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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28
Two Buncombe T.rin Bill.,


Some Republican United States sena-
tors have q queer idea Of the tariff
Senator Lodge, under the pressure Of
Massachusetts, for free hides, has in
troduced bill to that effect. Senator
Warren Of Wyoming, who is interested
in continuing the duty on hides, to Of
ret Senator Lodge puts in bill for free
boots and shoes. Now, any one who
knows the conditions in footwear man
ufaeturing understands that while
nine tenths of the boot and shoe man
ufacturers demand free hides MAORI
U Of them are quite willing to have
boots and shoes placed on the free list.
This is one Of the instances where
protection does not protect the manu-
facturer, because they have got be-
yond the point where foreign manu-
facturers can compete with them, and
they demand free hides SO that they
can extend their trade into other coun.
tries. The invention Of machines for
boot and shoe making long ago over.
came the obstacle of cheaper labor in
other countries. The United States
heads the world in the manufacture Of
footwear and wfll dominate the mar.
kets Of the woxh when a congress has
5been elected that will give them free
NV material.
o. esssss nallhsr H. Lodss hiA 1or
- WADea I'M WN paas. Ensv On
- A111toss1 - lansso1s.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28
our perp,exea. pre.ident.

The message and official documents
nut before congress by the president
and his cabinet are suggestive for what
they do not contain.
Thus when the tariff is being discuss
ed everywhere and when it is expected
10 be the question at issue between the
two great parties next year we should
naturally expect to find some recon-
mendation on this important subject in
the presidents message. 1t contains
not a word to guide us. It does not
mention the word tariff" Why3 Has
the president no opinions or ideas on
this question, or is he afraid to talk on
IT? Is he undecided in his mind and Is
he hesitating to jump either toward
protection or free trade?
A year and half ago he was talking
tariff revision and a tariff commission.
Last spring he left off talking on both
these subjects and was reported to have
Joined the stand patters" after con-
ference at the White House with repre-
sentatives Of the Protective Tariff
league just before he started on his
western trip. Is he silent because the
protected interests told him then that
n he continued to talk tariff revision
they would defeat him for the nomina-
ton next year, 40 was reported?
nack In The eighties Mr. Roosevelt
vas nsmbar Of the Golden club Of
nnsAand and ef - 11ee Trade league
AJNw - -.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

has been discovered after months Of
labor by Secretary Cortelyou and his
large army of assistants, but either that
Is the case or President Roosevelt for
some reason does not want to expose
the trusts.
When the Republicans in the last
congress made the liberal appropria-
tons for probing the trusts they must
have had an assurance that their
friends and financial supporters. the
trusts, would not be exposed to their
hurt and hindrance, and they knew
anyway that good many Republican
patriots would be comfortably provided
for.
Quite light is thrown on the strenu-
Gus life of Il trust hunter by the gor-
geous paraphernalia that is required.
The account rendered by Secretary
Cortelyou Of his personal expenditures
from the contingent fund between Feb.
18, when lie entered upon his duties as
secretary of the department. of com.
merce and labor, and June 80. the end
Of the government fiscal year, is thus
given by reliable authority:
ut appears that on April carriage
was bought for the department at the
cost of 1926. Nineteen days later the
department purchased pair of horses
at cost of 1915. On April o $4.25 was
spent for stable supplies, which indi-
Gates that the department had stall
for its horses and carriages. though it
is apparent that it was not possessed
$296.50 was paid out for care Of We
hicles and horses for March and April
Then the department needed more
horses and under date of May IL is an
entry showing that another pair was
bought, for which $3.50 was paid. The
department. also bought a set Of har-
ness-a good set. it appears. for it cost
$317, or almost as much as the first
! pair of horses cost. On June the de-
partment paid 500 for the board Of
four horses during May and $19 for the
board of two horses and rent of har-
ness in the same month. Nine days
later the blacksmith's bill for horse
shoeing in April and May was paid.
amounting to 500"
Secretary Cortelyou evidently knows
the haunts of those he is after and
that he must appear in the same gor-
geous equipages as the trust magnates
and so blind the eye Of monopolist to
| the fact that he is hunting his inmost
secrets. A set of harness costing $317
even a plutocrat might envy. and the
sight of it aid in worming from him all
about his favorite trust. Meanwhile
the taxpayers are bleeding freely. with
but slight hope of their getting any
service in return and the trust mag
mates are enjoying their usual immu-
nifty.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

A.F.AA, M.-Lebanon Lodge holds regular
communications at the Masonic Temple ON the
second and fourth Fridays of each month: n,
eeeoA JOIN RYLANCE. w. NJ.
ROBERT WORK, Secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

LODGEOF ECTION.-Langdon No.
holds regular communications on the first and
third Thursdays' of each month at the Masonic
Temple. vM
Robert WORK, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

O.E s.-Langdon Temple holds regular com.
munications on the first and third Tuesdays OF
las. Il RAIN. TILL1E MCGRUER, w. NJ.
'N'' Sec'y. JAS. S. LoYNEs, w. p.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

40. U. WILMINGTON Lodge meets in the
Workman hall the first and third Mondays OF
each month. ,,u,
THos. SHEEHAN. Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

COL No. soS-St. Alphonsus Court, meets
on the first and third Wednesdays OF each
month in their hall over the Mooney oEate
Bank. EDMUND a. McCAY, Z. II.
JAMES j. MOVER, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

LADY MACCABEEs.-Langd Hive Of the
Lady Maccabees meet in the Workman nall,
the second and fourth Thursday g of each month
MRS. GRACE CRAWFORD, Commander.
Mrs. SADIE MILNE, Record Keeper.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

DEGREE OF HONOR.-Meets in the Work.
man hall on the first and third Friday OF each
month.
Mrs. NJ. L. SULLIVAN, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

RATHBONE S1sTERS.-Langdon Temple
No. 5. meets every Thursday evening at the N
Mrs. W. j. BIRMINGHAM, NJ. E. G.
MISS LULU HoDGINs, NJ. of R. & G.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

LADY c. o. Est. Mary's Court, meets at
the Forester hall on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month.
MRS. A. I. KGHMsTEDT, c. r.
Mrs. T. H. HOLLAND, Rec. Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

ALDERMAN.
E;rst Ward .N. L. Sullivan, F. j. Eodgins.
Sacond Ward ........M. Kelly. NJ. Morrison.
Third Ward $685.. Chas. Haugh, VIM. Haverty.
SCHOOL BOARD.
Members of Board Of Education-H: d.
Alert NJ. l.. Sullivan, Jno. McGauvran, +. A.
Farrell, Vim. Flumerfelt. IN u;,,
Treasurer, 1HAA>'
Clerk ......''' '> 4iu"A'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

X. o. T. M.-Lanedon Tent of Maccabees
meet in the Forester hall the first and third
Thursdays of each mouth.
j. d. SALTER, Commander
W. HANSON, X. of r.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

i, N. ". A.-Langlon Camp, No. $3.50 meets in
The WoOdman hall the second and fourth
p, p. KopR1vA, v. C.
40. VOID, Clerk,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

YEOMEN.-Meet in the K. OFF. hall, on the
first and third Thursdays of each month.
THos. SHEEHAN. Yeoman.
c. C. CRAWFORD, Sec'y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

w. o. W.-Excelsior Lodge No. 81, meets on
me second and fourth Tuesday OF each month
IN the Woodman Hall.
FEE. B. MERCER, c. &C.
A. E. L1NDsTRon, Clerk.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

KNIGHTS OF pYTH1As-Meet on wednes-
day evening Of each week at the K. of P. hall.
F. w. BLEAKLEY, Z. y.
K. A. SHAW, Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

l. o. r. M.-Langdon Tribe of the Redmen
meet at the Workman hall every Wednesday
evening.
R. E. TRuAx. K. OR. ~
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

., %. F.-Langdon Court, Independent Order
~. Foresters. inset in the Workmen hall. the
Atss and third Tuesday, Of each month.
IN. BAN, Rec. sse'y. - :
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

This High Tari1 Organ Much Afraid
That the Dingley Rill Will Re
Blamed For Hard T:r.es-It Dl:.iacx
Labor. hut Has Not IL Word of Gem
sure For Trust High, prices.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-28

Fourth District ........''.' OAoi I. ~
CITY OFFICERS.
Nay Mayer T. u Tl ss9san:
az T5sf pa9;es William Il aaVer as.
Assessor. Joseph Power.
Gity 1 1ustce VIM: Fumerfelt.
pni;;cs inst;ee ................. r. A. Farrell.
First Ward L. sS}liyan r ,. Kodgins'
S TSipa Ward Chas. Haugh. VIM. Haverty.
SCHOOL BOARD.
Members of Board of Education-H. D.
ALERT. NJ. L. Sullivan, Jno. McGauvran, =. A.
Farrell, Vim. Flumerfelt. IN u;,no
Treasurer ......y' , M,,a,e'
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
LODGEOF pERFECT1ON.-Lan No. s
holds regular communications on the nrst ana
third Thursdays' of each month at the Masonic
Temple. vM
ROBERT WORK. Sec'y.
AF.AA. M.-Lebanon Lodge holds, regular
communications at the Masonic Temple on the
second and foarth Fridays OF P eacn ngh' VIM
ROBERT WORK, Secretary.
mnnications on the first and third Tuesdays of
each month at the Masonic hall M la w NJ
JAS H. BA1k f1II In MSi ko4sns W. w. r. IL.
40. U. WILMINGTON Lodge, meets in the
Workman hall the first and third Mondays OF
'''A '''n'D' A. C.McN1vEs, NJ. w.
Tuos. sHEEHAN. Recorder.
DEGREE OF HONOR.-Meets in the Work
man hall on the first and third Friday US of each
' Mrs. w. F. WINTER, G. H.
Mrs. N. L. SULLIVAN, Recorder.
RATHBoNE s1sTERs.-Langdon Temple.
Nj s. S meets every Thursday evening at the NJ
w.. s J, MIS-: y; J; B b X Z y NJ &c.
on the first and third Wednesdays Of each
month in their hall over the Mooney State
JAMES ]. MOVER, sec'y.
LADY c. o. Est. Mary's Court, meets at
the Forester hall on the second and fourth
'''s - MRS. a. /. KGHnsrEDr, c. R.
MRS. T. H. HOLLAND, Rec. Secy.
X. Q. T. M.-Langdon Tent OF Macca 70! s
Thursdays of each mouth. ,o,
W. HANSON, X. Of r. J. 'NA1-A' N
LADY MACCABEEs.::Langd9n Hive q the
the second and fourth Thursday OF each month
No. Mas. GRACE CRAWFORD, Commander
Mrs. SADIE MILNE, Record Keeper
first and third Thursdays' Of each month.
&C. CRAWFORD, Sec'y.
the Weodnan eSal tse Second COZ; and fourth
- ''~'' P. P. KopR1vA, VIC.
40. VOID, Clerk,
W. o. W.-Excelsior Lodge No. 81. meets on
me ts sec9nd and fourth Tuesdays OF each month
- 'ne "o0dman Hail. FEE B. MERCER, &C.
A.E. L1NDsTRon, Clerk.
KNIGHTS OF pYTHIAS.-Meet on Nednes-
Jay evening of each week at the K. of P. hall
F. w. BLEAKLEY, z. Y.
4. A. SHAW, Recorder.
l. o. B.. M-Langdon Tribe of the Redmen
evening.
J.W. MAHoN. 6acham.
r. E. TRuAx. K. OF &.
~. F.-Langdon Court, Independent Order
=. Fofesters. meet in the Workmen hall, the
INST and third Tuesday, Of each month.
", A. FHRAusOM, c. r.
IN. BA1u. Rec. sse'y. - :
-: =. A.--AodssA 1sothsshood q Azssrise
s~osss y Ne Workman Hall he sseood and
ustn 1hnlodAy q Oaah UaAth.
NM 1sssfasst.
afoW1. 0oooo1aaV.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
PRICES OF DIAMONDS GO UP
Big Advance Takes Place in Past
Ten Years-Americans Buy
Most Costly Stones.

A Manchester clergyman recently ex.
pressed regret in a sermon at the fact
that England's yearly diamond bill
amounted to e3,OOO,OOO, according to a
London dispatch to the New York Sun.
The most recent available figures
prove that England is not so extrava-
CANT. For the year ended June 80. 1909
the De Beers company sold 2.4OO Oc0
carats for e5,240,0OO sterling. London
was the best, Paris the second and New
York good third as diamond markets
England in 1903 probably spent Just over
e2,OO0,O0O.
Diamonds are costlier than they wera
ten years ago. The Kimberley OUTPUT in
1883 was practically the same as in 1902
but the price obtained in 1883 was
f2,700,000, as compared with 5. .240. 900
in 1903. This was due mainly to the De
Beers amalgamation of the various in
terests.
The manager o: one of the largest dja-
mond establishments in the West end
says trade Is bad, but prices are main
tanned. 1t is rare thing to sell orna-
ments Of the value Of R1,000 to $4,000
while two or three years ago
such sales were frequent. To-day tus
hlyers Of the most expensive stones
are Americans.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
Courtship Training School.

The training school in courtship
which is one of the ins; .tutions in the
Salvation Army, has no counterpart in
any other organization in the world.
Indeed, it is SO far removed from the
ordinary that it is entitled to be de-
scribed with that much abused and
misused adjective unique" There are
three training schools in this country
New York. Chicago and San Francis
co-and lovemaking is conducted by
rule and regulation. Courtship is car
ried on in accordance with prescribed
discipline. No barred windows and
tinkling guitars. as in Spain, for Saliva
tion Army lovers. No clandestine
meetings, and no rope ladders, with
fleet horses waiting at the lower rune
while Romeo carries his Juliet from
her prison bedchamber. All the court
ing is done in public-that is to say in
the presence of other members of the
army. Strangely enough, the girls ap-
pear to like these extraordinary rules
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04

Miss M. Cartledge gives some
helpful advice to young girls.
Her letter is but one of thou.
sands which prove that nothing
is so helpful to young girls who
are just arriving at the period Of
womanh0od as Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I cannot
praise Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound too highly, for it
is the only medicine ever tried which
cured me. / suffered much from my
first menstrual period, / felt so weak
and dizzy at times l could not pursue
my studies with the usual interest.
My thoughts became sluggish, had
headaches, backaches and sinking
spells, also pains in the back and lower
limbs. In fact, was sick all over.
" Finally, after many other remedies
had been tried, we were advised to get
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and am pleased to say
that after taking it only two weeks, .
wonderful change for the better took
place, and in . short time was in
perfect health. felt buoyant, full of
life, and found all work q pastime.
am indeed glad to tell my experience
with Lydia r. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, for it made diff
ferent girl of me.> Yours very truly,
MISS M. CARTLEDaE, $50 Whitehall St.,
Atlanta, Ga,"-S5o00 forfeit n original Of
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
MAP CARVED OUT OF WOOD.
Interesting Handiwork of Oklahoma
Man to Be Exhibited at st.
Louis Worlds Fair.

Secretary Edward Marchant. of the
Oklahoma worlds fair commission. has
prepared for shipment to st. Louis for
exhibition in the Oklahoma building
a wooden map of the two territories. the
handiwork of S. o. Moreland. of Shaw
nee
This map, says Guthrie report shows
ali political divisions and the principaI
water courses made entirely in mar
quetry of 43 kinds of woods, indigenous
to the two territories. The owner and,
maker OF the map is a stone mason with
no technical knowledge of cabinet work.
and the making occupied nine months
spare time. In size the map is about
three by four feet.
The border, representing the white
paper on which maps are printed. is cot
tcnwood, the most widely and evenly
distributed OF western trees. 1t is framed
in black walnut, with heavily turred
pilasters at the ends, and is under glass
The various bits of wood composing the
may are sawed to show the grain to the
best advantage, highly polished. and
chapel to conform exactly to the terri
torial subdivisions shown on the latest
published maps
Accompanying the map is a collection
of cross sections of smell trees of each
variety. showing the bark and the grain,
including section of grapevine a foot
through.
The wood used for the various coun-
ties and Indian reservations are:
Beaver county, red cedar; Woodward,
willow; Wood. red elm; Grant. black
jack; Garfield, bois dare; Kay, hickory,
elm; Pawnee, coffee bean; Logan black
walnut; Kingfisher, honey locust;
Blaine, white sumac; Dewey, wild
cherry; Roger Mills, redbud; Custer,
catalpa; Washita, black locust; Greer,
sycamore, Kiowa. soft maple, Caddo,
chittim; Comanche, burr oak; Canadian,
water elm; Oklahoma, persimmon;
Cleveland, birch; Lincoln, shellbark
hickory; Pottawatomie, mulberry.
Indian reservations of both territories:
Quapaw, grapevine; Peoria, paradise;
Ottawa, white locust; Wyandotte, iron
wood; Kaw, black hickory; Usage, ash;
Seneca. burr oak; Creek nation, red oak;
Choctaw nation, pecan; Chickasaw ma
ton, yellow pine; Seminole, pawpaw;
Cherokee, white oak.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
Insect Resembles Flower.

Living specimens of queer insect
have lately been shown in Cambridge,
England. They were brought from
Rangoon by Capt c. E. Williams. The
insect is species of mantis, and its
body and legs are both shaped and col
ored to resemble beautiful flower 1t
feeds on butterflies, and while it is ly-
ing in wait for them under spray OF
leaves 1t looks exactly like blue bios
som with black spot in the center
resembling the tube of corolla. The
black part of its body is drawn out into
a long green stalk. The resemblance to
a flower is perfect, and butterflies and
other insects light on it in search of
nectar and are Immediately seized by
its fatal claws.-Philadelphia Record
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
LOUISIANA
sPRINGTIME.

Once more. thank God, once more,
Sweet skies of sunlit blue
Shine on world that thrilled anew
Is glad from ocean shore to shore
rhe blithe song sparrow on the bush,
In Joyful bursts of song
Proclaims how springtime, looked for
Has come our sallow cheeks to flush
The robin pipes the buebird lifts
voice on every tree
Warbling his minor love-notes three,
he. too, is one of Springs first gifts.
The buds upon the maple swell,
The chestnut and the elm,
Awake In every woodland realm,
Their dreams to one another tell.
Even the fir, the somber fir,
That makes not haste her Joy to show
Has heard the voice of Spring, and To-!
New life In her begins to stir
And In the sweetly-smelling woods.
The little sisters of the Spring,
Newly awake, are listening
To the swift.bursting of the buds.
The noisy brooks all joyous flow,
And gladly now our eyes discern
The tuft of grass the fronded fern,
And all that greener hastes to grow.
We, too, feel through our pulses run
Something akin to that which fills
The fiower-stems on the many hills,
And glad we turn US to the sun.
Gods springtime, Oh, the Joy divine
OF being in the green world now,
Alive to see, and harken how
Loud pipes the thrasher on the pine!
Moses Teggart, in Springfield (Mass)
Republican.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04

sence would bring Maurice to realfza4
ty, in talking to her and cultivating her
| voice. In all their discussions on diff
ferent subjects they experienced mutual
interest, but their discussions had never
touched upon personal topics, nor had
he sought to interest her in himself.
She had come to his studio that morn
ing to bid him adieu, vaguely hoping
that something-she knew not what
| might happen; nothing did, and she half
expected to see him at board ship, but
she found box Of flowers and polite
little rote wishing her bon voyage.
She enjoyed life in Paris to the full,
but was quite ready to return home at
the end of the year which was the pro-
posed expiration of their trip. As The
others in their party wished to continue
their travels, another year found them
still abroad.
These two years had not been idle
ones with Maurice Cramer. He had
finished the composition of an opera that
had been life work with him and it had
been successfully put on the stage. The
hit was tremendous and he had now
found himself the lion of New York
drawing rooms, a position he coveted
with only one object in view.
1t was with mingled sensations that
he received a note from Christine one
morning announcing their return and
saying that she would be at the studio
at her old lesson hour, which he had
kept sacred to her memory.
At the appointed hour she entered.
AS he heard the well-remembered knock
and the opening of the door, he turned
and rose with outstretched hand. Her
face was slightly flushed, but the dark
eyes looked into his, searchingly, per-
haps, but with the old expression of
frank kindness.
He stood silent, unconscious that he
still held her hand. She was like and
yet so unlike the Christine of two years
ago. A beautiful, striking looking wo-
man with complexion of the dawn, clear
and delicate; her hair of golden hue, her
eyes deep and dark.
The first slight constraint so often
felt In the renewal of an intimacy soon
disappeared. They talked of many
things, reviewing other days, speaking
of her travels and her coming plans He
felt her presence leaping like wine to
his brain as they talked. Finally ho
asked her to sing 10 him.
"You can't criticise my method" she
said, turning over the scattered music
for selection, ''for am the victim of
many methods. Every place we visited
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04

| meant q new master-every master a
| new method. | think | was introduced
| into the mysteries of all but one.
quired his pupils to recline at full length
while singing. His theory was that peo-
pie breathed correctly only when in that
position"
please don't sing" he said with a
shudder 81 don't want to hear such
a cosmopolitan production as your voice
will be capable Of"
1T isn't so bad. You see l only fol-
lowed their instructions during my les
sons. At home in my pricatice | was
loyal to my teacher at home and sang
as he had taught me-"
He was about to commence the ac-
compartment to her song when there
was knock at the door, which Maurice
answered. When he returned to the
piano, he brought a note upon which
Christines eyes fell carelessly; then,
recognizing the stationery and crest, she
exclaimed:
why! Isn't that mammals writing"
"Yes;" Ec replied, his eyes shining with
triumph and something else, ''she has In
vited me to dine at your house tonight"
Christine's eyes sparkled.
Mamma went daffy over music and
musical celebrities while she was away.
When we heard of the triumph you had
scored knew you had found the way to
her heart"
Christine, the way to her heart is but
secondary consideration to me- Its
the way 10 your heart | want to find.
Dear, loved you ever since gave you
your first lesson"
Maurice she said, softly, you found
the way to my heart even then"