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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-16
The Farmers Alliance Hail as

The Farmers Alliance Hail as
ISOLATION has stood the test and is now
the only reliable company doing bust
ness. Call and see the general agent
or the following gentlemen whom I
have appointed to solicit insurance,
viz: r. Fleming, J. J. Souch and VIM.
Hay.
H. d. ALERT,
46tf Gen. Agent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-16
Teachers Examination.

Teachers Exam inaLion.
Following are the names of those
who passed the teachers examination
Of July 10th:
SECOND GRADE.
Lille Haight, Milton.
Florence Prenyer, Langdon.
Emma Hope, Elkwood.
THIRD GRADE.
George y. Williams, Langdon.
w. J. Storie, Milton.
Bertha Noodle, Olga.
Celina Laderoute. Olga.
Maggie Walker, Elkwood.
Edith Hines, Ellerton.
E. ]. Fox,
Co. Supt.
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Sad Accident.

OsNABROCK, N. D., July 18th, OIL
When Co. ''E'' boarded the south
bound train at Langdon Tuesday
morning for the encampment. they
little thought they would be called
upon to mourn the loss of one of their
most popular members. But such is
the sad fate, and the Osnabrock con-
tingent of company ''E" today mourn
the loss of M. Langan, who met an I'M
timely fate at the depot, in Osnabrock,
this morning as follows: When the
train ran into Osnabrock it was going
at high rate of speed. Mr.. Langdon,
wishing to bid his wife and children,
who were on the depot platform, good
bye, as was his custom when leaving
them for few days, attempted to leap
from the car while the train was still
in motion. lie made the leap, but
with such force that when he struck
the platform he bounced back and fell
under the moving train, the car wheel
striking him on the head, cutting the
scalp from above the left ear to the
back of the head. Everything was
done for the poor fellow that could be
done, but in few moments he
breathed his last. The body was taken
to his home in Osnabrock from where
it will be taken to his old home in Min
nesota under guard of Sergeant Kings
bury and three privates who were
detailed by Capt. McQuarrie to attend
the remains. The grief stricken wife
and family have the sympathy of the
entire company E in their bereavement.
The wife, who has been his hearts
cherished companion through life, has
indeed suffered an irreparable loss, his
children have lost kind father, while
the community has lost good citizen.
The county at large sympathizes with
Osnabrock in the loss of so good
man.
AS there is no royal road to learning,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-16

Bids will be received by the Cypress
Steam Threshing company up to Au-
gust Sd to thresh out the company at
so much bushel, putting the grain in
bags. There are eighteen hundred and
fifty acres more OF less in the company.
The company will furnish the rig,
which consists of Rivers Separator,
60 inch shoe, and an Ames 16 horse
power engine. The rig will be put i'll
thorough order and the contractor will
be expected to deliver it up to the
company in the same order after the
threshing, fair wear excepted. The
company does not bind itself to accept
the lowest OF any bid.
G. l.. THOMPSON,
Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-16

Among those who attended the An
nual Assembly Of the G. L. S. G. at
Bathgate were Mr.. and Mrs. j. Mahon,
Rev. Irwin, I. Dawson, and Mesdames
Fullerton, McPhail, Truax and Clarke.
Our little city has been unusually
quiet this week-a large number of our
citizens being in attendance at the
soldiers encampment at Devils Lake,
and others at the Chautauqua assembly
at Bathgate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-16

AS there is no royal road to learning,
SO there is no magical cure for disease.
The effect, however, of taking Ayers
Sarsaparilla for blood disorders comes
as near magic as can be expected Of
any mere human agency. This is due
to its purity and strength.
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feet long. inolsding head and as. andthe body Of
tho animal will be eight feet and nine inches in
length. The work Is being done BY Mr. a. g. Ellie
OFT. che new Chief Modelor Of The Architect Ocs
Of the Treasury.
Gen. Louis Wagner, Colonel Of the ssth Pa las
been elected Presidents Of the Third National Bank
OF Philadelphia, and will devote his entire time to
The reorganization OF it, affairs. The bank has
been In trouble. but with an exeeutivs ofiioer Of
Gen. Wagnsr's well-knogn ability viii soon DO on
its feet again.
The remains OF John O'SIorrovy. soldier o. an
Ohio cavalry regiment. were exhumed in a asId Ia
Wilson County, Tenn, some IS miles from MUIR
reesooro, and reinterred I'm the Stone River Ma
iionai Cemetery on Saturday, July - OMorrow
was wounded in a ssirmish during the summer or
FAN Of 1866, The Gladssr now called GIadas-
yille, and was lei ag tho house Of Mrs. Winnis
Clemens near BY, and died q few days later
Among bis remains found two lighs gold
bands or dnger rings. which will Do transferred %
the friends or relatives Of O'3Iorrovy IL such Gao %
found. Any Information bearing on the subisca
can DO had BY addressing tho superintendent Of
the stone River National Cemetery p. o. Box "a
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Miss Maude Banks. the sctrsss. who Il a dauzh-
YER OF Cen Nathaniel r. Banks - writing = play
IN collaboration with Mr.. A. G. Wheeler o. Nynn
next season. She is said 70 inherit great deal Of
her fathers ability
capt. John Siusser Of Danville, H.. owns among
other interesting war relics bugo with a history
u was carried by Samuel J. Rodgers, Co. T. Sd
ind Cav. during tho war and sounded boots
and saddles" on the first day at Gettysburg The
Ougie was aiterwaFd captured BY Ashby's famous
rebel cavalry at Beverly Ford Va while itsowne
was on a raid with Kipatric<'s cavalry. but was
hllerWard retaken along with n rebel prisoner AZ
Hanover Courthouse. Va, by a Union soldier. and
having Rodgers's name cut upon t. was returned
20 MN and was afterward closely guarded untl
the close OF the war. While at Washington await
ing muster out Of service. II once more lost or
stolen, this time seemingly for good. As time
passed Rodgers gave up ever hearing or getting
possession Of his old war companion again. Dur
ing the year 1896 he received package By express
at Danviile, H.. and to his joy and surprise upon
opening the bundle there was his long lost and
precious war buge, which for 70 years he had con-
sidered gone forever. Rodgers was never able TO
learn who returned The bugls. Il has been used a
number Of times by Rodgers al soldiers Reunions.
and when is history became known, was fondIy
handled by hundreds Of old veterans.
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TRIBUNETS.



Missouri Coroner Ito Editor Bazoo) SO far as
can see. there is no way Of determining the
residence Of the deceased. His linen Is marked
" ReddingtOn Gore" but there Is no elew to his
address.
Editor-Givo me the particulars Of the sui
eide, please.
Corouer-Well, he had been riding Gil night
through Kansas in Pullman sleeper, having
ordered the porter to awaken him the moment
the train crossed the Missouri line. This the
porter forgot to do till more than two hours
after the train had crossed the line. Then,
when told how tho matter stood, the gentleman
leaPed from his berth, crying: "Ten days in
prohibition Kansas without a smell, and two
hours in land flowing with milk and honey
and didn't know it! This is too much ;" Aad,
with that, he flung himself out Of the window
and was ground to pieces beneath the wheels.
EditOr-The deceased was Col. Reddington
Gore, Of Kentucky!
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At the time Of going to press the returns
Of 1891 have not been consolidated, but it is
felt that they will show an encouraging
growth. We shall have this cause of con
graduation at the Silver Anniversary Ma
tional Encampment that thousands more
of our comrades who marched and fought
with us are now united to MS in the bonds
Of Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty, and
that they will abide with ms TO the end.
They are all nearer and dearer TO us than
ever before, and this affection will grow
stronger every year. The sad inroads con-
stantly made in our ranks by death draws
MS much closer to those who yet live. Every
year we meet in Encampment those whom
we shall never greet again on earth. The
past year has been particularly distressing
in the losses the Order has suffered. Tens
Of thousands OF true comrades have
passed over the Silent River since the
Encampment at Boston, and among them
many whom the comrades have held
particularly dear. Gen. Sherman's tower
ing form and genial, rugged face, will be
looked for in vain. IL will be the first
Encampment for years which has lacked bis
inspiring presence. The roll of Past Com
manders-in-Chief has had the fatal placed
opposite Gen. Deyens's name since the Bos-
ton Encampment, where he was a principal
figure. Death has snatched away that grand
comrade, Senior Vice COMMUNICATIVE Chief
Tobin, Of Massachusetts. Gems. Fuller and
Lee, Of Ohio, and Gen. T. i. Kelley, Of West
Yirginia-all workers in the Order and be-
loved comrades-haye gone over 10 the Ma
jority. So has the venerable Hannibal
Hamlin, always a noticeable figure at the
Encampments. So we could go on stretch
ing ont the mournful list
But let MS turn 10 happier thoughts-to
those Of the 5OO,OOO-the brave, the good,
the true, who are yet with us, and will be
in Detroit, either in person or by proxy, TO
join in glad reunion and exult over the good
done by the Order in It's quarter Of century
Of existence, and the great possibilities that
are yet in store for it,
Everything points TO glorious good time
in Detroit No discussions threaten; har-
mony reigns everywhere; rivalries are ex-
tinguished; the entertainment offered by
the beautiful city OF Detroit will be lavish,
aud all will be delighted with their visit,
the hospitality, and their meetings with
long-separated comrades. So mote it be.
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AT the beginning Of this century calico
cost 50 cents yard; 1t can now be bought
for cents. AT any distance from the sea-
board, it was then difficult to get more than
three shillings-37l cents-ior wheat. Now
il is in the neighborbood of 81 anywhere
in the United States. Then il took one and
a half bushels Of wheat to buy a yard of
calico. Now one bushel will buy 20 yards.
In 1900 coarse brown sugar cost 49, cents
pound. Now fine white sugar can be bought
for 81 cents. Before the war cents wAs
the customary price for eggs in the greater
part Of the country lying west of the ALE
games, and it took from two to three dozen
eggs to get a yard of calico. Now, two dozen
eggs will buy from eight to IL yards of
calico.
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A GOOD WIND.

Real Estate Agent Ito prospective customer)
This farm Of Col. Wizzlewazzle's is q tempt
ing bargain at 81 800. True, there is no house
on it, but the land is all under cultivation,
and
New Clerk crushing in and whispering in his
employers cara cyclone has just blown
Judge Hanks's house away and set it down,
uninjured. on the Wizzlewazzle farm. /
Agent turning to eustomer)-AhI was
mistaken. The young man says there is a fine
six-rOOm house on the farm.
Customer-Pli take il! Make out the deed.
Agent latter departure Of customer)-Apol-
lus, you viii soon master this profession if you
keep on in the way you have begun. Lend me
q chew Of tobacco
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COMMANDER-IS-CHIE VEAZEY's AID
MISIsTItATION.

The official term OF Col. whoelock G..
Yeazey, Commander-in-C Chief Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, is now drawing 10
close and viii end with the National En-
campment at Detroit next week. From all
sides there has been heard nothing but praise
OF it. Col. Yeazey has abundanly justified
the expectations Of the comrades who elected
him 10 his high Office at Boston. A soldier
Of splendid record, who had the good for
tune 10 see and improve magnificent
opportunity in the greatest battle Of the
war public man who had worthily filed
the highest judicial Office in the State; a
man Of fine presence, and an earnest and
convincing orator, he has produced the best
impression wherever he has gone, and made
many friends for himself and the Order from
one end Of the Nation 10 the other.
Much Of the public estimation Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic depends upon
the men who are seen at it's head, and Col.
Neazey has been COmmander-in-C Chief TO
whom all comrades could point with pride.
As a soldier and Supreme Justice he had
been more than creditable In war and in
peace he represented the best of the volun-
teer soldiers who crushed The life out Of the
rebellion. His acts as Chief
and his speeches at the public meetings all
over the country, have confirmed the good
opinion formed Of him. He has carried the
glorious standard Of our Order worthily and
well, and proved a fit successor 10 the dis
tinEuished soldiers and able men who pre-
coded him in the Office. The Grand Army
Of the Republic has been particularly for.
tunate in its Commanders-in-Ch Chief, but
never more fortunate than when il selected
Col Veazey. He will retire with "golden
opinions from all sorts Of people"
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ADJ'T-GEN. GOULDING.

COmmander-in-Chief Yeazey made an az
cellent selection when he appointed Comrade
J. ii. Gou!ding, OF Rutland, VT, Adiutant-
General of the Grand Army of the Republic
This is an Office of great responsibility, and
requires man of peculiar gifts to fill it,
lie is TO the Commander-in-C Chief what the
Executive Officer is to the Commander Of a
war ship. All the manifold details of the
Order come 10 him for arrangement. The
correspondence is enormous, and very much
Of it demands unusual tact and ability to
handle. The Headquarters must be kept
carefully in touch with the Order in all of
its manifold notifications. Others may be
slack or negligent without much risk, but
there must be no slackness or negligence in
the Adjutant- Generals Office. Col. Gould
ing has proved more than equal to all these
requirements, and has made an Adiutant-
General Of rare efficiency. This is known
and appreciated by all who have had deal
ings with Headquarters. His successor will
find everything in admirable shape.
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(sitteE smiles like a peri.)
viz III coULp APprEcrArE.

City Divine Ito brother from the baekwoods)
How is it, Brother Harper, that during the
first six months Of your pastorate you did not
make single conversion, and yet after that in
one week you brought over 100 persons to the
altarP
The Rev. Mr.. Harper-Well, you see at first
/ told them Of tho torments Of the lost, and
they simply snorted. Then described the
beauties Of the Celestial City and they were
indifferent. At last, in desperation, told them
that on the other shore they could, if they
liked, sit all day in the shade with jugfuI of
liquid comfort and haul in catfish by the score.
And they simply rushed forward to the altar
as one man. Heaven forgive me for the dccep-
ton, but it seemed as if the end justified the
means.
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TO TIE PoINr.

Young Lawyer Blackstone Whose head is
weightyl-Miss Maud, l have carefully ana
lyzed my feelings toward you. and the result is
substantially as follows, to wit: love you.
worship you. adore you. VIII you become
my wife2 Now, answer without the slightest
hesitation, briefly and to the point, telling the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth.
Miss Maud Brisk Whose head is level)-Mr.
Blackstone, should you tonight dream that
you are standing before your own tombstone
you will find inscribed thereon the one word,
"Mud!"
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TEE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 80, 1891.
MAKE VETERANS RIGHTS REAL.

mann = IL A-AhANE' AlANllAs ItlAlss
There is one duty which the 25th National
Encampment should carefully attend TO-.
That is, to urge upon Congress in the strong
est terms tie amendment Of Section 1854
Revised Statutes Of the United States, so as
10 extend its benefits 10 all honorably-dis-
charged veterans, and to add TO ii penal
clause which wiz compel its observance BY
ali officials having the power to appoint or
employ. The section now reads:
Persons houorably discharged from The military
OF naval service by reason 81 disability resulting
from wounds or sickness incurred in the line Of
dniy shall pc preferred Tor appointments to civil
offices, provided they are found 10 possess the
business capnoiiy necessary iur the proper dis
charge Of ii.- duties OF such Offices
il viii be observed that this section has
three grave defects. FIRST it limits its bene-
fits to those who have been discharged by
reason OF stability incurred in line Of duty,
and contains no provision for those who
served out their fun time. This should be
amended by making it apply TO all honor
ably-dischargcd soldiers and sailors Of the
war OF the rebellion. Second, il only pro-
vides Tor appointments to civil Offices"
This should be made 10 include all manner
Of employment under the Government.
Thirdly and most important Of all, il con-
tains no runitory provision il says that
certain thing shall be done, but puts no pen
atty whatever upon any Official who does not
choose t. do that thing. This leaves those who
are ilju1ed by It's non-obseTvance entirely
without a remedy. ii should be amended
by adding O penalty for its violation. Then.
IL any man refused to prefer veterans for
appointment OF employment be could at
once be brought 10 do his duty by man
date from court.
At VII be a grave mistake II the National
Eneampment fails TO take the action upon
this matlcg that it's great importance de-
serves. d deeply concerns thousands ofcom-
rades "io are applicants for employment
under ihe Government, aud are entitled TO
such employment before any and all civil
ians
This amendment to the law should have
been mace years ago, and The failure 10 do
20 has been productive OF The most serious
hardship t0 great numbers Of deserving
veterans. INK NATIONAL TRIBUNE has
ureed 81 upon the attention Of National I'm
oampmcnis and Congress for several years.
Let the Lucampment at Detroit make
eertain la' his Is properly attended 10.
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NOT ON MS BOOKs.

Land Hunter, from the East latter kicking
at everything shown himl-I would gladly
purchase If / could find something to suit me.
l wish cosy house On a fertile little farm
slopng southwark, neyer-failing spring near
the house, fruit, flowers, and with good fishing
and hunting near at hand, the whole in 4 sec
tion where the society is first class and there
arc no insect pests. and where the brcezcs never
blow dangerously hard.
Col. Hooks THE land agent)-Huh! Go down
and see the Reverend Mr. Harps; he'll tell you
all about it. I'm not selling Heaven!
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RonYEY,s Prvrrnr-

Young Jay sapsmith ION his marrow bonss)
Miss Brisk, Maud-I-I love you. May
will you
The Parrot (brutally)-Get up from there,
jay You've split your pantaloons wide open !
Sapsmith-I-I-(hies)
Maud-Oh! Oh! tfaints)
Little Rodney Ito himself)-Old Polls a
dandy! Didn't forget a word / taught him.
By gosh! Pm even with sappy for refusin' to
lend me quarter, an / rather reckon Maud
won't box my ears again.
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p. Rea, Of Minnesota, was elected Com
nander-in-Chief
The odd National Encnmpment was held
in Columbus, O., Sept IL. 1888, and Maj.
William Warner, Of Missouri, was elected
COmmander-in-ChieE
The 23d National Encampment was held
in Milwaukee Aug. %, 1889, and Gen. Rus
sell A. Alger, of Michigan, was elected Com
mander-in-ChieE
The oath National Encampment was held
in Boston Aug. 10, 1890, and Col wheelock
G. Neazey, Of Vermont was elected Com
mander-in-C Chief
For the first decade of the Grand Army of
the Republics existence the membership
was luctuating, and from 1869 to 1876 in
elusive, the average was 26,O0O members
The following table shows its growth since
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fnE convict lease system in the South 4
stencil in the nosirils Of the people. II
has everything 10 condemn IL and nothing 10
recommend IT, Nothing related Of Russian
bmbarities in Siberia surpasses the cruelties
and atrocities committed up0n the conyicts
in States IKE Georgia What adds 10 the
shocking nature Of these WRONGS ia that fbev
are continued 10 enrich gangs Of yaInpire
politicians. into whose pockets the profits
Of the iniquity 60 This state Of things
may De endured 10 the remoter States. like
GeoreiG and Alabama, but there is too much
new blood aud progressive spirit IN Tennes-
see 70 permit its continuance. The result
has been mts. serious disturbances around
the mines ID Briceyille, in the eastern mart
Of the STATE, which at one time threatened
civil var The miners very properly refused
70 work with the conyicls or to become in
any way accomplices Of the iniquitous sys-
tem TIN Governor Of The State hastily
called oui the militia which il appears. he
had uo authority TO do. The miners were
well Organized, wei disciplined, and reso-
lutte and could, had they been SO minded
have orcrl0wered the militia But they
behaved with great judgment, and COM
promise was finally arrived at which viii
be satisfactory to all parties except the poll
ticians uAo are being enriched by the sys-
TEN. THE next session Of the Legislature Of
Icnnc VII undoubtedly repeal the obi
ous law aua The State viii have totalre care
OF her criminals as other more civilized
communities TO- The situation has been a
yery iLr one Tor all lovers Of law and
order Iieg could not shut thoir eyes 10
ths eHorai.tios Of the convict lease system.
noF 10 be- odium Of bringing convicts into
oompc 1an with honest labor. On the other
hand, 80 cscn and armed rebellion against
ths a~iul authorities was far from being q
plfasali ciacls.
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A SWINDLE.

Farmer Grayneck Ito dOorkeeper)-say, looky
here! What do you call this performance, any
how?
Doorkeeper (brusquely)-" The Lady Of
Lyons" What do you call itf
Farmer Grayneck-A dad-durned swindls !;
that's what! Here I've sot through three acts
an hain't seed gosh-blamed lion yet! Morn
that, don't believe you've got any. either
Thar hain't no sign of a cage anywhere about
the stage.