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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
TAWNEY MAKES A SPEECH
THE MINNESOTA REPRESENTATIVE
MAKES HIS DEBUT.
He Delivers n Speech on the Elec-
ton Repeal Dill nnd Is Listened to
Attentively by Both Sides of the
HOuse-Silver Compromise.

Washington, Oct. Congressman J.
A. Tawney of Minnesota addressed the
house for more than an hour Oh the sub
ject of the repeal of the federal election
laws. making what such Republican
Iowa, Boutelle of Maine, Grosvenor of
Ohio and Burrows of Michigan pro-
nounced the best speech yet made on the
Republican side during the progress of
the debate. He was listened to with
marked attention. There was an un-
usually large attendance of members on
both sides of the house, and more came
in from the cloak rooms and Hobbies dur
ing the progress of the speech. Even
Speaker Crisp, who had resigned the
chair early in the afternoon and was
engaged in his private room, came out
and listened attentively to the Mime
sofa representative. AS he concluded he
was congratulated by every Republican
member on the floor. Altogether, it was
as favorable debut into the arena of
national politics as Representative
Tawncy and his friends could have wished
for him. The elections repeal bill was
discussed by several others on both sides
of the house.
In the senate Mr.. Blackburn of Ken
lucky submitted an amendment to the
bill repeating the silver purchasing clauses
of the act of 1890. 1t strikes out the
Voorhees, substitute, leaving the bill as
it passed the house, and then provides for
the free coinage of silver of American
production. The secretary of the treas
ury is authorized on the first day of each
month to establish the seignorage to be
Charged for the following month. which
is to be the difference between the market
price of silver bullion and the minted
value after coinage. This seignorage is
not to be coined. but is to be sold by the
sc secretary of the Treasury for gold, to be
used for the purpose of maintaining the
parity of gold and silver. This is the
amendment which Mr.. Blackburn in his
recent speech said he would propose with
Il view of reaching a compromise. The
debate on the repeal bill was continued
by CeEG tors Call, Allison ard others.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
THEY BELIEVE IN DART

Litctield, Mimi. Oct THE county
commissioners to-day appointed G.. II.
Dart. the suspended county treasurer, to
serve during the investigation. The ap-
pointment was q surprise.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
MORE CRUISERS.

London, Oct. IA dispatch from Odes-
50 says that the Russian government has
ordered that two more cruisers aud four
torpedo boats be built to increase the
Black sea feet.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
MINERS STRIKE

London. Oct. Three thousand min
ers i'll the Ebbvale (Walcs) collieries
have struck because forty men employed
in the collieries We're not members of
the miners union.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12

For tho worst cases Of chronic Catarrh, for
Catarrhal Headache, impaired taste, smell,
or hearing, and all the troubles that follow
Catarrh, there's nothing SO prompt to relieve
and SO certain to cure, Is DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. Its propristors offer $500 reward
fsr any case Of Catarrh which they cannot
cure.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
IT WAS LOADED.

Pine City, Mimi, Oct. while exam
lining gun which was supposed to be
empty. l.. Sellers had his arm torn of
near the !how by its accidental discharge.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
RESIGNED.

Caracas. Oct. THE president has
resigned and fes BEEN succeeded by Vice
President Alvarez
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
DENIED.

London. Oct. 1T is officially denied
here that Baron Hershell, the lord high
chancellor, has been appointed viccroy of
II dia.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12

Never buy whiskey for medici-
nal purposes unless you know the bottlers
of it to be reliable, as most WHISTLES sold
under celebrated names are spurious: cheap
have their names on the labels
Uncle Sans Monogram Whiskey Is bottled
by the oldest and largest firm in the Liquor
line In the Northwest and the favor with
which it has been received Is the best proof
of its superior quality. Ask your druggist
or retail dealer for it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
PASTOR RE.ELECrEn

IEkster, n. D., Oct. 7.-Rcv. Il. ].
Creswell has been reelected pastor of
the First Presbyterian church.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
Out Of SIGHT.

Miss Gramercy-Did Evelyn bring her
new bathing suit home from Bar Har-
Dor?
Miss Intown-No. 1t shrunk so every
time she wore it that when the maid
went to get it to pack it wasIl't there
New York Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
Life Insurance.

Uncle Sam gets only very few Spanish emf
grants.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12

These tiny, sugar-coated sranules are the
supallest In size and the easiest to take. They
absolutely and permanently cure Constipa-
Headache, Dizkinsss, Bilious Attacks, and
ali arrangements of the liver, stomach and
bowels
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Feb. 2, 1892.
S. D. Stockton, General Agent, North
western Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Dear Sir: I am a firm believer in
life insurance and carry policies in
seven different companies.
In 1882, at age 40, took six policies
in as many different companies. for
$1,000 each, on the twenty payment life
plan, all exactly the same. The result
so far has been as follows:
Annual Dividends Cash Cost
company. Premium. to date. to date.
northwestern ..$3S92 $1O5.27 $500. So
Mutual Mutual I Life;:.. $ao1 1902 S39. =
Conn. Mutual. $3.50 S2.19 343. 40
State Mutual. 37.47 6S.14 344.O3
New York Life. 1888 5O.19 1864
Any one can make his own COM
Parsons and draw his own conclusions.
The reason did not at the time take
a similar policy in the Equitable was
because had 4 Tontine policy mature
in that company in 1882 and the results
We're not satisfactory. I then decided
not to insure in that company again,
but for the sake Of comparison I have
often regretted that I did not.
am more than satisfied with the
results obtained in the Northwestern,
and as you are aware, have increased
by insurance in the same. The diyid-
ends have increased each year and 1
would most certainly recommend your
company to any one desiring life insur-
ance. Respectfully yours,
james 3. Platt.
Publisher Of the Poughkeepsie Eagle.
The present rate for Repayment life
policy Of ST 600 at age, 40 il $40 30 in
the Mutual Life and $39.77 in the Con-
nectcul Mutual.
The only practical difference between
the leading life insurance companies
is dividends.
In this particular the Northwestern is
first" The above history of exactly
similar policies on the same life proves
our assertion.
j. D. Mills,
State Agent, Grand Forks, N. D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
A pet fly has been known to live six years


DR.. Shops Restorative Nerve Pills senb
free with Medical Book to prove merit for
2c stamp. Druggists. 25c. Dr. Shoop, Box
W., Racine. Wis.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12
THERE'S DISCOMFORT

dERE'S DlSCOMFOhl,
pain and gripping, With
the usual pills. Take
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets, and there's moth
ling of the kind. You
regulate tho dose accord
ing to your needs-ons
little Pellet for q gentle
laxative or corrective,
three for a cathartic-
but it's all perfectly easy
and natural. And the
help that comes in this
way. lasts.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12

There are 242 life-saving stations on thu
coasts Of this country.
The morning call., 1893-02-25
SHOWN UP.

The P9cI6c Mail Company and the South
ern Pacific had a bad hour or two before
the Panama investigating committee on
Thursday. Secretary Oppenheim of the
Panama Railroad Company and Traffic.
Manager Leeds Of the San Francisco Traffic
Association were the principal witnesses.
In the course of the examination the ques-
ton came up if The Pacific Mail should corr
tinue 10 draw a subsidy from the public
treasury to injure the commerce of the
Pacific Coast. Mr.. Oppenheim showed that
IL the combination between the Southern Pa
cifc Company and the Pacific Mail Company
had not been formed freight rates between
California and the East might be reduced
fully one-half. The local rates, he said
made it impossible for the San Francisco
merchants to extend their trade 10 the East,
but the Chicago merchants could reach to
the westward as far as they pleased. This
testimony, from what may be termed an
impartial source, confirms what Mr.. Leeds
and others have said Of the determinations
practieed against California by the Southern
Pacific. Mr.. Leeds testified that the gross
annual earnings of the Southern Pacific
in California amounted to 10000 900.
or $50 per head Of population. The
showing m ade places the Southern Pa
cife and the Pacific Mail under the
necessity Of taking some action TO con-
vince the people OF this coast that these two
companies are not the States worst enc
mics. This necessity will become more ap-
parent In short time when the Southern
Pacific viii come before Congress in the
attitude or petitioner for an extension OF
time in which to pay its debts.
The morning call., 1893-02-25
ARTEsIAN WATER SUPPLIES.

A proposition has been made TO the City
Trustees Of Sacramento TO supply water
from artesian wells 10 be sunk in the gravel
strata just outside the municipal bounds.
AZ present the city draws tuTbid and IN
satisfactory supply from the river BIZ pump
ing. and with all the care that may be exer-
cised in htering contaminaiions objection
able if not dangerous cannot wholly be
avoided. Mr.. J. H. Henry. capitalist, offers
TO lay down a plant for an artesian well ser
vice, and 20 provide a supply of undoubtedly
pure water at the cost now paid for river
water. He also offers to sell the plant at
the end Of fifteen years at the actual value
then ascertaiBed. An advisory committee
Of citizens has decided to recommend the
proposal for adoption by the city, and it Is
possible the matter may soon be put 10 a
vote Of the people.
a stll better plan would be that the city
should from the outset own this pure supply
from artesian wells Whatever profit Mr..
Henry might have 10 the project the city
can also enjoy. Fifteen years # privilege
in the supply would enable capitalist to
treble his investment. The city might as
we'll have the benefit Of this increment,
which would materially tighten taxation
II II Is worth while to buy the plant fifteen
years hence 1t is an undertaking which
should not be neglected now. The city can
own the new supply from the very COM
mencement If il takes the proper steps to
sink wells. Every city should, If it be pos
sible. own its own water supply, and pro-
prietorship is very cheap when arteslan
borings are all that is necessary to bring
underground reservoirs to the surface. Sac
ramento at least can congratulate itself on
possessing in its immediate vicinity the
sources Of an abundant flow of pure water.
The morning call., 1893-02-25
JUST A BEGINNING.

A constant reader of The CALL refers TO
an editorial in this paper relative to the
hoisting of the American flag on the
the belief was expressed that in few years
we will have as fine fleet of swift Ameri-
can passenger steamers as any aflost. Our
correspondent has been thinking very hard.
but cannot quite comprehend "how such a
simple act accomplished in such an easy
way. could all at once bring about such
wonderful results" the fact of hosting
the American flag on two foreign steam
ships is important only as it indicates a
future policy. The conditions upon which
American register was given to foreign
built vessels included provision that the
owners should build two vessels in the
United States equal in every respect to the
two given American register. This implies
confidence on the part of the Inman Com
pany that they can build such vessels in
this country and at cost not so much in
excess of the foreign cost as to Offset the
advantages of American registry. If two
vessels may be built as good as foreign
vessels and as cheaply, all things con-
sdered. does il not follow that as many
more may be built as there is demand for
1t indicates change of policy or condi-
tiOns which will cause vessels running be-
tween American and foreign ports to be
built at home instead of abroad. There is
no wave of-the-wand magic in il. The re-
suit predicted will arrive through time and
labor. But it never would arrive had there
not been a beginning.
The morning call., 1893-02-25

Albert Heyer was declared elected Super
visor by the Board OF Election Commission
ers by a plurality over his principal oppo-
neut Of q votes. Mr.. Heyer took his seat
IN the board and has served UP TO the
present time. He has tie reputation Of
being an honest man. and is not supposed
to have caused the preparation of the
frauds 10y which his election was promoted.
MI 2. F Dundon, Mr.. Heyer's opponent
demanded recount and it now appears
that Mr.. DundOn has - votes in excess Of
AIr. Heyer. The recount shOws@A strong
probability Of fraud. There were changes
OF both sides which cannot be accounted
for en- he ground Of mere stupidity.
The facts developed in this contest add
force 10 tie arguments in favor Of non
partisan board Of Election Commissioners.
The elections should be above suspicion.
The sole purpose If their official existence
should be to SO conduct an election that the
defeated party would accept the declared
result An election officer who swerYes
from his duty TO count the vote as cast and
70 declare a true result is an enemy of
republican institutions. a republican form
Of government can only exist permanently
where elections are fairly conducted. II
there were members of either House who
intended TO vote against the bill providing
an independent Election Commission Ley
should study the question in the light Of
this HeyeT-Dund0n recount
The morning call., 1893-02-25
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Congressman-elect Charles Curtis of Kan
sas was jockey until he was 16 years old.
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard has written some
pretty stories that t:eat Of fashionable life
Her style Is pleasing and natural.
General Charles w. Darling of Utica has
been made an honorary member of the
Society OF Science, Letters and Art in Lon
don.
Little King Alfonso of Spain has shaken
off his recent attack of scarlatina and is
now enjoying a mild acquaintance with the
humps.
William Potter. United States Minister TO
Italy, has been elected vlce-president of the
British and American Archaeological Soci-
ETY. in Rome.
The Princess of Wales intends TO visit
Rome, city she has not yet seen, this sum-
mer. She will also pay a visit TO the En-
press of Austria.
Robert Ryman of Versailles, Ky. is the
oldest miller In the United States. and Is
now operating mill built 100 years ago
and stu uses the primitive machinery.
When Clara Morris wants to make real
tears start she looks straight at the gallery.
though she says she can make them come
by looking steadily at any point for few
seconds.
In the Croatian Diet Count Hederyary
has announced that Mr. Gladstone recently
sem his nephew TO Croatia to study the conn
try's constitution in its hearings upon the
home-rule question.
General Roeliff Brinkerhoff of Mansfield.
Ohio, will succeed the late Rutherford b.
Hayes, eX-President of the United States
as president Of the National Prisoners Aid
Association
The morning call., 1893-02-25

inhabitants aud upward. the writer finds
that in 1890 there were 37i5 such centers, Of
which the population was 26. 142, 025. In
1880 the population Of such places, as far as
can be computed, was 17.775.076. There is
an urban increase of $500, $40, or 47.07 per
cent The rural population in 1890 num-
bered ST. 4S0 90. and In 1880 it was 80. $50, 707,
being an increase OF 4,099, 51& or 1896 per
cent. In New England aud New York
State there has been a decrease of rural
population. and over great areas in the West
and portions OF the South there is notice
able the same tendency, although the con-
ditiOns of soil and climate present striking
differences. 1t Is remarked that in no pre-
vious census mas the country shown such
loss of rural Inhabitants over a great area.
The gain has. however, been rapid in the
cities, towns and villages, with the excep-
ton of Nevada. II New England be omitted
from the calculation. the percentage OF
urban increase is 1913 during the decade
from 1880 To 1890. Nearly half the pOpula-
ton of California, Oregon and Washington
reside In cities, the urban being gu GA,
against 900 643 rural
The principal reason assigned for these
differences of development is economic ne
cesSity. Food supplies. even with dimin-
ished rural population. are increasing at
sufficient rate to keep up with the demands
of the total population. We. in fact, know
that in the United States the exports of
agricultural produce and OF animal products
are constantly Increasing, while the home
supplies are always abundant. Similarly in
the Old World. with exceptions here and
there through the misfortune Of bad seasons.
the agricultural returns are kept up to
high standard and The land yields fair
percentage of what il is capable of doing.
The use of laboT-saving machinery explains
this to a great extent. Factories are a con-
siderable absorbent of the surplus labor
seeking employment in tie country and no:
able TO find it in agriculture. Another Oper-
alive cause is undoubtedly the attractions
which urban life has for large numbers Of
people, and railroads may be said to afford
too easy a means TO crafty a taste for
change. When towns are glut,ed with an
influx of people who cannot find employ
ment, the evils of deserving the country for
the city are apparent, but it is beyond pos
sbility TO regulate these migratiOns arti-
ieially. Only experience under the law of
supply and demand can teach wisdom.
The morning call., 1893-02-25
KILLED.

The bill overthrowing the establishment
OF paid fire departments in such cities as
may desire that luxury has been killed. The
bill was known as Jerry MahoEey's and
Sam Rainey's IRE bill. and was an example
Of what statesmen of their caliber would
like TO accomplish. The enormities Of the
bill contributed to its defeat, but if these
enormties had not been held up in the
Assembly by Mr.. Kahn and others the full
purpose of them might not have become
apparent. Mr.. Kahn said the bill had but
one purpose. and that was to hold in the
Fire Department a lot Of worthless round
ers, loaiers and prizefghters. who would
make politics for corrupt bosses. The read
ers ot THE CALL may have observed that
Legislators are not so much afraid of the
bosses as they were.
The morning call., 1893-02-25
POOR HARRISON.

The closing days Of Harrison's admins
tratfon will be embttered by the comments
Of a London paper respecting his inability
TO grasp financial problem. The people.
SAYS the London critic. must be wiser than
their rulers, and stop the creation Of silver
certificates circulated as money OF full
value. AS President Harrison was in one
sense the author of measure which about
two years ago stopped the creation of silver
certificates, the comments OF the London
paper can hardly be considered In order.
Without assuming that they show inability
to grasp a financial problem, it may be
asserted without fear of contradiction that
they indicate decided inability to compre-
bend the force of an accomplished fact
Under the Bland law silver certificates
were issued against silver coin and circu-
lated as money. The dollars they repre-
sented were full legal tender, and we're
The morning call., 1893-02-25
Literary Women at Home.
T. w. Higginson.

L. W. tiiSgiASon
So strong Is the habit of thinking that the
time of a woman is OF no value and that
she must always be subject to small inter-
ruptions that the method is kept Up, even if
she is the main support of the family. Mrs.
Someryllle touches this very we'll when she
describes her entrance ON her great work,
THE Mechanism of the Heavens" which
she began at the request OF Lord Brougham.
Size says: II rose early and made such ar
rangements with regard to my children and
family affairs that had time to write after
ward; not, however. without many inter-
ruptions. man can always command his
time under the plea of business; a woman
is not allowed anv such excuse" Where
young children are concerned this is. per-
haps, Inevitable. A child should never be
locked out of a literary woman's study, or, for
that matter, out Of literary mans. After
reading Longfelow's charming 'Children's
Hour," l once asked one of his daughters IL
there ever was an hour when the children
were really excluded from his presence, and
she said thai she could not recall any such
time. GIANT that these small Interruptions
are always in order they do not constitute
the real interference. Surely IL man may
sometimes deny himself to visitors, SO may
woman; and until the husband feels it
his duty to put in his own coal and saw his
own wood, his wife may delegate to hired
hands the care of mis- glove buttons
The morning call., 1893-02-25
RAKING THE TREASURY.
The San Jose Record saws:

The San Jose Record says:
The conspiracy that Railroad Commiss Toner
Rea is trying TO carry out against Assemblyman
Johnson is costing the State treasury aile OF
money. There seems To be limit 10 IL. 1t Is
said that one man at Sacramento has already
cashed $500 worth Of claims OF men who have
been called 10 testify. aud that it Is now Rea's
purpose TO continue calling witnesses for week
or TWO longer.
The witnesses, which cost the State from
S25 to $50 each, are mostly wanted TO tes-
tify to Commissioner Rea's high standing
in the community in which be lives. The
Chronicle gives him clean bill Of health,
bnt there is a suspicion that this favor was
a how Of gratitude for services rendered
the Chronicle proprietor in the last CAM
paign. Working for a Senatorial aspirant
was not exactly part Of the duties Of a
Railroad Commissioner. but it was supposed
before the election to be indirectly service
to the Southern Pacific Company.
The morning call., 1893-02-25
URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION.

writer in the Popular Science Monthly
adduees some remarkable facts to show
that the rural population Of this country is
decreasing, or rather not increasing SO fast
as the urban. But he also shows that the
same comparison may be instituted in
Europe and give results almost az remark
able. and in particular instances still more
striking. Only one In thirty of the popula-
ton of the United States was a resident Of
a city or town having 5000 Inhabitants or
upward when the constitution of the
United States was adopted. There were
just six such urban communities, and san
Francisco to-day has twice the population
of all Of them. Taking only cities Of 1000
The morning call., 1893-02-25

should be encouraged throughout the State.
An amazing amount of fruit-tree planting
goes on and VIII continue many years with
good profit TO the orchardIsts who are care
full about selecting the right varieties. But
more planting of trees along the highways
and around farm buildings is needed for
shade and also for climatic reasons. A
considerable modification of the California
climate would follow extensive planting of
trees in the valleys. Some of the counties
set a good example last year. Los Angeles
taking the lead with 1898 acres planted; put
good deal more such work is advisable
throughout the State, both in orchard and
timber trees. The eucalyptus should not
be too much encouraged, on account If its
roots draining the soil dry and the timber
being hard TO work,