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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04
AGREE ON MAIN ISSUES.

Samoan Commissioners to Sail To-
day ON the Badger.
San Francisco, April 27.-The mem
bers of the Samoan commission have
arrived and will go to Apia on the
transport Badger, which sails to-day.
Judge Trip, the American representa-
tive, says that the commissioners are
in thorough harmony in their desire, to
avoid international complications and
We're in accord on the main issues.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04
HERO OF CALUMPlT
BRILLIANT AND DARING ACHIEVE
MENT OF COL. FUNSTON.

Tho Little Kansas Colonel Performs
the Most Courageous and Daring
EnterDrise of the Entire Game
nafrn in the Philippines-CrOsse
the Rio Grande River With a
Small Force and Drove the insure
rents From the Strong Position
They Held-Crossing Effected I'm
der n Tremendous Fire-Rebels
Completely Dcmoralized Break
for the Woods.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04
GERMAN Lutheran. Mcet

st. Louis, April 90. The national
triennial convention Of the German.
Lutheran Synod is in session here
with 600 ministers and college presi-
dents in attendance. Rev. Rohrloc.z
Of Reedsburg, Wis, is secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

We are told that there was once an
old lady who lived in a shoe-and,
strange to say, she didn't consider it
any too large.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

It is a curious circumstance when
persons past 40 before they were at
all acquainted, form together a very
close intimacy of friendship. For
gratis of old wood to take, there must
be a wonderful congeniality between
the trees. -Archbishop Whately.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04
Women sufYrarists I'm se.s,on

Grand Rapids. Mich, April 29.-The
National American Woman's Suffrage
association convention is in session
here. The president, Susan B. An
thony, called the assemblage to order
and delivered her address.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

A dispatch from Valparaiso says:
The Bolivian insurgents have won.
1t is not stated whether this refers to
the same revolution that was started
a week ago last Tuesday or some later
one
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04
SUPPLIES FOR FILIPINOs.
HonS<onE and Singapore as We'll a,
Europe Has Been Drawn Upon.

Europe Has Been Drawn Upon.
Washington. April 27.-Army officers
have learned since Manila fell Filipinos
have been obtaining supplies of ammu-
milton from IIongkong and Singapore
as well as Europe. A strict naval pa
troll OF the Island Of .Luzon has been
established and the belief is expressed
that the supply of ammunition will
now be cut off. 1t is positively stated
that the Filipinos have no factory for
the manufacture of smokeless powder
and Mauser cartridges which they are
using.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

A young man keeps company with a
girl before marriage, but after the cere-
mony it sometimes happens that her
father has to keep both of them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

Paris accepts the automobile with
the eagerness she accepted the horse
in a table d'hote dinner in 1871.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04
.PITH OF THE NEWS
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

4 Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week Cullcd From the Tel
cEraph Reports - The Notable
Events Mt Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

A man is prouder of the things he
thinks he can accomplish than of those
he really can.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

Opinions are like watches; no two
ever go alike, yet each man believes
in his own
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04
FAMILY TRAGEDY.

Edward Waldo StabE HIS Wife and
Dnughter--Then Attempts Suicide.
Camden, n. j., April q. Edward
Waldo, an instrument maker living on
Ferry avenue, stabbed to death his
wife and eight-year-old daughter. He
then attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat. He was taken to
Cooper hospital and is not expected to
live. A six-year-old daughter escaped
by running into the street.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

It's more often the husbands cross
grained streak than the wife's cook
ing that spoils the dinner.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04
Criminal Record.

A sensat ional trial has begun nj Bres-
lau. where a man named Hermann is
charged With numbering his three
wives and twelve children of his sec
ond marriage.
Henry Brunot. who is confined in the
Tayloryille ILL.,. Jail for the murder of
his aunt. Jane Brunot on April 10, has
made a second confession. duplicating
his mother. Anna Brunot. in the crime
A warrant has been sworn out for
Mrs Brunot's arrest.
The strike that has been in progress
at Dudweis. Bohemia. for some time
eliminated yesterday in rioting and in
the collision between the police and
rioters. Several persons We're wound
ed
An italian boarding house mistress
at Kanapolis, Kan, was seriously
wounded. and her husband was killed
by one of her boarders. Who in at
tempting to escape plunged down Il
shaft at the salt works and was
killed. The boarder was recognized
as an escaped triple murderer, who
had been tracked from Italy to South
America.
Attorney General White of Della
ware presented to the Kent county
grand jury recently information in re-
gard to the attempted bribery of legis-
lators and the tamperfng with bills be-
fore the last legislature. Subsequently
the grand jury returned true bill
against Representative Mark T Davis
and two true bills against T. y. G. He
geman, assistant clerk of the senate.
Ex-Gov. Richard J. Ogleshy of ILL
nois is dead.
Michael Hogan, the Irish poet who
visited the United States about 1850,
is dead at London.
Byron L. Carr. former attorney gen
eral Of Colorado, died at Mineral
Springs, Tex
Representative Cannon of Illinois has
announced that he was candidate for
speaker Of the next house.
Frederick A. Ross. for six years
mayor Of Terre Haute. Ind, died after
long illness Of cancer of the stom-
ach.
Maj. Gen. J. Warren Kiefer has al
most completely recovered from a re-
cent attack of fever consequent on his
services in Cuba.
A cablegram received from Hamil-
ton, Bermuda. announces the death of
ex-Gov. Frederick Smythe of New
Hampshire. He was eighty years af
age.
Sig. Marconi, the distinguished cleo
trician whose experiments in wireless
telegraphy have aroused a world
wide interest. will visit the United
States next October
Marcus DAILY. the copper king. saws
that the copper combinep has not been
completed
Nine. Emma Clave has ordered a
tombstone for NJ. Denis Ruech of
Paris. 1t represents Nine. Clave as
Ophelia drawn toward the void by
phantoms' voices. 1t will be exhibited
in 1900
Ex-Congressman John r. Wait died
at his home in Norwich. Conn. aged
eighty eight years. Death was due to
old age. Mr.. Wait was Republican
member Of the Forty-fourth and Forty
fifth congresses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

Marriage is business failure when
man puts his property in his Wife's
name.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

It's mean bachelor who advises a
girl to marry and then fails to pro-
pose.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04
Much personal enjoyment results
from kind and charitable acts.

The man who is disliked by chill
dren and dogs has but few friends.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-05-04

Manila, April 29.-Gen. Lima, Agui-
nalGo's chief of staff, has sent an in
surgent colonel through the lines I'M
der a flag of truce to ask for cessa-
ton of hostlities.
Col. Funston has been overcome by
the heat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-03
TURN THEM LOOSE.

Aside from the sentiments awakened
tomorrow. there is a general good time
to be had. The youngsters have been
looking forward to it for many a day,
and the workingmen and women, the
boys and girls, the slaves of the desk
and the toilers of the farm and house
hold expect a holiday, and they ought
TO have it.
Some Of them have so few that they
will wonder what to do with them
selves tomorrow. Tell them to tumble
into the fun and froiic of the occasion
with a schoolday somersault; to for
get business and every other care; to
unbend and timber up and Danish pains
and ignore aches for ten or twelve
hours at least. 1t won't do any harm,
either mentally or morally, so long as
they all keep sober and don't burn up
the towns with red fire and enthu-
siasm. 1t won't injure them. either
physically or financially, if they go
about it in the right way.
There needn't be any fear of too
much racket. So long as the noise is
innocent and patriotic, it can't be too
loud. But be sure the flags are all
thrown out to the breeze. and that
plenty OF bunting is hanging on the
porches and windows and even from
the trees. When the earth is properly
decorated then let the fun begin.
Everywhere the eye may turn it
should be able to greet Old Glory to-
morrow, and there should be forty-five
stars on him, too.
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BARN swALLo W AND NEST.

go over all possible reasons. and some
day when you least expect it the truth
may become plain. Above all things a
young naturalist must never be dis
heartened by the discoura ging remarks
of older people. Wherein they have
failed may lie your great success.
But if sitting hour after hour watch
ing robins at work proves a little tire
some 1t will not be so when the lBalti-
more oriole weaves the pendant nest.
This bird selects strong, flexible ma
terials, and, selecting the end of some
far out-reaching branch, ties curious
knots and then lets fall long loops of
string, which form the framework of
the future nest. Then follows the in
terlacing of shorter threads and a
close-woven fabric is the result. 1t
proves a fairly good water proof cloth
when finished; in reality a bag with
an opening at the top. How the bird
manages to hold on to slender twigs
and with its beak accomplish all it
does is marvellous; yet it is not deferred
by stiff breezes and appears to enjoy
The work the more as difficulties arise.
= we may judge from it's songs that
mark every moment of leisure. To APP
preciate what the building of such a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-03
A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

elizabeth Barrett Browning)
What was he doing. the great god Pan
Down in the reeds by the river?
Spreading ruin and scattering ban.
Splashing and padding with hoofs of a
goat. -
And breaking the golden lilies afloat
With the dragon fly on the river?
He tore out a reed, the great god Pan.
From the deep. cool bed of the river.
The limpid water turbidly ran,
And broken lilies a-dying law
And the dragon fly had fled away,
Ere he brought it out of the river.
He cut it short. did the great god Pan.
CHow tall it stood by the riverD
Then threw the Dith like the heart of a
man.
Steadily from the outside ring.
1nen notched the poor, dry. empty thing
In holes as he sat by the river.
This is the way" laughed the great god
laughed while he sat by the riverD
The only way since the gods began
To make sweet music, they could sue
ceed,"
Then dropping his mouth to a hole in the
reed,
He blew in power by the river.
Sweet sweet, sweet. Oh, Pan.
Piercing sweet by the riveri
Binding sweet, Oh, great god PAM
The sun on the hill forgot to die.
And the lilies revived. and the dragon fly
Came back to dream on the river.
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WONDERS NEVER CEASE.

New York newspapers are discussing
the somewhat unusual case of Mrs.
Mary Palitzo, who has been in the
Harlem hospital seven times during the
last six weeks, taking treatment for a
dislocated jaw. An investigation
showed that every time the woman at
tempted to scold her husband her I'M
der jaw flew out of place and remained
so until the dislocation was reduced by
the hospital physicians.
Every time the husband gave the
same explanation: Il did something
that displeased by wife and she began
to scold me. She got to talking so fast
that presently something snapped and
she found that she could not talk any
more. 1 don't know what is the mat
ter
After the seventh appearance of the
twain at the hospital, the doctor lost
patience. You'll have to quit scolding
your husband, madam" said he, 'or
you will have TO go TO some other hos
pital 1 have used every remedy 1
know, but 1 can't fix your jaw
And now they say that every editor
in Gotham is trying to discover Mr..
Palitzo's recipe, that the surgeons
want to tap her system for baccilli in
order to retail the microbes at their
own figures, and that a syndicate of
wealthy benedicts is being formed to
purchase the process from the heaven
protected husband with a view to hav-
inG it patented.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-03
PEACE AGENCIES.

The delegates assembled at The
Hague may fail. but the inventors will
probably put an end to war.
Instruments of destruction are being
perfected until the development in this
direction promises to make a clash be-
tween contending armies a process of
humiliation rather than a settlement
of any controversy. Guns that fire
faster than a watch can tick, explo-
sives that can destroy a city or wipe
out a navy in a single broadside from
dynamite guns like those aboard the
Vesuvius; torpedoes and submarine
boats are agencies of death that no
defensive works. no precautionary Wig
lance, nor offensive maneuvers are
proof against. There is a field-piece
just completed that almost every civil
lied power in the world will adopt, and
modern wars have demonstrated that
the battle turns upon the effectiveness
of the field artillery; it is the inven-
ton of a Canadian.
1t is by far the most remarkable
piece of ordnance III existence, and the
inventor has such faith in it and feels
so secure in the possession of the Sc
cret force employed that he is not dis
posed TO give any government the ex-
elusive right to make or use the gun,
but Will supply all nations that have
the price. No known explosive is used,
and the missiles are projected without
noise or smoke, at the rate of 100000
shots a minute, and over a range of
5000 yards, with marvellous accuracy.
Upon the spur of the moment, if one
were asked to choose the most eff
'fective agency of universal peace, he.
would hardly pick the most destructive
rifled cannon in the world. Yet in Eu-
rope the gun is generally regarded. not
only as the instrument, but the SYM
boil of peace.
1t is the old story. Nothing, it
seems, will bring man to a keen appre-
citation of the brutality of war, the
folly Of testing strength to decide the
merits of a controversy, like making
war so cruel, so dangerous that he is
afraid to appeal to it,
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ness world in the direction of China,
and the establishment of business and
manufacturing industries, not only in
the old treaty ports, but in the new
ones which were opened. by the Japan
csc treaty, and by subsequent action Of
the Chinese government.
Other evidences of a disposition to
adopt modern methods followed. The
railroad from Pekin to Tientsin was
quickly completed by the Chinese gov
eminent and agreements made looking
to the construction by foreign capital
of other lines thousands of miles in
length; telegraphs were extended;
electric roads and lights introduced in
the principal cities; mining and manu-
featuring concessions freely granted:
the West river, which penetrates south
ern China from Canton westward, was
opened to commerce, and finally, small
steamers were given permission to pen
citrate to the interior limits of naviga-
ton on all the rivers of the provinces
containing treaty ports.
That this growth is permanent is
evidenced by the establishment of fac
tories and business houses, the con-
struction of railroads, the extension
and multiplication of steam navigation
lines, and the opening of mines in the
great sections where the iron and coal
deposits are said TO be the greatest in
the known world. And when people
get this worldly and busy they are
apt to forget their charms and super
stitions and even neglect their josses.
1t may help to Christianize the heath
ems, for that is the effect industry and
thrift seem to have on Christian peo-
nlaS
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generally, mated birds have been
known TO quarrel, and more frequently,
! think, when their nest is being built
than al any other time. Later the more
serious demands made upon them give
them less time to think. The founda-
ton laid down, the building of the
sides is quite rapid, but not a careless
pitching together of the material gath
cred. Piece by piece it is fitted to-
gether so that when the structure is
finished it is so firm thai no repairs
are ever needed. l have known these
nests to be blown out of trees in the
winter following their construction and
rolled over rough ground for a long
distance, yet hold together. Looking
at such a nest, it seems like an easy
matter to make it's counterpart, but
gather some rootlets and grasses and
try to build a nest, and you will quickly
realize that skill beyond any mans
power is demanded. To finish the nest
the chippy requires hair. and that CT
the horse and COW is generally used
There seems to be no loss of time IN
finding all they need, and here we have
an instance of the birds skill in col
Letting. Try to find a dozen hairs of
horse or COW and see how long it will
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rafter in a barn and near the peak of
the roof. Bit by bit these bricks are
placed in position and are glued to-
gether with an adhesive salivary secre-
ton. Then comes the grass lining and
a few soft feathers.
These four nests represent in a way
those generally to be found during the
summer. There are endless variations
in different directions. and il is the
business of the young naturalist to de-
termine their character and ownership.
1t will prove an interesting exercise to
learn what bird has built the nest you
have discovered, particularly If it is no
longer occupied. This, however. is not
so important as a first lesson in ornith-
olOgy. Let the nest he the means of
thorough acquaintance with its builder
and rest assured that to know
bird is to love it, and loving it you will
be its stanch defender.
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them separately. The familiar 'chippy"
is almost a domesticated bird, and
very promptly on settling down or the
summer selects a nesting site. The Sc
lection of material demands judgment,
and if we watch closely we shall see
the bird picking UP many little twig.
flexible rootlet or blade of last years
grass. 1t is sometimes carried off aid
then rejected, but more often the bird
lifts piece after piece and then losses
it aside with an impatient movement
of the head, and you almost fancy that
you hear "Pshaw" Indeed the bird
does sometimes chirp in a way that
clearly indicates disappointment. But
the trouble does not always end in the
selection of a bit of material. 1t may
meet with appreciation on the part of
one and dfsapproval on the part of
the other bird. Though very loving
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take. Yet the bird does not pluck the
desired hair from the animals, or even
enter stables and cowsheds in search
OF them. This hair. which is coiled
round and round, completes the build
ing of the chippy's nest. 1t may have
been matter of three days or week.
but. whether the one or the other, if
patiently observed there wouLf have
been noted most of the virtues and all
the inflrmities of mankind. The angelic
is only large fraction of bird nature.
and no honest naturalist viii overlook
the remaining fraction.
As set forth. all this may seem the
climax of dizziness. and the young as
pirant for natural knowledge will be
disappointed in the absence of adven-
ture. but excitement of a healthy kind
is really seldom lacking. Never chip
py but has its foibles, and these will
show themselves upon occasion. l have
waxed coarse black sewing silk until it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-03
QUITE A CHANCE.

"The president feels that they have
been kept too long already. and is anx-
ious 10 see the last man homeward
bound" SO says dispatch sent out
from Washington yesterday in relation
to the volunteers who have been doing
service in the Philippines.
Is it possible that the president is
about to inaugurate a new policy?
That he has had his ear to the ground
in his recent tour of the east?
But the probabilities are that he has
consulted legal authorities Of late in
reference to the impressment of men
in the service after their terms of en-
listment have expired and without au-
thority from congress.
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in observing it from start to finish.
Its nest is often in so exposed a posi-
ton that we wonder is was chosen, and
the birds judgment sometimes proves
at fault A storm, a sudden gust Of
wind, may render it untenable and it is
abandoned. The robins nest is not
merely a large cup-shaped structure
built of cOarser material than that used
by the chippy. 1t is lined with mud
instead of a soft material. so the bird
in way is a mason as we'll as carpen-
ter. Here a problem arises: What ad-
vantage has mud over hair and small
feathers? 1t has not been solved. and
probably never will be, but it is whole
some exercise of your imagination to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-03
Awkward For Father

A gentleman recently visited new dis
trict police station and was shown over
the building by the officer in charge. says
London Tid-Bits. lie related the circum
stances of his visit at home in the hear
ing of his youngest son, d little fellow
years of age.
\ few weeks later father and son wero
travelling by rail TO a town some miles
destination. the train was pulled up with
in sight of a large, gloomy-looking build
ing.
The son inquired what place il was and
on being informed that il was the county
jail, he embarrassed the father and made
the other occupants of the carriage look
suspicious by asking: Was that the Jail
Won WAS in. father2"
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hold together until the young birds are
able to take care of themselves, and
from such simple structures we lind a
gradually increasing skill in nest-build-
ing TO the woven fabric that will with
stand the storms of more than orc
season.
There are four familiar birds that can
be observed very readily and without
wandering far afield. These are JIe
chipping sparrow. the robin, the oriole
and barn swallow. Let US consider
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-03
Unpleasant Reminder.


Jamie doesn't go to church often. but
his mamma took him there last Sunday.
Now she wishes she hadn't
He sat demurely enough until the tenor
who INDUCES in a dreadfully inexcusable
tremolo. had finished a solo. Then he
spoke up.
Mamma" he asked, in a shrill whis-
SOP
Hush, dear" said mamma, 81 don't
know"
But, mamma the little scamp per-
sisted in still louder whisper you know
when papa's voice shook the other night
YOU said it was beerl'
And that's why Jamie's church priv
ilepeS have been so rudely cut off
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nest means it must be examined care
fully, but never under any circumstan-
ces until the bird is through with it.
1t is never justifiable to rob a bird
Turn now to nest of barn swallow.
which has been aptly described as half
a teacup stuck against a wall" The
foundation is clay and sand, which they
work up into a mortar and as tiny
penets carry to the nesting site, usually