y621;8a2
Parker (Dem) 56Q64
Debs (Socialist) .............. 3D1 ,567
Swallow Prohibit onist) ....... 10138
Watson People .....,....... u46N
CorreRan (Socialist Labor s. 3aA63
Holeomb Continental Labor. $50
That there Was . light vote through
out the county is shown b the net
that tho vote Of 1904 showed alalling
~ q 10000 q compared With -
|peeGid entiaJ election u 1900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

The Walhalla Mountaineer is sending
out pretty Christmas greeting with
calendar attached and picture of its
office.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION
State Of North Dakota, County of Cavalier

IS.
Whereas. Vim. j. Davidson having applied
for Druggists Permit to cell Intoxicating
liquors under the provisions and restrictions
Intoxicating liquors, at his place Of bushes, on
Main street in the Village of Wales, County Of
Cavalier and State of North Dakota there
fore
Notice is hereby gwen, that the End day Of
December, A. D. 1904 at the court house, in The
City of Langdon, N. OAK. at 10 o'clock a. m,
has been set for hearing said petition, when
and where any person qualified may appear
and show cause why said petition should not
be granted.
Dated at Langdon, North Dakota, Oct q.
1904. II. e. DoRvAL,
lsEAL] County Judge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

I'm ll,ltoa 0lohs i ost aftsr 800.
nososiety . . sjollisr" wAsa sit st.ass
that sall blowing Is practically over il
that locality.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.

Subscription = per annum. or l.so Il paid in
aAvanee. Advettisane rates on application.
Co0nunieatioos must BE- received By Tuesday
nooa to receive prompt attention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

NORTH DAKOTA grain growers and
dairymen meet in Fargo on January 18th
and 10Th to theorize on practical farm
ing end take ride on the street cars.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

Tn United States has made recosd
OF 5000 divorces during the year-and
there arc tho returns Of . few remaining
days still to be heard from.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

p1t1ent-I'm not afraid to die, doc
IL, but ! do dread being buried alive.
Doctm (cheerfully Don't let that wor-
sysyou. m Gee that you are not.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

Good dry cord wood ready for the
stove at the Langdon Lumber Co.'S
wood yard. Delivered to any part of
the city. Phone GA. 7
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

Legal blanks at the CouR1ER-DEMo-
Graf Office.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-12-29

Dated Langdon, N. D. Dec. 18th. 1901.