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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-15
A WARM BABY.

WARM BABY.
A poem suggested by the arrival of a
son at the home of Wendell He'll, of Mt.
Carmel, Cavalier county:
Well, we'll, we'll!
There's one more yell
In the daisy-dotted dell
On Mt Carmel
In which Wendell,
Who is surnamed He'll,
Docs happily dwell
And proudly swell
AS the neighbors tell
How that smart fel,
Has raised such -
Well, well, we'll.
Sheldon Progress.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-15
EUBS OF NEWS.

The Hannah Moon intimates that DR..
T.J. Smith, who advertises as being a
Grand Forks optican, left Hannah with
out paying his bill. Smith told the Ga
zette that his manager, G. J. Mugg,
would remit from Larjmore. Mr.. Mugg
has not yet done so. "Dr." Smith would
better get a new manager, or Grand
Forks would better disown CDR" Smith.
In the mean time, the Gazette advises
newspaper men to ask for prepayment
for all advertising by either Mugg or
Smith, and so far limit the operations of
the grand army Of fakes.-Park River
Gazette.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-15

Get your legal blanks at this Office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26

The envelope ought to have gone into
the waste box, but Uncle Sans orders
are to use all possible means to find the
party TO whom a letter is addressed. So,
finally reformed puzzler in the office de-
ciphered the address TO be: Fred II.
Adams, Jackson, Tenn"
Next in degre of adherence in the minds
of the letter handlers is the poetical
crank. He is strongly lmpregnated with
the idea that all the world loves a poet
magazine editors excepted, and that,
above all postal clerks need some Intel
lectual refreshment TO ameliorate the hard
grind of daily toll One of these disciples
of Sias Wegg caroled as follows lately:
o. carrier, with the willing feet,
Deliver this on Fiftieth street.
The number. thirteen Sweniy-four,
The town, New York. and on the door
You'll find set In a silver frame
That which you seek-a persons name
James Ipson Strong-who'd want a bet
ter?
And It's to him 1 send this letter.
Another allowed himself to- overflow
with a fragment built on the same lines as
the effervescent college yell. 1t ran:
Harpers, Harpers,
In Franklin square,
New York, New York.
Ia \
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who would not brook refusal of copy, can
only be conjectured.
1t would be supposed that the crank
bent on addressing a letter to himself
and have 1t come back after journey
around the world resembling a porous
plaster from postmarks, is dead. 1t has
been announced officially, scores Of times,
that letters mailed for such a purpose
speediest route-that ig by local carrier
Stlh, the round-the-world crank Is on the
hustle and as eagerly bent on wasting
postage stamps. In fact, he Is becoming
more ambitious and desires 10 zigzag his
letters around the globe, as witness the
following on the end of a letter, mailed
here only few days ago.
TO the Postmaster:
Il want this letter to go around the
world. IL possible, take in Japan, India,
Australia, some part Of Africa. as many
Of the countries OF Europe as convenient,
and also South America. say Rio Janeiro.
Sixty cents ought TO do It,"
Two 30-cent stamps were on the envel-
ope, but the letter did not go on the cir
cult.
A wholly inexplicable piece of crank
ism was developed by letter that APP
parently had no address where addresses
usually are. But In fine writing on one
corner was scrawled:
Heat envelope and find address,"
When the letter was held to a gas Jet
an address that had been written In in
visible ink was drawn out by the heat.
Strangely enough, the letter was marked
important"
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or,ntv envelope Is discredited. But to tell
of he devious and aggravating ways OF the
"a reless letter-writer would take a DAY IN
Itself. 49,. ,ot
Ignorance also plays its part in the let
ter game. as a few select specimens VIII
show. 1t was certainly an Ignorant person
80 rot long ago addressed a letter TO
"IIis Honorabieness the President leaV-
inc Il to the superior wisdom OF the post
master to guess whether the letter was d
petition 60 the President OF the uhiteu
States for position or an appear 10 me
President of a glue trust for Joo as Id
bOrer. 80. . A..
sunernatura powers of the postal officials,
also inspired the following ELUSIVE though
vague. inscription on rather dirty enVel-
one dropped in the main office:
ITO nv cusin. Martha Small, WHO lives
In ORGAN. and was goin' to moove TO Mon
tanner"
Another missive with nomadic address
was odorous with mystery. II was a.
rected: T.,
rsamuel Kramer. Milwaukee, Wis; If
not. try Columbus, O., or maybe Daiias'
Tex. or perhaps Bangor, Me"
Was this letter representative OF a Tor
Iorn hope to reach a. long-lost heir to a
fortune. or the frantic ATTEMPT OF credl-
tor to run down an elusive debtorE
A niece of handlwork worthy OF the IN
mortal Handy Andy is exhibited by let
ter which. besides the stamp, bore only on
it's face this writing:
.'If not delivered in ten days postmaste:
will please open and return as per ADDRESS
inside. Stamp inclosed. -..
But II Is not the careless and ignorant
alone who clog up the postal machinery
and cause the letter men TO give way az
times to an inclination TO use words OF
lurid tnge and emphatic meaning. Iheir
correspondence, Of which the foregoing are
only a few samples. from an outside view
is easily disposed Of by being thrown ASIDE
in the hurry OF making up mail, ana ar
terward bundled off 10 che postal morgue
at washington. unless there is some iden-
uacatIon mark whereby It may be return
Cd to the writer.
There Is a vast and growing army OF
cranks who seem to live only for the pur-
pose of using the mails In their own Pc
culiar idiouc way In the operations OF
como Of these there IS a studied fiendlsh-
cas- saai woRla suggest siESnus con-
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without the attention his condition need
ed. 1t was a simple matter for me 10
take him under my wing and to see that
he had share In whatever comfort we
had arranged for ourselves"
The result Of Mrs. Hitchcock having fol-
lowed the dictates Of her large, motherl1
heart was that few days after she had
pitched her tent opposite Dawson city,
she found 10 her astonishment that she
was being inquired for as the lady that
was kind to that ere boy" The inquirer
was Great joe, the King Of the Klon-
dixie. Mrs. Hitchcock assured him chat
she had not known of his fondness for
the boy, and accepted an invitation to 20
with him one day and see his possessions.
As they walked over the ground that De-
'longed TO Great Joe II was not unusual
for him TO stop a moment and with the
toe and heel Of his boot to unearth a mug
gest that in conventional form would have
been called $40. He also pointed out the
place from where in one clearing he had
taken out $4,000 worth Of gold. The visit,
however. was not to come to an end with
out Great Joe showing a stronger mark
OF his favor than an exhibition of his own
treasure He Is Scotchman of unosten.
tatious nature and remarked sturdily that
he wasn't one TO let such kindness as she
had shown that ere boy go unheeded
Within, and adjoining his own he staked
out and presented TO her the claims that
MRS. Hitchcock now owns.
IL is not a small matter in a place like
the klondike to be approved of by such a
man as Great Joe, and Mrs. Hitchcock
spent most delightful summer there. The
climate is soft and balmy, she says. and
across the river from Dawson City the
fever Is not so bad The coming summer
Hitchcock expects TO return there.
Great Joe has lately been Ia London. He
went TO announce TO his friends that he
was now the possessor Of $50 100000 that
he had made In the Klondike His visit
was also for the purpose Of marrying Miss
Chisholm. Those that know about the at
fair smile and say, IAN old sweetheart
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Roman Catholic Mission there Only to
think Of learning such a language gives
one a shiver. We do not hear how many
moods go 10 a verb, but the lenses are
vaguely and awfuify described as end
less" perhaps the reverend gentleman had
not yet succeeded In counting them
Thirty-fiye are reckoned In the speech OF
tho Basuto KafIirs--no less do those IN
teresung barbarIans require for CONVERSE
ton. But they do not call upon them 10
agree with the noun in gender as wei as
in number and person. That is the ex-
elusive demand OF the Mullok- Mullocks,
Cherities and Ponga -Gongas, among whom
Mr.. McKllop and his brethren spend their
days, desperately wrestling with the parts
of speech. Another contrivance, not ex-
elusive, but more highly developed on the
DAILY river, apparently than in any other
land or age is the Infection of the adjec-
tive Besides singular and plural they
have, as we should expect, the dual, "and
they are very strict about the use of It,"
one would say that the resources Of hu-
man speech do not allow the plural num-
Der to be formed unless by change in the
first or the last syllable of the noun or the
interposltlon of one midway, as in Turk
ish. But Antipodean ingenuity is equal
to the task. These black fellows express
the plural by change. not IN the noun,
but in the verb. Upon the whole, there IL
no such lively example of the perplexing
rule that language Is more complicated,
and more scrupulous to interpret the
speakers meaning, In proportion to the
barbaTism OF those who use il. There are
exceptions enough. of course.
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HAVE FUN WITH UNCLE SAM.
umor of Letter Writers Displayed
IN the Addresses on Envelopes.

"mor OF Letter Writers Displayed
IN the Addresses on Envelopes.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
II does seem an easy matter TO properly
poIess a letter in order that ii may slip
'o1Sh Uncle Sans postal mill as speed
\ ana safely as possible. No racking of
p intellect is required in the process. and
mite physical eXertion-slmply the In
''uIhg of name and address. Yet. in
e lace of this, asked the man who super
'snos the sorting of the mail in our focal
's'oi.lee about it, and if he does not
a.o| up his hands and fervently cry,
ne Lord preserve us from those who
W OF won't know how 10 address a let
VIII be because he is to busy 10
more than think his opinion.
me thousands Of letters which go
9O-H the Office weekly it is surprising
'IA mat hundreds of them. through
| addresses, cause the postoffice peo-
4 '"l- as much extra trouble as the
O'"S OF those which are in proper
"1 ana The acts Of this same class are
'e most potent factor in keeping the
vl industry humming in the dead
fund '''e'oii q" '''S
''essness on the part of Underwriters
cause Of the appearance of most Of
g''Hersome missives, and IN this line
4 '7uelsco is entitled to a seat In the
stand, as the records Of the Office
'"oW. 1t Is the careless person who
ietter adorned with a stamp, but
neu with an address, into the box:
m, N- udfed spirit who mails a letter to
IN some distant city which the
H. '''2tes lin q state having no such
4 "thln 1t borders; IL - one with a SIM
,.AAS who directs his letter to a GER
greet and leaves q blank space below
p2stoflico officials to hll in any
b., Guy 1t may occur TO them the
u21ed in; IL is carelessness that
' lAe posioGice q neatly addressed
.,,.. "Hel envelope, which Is, however,
b. M ''d destitute OF contents-just the
w.. "H AFFAIR 20 cause a fearful breach
ar. "o correspondents. one angry
H. 81 an Unanswered letter ana tho
-asnaAa baaAuss s.s tale Of he
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THE MATTER or GENDER.
Its HumOrs MS ExempIi1ed I'm ynri-
GUS Curious Languages.


From the Pail Mall Gazette.
There is fun which the vulgar do not
suspect In the study Of language. Euro
pean tongues, sprnging from the same
root, except Basque and Magyar and Turk
ish. have been drilled into uniformity Of
structure. They give no notion of the
tricks and complications which savage
men devise to express their simple
thoughts. But the reader must not sup
pose ! am more learned than himself IN
this science; it Is only in miscellaneous
skimming Of books that few odd little
examples have impressed themselves upon
my memory.
Observe the detail OF gender. II seems
to US that nature itself has regulated that
matter once for all Tn most languages
of course inanimate things are treated MS
masculine or feminine; everybody knows
that our own forefathers did the same
long ago. But, in any case, male, female
and neuter genders exhaust the possibil-
tiles. You cannot have more than three
genders, or less than two, for the sexes
must be distinguished So II appears to
the civilized mortal. But an Australian OF
DAILY river contrives 10 recognize four,
while an Algonquin Of North America and
q Dravdian Of India have two, indeed but
they are not male and female For the
DAILY river person insists that plants shall
have a gender OF their own; the Algonquin
and the Dravidian agree that Il Is the dis
tinction OF living and dead not that Of
sex, which should DO maintained. The
great Fulah nation also ignores male and
female. making one comprehensive gender
for human beings and everything that e.
lates thereto, and another for all creatures
and things outside Thus tame cattle are
distinguished from wild, and a tree plant
ed with intention from one that springs
naturally. Upon the other hand, those
poor Armenans have not even one gender
to bless themselves with.
But the Australians Of the Daily river
actually put gender into their verbs. HUI
name persons would not credit such an
outrage upon lower authority than that
Of tho Rev. d. McKillop. in charge OF the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26
KIND HEART SECURES A CLAIM.

King of the KIondlke Gives Mrs.
Hitchcock u Clearing in His Gold
Field.
New York. March 2i.-Mrs. Hitchcock,
who is now In New York, recently told
the following story when asked to relate
how she had first secured a claim In the
Klondlke. 1t was at luncheon given In
her horror. She told the incident quite
simply.
ION or way up there" she said you
know MISS Van Buren, went with me,
became greatly Interested IN a little boy.
lie WA not strong and appeared 10 DO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26

spiracy TO drive postal clerks to the in
sane asylum or the clammy tomb. San
Francisco has some shining lights In the
crank line. as may be seen by what fol-
lows:
In the first place there is the puzzle
crank who imagnes that two-cent stamp
gives him the privilege of displaying ct
the expense Of the postal officials his mar
velous powers as an enigma maker. OF
many which annoyed the postoffice last
year the following is a fair sample:
F. colon II. (Second Presidency.
Seventh President.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26
FANCY ROCKERS.

We have "A large assOrt-
ment of Rattan Goods in all
styles. VIII sell nm elegant
Full Roll Rattan Rocker,
like cut, cheap mt $3.50,
SPECIAL PRICE, S2.75.
A Solid Oak CObbIer seat
Rocker, nice design, good
value at 1900, SPECIAL
PRICE, $1.90.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26

James w. Tapp leader Of the Saliva
ton Army at Wichita, Kan. has been
nominated for Mayor Of that town by the
Democrats and Populists. He promises. 10
elected, that girls appearing on the stress
in boomers viii be arrested and fined, and
for a second offense imprisoned; that all
policemen Will carry Bibles and be dis
charged for swearing; that divine service
will be held twice daily in city buildings
and all municipal officers viii be request
ed TO attend them; that free street car
transportation win be furnished all citi-
zens attending church Sunday morning;
that splitting on the street will be fina-
Bile offense. and that numerous other re-
forms will be introduced.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26

Unlike his luxurious and indolent pre-
decessors. Ali Ferrouh Bey, the new
Turkish minister at Washington, Is a man
OF IDEAS and action He is making care
full study Of American agricultural and
manufacturing methods and viii urge
their general adoption 20 his native coun-
Try
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26

making preparations Grand Spring Opening which
allengeI ceberg
La Furni eCreatiOn
NJ ineea close eof hGOlS nrCcKo trt
wilbur til rrND1Y
ePRu
We Price tina sNIIYR RIDICULOUS
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MATTINCS AND RUGS.

We have decided to reduce our large
Mating Stock and close out our Rugs So
note the prices:
so rolls China Mating. usual price l5c,
now ne.
25 rolls China Mating, usual price zoe,
now s1ac.
25 rolls China Mating. usual price, 25c,
now l5c.
25 rolls China Mating, usual price 35c,
now 25c.
25 rolls China Mating, usual price 45c,
new CSC.
Over 100 rolls of the very latest Novelty
Carpet Patterns, in Japanese Mattings
These are beauties; something new, f.r-
mer price from Coo to 75c per yard; YOUR
CHOICE at Soc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26
RUGS.
WINDOW SHADES.

Our stock is complete in this line. We
sell you during this sale a 6x3 Shade,
mounted on spring rollers, genuine opaque
fringed at bottom, assorted colors, for &c.
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Harpers, Harpers,
In Franklin square,
New York, New York.
With haste and care.

The envelope was bulky and surely held
anuscript-undoubtedly a poem on
spring-but whether that diabollcal bark
resembling the ululation of a mountain
wolf on the war trail was TO drive the
postoflce to unusual exertlons IN forward
ing the letter or whether IL was TO cons
vince the publishers that the author was
: seySh-ena.Ssaay sanlns of Tho West
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-20

The tenth concert Of the Philharmonic
orchestra Was fully up TO the high standard
set hy the previous r~ecitais of the series.
The prelude. Sic!liano and intermezzo from
Caveller:A RusticaEa constituted tn ~,
number. II vas played with consunuIa;e
style. the mellow tones of the harmop.,us
Instruments bringing out the melory In 4
thoroughly artistic manner. An cn,hti-
astic encore was given this first piece. and
the intermezzo was played again. Rocco
F%enutos dialogue for string Orchestra. the
The piece j. an ambitious one: a dranaiIc
scene in which Two voices are clearly de-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-20
TRI-STATE TELEPHONE co.
1t ON - Better Working BASIS
-Capital S2aND. OOO.

The stockholders of the Tri-Statc Teie-
phone Company. connecting towns between
Kansas City and MorsanvilIe. Kas.. are in
the city to attend a meeting to be held at
> O'Clock this morni e In the office Of Gage.
Ladd 4 Small. their attorneys. A plan to
r~eorSanize the company and take the prop
erty out of the receivers hands will he
carried out. in all probability. as a result
of the meeting. There are about 10 stock
holders in the company. merchants and
capitalists in the towns along the line.
The company went into the hands OF a
receiver February q. President T.. III.
Phelps. J. l.. Burord. secretary. and G. II.
Friend. general manager. constitutes the
present board: among whom there have
of the line. President Phelps asked for a
receiver 4 few weeks ago.
The stockholders were determined to
take matters into their own hands and
~straighten up the affairs. The company
is capitalized for sou0.V0 and operates 2a5
miles Of line, which cost $50 a mile. The
stockholders propose to a up the out
standing construction debt. amounting to
81 .0O0, and issue bonds for the same, bear
ing !. per cent interest. payable semi-an-
nually. and secured by Il first mortgage on
the property. The new management viii;
consist Of eleven directors. Franks and
other privileges will be discontinued.
Tie next president will probably be
Kas., or Gus A. Beauchamp, Of Holton.
kas. The principal towns on the line are
Clay Center. Leonardville, Randolph, HoI-
ton, Wheaton, Oskaloosa, N~OrtonviIle, Cir
%cleville. Winchester. Randolph and Nor
ganville.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-20
IS IN THE JACKPOT"
MRS. FRANK SHlPMAN - READY TO
"CAIl" FOR A FORTUNE.
Kansas City Woman Resents Freeze.
Dat Tactics Employed by Iowa
syndicate Il . Cripple e
Mining Deal.

Mrs. Frank Shipman. of 1919 East Elev-
enth street. will shortly begin suit in the
courts OF Colorado to establish her inter-
est in a mining lease which affects one of
the best known properties III the Centennial
state. The property is the Jackpot mine
of Cripple Creek. Its near neighbors are
the Elkton. Mary Mckinney. the Doctor
and the lnShap consolidated. all well
known producing mines. and its possibilities
as u dividend payer for years to come are
not founded on conjecture. but OH a show
ing the value of which mining experts can
easily determine.
Mrs. Shipman is a petite but determined
looking woman. who went TO Cripple Creek
from this CITY in 1896 to make her fortune.
When she lett here her principal plan was
to establish and conduct a boarding house.
but on her arrival there it was abandoned
and she became interested In the wonder
full mines of the district as 4 Spectator.
II had my ups and Gowns there the
and j do not care at this late day TO dis
cusS my experiences Yes, l Staked out a
location. but il WIS not a profitable move.
/ became Interested in a lease on the jack
pot. which belongs TO a company of which
DIR. Morrison. of Colorado Springs. is Sec
of about thirty-tive. and myself formed a
syndicate and began developing the por-
tion of the mine our lease covered. Some
idea of the results can be- had from the
fact that the syndicate has already paid
royalties amounting to Sfp.,sW to the COM
pany, the royalty percentage being - per
cent. and there is plenty OF ore in sigh as
good as that which has been taken ont.
They say now that l am not Interested
in the lease. but ] have papers which tell Il
different story. ! am in the hands of my
attorney. and will not discuss the case
until after the suit is brought. i may then
have something to say.
Did l go to Cripple Creek alone? Yes. !
arrived there shortly after the big fire of
1896. Most of the people Were sheltered in
tents, the camp was almost devoid of all
comforts. and there were many people dying
of pneumonia. The victims were mostly
saloon loungers and many We're found dead
on the floors on which they had gone to
sleep. ! went there because l was uncer-
tain as to what the future in Kansas City
had in store for me. My husband. Frank
Shipman, who has been in the employ of
the Missouri. Kansas L. Texas railroad for
many years. was afflicted with pen paral-
ysis. We did not know at what time he
wou!d he deprived of the power to work.
expected Il serious stroke to come at
almost any time. so while he remained here
TO back me. ] went to Cripple Creek to
see what | could do"
Did your venture prove financially sue
cessful?" Mrs. Shipman was asked.
That question" she replied. lis np to
the JACKPOT If ! can open II | will be
able to reply in the affirmative"
Hugging a fat baby hoy to her breast.
she said. with a ripping laugh: This
doesn't look as though ! had ever prospect
ed in Cripple Creek. does it"
And that's all she would say.