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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-23

Win or help your friend win that
piano at Simon's place.
Attorney F. w. Mclean transacted
business in Grand Forks yesterday.
ALERT & Winter have plenty of money
to loan on first and second mortgages.
You can't afford to make a farm loan
any place but with Mooney & Johnston.
Banker G. ID. Lord, of Park River, was
in the city yesterday looking after court
matters.
Gunder Nelson, the Osnabrockimachi-
merry man, was here attending court the
forepart of the week.
Join the Modern Brotherhood of
America order and you will have good
insurance and a good time.
Chas. G. Crawford came over from
Calvin on Tuesday to attend the funeral
of his aunt, the late Mrs. O'Reilly.
Walt Bradley was here a visitor over
Sunday with friends while on his regular
trip for Foot Schultz e. Co., the st. Paul
shoe firm.
Jeremiah Hefferon, from Picton. Ont,
an old friend of Co. Auditor Jos. Power
and family, was a visitor in the city part
of last week.
Mrs. F. w. Mclean was a returning
passenger Monday from Williston, where
she has been visiting with friends for
couple of weeks.
Mrs. John Mcmillan came down from
Hannah yesterday for a visit with bel
daughter, Miss Carrie E. Mcmillan
deputy county auditor.
Mrs. John l.. Robertson returned
Saturday last week from Alemeda, Cal.
where she was called in the spring tt
the beside of her son, Robert, ill with
typhoid fever.
Ray Kelly is holding down a position
with the Sullivan meat market whilt
Ray Watson is off duty nursing tn,
fracture sustained by his right arm
during the Milton ball tournament las
week.
Frank J. Hodgins is spending tn
week among many of his old Langdol
friends while here from Sarles on busi
ness. Mrs. Hodgins is at Calgary
Can, expecting to stay there most of tn
summer.
Merchant G. j. Kelly, of the Arcad
store, returned on Tuesdays train frou
a months trip east, most of the time be
ing spent in looking after the sale of
stock of merchandise he recently pur
chased in a Minnesota town.
j, Tom Padden of Iona and his brothe
. Robert, have been awarded the contrac
T road work to be done in Trier, Hender
son and Dresden townships this summe,
The jobs will keep their teams bus,
until the beginning of the harves
season.
Jas. Power, brother Of Mrs. Jos. Power
. is a guest this week at County Audito
Powers home while visiting old Lang
don friends. Years age he was a resi-
dent here, during which time he hello
a position as plumber and tinsmith a
theDedrlck corner hardware. He is nov
with the Minneapolis Thresher Co.
with headquarter at Fargo, N. d.
Miss Jennie Louise Ayott, the eldes
daughter, of Mr.. and Mrs. d. Ayott, dice
at the family home in this city, deatl
occurring during the early hours o
Monday morning. The child was in he
fourteenth year and though Away
delicate had been i'll but a short time
Much sympathy is felt by the people o
Langdon people for the family and tn
funeral held from st. Alphonsus churcl
this forenoon was quite largely attended
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DDH KIDD G. CMITH
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
SECOND BETSY ROSS
WOMAN WHO MAKES FLAGS FOR
UNCLE SAM.
Miss Mary Woods, with Her Assist.
ants, Turned Out 7,0oO Last Year
Which Cost an Average of
Ten Dollars Apiece.

New YOrk-It was considered a
wonderful achievement when patriotic
Betsy Ross made the first flag for
Uncle Sam. Ever since she has been
glorified in story and song, and there
is net school child in the land who
has not heard her name. In fact, there
are still to be seen old-fashiOned lith-
Ograph pictures Of the prim, quaint
little woman sitting on her back
piazza working on the stars and
stripes.
But there is a second Betsy Ross
among US who deserves a great deal
Of credit, for where the former turned
out one flag our modern Betsy turns
out thousands.
The average visitor to the Brooklyn
navy yard has no idea of what goes
on within those grim military walls.
Neither does be know that up on the
third floor of the equipment depart
ment is our Betsy Ross No 2,
whose real name is Hiss Mary A
Woods
1t is 28 years since Miss Woods en-
tered the employ of the equipment
department at the navy yard. At
that time she was turning out fiImy
gowns and beautiful costumes for the
fair ladies of Brooklyn, when she sud
denly decided to make flags for Uncle
Sam instead. Accordingly, she pre-
sented herself at the navy yard with
the proper credentials and impressed
the officials so agreeably that an arm
full Of piece work was given to her to
take home, as was the custom In
those days, Soon thereafter she was
made "quarterwoman" of the flag
room in the equipment department,
where she has been for more than a
quarter Of a century.
When Miss Woods first became
"quarterwoman" forewoman we
would say in civil parlance-she had
only six assistants. To-day she has
under her 80 women and three men,
who last year turned out 700 flags
under her direction. OF these / $50
were American, 500 were foreign en-
signs, and the rest were signal fags.
Miss Woods has made and handled
more flags than any other woman in
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
FOR AMERICA ALONE
PATRIOTS AEROPLANE WILL NOT
AID FOREIGNERS.
James F. Scott, Who Has Captured
Contract from Government. Be-
lleVes Air Craft Will Revolu-
tionize Warfare.

Chicago.-James +. Scott. 10 whom
the government has awarded a $40. .000
contract for an aeroplane, says that
within five years the development OF
Tying apparatus Will have gone so far
that aeroDlane ships, carrying crews
OF 20 to 30 men. Will be making reg
ular flights of 1000 miles at a clip.
he looks for progress to be made sim
ilar to that with the automobile.
which has reached the present state
or perfection within d decade.
Mr.. Scott is a scenic artist 45 years
old. He has made At least a dozen
working models, and the apparatus to
be built for the war department is to
consist OF two main perfectly hOri-
Eontal planes, with several smaller in
tormediary planes. the whole weighing
1900 pounds.
Mr.. Scott is intensely interested in
the subject Of aerial navigation, has
decided ideas as to how a pa.
triotic Americans knowledge and
studies and Investigations in any
ihne Of scientific endeavor should be
used freely and Unreservedly for the
use OF his gOvernment-and for the
advantage OF no Other-and is firmly
convinced that the need for all naval
strength will be entirely done away
with when aerial navigation, by aero
planes, shall have been perfected The
possibility of building a feet of air
craft which can destroy the mightiest
leviathan of the sea by dropping explo-
sives he regards. as sure in time not
only TO IevOluuonize all warfare. but
absolutely TO do away with it.
The reason / wrote the government
authorities that my invention would
be at their service for $4,000, unre-
servedly,' said Mr Scott, in an in
terview, is that | believe all patriotic
Americans should devote their efforts
TO the welfare of their government,
provided their lines OF endeaVOr lie
along lines like mine, and that a
prohibitiye price should not be put
upon their work. / have the greatest
faith in the idea that the United
States is the country which is des-
tined to reach the greatest heights in
civilization. holding up the beacon
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
INDIAN PEACE MEDAL.
One of Seven Presented by President
Madison to Chiefs.

Kansas City, Mo.-Nearly 100
years agO-1S09 it was-James Madi-
son. fourth president OF the United
States, made treaty with seven In
dian tribes that dwelt northwest OF
the Ohio river, in the heart of the will
derneSs. To each of the chiefs Of these
tribes, including the DeIawares, the
PottawatOmies and the Miami clans.
the Great Father in Washington sent
a token of The com pact signed be-
tween them. The offering of the chief
executive was a heavy silver medal,
Of fine workmanship. bearing on one
side raised bust of the president and
on the other a design of a pair OF
clasped hands. beneath the crossed
pipes of the white man and the red
man-emblems of everlasting peace
and friendship.
The medals were worn with much
pride, doubtless, by the seven warriors
so signally honored, then handed to
succeeding generations and finally
were misIaid or lost. So far as is
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

Woman's Foreign Missionary society
or the Centenary NJ. e. church, South.
Mourning the death nine years
ago Of HIS daughter, Lexie, Mr.. Carrie
ton shortly afterward was trying to
devise a plan to perpetuate the mem
ory OF her In something real, live and
tangible, when his attention was
called to little girl on the other side
of the globe, just Lexie's age. He be.
gan, with the missionaries OF that
district Of China, negotiations which
eliminated in his adoption of the girl
under his dead daughters name. The
girl, then ten years old, was placed in
the Susan B. Wilson school, at Sung
Kong, and now, at the age of 19 years.
is about to graduate
Upon her graduation she will be
given the choice of becoming Mr..
CarletOn's American daughter, OF re
naming his Chinese daughter and be-
coming a missionary to her people
She has announced her willingness
to become a missionary, but Mr.
Carleton, who has never seen her, de-
sires that, before deciding she shall
visit America and become acquainted
with her American father" and the
other members of her American fam
ily"-Mr. Carletons wife and their
eight children.
Although Miss Lexie Rust Carleton
of China and the Carletons of st.
Louis have never met, they know,
from photographs, and from letters
exchanged weekly, almost as much
about each other as though she had
been a member of the Carleton house
hold all her life.
The case is already in the hands of
the gOssips and on all sides are being
asked these questions: VIII the smart
set accept" the Chinese girl socially?
Dare the smart set reject the adopted
daughter Of Murray Carleton, one Of
the foremost men. commercially and
socially, in st. Louis?
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

the first chilly evening of November
a sad insistent cry is heard at dusk
by the dwellers in the old parts OF
Rome. It's sound is muff1ed and indis-
tinct; it begins in a high monotone.
dying down to a prolonged sigh.
To the uninitiated it sounds like a
cry for help. One rushes to open the
window and the cry becomes clearer.
The word "Petr-ai' is distinguished.
Then you see in the distance a man
with a huge brass kettle slung over
his shoulders. He sells hot roast
pears and apples, and "Petrai" stands
for "pere eOtte." which are greatly rel
ished by the cabbies and newsboys.
Just as the apple man appears with
the night. the seller of a native min
eral water arrives at the first peep Of
dawn His stock is water from a
spring outside the POrta del PopOlo.
celebrated with the Romans from time
immemorial "Acqua Acetosa buona
per la sposa" (Acetosa water good for
the bride) is his shriH cry as, seated
on a small cart loaded with straw
covered TASKS filed with the water
and drawn by sleepy donkey, he slow
ly goes through the streets of Rome.
Every good citizen realizes when he
hears the familiar cry that there is
still time for another short nap. The
acquacetosarO is the early bird OF Ro-
man life
PeddlIng is a very profitable trade,
as both shop rent and taxes are saved
provided the seller keeps moving.
Hence the country people are more
successful In this line than the city
bred. Being used to walking over the
rough country roads an entire day on
the move through Rome does not tire
them
Whole families from the Abruzzi
mountains are in the business. The
father Will perhaps sell native hand
made lace and embroidery. the mother
Will probably be an buStaia, or corset
seller. with a gay collection Of brightly
colored wares, following closely in her
husbands wake aUt rever with him;
the son Will hawk haGdkerchiefs. pins.
JULIUS ShoS IaC5S, "iIie dIDLneF
member Of the family sells brooms and
brushes.
Each one is a specialist in the wares
he sells and each mas his own clients
for whom he makes special prices
thus saving them the trouble OF hag-
Cling OF the occasional customer he
asks double the price. but is willing to
sell for much less provided the pur-
chaser has the time and patience 70
bargain with him.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

her husband is the foremost fighting
figure in this country today
Her great-grandfather was Capt
Daniel Morgan of revolutionary fame
Mrs. Evans maiden name was
Charlotte Taylor. She was the sister
Of Evans chum, and the sweetheart
of his boyhood days. They were mar.
ried in 1871 While their home is In
Washington. owing to Mrs Evans
wishes, they have lived much of their
time at their cottage on the govern
ment reserve just outside the sea
front at Fort Munroe.
Mrs. Evans is a woman of culture
and mistress of many accomplish
ments, not the least of which Is play
ing hostess with charming grace.
She was born and reared in Wash
ingtOn in an atmosphere which fos-
tered her inherent patriotism. a pa
triotism which prompted her to say to
her only son, whom he chose the
naval life, God speed you May you
be as brave a sailor as your father"
Probably no woman In the world is
so plentifully supplied with waF-liks
relatives, and she glories in them all.
Mrs. Evans father for years was the
proprietor of book store on Pennsyi-
vania avenue, in Washington, a schol-
arly man, a lover OF books and a keen
student of human nature. He puF-
chased the first bond issued by the
government in connection with the
civil war. and this bond. appropriately
framed. is one of the dearest posses
sions of Mrs Evans
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
Diverse Side of Madison Indian
Peace Medal

known only one has ever been heard
from by the United States government
since that time. 1t is owned by a
ROsedRle, Kan, man, COrwin S. Curtis,
proprietor Of a Woodworking factory
and machine shop at 1718 Kansas
City Avenue in that city Mr.. Curtis
has taken his medal TO the national
mint in Philadelphia and compared 1t
with the bronze original there.
The superintendent OF the mint
told me the medal is genuine and that
it is the only one OF the seven ever
returned there said Mr. Curtis a few
days ago Il have had the medal
since 1858 and have refused to part
with 1t for 81 900"
The medal in his possession is near
ly three inches in diameter and is one
eighth of an inch in thickness.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

tied in Danes county. Wis, and in
1895 was elected to the superior court
bench. He has decided many impor-
tant cases, among others the dispute
between Chicago and its traction com
panies. In that case he held that the
city had the right to regulate street
car fares, and that the companies
were obliged to grant universal trans
fers from one line to any of the others
for a single fare. He is an acknoWl-
edged authority on banking and real
estate law. He has been president Of
the Chicago Bar association and of the
Chicago Law institute, and attorney
for the west park board and the town
OF Cicero. He is just 20 years Of age,
but is a well-preserVed man with a
military bearing.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

the world, and 90 per cent of all the
work done at the equipment depart
ment is cut by her, as she is a past
mistress in the art of cutting.
When Miss Woods has cut her bunt-
ing emblems they are turned over to
their respective workers, who do
nothing but that particular thing S1S
days IN the year
There are eight hand workers who
haste, embrOider and do the fancy
stitches required by our fastidious
Uncle Sam and foreign despots.
These women receive from $152,
tourth-class work, to 1924 a day, first
class work. for the pay in the navy Is
always by the multiple Of eight. Many
middle-aged women find employment
in this department, and in eight years
not one has been discharged for lack
Of work
Miss Woods herself has taught her
assistants all that they know of flag
making
Miss Woods loves the beautiful,
soft, all-wool bunting, and takes great
pride in displaying it even before it
is transformed into a flag. The vel
vets. laces, silks and satins Of her
dressmaking days seem frivolous
compared with the fast coIored bunt-
Ings, the choicest output of the Lowell
mills.
Last year" said she, we used
10000 yards Can you imagine il?
And ten years ago We used only 10000
yards It cost Uncle Sam last year
to run this room alone $4,000. OF
this amount $4,000 was used for ma
terials and 100000 for labor"
No, the york is never mgnutOnous. ."
says Miss No -ds for there is some
hing new to Iea-l each day. For in
stance. jdst 5tC.-c fHa feet started for
re Pacific IN 81 Us we-s changed,
.ld al tEa s ..! O be altered ac-
o~diuS,y ~- vr3 see there are a
r.at ,ar.5ts o. rl Sos n all and
; foreign ores. 20 how can the
WORK be H-r. taroue:
And what - fle la.sc Intricate flag
O make? Ly zH ODDS the san 5alvd-
DOR, became iJ fs nlore concentrated.
And the only Eas on which the flont j.
ut the same as tle back il the Para
quay, which has lion on rle irUnc
and a red f.e-pointed star or rne
back There is more cutting. i.s3Isu
o. No TO 30inch ensign l1z- Ua q
No. ensign Sc feet long.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
PEDDLER5 OF ROME
PUMPKIN SEEDS STILL SOLD AS
IN ANCIENT TiHEs.
Onions and Garlic, Hot Roast Pears
and Apples, ard Water for the
sride-Whc,2 Families Among
the VenGers.

Rome.-The majority of the lower
classes in Rome do most of their mar
keting and shopping in the streets
and this custom accoGa for the large
number of peddlers, hucksters and
idneTant vendeTs who crowd the city
These street merchants are divided
into two classes. those who cater to
the foreigner and sell mosaics, old
coins and fra @meGts Of marble of
dubious authenticity, flowers, bits of
brocade, shawls of Roman silk. picture
post cards and even alleged Turkish
carpets, and the others. who are more
numerous and whose wares are for
the exclusive use OF the native house
holder. To the latter class, for ir-
stance, belongs the busc0Iinaro. or
seller OF dried pumpkin seeds, which
are greatly TeIished by the Romans,
who are in the habit of eating them
during the long waits between the acts
IN the theaters and in the public
parks while the band plays. as well
as In the wine shops, where their sale
is encouraged by the host. who knows
full well their thirst increasing prop
erty. The origin of the custom is said
to date back to classic times. when
pumpkin seeds were sold during the
gladiatorial games in the Circus Max
linus and Coliseum.
A frequent sight in the streets of
Rome is that Of men, and very often
boys, with strings of plated onions
and garlic slung over their shoulders,
who cry their wares with the full
force OF southern lungs. They come
from Naples and the Abruzzi, and il
you question them they assure you
that they are selling the produce of
their own little farms.
But no genuine Roman will believe
such statement, as the conviction
prevails, based probably on the cheap-
ness Of the price, that the onions and
garlic sold in the streets OF Rome
have been purloined.
Although summer is the season of
the ittnerant vender who travels about
from street to street calling on the
passerby to buy his wares, which he
carries on a wooden tray strapped to
his shoulders, still there are certain
men who only come in winter. On
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
MRs. FIGHTING soss EVANs.
wife Of Rear Admiral Well Supplied
with War-Like Relatives.

NashngtOn.-Had Mrs Evans. wifa
Of Fighting Bob, been born a boy.
she likely would have chosen a mill.
tary or naval life
Her father was a stanch union man.
although not a fighter: her brother.
Harry Taylor, commanded the Indiana
during the Spanish war; another
brother is attached to the ordnance
department at Washington; another.
now dead, was a captain Of artillery;
her son. Frank Evans, is in the navy;
her TWO daughters studied to be
nurses for the Red Cross service, and
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

for other peoples. and I believe every
true American patriot should further
this advance with all the earnestness
that in him lies"
To emphasize his patriotic motives
Mr.. Scott said in the course Of the in
terview: IF the representative of any
foreign pOwer-England, France, Ger
many or other nation-came TO me
and told me that e1,OO0,OOO lay in
= bank subject to my check, provided |
would turn over 10 them even the dia-
grams of my aeroplane, I would refuse
such offer. No amount OF money could
persuade me TO sell my invention to a
foreign power"
Il ask for no ACKNOWLEDGMENT, nor
the plaudits of the multitudes," SAYS
this sane inventor. I hope to earn
a fellowship in the ranks OF those
whose only aim IS 10 do good. BY
their works We shall know them
do not even ask to be given credit
for good intentions.
Although many people who have
not studied the matter may scoff,
venture to predict that within five
years there will be constructed aero
plane ships to carry crews Of 20 to 80
men, having engines of from 500 to
1.O00-horse power and capable of flight
OF 1000 miles at a clip.
The ship which / am building ac-
cording to the specifications furnished
the government will stay in the air
one hour, will make its ascents and
descents without danger. and will
carry two men. Ny experiments
have proved to me that the planes
above and below must be perfectly fiat
and there will be no curves or con
cavity in them. During the hour that
1t remains in the air my ship will
maintain its equilibrium, be under per
feet control and move in all direc-
ttons, as required by the specifications
: required by the signal corps.
D LAS compared with the aeroplanes
of the near future the craft so far
made are as dugcuts TO the most mod
ern ocean liner. ! have the greatest
respect and consideration for ALI the
efforts that have been made bv NJ
Henry Farman the Wright brothers
Israel Ludlow. Santos-Dumont. Her
ring. Prof. Langley. Lilienthal Octave
p Chanute and al. the others. I have
studied their CCa-J and have read.
think. nearly al that has been written
about then"
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Request He COULDN'T Grant.

One Of District Attorney Jerome's
chief assistants in New York has q
young son who occupies almost as
much of his time as does the office
business. Just now said the prose
cutor, Il divide my leisure daylight be-
tween the menagerie in Central park
and the Bronx zoo. While | always
try to grant any reasonable request,
there are times when / give up The
other day he wanted a lion, and pro-
duced one. Then q monkey. and
lugged him into TIE monkey house.
The next demand was for an angel,
and I quit And couldn't explain
that in my business l wouldn't know
an angel If l saw one"
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28

10 make it possible to add the stars
from time to time without disturbing
the general plan.
This idea has been anticipated by =
private citizen. Henry Vogt. OF PhiIa-
delphia, who has designed a flag for
which the thanks OF the war depart
ment have been extended.
MIR. Vogt would place the stars In a
circle. with a keystone design in the
center, leaving room for the addition
OF stars around the circle.
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
CLEARS KNorTY RAIL rANeLE.
Judge Who Decided Fish-HarrImaa
Illinois Central Dispute.

ChicagO.-Judge Farlin Q. Ball, who
dissolved the injunction restraining
Z. H. Hartman and others from vot-
ing the proxies Of the Union Pacific
and the Railroad Securities company
at the annual meeting of the Illinois
central Railway company, is a vet.
eran of the civil war. He volunteered
just after he had graduated from tbs
University of Wisconsin and served
to the finish, when he was discharged
with the rank Of major. He then set
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
WOULD CHANGE OLD GLORY.
PhiIadeIphian Submits Design Putting
Stars in a Circle.

Washington.-The field OF stars on
the United States flag is becoming
OYercrowded with stellar emblems.
AS new states are added the difficulty
increases of placing the stars in d
graceful manner on the field and still
leave room for others to be added. A
bill has therefore been introduced In
congress to rearrange the stars so as
The Washington bee., 1908-03-28
ADOPTS A CHINESE GIRL.
st. Louis Millionaire TO Raise Her as
His Daughter.

st. LOuis.-A poor Chinese girl
probably viii become a st. Louis So
ciety belle because Murray Carleton,
millionaire dTy-gOOds merchant, club.
man and society mau, has adopted
her. She is a living monument to his
dead daughter, whose name, Lexie
Rust Carleton, she bears.
The story Of Mr. Carleton's Chinese
daughter" has just been revealed
by him at a meeting Of the Young