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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-28

house. and Hilda wiped the last dish
and ned upstairs to make the beds,
every hbre Of her being all a-tfernbie.
The letter had really come! She
could stop long enough to at-least
Stance 1t through. It might tell her
She locked her door and tore open
the envelope. 1t was thick and had
several enclosures. II she had but
time to read It slowly. but she must
take but a second, there was 90
After ali. the letter itself was but a
few words, evidently written in
great haste: ts
Dear TREND
IT haven't but a minute to wrNe
before my train leaves. andsI won't
attempt to thank you tor what you
have done for> me Ia Besides 1t
wouldn't be wise% I'LL find Il q way,
though, sometime SOON 1nsthe. mean
time 1 am worried about you. You
, might need tosget away in a hurry II
/. something else turned up, and not be
ION our road and little money.
Keep them always with you, night
and day! II you need a friend,
come to my mother. The enclosed
card has her address I have. writ
ten on the back and she will under
stand. The bearer will bring any
messase You have. Il you are in
shall ind q way to sec you somehow,
soon. Your friend. s."
Hilda gave one swift glance at the
delicate white card bearing tho name
and address Of Mrs. Daniel Steyens.
On the reverse Side was w~TItten:
This is q good friend OF mine, moth
err please look out for her. Dan"
The soft color stole into her cheeks
las she thoughtfully slipped the card
at the <olded g~reensbills Wonderfully,
and the mysterious little card that
was a pass, and slipped them quickly
back with the letter, pinning the en-
velbpe firmly in q handkerchief in-
side her dress. Then she opened her
door and listened. schwarz and his
wife were having a loud alteration
the woman's part and profanity from
the man. Now waaAthe time to get
that suitcase II any: Dared she?
Somehow she felt strong with that
letter IA her bosom. And that
money! And%a pass! How wonder
ful to have Q real.pass. Paases were
things that only the rich and the
jgreat poaseased.s
Trembling at her own tennerdty, she
the knob of the Schwarz bedroom
cautiously. Then her hope suddenly
fell. It was locked! OF course. She
ought to have known they would lock
it, How foolish she had been to sup
pose-But stay! There VAS the key
In the door! They had thought It
enough TO turn It in the lock and
leave It for each others convenience,
Tor they had forgotten It!
She turned It slowly, carefully.
every nerve tense, holding the knob
hrmlysWith her other hand. aIt graft
sd! noisfly, but 1t turned, &ndzthe door
yielded to her grasp!
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-02
FAMOUS
PEACE TREATIES
BY H. IRVING KING
CONVENTION OF OLMUTZ, 1850.

Bv H. IRVING KING
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure Newspaper syn

we have altered over into the phrase
"self-determination," made overtures
to Frederick William who, rather
than listen to "the devils nephew"
as he called Louis Napoleon, placed
himself in the hands Of Russia; and
on July 2, 1850, a definitive treaty
was signed between Prussia and Dem
mark by which Schleswig was given to
Denmark and the king of Denmark
was recognized as duke Of Holstein
and authorized to restore order In
that duchy.
Meantime. with the aid of Russia,
Austria had crushed the Hungarian
rebellion and was stronger than ever.
The outcome Of the Danish war had
been a humiliation for Prussia and
Frederick William had formed q
league of Prussia, Hanover and Sax
ony, offensive and defensive.
Signed the Convention.
The alliance formed by Prussia
from the first was inslncere and soon
broke up, and q league Of the four
kings of Saxony, Bavaria, Hanover
and Wurtemburg was formed against
Prussia under the patronage OF Aus
trIa. Prussia, however, drew to her
league some Of the smaller German
states, among them Hesse. After the
signing Of the treaty which closed the
war between Denmark and Prussia.
10 %oly ~
revived the power Of the diet. prom
Used the ear that she would enter
Holstein, which was still in revolt.
and restore order. The elector OF
Hesse withdrew from his alliance with
Prussia and abrogated constitution
which had been forced upon him IN
1S4S. A revolution drove him from
his throne and he fled to Frankfort to
ask aid from the diet. Bavarian troops
were ordered to occupy Hesse. Prus
sian troops had also entered the cleo
torate and there was some little fight
ing between the outposts. Austria
backed by Russia, demanded the dis
solution of the Northern league
formed by Prussia and sent an ulti-
matum demanding the instant With
drawal of the Prussian troops from
Hesse. Prussia was helpless ana
Frederick William dispatched Baron
Manteuffel to Olmutz in Austria
where he was met by the Austrian
general, Schwnzenberg, and on NO
vember 20, 1850, the two ENJOYS
signed the Convention of Olmutz.
1t was complete triumph for Aus
| tria and a deep humiliation for Prus-
| STA.
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At the signing Of the Convention OF
Olmutz, Austria appeared for the last
time as the wielder of the hegemony
Of Germany; the convention marked
the last stage of Prussia's descent In
the scale of Germanic influence I'M
der Frederick William Nv and the be-
ginning of the rise of that nation to
the supreme Teutonic power.
After the Congress of Vienna IN
1915 there had been constituted the
Germanic confederation to take the
place of the defunct Holy Roman EN-
p!re, It was q more or less shadoWy
affair, born in trouble and filled with
troubles to the end Of its days. In
this confederation Austria, backed by
the states of South Germany, had the
preponderance of power. The revolu-
tionary movement which swept Eu-
rope In 1S4S shook all Germany. In
Berlin Frederick William was obliged
to make terms with the revOlutionists
and at one time the Austrian emperor
was driven from his capital only to
be reinstated by force Of arms. The
question of succession to the throne
of the duchies OF Schleswig and Hol-
stein was in agitation and Prussia de-
clared war on Denmark. The Russian
car. who as representative Of the ell
der branch of the former reigning
house Of Gottorp, sovereigns Of the
duchies, was personally interested,
and took q hand. Russia and Eng
land brought pressure to bear and
truce was arranged between Denmark
and Prussia while conference met In
October, 1913, at London, to settle the
dispute, Denmark demanded that
both duchies should be "indissolubly
connected" with the Danish crown.
Prussia refused to agree and on April
8, 1S49, the war was renewed.
Prussia Desired Peace.
But, harassed by the actions OF the
confederated council at Frankfort,
Prussia desired peace, soon opened
direct negotiations with Denmark and
another truce was proclaimed on July
10. The rest of Germany, led by Aus
tria, declared this independent action
of Prussia a betrayal of the confed-
Grafton which claimed the duchies as
"reichland." The czar said that the
tight Of the king of Denmark to the
duchies must be recognized; the Hol'
steiners--Holstein was preponderating-
ly German-were rebels and If Den
mark could not restore order in that
duchy he could. Napoleon II alone
supported Prussia and, talking OF
"the principle of natiOnalities," which
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-02
FAMOUS
PEACE TREATIES
TREATY OF ZURICH, 1859.
Peae. That Brought About the Unifcaton OF Italy.
By III. IRVING KING
e News paper Syndicate.)

demanded the cession to France OF
Nice and the duchy of Savoy. This
cession would be the first breach In
those treaties Of 1915. by which the
demarcations Of European nations had
been settled after the NapoleOnic wars,
and the emperor saw In 1t not only
the establishment Of the Alps as the
natural boundary Of France in that
section, but an entering wedge, per-
haps, toward gaining for France far
Their north her natural boundary Of the
Rhine.
Then came q villainous item Of the
contract. Princess Clotilde Of Savoy.
only sixteen years old, was to be given
in marriage to the emperor's cousin.
Prince Napoleon. called Plon-PlOn, q
middle-aged roue Of the very worst
character, the poor girls wishes in the
matter not counting in the least. Sar-
DINA began to assemble troops and the
king in opening parliament at Turin
declared that he was mot insensible
to the cry Of woe that reached him
from so many parts Of Italy," Some
thing Of the compact Of PlOmbierea
leaked out, and when, at his New
Years reception at the beginning Of
1859, the emperor said to the Austrian
ambassador that he was sorry the re-
lations between the two empires were
not as good as they used to be, all
Europe saw that war was impend-
ing, and set about trying to prevent
| 1t.
Emperor Declared War.
On April 26 the emperor declared
war. The French and Sandman arm.
| les won the battle Of Montabello, May
20; Magenta June 4, and Solferina
June "a. The northern powers were
| alarmed. Prussia called out her re-
| serves and offered her mediation" 70
f, Austria. Napoleon, without consult
ing the Italians, proposed an armistice
and met Emperor Joseph at villa.
franco on July 8. The Austrian EN-
peror. agreed to cede Lombardy to
France. to be handed over to Sardinia.
Parma was to be annexed also but Tus'
/ cany and Modera returned to theil
former rulers; the pope was to keep
Romagna, while Venice and the IA
nous Quadrilateral, consisting Of four
strongly fortified cities In northeastern
Italy were to remain Austrian posses
s,ons. Victor Emanuel, insulted and
disappointed. at first talked OF goiua
on with the war singie-ba9ds6
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-02

The treaty Of Zurich. signed on NO
yember TO- 1859, virtually created the
modern kingdom Of Italy. 1t put an
end to the war which Sardinia anu
France had been waging against Aus
tria, and so increased the size anu
power of the kingdom Of Sardinia that
after further annexations the year fol-
lowing, Victor Emanuel proclaimed
himself king of Italy and the Kingdom
Of Sardinia vanished.
1t was a curious piece OF nomencia-
ture that Of the Kingdom OF Sar-
DINA :" for while the house OF Savoy
took its kingly title from an unconsid-
cred island, its domains lay In north
ern Italy and also comprised what Is
now the southeastern corner OF
France. Under the guidance OF Car
your the king Of Sardinia had become
the head and front Of the nationaiistic
movement which was stirring all Italy
when he threw his troops into the
Crimean war and gained an ally IN
France. When the Peace OF Paris
closed that war Carvour boldly told the
assembled delegates that Italy would
never cease to be a hotbed OF unrest
and revolution until the Austrians
were expelled. With this idea he had
nrled the ear and mind Of Napoleon
III, who timorously hesitated, posing
! A the friend and champion OF Sardin-
ian aspirations but falling to act. At
last. on July 20, 1885, Carvour and the
,ur,eror had a secret meeting at the
| wsler-place of Plombieres, In the
yesges. 1t was agreed that at the
| asst favorable opportunity France
sl,ould attack Austria with an army OF
$4,000, and Sardinia with an army OF
half that number. Peace was not to be
l}made until Austria was expelled from
italy. II necessary. the allies would
( dictate terms in Vienna itself. Lom-
hardy. venetia and the Italian duchies
and that part Of Italy known as the
LEGATIONS were, with the kingdom OF
Sardinia, to form kingdom OF North
ern Italy. A kingdom Of Central Italy
was to be formed out Of Umbria and
Tuscany. .
II Certain to Defeat Austria. +
The kingdom of Naples, the southern
4 part of Italy, WAS 10 be left to Itself
as popular revolution was certain
TO overthrow thesAustrian power there
4 The pope was TO keep Rome and th'
], district about it under a garrison O
4 French troops. In return. the empeFo
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-02
~ Flower She Wore.

!. h,ossom time comes around again
- ,rstinctiyely recall those that have
~ q fction, says the New York
R Evening POST. The flower tina. .s she
49, - al literature nothing stands
VIZ -. IKE the mignonette Of Anna ka-
psnina tfor seer and refo ans,, what ,1o an
ems dressl rev story s .e,,s'' p we are
SUPP a,,ored TO forget the camelias OF
mo- e.r+ain lady, nor the scent OF jas
a,,ns fower In Paris at the opera
.sare and w confess to remember
,n1 v with Joy the red. red rose IN The
ra,nriete Life Of John Hopkins" we
J .nould be glad to forget "RappacinI'.
Irur with her purple poison
1crsr' but we defy anyone who has
fallen under the spell Of that dread
story to Be. able to DO 90 ana y
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-08-02

some time ago william Hohenzoi.
,,.rn then kaiser of Germany. nao
,,,aced At the entrance Of the cathedral
- Metz this extraordinary statue OF
n,mse,f Since his abdication some
-. has hung upon 1t the placard
s TIT the Latin inscription. "Sic Fran
~ Gloria Mundi."
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1919-06-05
Sealed Proposals Asked

Highway Department Of the Hoard
OF State Engineers, Room 736. Maison.
blanche Annex.
Sealed proposals will be received ~
the Highway Department of the KoarS
oil state engineers OF Louisiana. Roo,,,
40 Maisoa blanche Annex, new Or-
iest..s, LOUISIANA, up to IL O clock noon
Oi. -
MONDAY. JUNE 9TH, 1919,
Tor conSs ructing
NaSchltocnes-C olfax Highway, 3ss
mica. Natchitoches 70 Crane Ecore Sec.
ton ~Se's
Natchitoches-Many Highway 14ss
miles, 1898 miles. Natchitoches to po.
oeline section, Natchitoches parish
Louisiana.
information ~ to location, cnarae.te,
Of work. extent and class Of ,oata,;.,.
te ms OF payment, regulations govern
ms the manner Of submitting pro,m-
posals aud executing contract. NAV IN
application. be obtained at The Of; ~
Oh The Highway Department.
FRANK III. KERR.
Chief State Engineers and pros.tr.
Board Of State Engineers. '-s III
-. DUNCAN hGlE,
State Highway Ereineer
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on that portion Of the dcfcndant's
property as set out in the said act Of
mortgage 50 securing the same, towit:
On all the present railroad extending
from Homer. Louisiana to Bienviile,
Louisiana, distance of over thirty
five OBS, miles. together with all ap-
purtenances, side tracks, railroad
property, real estate. or pers onal e.
tate, rolling stock, equipment, tele-
graph ard telephone lines, rights, fran
cAises, and all other property Of said
railroad company as set cut and en-
oraced in the said Act Of mortgages
said mortgage deed securing one hum
dred Q0V outstanding * ids of one
Thousand (Sl0OO.OO) dollars each, in
principal, plus interest as shown by the
act CT mortgage and admitted by the
Anciiary Nil herein filed. The said
mortgage was by said decree reco1-
nized as a first lien and mo, tgage on
that part Of defendant Railroads prop
crty embraced in the said mortgage. :,
and the purchaser shall take the prop
erty subject to said lien, mortgage and
sncumbrance, but free from all ether
liens, privileges, mortgages, or other
encun. ORANGES whatever.
Inc said sale will be made subject
70 the approval and confirmation OF the
;oCrt. ne court, by said decree, has
psclhcaiiy ana expressly reserved the
l2HC 10 refuse To HDprpvc and confirm,
asa sale IN the event the price otfersX
houlu, iii its opinion, be deemed H.
adequate.
linus zone and signed at Shreveport.
louisiana, this Sth day of May, 1919.
w. +. LEARY,
Special Master in Chancery.
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About Corn Culture


For these who are interested in
matters pertaining to the culture
of grains, it is worth while walk
ing down toWgl to see the beautiful!
corn that. M. E.. j. Greene is ex-
perimenting with for seed purpose
on his garden plot at the corne r
Of Jefferson and DemeZiere Streets.
1t is new variety that not only
natures unusually early but each
stalk is more prolific OF ears than
any Mr.. Greene has ever planted
and ne intends to use it for seed
on his plantations in this and Lin
coin parishes. Eta PEASANT, tie
editor would remark that the .dif1
ferent varieties of vegetables that
he has been experimenting with
this seAsQn are eaually as finas asl
the c)rn.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1919-06-05
Three-Day Short Course fol
Canning Club Girls

All the Canning Club girls of the
parish are invited to come to Natchi'
toches for course in canning, pickl-
ing, preserving, etc, to be held June
10th, 18th and 18th.
The old Grammar School building,
now used as Rest Room, has been
graciously. rendered US for the classes,
| and it will be equipped with Gamers,
stoves, and all the necessary things for
the success OF the Undertaking. Rep
resentatives from the State Office at
Baton Rouge will be with US to assist
in the program. Thus equipped, we
can give all the girls in three days al
most as mucn instruction as we could
in three months, visiting each COM
munity separately, and they will get
time-just at the opening OF the cam
ming season.
We hope that the parents of these
girls will See 10 1t that nothing shall
stand in the way OF their coming.
All who are Interested in the Home
Demonstration work, either as officials
or as private Inc iViauals, are cordially
livir to come anu see Tor themselves
what the canning cluD work means to
the girls.
We ask you people Of Natchitoches
to sustain your reputation for progress
siveness!and puDi!c-spirisedness, by
giving these young girls a royal Wei
come. doing every thing to make their
stay in your midst thoroughly delight
ful. We ask that the homes OF the
best people of the town be thrown
open to receive them as honored guests.
When these glris return home, every
community, no matter now remote,
VIII know JUS. WEat kind oI time the
girls had, ana Wi, appreciate the
cOurtesies extended to them,
Fui Their announcements will be made
next week.
VIRGINIA 7. DORMoN. -
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Memorial Day Celebration

| Under the auspices of the daugh
/ ers of the Confedercy, Tuesda!
Decoration Day, was celebrates
With much pomp and ceremony il
,Natchitoches. Fortunately ths
plans were changed several day:
before or there would have beer
many disappointed. as the day
dawned cold and cloudy and tie
picnic at Grand Ecore originally
planned, would have had to have
been abandoned, but the final pro.
gram was carried out beautifully
Promptly at II A. M. the large
crowd that filled the court house
was called to ordersby G. M.
Cunningham who presided as
'chairman and after a few words OF
cordial welcome introduced Ad
jutant General Booth of New
Orleans who made a splendid adj
dress with Jefferson Davis as his
theme, paying a beautiful tribute
to his memory and to the brave men
A., who fought SO yaiantIy for their be
loved Southland.
MIR Phanor Breazeale followed and
in his usual eloquent style told of
The Debt of Generations and then
Senator MIC. Cunningham in few
fine and appreciate remarks present
ed Crosses Of Honor to- II. Step
hens,J Hagewood, Plummer, Wldn
err, Lenoir, LAWS sphere, Poche and
Lestage. Then the Veterans, their
families AMI a few other guests we.
ct over to the Williams building an
were served a fine dinner at fowe:
deckei ia able, by tic Daughters who
looked to the Comfort OF their guest
whose JOY was mingled with sadness
because of thc many comrades who
had passed since their last reunion,
TO the Great Beyond.
Tie Enterprise is in receipt of q
marked copy of tho States ines
containing splendid editor, ia
about the soldiers who had gore
i.ram that parish with special
mentioh Of lis five heroes, anon.
v hon it ranks a Natcbitoches boy
Us follows:
Another splendid Baton .Rougean,
who left his young wife and baby
W.lon the call to aims came, and so
distinguished himself in battle that he
wcA promotion from General Pershing,
is Capt. H. r. Breazeale, who waa ad
VaaceJ from lieutenant to captain for
gallant co2duet in the face of the ere
M. Amy soldier who served in France
knows what an h3nor this is. Capa.n
Breaz ale not only saw service at St.
III hie!s where he won his promot .oa,
but he fought all through the bloody
Argorr,e Hattie, where the American
foecDs ttrsaek the blow that brought
the wal 10 a speedy and disastrous end
for the Huns.
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: after acquire and all additions thereto
! and improv .ments thereon and better.
ments thereof, and all tolls, revenues,
earnings, income rents, Issues and pro.
! fits of any property at any time suD-
ject to this indenture:
To gether with all and singular terc-
nents, hereditsments and appurte-
nances thereunto helorging, or in any
wise appertaining, and the reversion
and revefslons, remainder and remain
ders, rents, issues and profits thereof;
and elso all the estate, right, title, in
terest, property, possession, claim and
demand whatsoever, as well in law as
in equity, Of the Railroad Company, of,
in and to the above described premises
and property hereby mortgaged, and
very part and parcel thereof. with the
appurtenances, and the franchises OF
the Railroad Company appertaining to
the lines Of railroad hereby mortgaged.
or hereafter to appertain thereto.
The terms of said sale shall be cash |
upon the approval and confirmation OF |
the. sale by the court; provided, how
ever. that instead Of paying cash the
purchaser may deliver and surrender
for cancellation any of the bonds. Re-
ceiver's certificates or other evidences
Of indebtedness entitled to share IN the
proceeds Of the sale as the equivalent
OF the amounts distritutable to sucn
bonds Receivers certificates, or other
evidences of Indebtedness SO surren-
dered, the purchaser, upon such sur
render, to have credit ON his bid for the
amount which the securities SO sur
rendered would be entitled to receive
apbn distribution of the purchase
money.
No bid shall be received for less than
five hundred thousand (s50O, 10000
dollars; and all persons intending to
Did must deposit with the master. on'l
or before the time when the sale is
called, the sum Of $40. 10000 in Cash,
n certified check upon solvent bank,
payable to the order OF said Special
Master and'in every way satisfactory
to him, as pledge that such person
will make good his bid. in case he be.
comes tie highest and best bidder, and
the sale is confirmed by the court. The :
Master will return the checks or money / /,
so received to the persons from whom
they We're received, except the one who
Is the highest bidder: The deposit OF q
the latter will be retained until the t
action by the Court on the report OF ii
the sale. r
If the sale Is confirmed and the pur-
chaser makes good his bid, the amount
If his deposit shall be credited rs a :
part of his bid. II he fails to make
good his bid, the amount of his deposit
will be delivered to the Receiver and
held by him as Iiquidated damages and-|
ls,a part Of his trust. "a {
The said sale shall be subject to thei q
irst mortgage referred to.in plaintiffs )
I'LL as the mortgage 80 Mt, Sprague, i
. Trustee, dated March 80, 1896 fnew j
epresented BY thu Peoples Trust L
,ompany, 1rustss) which shall re- :
En 'mt6Fnd aaaa ostUd eFta,g osis
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Knowing the Constitution

Widespread knowledge Of the const.
tuition Of the United States is mos
Important factor in the fight now be
| ing carried on against bolsheyism. The
plan Of the National Security League
Tor nation-w wide celebration Of the an
adversary Of the adoption Of the Ameri
| can constitution on the 18th Of mex
September has decided merit. fol
thousands Of speakers and writers will
thus be given opportunities for e1.
planning tho meaning Of the document
and it relation to the everyday affairs
Of The people.
Although this educational work is
intended primarily for the benefit OF
aliens, there 10 reason for believing
that it will stimulate the patriotism Of
Thousands Of cur nstivs-bofn popula-
tioa. The number Of Americans who
never have read the constitution il
doubtless very large; It y nearly as i'm
portland TO reach them q to explain to
foreigners how their tights ar. pro-
tseted By the fundamental law Of the
Unitsd States. Dsniel Webster once
found il necessary to tell the country
The meaning Of tn Constitution and
his exposition helped e keep the nation
on he right course il critical time.