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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-04-28
MONDAY, APRIL is.
SENATE.

Senator Vest introduced bill providing
that when the postmaster general shall be
satisfied that any steamship company re-
ceiving subsidy rom the government has
unjustly Disseminated in its course Of bust
ness against any port Of the United States
and has declined to deliver coffee or other
imports at any those ports, it shall be his
duty to refuse TO consider any proposition
from the offending company to carry for
eign mails ofthc United States.
The senate passed bill granting to tho
state Of California 5 per cent OF the net pro-
ceeds Tor cash sales OF public lands i'll that
state. The amount involved is SEQ, GOO.
The Pettigrew bill authorizing the entry
oflands chiefly valuable for building stone
under the placer mining law passed the
senate.
HOUSE.
After some miscellaneous business today,
the house went into committee OF the
whole Mr.. Shivcley, Indiana, in the
chair, on the naval appropriation bill.
Alter considerable discussion the com
mittee rose and after the rejection OF an
amendment offered by Mr.. Boutelle the
bill was passed. i,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-04-28
He Gave Himself Away.

In the Hungarian Parliamentary
session OF 1911, a certain Baron
Szjel lived in Pressburg, with two
intimate friends, George Majlath and
Barthel Szemere. One day the baron
became envious OF their laurels. He
called Szemere aside and said to him
"My good szemere, write me a
speech"
"Most willingly, my dear friend;
about what would you like ME to
speak?"
at is all the same to ME if the
speech is only nice one-wonderfully
nice"
"You will be satisfied with me-" he
answered, and thenext day he brought
the manuscript. The baron mem
orized the speech. and delivered it on
the third day. The chamber re-echoed
with "vivas" and applause. At this
moment the president rose and
asked
"Is anybody here to answer this
speech?"
The baron looked sneeringly around.
The members all remained silent.
Then Bartholomaus Szemere arose.
He began:
"Worthy gentlemen, what the
orator said is from beginning to end
incorrect" And then he began to
show, in an able speech, the mistakes
the baron had made. $780,.
'Don't you believe him, gentlemen!"
the baron cried, angrily, interrupting
him suddenly; ''it was he himself who
wrote the speech for me-"
Every member rolled in his seat
nearly convulsed with laughter, and
then and there the baron made vow
never again to speak in public.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-04-28
CONGRESS

Proceedings Of the House and Sem
ate.
FRIDAY, APRIL Is.
SENATE.
Not in session.
HOUSE.
Tie postmaster general sent to the house
to- day reply to the resolution introduced
by Mr. Enloe OF Tennessee requesting him
to inform the house under what authority
the expense of the postniastcrs' convention
held in Washington last March was held
and how their expenses were paid.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-04-28
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20.
SENATE.

After the usual morning business Mr..
Sherman notified the senate that further
examination Of the Chinese immigration
question had convinced the committee on
foreign relations that the existing Chinese
exclusion legislation woud not expire till
1894, and that there was therefore no pres.
sure for immediate action OH the question.
He would, however, cali it up at the con-
vcnience of the senators who desired to
speak on the subject.
Senator Morgan called up his silver reso-
buttons and Senator Teller addressed the
senate at some length in favor oithe bill.
Mr.. Cullon, from the interstate COM
merce committee, reported a bill to the
senate directing the interstate commerce of
a uniform system of automatic coupling.
A bill appropriating $50, COO for the cree
ton ola public building at Mcnomnee,
Mich, was tavorably reported to the SEN
ate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-04-28
He took her hand tenderly.

He took her hand tenderly.
"a ring would look sweet on that
little finger" ne said-"an engagement
ring"
cit isn't the fashion to wear engage
ment rings on the little finger" she re-
piled, drawing her hand away.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-04-28
HOUSE.

The house committee on labor ordered a
favorable report on billlimiting the hours
for days labor.
After preliminary business the house re-
sumed the consideration OF the Noycs- Rock
well contested election case. The matter
was still under discussion when the house
adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
Yankee and Canadian Shipping.

The Yankee sailorman seems to be do
ing pretty well of late according to all
reports. One recent announcement is to
the effect that among the shipments to
England from Portland have been hun
dreds of sticks of yellow birch, fifteen to
twenty feet long and from two to three
feet square, that are to be manufactured
into veneers and furniture. In connec-
ton with this it is stated that the ship
ping of the Canadian maritime prov
inces has declined rapidly during the
past eight years, and there appears to be
no immediate prospect of an improve
ment in the situation. In 1884 Nova
Scotia had 3,012 vessels, aggregating
543,s35 tons, whereas the present fleet
numbers only 2,775 vessels, of 1862, 304
tons. In 1884 New Brunswick had 1906
vessels, of sO7, 1872 tons, while at the pres
emit time she has only $50 vessels, of
1874, 400 tons. The Prince Edward Island
feet has fallen off from 234 vessels, of
1928 tons, in 1884, to 1876 vessels, of
2S,35o tons. Thus it appears that in
eight years the shipping of these prov
inces has declined to the extent Of 210,-
756 tons from a total of 800, $40, OF near
ly "a per cent.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
Side Lights on the Labor Problem.

A little amusement is to be got once
in awhile out of the vexed question Of
labor and wages. A New York employ
er, whose operations are on the northern
edge Of the city, says that English
speaking men seldom apply to him for
work, and he believes that he has never
received an application from a native
droves, and they are good natured and
philosophical when employment is de-
MED them. A dozen or more came r.
him one day with an interpreter. 'sTell
these men," he said to the interpreter,
"that I cannot employ any of them"
The interpreter translated the announce
ment, and none of the men showed any
disappointment. One laughed and said
something which the interpreter trans
lated. HE says" the interpreter said,
'that's all right; he likes to stand around
and see your men work, and maybe by
and by you have job Not so cheer
full under disappointment was a newly
engaged clerk at Belfast, Me. A shop
keeper paid him four dollars for the
first week. At the end of the second
week the lad was surprised when he re-
ceived only three dollars, and he asked
the reason of the cut down. ''Why," re-
sponded the shopkeeper, ''you know
more about the business now, and the
work must come easier to you" The
clerk, fearing continued application
of that unique theory, resigned.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
a S sess ors' Notice.

FE1HE Assessors of the City of Portland here
- by give notice to al persons liable to taxa
every secular day from the first to the fifteenth
DAY of April inclusive, at their room in City
Hall, from nine to twelve O'Clock in tie fore
noon noon and from two to iye o'clock in the after
poilS and estates taxable i'll said city.
And all such persons are hereby notified to
make and bring to said Assessors. true and per-
feet lists of all their Polls and Estates real and
personal, or held by them as guardian, execu-
tor, administrator, trustee or otherwise, on the
nrst day of April, 1872, and be prepared to make
oath to the truth of the same.
And when estates OF persons deceased have
been divided during the past year, or have
changed hands from any cause. the executor,
administrator, or other person interested, is
hereby warned to give notice of such change
and in default of such notice will be held under
the law to pay the tax assessed although such
estate has been wholly distributed and paid
over.
The Assistant Assessors will be required to
return Information on the following points:
!. Name OF head of family
z. Names OF sons, or other male relatives
over twenty-one years OF age, residing in
the family.
8. Names Of persons absent at sea. or who
are out OF town for any cause, belonging
to the family who are legally citizens
a. Names of all boarders excepting those
who have wives or families elsewhere re-
iii ssss. VINO were feS'ue'''S mere April l.
The full first name, as well as the sur
name OF each person, with the initials of
middle name, should always be given.
When there are persons who are aged
and mhrm, and have no means of sup
port the facts should be stated
5. A full list of all children that were born
between January 1, 1891, and January l.
1892, giving their names, sex, date OF
birth and the names of their parents.
6. Household furniture exceeding two hun
dred dollars in value. .s1
z. Musical instruments exceeding fifteen dol
lars in value.
s. Number Of horses and their value.
8. Number Of carriages and their value.
10. Number of cows and their value.
And any person who neglectS to comply with
this notice will be doomed to a tax according to
the laws of the state, and be barred of the right
to make application to the assessors or Cou1atu
Commissioners for any abatement of his taxes,
unless he shows that he was unable to offer
such lists within the time hereby appointed
Blank schedules will be furnished the assist
ant assessors for delivery where satisfactory
information is not obtained; and persons re-
ceiving the same will be expected to return
them, properly filed out, to the assessors office
Persons not receiving the blanks will be fur
nished at the office of the assessors on applica-
ton.
ezy-I In no case where the assessors have been
put to the disagreeable necessity of making a
doom will the possession of government bonds
or deposits in the savings banks be allowed as
plea in mitigation of such doom.
JOHN W. YORK.
WILLIAM o. FOX,
ARTHUR L. FARNSWORTH,
apldm Assessors.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
n NJ S a. s

terminated, the Indians starved, then
fought and were defeated and located,
and now the announcement is made that
they have taken lands in severalty and
the rest of their reservation is to be
thrown open to settlement.
There are 2,131 Cheyennes and 1887
Arapahoes in the Indian Territory, and
after each one has had his or her 100
acres set off there will Still be farms for
a few thousand boomers, as there are
3,0Oo.O 600 acres in the reserve. It lies
west of the settled portion Of Oklahoma,
between the Cimarron and the north fork
OF Red river, and is, generally good agri-
cultural land. On the tracts cultivated
last year twenty-three bushels Of wheat
per acre were raised and corresponding
amounts of oats, corn, etc. 1t is not sur
prising therefore that at least 10000
land seekers are already on the border
waiting hungrily for opening day.
The Indians were paid with princely
generosity. Besides the 100 acres which
each Indian gets, which he cannot sell
for twenty-five years, they receive $3.50,
600 cash, $250,O0O to be paid in tools and
other goods, and 100000 to be placed
at per cent. interest, and the interest
to be divided among them annually.
Thus, as there are but 3,26S Indians,
each one will have a good farm, $76. do
in cash, $76.45 in goods and a pension of
$500 yearly. The statement is made
that hundreds Of young white men of
good standing have married Indian girls
Of the various pensioned tribes within
the last two years, and SO the number of
such marriages may be expected to in
crease.
The secretary of the interior was kind
enough to furnish 1900 maps showing
intending settlers where they could legal
ly locate, but, just the same, troops
lined the border to keep them off till the
word was given. A dispatch from Fl
Reno, o. T., says that 5000 men in
''prairie schooners" are camped there
and several thousand negroes are COM
ing. After that it was scarcely neces-
sary for the reporter to add, 'sTrouble
is apprehended.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16

BLACK SILK AND CHINA SILK GOWNS.
men have been known to absolutely for
get their darling, precious, blessed ba-
bies out on the sidewalk and go home,
their minds so full of bonnets that ba-
bies are nowhere. You wouldn't have
believed it, but it is SO.
Cloaks, dresses, parasols, all have
their need of admiration, laces and silks
call for some attention, but the bonnet,
made of q little bit of nothing, with
some more of it stuck around in spots,
and all together called bonnet, is a mag
net stronger than the love of Cleopatra,
which was strong enough, we are told,
to draw Antony and the whole Egyp-
tian fleet to destruction.
The newest hats are made SO nearly
flat that it is a mystery to me how they
are held in place, since I don't believe
the long pins could go clear through the
fair wearer's head and come out on the
other side without giving them pain,
Around the edges of these fiat, round
hats is sewed a fall Of lace as deep as the
wearer's pocket can afford. Some are
about ten inches and some are full
yard deep, and are left to hang straight
down, as though the wearer was in a
kind of mosquito net. Few of them are
seen on the street yet, but in a couple, OF
weeks all the black eyes and blue ones
will look at you through these wells.
They have to be very full to hang easily
over the bust and shoulders.
A quaint little hat that got glimpse
Of yesterday reminded me of a snowclad
mountain peak, just bursting into fiery
volcano. The hat was of white chip
with funny little point for crown,
and all around the edges was white chif-
fon spangled with crystal beads SO that
it looked like a frosty snow bank, and
bursting right out of the apex of the
crown was a fame colored aigrette and
q long ended bow was placed on the
back to float in the wind and catch
around other folks necks. But it was
pretty, and so stylish!
In my researches after the useful as
well as the picturesque, found very
large establishment where gowns are
made by. wholesale for children and
young girls. The best designers are
employed and they get up new styles
that are distinctively American, and
adapt foreign fashions to the peculiar re.
quirements Of our children, who have
such marked individuality of then
own that foreign styles pure and simple
do not suit them. I questioned the PEG
pie in charge until had learned all that
I wished, and then came home to make
mental calculation as to whether it
would pay a mother to sit down and
make her girls clothes or to buy them
ready made, and think it is true econ.
omy to buy them where it is possible.
obtained patterns of two useful
gowns for girls from twelve to sixteen.
One is challie wrapper, with the front
of surah. The color was wood brown
and moss green in the challie, while the
front was old gold. The buttons were
fiat, iridescent mother-o pearl.
The other gown was of blue foulard,
with red and black dots, and dark blue
Henrietta, with three rows of castle
braid as trimming. These are both
simple and effective.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
Lawn Mowers.

avn mowers sharpened and repaired J. P.
~ GABRIELSON, Locksmith. Is Plum st.
aprS d1ws
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16

For smaller children found the Rus
sian blouse in dark plum foulard with
big white dots, larger toward the bot
tom, and edged with band Of velutina.
In cashmere and light cloth this style
will be favorite, being loose and com
Portable. The two little figures show
the latest spring wraps, and they are
made of light material, with silk lining,
SO as not to be cumbersome and yet warm
enough for the season.
Hats for the little ones are big, with
plulnes or flowers; medium, with flowers
or ribbon bows, and small pagodas or
moods where they are more becoming.
There is wide range of styles to choose
from, and bless the sweet little faces
they look pretty in anything.
OLIVE HARPER.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
BABIES And BONNETS.
Their Relative Attraction for the
Feminine Mind.

The Bonnet Is the Strongest Magnet.
Some Novelties in Eats-PicturcsqUe
Patterns for Girls Gowns-Cheaper to
Buy Than to Make Them.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, April 14.-H you ever see
a crowd of women, all with their eyes
fixed eagerly in front of them, pushing,
squeezing and nudging each other and
apparently perfectly oblivious to their
purses and parasols, you can be sure
there are bonnets ahead. never could
understand why it is that bonnet
should have such superior attraction for
the feminine mind, but SO it is. and Wo-
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
LANDS IN sEvERALTY.

More Indians .'rravel the white Mans
Road
1t seems but yesterday that the Chey-
ennes We're among the widest OF wild
Indians, and the Arapahoes, though
hardly SO warlike, were probably little
lower in savagery. But railroads trav-
ersed their country, the buffalo was ex-
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
ANNUAL MEEriMc-

The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of
the Phillips and Rangeley Railroad Company.
Rrairoad Company. Portland, Ne, on Wednes-
day. April 10th. at 10 o'clock a. M, to act upon
the following articles:
To.hear the report of the Treasurer and act
thereon.
To elect Directors for the ensuing year.
10 act upon any other business that may
come before the meeting
hp5 dow
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
Killing or the Squirrels.

Game abounds in the state of Wash
ington and squirrel hunting finds lots of
devotees. A party of Whitman county
N1mrods bagged SAT of the lively little
fellows the other day.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16

''Ths sZs~snAts Club" in Duliin Univer-
s:i.--Snciety of ''fhc waItwiitmani-
acs'-~ Professor Dswien's Views on tho
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16

Ii economy is wealth, lawyer at
bangor, Me-, must have saved more
Snsn Jay Gould. He still wears pair
OF boots made for him in 1861.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16

The salmon canning on the Pacific
coast IS great industry.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-16
PROPOSALS.
R0P0SALS FOR GRANITE PAVING BLOCKS
AND GRANITE GR0UTlRG.

GEALED proposals will be received by the
- undersigned until April 18th, 1892, at p.
hundred and fifty thousand, or ten thousand
square yards more or less, of granite paving
blocks, of the following dimensions, viz:
depth, Z to inches; said blocks to be deliver
ed in the City of Portland at the Portland &
Rochester railroad yard, or at the Union Sta
as may be required by the Commissioner Of
Streets.
The granite grouting to be delivered at the
stone crusher on ST. John street. The quantity
OF granite grOuting to be bid for is six thousand
tons, more or less. The right is reserved to re-
ject any or all bids All proposals should be di-
rected to the Chairman of Committee on Streets
Sidewalks and Bridges and left at the Commits
sioner CT Streets office, City Building.
DANIEL GALLAGHER,
Portland, April 5, 1892. Chairman.
apr6td
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-27
FISANCIAL.

Y-rder tbls bead = p>r ilns ger ssr
NFO[EY t. LuAS-oS "a sssES. COWS AND
vi hs4sszold gooGs. Cal ca Nz!.eg Mrrrsz. -
y. Nam - stI'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-27

The writer was at ais taiIOr's the other
day when he saw among the articles com
pleted and waiting be delivered a suit
OF light corduroy. What is that for?" he
inquired, "For u mining engineer in Mon
tana," was the answer HE needs some
thing made OF the -,rougest possible mate
rial for the rough work in which he is en-
gagged. The most sin ;ular thing about
that suit, however, is the number of peck
cts in the coat. How many do you sup
pose there are? Not less than elevenl The
coat, you see, is sack. The outside side
pockets are made double-that is, they
may be described as one extremely large
pocket divided into two parts.
'Then on the inside, opposite these
double pockets are two other large ones,
each with flap and button to hold it
closed. Then there are two breast pockets
outside and two inside on both sides, and
finally a small change pocket-eleven in
all. They had to be made of certain sizes
too-perhaps to hold books or something of
that kind. 1t took one workman whole
day simply TO put in these pockets
should think that when the wearer got
them all filed he would be pretty well
loaded, shouldn't youy'-New York Trib-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-27
TWO STYLES OF TEAS

Afternoon Teas In Town aisd Csantry.
What should BE served ~ Ea<h-
There are two styles O. entertainments
under the general names q tsas-high tes.s
and Afternoon tezS--about which . Lady u
society gives the following usefal kizta IN
= little handbook On "MAGBsz.'
The first is . meal taking the plaos %
q dinner, AZ which hot Dezts. cakes. zEra
b-e.ds, preserves ssd ozbsr sweets ars
served. s1ch teas are more popular Ia tbs
oo1ntry than ia town
IL many households Il T. the custom
about 5 o'ciOck u have trap 5noaghs ira
% the mistress q the hoa~ and ylseszi 30
fore her o. q small table Ga thss tray
shouid BE- tea Servics, cups. sx9ser~. &C.
she herself then makes the tsA, poars it
OK: ard pasSes is 20 zhAssTsr visitors Ez1y
BE- with her =: TIE moment. The servsrs
brings II thin slices o. brssd and bsIft<T.
cake, aud perhaps Ezxlizs ssafinz. which
arr usually ssrvsd WITH the cup a tsa
Afserno0n teas resembling Focspti0cs srs
slso gwen. bat tbese come ubcsr ths Bad
q more general sEtsrtAipsaegtA
Ths entertainments a; 90 ogght - -
sfrnp.s. soa the rissisnz cards q he hostess
are useSf for the iHTst2,loFna. On wkssh
shoald - wri:sen % TIE lewsg isfE haod
eorner and opposite tbs sddrszs tie uor-is.
Tea a. oe.oek." following tEs Gsy s1d
g.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-27

WANTED AGENTS. TO 80 PER DAY
w col Letting small pictures for Us 10 copy and
enlarge; satisfaction guaranteed aud n o. outfit
free. A. dunno Is Co.. 30 Reads 81, New ork.
"dsG 1t wed. fri. sat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-27

courzs n tir,e the Peak family q singers
bscaDe known al e.er t1s Caitsd f-safsss
b-1t Is was as uss-l they tosk up ise!i ring.
Ing snd sspre ne7a,fissi - The Peak 7 an
~ SWISS Isefi Ringer" ra4 they reached
the top rstcn of fhs8r saEre.
Ea @ Nsiiam gur u4Grr1s1l s1l Fsa-tss4
. es,zarsu az - his azn. inciEdzEg hss wife
sad G. tAre- bTozAer4 In fssl1 sol Saith
Easa g-N q fam.s essEseslAzs., 5o.aed
t 1888 ~ u.stsacszsts usa greet
4a.1. -. aEF ~ Hs-saF gez-Ts hs4- laaa41y
~ .e t1rz@i isgas fAeH ~ ns<ss
- as. d &tesan 3
Peak lir.el 81 efa.~e Sc - sac r.lags
= 1ese ~ l-s7z4e zsG -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-27
Living Indelible Ink.

If the she'll Of the purpura lapillus be
broken, there Is seen on the back of the
animal, just under the skin. a slender,
whitish vein. which contains yellow
liquor. When this liquor is applied to
linen with small brush and exposed TO
the sun it becomes successfully green, blue
and purple, and finally settles into bril-
liant Interchangeable crimson. Housewives
of New England have growing abundantly
on the seaside rocks in their neighborhOods
little living bottles of indelible ink, not to
be excelled in beauty or durability by any
manufactured product, since neither acid
nor alcohol will affect this juice of the
whelk.-lnterview in Washington Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-27
A CLsap pis.nfeetant

A cheap portable diSin,ecJlat Is perman
gaDate Of potash, oCgtle fun 81 these
crystals, oought al The store OF any chem
list. will last for years. II can oe used whe3
wanted by putting a pinch OF the potash
over night II u ing OF water, IN the morn
ing il VIII present reddish appearance
and can De u;sed for drains. etc \ small
quantity Of this liquid KEEP, in basin and
renewed daily keeps a room fresh and &C
strcys disease germs TIE Only drawback
Is that, II to- strong. Lus liquid VIII stain
6nen; At the same tEme & Gas the great
advantage OF being easily carried EoouI.
Wills it can be prepared in the smallest
quantity at moments Eotiee.-BoS,ou
-omnercisl