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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-08
Predicted Better Than He knew.

Predicted Better Than He Knew.
Knox-I am astonished to hear that
during my absence abroad Mrs. Wig
gin has been married again; I conf
IDENTIFY predicted that no man would
ever have her.
Fox-You hit it to a dot; no desig.
nation could better fit the individual
that married her.-Boston Courier.
Of tuberculosis. He recommends as
precautior airy measures that the fonts
and pillars be carefully washed and
disinfected, that the font itself be
daily disinfected, and the water be
treated with some antiseptic.
There are no doubt many other
sources Of far greater danger in
spreading infectious diseases than holy
water, but when it has been shown
that such a danger exists, be it ever
so slight, the wisest course is to take
measures to avoid it. Prejudices in
such matters of hygiene are no longer
so strong as formerly, and the same
enlightenment that has led to the in
trodut ton of the individual commun-
ion cup in many churches will no
doubt lead to the removal of this
source Of infection as soon as it is
recognized. - Philadelphia Medical
Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-08
Owned 1t All.

John l. Blair in his earlier days
owned a western railroad along the
route of which he established series
of lunchrooms at which employees of
the road were to be charged so cents
and all passengers IS cents. Mr.. Blair
once d;ned at one of these places, and
concluding his meal, laid down a half
dollar. <''lIold on!' cried the cashier
''you don't belong to this road' 81
know that replied Mr.. Blair, ''the
road belongs to me.''
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-08
DEMONSTRATION.

The newly-founded town of Triangle,
Tex. promises to be unique. 1t is laid
out in the form of a equilateral TRAN
gle, it's lots are lots are triangular in
shape, and the ground plan Of each Of
the twenty-three houses which have
thus far been erected there Is three
cornered. The three principal streets
are named Equilateral Scaglene and
Isosecles, and the residents have even
carried their curious idea into the local
government, which consists Of 80
called triangular council having three
Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-08
Appropriate.

Philanthropist-Wh is your name,
my good man?
Tramp-B'iled Cider sor.
Philanthropist-My my. how pecu-
liar. How did you ever get such q
name? Your parents didn't give it to
you, hope.
Tramp-No. sor; the man 1 had my
first job with give 1t to me. He said
was that because I wouldn't work.
Detroit Free Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-08
Lydia E. pinkhsm', Vegetable Compound

Is known, everywhere and
thousands of women. have
been cuy'edOf serious kih-
sey arrangements by IL.
Mrs. Pitskhax,,,s z,,efh-
0As have the ENDORSE
z,,enf of the mayor, fk,e
postmaster and Others of
her owl, city.
Her medicine has the
endorsement of ar, Ez,,-
numbered multitude of
grateful women whose
letters are constantly
printed in this paper.
Every woman should read
these letters.
Mrs. Pia,khan7, advises
suffering women free of
charge. Her address is
lynn, Mass.
N. d. N. U. No. TO- 1900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-08

Somehow, the more you try to be
funny the more people don't laugh.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-08
w ,,,a.,,s
Kidney
r0uhkeS

Why fy4fxo with health
whom the easiest and
sus'esf help Is the best
known, z,,0eiIcix,o in the
world ?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-03-08
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The complete line IN
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Of 1000 pages, Illus
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lire In NATURAL
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-02-09
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-02-09

HeYAA-La islA de Curacao, 81
tsAea Al Snr re 10 oS Phelto- BIZ o,
tfftss . los pEertorriqut nos ~ ale gas
tsRdisiones alimAtolcgicas Que esta.
I'M yiaia do Puerto Rleo q Curacao
ss ds Hn Day medic.
Para nAa informes, oiftgirse al Sr.
Inspector de Instruction PADiica den
Esfiqus Muyke On Arroyo, y oil "Bo-
laSa Marsantil," San SRsns y o los
FaarsS pARiss en- Ponce.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-02-09
ZAPATERIA FRANCESA

CQH> de la Marina natJaere O.
En- este nueyo taller Sc hacen bOti-
mes finOs de medida para caballeros
y senoras.
Tambien tlene una novedad EN- cal
zado para mayordomos y ninoS COST
do con alambre que garantizo,
EnerO 25.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-02-09
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HEl soA Ade1 oanadSaT

m o,caos inteente pdblco do Isia Ia lecnra ss-
d sas naruo cond4caones sorprenclaos
aDtes De assk0I01 s@SS1
mag Iuaslnk
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-02-09
RESTAURANT LAS COLUMNAS"
ANTES LA PENA"
Gale de C,'tst1,ea, aattneero 8 fTe''~
te al depdssto de los SIS. V'ctaF y
Conapa7l1d.


Habiendome hecho cargo nueTa-
mente de dichO establishments Otfez-
co al publico excelentes comldas
un seryicio esmerado, por slrVlenteS
id0neoS.
Ell establecimiento Sc divide en- prl'
nero segundo comedOr.
Ell primero lleva por nom6re %
me so1' Jardtra y cuesta un cublerto 20
centavos.
En- ell segundo Sc despacha Ia
carta, estando los precios a la altur@
de todas las fortunas.
COMIDA.S SIN COMPETENCIA
Lo que hago presente a todos ms
relacionados los vecinoS dc los
pueblos limitrofes, donde encontrafdh
toda la comodidad necesarla y DOR
mitorios en- habitaciones yentlladas
hmpias.
Tambien de noche Sc sirven
Ceaas, Cafe q Chocolate.
Una vista, pues, y saldrelS con'eu'
cido de la yerdad.
Cuenta este Restaurant con uh
magnifico cocinero y mi expefiehel"
Ell ell arte culinario.
J Ponce, Enero II de 1900 Sd''''d'
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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-02-09

SON Wv VI K Nne-;vas Tueden sei
sistas en- casa De de Vsi9 Csnoio,
ponce se ersf&D gratis y'or CO f0o /
me lss pida Agosto 81 de 1899.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-02-09

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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1900-02-09

TPidanse programs la
pIrecci6n del CoIegiO "StO. Tomas
CURACAO
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Zero s5 df 1900.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
INTERNAL TAX.

The internal revenue tax VIII not
be abolished for another year. Benev-
olent assimilation stll costs lots Of
money. Some Republican statesmen
are figuring, however, on few slight
changes in the law. The tax on al
cohol is to be reduced, express stamps
are to be abolished patent medicines
are to be made free and the increased
tax on beer Is to be repealed. 1t will
be noticed that each Of these amend
ments has a wealthy lobby behind 1t.
It will also be noticed that each change
will help q trust and hurt the people.
There Is a bill pending to make ex-
press companies pay for the stamps
instead of the people, which was the
intention of the original law, but In
stead Of passing that bill the stamp
tax on express packages will be re-
pealed. 1t would be very cruel to
make the companies pay anything for
the privilege OF robblng the people.
The manufacturers Of patent medl-
clnes have to stamp their medicines
and as they were already so high that
they could not raise the price in order
to cover the stamp therefore they ask
for It's abolition. Their request will
be granted because they are ready to
pay literally for the concession and
besides 1t would hurt trade to tax the
sale Of patented poisons. The tax on
beer will be repealed on political
grounds. All the brewers are fighting
that tax; they control a million OF
voters. Mckinley cannot be reelected
without those votes, therefore the ex-
ira tax on beer will be abolished. II
these taxes are so changed the people
will not derive cent Of benefit, but
all the money saved will be for the
benefit of some particular class Of very
rich men. As result Of this legisla-
ton the people will have to pay high
er taxes in some other direction. Is
It not strange that all the proposed
legislation of the present congress Is
to benefit a few rings and combines
and to injure the mighty multitudes--
to reward greed and punish labor?-
Nonconformist.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
ECHO OF GREAT CRIME OF 'ee.

1t was claimed at the time by many
that the large Republican majority on
the election Of 1896 was due to fraud,
says the Illinois Courier No actual
proofs Of such fraud were produced
and published, but the belief is strong
in the minds Of many that Mr.. Bryan
was defeated by unfair methods. So
far as known the state and national
committees made no systematic effort
to probe these charges, so that the
question will always be an open one so
far as the general result Of that elec-
tion is concerned.
While no general investigation Of
election frauds was made, Fusionists
in certain localities made some at
tempt to find where the large Repub-
lican vote came from, and made dis
coverles which threw light on the sub
ject. In county in central Illinois,
the name OF. which is not necessary to
give, the vote was unusually large and
the Republican gain over the previous
election enormous. A group Of Demo
Gratis secured copies of the poll books,
and going over them carefully made
list Of all those who were known to
them and who had voted. These lists
were distributed among the different
precincts and search made for the
men bearing the names. A few were
found and scratched from the list, aft
er which a letter was addressed
through the mail to each of those not
found. Two or three were found by
the postoiIlce people, and the letters
to the others, over 200 in number, were
returned to the writers. A further
examination showed that the men not
found were, with five exceptions, ne
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
SOME QUESTIONS,

Below IL an extract we'll worth read
Ing, It 10 taken from speech OF Con-
gresham Lent2 of Ohio, during the de-
bate on tho financial bill!
"They arc shooting down liberty In
South Africa, while you arc shooting
II down In the Philippine islands,
There Is evidence sufficient enough
that both governments arc operating
on parallel lines, The first blossom OF
liberty In the orient to be cut off by
the Republican party OF the United
States, tho first substantial struggle
for liberty In Africa to be moved down
In It's infancy by tho queen Of Eng
land, with czar as king for a peace
conference.
"If these things are not inside out
how can the Republican party stand
Impotent and silent while England Is
shooting to death republic In South
Africa, and while under the military
and imperlallstlc powers that patron
age has delivered to the president here,
tho crime of crimes Is being COM
mittOd under the stars and stripes
Of the unlonY The president at Madi-
son, Wis, saId One small fraction OF
one small tribe contests our authority
In the orient Aye, my friends, with
an army there and on the way OF TO-
900 men to subdue one small fraction
OF ono small tribe, an army larger than
Sherman needed to march to the sea,
an army larger than Grant needed to
take Vlcksburg, is now called into
requisition and kept there for nearly
q year to subdue one small fraction OF
one small tribe
rs that the source of our prosperity?
Is your Egan pension OF $500 for be-
ing reduced, degraded and dishonored,
is your beef trust, that murdered 4,SOO
men, while the Spanlards only killed
$50, In that the source OF your pros
perity?
rs your humiliation and subordna-
tlon Of the man who won the most
magnificent naval victory that the
world has seen, Winfield Scott Schley,
is that the source OF your prosperity?
rs your subordnatlon OF Brooke, OF
Miles and OF Merritt, who were trained,
together with their associates, at an
expense of millions Of dollars to this
country, and putting OF politicians In
tho army saddle, is that the cause OF
your prosptrity? You will live to be
ashamed of your record"
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25

In accordance with the recommenda.
tlon OF parliament, writes Woolwlch
correspondent, the British navy is be.
Ing strengthened by the addition OF q
new gun which will insure the suprem.
acy OF Great Britain over tho seas for
many years to come, says the London
Leader 1t Is known as the twelve
inch steel and wire gun, and Is not
only the best weapon which the royal
navy has ever had, but Ia far superior
to any gun possessed by any foreign
navy II weighs lfty tons, Ia forty
one feet long, has a muzzle velocity OF
1887 feet per second. The projectilo
weighs $50 pounds, the bursting charge
being eighty-three pounds and the FIR
Ing charge l07h pounds of cordite.
The admiralty has ordered $50, at
cost of 10000 each. OF these l5e
have been completed and 800 are stlli
In the hands OF the contractors Each
man-of-war will carry four of these
formidable weapons, and when tho
navy is supplied they will be issued to
forts on the sea front. The new sun
Will be the heaviest In the service, and
Will take the place OF the 110-ton, 100.
ton and S0-ton guns OF which no more
are to be made, The best Krupp gun
can fire shot twelve and half miles,
and the United States government 10
constructing at It's arsenal at Water
vllet a monster gun which, 1t is said,
Will carry heavy shot twenty-one
miles, The new British naval gun,
though less than half the weight of the
American weapon, mounted on the
heights Of Dover, can, however, drop
a shell on the shores OF France No
accuracy Of aim could, of course, be
obtained or maintained at this long
distance, the effective range being &c.
900 yards, or between nine and ten
miles.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
WHERE ARE WE ATT

The furry on Wall street alarms no
one In this part OF the world, where
business ls good and money plentiful.
Conditions In this section are normal
and healthful, and there ls no reCk-
less speculation and stock 1obblng to
cause men TO lose their heads and
oyerreaeh themselves, Happily the
west no longer is compelled TO look
constantly to the east for Its money
supp'y,-omaha Bee,
The Bec Is blowing lts prosperity
buglo just as Wall street did two
months ago. Everything Is lovely IN
the west and all our banks stand up
as solid as a stone wall, but In tho
same number of the paper from which
the above clipping ls taken we find tho
following facts about some OF tho
Nebraska banks, Since last Septem-
ber Omaha banks have lost $l56,0OO
In deposits and Lincoln banks have
lost S6l3,O00, In September Omaha
banks had reserve fund OF over "A
per cent, and now they have about 20,
In September the Lincoln banks had
reserve OF over 80 per cent and now
they have less than 2l and during tho
same tlmo the Lincoln banks have
reduced their loans and discounts 81
1889. Those banks now hold one
dollar In cash for each Ave dollars
they owe depositors. How long would
these banks last In the case OF a gen.
eral rum II panic should start, q
bank having but one dollar with
which to pay Ave, wouldn't last holy
minute.
This brings TO mind another thing
which perhaps many of our readers
have never thought Of, Suppose all
the banks In the United States have
as large O reserve fund as tho banks
In Omaha and Lincoln, how much
money would be left In the hands OF
the people for general circulation?
There would bo about $3.50, ,0O0,O 900 or
5000 per capita and here Is the proof
of that proposition, The banks OF the
country owe over seven billions OF dol
lars to depositors, II all those banks
have a reserve fund of 81 per cent,
they would hold In their vaults ST.
470,000,00O Of dead money and as all
tho money In the United States out
side the national treasury amounts to
only l,9OO,OO0,0O0 we would have left
only $430,000,000 Of actual circulation,
II good times continue and everybody
has confidence In existing conditions,
the banks are all right, and so are
the people; but II widespread panic
comes-and 1t was fearfully near no
last week-then look out for breaking
banks, ruined merchants and universal
disaster The bankers, brokers and
spectators can join in singing that
grand old hymn:
10, on narrow neck Of land,
Between two boundess seas we stand,
Yet how insensible,"
-Nonconformist
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25

Every municipal monopoly is under
city management, The waterworka
have been satisfactorily maintained for
years. In 1872 the gas works were
taken over, the object being to reduce
the price of gas and increase its use
by the poorer classes. To this end the
department introduced penny-in-the-
slot meters, which have been so well
received that about one-hfth Of the
population Is now supplied in this way,
When this meter Is used a stove Is sup
piled and fixed" free Of charge. MOI
one penny need be invested, except fol
the thirty feet Of gas sold for 2 cents
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
A WARRIOR OF THE DEEP.


Tho swordnsh Is Fighter Absolutely
without Fear.
The swordnsh Is utterly without fear
and will, like q buffalo or rhlnoceros,
charge anything that offends 1t, often
doing an, amount Of execution hardly
to be believed did not the evidence ex-
lst, says the San Francisco Call. Com"
bats between swordfsh are most inter-
esting and may be compared to duel
between two expert swordsmen. Such
a contest was observed off the long
pier that extends out into the ocean at
Santa Monica, near Los Angeles, last
year. Some fishermen noticed two big
fish leaplng out Of the water and
dashing along the surface. Soon 1t
was seen that they were swordnsh.
The season was when the fish are un-
usually ferocious. They had made
several rushes and when observed
were at close quarters, striking each
other powerful side blows like cavalry
men. This was unsatisfactory, and
finally they separated and darted at
each other like arrows, the water hiss
Ing as their sharp dorsal fins cut
through it. They evidently struck
head on, one missing, while the sword
of the other struck just below the eye
and plowed deep furrow in the fish,
partly disabling 1t, 80 that 1t turned
and attempted to escape But its ad-
versary also turned and with rush
drove Its sword completely through the
body of its foe and held 1t fast, only
wrenchIng its weapon loose when Its
enemy stopped swimming.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25

This Is a great boon to the poor,
who find 1t very difficult to save
enough to purchase fittings outright.
Stoves alone may be rented for 10 per
cent Of the cost per year, and the de-
partment has its own stores containing
styles to suit the poorest or the most
Sastldlous. The price of gas has been
steadily reduced, until now 1t is rs I'd
(66c) for lighting and Is (45c) for heat
ing and trade purposes. Indeed, the
city has been so considerate of public
welfare in every way that practically
the whole population consumes munlc-
Ipal gas. How does this compare with
some of our clties-St Paul, for in
stance, where not more than one
fourth Of the population use gas?
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25

groes. These negroes had voted and
disappeared, and members OF their race
living In the precincts where they had
voted could give no account OF them.
Some were remembered to have been
around before the election some time,
and others were scarcely remembered
The result of this investigation indl-
Gates that wholesale lmportations OF
negroes from Missouri took place, and
II would be we'll for the Fusion
committees to guard against rcpeti-
ton of this practice In the coming
campaign,
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
PoPuLISM IN ENGLAND.

In his pursuit of big things the
American is apt to neglect the citIol
OF medium size in Great Britain, and
to concentrate his attention on Lon.
don, Glasgow, Birmingham or Liver
pool. This is a mistake, for among
the cities OF 100000 or 100000 popula-
ton there are instances of municipal
enterprise not excelled by any me-
tropolis. Such a town Is Huddersheld,
a Yorkshire town of 100000 situated
In the midst of the British textile in
dustries.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
Gold StnndnrhIsIn.

The John p. Lowell Arms company
of Boston was born in 1S41 and died In
1899. The patient suffered much from
lingering sickness caused by the
crime of 1873, and finally died from an
acute attack OF the gold standard.
Many mourning creditors followed the
remains to their final rest.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
SWITzERLAND'S PRESIDENT.

Walther Hauser, who has recently
been reelected presiden! of the Swis4
republic, has long been prominent in
the politics Of his country. He was
for ten years member of the Ma
tional council then became vice-presi-
dent and last year waS elected presl,
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
But the ordinary soldier

The little town Of Turner, Kan, with
its 400 inhabitants, supplied three SOL
diers when the call for volunteers was
issued, and all Of them died of disease.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25

The workingman and the taxpayer
have cause to rejoice as well. The
hours Of labor have been reduced to
eight-Huddersf was the first city
to adopt the eight-hour program
About $4,000 is annually used to de-
crease taxes, and yet adequate amounts
have been set aside for depreciation,
renewals and amortization of debt.
The object, however, is not to make a
profit, but to lower the price as rapidly
as possible. 1t is cheaper in some
other cities, but the density Of popula-
ton is very, very low, being only seven
per acre, which makes 1t necessary to
have an unusually large number OF
miles of pipe. The interest and main
tenance charges are correspondingly
high.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-01-25
THE LIST OF HEROES.

Look on the list, the sad long list, Of
heroes who are low.
The colonel's name is given so that all
the world may know.
The names Of all the majors and cap
tains lying there
Are mentioned in the bulletins and
posted everywhere,
But the ordinary soldier
All, he's made Of poorer stuff,
And his name is never mentioned,
For there isn't room enough!
Let the ones at home that love him
Learn his fate some future day
Death to him Is ever only
Incidental, anyway