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New-York tribune., 1900-03-19

No wonder that IT seems strange to think TIM
woman. who was closely related to the late Gen
eral Wauchope." killed In the war still raging =,
South Africa wrote the ingratiating tune There
has been some controversy about the melody ~
course there generally is a quarrel about everv
song taken up in the inmost heart Of the peopl.1
but there seems to be no good reason for question
ing the statement of the lady, whose maiden mama
was Alicia Anne Spottiswoode. who married Lord
John Douglass Scott. of the Duke OF Bucclsucb
in 1896. But though the music Of Annie Laurie.
belongs to the early decades of this century 0ady
John Scott was ninety-one years old when sbs
died. the words nearly hundred years old
Says Mrs Helen Kendrick Johnson in her adnira-
Bile book Our Familiar Songs:
soAaI. Annie Laurie has come to mean the universal
and 1t is pleasant to know that there really IVES
an Annie Laurie once Two centuries ago she was
1t was made in trustworthy old Ballad BSok@
dam: Sir Robert aI1i iqNR@trfa r share Of Hod-
welton family (created 9th March. 1850 by his
three sons and four daughters of whom Anne was vas
mt iUSH % cfie%3ratS % I9r her beauty. and made
the lady married Mr. Ferguson OF Craie,IarrocbO O
Then follow Of the familiar stanzas Ami.
Laurie was born on December 1e, 1852 and was
twenty-eight years old when she married Mr. Fey,
guson instead of the poet whom she had given
her promise true" BY the way. Lady Scott or
some other editor. changed the first stanza vhicb
we think much more winsome in the form in which
IL was repeated by the granddaughter of Douglas
Of Finsland in the year that the soldiers were
singing the song and thinking their sweethearts
In Russia. Here is the record, set down in Mr.
Fitz-Gerald's ''stories Of Famous Songs:
In 1854 there lived an old lady who hearing An
ME Laurie sung. declared the words were nor me
ones her grandfather had written She stated
atterward that her grandfather. Douglas OF Firv-
land. was desperately in love with Annie Laurie
when he wrote the song. But" she added ma
did ma get her. after all" Asked as TO the au'
thentictty of the lines she said: "Oh. mind them
fine. / have remembered them a my life NV
father often repeated them to me" And here is
the stanZa, signed with her
Marvellous banks are bonnie
They're "a clad Owre wi dew
Where an Annie Laurie
Made up the bargain true.
Made up the bargain true.
Which neer forgot sail be-,
An for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me down an dee.
mind mar.
August 80 1854
AS sung al present the first four lines OF this
second stanza We're taken from old version OF
John Anderson, my 10. John; originally. how
ever. they ran:
She's backt like the peacock.
She's breistit like the swan,
She's jimp around the middle.
Her waist We weel micht span.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-19
forth a picture of high hnanciering "nicn oe-
to rank as a masterpiece

The Democratic position with respect 10
Puerto Rico appears to be in briet' we oon
care shucks for Puerto Rico but we want iree
trade and Calhoun's Interpretation OK ,he Co
''sttuton." But the American Nation uoes o"ie
a good deal for the welfare of Puerto hico. anu
it does not take kindly either 10 free 'raue u
20 the doctrines Of C,aIhoun's later and less
worthy
New-York tribune., 1900-03-19

Major Asa b. Gardeners protoplasmal primor-
dial ancestors must be having a pretty hard
time OF it nowadays. To think that mere
Grand Jury and mere, common. everyday
Recorder should snub Constitutional Repre-
sentative of The Peepul and Son Of the Revo-
luton, And yet the earth continues TO circle
round the sun. and the procession of the equi-
noxes is maintained. Oh, the unfeeling cruelty
OF the material universe!
New-York tribune., 1900-03-19

Governor Roosevelt thinks that the most i'm
portant problem for the Charter Revision Com
mission to solve is that Of water supply. The
most important question before him now to
solve is that OF securing TO the Commission a
chance to solve it along other than Ramapo
lines. That can be done by the passage OF the
Morgan bill
New-York tribune., 1900-03-19
MR. GROWS CONDITION IMPROVED.

Washington. March 1s-The condition of Repre-
sentative Galusha A. GROW of Pennsylvania. is
improved. He had a restful night, and has con-
tinued comfortable to-day.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-19
SENATOR pL4TT GOES TO WASHINGTON.

Senator Thomas c. Platt returned Washington
yesterday morning and b. B. Odell. jr., chairman
of the Republican State Committee. went up to
Newburg early in the day TO join his famlly AS
a result there political conferences at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel and there were no prominent
Republicans about headquarters.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-19

March has not forgotten the blusterous god
whose name it bears. Notwithstanding the early
pretensions 10 n1ildness with which it sauntered
into the calendar
New-York tribune., 1900-03-19

would do good in the world must be touched
with the feeling of brotherhood, as, from the
tone of his letter, we believe our correspondent
to Ia
New-York tribune., 1900-03-19

An sS3,OOo,OOO debt piled up by munici-
pal railroad OF Insignificant total mileage sets
New-York tribune., 1900-03-19

Lady Scott. though she wrote the tune. which Is
now likely 10 live as long the words OF Annie
Laurie" to have troubled herself about
the authorship of the latter; she declared they
written by Allan Cunningham. author of "A Wet
Sheet and Flowing Sea- The dispatch which
brought the news of Lady Scott's death gave alsa
this interesting description of her:
She ninety-one years of age and aunt OF the
Duke of RuCCleuCh and closely related the late
General Wauchope. She had very strong charac-
ter. and was great uphOlder Of old manners ard
customs When travelling she rode in "A carriage,
always had pOstons. and encouraged the Observ-
OF old customs. She liberal benefactor
of the poor and maintained a meal mill a relic
of old times, and she preferred thatch roofs and
peat for fires. She indefatigable collector
of antiquities.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-06

freeze on Neptune, with 800 times
our winters cold. You will be-
shriveled with everlasting drought
on the moon, and drenched, per-
haps with storms. something like,
our own on Mars. Youwould find
on Jupiter q scorching soil and
terrific storms Of scalding rain-a,
rain perhaps Of liquid metals In
stead Of water. Nowhere would:
you find green hills. If you,
wanted holly You would have to.
put up with red leaves! On JupL,
ter the shrinking that makes.
mountains and valleys has hardly
commenced, and you would find
vast hot5level plains and scalding
lakes and seas. On Mars. if your
weight on earth is 40 pounds, you
would weigh only 70, and could
skip lightly and merrily On its
surface; on Jupiter your weight
would have increased to $50
pounds, and on the sun your legs
would be crushed under your own
weight of two tons.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-06
Don't Kick.

If you are not satisfied with this
snappy weather just pocket your
clothes and go to some neighbor-
ing planet. You can choose from
the following kinds Of weather:
You will be scorched on Mercury
by a burning sun seven times hot
ter than the tropics. You will not
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-06
Say, Do You Want to Make
Money

If you want to make money you
can't do better than with VIM. III.
Brown & Go. Why with Brown &
Co.? Because they have genuine
bargains. Because they and their
clients have and are making
money. Because their experience
is worth dollars to the careful in
weston.
If you want to purchase a farm
home,
If you want to purchase a home
in town, I'd
If you want to purchase a lot I'M
town. I
If you want to purchase land to
improve,
If you want to purchase i'm
proved land,
If you want to purchase land as
an investment,
IF you want topndrrcfhlxsegil gilt edge
securities,
IF you want to secure a real es-
tate loan,
If you want to have q reliable
abstract of title,
If you want reliable insurance
for farm or city property, call on
Brown & Co.
Why invest now?
Because the prosperity of our
farming community is assured.
The opening of the Fort Totten
Indian Reservation near Devils
Lake, the bridging of the lake con-
Meeting, soon will create a great
movement toward this city and
county. City and farm property
can now be had cheap. You can
make no mistake in investing now,
for the present prices will be
doubled.
We would be glad to hear from
you in relation to investments.
The interests of our clients are our
own personal interests and are
carefully guarded.
The city OF Devils Lake is locat-
ed on the shores of Americas fam
GUS inland sailed sea, devils
Lake."
Spend your summer vacation
here. Delightful Chautauqua as.
semblies here every July.
VIM. III BROWN & Co..
Devils Lake, N. D
If you like the Inter- Ocean ask
,1oa1r noiohbor 70 c1bcoriho
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-06

lia1aili AlA{zl4 l1l4lzn
There is not q vacant dwelling
house in town..
There seems to be a scarcity of
faymshelp at this time.
Geo. Orvis will leave Monday
on months visit east.
Nes Backstrum is building an
addition to his popular resort.
j. IS. Switzer, the carpenter,
will build a residence for himself.
this summer.
Walkers $500 music music box re-
ceives many compliments from the
travelling public.
Ike Siebert has rented Geo.
Cakes residence. His family ar
rived from the east this week.
1t keeps Charley Studness busy
dividing his time between his
Churchs Ferry and York stores.
"A. j. Kirkeide and Thos. E.
Engelhorn were visitors to the
metropolis of Ramsey county the
first Of the week.
Farmers generally in this vici-
nifty began dragging Monday, and
have been busy all we'll preparing
their land for crop.
j. G.. jacobson: I have sold
the last horse today, and hereafter
will have more time to devote to
the newspaper business.
MI. Groninger, who recently ar.
rived from Pennsylvania, has
rented Ed. Straab's. farm, five
miles southwest of town.
About fifteen families out Of
last weeks colony, stopped al
Churchs Ferry. The remainder
Of the immigrants divided here
about an equal number going w
the st. John line and west.
j. B. Church: The Inter
Oceans mention of my candidacy
for the sheraffalty nomination hal
brought me promises Of supper
from friends in all directions. /.
may be able to surprise a Who'll,
Z lot ofpeople.
Alfred Bargland and Miss Till,
Backstrum went to Devils LAX
Monday and were married b
Judge Duell. Mr.. Bargland ha
rented his father-in-law's farm fo
the summer. The young peopl
have the best wishes of a host {
friends.
j. E. Truesdale, of Owatonn,
Mimi, one of the, old timers
this city, is here looking after III
finished business, and renewin
old acquaintance. Mr. Truesda]
is one of the successful hors
dealers of the Northwest-he ais
loans money.
"A number Of Mr.. and Mr.
Ted Horsman's friends gave the,
surprise last Friday night, Q
the eve of their departure
their new home at York. III
evening was pleasantly while
away in cards, after which refresl
ments were served.
81. a.. Noltimier: I could ha,
sold at least fifteen head of fan,
stock from my farm to as maj
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-06

4 w SIX fiiifi tfii iiti iiti titi KS tifi tiii XIX i "
different applicants just through
the notices the Inter Ocean has
given me. I am not selling any
stock, however this year. I in
tend to buy more and go into the
business on a large scale.
"MaK1PBM HATS" Style and
quality. Sold by Geo. 81. Glass.
Ole Ness has a pair of fine bron-
chos nicely broken, has bought a.
new buggy and has a new device
for squirting splaaterson the wallis
but Ole says If we dare mention
these facts he will stop his paper
and wreak dire vengence upon the
writer. Under these circumstan-
ces we daren't say a word.
The way Henry Noltimier goes
after subscriptions portends a big
list for the new Sun. Chambers
says every business house in the
town will be represented in the
advertising columns, and the sue
cess of the paper is already assured.
The first issue of the Sun under
the new management will be out
next week and everybody is anx-
iousIy awaiting the event. The
Inter Ocean predicts it will be
one of the neatest and brightest
papers in the state.
"McK1BBIH HATS" Every de-
tail perfect. Sold by Geo. Glass,
Churchs Ferry has one of the
best machine shops in the state,
in the Northwestern Iron Works.
managed by S. A. Ham. The
plant cost over $4,000, not includ.
ing the lots and building. Mr.
Ham is from st. Louis. He is 8
practical machinest and an inven.
tor of several labor-saving appli.
ances which are used in his bust
ness. All classes of machines are
overhauled and repaired, and Mr.
Ham contemplates adding {
foundry and going into the manu-
fracture of gasoline engines anc
boiler making. Work is sent X
this institution from all along tn.
list. John branch, from Towner ant
as far west as Harvey. Mr.. Ham
says the business he did will
farmers south Of Oberon last yea
amounted to $1,000. An institu
) ton like this would be a grea
credit to a city much larger thai
Churchs Ferry.
"McK1BB1N HATS" None bel
ter made. Sold by Geo. ii. Glass
{ Lewis Pond, who had consider
: able to do with making the Farm
!, ers Institute here a success, send
3 the Leeds Review the followin;
Q breezy notes Of the meeting
8 Lewis Pond was called on for
talk on livestock, he responded b
reading a paper on short-hor
cattle giving history of the breet
! some statistics on dairy cattl,
Z hints on feeding, he said that on
= ton Of wheat straw was worth g.
: for manure and far more, if use
to bed stock with, that wheat stra
would absorb two and one-ha
times its own weight of liquid.
e. John M. Thomson on being r
u quested, gave his experience ]
y raising fax, he answered q gre
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-06

many questions in regard to his
method of working the land the.
yield, of fax and Of the different
grain crops in the following years.
G.. l.. Weimer also gave his ex-
perience in growing fax and a
great deal Of valuable information
was gathered on that subject from
the speakers.
Hon. George E. ~Ingabretson
gave his experience in raising
oats. He had averaged .50bushels
to TIE acre had best success on.
spring blowing and by discing and
afterward drilling the seed on
stumble land. Mr.. Ingebretson
also answered numerous questions
in regard to oats, he was requested
to prepare q paper for the next
Institute giving his experience
with cleaning of grain for the
market on a large scale. also his
experience with gasoline engines.
Hon. Jas. McC ormick ofRamsey
county gave his experience in rails
ing forest trees, his willows had
stopped growing at the height of
thirty-6ve feet, he had not been
troubled very much with the will
low worm or caterpillar, the reason
was that he had been watching for
that, or similar unbidden visitors
and had taken good care that the
caterpillar died young.
G.. A. Studley one of the most
careful and prosperous farmers of
Benson county, modestly declined
to speak, he was called upon sew
eral times. Henry A. Noltime1
was called on for information on
disc plows he said that the disc
pillow would surely scour no matter
how wet or sticky the ground was
that the furrow was turned vel
and the ground left in a gooc
shape, he thought that the disc
pillow would be the coming pillow.
Messrs. George and Rober'
Thompson has just returned from
the Agricultural College at Fargo
and they were expected to reae
} papers. Unfortunatelythe moth
, or, Mrs. John M. Thompson, who
has been under the doctors care
! for some time. The lady had sud
! denly got worse and the youns
men hurridly left for home ant
:. forgot to leave the papers.
: Albert Wagner was next callet
on but he was too modest and de
lclined, So did Mr.. Dibble of Riggil
township.
Messrs. Hans o. Blefen, Count
Commissioners Kirkeide and Nj
Guss took part mainly in the pre-
: tliminary debates on constitution
8 etc.
Mr.. John Kuderman was Gale,
on, but he was bashful also, sti
his friends know that he has ez
Y perimented with treated and un
treated grain for prevention {
|, smut, with timothy and othe
grasses.
ell Messrs. Geo. Mcdonnell an
6lJohn Noltimier was requested I
djprepare papers for the next Inst
tute to be held about Janua1
next, on how to adjust and ru
threshing machines, SO BIS to. q
3 the best work with the least wast
of grain.
1t The executive committee WI
= ordered to give out subjects +,
8 papers, to be read at the next Ii
stitute, and to select parties
write same.
The Institute was then adjourne
after several we'll snent hours sn'
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-04-06

different applicants just through
the notices the Inter Ocean has
given me. 1 am not selling any
stock, however this year. I III,
tend to buy more and 60 into the
business on a large scale.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-14
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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-14
FROM FRISCO
To Akron Frank Cash
Travelled on Water.
At Least, So He CIaims-cases In
Map0r's Court.

"Yo Honah, l KUN straight from
frisco to Akron by watan; I'm u sail
or, I is," declared Frank Cash, col
ored, in Mayors court Monday morn
ing. Frank was alraigned on a charge
of vagrancy.
"Now, Frank, how did you come
from San Francisco to Akron, on WA
terY' demanded the Mayor.
Il did yo Honoh."
"How?"
"On pass give me by dc Guvenai
of Illinois"
And you came the entire way or
that pass?'
Eyes, sah."
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-14

well, Frank, the Mayor ,of Akron
will not be outdone in hospitality by
the Governor Of Illinois. III give you
a pass to work on our streets FOR 10
days" concluded Mayor Young.
Henry Hates and Frank Kuber, other
vagrants, will be connected with Ak
ron's street gang during the next I'VE
days.
Joe Appert, accused OF vagrancy, is
detailed mt the bastile, awaiting the
conclusion of the show. He is we'll
dressed and doesn't look like Il "vag.''
Henry Wcgand, also accused OF
yagrancy, told straightforward
story and was discharged.
Harry Welsh, Pat Sullivan, John
Yeager, Wm. Kinney, August Evans
Fred Copcrt and John Townsend, In
toxication, 81 and costs each.
Cases against Charles Miller anc
Charles Hastings, accused of engaging
in fight Saturday, continued to Wed
nesday morning. @
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-14

q new outft. S'rhe visiting mcmbers
were royalty entertained by TIiawatha |
lodge In one Of the Forest City's Iarg-
est lodge rooms, which proved none
too large 10 accommodate the number
OF Pathfnders brought together.
A fine lodge was instituted last week
at Pittsburg, Texas.
Supreme Organizer Pfciffcr sp
last week in Cleveland, Youngstown
and FindIay.
Deputy Perry, who has completed
the organization Of fine lodge at
Bellefontaine, is spending Sunday
with his family In Cuyahoga Falls.
Deputy Hildebrand, who has man
aged the work Of the order In ioungs-
town for q number of months, Is no
longer connected with the order.
Bro. II. j. Hard, at present recon-
mcnding the Pathfinder TO residents or
Geneva, O., attended the Cleveland
meeting Friday evening. Brothers
Chas. Palmer and Harry Huber who
bappeiied to be IN Cleveland, also at
tended.
At the regular meeting OF Akron
lodge Monday night, the new bylaws
submitted by the committee were
adoptcd. One brother and one sister
were reported sick and three names
were proposed for membership.
KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES
Akron tent held one Of the grandesi
regular reviews Of the season Wcdnes
day. The attendance was one of the
largest the tent has ever had. The
tent received two applications fol
membership, approved 10 applications
and initiated II candidates. The ST
knights are requested to attend Mon
day nights review.
would also state that the annua
memorial services will be held in thu
Sixth ward. The committees Of th
different hives and tents met at Til
Top tent hall Thursday evening tn
10th, and will meet for the final al
rangemcnts at Mcpherson hall or Ak
ron tents hall Monday ut 1880 p. IN.
MACCABEE UNIFORMED RANK
The Maccabee uniformed rank wi
be an established fact before very lon
and the organizers are more than col
tident of having big division. Wha
has looked like II probability is no.
more than a certain fact, and befoI
long there will be u general meetiil
= of all Mnccabees Of this vicinity IL
. the completion of the organization.
4
= is now only question of how soon IL
adjutaut general of the UNIFORM ran
of SIaccabees can get here to see full
organized Maccabee division of abol
I25 enthusiastic members. 1t w
y mean one of the best things ever a
y tempted for the benefit of Maccabe
20 ism in this vicinity. In completing Il
u rack. of the strong hold which this '
20 cinity is considered to be in fratern
- circles, will be this organization
l. the uniform rank, which will add
~ its tirmness more than all else.
- LADIES OF THE MACCABEES.
:" Busy Bee hive had regular review
7:3O Tuesday evening, May 13, at N
Pherson hail. Don't forget that
w sesslnent No. 4J for life benefit me
y" bers must be paid before the last