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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
System, E3OO.OOO Having Decn
Appropriated for the Purpose.

During the fiscal year which begins
July 1 the post cffice department will
extend the rural delivery system to a
considerable degree, 100000 being
available for that purpose. Illinois will
come in fer gooc, portion Of the sum
allowed. which is double that appro.
priated last year.
In his last annual report First Assist
ant Pcstmaster-General Heath shows
this service has worked satisfactorily.
and there is a general desire on the part
of the people 10 have it continued. This
service is yet in its experimental stage.
but the reports received from the dis
tricts in which it has been established
show the number of pieces of mail ham
died has. increased, and the farmers
have been enabled to get the newspa-
pers every morning.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29
EXIT SECTIONALISM.
Southern Representatives Now Have
Faith in the Union.
Congressman Allen Pays = Tribute to
the Stars and Stripes and Tells
Mighty Funny story
Of the War.
Especial Washington Letter.]

Senator Berry, of Arkansas, who re-
Gently delivered speech in which he
praised the military and civil lead
ers of The confederacy. His remarks
attracted considerable attention in
the political circles Of the nation
al capital, because they demon
strated the fact that Senator Berry
is to-day as loyal to his early views
and principles as he was on that Sep
tember day in 1862 when he fought un-
der the confederate flag, and lost his
leg on the battlefield.
At banquet not long ago Represent
ative Allen. of Mississippi. was request
ed to respond to a toast, "Our Flag,
and he did so with eloquence and quaint
humor which captivated the crowd. He
said: "The toast brings TO my mind
two flags. One of them to-day floats
over our heads; and / would march
under it against the soldiers Of any
nation in the world. But when l was
boy there was another flag; and to
that gave my first allegiance. 1t was
the battleflag of the confederacy.
Il was fighting under that flag at
Missionary Ridge. and Bill Stokes was
beside me. Bill had been the bully of
our town; but he wasn't bully that
day. We were lying behind some rails,
and the confederate flag was flying
over US. Yankee bullets were pepper
ing those rails, and Bill and l laid snug
to the ground. Finally Bill said: John,
you amt no man of family. just lift
your head and see how clus' them
Yanks is gittin'' But replied that
while l was not a man Of family. had
hopes, and l wouldn't lift my head at
that particular juncture.
Just then brown thrush high in
a tree above our heads began to sing
merrily. Bill was lying on his back,
and heard him mutter: oh, birdie.
birdie. if l had your wings just now
l wouldn't stay here and twitter to
them damned Yanks. Id fly
"One of the Yankee shells burst over
us while Bill was muttering; and he
didn't wait for brides wings. He just
flew, and left me alone. and / stayed
there and fought the entire Yankee
army by myself Bill Stokes never bull
lied about me, after that"
Sectionalism in this country passed
away when war with Spain began.
That sectionalism which unfortunately
divided our country for full genera
ton will never be revived. The affairs
of state are falling into the hands of
men who were born after the close
of the civil war; men who have no ami
mosities, nor recollections of suffer-
ings and deprivations; men whose am
bition is that our common country
shall prosper and compel the respect
and admiration of the nations of the
world
The writer often sees eminent men
who fought against each other nearly
40 years ago now sitting together in
close communion of friendship. talk
ing over the events of the war. Ex-
Senator Hunton. of Virginia, who COM
manded a confederate brigade in Stone
wall Jackson's division, sits down with
Senator Quay. who was Pennsylvania
soldier. and they talk about the bat
tie of Fredericksburg; how foolishly
the Yankees swept up against a stone
wall: and how pitilessly the cunfed-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29
REAL ANTIQUE OAK.


White oak logs that have beer buried
under the site of Chicago for 7,OC0 years
have just been put to use. Prof. Ossian
Guthrie, the Chicago geologist. who
has studied the local strata and helped
to unearth the remnants of some of
these prehistoric trees, has just come
into possession of two toilet brushes,
| made from this ancient oak. that have
surprised the manufacturers of imi-
tation antique" woods by the wonder.
full polish and color of which the genu-
Inc antique oak is capable. Noprecious
woods that have ever been imported
into Chicago are so marvelously beauti-
full as these specimens with which Prof.
Guthrie has just been presented.
Most of these prehistoric logs have
been resurrected from their 7.000-Xear-
old graves to be divided up among the
museums and universities of the coun-
try. Walnut, willow, beech and most
of the modern native woods have been
dug up under these glacial deposits
and alluvium of 20 centuries, but the
white oak, the same tree evidently that
fiourishes in the parks to-day, has been
preserved best OF all.
Some frightful cyclone appears to
have bent and laid low the trees at
first. The iron fiber is bent and twisted
in nearly all of them at one particular
spot in the trunk. and it is evident that
this was the cause that first buried the
giant forests under the sands and allu-
- ,Gc h1v heau
followed by Prof. Guthriein the excava-
tions for streets and houses for many
feet. One trunk in Sheffield avenue
was unearthed for 20 feet.
Evidently this fores. was the first
growth after the glacial period. 1t lies
close to the glacial clay. and under the
alluvial drift. at general depth OF IA
feet. The cyclone apparently laid the
forest low, and the sand and drift were
blown up from the lake and covered
it. Tie water formed an air-tight cap
sule about the trunk and kept it from
decaying.
OF late years. however, the surface
sewers have drained the water away
from the trunks, and the bark and
outer layers of wood have gone to
decay. The iron fiber of the inner wood
is still intact in most of them, however.
The wood from which Prof. Guthrie's
souvenirs are made was dug up near
the corner of Calumet avenue and Thir-
ty-ninth street, where many of the
trunks have been chopped away in
sewer eNcavating-
No imitation antique wood has ever
attained the singular beauty of this old
oak IT is dark. almost a greenish
black, the result of hundreds of years
of discoloration by the surrounding
water. The polish whit h it has attained
is unlike anything cves seen BY wood
importers. The fiber f the wood was
found almost as tough as fine wire in
working it up.
The usual process of '.antiquing" is
to steam and rub the dark color into
the wood with bayberry wax. the lat
ter imparting the greenish tint. This
tint in Prof. Guthrie's specimens has
never been attained in the imitation an
tique, however.--Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29

People who have grudge against
telephone companies in general will be
pleased to know that the women Of
New South Wales refused to be ground
down by any soulless corporation.
They determined to get the worth 81
the telephone rent. NO matter how
much time it took. so they conversed
over the wires by the hour until the
central Office people we're driven to dis
traction. Things got to such point
that the postmaster-general in Sydney
was appealed to, and he issued m or
der forbidding loqnacious women from
monopolizing telephone for more
than ten minutes at Z tine,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29
Force Of Habit.

Miss Decollete (at full dress reccp-
tion)-Who is that handsome stranger
I was talking with, papa?
Papa-Why do you wish to know?
Because he is SO polite. He apollo
gized for watching me SO intently. and
said it was merely from force of habit" !"
He is DIR. Knowall, the eminent an
atomist."-N Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29
COST OF RELEASES IN NAVY.
Secretary Long Decides to Make the
New Rates Fally Two-Thirds
Less Than the Old.

Secretary Long has decided to re-
duce the cost Of discharges which are
purchasable by the three-year men and
the apprentices of the navy. The rates
at which these discharges from +he
service are obtained have been some
what exorbitant. Men who desired re-
lease from their contract Of enlistment
were obliged to draw on other sources
of revenue than their individual pay.
The revised table makes a material re-
duction in the rate of purchases. the
new prices being fully t:vo-thirds less
than the old rates. This brings the cost
OF the release within the financial con-
dition of the enlisted men and appren.
ticeS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29

"What is meant by the white man.
burden, papa?"
killing off heather in order to re-
claim them."-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29
wonderful Invention.

Invsntor-I've hit money-makine
thing at last. The preachers will &c
wild over it. and it will sell like hot
cakes. It's church contribution box
Friend-What good is that?
Inventor-It's triumph. The coins
fall through slots of different sizes, and
half crowns, shililngs and sixpences
land on velvet; but the pennies and
halfpennies drop on to Chinese gong
-Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29

Friend-I presume you soon found
that all was not gold that glittered.
Returned Klondiker (hoarsely Yep.
Most of it was ice.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29
The Last straw.

Museum Marager-De snake charm
er's gotter stop drinkin'.
Assistant-Wot's de matter?
NJ. M-He had 'em de other day, an
went trco' his whole performance Wild
out his real one in his hands.-N. Y.
journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29
ANOTHER IDEAL FARMER.

4 North CaroIinian who's Texans
Thought . Lunatie, Taught His
Nelghbors . Few Lcss0na.
A few years ago 4 farmer from North
Carolina purchased farm near Hemp
stead, and BY 90 doing laid himself un-
De- .aspicion 81 being partially inssne.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29
why, Of Course.

DR.. Brush wonder why Bargnct al
ways speaks of his wife as a dream?
Mrs. Brush-I suppose because she
always goes by centrariess-Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-04-29

Mrs Henry Peck--Do ycu believe
here is anything in hypnotisms
Henry You have marriage
,aStiHcate. haven't yous-N Z, World.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27
PRO1ECIIO.HI.ST IN.TESTICE.

Protectlouist journals that have
been exploiting so volubly the
progress the administration has
been making in etfecting recipro-
city treaties have been rebuked
by the W asl!lugtou CORRESPONDENT
!of a rank protection paper in
Chicago. He reminds the admin
lstratlon that reciprocity treaties
with France aud other continental
nations will place this country IN
the attitude ri discriminating
against the best customer it has
III the world namely Great Bri-
tain. The British people buv
from Us as much AS all tile other
nations put together Great Bri.
tain is free trade country and
admits everything that thu. nited
States have to sell. Republican
statesmen would be horrifea at
the thought of admitting goods
duty free from another country
without an equivalent favor shown
to American goods imported into
that country. But Great Britain
has nothing practically to offer as
an lnducement IL reduce our du-
ties on British goods, as she has
no tariff. Other European coun-
tries, however, lsy heavy duties
on all goods we send them, hy way
of retallatlng for our excessive
duties placed upon their products.
Here is where the reciprocity in
justice comes in, II an arrange
ment is entered into with those
countries by which big precent-
age of reduction is made, say in
our duties on the manufactured
goods of France and Germany,
our duties on similar British goods
are kept at the maximum because
Great Britain has laid no duties
on our products to remove as con-
sideration for any reduction Of our
duties. This is especially unjust
and unwise, as we not only sell
the British our breadstuffs and
raw materials, but also more manu-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

Fanny Ferguson and her sister Miss.
Elizabeth on the occas ion of their annual
visits to this city III the past Their
engagement at Park River is for two
nights during the fair. August LIST and
3rd, which is followed by their appear
ance at Hannah on August 4th and it is
predicted that at each of these places
they will be greeted with large audiences
AS 1t is safe to assert that no one will be
disappointed by the realizations presen-
ted by the Philharmonic Concert Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

The Bismark Settler, one of
the three North Dakota weeklies
with lady editress, draws atten-
ton to the inconsistency of Sun
day labor in the penitentrary
brick yards with the laws covering
the punishment and reformation
of our criminal population.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

of talented vocalists, composed of the
Ferguson and Thompson sisters and is
accompanied bv Miss Francis Elois
Crabb, an Evolutionary artist of unusually
marked ability. Their concert in Lang
don, which will be on Monday evening,
August It'll at the Donovan Hall will be
an event of more than usual interest
owing to the wide circle of acquaintances
that have been formed here by Miss.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

AN excellent suggestion is that
of the Fargo Forum that North
Dakota $ congressional delegation
unite to secure a com mission in
one Of the new volunteer regi-
meuts being organized for ser
vice in the Philippines for Major
White, who is said to desire a
continuation Of his military ser
vice. No officer in the island has
a better record or &c more capa-
bic than Major White, whose
praises have been repeated by
nearly every North Dakota SOL
der boy who has written letter
home. If Major White wants a
commission he should certainly
have it and will il North Dakota
has any congressional pull.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27
Notice to Creditors

In the Matter of the Estate of Alexander C.
lrelan, late of the Town of Fremont, County Of
All persons having claims against said Alex.
ander e. 1relan. deceased are required to ex-
n hlblt the same with, the necessary vouchers to
Adm illustrator of said Estate, at his residence
in the Township of Fremont, County of Cara
her, State of North Dakota and that four
has been limited as the time for creditors to pre.
sent and prove their claims against said estate
Dated the 1st day of June, 1899
DAVID IRELAS,
Irelan, Deceased ~
Post office address, Walhalla n. Oak.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

This settles it. Its going to
take whole generation to straight
en- out the Philippine problem
The Fargo Forum says so, and
further intimate that the blame
that is helng laid ut the door of
General Otis should be charged up
to President McKinley's account.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27
UNDER q recently PASSED patrio


tic act o. congress the government
has made al appropriation with
which 10 pru.tLe nealstunes free
OF charge with which 10 mark the
graves ii osl soldiers. The Leg
ion Of .oyal Woman. an orga,iza-
ton with headquarters at Wash
ingtor, =. c.. have undertaken to
see that til" provisions of the law
are mn,ie full use of in the manner
laid down by the act and are
sending out requests to their re-
representatives. in the various states
OF the Union to nave the superiu-
tendents OF cemeteries and the
commanders OF q. A. r. posts
seud IN the names, with their com
pany and regiment of all old
soldiers of the civil war, whose
graves are unmarked by haaistones.
information from the above stated
sources in this state should be
sent to Mrs. Linda W. Slaughter,
of Bismarck, who is an honorary
Of the order and has un-
dertaken to take up the matter in
the interest Of the families Of old
soldiers in this state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

THE present season has so fa,
been = threatening one met1olo-
gicall, There have been an I'M
usually large number OF hail and
electrical storms distributed ali
over the state, thought happily
not as destructive as in some past
seasons. l'ha present condition
of things are spt to make our
farmers rtaljze the Importance Of
reliable hail insurance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

FARMERS should make it 9 point
to pillow thelr fire breaks wider this
summer than IN season past and
should do this With as little dalay
as possible. There is a rank
growth Of tail grass all over the
prairie, Just the material, when
property dried TO make friehtful
prairie fires this fall. Much loss
and danger my BE avertea Is 4
little tl'ae spent in piowing fire
breaks now.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

AT the September term Of dis
trict court al Fargo the validity of
the law regarding the sale OF
property under tax titles will be,
tested. Last week jude Pollock
granted 8 temporary injunction
with that end in view in the case
of r. 5; 1'yler against the State of
North Dakota and the Auditor OF
Cass Co'nty.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27
United States Land Office,

United States Land Office,
,a,.: Grand Forks July 18th, 1892
flied in this Office BY Daniel Farlou
contestant a asanst nomestead Entry No 1928
township 1888 II, range IS W, by Francis K. Gard
nEer con I, in which it is alleged that said
francis II Gardner has wholly abandoned said
tract That he has changed his residence
therefr9m for more than six months. since max
ing SAID entry: That said tract is not settled
upon and cultivated by said party as REQUIRED
by law That said default exists at this
cie mat his absence from said tract is not
tary or naval services of the United States in
aime OF war, said parties are hereby notiied.to
app respond and oler evidence touching
1sa', before I. Z. Burke, u notary public in and
,or Cnyal'er county, North Dakota, at Langdon,
North Dakota, and that final hearing viii h.
held ct III O'Clock a. M, on Sept 10Th 1899, be-
Iore the reslstorand receiver at the United States
J1-3 II Ernr $50.
TRuAA X MCLEAN ATTORNEYS. Nv
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27
ROUGH on ALGER.

The treatment which Secretary
Alger is receiving at the hands of
his party friends is positively
shameful. 1t is tiresome and cow
ardly. as that good man OCCASION
ally intimates. 1t is cowardly be-
cause it seeks to make a scapegoat
of him. 1t is tiresome and dis
honest because those that are
most offensive in their treatment
of the secretary are equally loud
in their denials that there is any
reason under heaven why he
should retire. According to them
the embalmed beef scandals were
nothing more than another exhibit
ton of the reasonable tendencies
of the opposition. They were
hurtful only because they gave an
excuse for foreign peoples to look
with suspicion on our meat pro-
ducts. There has been nothing,
according to them, in the entire
administration of the war worthy
of serious criticism. The admin
istration has done glorious work.
we are told, and has demonstrated
the high rank to which we are en-
titled among military nations.
What wonder is it that Secretary
Alger should be Disguised? Why
should he not entertain q profound
sense OF wrong? If there is moth
ing to condemn in the war admin
istration, why abuse him? If the
embnlmed beef was a mere neces-
sary incident to hurried prepar-
atoms for war, why ask for his
resignation? Gen. Eagan has
been retired on full pay. The
great investigating commission Of
the administration simply found
regarding him that he had ordered
more Of a given ration than he
should have ordered, aud that he
used unbecoming language toward
his superior officer. Yet another
of the administration investigating
bodies, after a most exhaustive en-
animation, also decided that that
superior officer deserved to have
unkind things said about him.
Then why all this badgering Of
Secretary Alger? 1t cannot be
that it is based on moral grounds.
Ii so, what are VT to say of Hanna,
the strong right arm Of the admin
istratlon, the president lie facto of
these United States? What about
Gen, Foraker and Tom Plat and
the other great bulwarks of that
administration? Surely we can't
hope to rid Of the stencil which
attaches to things by making a
political burnt offering Of poor
Alger. No: the whole. business
simply illustrates the shifting ten
dency of the administration bench
men. If Gen. Algel We're true to
himself, lie would demand that
these mean and uuprincipled at
tacks should cease, or he would
enter the ranks of the open enc
mics of the administration within
the party. They would then stop.
Gen. Alger has MT been a presi.
dental candidate for twelve wears
past without knowing q thing or
two AS to the machinery with
which an administration encom-
passes itself for its own protection.
He is simply the victim of the
administration smut muchine. Let
him but once raise his voice in
serious protest and it will soon be
plain that the attacks he has to en-
dure will be confined exclusively
to the enemies of the administre-
ton which is treating him so
shabbily.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

Grand Forks n. D., June n, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that Robert Richardson
has filed notice Of intention to make final proof
before The Clerk of County Court Cavalier
county, North Dakota, at his office in Langdon,
1899, on timber culture application no. 6750, for
W. NE northeast quarter of Section No. %, in
township No, 1863, ~, Range No. So w.
nc names rs witnesses: Joseph Diemert
Mark Dicmcrt, John L.. Robertson Peter Nc
l.nren, al of Stilwei post office, Cavalier
county, n. Oak.
Il. II. Kent, Register.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

MANY a LIvEI;-Ila> turned will, dis
gust from an otherwise IovabIe girl With
all offensive breath. karls Glover Root
Tea !slrites the breath by its action on
the bowels. etc. as nothing els" will.
Sold for years on absolute guarantee
Price 23cts. and so cts. For sale by II,
D. ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27
featured goods than we sell any
where else.

You TRY IT-If Shiloh's Cough and
Consumption Cure, which is sold for the
small price OF 25 cents, so cents and
co, does not cure take the bottle
back and we will refund you money.
Sold for over fifty years on the guarantee.
Price 25 cts. and SO cts. For sale by
Fl. D. ALERT & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

The rainfall in this locality
since the opening up Of spring,
April LIST has been nine and three
quarter inches.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27
A BIG ATTRACTION.

The Philharmonic Concert Go. Will Hppear
Here Monday Evening, AUGUST =.
The Philharmonic Concert Co., which
has just closed decidedly successful
engagement at the Chautauqua, over at
Devils Lake, has been secured to give a
series of concerts at the larger towns
along this line before returning to
Chicago. The company has quartette
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.

Subscription So. per annum or $3.50 if paid in
advance. Advertising rates on application.
Communications must be received by Tuesday
noon to neutrality-suspicious.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

J. v. Hobbs. NJ. d., Fort Valley, Ga,
says: II have been practcing medicine
twenty-five years and know piles to br
one OF the most difficult oi lisr;lscs to
cure, but have known D-Wit,s Witch
Hazel Snlve to- cure numbers oi cases md
90 not hesltat" to recommend it," Be
sure YOU get "DeWtl's;" there are m
urious conteriritsun sale y. T.. McGruer
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-07-27

ACCORDING to Foster the coming
winter Will open with severe cold
for tHo or thrr weeks, then a
month Of mild weather, with biz
yards of greater or less severity
during the balance of the season.