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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-07-20
Ice Cream Social.

a delightfully."- pleasant time was en-
joyed by those attending the ice cream
social and entertainment given at the
Mclean school house, in Harvey, last
Friday evening. The following pro-
gram gotten up under the supervision
of the teachers Misses Lucy Pink and
Nettie Prinyer, was we'll received:
PROGRAM:
Chairman's Addres... a. Pinkerton
Golden Days OF School Time
Changing Color"
Song. Observation-Disclosures. Misses Ullyott
Take ne to my Home Again"
Recitation. ..:......:....... =. Edith Dunford
Recitation Selected. Willie Mcdonald |
thGruS......... ...-.............-.-l liy scholars
While the bays are Gding by
Instruments" MuNc Peter Stewart
Se!ec'ed
''The Dead BolI''
Song Moie Coms;ocil |
''Thc Ring My Mother Wore
Recitation Carrie punford
''Thoughts During service
Song Misses Ullyott
Farming in North rakota
Recitation Fred punford
.srhc Boys Complaint:
Chorus BY Scholars
'Mas,cr The Tempest is Raging
Recitation Nellie Dunford
''The Little Siegcrs Girl
Song Lucy Pink
"The Bridge
Reclt;ltlon Walter Okc
THE SQuirril's Ari1h mctie''
Recitation. Annie Ellis
Room Enough for All''
Instrumental Music. Selected Peter Stewart
Dialogue. :...:. The Poets Trials
Edith Dunford, Nellie Dunford, Jas Nc
Dougul and Alex. McNabb.
Recitation...... Selected. Stanley Dunford
Instrumental Music ..Selected...Pe Stewart
Closing address. css.....................Re Rev. Resch
National Anthem.
The proceeds amounting to SIS will
be used to form a nucleus to a library
fund. Quite number of Langdon
people were in attendance.
| WHIT LANGDON Has.
Armory.
n city hall.
Two banks.
| Brass band.
-Four hotels.
A public hall.
Five Elevators.
FOresterS Lodge.
Fire Department.
A Masonic Lodge.
One Machine shop.
A Lodge of K. Of 2.
A population of HOO.
Three church ediflces.
Five miles Of sidewalk.
State Militia Company.
A graded public school.
Three blacksmith shops.
Two weekly newspapers.
A $5000.00 school building.
Six private grain warehouses.
Terminus of the Great Northern.
Largest grain market of the state.
Is the county seat of Cavalier county.
Half-mile race track and fair ground.
Distributing point for the Standard
Oil Company.
Is in the midst of the best agricul-
tural country.
Future location for the Great North
ern railroad machine shops.
Is an objective point for branch lines
of the Northern Pacific railroad.
BEST ROUTE TO THE WORLDS FAIR.
|
Is via Minneapolis and st. Paul and
thence via the Northwestern line to
Chicago. Three fast trains daily as
follows:
| Badger State express leaves Mime
apolis 1920, st. Paul a. m. daily;
arrive Milwaukee 8, Chicago 9:35 p. m.
;, Worlds Fair express leaves Mime
apolis every evening except Sunday S:
n ~
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-07-20
Advertised Letters.

Advertised Letters.
The following advertised letters re-
main unclaimed in the Langdon post
Office, July 18th, 1898.
GENTS LIST.
Lee, Tom. (4) Walper, Ernest.
Reilly, Harry. Keon, John.
Goldstien, A. Crummy, John.
Brown, Mont.
LADIES LIST.
Bloone, Mrs. L. Foster, Mrs, 7.
When calling for any of these let
ters the party must ask for "advertis-
ed letters
w. j. MOONEY. p. NJ.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-07-20
BEST ROUTE TO THEwoRLD's FAIL

Is via Minneapolis and st. Paul and
thence via the Northwestern line to
Chicago. Three fast trains daily as
follows:
Badger State express leaves Mime
apolis 7:2O, St. Paul a. m. daily; !
arrive Milwaukee 8, Chicago 9:35 p. m.
Worlds Fair express leaves Mime
apolis every evening except Sunday S:
As, st. Paul 6:25, and arrives Chicago
7:45 next morning.
Northwestern limited leaves Mime
apolis 7:3O, St. Paul STOP. m. daily and
arrives Milwaukee next morning 1885
Chicago $50.
The Northwestern limited is the
only train west of Chicago equipped
with buffet-smoking library coach.
This coach is club room on wheels,
furnished plush-covered easy chairs,
writing material, all the latest periodi-
Gals and has full equipment for serving
light refreshments. In fact, the
tldtC1Ol 10 uduO do SOAAAOA ofHOAO IA
this coach as in the smoking room of
the most fashionable club.
See that your agent, in selling you
tickets via Minneapolis and St. Paul
during the world fair, or at any other
time, sells you tickets via the North
western line.
|
! s'My little boy was very bad off for
two months with diarrhga. We used
various medicines, also called in two
doctors, but nothing done him any
good untilw used Chamberlain's s collie,
cholera and diarrhea remedy which
gave immediate relief and soon cured
him. I.consider it the best medicine
made and can conscientiously recon-
mend it to all who need adiarrh9a or
collie medicine. J. L. Hare, Trenton,
Texas. % and SO cent bottles for sale
lby Nick McGruer, Langdon, N, d.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
As To Hav.

The price of hay advanced a dollar a
ton one day last week at Wheeling, and
the Intelligencer says that the increase
was thus explained by feed man:
Hay went up partly because the har-
vesting season is at its height, and the
farm hands have not time just now to
bring hay to town; but that does not en-
tirely explain it. Another cause for the
advance is found in the founding of a
new export industry, that of sending
American hay in large quantities to Eu
rope Until the past month not very
much of our hay went across the big
pond. Within that time hay export
steamer line has been established, the
first vessel having sailed from Brooklyn
a week or two ago, with cargo of 10000
bales of American hay; this is to be
permanent thing, and will hereafter have
an effect on the American prices. Hay
to-day brings $50 per ton in London, the
freight from Wheeling would amount to
about S12, so that the price of hay here
will be about S1S when it is $50 across
the ocean.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
A YEAR ago there was no financial

A YEAR ago there was no financial
trouble. No one complained of a
scarcity of money. Failures in business
were few. Note the contrast between
then and now. All now feel the finan-
cial stringency. The failures both in
numbers and extent are vastly greater
than year ago. Prices for farm
products are lower than possibly hitherto
known. In every branch of business the
outlook is unfayorable. Up until the
election last fall everything went along
as usual. But just after that event a
change took place. Money became
tighter, failures rapidly increased, and
prices took tumble. If the depression
is due to the existing laws why did it
not come one year ago, or two years
ago, or three years ago? These laws
have been that long in force. No one
has explained why it did not come then.
The truth is, and is well known even if
not admitted by all, that the distrust of
the policy of this administration is the
cause of the financial troubles we are
now experiencing. We were promised
better times, but have they Gomez Any
one can readily answer. 1t is not the
silver purchase law, neither is it the
tariff, but it is the fear of the wild and
visionary measures which may be enacted
by the coming Congress that causes the
uneasiness in business circles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20

To COMPENSATE for the removal of
the tariff from wool, iron ore and coal,
Secretary Morton proposes that tax of
one dollar barrel be placed on beer.
As the annual brew in this country
is 100000 barrels it is easy to calcu-
late that such tax would bring in $780,
100000, less the cost of collecting the
tax. But against this proposition al
ready are arrayed the liquor interests Of
the country, power that has always
been closely allied with the Democracy,
and in face of their protests it is safe to
say that no such tax will be placed on
beer. In order to compensate for the
revenue lost by placing on the free list
the above articles, it will probably be
necessary for Hoke Smith to further cut
off the pensions of old soldiers. A great
saving can be effected in this way and
the plan would be highly satisfactory to
the Southern rebels now in control OF
the Government.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
The Value of a Little Thing.

In a little volume of lectures by Henry
Irving. just published, is story which
illustrates the actors motto, while
trifes make perfection perfection is no
trife." "This lesson was enjoined on
me when l was very young man." he
says, ''by that remarkable actress,
Charlotte Cushman. 1 remember that
when she played Meg Merrilies was cast
for Henry Bertram. 1t was my duty to
give Meg Merrilies a piece of money,
and did it after the traditional fashion
of handing her large purse full of coin
of the realm, in the shape of broken
crockery, which was generally used in
financial transactions on the stage. But
after the play Miss Cushman said to me:
Instead of giving me that purse. don't
you think it would have been much
more natural if you had taken a number
of coins from your pocket and given me
the smallest? That is the way one gives
aims to a beggar, and it would have
added to the realism of the scene !
have never forgotten that lesson"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20

THE Rocky Mountain News, free
coinage paper of the far West, has pub
lished some ante election correspondence
which passed between President Cleve-
land and a California free silver Demo-
crat, which goes to show that the
President gave tacit pledge that he
would look fayorably on free coinage if
elected. This correspondence places the
President In rather peculiar position
and will not add to his honor. 1t seems
clearly to show that he was willing to
promise most anything, so eager was he
for election, but now that he is elected
he has gone back entirely on his promises,
as he must have foreseen would neces-
sarily be the case, since promises made
to different factions were in direct
conflict.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
If Two Worlds Should Meet.

81 LOUIS Republic.
In the still hours of the night do you
ever catch yourself wondering what
would be the result should two of the
gigantic planets which go wtirling
through space with speed of 6S,305
miles per hour, come to certain "orbital
crossing" at the same time? l am not
at all apprehensive that anything of the
kind will take place during Growers in
cumbency, but, to tell the truth, the
very thoughts of such an event being
within the range of possibilities is
enough to make even conscience pure
Democrat quake in his boots. l am
looking forward with much interest to
Flammarion's latest effort, "Omega."
which will consider the various ways in
which our globe may .'come to an end"
If he brings in this clash of worlds among
the various "plans for an end" which he
must have on tap, the article will doubt
less be one of absorbing interest. Let
US go back to the original proposition:
have already stated that our world is
spinning through space at speed of
over 1000 miles per minute. Should it
come in collision with globel of equal
size going at the same rate of speed,
what would be the result? The very
best thinkers of the age tell us that heat
enough would be generated by the shock
to transform both of the colliding bodies
into gigantic balls of vapor many times
their present circumferences. Some
have thought that in case the center of
the earth is composed of solid and colder
matter than is the generally accepted
belief, this might not be the case. But,
after searching all the leading authori-
ties in order to be able to put this sub
ject before the readers of "Notes for the
Curious" in its true light. | will admit
that can not find more appropriate
"fnis' for this article than the follow
ing, which is from an eminent scientist:
Should such an unheard of event occur,
the heat generated would be sufficient
to melt, boil, and completely vaporize
mass of ice fully 700 times the bulk of
both the colliding worlds-in other
words an ice planet 10000 miles in
diameter!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
Elopensnt.

A romantic eseapade with lifelong
consequences was INDUCED in last week
by Paul Ross Cook, son of the late DIR.
John Cook, of Bridgeport, and Miss Win
nie May Hall, daughter of the business
manager of the Wheeling Business Col
lege. The young couple had evidently
been in love for some time. One evening
they went ostensibly for walk, and
when they returned two days afterward
they had papers showing that they had
been legally married at Oakland. Md.
The families forgave them. The husband
is 16 years old and his bride about the
same age.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
A SAVAGE CANARY.
Oue of the Very Latest Of wild Stories
About Well known Animals.

0us of the Very Latest Of wild Stories
About Well Known Animals
So many stories have been told recently
of battles between tigers and snakes,
wildcats and elephants, eagles and alli-
gators and Goldfish and wild hogs that
the following accurate description of an
encounter between a tomcat and ca
nary bird cannot fail to be interesting:
The tomcat and the canary were the
property of an animal dealer on the west
side who has long had reputation for
veracity. The canary was noted for its
ferceness. It is female bird about
3years old with bright yellow feather
ing. The tomcat is quite white, with
four legs, and weighs-or rather weighed
about 12 pounds.
During the morning it was noticed
that the canary seemed unusually say
age. She paced up and down her cage
in great rage, gnashing her teeth and
glaring at the poor cat, toward whom it
turned out she had developed fierce an
tipathy.
The keeper secured the door of the
cage, as he thought, firmly, but during
paroxysm of temper the canary
smashed the fastening and was free.
What momentl The unfortunate
tomcat gave cry of terror and looked
around for some means of escape, but
there was none, the door of the room in
which the carnivorous animals were kept
being locked.
Tho nf tho
do nothing. Spellbound he watched the
uneven contest, fearing all the time that
the fury of the canary bird would be ex-
pended ON himself.
With a piteous moan the wretched
tomcat felt the talons of the canary bird
sink into his head. He raised himself
and tried to fight her off, but the bird
parried his every blow and fercely
pecked at his eyes.
Once the cat seized the bird in his
paw, but she got away from him in a
moment with the loss of only one feather.
She returned to the charge and rendered
one of the cats eyes blind with her sharp
bill.
The fight had lasted five minutes, and
the cat had all the worst of it. He was
painting, and every now and then rolled
over exhausted, uttering pitiful cries.
Though he was valued at 800, the keeper
of the menagerie. who was armed with
sword and a shotgun, did not dare to
interfere to save him. The blood of the
canary was up, and she meant to slay the
cat.
1t was not long before the awful work
was accomplished. The bird by an adroit
movement common to canaries when in
conflict with quadrupeds rendered the
poor Thomas cat quite blind. Then, at
her leisure, with series of fierce jabs,
she penetrated his brain, and he rolled
over completely dead.
The boss was trembling for his own
safety, but it now seemed that the saw
age instincts of the canary had been sa-
tisfed, for with jaunty air she regained
her cage and began to warble song of
victory.
1t meant life or death to shut the door,
but the brave boss crept courageously
up to the cage and succeeded in accom-
plishing this feat. Then he ran out into
the street and tainted. The nerve pres
sure had been too great for him.-New
York Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20

LARRY NEAL, it is stated, will accept
the nomination for Governor if it comes
without an effort. A few weeks ago
this same Neal, who wrote the tariff
plank for the Democratic platform of
last year, was over at Washington and
was so shabbily treated by the President
that he did not hesitate to denounce
Grover, the Great, in unmeasured terms.
In view of Meals performance, should
he be nominated for Governor, would it
not appear as an anti administration
ticket?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
Disguised.

A girl in neighboring town recently
found lot of love letters written by her
father to her mother many years before
they were married. The daughter read
them to her pretending they were of re-
cent date and substituting her own name
for that of her mothers, and the name of
young man well known to both of them
for her mothers. The mother was very
much disguised and forbid her daughter
to have anything to do with a young
man who would write such sickening
stuff.-Noble County Republican.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
Didn't Hear of the War.
,oneyiue Cor. st. Louis Chronlcle.

Bonneville Cor, st. Louis Chronicle,
Eddie Hickam, an old negreSs, is the
plaintiff in perhaps the most remarkable
case ever tried In the courts of this
county. She is an ex slave, and brought
suit against her master, Joseph Hickam,
of this county, for So month wages as
a family domestic for "A years, during
which time she claims to have been kept
in ignorance of her emancipation. The
suit was instituted here in 1889 for
SI,400, and resulted in a Judgment in
her favor for 500 Defendant appealed
to the Kansas City Court of Appeals
which remanded the case to the Circuit
Court of this county, which now renders
decision for the defendant. A motion
for new trial has been filed, and public
sentiment is in favor of the old negress,
who has toiled for her master for a
quarter of century without remunera-
tion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
Noah Left the Ark on April 29.

Saturday, April 80, is the day marked
in all ancient calendars as being the one
on which Noah and his family quilted
the ark after having withstood the siege
Of the great deluge. The day is marked
in all ancient calendars, especially Brit
ish, as egressus Noae de area: the 18th
of March, the day upon which Noah, his
family and their great floating collec-
ton of natural history specimens set
sail, being designated in the same class
of early printed literature as introitus
Noae in area, ''the day of Noah's en-
trance into the ark" Why these days
were chosen as the ones upon which the
supposed embarkation and debarkation
were made are enigmas which the an
tiquarians have not yet solved. st.
Louis Republic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20

"ONE of my customers came in to day
and asked ME for the best cough medi-
cine l had," says Lew Young, a promi-
nent druggist of Newman Grove, Neb.
''Of course showed him Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and he did not ask to
see any other. have never yet sold Il
medicine that would loosen and relieve
a severe cold so quickly as that Remedy
does. l have sold four dozen of it
within the last sixty days and do not
know of single case where it failed to
give the most perfect satisfaction" :"
Fifty cent bottles sor sale by Patterson
& Sons, Druggists. 7-6-4t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
THE directors of the Worlds Fair

THE directors of the Worlds Fair
have acknowledged that in opening the
gates on Sunday they misjudged public
sentiment and an order has been passed,
by q vote of "a to 4, closing the gates
on Sunday hereafter. No abuse or ridi-
cuIe of the people who favored Sunday
closing has been spared. By ridicule
they hoped to weaken the cause OF the
advocates of Sabbath observance, but
though courts availed nothing, the
American people have shown their dis
approval of the directory by simply re-
fusing to go on Sunday. Thus the end
which the courts failed to secure has
been attained to the evident chagrin of
the ones who would have for us conti-
mental Sunday. The advocates of Sun
day closing now have gained their point
and the victory is all the greater in that
some preliminary defeats were sustained
before the final victory was gained. 1t
is not to be supposed though that the
directors have taken this final action
from any moral motives, for such is not
true. A more mercenary set of men
probably never existed, and it was a
mercenary motive which prompted the
last act. The directory saw that they
were losing money by opening on Sun
day, hence they closed the gates. Had
they been making money by Sunday
opening the gates would have remained
open. The Sunday openers are badly
whipped and the question is at last
settled, so that no one need now stay
away from conscientious motives.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
A FREE COUNTRY.
Commercial Gazette.

Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
AS we have before remarked, this is a
free country. In further proof of the
declaration it is related that a monu,
ment to the confederate dead of Motto
way county, Virginia, is to be unveiled
at Nottoway Courthouse on July 90
That confederate, General Fitzhugh Lee
will deliver the address, and there will
be large reunion of confederate SOL
diers. And the hanging of the negro
suspects in Kentucky and other Southern
States is additional evidence that, so far
as the South is concerned, there is more
freedom than some people know what
to do with.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
Women and Comic Papers.

A man said the other day that in rid
ing out and in daily on a suburban train
for years he had never yet seen woman
buy one of the comic weeklies, though
they sold by dozens to the men travellers.
It would be interesting to know what
kink is missing from the female mental
ity which deprives her of this boon, for
it is nothing short of boon to be able
to see the funny side of life. 1t helps
over many hard places and lubricates
many creaking joints in domestic ma
chinery New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
All Inings TO AN men

The late Mr.. Broadwater of Montana
had the misfortune to be bowlegged,
which suggests an anecdote told of Sem
ator Sanders of that state. The senator
has always been opposed to Major Ma
ginnis of Montana and has been in the
habit Of critcising his course with con-
siderable western freedom. THE trou-
BILE with Major Maginnis," he said on
one occasion, sis that he is all things to
all men. With Republican, he is a
Republicans; with a Democrat, he is a
Democrat; with Presbyterian, he is
Presbyterian, and, by Jove, with Broad
water lie is bowlegged. New York
Tribune
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
EXAMINATIONS.
1892. BELMONT COUNTY. 1898.

Teachers examinations win be held us follows
Belmont-Friday, Sept, 2; Saturday, Nov. 10,
Jan, "A, Feb, 25, April s, May 1s, June TO-
in August
Barnesville-March1 II and June "A.
Beilaire-Sept II and Feb 4.
BridgepOrt-December TO-
SomertOn-AIarch %
Hendrysburg-April2 %.
Flushing-Octoher 15
Barnesville-,July %
Pupils examinations first Saturday In April and
In May.
Tests for professional certificate viii he given at
any time, when called for by II number desiring
them. Any necessary branch; also primary viii
be given at any time, upon due notice being given
the clerk.
Examinations begin at o'clock 4. M.
JAS. DUNCAN, Pres,
T. z. HARRIS,
sc MURPHY, Clerk,
el-ly Board Of School Examiners
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20

The Rev. Mr.. Lanks (solemnlyI My
young friend, are you not aware that
youth who smokes cigarettes will never
accomplish anything in life?
Young Jackey Napes-Aw, don't fool
yourself! set fire to theater with a
cigarette once and burned up an entire
Uncle Toms Cabin" troop.-Brooklyn
Life
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-07-20
Dean.

Judge VIM. F. Hunter, of Woodsfield,
Monroe county, was last week elected
Dean of the law school of the State Uni
yersity at Columbus, ,oice Judge Williams,
of the Supreme Court, resigned. Judge
Hunter was the law partner Of the late
Judge John W. Okey.