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Griggs County courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1885, 1885-02-06

It is now suggested that the queen
was the fat woman that dropped the
dynamite, in order to excite prejudice
against O'Donovan Rossa.
Griggs County courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1885, 1885-02-06
Wheat. 60 cents.

The Arabs of Soudan kill the Britith
soldiers with clubs. Ammunition is
very scarce, and is reserved for game.
Griggs County courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1885, 1885-02-06
Around Town.

-Knud Thompson is about to build a
arge warehouse.
Conductor Bryant, wife and child,
went east Monday.
Henry Retzlatf will build an addi-
ton to the Union house this spring.
MIR. Charles Brophy, of Glyndon,
Minn,, is visiting his brother, r. G.
Stevens & Enger extend their hard
ware store by an addition in the rear.
Girls of a marriageable age in ia
pan are computed to be worth $16 each.
An entertainment will be given by
the Baptist society in about two weeks.
-Knud Thompson has sold seven
tickets from Norway to Cooperstown, at
S34 each.
We expect to publish a regular
weekly letter from Dazey the coming
season.
-Syverson & Co. extend their store,
to add a grocery department, early in
the spring.
"A geologist, by the use of the divin-
ing rod, has discovered vast beds of coal
underlying Sanborn.
Prank Baker, of Sanbom, has leas-
ed the roller rink at Valley City. Under
Mr.. Bakers management the rink will
have new lease OF life.
AS a Dakota institution, the Fargo &
Southern railroad seems to be success.
New and finely equipped sleepers will
be placed on the line in the spring.
Mrs. James Rankin presented her
husband with fine boy this week. If
we get immigration in the spring, we
have room for it; but don't need it.
Mr.. w. W. Newell had 24O acres of
wheat last fall that averaged 26 bushels
per acre, machine measure. He thinks
by weight it would have gone 80 BUSH
els.
Mr. F. A. Thompson has been help
ing us out this week, at the case. He
had not set stick of type before in ten
years, but took to it like a duck to the
water.
We recommend our subscribers, who
want a firsJ-class farm journal, to avail
themselves of the offer made in this
weeks COURIER. 1t is the offer of a
fine Christmas present.
Berg & Larson have received a
draft, dated Jan. lst, for 365 happy
days, drawn by Deere & Co., through
the Bank of Prosperity on the Goddess
of Fortune. We hope the draft will be
cashed.
"A L. Carey, the conductor, who has
succeeded w. E. Bryant on the Sanborr
4 Cooperstown road, is very thorough
and accommodating railroader, as well
as a genial gentleman, and an Ole
Barnes county farmer.
MIR. w. w. Newell reports several
families as coming to Griggs county
from White Heath. Ill. Times
are very hard in Illinoiss, a state
of affairs we know little of. All of oul
people are we'll provided for, money is
plenty, and living cheap.
A congressman, lately elected from
the west, friend os Mr.. Joseph Buch
heit, who addresses Joe as ''Friend Joe, >
says, "when feller gets to Washington
and sizes up the average congressman
it is nightly encouraging-th closel
you get to him the smaller he appears. ,
john Ellis of Butterfeld, we learn
from the Democrat, was chased by
wolves to the very outskirts Of Valley
City. James Allen, the following morn
ing shot two. tw9 +Se Severe weather and hun
born Enterprise.
Griggs County courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1885, 1885-02-06

WANTED-Fifty white and spotted
owls, for mounting. From ST to s.3
paid foc the same. according to size and
color. James Allen.
Valley City, ID. Y.
Griggs County courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1885, 1885-02-06

Mime. Clovis-Hugues, of Paris murder
fame. being wealthy, declines to enter
tain the proposition of going upon the
stage.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

The Chicago 1nter-Ocean tells the fol-
lowing anecdote of Robert Bonner, owner
of Maud S, Dexter, and other celebrated
trotters
Robert Bonner has a big head A book
agent walked into Bonner's Office the
other day with bulky religious volume
under his arm.
II have called to show you a work" he
began
Haven't time to look at 1t, said Bon
ner decisively.
" The reason why ! came to you, per-
sisted the canvasser with the calmness
of assurance arising only from habitual
success, was that your pastor. the Rev.
DR.. John Hall, considered this book highly
desirable for his library, but did not feel
able to buy 1t. He didn't tell me to go to
you, Mr.. Bonner, and yet he seemed to
want the book so much that l thought
possibly you might like to give it
to him. Something that he said put the
idea into my head, and said as much to
him, but he peremptorily forbade me.
He'd rather do without the work, helpful
as il would be to him. than have it limited
to you that it would be an acceptable
present Still"
You're lying to me-" interrupted Mr..
Bonner, "and ought to kick you out"
" l might have known better than TO
have tried my racket on a man with a
head like that" unused the agent as he
was departing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
EBENSBURG. PA. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 1885.

such an appetite as a farmer ought to
have, and I could not think then that my
appetite had begun to fail me. However,
/ ate my breakfast and then went out and
hitched up the old mare, for to tell the
plain truth I was feeling in need of a glass
of spirits, and hadn't drop in the house
was in hurry to get to the village. 1
hitched up and came in for the jug. 1
went for it in the old cupboard and took
it out, and
Ibid you ever break through thin ice
on a swapping cold day, and find yourself
in an instant overhead in freezing water
Because that is the very way felt at that
moment The jug was there, but the
bottom was gone. Mollie had taken
sharp chisel and a hammer, and, with
skill that might have done credit to
master workman, she had clipped the
bottom clean off the jug without even
cracking the edges of the sides l looked
at the jug and then she burst out. She
spoke-oh, l had never heard anything
like it No, nor have l heard anything
like 1t since. She said;
"'Charles. that's where the mortgage
on this farm came from 1t was brought
home within that jug-two quarts at a
time And that's where your white,
clear skin and your clear, pretty eyes are
going And in that jug, my husband,
your appetite is going also oh, let the
bottom stay out forever Let it be as it is,
dear heart. And remember your promise
to me-
"And then she threw her arms around
my neck and burst into tears. She could
speak no more.
"And there was no need. Ny eyes
were opened as though by magic. In a
single minute the whole scene passed be-
fore me. l saw all the mortgages on all
the farms in our neigborhood and 1
thought where the money had gone. The
very last mortgage father had ever made
was to pay bill held against him by the
man who had filed his jug for years. Yes,
saw it as it passed before me-a filter
ing picture of rum rum rum debt
debt debt and in the end, DEATH And
returned my Mollie's kiss, and said I:
60 Mollie, my own, I'll keep the promisel
I viii, so help me heayenP
"And l have kept 1t. In less than Ave
years, as Mollie had said, the mortgage
was cleared OF; my appetite came back to
me and now we've got few thousand
dollars at interest. There hangs the old
jug-just as we hung it on that day and
from that time there hasn't been a drop
Of spirits brought into the house for a
beverage, which that bottomless Jug
wouldn't hold.
Dear old Jug We mean to keep it
and hand it down to our children for tn e
lesson it can give them-a lesson of life
of life happy, peaceful, prosperous and
blessed p
And as he ceased speaking his wife, with
her arm drawn tenderly around the neck
of her youngest boy, murmured a fervent
amen.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
Facts about Meat.

Over-done beef or mutton is quite as In
digestible as hard-boiled eggs it should
be well cooked to be heslthful, but rather
incliniDg TO under-done Roasting re-
tsins the juices Of the meat boiling does
not, but the liquor in which meat
has been boiled may be used as soup.
Made dishes are not so wholesome OF
easily digested as joints, and II much
fiavouring or rich sauces be used they
are bad indeed for the dyspeptic Veal
does not suit the dyspeptic well The fat
Of beef Is digestible, that Of mutton less
so, and that OF game apt TO disagree.
Much Of the flavor of meat lies in the fat
Immediately beneath the skin.
word about UegCtGbIcs. The potato ts
king Of them, but very seldom well cooked
Potatoes ought to be very well mashed.
then stirred with a little milk till AS white
As snow and as smooth withal. All green
vegetables are better mashed. ana tbsT
should be eated separately, and not Nth
the meat They ought TO form o. q sh. In
deed, and might often take the place OF
soup with great advantaEe t- -Lz diner
CdSStIps Magazine
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
TALE OF A HANDKERCHIEF.
Lost In the Alps il Almost Causes a
TrrSedy-A Moral.
JeannIe welch in Buffalo Courier


/ List to the thrilling tale of a handker-
/ chief. Not many seasons since q fair and
/ very beautiful Buffalo girl lost her hand
kerchief in climbing the Alps, and al
though we may fancy she searched long
and zealously in the shadows of the
mountain pathway, she meier found it,
A few hours after a party of tourists,
numbering two, and consisting of a newly
welded husband and wife, whose mar
riage rites had been performed by a
Buffalo clergyman but a few short weeks
before in the BRIDES native home at Grove
land, Livingston county, passed over the
same road, and the brides affrighted
/ steed, backing and rearing at sight Of the
white handkerchief at the roadside, we'll
/ nigh plunged over the precipice The
husband hastily dismounted and picked
up the handkerchief, and handed it to his
wife who put it in her pocket and hence
forth it became as her own, for the name
on the border, which she supposed to be
that of some English dame, was not to be
found on the register of the mountain inn
where they spent the night. From that
brief blissful wedding journey the bride
returned TO America to attend the funeral
OF her father-in-law in Canada, and while
visiting friend in her native place Grove
land, she chanced to mention to a kinswo-
man the curious circumstances of finding
the handkerchief, and her pleasure, since
she was unable to get clue to the owner.
of being justified in retaining so dainty a
bit of cambric in her own possession
About one year after, having returned
meanwhile to Europe, she died in Geneva.
Switzerland, where she had resided since
her brief trip to America. In her last
will and testament she ordained that her
wardrobe should be given to her kins-
women at Groveland, n. Y In the sum-
mer of 1885, young gallant from Buffalo
chanced to be visiting in Groveland, and
one day in playing lawn-tennis with him
his fair young hostess dropped her hand
kerchief on the lawn. With his accus-
toned courtesy he dashed across the lawn
and seized the handkerchief which Law
like snowflake on the green expanse,
when his startled eye caught sight of a
familiar name on the border. Perhaps
the original owner of the mouchoir can
tell why his hand trembled and his cheek
blanched, as in restoring the bit of cam
brio to his companion, he said, slightly
faltering:
"Do you know Miss" repeating the
name on the handkerchief
"Why, no. Do you ?" said She
"Then, pray tell me, - said he, evading
the answer, "how did yoU come in pos
session of her handkerchief ~
why" replied she, . l may say that I
inherited it." A lately deceased kins-
woman left me a portion Of her wardrobe,
and have always had peculiar feeling
about this handkerchief (which was
among her things, because it so nearly
caused her DEATH detailing to him the
circumstances related above.
My kinswonan," ;" added she, ALWAYS
English lady"
The handkerchief was without more
ado entrusted to the keeping OF the hero
of the tennis field, who returned it to its
first owner.
Moral; Mark your handkerchiefs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
TIE YOrNa IDEA.

Papa" Ethel, you mustn't say 4 WON'T
to papa. It's naughty"
Ethel-"wel, but papa, what shall I
say when l mean won't '''-Ltfe,
"W-hat are the last teeth that come p"
asked Lynn teacher to her class in phys
iology
False teeth, mum, ," replied boy who
had just walked up on the back seat
Lynn Union.
"What kind of pills do you want, little
boy Z" asked the druggist Plain or
sugar coated ?"
Mister / want the kind that's white
washed. d."-PhHdde19h 9hjd Can
Ma. our baby should be arrested for
sleeping" said a poy to his mother.
''Why. what makes You say that The
baby is not guilty of any crime, said his
mother
Oh, yes, it Is; it is guilty of kidnap-
ping. -Prstzcps Weekly
Little Annie was found one Sunday
morning busily crotcheting. Annie,
dear. it is Sunday" said her mamma.
" Did you forget ?"
ooh, no, mamma" she replied q
knew it was Sunday, but I am playing
that l am a little jew. ."-Chicdgo Interior.
A young artist who was displaying his
latest work, picture of lion, heroic
size, to lady, said to the latter's little
boy:
Don't be afraid, little boy, the lion
won't hurt yon. He is not alive"
oh. Pm not afraid, " replied the little
boy che don't look as il he was alive. -
NeiU York Merc1tTu
Little girl from Chicago" Our family
is n more aristocratic family than yours"
Little girl from Boston" No, 1t isn't.
Ny mother can boast of her forefathers
for the past two centuries"
Little girl from Chicago" Oh, that is
nothing. My mother can boast of four
husbands in the last two years. - ThUo-
dciph{d CdU.
Little Tommy and Jimmy Steadyboy
were temporarily attracted from their
play recently by violent thunder storm.
Jim" inquired Tommy. the young
ster, does bod make all ze thunderums
wifi his dreat big hammer -
"Of course" answered Jimmy, with all
the confidence of a grown-up philosopher
AN ze rain is Dod's sweat-drops,',
shouted Tommy, clapping his hands in
great glee. "Ain't it, Jim An bod is
crackin hickrum nuts for ze little angels
like pa does for us W en- we's dood. "-The
HdtChet.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
woman and Education-

A Pittsburg young lady got into a dis
cussiOn with a young man and wound
him up in this fashion DO you know
that il woman had as free access to the
purse as man our educational institu-
tions would not go begging, as they often
do Woman is more generous than man
and she answers appeals to her generosity
more quickly than man does to his"
what has brought you to this conclu-
sion -
Common observation. Why, the fact
that they appreciate education so highly
that their gifts are not limited to institu-
tions that open their doors for the admis-
sion Of women. Do you doubt this II
so, here is the proof; Up TO 1880 Harvard
had received SS25, 900; Hamilton college.
s18O, 900; Union college, S1O7, 900; Bowdoin.
$s6, 600; Dartmouth, s65, 900; Amherst.
$50, 600; Andover- Theological seminary
and Chicago Theological seminary, each
$50, 900, and Phillips academy s1OO, 900 from
women.
do you want further proof ?" woman-
like she persisted. If so, you viii find It
in the fact that during 1881 over $500, 900
was given in educational benefactions by
women, of which s1OO,OOO was given by
Miss LenOx to the Union Theological
seminary in New York" D."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
Reciprocitr Of Thonght.

am convinced that people think
enough; it is the utterance of thought
that is needed If the habit of brave at
tempts at this utterance could be formed
and, despite all criticism, be persevered in,
how much more should we give to each
other, What a world of enjoyment and
improvement would spring up How
Athenian would Yankee life become A
Socrates at every doorway, an Aspasia-
without Aspasia's reprOach-at every tea
urn, full of discourse that would exclude
the weary pettiness of thOughtless talk.
Do this for your neighbors and you viii be
to them Ferdtnands and Isabellas, making
of them the discoverers of more than a
continent, for they viii discover them
selves, and you viii pay to them the debt
you owe to those who have done the same
for you. But do not conceive yourself an
original person. It IS a snare and delu-
sion.-Rose Z. CIeueldpd.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
He Liked Them SnIf.

Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, tells the
following amusing story:
There were a dozen fellows up IN our
pine timber country who dubbed together
one fall to go into the woods and cut logs.
They hadn't much money, and their plan
was to work together, incurring Just as
little expense as possible, run their logs
together, and, after marketing them in
the spring, divide the money equally This
plan was acceptable TO ALL when it o.
CURED to some one that they should have
decided who should be cook for the party.
1t was positively necessary that some one
should do the cooking. for they were de-
termined not to hire cook. So they all
fought against the duty. But some one
must do it, and so it was decided that
they should draw lots, and the one get
ting the longest should be cook, but if
any fellow complained Of the cooking he
should take that duty himself and excuse
the first one selected. So they went into
camp, and the first duty that the new
cook essayed was to cook a pot Of beans.
BY some chance he got them altogether
too salt, so much so that they were en-
tirely unfit TO eat. The men were hungry,
however, and at meal time were promptly
on hand for their beans Some of the
more cautious tasted them in silence, but
one fellow, who was especially hungry
and fretful, bolted a whole mouthful and.
springing TO his feet, shouted in his dis
appointment, "Great heavens. how -
- salt these beans are ]" then suddenly
recalling their agreement about the fate
OF the first kicker, sat himself down
quickly, ard resumed his meal with the
remark, but then I ike them salt
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
loo to nonh1- - -.

In return for ten cents end O. 1.-s.s-s
stamp New York s-vindlsr sends t9 the
unsophisticated the following valuable in
formation in a cheap unsealed manila en-
yelope, and is printed on slip Of he
cheapest white paper:
DEAR SIR-In reply to your esteemed
favor Of recent date, asking rs to teach
you how TO double your money -
We viii tell you plan for gaining wealth.
Better than banking, trading. OF leases:
Take a new green back and fold IL up.
And then you viii find your wealth tn
creRses-
This wonderful plan, without danger or loss.
Keeps your cash in your hands and with
nothing to trouble it;
And every time that you fold q across
lis plain as the Hight Of day that you double
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

wonder why this worlds good things
should fall in such unequal shares;
While some should taste OF all the Joys
And others only feel the cares
wonder why the sunshine bright
should fall in paths some people tread
While others shiver in the shade
OF clouds that gather overhead2
wonder why the trees that hang
So fun Of lucious n-uit should grow
Only where some may reach and eat,
While others faint and thirsty 60?
Why should sweet flowers bloom for some,
For others only thorns be foundY
And some grow rich on fruitful earth,
While others till but barren groUnd7
wonder why the hearts of some
O'eriiow with Joy and happiness,
While others so their lonely way
Unblcsscd with aught of tenderness?
wonder why the eyes Of some
Should ne'eT be moistened with tear,
While others weep from morn till night,
Their hearts so crushed with sorrow here2
All, well; We may not know indeed
The why's, the wherefores Of each life;
But this we kEow--there's One who sees
And watches US through Joy or strife.
Each life its mission here fulhlls,
And only He may know the end.
And loving Him we may be strong
Though storm or sunshine He may send"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
THE CATS NINE LIVES
An Explanation rom a Scientific
Point of View.


OF the cat It Is commonly said that &c
has nine lives. By this saying nothing
very definite is meant beyond the opinion
that under various kinds of death the eat
lives much longer than other animals
that have 70 be killed by violent means.
When any question Is asked of the po-
lice OF OF other persons who have to take
the lives of lower animals, they tell you,
without exception. according TO my ex-
perienoe, that the cat is the most difficult
to destroy of all domestic animals, and
that IL endures accidental blows and falls
with an impunity that is quite a distin-
gushing characteristic.
The general impression conveyed in
these views is strictly correct up TO q GER
tain and well-marked degree. By the
lethal death, the value of the life Of the
cat is found to be, at the least, three
times the worth Of the dog In all the
cases have seen in which the exactest
comparisons were made, the cat outlived
the dog. A cat and dog Of the same ages
being placed in a lethal chamber the cat,
may, with perfect certainty be predicted
to outlive the dog. The lethal chamber
being large enough to hold both the cat
and the dog. the vapor inhaled by the
animals being the same, with every
other condition identical this result, as an
experimental truth, may be accepted
without cayil.
The differences, always well marked,
are sometimes much longer than would
be credible in the absence of the evidence.
1 have once seen cat, falling asleep in
lethal chamber in the same period as a
dog, remaining breathing literally, nine
times longer, for the dog died within
five minutes, and the cat not only con
tinued to breathe, in profoundest sleep,
for forty-five minutes. but would have
been recoverable by simple removal from
the vapor into fresh air, If it had been
removed while yet one act Of breathing
continued. This, however, was exception
al, because the cat. in the same lethal
atmosphere as the dog, does not, as a rule,
live more than thrice as long i e., if the
dog ceases to breathe IN four minutes,
the cat will cease in from ten TO twelve
minutes after falling asleep.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04


Louisville e-Courier-Journal An ocean
vessel has taken out a loaf Of vassar girl bread
for ballast.
Oil City Derrick-We see now why they
are called sweet girl graduates The girls of
Nssssr College used forty bushels OF onions
last year.
Lowell Citizen-A captions critic says
that Nassar girls cannot write poetry II this
be so we hail with delight another triumph OF
the higher education Of woman.
Texas Siftings-Vassar girls consume
forty bushels OF onions in a year. That Is one
Of their strong points They know that in
onion there is strength.
Puck-It is hard to get up reunion of
old classes at Vasss- College. They tried 70
get up reunion Of the class OF "a but nobody
came All the good old 80 girls claimed 70
hsve been graduated in 70.
Norrlstown Herald-Somebody speaks a
good word for Vasssr College girls He says
they cannot write poetry. Parents should
send their daughters to Vassar 70 obtain an cd
ucation.
Burlington Free Press-A refined and
beautiful graduate Of vassar College. while
writing up the Sslvationists for Ney York
paper, became converted, and Is now one OF
item on the wall. and when young ladies come
in 70 ask why we can't give them Job at
reporting, we shall call their attention 10 IL.