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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-30

may return again to be followed by an
other bond issue to redeem them-another
interest bearing debt to redeem non-in-
>''s'' 0sA''1 3te HsO the Drain.
is Of the .po%d Upper M qe-
from the Ct
port. This responsibility 10 alone borne BY
the government. without any of the usual
and banking poWteb1s . 70 nel9
gold redemption. The whole strain rests
upon, the government, and the size OF the
gold reserve in the treasury has come 70
danger, or of security. This ought to be
II We are to have an era Of prosperity
the expenses Of the government, we may
feel no immediate embarrassment from
our present currency. but the danger sun
us so long as the existing system contin-
ues. And besides, it is in times OF ad !.' :.
,Qunte revenues and business tranquility
that the government should prepare prepare LOT LOT
and prompt solution Of this question
The secretary Of the treasury has out
pose of removing the threatened recur-
renee of a depleted gold reserve and save
us from future embarrassment on that
full consideration.
concur with the secretary Of the treas
tional banks be allowed to issue notes to
the face value of the bonds which they
have deposited for circulation, and that
the tax on circulating notes secured oy
deposit of such bonds be reduced to one
half of per cent per annum. | also join
him in recommending that authority De
given for the establishment Of natio nna
banks with minimum capital Of 600;
This will enable the smaller villages and
agricultural regions Of the country to be
needs.
1 recommend that the issue of national
bank notes be restricted to the denomi-
tons have herein made shall have the
approval of congress, then would recon-
mend that national banks be required to
redeem the notes in gold
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-30
AvoAD BAKING POWDERS
That Leave Rochelle salt. /. =

Ahat Leave Rochelle Salts n ~
~, Bread.
Inc dlsnd norable and underhandetf,
metnods OF she Price Baking PowdeGt
~. III thelr attacks on Calumet BRksE
ing foWaer can only be explained byf
tne lact that They are uneasy at thu
growing popularity of Calumet BAKING
POWDER; An article has recently been
solns tne ROUNDS, Of the papers IN
which Calumet Baking Powder isSat-l
t I WIN mum I'm Ser of others. The
care1ul reader viii see that it is the.
CalIinet that they Are after We are!
renaply INFORMED tnat IT is paid adj
vert;sement publlshed ;by the Price
baKlng Powder 90. Ihl,s method of
advertising is resorted to bw this com
pany to injure the ''Calumet" and IA.
intimidate the people into pa.vinr ~
orbitant prices for their goods, and n
divert attention from the facs tLaf
food prepared from their baking now
der contains large quantities of 'Ro-
chelle Salts.
In an interview with the manufacl-.
erers of Calumet Baking Powder they
stated that food prepared from their
product was entirely free from RO-
chelle Salts, Alum, Ammonia, Lime or
any injurious substance.
DR.. Prices baking powder, according
to analysis, contains about % per cent
Of bi-carbonate of soda, which will re-
quire 62.6 per cent of cream Of tartar
for naturalization, and the two will
make over SO per cent of Rochelle
Salts, such as is found in the drug
stores. One heaping teaspoonful 8of;
baking powder weighs about 200
grains, and will make IA ounces Of
bread or IL good-sized biscuits. In
these IL biscuits, then, we have
enormous quantity of 1856 grains
Rochelle Salts. With an average me
at which three biscuits are eaten,
would take into the system 46
grains of Rochelle Salts.
Rochelle Salts is the active ingredl1s
ent of SeidlitZ powders, and is a most
excellent medicine in it's place; but tt
is a medicine, and not an article OF
food, and the daily consumption Of
from SO to $50 grains will seriously de-
range the stomach, bowels and kid
neys. When we consider the residue
left in the food, DR.. Prices baking
powder is simply a Seidlitz powder dt-
luted with starch. Below is given the
opinion of an Eastern medical autho~s
ity on this constant dosing with r ~
chelle Salts:
DR.. A. Warner Shepard, forme
health officer in Brooklyn, said:s
have not The slightest doubt that Stn> !,
mental and physical health of thou
sands is permanently injured by the
excessive use of Rochelle Salts, in i'm
pure beer, bread and other forms Of
food and drink. 1t is certainly fact
or in the alarming increase of Bright's
disease of the kidneys and similar COM
plants 1t initiates the stomach, bow
els and kidneys, and may, therefore,
produce the most unfortunate results
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-30
l 90
l co
Before Vaccination.

Before the introduction of
ton, now admirably supplem' L w
isolation, smallpox was neve
lied, and it WIS always witt
one was safe from it, and tn
German proverb TO the effect
and smallpox were the t
from which no one could h.
cape. Trustworthy estimat>
annual death rate fror, sD9 pol |
England during the latter I
eighteenth century at the 1OCu7
of 5000 to every 100000 r =. 4yssa
ing, which would mean, wit 11bsss
ent population, death rate IN this
cause alone approaching 100.0e6 year.
Even if this estimate is much too large,
there can be no question as to the
enormous difference between then and
now. 1t is going too far to say with
Mr. Hutton that smallpox, in spite Of
all the fuss about it, is pretty nearly rs
extinct as the plague" for though pref
ventive measures keep 1t within d
extremely narrow compass we bat
seen how readily it may revive. In Il
year 1890 there were only sixtea
deaths from the disease registered 4
the whole of England.--Westminst
Review.
"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-30
SKATING FOR THE RICH.
Mr.. Rockefeller's New York Garden Will
Be Transformed Into q Pond.

Be Transformed Into q Pond
The spacious garden that III It's beau
ty of sward, winding paths, beds -,
flowers and plants lay on bo.t
OF the home of Mr.. ]. D. Rockies,
New York recently disappes,15
a force of mer has been at woa ~
forming the spare into skating Pc
says the New York Herald.
completed-which WI be in timS
the first severe frost OF, the seas +:
it will be the largest and most
Ssw y",1 private pleasure S0u'e
1t will be not only private ia
but, though in the midst of a de.
built-up neighborhood, where TIN
sands are daily passing on the stree
it will be completely hidden fro
view behind double fence over Whit
climb the most luxurious vines. Tt
outer fence is of open ironwoAk an
the inner fence tight board on bwit
the space OF a couple of fest betwe,
and these two are bounu into a bowe
by the growing vines.
The open ground about the Rookie
Teller home covers about 10000 square
feet of space and will when trans
formed into a skating pond give ample
room for the favorite winter sport to
the members of the family and thei
guests, but to make this transforms
ton requires no inconsiderable amour
of labor and expense. Trees, shrut
and flowers have been removed, til.
sod stripped off and the ground itsel'
excavated to the depth of fifseen
inches. About this opened space has
been built water tight wall of bricks
laid in cement. with its upper, edges
on grade some three inches above the
general level. Then for a Foundations
there has been laid layer of concrete.
covered with cinders, on which will be
placed the asphalt. When this Is
done, all will ready for the lay of an
unbroken sheet of ice over the entire
surface, which can readily be accom-
plished by the aid of temperature be-
low freezing, it being only necessary
to flood the great pan of asphalt Nth
water and nature will do thu, "a
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-30
[nnsas Pacific.

Sale OF che NunEaS FaclnCs
Speaking Of the pending sale sale Of Of, the I:
no better bid is received than the upset
price fixed by the court, the government
would 1sc sI onS 10 tbat the
on the road and has directed the sec
letary Of the to make
as a bidder, and to bid at the sale sum
at least equal to the principal of the debt
to the government. He suggests, how
ever. that in matter SO 1m lsh5a nv as
er of the railroad. congress should enaGt
some legislation to define its views. It
is clear to him. however. that the govern 4
be sold at price less than one-half the
principal of its debt. and less, than one
fifth Of its entire debt, principal and inter-
est.
The president devotes the last chapter
of his message to the civil service, the
practical Improvement of which ne says
cussion and which has of late years re-
ceived increased legislative and executive
approval. During the past, few montns
the service has been placed upon ma n ee,
sonal merit. While the right of deserving
veteran soldiers to- reinstatement mas
been asserted. dismissals Tor merely Pc
litical reasons have been carefully guard.
ed against; the examinations improved
and made practical and a distinct ad-
vance has been made by giving hearing caring
incon !, etency is charged or demand made
for the removal OF. officials This last
bower Of removal, one of the vital safe
guards of the system. Much remains to
be done before the system can be per
fected. and the president says that ne
shall not hesitate to exempt cases which
he thinks have been improperly included
in the classified service or include those
which in his judgment will best promote
the puEIic service. The system has the
approval Of the people and it will be his
endeal or to uphold and eXtel it.
In conclusion the president admonishes
Of the estimates for the maintenance of
the government. They would admit of
decrease III many branches and 1t Is a
commanding duty to keep the appropria-
meut and thus avoid deficit.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-30

by DIS or selnsn expeolency.
The first acts of the nsw goy , eINt
lie in these honorable tns., The policy
of cruel rapine and determination that
long SHOCKED the Sean
clemency is proffered. Measures have
already been set on foot to relieve the
Spanish armies 1t is asserted is to be
us ID not to spread ruin and desolation
but to protect the resumption Of peaceful
d1stries. That past methods are futile
tc force peace by subjugation Is freely
admitted and that ruin without concilia-
ton must inevitably fail to win for Spain
the fidelity of a contented dependency.
DEGREES in application of the foreshad-
owed reforms have already been promul-
not been received but as furnished in
Geographic summary from our minister
arc: All civil and electoral rights of PEN
ing constitutional authority, forthwith ex-
tended to colonial Spaniards. A. scheme
of autonomy has been proclaimed by de-
by the cortes. It. creates a Cuban parlia-
ment which. with the insular executive.
can consider and vote upon all subjects
affecting local order and interests, pos
tiers of state, war and the navy, as to
which the governor general acts by his
as the d Of the cen
ceives the oath of the governor general to
preserve faithfully the liberties and priv
ileges of the colony and to it the colonial
secretaries are responsible. 1t has the
right to propose to the central govern
ment. through the governor general, mod
ifications OF national character and to
invite new projects of law or executive
measures in the interest of the colony.
Besides it's local powers 1t is competent.
first to regulate electoral registration and
procedure and prescribe the qualifications
of electors and the manner of exercising
suffrage; second, to organize courts Of
Justice with native judges from members
Of the local bar; third, to frame the inSu-
lar budget both as to expenditures and
revenues, without limitation of any kind
and to set apart the revenues to meet the
Cuban share of the national budget which
latter will be voted by the national cortes
with the assistance Of the Cuban senators
and deputies; fourth, to initiate or take
part in the negotiations of the national
government for commercial treaties which
may affect Cuban interests; fifth, to ac-
cept or reject commercial treaties which
the national government may have con-
cluded without the participation of the
Cuban government; sixth, to frame the
colonial tariff acting in accord with the
peninsular government in scheduling arti-
Giles Of mutual commerce between the
mother country and the colonies. Before
introducing or voting upon a bill. the Gu
ban government or the chambers will lay
the project before the central government
and hear Its opinion thereon. all the cor.
respondencc In such regard being made
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13

uuu UI rnes6 '-are over y, 700 acres
Savernake is 4, 600 acres. There are
many over 1000 acres. The area has
an additional interest for the owner,
because the bigger the park the more
gates and lodges and roads it needs,
and park roads, except town roads, are
the dearest in this country.
In parks like Fridge, with $500
acres; Knowsley, 1900 acres; Blen-
helm, 1884 acres; Tatton, 2, 900 acres,
and others Of less size, the mileage Of
roads, unless their numbers were kept
down, would rival those Of q moderate
parish.
The lowest number by which q great
house and its garden parks and Access
sories can be served and kept up is from
90 to 60 men. OF these great houses
there are not less than 900 in England,
Wales and Scotland. Those Of the third
magnitude have minimum staff of 30
men. Those of the second magnitude.
some Of them very large and splendid
houses, almost or quite reaching the
first dimensions, employ from 90 to 16o
or 175 men. Beyond these are the stars
Of the first magnitude, real palaces,
maintaining from 200 to, in one case
not Chatsworth-more than 900 men in
the performance Of work, other than
industrial or agricultural, in the serv-
ice Of the owner.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13

Announcement 10 made" says the
Boston Transcript "of Encouragement
Of Sir John Ainsworth, her majesty 3
special commissioners in British east
Africa, to Miss Ina SCOTT, formerly Of
West Philadelphia Miss Scott 10 . sister
Of the late Rev. p. Cameron Scott. who
was director and founder Of the African
Inland mission. She went out to Africa
under the auspices Of the Philadelphia
missionary council little moro than q
year ago with her father and mother.
her sister, Miss Margaret, being already
ON the missionazV field. Sir John Aims
worth took . deep interest in the work
Of the mission and aided materially in
the foundation Of mission ststiona he
formed . Close attachment for tho ear.
nest young missionary, the Rev. p.
Cameron Scott, who died ON the mis-.
sienary field last winter. Sir John and
Lady Ainsworth will probably not re
main in British east Africa. They arr
now at Machaki. but IL is expected thai
Sir John will return to England at The
close Of his special governmental mis-
sion in Africa"
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13

Attraction OF . Scene In . Play Suggests
r Story.

Attrsction Of . Scene In Play Suggests
. Story.
When "Secret Service" was first pro-
auced in New York, the audiences for
the first week or two included large
number Of telegraph operators, attracted
by the vivid description given of the
scene in which Gillette sends the mes
sage and is shot through the hand. In
terest in this part of the play waned
slightly, so far as the knights of the
key were concerned, when it was found
that the telegraphing, while it sounded
very real to the uninitiated, was nothing
but succession of meaningless clicks.
Why it was expected that there should
be real telegraphing any more than
there should be real killing on the stage
was explained by an old operator re-
Gently. "There fingers in the mind Of
all the older men In the business" said
he, 1.-THE memory Of the telegraphing
scene in Oliver Doud Byron's play,
Across the Continent, in which gen.
uine operator was substituted for the
actor long enough to tick out welcome
to any member Of the profession who
might be In the audience. Il was at
Mrs. John Drew's old Arch Street thea
ter in Philadelphia, about 10 years ago.
Every night the man ON the stage would
spell ont: Good evening, boysi II you
are all feeling we'll, rap out an answer
on the iron support Of the seat in front
Of you. All together. now-one. two.
three. Col
1.-THE rest Of the audience were be-
wildered by the ticking all over the
house, and IL was great fun for the boys
and shrewd move ON the part Of the
management, for IL attracted telegra
pliers in great force. They enjoyed tht
puzzled expression Of the people, who
couldn't undefstand the unanimity o1
the answer from the gallery, orchestrs
and lobby. OF course the tadk between
the stage and the house was not con
fined to this salutation. Il was ON al
sorts Of topics. usually In the form O
m interrogation, with q request for {
simultaneous answer. The story ha
been told to the younger men, ant
whenever play is produced in whicl
. telegraph key figures they like to se
IL the experience will be repeated. -
New York Mail and Express.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13

They were out driving and had como
upon fine stretch Of shady country
road.
do you believe in palmistry," he
asked-"the reading Of ones fortune
by the lines In ones handf'
81 believe" she said, THAT II /
could see the lines in only one Of your
hands l could foretell that we would
have very pleasant drive"
He Immediately caught ON and
erasped the reins with one hand and
the situation with the other. Comic
Outa
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13

The vIgor Of youth given TO the aged and
innrm by using Hop Bitterg Sec advertise
aonts
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13
CHEAPEST POWER EVER
What the Manufacturers Of Pawtucket Have to Say Alb
Gas Engine Means Of Supplying Power.

IPAWTUCKET GAS CO.
GENTLEMENThe bought last perfectly
"a
running being about We can heartily the engine
Of and used steam and oil engines Yours rulyl
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
 4 STRONG COMPETITOR.

 Beet sugar Company. with Two Million
 Capssssi, Organized to Tight tiic Trust.
 MINHEAPoLIs, Minn., April 13.-It is announced that the Minnesota Beet Sugar Co. has been organized with q capital stock of g. .000. 0Oa. The incer- porators say that the directorate is to include two well-known Chicago men. representing the Chicago Wholesale Grccers association, whose object t is to fight the sugar trust by the es~ tablsshment in the northwest of sugar beet industry. 4 s250 o9o factory is to be built at Hastings. Minn.. and others will follow, Us the farmers are interested in raising beets. The rail roads are helping the association and auxiliary associations arc to be formed in every county whose soil is adapted to the culture.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
No LOUISIANA BREAK YET.
Six Weak Spots Developed and Anxiety Tn.
 creasing with the Rivers Rise.

Six Weak Spots Developed aud Anxiety Tn.
 creasing with the Rivers Rise.
 NEW ORLEANS, April 1s.--Each day now adds few inches to the rivers height and the crest of the flood wave ought to reach here in few days. Anx- iety is increasing along the line, for more weak spots are developing From north Louisiana comes the news that the Riggs levee, below Vicksburg, nearly succumbed but relief was prompt. Just above New Orleans three weak spots almost in a row, one in St. Charles parish and the other two at Hanson City and Camp Parapet, have been found. A break of either the lat ter two points would involve con siderable Illinois Central property and send the water back of this city. However, there is protection levee just above the city, reaching clear across from the river to the lake, so that the water would run into the lat ter body. The city is protected in the lake by a costly system of levees.
 Another weak spot is on the opposite bank of the river, just below the city, but large forces have been at work there fol. three days and nights. A section of the levee at the old Ames crevasse just above the Gretna is also showing weakness, but the Texas & Pacific is helping to hold the line, while Gretna, by volunteer citi- zens movement, is building a wall around herself. The danger is increas- ing daily, but that is only an incentive for harder work and the Louisiana line is still intact.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
AIRSHIP MYSTERY.
An Alleged Inventor Asks for Enormous
 Space at the Omaha Exposition.

An Alleged Inventor Asks for Enormous
 Space at the Omaha Exposition.
 OMAHA, Neb., April 13. The mystery of the airship, which reputable citizens of many places say they have seen, promises to be made clear through the medium of the Transmississippi exposition. Either the airship is a reality or a stupendous hoax is to be perpetrated on the exposition authori- ties. Secretary Wakefield has received a letter dated at Omaha. The letter was signed "A. c. Clinton, 2 and read as follows:
 To the Exposition Directors: My identity up to date has been unknown, but will come to the front now, i. C.. if you will guarantee me S70,O00 square feet of space l am the famous airship constructor and will guarantee you positively Of this fact in q week. The airship is my own invention and l am an Omaha man l wish 1t to be held as an Omaha invention. It will carry safely % people to height of from 1000J to 10000 feet I truly believe I have the greatest invention and discovery ever made Will sec you April r, 1897. Ut the headquarters
 The amount of space asked for by the writer of this letter is 35 acres. The exposition authorities are greatly in- terestcd in the affair.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
National Municipal league.

PHILADELpHfA. April is. Clinton Rogers Woodruff, secretary of the Na- tional Municipal league, has prepared the programme for the conference to be held in Louisville, May and :. The purpose of the conference will be to show the actual municipal conditions of q number of American cities. what has been accomplished. and to discuss some of the most important phases of the problem of city government and it's administration in this country.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
Outlook at Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 1S.-The water in the Mississippi delta is slowly reced- ing. Reports received here last night from the overfowed country are most encouraging. AtGreenville, Miss, the river as well as the baclSwater sur rounding the town was stationary last night. Everything is in readiness for the receipt and distribution of pro visions from the government, and as soon as the army officers arrive the work will be actively entered into.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-14
STOCK YARDS BEATEN.
Circuit Judge Foster Holds That the Kan- sas Legislative Act Is Not Class LegIsla- 

 Circuit Judge Foster Holds That the Kan
 sas Legislative Act Is Not Class LegIsla-
 tion.
 TOPEKA, Kan, April l3.--United States Judge c. c. Foster gave n par tial decision in the Kansas City stock yards case this morning. He holds that the federal court has jurisdiction of the case, that the attorney-general of the state was properly made party to the suit and that the court had pow CT to enioin state officer from enforc- ing an unconstitutional law. He holds against the complainant on the follow ing points,
 First-The act of the legislature complained of is not class legislation but is general in it's terms and uniform in it's operation.
 Second-The Kansas City stock yards is a public corporation such as justifies the legisla- ture in imposing rules and regulations to gov- ern it's operations
 Third-The fact that it's yards are located in two states does not put it under the operation of the interstate commerce act. 1t is answer able to the legislative power. Its business is not interstate to the exclusion of all state busi- ness.
 Fourth-The act of the legislature is not in conflict with the act of congress establishing 0 bureau of animal industry It simply limits the charge of yardage to one charge and per- mfts tho owner of dead stock to dispose of it as he may choose.
 charges fixed by the law, Judge Foster leaves open, to be decided upon evil dence later.