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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

A New York woman claims that tae
novelist "Ouida" is an American.
What has America done to this New
York woman?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

LET us clear the atmosphere"
says the Louisville Courier-Jcurnal.
What! another smart set thunder-clap
from Colonel Watterson?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

An exchange reports that a Maine
man has gone crazy through fear the
trust DOGGY would get him. There are
others.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

Harvard this year has more than
1000 students-a few OF whom will
see their names printed frequently in
The daily papers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

Every time q horse wins at 100 to
1 large number OF foolish people feel
that they have lost money by not
playing the races. ~,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

If kipling can't secure privacy in his
new home. which is five miles from a
railway station, he will doubtless try
4 balloon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

The Partisan professors are not in.
clined to treat the new comet with
ordinary French comfy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

Unfortunately. most of the advice
given about climbing the ladder Of
success is given 10y those who are at
he foot o. it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

Ping pong ought to have remarkable
vogue tlis winter. 1t is great pro.
1ucer OF calor:c
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

All that we can hope for now is that
Yohe and Strong may not get divorced
and do more harm.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

The coming vogue of the mutton leg
sleeve may be regarded as another
protest against the beef trust.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

An observer says the old world is
growing young again '-second child
hood, perhaps.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

Another pie famine has been averted
and the nation is relieved of the fear
of at least one terrible calamity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

Some wall paper, costing s25 roll.
is called Wall street paper.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

Putting fancy prices on coal when
there is none in the market is harm.
less amusement of the dealers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

Sofia. Oct. &c. Michael Stavreff,
alias Halju, was found guilty OF the
murder of exPremier Stambuloff in
1895 and sentenced to be hanged.
Companions of M. Stambuloff testified
that Stavreff fired the first shot.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

Should bachelors be taxed?" They
are taxed now with all the faults and
foibles to which sinful man is prone.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30
GROUND UNDER WHEELS.
Man Robbed on Train and Then
Thrown to His Death,

Mishawalla, Ind, Oct 26. - August
Richards OF Calumet, Mich, is believed
to have been robbed on a passenger
train and then thrown to his death
beneath the car wheels. The body
was found in the ditch Decide the
Grand Trunk railway two miles east
OF this city. All the pockets in his
clothing had been turned inside out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30
King Football is rapidly running Cd
dis score of broken bones.
lola was buried in a style that he
would have delighted to write about.

Russell Sage declares that prices
are too high. He must need a new
hat.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-10-30

It is pretty early for members OF
the Australian commonwealth to talk
secession.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
NEWS
TOBACCO TRUSTS MAY COMBINE.
American and Imperial Companies Ex-
pected to Get Together.

London, Sept. 25.-Thomas F.
Ryan of New York, sailed for home
yesterday on the steamship Kaiser
Wilhelm. MI. Ryan is one of the
largest holders of stock in the Amer
lean Tobacco Company. It has. been
stated that persons in a position to
know said Mr.. Ryan was in England
for the purpose of affecting a deal
with the Imperial Tobacco Company
the English tobacco trust. This
latter company was an outgrOwth
of the entrance of the American To-
bacco Company interests into the
foreign tobacco field. The organiza-
ton of the American Tobacco Com
pany threw the British trade into a
panic and the English tobacco men
got together and decided that it was
best to fight the trust with a trust.
So the Imperial Tobacco Company
was formed with a capital of SIS ,000,-
900. There has been a war of the
liveliest sort ever since and the
American Tobacco Company recent
ly sought to secure an alliance with
the Imperial Company. Interests
here, it was stated at the time of Nh.
Ryan's departure, expected some i'm
portant developments looking to a
combination of the American Tobac-
co Company's English interests with
the Imperial Tobacco Company with
in a short time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
The Money Question in Mexico.

Mexico is beginning to feel the
severe strain of a strictly silver cir
culation in a time when practically
all the producing nations of the
world require their products to be
paid for in gold. The adoption of
the gold standard in the United
States and the constantly diminish
ing use of silver in favor of bank
bills and other forms of paper cur
rency, with fluctuations in the mar
kets not always easy to explain, have
gradually pushed down the price of
the white metal till a Mexican dollar,
containing a few grains more of pure
silver than that of the United States,
has for more than a year been. worth
less than fifty cents. Once or twice
exchange has crept up to 40 per
cent, which is a valuation of about
f~orty-one cents for the Mexican dol
lar. This situation has operated to
the development of home m~anufac-
lures, and in this and other ways
been distinctly beneficial to the coun-
try. But it has laid a heavy burden
on the government which was in debt
and obliged to pay interest in gold.
Now the larger enterprises for the
development of the country's re-
sources are beginning to feel the
pressure as they are forced to buy
most of their equipment from abroad.
1t is said that they are urging the
government to adopt the gold stand
ard, and hat this may be done at an
early day. The government, how
ever, under the able management
of Mr.. Jose Limantour, Secretary of
the Treasury, is feeling the difficulty
of paying interest on its foreign debt
less at present than it did some years
ago.-Nashville Christian Advocate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
Retirement of Ambassador White.

The New York Outlook pays this
tribute to DR.. White:
GA man who has served his coun-
try in a foreign land so long, so hon
orably, so effectively as our Ambas-
sador to Germany, the Hon. Andrew
d. White, is entitled at the age of
seventy to release, if he desires it,
for return to his home among us.
But it IS with deep regret that multi
tudes Of his countrymen have learn
ed that Dr.. White has requested this
release, and expects it next Novem-
Der. A scholar as we'll as a diplomat,
he has been, as thoroughly as any
American could be, persona grata in
hat land of scholars. In presence
of a noisy and INSCRIPTIONS anti
American faction, his character and
accomplishments have exhibited us
to thoughtful Germans at our best.
Amid conditions that seemed menac-
ing to international peace, DR..
White, with his native tact, his train
ed sagacity, his personal friendliness
with the Kaiser and his Ministers,
was eminently the right man in the
right place. The honor and peace of
both nations were secure with him,
and Mr.. Hays mastery hand in
Washington "a seconded by as mas
terly a hand in Berlin. DIR. Whites
two terms of service at Berlin (1879-
1881, ~1897-19O2) cover a longer pc
riod than any other American has
served there"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

The Progressive Farmer, published
at Raleigh, has changed from an.
eight-page to a sixteen-page form.
It comes cut, pasted and folded and
presents an attractive appearance
It is carefully and ably edited, and
is a credit not only to the publishers
but also to the State. 1t is what it's
name indicates, and an invaluable
journal for the farming class.-Stan-
~ Enterprise.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
Fertilizer Trust to Dictate Cottonseed
Prices.

New York, Sept. 25.-The Virgin
a-Carolina Chemical Company, ac-
~cording to the Evening Sun tonight,
contemplates largely increasing it's
facilities and placing itself in a po-
sition to dictate prices of cotton seed
and cotton seed oil. The Sun says:
The sale of 100000 of bonds by
the Virginia. Carolina Chemical
Company to Hallgarten & Co., and
Blair & Co., has put the company in
possession of ample funds to enlarge
its business and materially increase
it's resources in every way. This step
has been contemplated since the COM
pany purchased it's potash plant in
Germany last summer, which has
served to strengthen the company
immeasurably. The bonds will reim-
burse the company for the outlay in
volved in this purchase and also for
a number of other purchases made
during the last year in the way of
cotton mills and mining plants. It
will also give the company all avail
able means necessary to continue the
manufacture of fertilizer and cotton
seed on a large scale. An enlarged
trade in fertilizer is expected by the
management during the current year.
The cotton seed oil business. on
the contrary, will, it is believed, be
less brisk. The rise in price of cot
ton seed promises, however, not only
to curtail the sale of oil, but also
to make the manufacture of oil a
losing business to new outside mills
as they will be compelled to buy seed
at the highest prices and sell oil at
the low price because the facilities
of the Virginia. Carolina Chemical
Company will enable it to dictate
prices for both.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

position of the Secretary of the
Treasury. He said, quoting Presi-
dent Mckinley, RECIPROCITY is the
natural growth Of our wonderful in
dustrial development under the do
nestle policy now firmly established"
and much more along the same line.
At the same time, it is we'll known
that there exists severe opposition
to the reciprocity treaties negotiated
bv Commissioner Kasson and which
have rested for some time in the Sen
ate Committee on FOREIGN Relations.
1t is, therefore, more than possible
that the President and his advisors
have in view the negotiation of new
treaties under the supervision OF the
Ways and Means Committee of the
next Congress or some commissioner
appointed by that committee.
A HITCH IN IsTHMIAN CANAL
PREPARATIONS.
Owing to what the American Off
cials are inclined to call the arbi-
trary position of the Colombian gov
eminent, and to what the Colombian
officials describe as the arbitrary pro-
visions of the Spooner amendment,
there are indications that the diplo-
matte negotiations with the country
named and involving the construc-
ton of the Panama Canal, will meet
with new difficulties. It will be re-
membered that Colombia expressly
stipulated that she could not, under
the provisions of her constitution,
grant a perpetual lease of the zone
of the canal to the United States,
neither could she surrender her ov-
erignty over the territory. Never
theless, Senator Spooner incorporat-
ed both of these provis 6s in his
amendment and when his q 42
was called to the apparent/ discrep-
ancy, he said, "Let Colombia change
her constitution" This Colombia
refuses to do, and as a result there
is a serious hitch in the negotia-
tions.
A. B. MORRIOTT.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 81, 1902.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

The Progressive Farmer, the very
best farm paper that we know of for
our people, comes to us in new form
this week. It is a sixteen page paper
now, book form, and is as neat as it
is readable. Editor Poe is to be con-
graduated upon his success.-Rox-
boro Courier.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30

Michigan Republicans have en-
dorsed the candidacy of Gen. Rus
sell A. Alger, of "embalmed beef"
fame, as candidate for the Senate to
succeed Hon. James Mcmillan, de-
ceased.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
Washington, D. c., Sept. 81, 1902.

1t was announced Friday, 26th,
that President Roosevelt has chosen
Charlemange Tower, Ambassador to
Russia, to succeed Mr.. White as AM
bassador to Germany, resigned.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-09-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Administrations Attitude Toward
Tariff Reform and Reciprocity.

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
Owing to the necessity of abandon
ing his trip, the President delivered
at Logansport, Ind, the speech which
he had prepared for delivery at Mil
waukee and which was looked to as
a further elucidation of his position
in regard to the tariff. While his
statements on the subject were, in
the main, conservative, the Demo
Gratis in Washington are already OBJ
jecting to his assumption that "the
nation as a whole has generally ac-
quiesced to the protective policy"
Although Nh. Roosevelt did not use
the word commission, his proposition
may be briefly expressed as favoring
a non-partisan commission which
should supervise the revision of the
tariff and he implied that "such ma
chinery," as he termed it, could exer-
else a constant supervision of the
tariff and make such recommended
tiOns to Congress as the development
of the various protected industries
warranted. It is regarded as ex-
tremely likely that the President
avoided using the term Commission
for the reason that he had in mind
the creation, in the near future, of a
department of commerce along lines
which would permit it to exercise the
supervision he outlined.
WILL THERE BE AN EXTRA SESSION.
There is considerable gossip in
Washington in regard to the proba-
bility of an extra session of Con
gress to be called Immediately after
the expiration of the F~ifty-seventh
Congress, next March. This gossip
can be traced to certain remarks
made by some of the gentlemen who
were present at the Oyster Bay con
ference. 1t is said that there will be
no time during the short session for
the consideration of the general sub
ject of reciprocity and some predict
that even Cuban reciprocity will be
permitted to ego over" The Fifty
eighth Congress, on the other hand
would have ample time before it, it's
members would presumably favor the
granting of reciprocal concessions
to Cuba and will possibly be in more
general harmony with the views of
the President than the F~ifty-seventh.
1t is probable that it will become
necessary to take some steps towards
trust legislation, and that also is re-
garded as too big a subject to be
properly dealt with during the short
session. If it is determined to make
any changes in the tariff, a bill could
be referred to the Ways and Means
Committee during the extra session
with instructions to make a thorough
Investigation during the summer re-
cess and report the following De
cember. 1t is stated that Senator
Aldrich reported to the President his
willingness to sanction such a pro
gram.
SHAW SPEAKS OUT FOR RECIPROCITY,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-12-03

.Joah Vaaskn fodRd6im. He WA
A-settiR' on the edge O. the river
bank, with his elbows on his knees
an his chin a-roatin' ia his hands
lest ln0e you're a-settin', Sian ha
hce drawed down like he was the
most ferlorn crittur that ever q
What's the matter, Job2' says
Josh.
'Neloncolly,' says Job.
"'What're ye m%eloncolly 'bOutT
asks josh.
Everything answe Job; the
worlds agin me. An eff It wasn't
fer my sslf-respeck' he says. a-look-
in real earnestly at the water be-
low, I'D tumble on o. this bank an
let the water swaller me-
"But he didn't more'n git Il said
than the bank caved of, an the wa
ter did swaller him; an he swallered
a good deal o. water, In about ten
seconds his tow-head came up, an
he managed to splutter out fer
help-fer he couldn't swim; he'd
never Tarnt how becuz it required
too much exertiOn.
"'But ye was meloncolly, an want
ed to drown yerself; now go it, says
Josh.
"'But I amt meloncolly now hob
lers Job as loud as he could between
his gaspings. Then he went under
ag'in.
"Wall. the water kept a-swallerin'
Job, an Job kept a-swallerin' the
water, until by the time Josh fetched
him out he didn't have norm Is or
80 heart-beats left o. this life. But
Josh relied him aeross his knee, an
pulled out his tongue, an blowed
down his throat, an pounded him
till he was almosti black an blue
an brought him Tound all fright.
"Some two or three days after this
Job was a-settin' on the edge O. Q
sidewalk a-lookin' between his knees,
when Josh an four or five other
men happened along. Josh turns
round, an says: Gentlemen, l per-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-12-03

ceive that our esteemed feller-citi-
zen, Mr.. Job Prince, has the meloncol-
ly. A few days ago he was afflicted
with the same disease, an was in
stantly relieved by complete INNER
sion in cold water. / move that we
give him a similar treatment now
almost before Job knowed 1t they
bounced down upon him, an packed
him down to the river an soused
him under, an kept him there fer
a minute or 30. Then they turned
him loose, an give him this advice,
AGO to work an help support that
family o. your'n, an mebbe ye
won't have the meloncolly.'
sob was a little tardy about
mendin' his ways, but .fndin' that he
got ducked every time he was
ketched a-lookin' meloncolly, he final
ly see the pint an went to work,
He never had the meloncolly no more
after that, an when he died he was
well-to-do.
"Mebbe my Judgments in errer,"
concluded Hiram, again s~houldering
his hoe, "but in my opinion what
causes most o. the meloncolly in the
world is not havin' nothin' to do.
An eff I was We, 81, I'd try a little
rustlin' fer that family as a cure fer
detected sperits."
Then he passed on, chuckling, leav-
ing silas engaged in watching the
vain attempts of an ant to pull =
crooked stick into its hill.-Woman's
Home Companion.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-12-03

It was at the Thanksgiving dinner
given to the newsboys, and one Of
the men who had arranged the mat
ter started to say a few words to the
boys. He had not said very much,
when one little fellow whispered to
the next one: "Oh, pshaw, I wish
that bloke would hurry up and get
through"
ooh, I don't know; the longer he
keeps on the hungrier I get, and
then the mor I'll be able to eat."-
Brooklyn Life.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-12-03
Whv &c Va Gonh.

Ethel used to play a good deal in
her Sabbath-school class. One day
she had been very quiet. She sat
up primly and behaved so well that
after the recitation was over the
teacher remarked:
Ethel, my dear, you we're a very
good little girl to-day"
"Yes'm, I couldn't help being good.
I've got a stiff neck."-ChiOago Lit
tie Chronicle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-12-03

To raise money for the French treas.
ury the municipal council Of La Cour-
tine gravely proposes that a tax
should be levied on every dress q wom-
an possesses over and above one for
everyday wear and n for Sundays
and fete days.-London Nail
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-12-03

Edith-Tell me frankly, George, e
you were q rich man, do yen think
you would ask me to marry youf
George don't think It would be
necessary, Edith; in that case you
would probably do the askng.-nt
Bita
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-12-03
SIS to $i8 a Week

salary for an intelligent man or woman IN each
town. Permanent position. 80 cents per
hour for spare time Manufacturer, BOX T8,
Philadelphia
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-27
Business Way Up.

Billie Baldwin, the blacksmith, is
the busiest man in town. His supe
rior skill in shoeing horses has be.
come pretty generally known and
horses are being brought to him from
far and near. The horses feet feel
so good when Billie has finished shoe,
ing them that the appreciatiye ami
mails nod their thanks to him. So
much wagon and carriage work and
general blacksmithing has been
brought to him that he had to prepare
for that kind of work also. Billie
says that his shop is not two stories
high but in point of skill his work.
men are.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-27

People are expected to believe his
tory when such things as this happens.
In 1892 a man living on a small farm
east OF Wichita ran out OF coal one
evening. He was getting supper. and
he took an armful OF corn and dumped
It in the stove. Corn was 10 cents a
bushel, and the Wichita reporter fred
the story out over the country that
Kansas farmers were burning corn.
The corn burning story has passed
into history as a fact II julius Caesar
had no better foundation than the
corn story he never existed at all
Wichita Eagle. .. .,r3Q. p
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-27

A writer in the London Argus gives
the following peculiar old street names,
with the modern substituted:
Adam Digging yard - st. Peter
street
Aggat's passage - Cutler street,
Houndsditch.
Alphabet court-Clare Market.
Baalzephon street-Long lane. Ber-
mondscy.
Bully Rag row-Bethnal Green.
Jealous row-St George 's-in-the East.
Anugallican passage-Temple Bar.
Lally Pot lane-Foster lane.
The derivations Of these names, con-
tinues the writer, would be an inter
esting study, but think 1t would be
found that i'm a large number of in
stances the love Of ecccntricity had led
TO the selection.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-27
GOOD Points FOR YOUNG FOLKS

There is no hope for the young per-
son who sits down and waits for "old
Brindle to back up 90 be MIXED 20
There viii always be McCawbcrs wait
ing for something 10 turn up. but the
only safe plan is to snatch ones coat
and turn something up.
The man or woman who can do wen
some useful work that few others can
do. can get mighty good pay for IL.
They make opportunities not wait for
them TO back up.
This paper would like to emphasize
loud enough to be heard from ocean
to ocean thar
NOW rs THE ACCEPTED TIME to
get am education Next year usually
means never. The great mistake made
by the average young person is post
poning until next year hoping to ac-
cumulato a little more money before
starting The thing to do is to select
the best school for the work you want
and go 90 o.. if you have to walk and
work your way through when you
get there.
The Red sea of difficulties will al
ways divide Tor the one who marches
up to it with the right kind Of purpose
A course IN Tyler College starts,a a
young person on the right road The
schol even assists him to get a posi-.
tion when he has finished
WHAT THE STUDENT LEARNS
TO DO in this school is what he will
have to do when he comes faceto-face
with the business affairs Of life.
Another thing one doesn't need a
fortune TO take course on there. The
fun business, shorthand and typewrit.
ing courses can be had for what a bus
ness course alone usually costs. If
you need literary work, they furnish It,.
You get too. the famous Byrne Short
hand and actual business method Of
bookkeeping which are said to be rap.
idly displacing all other systems
At all events, it pays to investigate.
Every young man or young lady
ought to write for their large rlustrat.
ed catalogue. free. Address
TYLER COLLEGE,
Tyler Texas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-10-27
FoR SALE.

one six-horse horizontal engine and
boiler.
One six-horse upright engine and
boiler.
One eight-horse engine, upright.
One twenty-horse Ames engine,
horizontal.
Also two boiler feed pumps.
One twenty-five horse power Atlas
fire box boiler with twenty horse
power Watertown engine. all com
plete.
These engines and pumps have all
just been rebuilt and are in hls,-class
condition and will be sold very cheap.
ROBERTSON MACHINERY CO.,
l5-d&wtf. Broadway street