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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

New chairs for the Opera House have
been ordered and are expected to ar
rive during the coming week.
A fine new line of box stationery and
paper supplies has been received this
week at the DEMOCRAT office.
Be sure and go into Schulke's take
in the midway--go down the pike and
you will see many big surprises.
Mrs. Victor Boyer took Mondays
train for visit of several weeks at the
home of her folks in Sioux Falls, S. d.
Yesterday afternoons thunder storm
and thecontinuous drizzle sincegives the
June rainfall start off of nearly one
inch.
The scholars of the Presbyterian Sun
day school give an interesting Children's S
Day program at the Sunday morning
service.
Miss LaBelle Mahon has gone to Mil
ton, where she will spend the balance of
the week visiting with the family of
Banker Prom
Pastor W. H. Walker, of the Baptist
church, expects to begin a series of
special services at Stilwell commencing
Monday, June 18th.
Attorney T. ID. Stack is in the city
today from Walhalla on business con-
nected with the probating of the estate
of the late George Treml of Fremont
township.
w A. Trip, the Hannah horseman
who owns Pathmont the trotting stallion
with 2:O914 record. is in town today.
He is the owner of feed barn and fine
pasture adjoining the town at the end of
the line.
Langdon wants fine weather next week
while the teachers are here attending
institute. The teachers institute opens
Monday June 11th and closes Saturday
the 18th. School officers should bear in
mind their annual meeting held on Fri
day the 10Th.
The Skovgaard concert of Tuesday
night was one of the rarest musical
treats that Langdon has ever had. The
enthusiasm of the audience was some
thing immense when the pathetic tones
of his violin were brought out with the
tone and clearness of born artist on the
.'Suwanee River" and other we'll and
popularly known old time melodies. The
Opera House was we'll filled and Lang.
don people sincerely hope that Skov-
gaard and his talented company will
some day make us return visit.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07
MOSCOW.

Ed. Hill visited the Peterson boys on
Monday.
The Moscow school board held meet
ing on Tuesday for the election officers.
Church services were held in the
school house on Monday and good
many were present.
The Peterson boys had one of their
best horses quite badly cut in the wire
fence the other day.
Stop and take look at the school
gardens when you 60 by the school
house and see how the children farm.
Be sure and 60 to the base ball game
on Sunday at Clarence Ellisons place.
Dresden and Waterloo are to cross bats
there.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07
Additional Short Local;

When you buy sack of -four buy the
best. "Hannahs S Pride" is guaranteed
Be sure and go into Schulke take in
the midway-go down the pike-and
you will see many big surprises.
Walter G. Bradley formerly in the
clothing department at Schulke's has
accepted similar position with G..
Chisholm.
Miss Clara Forsythe, at one time with
the Huck's bakery has taken charge of
the cigar stand at the Hotel Antlers in
Grand Forks.
Cashier j. D. Mines home on Fourth
street has been placed under quarantine,
one of the children being i'll with diph-
liberia in a mild form.
Peter Toews returned last Thursday
to his home at Morris, Man, having
spent a week visiting with his brother
G. w. Toews of Moscow township.
Jno. Fitz and DR.. Jno. A. Mckay we're
over from Clyde for visit with Lang
don friends Sunday. Mr.. Fitz is in
charge of a lumber yard there for Stoltze
& Co
Frank j. Stable left Monday for Min
neapolis, where he was called by tele-
gram to attend the funeral of a cousin,
Mr.. H. Sich whose death occurred Sun
day morning.
Miss Carrie Mcmillan came down on
the train Tuesday from Hannah for a
visit with friends and to meet with the
members of the Eastern Star order at
their meeting that evening.
George Howatt of Mazda unloaded a
big shipment of wire fencing here this
week which is to be used in enclosing a
large tract of pasture land on his farm
out north near the boundary line.
w. R. Bradley and family have moved
out of the Loynes house on Spruce
street this week. They are intending tc
leave Langdon soon for the Canadian
Northwest. The property has been
rented by w. A. Olson, timer with the
| firm of Plummer e. McNiven.
Yesterdays mail brought announce
ments of the wedding of Mr.. Jno. j
Power of this city and Miss May Blanche
Sorsoleil occurring at Red Lake Falls
Mimi, on Wednesday, June 9th, at ter
o'clock in the forenoon. The groom
is cousin of Co. Treasurer Jos. Power
and for several years past has haC
charge of the National Elevator Co.'S
business here. The bride has quite {
wide acquaintance with Langdon people
being popular Cavalier county schoo
teacher and relative of the Crawford
family. Mr.. Geo. DUNCAN accompanied
the groom on his wedding trip to Rec
Lake Falls and acted in the capacity OF
best man at the ceremony. The brida
party also included Miss Maud Crawford
AS one of the bridesmaids. Cards an.
nounce that they will be at home here
after july 10th, when theis many Lang
don friends will hasten to extend CON
gratulations
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07
HARTzELL PARDON DENIED.
Application for Pardon by the Slayer of Byron
Stoddard Was Not Granted.

The case of Seth L. Hartzell the
Langdon attorney who was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary for the
shooting of Byron Stoddard was pre-
sented to the pardoning board at Bis
marck on Monday afternoon by General
E. A. Williams. who pleaded for par
don for the young man on the ground
that the evidence showed that he had
acted in necessary self defence in firing
the shot that killed Stoddard How
ever, in view of the fact that States
Attorney Price made recommendation
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07
Open Tenders.

Open tenders will be received by the
Loan township board of supervisors, at
the hour of two o'clock p. M. on We'd
nesdav. June 18th, 1906, for the building
of stone buttment bridge on the sect
ion line between Sections % and 27.
Town 1872. Range 5S. Also at the hour
of 10 o'clock on the same day the board
will receive tenders for the building Of
two stone butment bridges on the sec
ton line between Sections l Of Loan
township and Section So of Hope town.
ship. The right is reserved by the board
to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Board:
THOMAS HUTTON. Chairman.
JAS M1REHoUsE, Clerk.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07
FOURTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT.
Excellent Program of Orations Delivered by
Senior tiiqh School Glass.

The fourth annual commencement eX-
ercises of the Langdon high school are
over and four young men and women
who a week ago were high school seniors
have commenced their start in life's
training school.
The Opera House on Monday evening,
prettily decorated for the occasion with
flowers, plants, the 'O6 class colors and
the class motto, was we'll filled at an
early hour by large audience made up
of the friends of the graduates Mem
bers of the under graduate classes of the
high school acted in the capacity of
ushers in showing the audience to their
seats. The program in the order given
below was carried through without
hitch
PROGRAM.
y Music Cradle Song. "....... Raymond
High S hool Girls
y Invocation. ............... Rev. Mr.. Walker
81 Salutatory and Address,-'Two Revolutions
Michael j. Dixon
4) Vocal Solo-"Slumber Song Kate Vannah
LaBplle MahOn
y Essay-"Hamlet" ....... Bertha T. Porter
~ Naledictory ................ LaBelle Mahon
y Nlusic-"Forsaken' '.................. Koschat
High School Girls
S) Address-"Tomorrow" and Presentation of
Diplomas ,......... Prof. NJ. y. Brannon
81 Benediction n...................R Rev. Mr.. Buck
GRADUATES:
LaBelie Mahon Bertha Porter
Stuart Brown Michael j, Dixon
The oratons by the three members of
the class. who took part in the program
were extremely we'll delivered, contain
ed thoughts and ideas which showed
careful research on the part of each and
at the same time reflected a great
amount of credit upon the work done by
Supt. Hayward and Teacher ID. j. Rid
lington of the high school during the
past fonr years. Music by the glee club
of high school girls and solo by Miss
Belle Mahon, entitled "Slumberland,
pleasingly inlerspersed the program of
orations
Before presenting the diplomas Prof.
NJ a. Brannon addressed the class on
the "romoryow OF the Graduate, His re,
marks dealing with the walks Of life into
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

TENDERS WANTED-Seal bids will be re-
ceived by the undersigned clerk of the school
district board of Hay township Cavalier
u. June. 1906 for the furnishius @ Of material and
doing the work, on new school house to be
built on the nwh of Section s, in Hay town
ship, Cavalier county, North Dakota. Plans
upon application at the office of the Courier
Democrat, in Langdon, or at the office of the
Clerk, in Hay township The right is reserv-
ed by the hoard to reject any or all bids. BY
order of the Board: Frank Dclling, Clerk
Post office address, Osnn nbrock. \. D. 1915
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

If you knew the value of Chamber
lain's Salve you would never wish to be
without it. Here are some of the dis
eases for which it is especially valuable:
sore nipples, chapped hands, burns, frost
bites. chilblains, chronic sore eyes, Itch
ing piles, tetter, salt rheum and eczema.
Price Is cents per box. For sale by \.
u. McGruer, Langdon and Easily.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI.
A Register of Graduation Glasses During the
Four Years of High School Work.

The Alumni of the Langdon high
school holds its annual meeting for the
present year on Tuesday June 26th, when
it is believed that all, or nearly all of the
different classes will be able to be pres
ent. 1t may interest many of our Lang
don readers to know that the Alumni
register of the Langdon high school is
made up in the following order:
CLASS OF 1903.
Cecil Mahon Helen Sullivan
Leonore ALERT Viola Truax.
CLASS OF 1904.
Belle McPhail Ethel Cochrane
Lavna Porter Parnell O Brien
CLASS OF 1905,
Hazel Loynes Myme Murchie
David Radslitf Grover Wait
Vivian ALERT Allison Stewart
CLASS OF 1906.
LaBelle Mahon Bertha Porter
Stuart Brown Michael Dixon
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

against the granting of pardon and
that Judge Fisk who tried the case de-
clined to make any recommendation for
pardon in the case, the members of the
board denied the application for PARDON
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

which the student enters, showing that
success is sure to follow where the in
dividual effort is aided by unconquorable
will power and strong determination to
do ones best mentally physically and
morally. The address was loudly ap-
plauded at its close.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

TAKEN Upon Thursday May 24th, 1906, at
my place on Section 3, in Dresden township,
on the Robert West farm, one bay mare,
weight about 100 broncho, with brand on
right shoulder had leather halter on. Owner
will remove same the property will be dis
posed of as provided by law. VIM. NJ. Wells,
post office Hannah. ~ u. 44-46
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

FARM FOR SALE-A quarter section and an
so acres all in one piece Waterloo town
ship seven miles from market good buildings,
fine water, 155 acres under cultivation, excel
lent hay and pasture. Price Sc. 500. Call on
or address John Spenst, LangdOn. 4}-46
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

HOUSE FOR RENT-The Mcpherson property
in the Fairview addition. A comfortable
seven room house. good barn and good wa
ter, also about four acres of ground under
cultivation This property includes five acres
of good pasture inclosed in fence. Apply t..
j. B. Boyd.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

HOUSE AND LOT-That desirable residence
property in Langdon known as the McHugh
home. Steam heat, bath room and all
modern up to date conveniences. Call on or
address, Mrs. Rosa McHugh, Langdon. 5;'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

SHORTHORN BULL FOR SALE-A registered
Shorthorn bull and several we'll graded heif-
ers for sale, or will trade for dry cows and
steers Apply to Robert Fleming, Dresden
Nd. Alt
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

FARMS FOR SALE-Four good farms, all i'm
proved good locations along the 500 line of
bargain on easy terms to the right party,
Mrs. Rosa McHugh, Langdon, Nd. 80
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

CHEAP POPLAR POLPs-For sale upon ap-
pl1cation to Phil Benoit, living west of Olga,
near the O'Brien coulie Post office address,
Olga, North Dakota. 4345*
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

FOR RENT--A good eight room frame house
with barn at rear. and about ten acres of
ground located in the Fairview addition
For particulars as to terms, etc, apply to
las. G. Dickson. 81
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

SEED FLAX FOR SALE-Good seed, sample
can be seen and price and terms obtained
upon application to J.J Mahoney, Langdon,
N. D. Al
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

FRESH CREAM-O Orders delivered in town.
Address Albert Myers, Langdon. Orders may
be left at this office. 44-45*
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

LAUNDRY-Leave your Laundry at the New
Columbia Hotel: Chas. Myers local agent,
IanrdOn N, OAK 41-45
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07

FOR SALE-A Motorcycle, fitted with two
teed in as good condition as new; speeds
up to 80 miles per hour Price and parts
culars upon application to Arthur Sparkling,
with McPhail- -Brosnahan Co., Langdon. ND.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-06-07
Want Column.

a DvERTISEMENTS will be inserted in this
a column for One Cent a Word each insertion
No advertisement inserted for less than fifteen
cents. Cash must always accompany out of
town orders. The rate for the insertion of
business locals among pure reading matter will
hereafter be ten cents per licc each insertion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-09
"After You, Gentlemen"


The French at Fontenoy, sheltered
by the ridge, could scarcely believe
their eyes at the sight Of the English
gunners Slowing round their pieces to
cover them. When they at length real
lied that it was one Of the enemy's
and not one Of their own batteries the
officers Of the Gardes Francois rushed
to the head Of their men, shouting to
them to deploy and charge the cannon
Almost at the same moment the gren.
adiers cleared the hilltop and began to
descend upon him. 1t was then that
there occurred that wonderful meeting
which has charmed so many genera
lions Of readers. Every one knows the
description Of the scene for which Vol
taire was indebted to D'Argeson; how
the French officers, in their blue and
silver coats and their long scarlet vests
and stockings, waited the approach of
the grenadiers, hat in hand; how the
fronted caps, while Lord Charles Hay
bowed to the opposing line, with the
words, Gentlemen Of the French
guard, please to fire firstv to which the
Comte d'Anteroche replied: Gentle
men, we never fire first Fire your
selves" Such was a battle Of the
grand age as pictured by the aristocrat
who saw the universe reflected in the
mirrors Of the Oeil de Boeuf, but in the
Lothian papers there is yellow letter,
written by Hay. in hospital after &C.
ton. which gives a ruder and. it is to
be feared, more natural version Of the
story.-London Spectator.
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Their. the Earl or Scarsneld, which oc-
CURED a year after the wedding Then
the son, having succeeded to the title,
took his bride to England
When they, arrived there it was sup
posed that they would seek recognition
among the earps friends Contrary to
expectation, they remained shut up on
the estate, neither seeking nor giving
invitations. This changed the attitude
Of their peers toward them, and invita-
lions began to be sent them. Not one
was accepted. They remained isolated.
only going beyond the limits Of their
estates when necessary.
10 say that Stephen Winterton was
never heard from needs qualification.
He was never heard from to the world.
Two years after his disappearance a
swarthy man partly in sailors dress
knocked at the back door Of the Van
Flotter home in Wall street with curios
to sell. Mrs. Winterton was called. and
as soon as the man was alone with her
he handed her letter addressed to her
in the well known hand Of her husband.
rearing 1t open, she read a farewell
from Winterton stating that when he
met her he was engaged in making
money to replace what the laws of
promogeniture denied him and after
their honeymoon he had gone on last
voyage, expecting to be rich at its
close and return to her He had been
captured by a war vessel and in an
hour was to be hanged under the name
of HobsOn.
Long before the body Of the scout had
been exhumed near Schenectady Mrs.
Winterton knew that her husband had
died a pirate. The scout was used to
cover blemish on the good name Of
two families. WINSLOW HUNT.
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uel's eyes Immediately fastened Them
selves upon the snowy hair piled in a
fluffy mass upon the top Of her head.
You see, l am to be classed among
the Old folks henceforth, colonel" she
responded to the look in his eyes.
Il can't offer sympathy" he said
slowly. You are more beautiful than
ever"
The color that came into her face
justified his words. I'll sit out the
dances with you now, colonel, instead
of filling my programme with names
The younger set will stand too much
in awe of my white hair to ask me tC
dance"
You poor girl" He took her hand
commiseratingly. 1T is awfully hard
on you. but l wish to heaven you coulG
sit with me throughout life instead OF
throughout a dance"
She gave him Il quick smile. well
maybe if you asked me- She hest
tated.
If l would ask you" he exclaimed
for four years. l couldn't imagine yo,
could care for a man 50 much Older
than yourself. l don't believe | woulC
have the courage now, but your lovely
white hair makes us seem more akin
He leaned over and touched the white
fluffy mass with his lips.
Miss Wesley sighed, then gave way
to an irrepressible girgle of amuse
ment
Colonel. do you think you could love
a deceitful wOman?" she asked.
The colonel. although fifty. used til,
perfectly proper reply to such a Ques
ton from a woman.
Il could-you-under any conditions
rapturously.
Listen to this story, colonel" Sh:
took both his hands in hers and KEEP
her eyes on his "Once upon a tim,
there was a girl of twenty-four wht
had so severe an attack of fever tina
when she recovered and her hair grew
again it was snowy white. Her rela
tfves thought white hair at her ag,
would place her in trying position
SO they insisted that she dye it its nat
ural cOlor-brown.'
The colonel looked startled, but sh,
moti)ned him to keep still.
"She kept it dyed for = fourteen
years." she continued. land kept look
ing ridiculOusly young. She didn
mind that-eXcept for the fact that thu
man she cared for was-fifty-and wa,
afraid to ask her to marry him OH &C
count Of the seeming difference in theil
ages"
The colonel again grew FESTIVE, bu
she held his hand fast and hurried owe
the rest of the story.
'"r WAS Celeste's plan," she said, IAN,
,,r,tNsa - frN.s-, -s-.fF ,s,ya
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-09
With the Help of
the Ghost
By TROY ALLISON
Copyright, 1905, by Homer Sprague

Miss Wesley actually had begun to
wish she could look older. To be thir-
ty-eight and look twenty-five had its
trials. In this instance it had it's own
particular drawback-the colonel was
fifty.
If the colonel had been less certain
that the younger men Of his set were
altogether desirable and that they were
in every way suitable for her to select
a husband from, Miss Wesley would
have been better pleased and probably
would never have regretted looking so
young AS it was the colonel. although
his military bearing and iron gray hair
attracted attention under all circum-
stances, thought of his age and hest
tated to ask the popular young woman
to marry him.
The incident at the Mabreys' dance
convinced Miss Wesley that she had
given plenty of opportunities. 1t ap-
peared necessary that she give him not
only opportunity, but helping hand.
This, she decided, she was quite pre-
pared to do. 1t only remained for her
to decide the manner Of its doing.
On the night of the dance he had
come nearer mastering the necessary
courage than ever before, but just at
the moment when the air became
slightly charged with sentiment young
Dr. Howell had come to their corner
of the library, and the colonel, with an
almost imperceptible sigh, had said the
young folks always had something to
talk over and he would go get his sup
per and be off to bed as an old man
should.
Miss Wesley felt a moisture in her
eyes and decided, then and there, upon
the virtue of the helping hand. There
was only the question of when and
how it should be administered.
The next week she announced her in
tention Of going south to inspect some
old family property that had been left
to her six months before. All her life
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on which latter street the Stock Ex-
ton, a younger son of British noble
man, was married to the beautiful Re
becca Van Flotter, New York's most
engaging belle. A month after the
wedding the groom walked out Of the
house and was never heard Of after
ward. When at nightfall he had not
returned the young wife, becoming
alarmed, sent word to the watch, who
secured the town without finding him.
The prominence Of the family Of the
groom in England and Of the bride in
the province were alone sufficient to set
all tongues wagging. But as weeks
passed the burghers gradually ceased
their clatter, and in time the young
scion Of a noble house was forgotten
by all except the wife, who shut her
self up and was never seen on the
Battery in Bowling Green, or even on
the street. Whether or no any word
ever came to her from her husband
was not known-at least, outside her
home. An elder brother Of Winterton,
Lord Boniford, came over from Eng
land to seek the lost member Of his
family. During his stay he lived at
the home Of his sister-in-law, whom he
strove in every way to comfort. He
went back to England without having
found the slightest trace Of his brother.
Five years after her husbands dis.
appearance Mrs. Winterton went to
England and was kindly received by
her husbands family. After remain
ing for some time their guest she re-
turned to America. A year or two
later accounts came Of a scout who
had been shot by Indians near Sche-
nectady which in some respects Tailed
with the missing man. The Van Flot-
ter family did not hear Of him until he
had been buried some time. When they
did they sent man who had known
Winterton to have the body exhumed
and examined. The family's repre-
sentative returned and reported that he
believed the remains to be that Of Win
terton, though they were much decom-
posed. He had found the letter wv"
embroidered on the shirt in which the
man had been buried, and this tended
to confirm his belief. The Van Flot-
ter family announced that Winterton's
body had been found, and thereafter
they publicly considered him dead.
The announcement no sooner reached
England than Lord Boniford started
for America, and on his arrival there
was a second wedding In Wall street
in the same house as the first. Lord
Boniford marrying his brothers wife.
Since the marriage between man and
his dead brothers Wife is not legal In
England, the couple remained In New
York till the death Of the groom's IA