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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08
The Late WIN. Stevenson.

1t is our sad duty to chronicle the
death of one of our oldest and most re-
spected citizens. William Stevenson
who died at his late residence, Elm
street, on Saturday last, at 6 o'clock p
NJ, aged p years and one day.
The deceased came to this country
in the year 1913, from Kilmarnock
Ayrshire, Scotland, and settled in
Paris in the year 1916, where he resided
up to the time of his death. Prior to
his late illness he was always consider
ed healthy man, and followed his &C.
cupation us a cooper in Mr.. Charles
WhitlaW's employment, as long us Mr..
Whitlaw had the cooper shop in conec-
tion with the flour mill for over thirty
years. The deceased was married in
Scotland, in the year 1913, and on Mon
day last his children We're to have been
present to celebrate Mr.. and Mrs.
Stevensons golden wedding; while some
of the children were getting ready to
come home they received a telegram
stating that their father had crossed
the border from whence no traveller re-
turns. The deceased leaves a wife and
nine children-five sons and four
daughters to mourn his loss. lie was
a kind and generous father and q low
ing husband; IL staunch supporter OF
the local Presbyterian church, hav-
ing sat under the ministering of it
since it's erection. The children are;
Thomas, of Ayr, Ont; John, Of Paris
Ont; James, Of Chicago; William o!
Langdon, n. Oak; Robert Of Chicago
Mrs. Carswell of Glenmorris; Miss
Mary, Miss Jennet and Miss Annie OF
Paris. The funeral took place from
his late residence yesterday AFTERNOON
and was largely attended. The re.
mains were carried to their last rest
ing place by his five SONS and two
brothers, and relatives numbering
thirty-seven, representing four genera.
lions, paid their tribute Of respect by
seeing the remains placed in their last
resting place. The family have the
heartfelt sympathy of the whole COM
munity in this their hour of trial and
sad atlliction.-Paris Star-TranscrIpt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08
Sealed Tenders.

Will be received by the Langdon
Township board of supervisors, fer the
erection of bridge over what is known
as the mckenzie Coulie,' until four
o'clock p. M, Wednesday June l4tll,
1893. Plans and specifications can be
seen at the office of Mcmillan & Laid
law, of Langdon. The board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Address all tenders to:
D. STEWART, Clerk.
Langdon, N. Oak.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08

REV. E. B. ROBEsoN, Pastor
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08
LOST

Strayed or stolen on or about May 25,
1893, from my premises in Langdon
City, one black gelding with white face
and four white feet, branded p on left
shoulder; one bay horse colt, one year
old, white star on forehead. Parties
taking up the same and notifying me
will be suitably rewarded.
ALLAN PINkERTON.
Langdon, June Z, 1893.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08
Alliance Meeting.

Cavalier county alliance will meet at
Osnabrcck village, Oh Saturday June
10th, 1898, at clock p. IN Delegates
from sub-alliances are expected to be
present as business Of Importance will
come before said meeting.
Sub-alliances will meet prior to
county meeting and elect delegates to
attend state meeting to he held in
Fargo Oh June 18th. lS:#, rs called for
in the constitution of the y. d. +. A.
e l. L.
FRANK WRIG!rrHOS. Secy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08
STRAYED.

From my place, ten miles west of
Langdon, IA sheep and red heifer
calves. Finder will be amply reward
ed by bringing them to my place, or
notifying me of their whereabouts.
JACOB TOEws,
42-43 Langdon, n. D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08
MARRIED.

HEARD-HAUGAN-At Langdon, n. D.
on Saturday, June 3rd, 1898, by. Rev.
John Scott, Mrs. Richard Heard, to
Miss May Hangar, both residing in
Cavalier county.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08
Church Notices

METHoDIsT:-Divin service next
Sabbath atRadford's school house at II
a. M: at Crockett's school house at
p. M; at the Langdon NJ. +. church
at 7:3O D. m.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08
WHAT LANGDON HAS.

42-43
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08


WHAT LANGDON Has.
Armory.
A 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 P.
A population of HOO.
Three church edifices.
Five miles of sidewalk.
State Militia Company.
A graded public school.
Three blacksmith shops.
Two weekly newspapers.
A $5O00.O0 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 line'
Of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-06-08

PREsBYTERIAN:-D service at
the Langdon Presbyterian church next
Sabbath at 11:OO a. M, at Mclean s
schoo, house at 2:3O p. m.
REV. JOHN SCOTT, Pastor
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
MUTUAL DEPENDENCE.
Possibilities of Good i'm the Utterance o
Our Best Thoughts.

Possibilities of Good in the ttterance OF
Our Best Thoughts.
We are to be angels to one another.
This may be in many ways. For in
stance, how dependent upon one an
other we are as to our thoughts! Only
a few very strong souls here and there
can hold their own and beat out their
own thoughts, dependent only on them
selves. The great majority can never
be sure of thought until they hear it
confirmed. Many poor soul has had
thought about duty, or God, or life,
here or hereafter, and though it seemed
like bit of gold, never felt sure about
it, never dared to tell it, never felt
happy in trusting it, though it seemed
so heavenly bright, till some poet sang
it, till some strong teacher put it into
ordered words, till some friend gave
calm utterance to it; and then the
angel came, and the food, in the
strength of which the soul could go
forty days and forty nights. There
fore, tell the best thing you know, ut
ter your most hopeful thought; per-
chance the very being whom you fear
it will grieve or injure is waiting for it,
is hungry for want of it. l believe
that our reticence is often as unneces-
sary as it is wrong. We fear to offend,
or we think nothing can come of it,
and all the while the one thing needed
is that they who think should speak.
We make things difficult by our hesita
ton; we keep the world back through
our unbelief; we are not helpful be-
cause we are not outspoken. God be
praised for those who, out of the full
ness of the heart, let the mouth speak.
They may be the spiritual sustainers Of
multitude that no man can number,
for he who feeds but one hungry soul
may in time be the moral and spirit
ual helper of millions But, above
all things, we can be angels to
one another in showing sympathy.
Sympathy is, in its inmost essence, the
response of feeling to feeling, the an
swer of thought to thought and, thus
| understood. its effects are akin to those
we have just considered. Weakness of
belief is born of loneliness, but is over
come by communion, and in like man.
ner the spirit gathers strength from
sympathy. This is one great secret of
| the influence of revivals. Everyone is
noticed, everyone is cared for, none too
poor, none too young, none too lonely
for the question: Shall I pray for
you?" And the hymns and the prayers
are full of personal sympathy. Every
one is taught to sing; Jesus loves
me, even me- Young men say: Il
never got spoken to before" Poor
girls who were never reckoned get
lifted up into the light of great hope,
and it is not to be doubted that thou
sands have gone in the strength of that
meat long forty days and forty nights
The Coming Day.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14

He had been seeking Office, but was
now on his homeward way.
81 say" he exclaimed to an old ac-
quaintance whom he met on his jour
ney to the depot, you people aren't
worrying about your ice supply this
summer, are your
THE subject has given us some both
err" was the reply.
Its unnecessary"
''Do you think SOP"
"Of course do. You noticed how
late spring was, didn't you?"
Eyes"
"Well, you can't keep office-seekers
out of Washington, and you can depend
on getting cold wave every time one
of them strikes the executive mansion"
Washington Star.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14

away the pail of water with which she
had been washing the glass floors OF
their home, and one of the small Rain'
bows fell into the water,
Optic ran to the scene of trouble, and
her first thought was: what care
less little maid. to be sure" But when
she had looked for moment at the
pail and the dripping little Rainbow
through those powerful glasses, the
whole affair seemed so small that she
put Rainbow, Jr,, into dry clothing in
a twinkling, and quietly reproved the
little maid, who inwardly blessed her
and determined to be very careful in
the future.
AT Pessies home matters were very
different
To begin with, her husband was
called Indigo because he was always Sc
very blue-and no wonder! He had
found he could not please his wife, try
as he would, and SO he had long ago
given up trying; and as no man can be
expected to be happy who has not
happy home, he was just about the
bluest man the world has ever seen.
Then there were the little Indigcs.
The only streaks of real sunshine that
ever came into their unhappy live
shone when they were permitted to &C
en- visit to their Aunt Optics.
When they were at home, if a dress
was torn or knee worn through. the.r
mother would look through her glasses
/ sharply and declare that it was done
| on purpose to make her more work,
when goodness knew she had enough
to do, anyway" and the offending In
/ digo would be sent to a closet or a cor
ner to mediate upon the great wrong
he had committed.
No willing little maid could be found
to work for Pessie, although Mr.. lndi.
go had secured the country to find one.
Pessie and her glasses were pretty
well known, and people called her the
cross fairy"
After Optic and Pessie had used their
glasses for long time, they became
enchanted so that Optics glasses would
magnify only the pleasant things and
make the unpleasant ones look very
small, and if used in any other way
would make everything look confused
and blurred
Pessie's glasses, too, could only be
used as she had used them, and were
worthless if looked through in the OPP
posite way.
One day a magician named Dispo
Sition disguised himself as a beggar for
the purpose of gaining possession of
the wonderful glasses. He went to
both Optics and Pessies houses, and
soon afterward disappeared, and with
him disappeared the two pairs of magic
glasses.
He took them to his home, and made
great many like them, and distrib-
uted them all over the world.
But everyone has the power of choos-
ing one of the two kinds, and those
: who choose the kind like Optics are
called Optimists, while those who choose
the kind made like Pessie's are called
Pessimists.
Which sort have you decided to
wear?-Julia d. Cowles in st. Nicho
las.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
HOW TIE GNAT SAW 1T.
Some of the Distorted Ideas of Life Held
by Many People.

by Many People.
In an exhibition of water-colors in
New York there was picture that ex-
cited much curiosity and interest. 1t
represented desolate, sandy plain,
covered with a growth of gigantic green
trunks, bare of branches and swayed
by the wind.
In this forest crept strange and mon
strous shapes. Snakes lay coiled at the
roots, and many-footed beasts crept up
the trunks, while huge dragon, with
outstretched wings and quivering claws
swept down upon little creature hid
den in the recesses of the green trunks,
of which little could be seen but its ter
rified, strained eyes.
"A forest in fairyland?" guessed one
| observer.
The world before man was created?"
ventured another.
NO" said third, standing near.
at is only knot of grass growing on
the sea-sand, and dragon-tiy pursuing
e. gnat. But it is taken from the gnat's
point of view"
| Other men than this artist choose to
look out at the world from the lowest
standpoint.
There may be some young girls among
the readers of this paper who see nc
great facts or possibilities in the years
coming to them; nothing but unlimited
new gowns, picnics and dances.
There are boys who see only in theil
future, chances for smoking, tippling
and ''sprees" more or less vicious.
There are full-grown citizens whc
voted at the last elections who were
blind tothe great interests which affect
the national life and character and saw
only the petty question of their owl
chances for office.
A man died not long since who haC
done much to turn the thought and en-
ergy of his time to the service of Christ
Catholics, Protestants, Jews and inf
dels stood with reverence at his grave
paying honor to his broad humanit,
and deep faith.
Yes" said one well-meaning clerica
spectator, mournfully shaking hi
head, but he never would wear cler
ical waistcoat -
Our actions and fate largely depen
on the focus in which we see life. !
: may seem to you, as to the prophet,
, deeper than death and high as God 0
the little sand-heap where you live ma
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
Christ "A Contemporary of Us All.

l follow Christ because have heard
Him speak a natural language, and
because | have heard beating in His
heart the heart of all Therefore He is
not for me a person who was, and is no
more, but the eternal contemporary of
us all, the symbol of spirit which
rests with us always. The visible
truths of the human and divine Evan
gel rise every morning on my horizon
like new luminaries. l salute and
adore them with the same admiration
as if We're seeing them for the first
time. Miracles, dogmas, strangenesses
of form, which worried me at first,
worry me no longer. Across them all l
see only one thing: "Man in search of
God, God in search of man. M. 'Wag-
ner,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
TRANSATLANTIC OAK SAPLINGS.
A Fifth Century Arbor Day i'm the Swiss
City of Brugg.


The origin of Arbor day is attributed
to the state of Nebraska. and certainly
this state seems the most enthusiastic
and Industrious in celebrating the OBJ
servance, for since its Inauguration no
less than four hundred million trees
have been planted by the school chill
dren and citizens of the state, and
prizes have been given to those plant
ing the largest number of trees. But
in an old Swiss chronicle it is related
that away back in the fifth century
the people of a little Swiss town called
Brugg assembled in council and re-
solved to plant a forest of oak trees
on the common. The first rainy
day thereafter the citizens began
their work They dug holes in the
ground with canes and sticks and drop
ped an acorn into each hole, trampling
the dirt over them. Upward of twelve
! sacks were sown in this way, and after
the work was done each citizen received
wheaton roll as a reward.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
it is said, but for some reason the work
was all in vain, for the seeds never
came up Perhaps the acorns were laid
too deep, or it might have been the
trampling of so many feet had packed
the earth too firmly. Whatever the
cause the acorns refused to sprout,
and the towns-people sowed the
same ground with rye and oats, and
after the harvest they tried the
acorn planting again-this time in an
other way-by blowing the soil and
sowing the acorns in the burrows. But
again the great oaks refused to grow;
grass came up instead, and the people
were disappointed. But an oak grove
they were determined to have, so after
this second failure few wise men put
their heads together and decided to
gain the desired result by transplant-
ing. A day was appointed lin October),
and the whole community, men, women
and children. marched to the woods,
dag up an oak sapling and transplant.
ed it on the common. At the close
of the exercises each girl and boy
was presented with roll, and in
the evening olc SroNh ptoplc ndu
a merry feast in the town hall.
This time the trees grew, the people
of Brugg were pleased and satisfied
and instituted the day of tree-planting
as a yearly holiday. Every year as the
day came round the children formed in
line and marched to the oak grove
bringing back twigs or switches, thu.
proving that the oaks were thriving
and every year AT the close of the
parade the rolls were distributed to bt
eaten in remembrance of the day
This festival still exists and is known
; as 'The Switch Parade" but you will
recognize that our "Arbor Day" is ONLY
, an old custom revived.-Christian a
Work
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
FOR SUNDAY READING.
THROUGH FAITH.

Through faith we understand
The reason. Lord, that We
Are bowed beneath so sore cross
Climbing up Calvary.
Through faith we understand,
Lord, why Thou dost remove
Forever from our yearning sight
Those whom we dearly love.
Through faith We understand
Lord, Thou hast made 1t plain
Why we must patiently endure
The discipline of pain.
Through faith we understand
Thy purposes, o God!
When to our prayers for tenderness
Thy answer is rod.
Through faith we understand,
Why. toiling up the track,
Thou dost permit us oft to be
Bafied and beaten back.
Through faith we understand
Why we must sacrifice
Our selfhOod if we would like Christ
Triumphantly arise.
Susie NJ Best in s. S. Times
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
COURAGE TO DO RIGHT.

Have courage 10 do right;
No courage ia like this:
II proves sword of might,
A goodly shield it is;
The host of sin 1t helps to STAY,
Have courage, child, be brave to-day.
Have courage TO do right;
My boy the words for you;
Treat not my counsel light
Twill help to bear you through:
Twill help you put old Satan down,
Twill help you win the victor's crown
Have courage TO do right;
Ny girl. the words for you,
Now while the morn is bright,
Now in your youths first dew;
Be brave to-day be brave and strong
Gainst all the hosts of sin and wrong.
Have courage to do right,
Though fierce and strong the foe;
The Lord of grace and might
VIII help you lay him low.
Deem not my counsel vain or light;
Have courage, children, to do right,
Anna d. Walker, in Christian Intelligcrcel
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
"RAM'S HORN" BLASTS.
Notes of Help and Advice Well Worth Re-
peating.

Sin is its own detective.
The devil shuns happy heart.
A bad man is always afraid of the
truth.
All of Gods calls to repentance are
urgent.
Whenever soul is lost God is disap-
pointed
God will not help the man who will
not do what he can to help himself.
We please God most when our lives
remind some one of His son.
The great object of the Bible is to get
men to see with the eyes of God.
Until we know God with the heart
we can not praise Him with the lips.
Prevailing prayers are burning
thoughts directed Heavenwards.
If your face is toward God the devil
will be sure to throw mud at your back.
If we were never tried. we could not
find out how much of a hold we have
on God.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ may be
summed up in two words-Life and
Light.
When you pray for the Lord to bless
other people don't insist that it shall be
done your way.
There are people in the church who
stop believing the Bible whenever a
famine comes in sight.
If you want to find God near YOU
when the clouds come, begin to pray in
sunshiny weather.
1t is easier to walk the tight rope
without falling, than it is to criticise
others without backsliding.
The Bible mentions but two mystic
ries, the mystery of Goodness and the
mystery of sin.
Whatever of good there is in human
society of to-day is due to the creative
power of Christ's life and works.
In this world men and devils may
have their own way for awhile, but in
Heaven God will be supreme.
Our greatest desires are nothing but
crumbs in comparison to the loaves
God wants to give us!
Whene yer the name of God and man
come together in the Bible, God is try.
ing to te Il man that He loves him.
Some parents let their children look
at the procession and then whip them
because they want to go to the circus
If men would stand up for their re
ligion like they will for their politia'
how quick the devil will begin to run
The kind of preaching many mar
wants is that which will permit him t
serve the devil all the week and still re
spect himself.
That preacher will probably fee
lonesome in Heaven who has never
said anything in his sermons to MAKE
the devil show his teeth.
There are too many people who maxi
fifteen-minute prayer for missiou
and then get up and put two-cen
piece in the basket.
/ There are people who have to TAX
all their gold to the devils black
: smith shop, and have it made int
|, chains with which 70 bind themselves
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
LOVES VOYAGE.
We are going with the wind, Iowa

We are going with the wind, Iowa
Blowing fair ana free,
Somehow the sgee &c is always good
That blows for you and me.
Behind US lies the dear old land,
Before US dreams the new,
Beneath us swells the joyous sea,
Above US bends the blue
What is there that can hinder love,
Or make our hearts afraid?
The ocean deep can never fail
The sky can never fade.
You are my universe, and I.
Oh, am yours, my sweet;
Then how can any cloud arise,
Or any tempest beat?
we arc going with the wind. love,
Blowing fair and free,
Somehow the breeze Is always good
That blows for you and me.
il We go down, the sea is love,
And holds US cvcrmore;
Our tide, whatever way 1t move,
VIII reach golden shore.
Maurice Thompson in n. Y. Independent
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14
REGRET OF THE RIGHT KIND.
1t Means Not Only Sorrow for Sin But
Also a Doing of the Right.

1t Means Not Only a Sorrow for Sin But
Also Doing of the Right
If man does wrong, of course he
should be sorry for it. His peace Of
mind should be disturbed. His con-
science should reprove, and the wrong
should be confessed. Regret is not a
mere reformation, neither is it true re-
pentance. Regret that amounts to
anything in moral sense will end in
sincere repentance. Sincere repentance
means regret for the wrong, a de-
termination to cease from evil doing,
and turning about to do the right.
The soldiers definition of repentance
is good one. When asked to tell what
it was to repent, he said it meant
Halt about face, march, A
man may have regret and
not even halt" Such an one knows
his meanness, but he does not quit it.
A man who knows his sin, regrets it
and goes on in his evil way is better off
than he who is so sin-hardened as to
have no regret, but the end is ruin in
both cases. If there is, with regret, a
simple stoppage of wrong-doing, that
is good as far as it goes; but the result
is mere negative, kind of zero man
that does not amount to anything ex-
cept such virtue as there is in not being
something worse. Regret of the right
kind makes a positive character. If a
man sincerely regrets, he will not only
discontinue that which causes it, but
he will face about and do that which is
right
Regret is not necessarily limited to
some specific sin, or to sin in general.
1t may be over a mistake of some kind.
If we give ourselves up to self-reproof
or Encouragement, it is vain regret
and it is sign of weakness. Better
to learn a lesson from experience and
then, strengthened, to be up and at it
again. The world has need for young
men who are strong enough to see a
wrong or mistake, and courageous
enough to confess an error, face about
and do the right, making an aggressive
fight to regain all and more than has
| been lost.-Young Mems Era.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-14

become the world to you, and your
petty trouble a mighty dragon.
Remember that with good intentions
you may forget your place as man,
and look at your duties, at work, at
politics, at marriage, at even the reI-
gion which could save your soul, from
the gnat's point of view.-Youth's Com.
panion.