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The Progress., 1897-12-24
25-CENT COTTON.

Shreveport La December 8, 1897.
Commencing on this date will receive,
dray, insure, store and sell all cotton not
heretofore advanced on during the spring
and summer months, that may hereafter
be shipped to me, for 25c per bale, and
will hold such as may be desired held, for
sixty days without additional charge; Csc
per bale covering all charges for sixty
days or less time.
Cash will be advanced on bills of lading
or warehouse receipts.
Desiring an increase OF business in my
cotton department, having secured the
lowest rate of insurance and storage ever
effected in the State OF Louisiana, 25c per
bale covering all costs, should divert to
Shreveport and to an immense vol
ume Of cotton.
Believing it is with cotton as with gro
ceries. when satisfactory prices are made,
business is half secured, submit the
| foregoing to all shippers of cotton In
Southern Arkansas, East Texas, Iudian
| Territory and North Louisiana for consld-
| Grafton.
Correspondence solicited and promptly
answered.
w. Is. oCILvIE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
Preparations for Observance of Its
Fourth Anniversary.
ADDRESS BIZ LUTHER B. WILSON, ID.
Meeting to Be Held in First Con-
gregationa Church.
SKETCH OF THE SOCIETY

The Anti-Saloon League of the District
of Columbia closed its fourth year of op
position TO the liquor traffic Wednesday
last, and has arranged to appropriately
observe the event ly public anniversary
celebration at the First Congregational
Church tomorrow evening. The address
will be by Rev. Luther Il. Wilson, d. D., a
former president of the league, and at
present first vice president OF the American
Anti-Saloon League
President James l.. Ewin will preside,
and first Vice President Andrew N. Can
field will give i brief account of the year 5
work. Music Will be furnished By the
church choir of fifty voices. under the di-
rection of DIR. j. W. Bischoff.
The ushers will be young ladies of the
First Congregational w. W. c. T. U. They
will be becomingly attired in white, and
will wear blue ribbons.
The arTaI X GneI1s for the anniversary
are in charge of the following committee
w. II. Pennell. chairman: Miss Opal Fl.
johnson. secretary; Mrs Isaac Birch. Col.
John F. Ninal. A. E. Shoemaker, Edward
T&rring and Jesse G.. Suter.
The story of the leagues origin and
early history has been told several times
in the columns Of The Star. The idea of
uniting the temperance forces of the Dis
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On the turns he gained. on the straight
away screenings he lost. He was fast los
ing strength, and the gap between his
wheel and his dread enemy was rapidly
narrowing.
He thought of the purpose of his ride
OF the men for whom he was riding. He
tried to squirt" but was almost overtaken.
A quick. sharp turn. and the bear. unable
10 hold on the ice, went sliding away in a
wide curve.
What thought it gave him, A burst of
lightning could hardly have tinSled him 50
suddenly. The bear WAS nearly on him,
but he turned ard rode like shot across
the snow. straight as an arrow toward the
edge of the cliff. Straight in his track flew
the Infatuated grizzly. On. on he went to-
ward the awful plunge. it was twenty feet
ff-ffteen-ten-She almost had her paw
upon the wheel.
Then he turned like fash-his machine
came about with a fearfully narrow mar
gin, but the grizzly. digging. clawing. fling
ing the ice from her terrible claws. went
on. Scramble, tear and gouge as she m Sht.
she was impeiled to the dizzy brink. Fer
second she clung-then with a roar of rage
and of terror, went end over end to de-
structfon- down below.
OF our heros fall and his breatlless rest
on the snow: of his long. swifc coast down
the trail and final arrival in Fremont roth
ing further need be said. That night. en-
horseback, on foot, and in wagons fneh
poured out of the town and over the noun
tains to the rescue of the miners. The
work that they did is now part OF the his
tory of the Pacific slope. And Bruce vas
there to see the men come forth from their
tomb of earth.
There came a day when twenty big men,
of Drawn and sinew. marched in "A solemn
procession to the toll-gate cabin, bearing
wonderful new machine, the best that
money could buy, for the lad who haa
ridden to Fremont to save their lives at
the risk of his own.
And when they had gone and the lad had
dried his ewes and watched them filling up
the canon he turned to his amt. who was
sitting on the porch regarding the splendid
gift in silence.
''Weel. Brucie." said she at last, II
over muckle O. bonny beesickie. my
laddie, but l was wrang: it's no sac bonny
as the auld ane, We ken.
PHILIP NERRILL MItidGlS.
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Admiral JOuett and the Fighting
Cadet.

From TIE Chicago Record.
Admiral Jouett-row on the retired list of
the navy and Familiarity known as Flight
ing Jimmy"-was acting secretary of the
ravy once when the eommandant of the
academy at Annapolis came over and
ported that he had been compelled to dis
oipline a cadet who had behaved in a most
un2ccountable manner and had disgraced
the academy, the department, the govern
rnent and all civilization, He then proceed
ed to relate how this cadet. when passing
through the lower regions of the town of
Annapolis had somehow or another become
involved in hostilities with tough citizen
and proceeded TO polish him off. The
friends of the tough came to his rescue,
the cadet backed up against a wall, and
whipped five of them in succession, and
then nearly hammered the life out of two
policemen who attempted to arrest him.
He was in the custody of the civil author
tiles. and the superintendent Of the acad-
envy was seeking the aid of the Secretary
OF the Navy in having him transferred to
the naval authorities in order that he might
be court-martialed and punished
"Court-martial that fellowr' roared .Jou-
cit. Licked five toughS and two police
men: not by blankety blank sight, while
old Jim Jouett Is living. TIE boy ought
to have medal. What in blankety blank
ETY. blank are you doing down there any
how? Do you suppose the government of
the United States hired you to raise a lot
of boys to play checkers?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26


From the New York Times.
The Inhabitants of a row of fine fiat
houses in the Harlem district of New York
have for a long time past been greatly an
noyed by nocturnal cat choruses. In des-
peration, plans of poisoning and shooting
were discussed. but the owner of the flats,
who resided in one of them. and was
law-abiding man. determined to adopt
better plan, and have some sport at the
same time. Placing two traps on either
side of the alleyways adjoining mis- flats,
he attached wires tc the traps, making
wire connection with an electric bell In
his cellar. When frisky feline took the
bait, he came quickly on the scene, and
put the quarry into a bag. The captives
were turned over to the 8. p. c. A., and
taken away in patches of from three to ten
every night. When about seventy of the
unwelcome serenaders had been transfer
red in this way, the strain on the society
proved too severe, and the landlord was
told to do his own executions in future
His first idea was to electrocute the ami
mails but he found that the apparatus nee
essary was somewhat too elaborate. Final
ly, he took the simpler way of inserting in
a barrel a tube connected with gas Jet.
The cat was dropped in, the lid was shut
down. the gas was turned on, and the
driver of the dead wagon was told by tele-
phone to call. The neighborhood is now
cleared of cats, ard the Slu:nberS of the
sieepers In the flats are no longer disturb
ed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26

AS will be seen by looking over these
figures. the sales of stamps when there
was no Congress in session We're compare
lively small. but with Congress and Christ
mas III December. they rose nearly ~ per
cent over the month previously. They fell
away somewhat in January, but New Year
cards and that sort CT thing called for
CROUCH to keep the figures above the
months before December. Valentines aay
in February rut the sales of that month
ahead of January. and the Inaugural ton.
the new administration and the extra scs-
sion of Congress combined 10 make let
ter writing from the capital so popular
that the sales for March ran nearly a
thousand dollars ahead of the Christmas
rush. Office seekers were getting a good
many missiTes from their Representatives
here during April, combined with some
rush for Easter cards. and the figures stay
IN the five numbers row. So with MAJ
though there was nothing extra in tina.
month. and the receipts for June are about
average SO far
The casual observer may not think what
Si1l,1l62S represents in stamps but it is
worth thinking about. For instance il
means nearly eleven million oae-cent
stamps. or over five million twos or over
three million threes. 1t means also a
string OF one-cent stamps from Washington
to within fifty miles OF New York or four
strings to Baltimore, or one string of tyos
10 baltimore over the Baltimore and Ohio
and back on the Pennsylvania, or a whole
lot more things like that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26
Ayeteran Chanlafn.

Abbe Lanusse, who has been for twenty
years past the chaplain of the officers
school at Saint-Cyr, was recently awarded
the civic crown by the Societe TEncour-
aGement au Bien. The able is notable as
having seen more war than any other liv-
ing army chaplain. He was present at
Magenta and 6olferino, went all through
the Mexican campaign, and was under fire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26
POSTAGE STAMPS GALORE.
4 Little Place Where Very Large
Quantity Of Postage Stamps IL SOLD.

Quantity of Postage stamps ~ Sosu.
One would scarcely fancy to look at the
little squat post office shop on r street, be-
tween l4th and 18th streets. that there
was enough room in it for a postage stamp
after the clerks all got in and took their
places, but somehow there is, and there Is
also an astonishing amount of business In
the way of postage stamps sales done
through the small window, behind which
one of two good-lookirg and affable clerks
is always ready to earn his salary. Tech
nically this small office is known as sta
ton c. and the sales of all kinds of stamps
for the year past, or up TO June i, 1891, are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26
An Intuitive Suspicion.

Observation-Disclosures Mathilde have
made up my mind to grant all your wishes.
You shall go to the mountains six weeks.
you shall have a new dress, and the par
lor shall be supplied with new rocco fur
niture'
Wife-"Oh. Charles. what have you been
doipV1'
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trict in central body was conceived by
some members OF the Independent Order
OF Good Tenp4arS early in Hay, 1s.G;.
Alter several preliminary meetings of the
promoters delegates from a number of
churches and temperance societies as
sernbled III Fletcher NJ Il. Church. and the
league was formally organized. with Maj.
s. H Walker as president; Mrs. H. A Gill
lGrwater. recording secretary; Mr.. E. c.
Palmer, corresponding secretary, and Thos.
Il. Marche, treasurer.
one of the first things done by the newly
formed organization was to provide for
board. and. taking advantage of the expe-
reEce of Jesse c. Suter. who had pre-
vi1usly represented the Grand Lodge of
Good TempIars before the board. he was
employed clerk to the executive COM
mittee. and became its representative at
the District building.
Duties of Representatives.
This arrangement has been continued up
to this date. the present representative be
ing the attorney of the leagus, Albert E.
Shoemaker. The duties of the position in
clude advice and assistance TO all citizens
desiring to Ill, protests and informations
pliCaConS for license, which do not, in The
judgment of the attorney, fully comply
win the requirements of the excise laws
and rules.
In addition 10 such work, the league en-
lists the power of the press whenever it
can: holds anti-saiOon mass meetings at
frequent Intervals in different parts of the
District: provides anti-saloon speakers for
public meetings. and distributes anti-saloon
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Observation-Disclosures diphenilpfperaxine
IL the name conferred by an italian chem
list upon Q new compound he has discov-
cred. The word II said to mean something
to chemical expertS.
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Wanted Something That Would Stand.

A Georgia murderer, having been SEN
fenced four times, wrote the following let
ter to the Judge: when l come up for
sentence again beg your honor to remem-
Der that l have been in jail SO long / am
slowly dying of old age. Since the com
mission OF my crime all my relatives have
passed away. and 1 am now alone in the
world; politics has changed and new in
ventions have startled the country, and
ask your honor-having had my day and
being perfectly willing. to def there is
really no chance Of giving man a SEN
tence that cannot be Set aside. and that
will enable him to die and be done with it p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26

with d view VI tuitlNdtlnS pup
lie sentiment against the traffic in intoxi-
eating drinks. IL invites izl,o its federation
81 churches, temperance societies and
other organizations opposed to the liquor
traffic, by way OF crystdlliZing such Senti-
ment; keeps an oversight of all attempted
legislation affecting the liquor traffic in the
District. and seeks 20 secure, from time to
time. changes in the law with reference 10
Hak.ns lis prohibitions in the interest of
the community mere effective.
Work During the Year.
The year Just closed has been a busy one.
and 10 give even brief outline would re-
qCire great deal of space. During the
year Their, have been admitted twenty-nine
organizations, making the present number
ninety-nIne, each OF which is entitled 10
five representatives. Twenty-three business
meetings OF the league, forty-nine meetings
of the executive committee and thirty-one
pubic meetings under auspices of the
league We're held during the year
In October last series Of eight meetings
vas held III Foundry IL E. Church, and
known as the ''dntI-saloon revival"
Speakers were brought from a distance
and a special choir of one hundred voices
vas organized. with Professor Percy -
Foster as director. The meetings were a
novelty. and are said 10 have made many
now friends for The antl-saloon cause
For the use OF the league a map was pre-
pared during the year. showing, the locati ion
OF all licensed lilucr places in the city
his map now hangs in the Office of Presi-
cent Ewin. Another work Of the year was
the copying from the Official records the
names Of al persons owning saloon prop
erty in the District.
Seeking Legislation.
The work before Congress has included
the support Of the Morse bill H. r. 1SSe
34th Cong). TO improve the prohibitory fea-
lures of the local law. and to facilitate its
enforcement. and also the support of the
Little bill. to prohibit liquor In the Capitol
The Morse bill was drafted by the leagues
legislation committee, and after a hearing
before the committee alcoholic liquor
trafhc of the House was reported to the
House, and later passed by a large major
ity.
The bill was followed to the District
Commissioners. who. after granting a hear
Ing TO delegation OF between seventy-fve
and hundred citizens representing the
league, faSorably reported the bill TO thu.
Senate committee joint hearing was
had before the Senate District committee
by representatives of the league and the
liquor dealers. respectively. after which the
bill was reported to the Senate and placed
on the calendar.
A number of attempts were made to get
the bill up for consideration. but II shared
the fate of the Little bill and was shut cut
~ objections of Senator Hill OF New York
The leagues committee on legislation
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which the Greater Torture.
From Punch. r
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There was silence for thirty seconds.
Well" observed the short man, rather
more intelligibly, that must be a peach of
a fat"
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escape.
All this he realized in second In
covered the rift where the trail "struck
off," and his wheel was headed for the
unknown things beyond. AS he entered the
brush the grizzly gave a roar; scarcely
more than fifty yards behind, she dashed
through in pursuit.
On like mailman went the rider now;
the twigs and the branches caught his legs
and struck his wheel and the grizzly wa 8
sensibly gaining. If he fell she would end
him in an instant; If he failed to win the
summit and the long down grade on the
eastern slope at better speed than this,
she would soon haul him down with a
single reach of her merciless paw.
Harder and faster he drove at the pedals:
ne was fairly flying down the winding and
aimost hide trail. There were rocks in
the path; there We're ruts and humps: hut
re took them all in his despair, and
bounded and bounced till the rfckety old
wheel was creaking in its every joint. His
breath was coming hard; his legs began to
swell, and still the savage creature. crazy
for revenge. was gaining.
minute. two minutes. five minutes went
Dy; and suddenly. just ahead. appeared a
large frozen lake of the snow, where a
hollow had been drifted full to the very
rim. and the boy recognized the SCOOP"
lnough Its aspect was strangely altered
he knew that below, where its edge abrupt
~ Terminated. was cliff-a precipice,
w sn q tiny stream fell thirty feet and
~. SAAS BIB UOuiuSIS at TIE DOL
tom. He knew that the trail led around
the cli1: yet a little rise must first be
mounted. and 30 closely pressed MAS he
that he recklessly turned toward the snow
and launched himself on its hard. glistening
surface. A second later the bear came
roaring on In his track
Then there Was q race most astonishing
70 see. Round and round In circle rushed
pursuer and pursued. the lad leaning for
ward on his handle bars and pushing for
life. the grizzly wildly tearing the snow %
she followed. her eyes blazing, mouth dis
playing hadeous array Of smashing teeth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-07-29
WASHINGTON LETTER

From Our Regular Correspondent:
The senators who opposed the
tariff bill began their kicking
several weeks too late. Had they
not allowed themselves to be trick
ed by the trust-bound supporters
of the bill while it was being con-
sidered in the senate they might
have had everything that they
kicked to late for, and might even
have succeeded in defeating the
bill. When cotton ties, cotton
bagging and burlaps were pnt on
the free list, and the duty on white
pine lumber was reduced to ST., the
trust-bound senators did it merely
to keep the opposition quiet and
with no intention of allowing them
to remain. Had the kicking been
done at that stage of the game it
would have been easy to have Sc
cured pledges that would have in
sured those items being let alone
in conference. To kick on the con-
ference report could accomplish
nothing, unless backed by votes
enough to reject the report, be-
cause the report ad to be accept
ed or rejected as whole. The
new tariff will do more for the
democrats than any idle kicking
on the floor of the senate could do.
The fight against the confrma-
ton Of J. V. Powderly to be Com
missioner General Of Immigration
has become SO warm that Mr.. Nc
Kinley has requested republican
senators not to have vote taken
upon the nomination until the
regular session of congress. The
labor leaders who are fighting con-
firmation say they have pledges
from sufficient number of sena-
tors to make the rejection certain,
if the vote were taken now, and
Mr.. Mckinley regards rejection as
so probable that he has promised
to give the place to another man.
He wants Powderly to hold it dur
ing the recess of congress, in pay
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-07-29
YANG.
ITO late for last week.]

ITO late for last week
Mrs. Rose of Hannah is at presnt visit
ing with Mrs. Curry.
Our blacksmith is very busy now-a-
days making new pillow lays and repairing
old ones. These hot days are no snap
for him.
Quite number of young people tripped
the light fantastic toe in the bowery Mon
day night to the music of Messers Skru-
krud and Louis Brudahl.
c. G. Brudahrs genial face was seen
glowing behind the anvil in o. Herman.
sons shop on Monday. He came over to
help the blacksmith get some of the worn
Of his hands.
Miss johanna Quale returned the first
of this week from a western trip, where
she has been holding down her claim and
her brother has been breaking and i'm
proving the same.
Are you going to Elkwood to take in
some of the fun next Friday night? They
say that this is gong to be the ball OF
the season, it will take place in Otto
Olson's new barn which has a dancing
capacity of twelve sets.
The report was spread on Sunday that
team of horses was stolen from John
johnson Of this place, while in town on
Saturday but that the horses were re.
captured before the thieves could make
their escape. The same team was stolen
from Mr.. johnson couple of days before
under cover of darkness and was hid ir
what they thought safe place. If suct
acts can pass unmolested by the officers
of the peace we have our idea of Cavalier
county as place to enjoy the blessings
of civilization.
''They don't make much fuss about it. y
We are speaking of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for consti.
patton, biliousness, and all stomach and
liver troubles. They never grippe. Fl. D
ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-07-29
PlTHY PENCILINGs.
Picked, Pointed and Preserved
For Reading by Regular
Correspondents.
ELM POINT.

A. Weir has received another box Of
medicine.
Haying has commenced and harvest
will soon be on.
Everything looks bright since the big
rain-but the roads.
Mrs. Fraser has been suffering from q
felon on her finger for the past week.
Charley has found the road going north
once more. Turn to the right and 60
straight forward.
Will Qrket and Andy Weir drove to
the 'Halla last Saturday evening and had
their pictures taken.
DR.. Weir is Offering reward for the
person who stole his loaf Of bread on
Sunday the 18th and pound of ginger
snaps on Sunday the 18th.
II crave but One Minute" said the
public speaker in husky voice; and then
he took dose of One Minute Cough
Cure. and proceeded with his oratory.
One Minute CoughCure is unequalled fol
throat and lung troubles. q. D. ALERT
& Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-07-29
WANG.

Some magic lantern slides were exhibit
ed in P. Brynjolfson's granary Tuesday
evening by Jas Spencer.
Fred Borusky drove out to Mazda on
Monday to view his farm and other at
fractions in that neighborhood.
Ole, Hermanson, our blacksmith, is
busy nowadays making new pillow shares
and swelling his already massive bulk of
outstanding accounts.
Peter Peterson went on a trip to
Towner county Sunday. We under
stand he goes on business for Joe Wegley
who has band Of western horses out in
that country.
We do not care to kick on Lord Ma
ture, but believe that the three days
rain of last week did more harm than
good, since it filed all the sloughs with
water 80 that the farmers can't cut hay.
Quite number of our young folks
took in the dance in Otto Olson's new
barn last Tuesday evening. They all
unanimously agree that the crowd and
room as we'll as the music and time were
all exceedingly good.
Law and law suits are too numerous to
mention at the present time, but the fact
that DR., Hlllstram replevined his pony
from Martin Olson, which had trespas-
sed upon the latter's farm and was taxed
to pay the costs and damages in Judge
Torgerson's court last week will be IN.
teresting to all.
There is time for everything; and the
time to attend to cold is when it starts.
Don't wait till you have consumption but
prevent it by using One Minute Cough
Cure, the great remedy for coughs, colds
Group, bronchitis and all throat and lang
troubles. II. d. ALERT & Go.