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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1889-11-15

We have been readers of "Peter-
son" for a long while-but, excellent
as we have always found it, we con-
slider this year the best yet. The
December number cannot be sur
passed in the beauty ofits engravings
and the interest OF its contents. The
paper on picturesque San Jose" is
admirably written and illustrated, and
the other stories and articles are all
capital. Practical, useful, interesting,
there is no other lady's book which
compares with Jefferson" Indeed,
it fills a range so wide and varied
and is so admirable from literary
and artistic poin: of view, that it
meets the requirements of an entire
household as no other magazine can.
Next year, it will be better worth hav-
ing than ever, with it's new cover and
type and various other improvements
A subscription for 1890 would make
a valuable and useful holiday pres
ent. Terms: Two dollars year,
with greatly reduced club rates. 4
sample copy will be sent to those de-
string to get up clubs. Address Pc
terson's Magazine, 900 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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SANTA FE.
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND ODD
EST OF AMERICAN CITIES.
a Sketch of Its History-The Pueblos
oldest House in the United
States-The Primitive
Mexicans

Santa Fe has history worth noting.
No one knows how old it is. When the
5paniards captured it in 1542, it was an
Indian village or "Pueblo, built and in
habited by the Pueblo or Village Indians,
q half-civilized tribe who build and live
In houses and cultivate the soil. These
Indians live in communities, each COM
munity cultivating the lands adjoining
it, in common, sharing the products on
the most approved cooperative plan.
In 1880 the town was recaptured and
burned by the Indians. The Spaniards
again took it in 1892. In a park called
the "Plaza," in the center of the town,
forty Indians were hung at that time as a
lesson of warning to the warlike tribe.
In 1887 tho Indians again attacked the
town, but were defeated by the Spanish
General Armjo. The town was not yet
through with war, however. In 1862
the Confederate General Sibley made a
raid through that section and captured
the place, as part of a well-laid scheme
to get possession of the great West, with
its untold mineral wealth, for the Con-
tederacy. He was defeated, however, by
the prompt action of General Slough and
the Colorado Volunteers, and the town
retaken for the Union.
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was the live, bustling West. You see
they do not even use wagons on which to
haul wood to town, but use the poor
donkeys' backs for this purpose. There
is group Of them now waiting patiently
for some one to buy their loads. How
typical they are of their sleepy masters.
Here comes one with curious load on
his back. Let US investigate. On each
side of the donkey is strapped a box,
and what do you suppose those boxes
containf You can't guess! Two little
pigs each, looking quite contented and
happy. But this is not all the load; on
top of the donkey is strapped chicken
coop containing several live chickens.
all being conveyed to market. Here
comes another donkey with eight live
kids suspended by the hind legs across
his back. How the poor things cry, with
plaintive, almost human wall, as they
try to curl up to relieve themselves from
the cruel agony they are suffering. Their
cries have not the slightest effect, how.
ever, upon the cruel man who is taking
them to the butchers. Such cruelty
makes our blood boil, and makes us feel
like hanging him up by the heels short
time, just to let him feel what he is in.
ficting upon the poor dumb animals.
Before we leave here we must have a
"burro ride" It will be rare expert
ence for us, especially if we can persuade
our donkeys to climb one of those mount
aims. We are afraid, however, before
we get to the top we shall find there IS E
vast amount of dogmatic perversity hid
under those big ears. They look honest
and docile enough, and some of then
doubtless are, but we must not trust then
too far. Should we do so, we are iabl'
at any time to experience the fate which
befel an over-confding lady missionary
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The location is excellent, the table un-x-
ceptionable, and the people charming. But
those who come for a snort time cannot
now expect such good luck. BY the time
this is in print the city will be SO iull that it
will have to be taken to the station house.
Speaking of hours for returning to ones
lodgings, | know that hurt myself at the
hotel where l first stopped by getting in
the first evening at 1920 o'clock. The con-
cierge was vioiet-eyed French girl She
gave me the key and the one-franc candle
with which intensified the gloom of my
width boys size room. She looked at me
reproachfully. She was panied to see a
man with such noble mien and such a
scope of brow go to bed at lose at night.
She mentioned it in pure English to me
and l could see that l had lost : ood
friend. l could only promise her that it
should not occur again. I did SO. and now
whenever am tempted to retire early I
can see those blue reproachful eyes again,
and my solemn promise made to that sim
pie, gentle girl while the hot candle grease
ran down over my arm comes back to me,
and I smother the wish and scorn the
temptation.
I will now pause in my literary career to
go and get shaved again. What I like about
the French barber is this: il you do not
like his lather you can spit it out.
P. S.--Before mailing this l learn that the
beautiful Alaeriaa girls who dance the
stomach dance or gastric calisthenics re-
'erred to above are natives of Paris and
i've on the Rue de Rinktum.
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ya,ue or the cent.
St0cknaaH.

"We can do nothing with coppe,
cents here" said Memphis merchant.
"Our house tried to introduce thea q
year or more ago, and sold goods at
prices that required their use. but peo-
pie would buy enough to make the five
cent piece come in for change. We
ordered big lot of cents, expecting to
get them off, but it wouldn't work.
Now, in the North you have use for
copper all the time in trading, and let
me tell you that the saving to the
buyer of small articles amounts to a
neat sum in the course Of time. It's
my belief that one reason why the
Northern people are better off than we
are, is that they save the odd cents
which We give away making change" !"
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The Way to Keep Cool.

"Doctor, give me suggestion as to
the best wsy to stand this hot weather"
"Well," replied prominent physi-
clan, "there are few simple things to
remember. I'll tell you how I do it.
In the first place I get plenty of sleep.
I do this by eating light supper, with
out coffee and with very little fluid of
any sort, and but q mouthful of beef.
steak. My days work ends with the
day, and after sunset l just sit around
without my coat and vest. About 8
o'clock I slip quietly into my bathroom
and soak myself ten or fifteen minutes
in a bathtub of cold water. Without
driving myself I draw on my sleeping
garment and go to bed. My tempera-
ture has been reduced, and my pulse
has slowed up. This condition is pre-
served by the evaporation which goes
on for half an hour or more, during
which so to sleep. Try it. Now, for
the day time, l eat moderate break
fast, with but little hot coffee or tea.
I avoid the butter and anything else
very greasy. I eat my fill of bread,
toast, tomatoes, cold milk, ETC., with
small piece of lean, rare steak. do
not smoke, nor drink anything alco-
holic. I occasionally take glass of
some aerated water, like vichy or self
ger. / wear light clothes and but few
of them, and am not ashamed to carry
an umbrella. The result is that | suf-
fer as little from the heat as is possible
during this sultry weather. Louis
pille Post.
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allowed to pay taxes and vote the Pro-
hibition ticket, while the ruling ele-
ment holds Office and runs the saloons.
Being in a prohibition State, Dubuque
has only 23S saloons, which are open
every day and Sunday. They have been
going to be closed up "next year" since
1880.
The principal industries are lead
mining, loafing on the levee, joining
secret societies, running for Office, and
lead mining. Lead was discovered
years ago, and, although the mines
have petered out. mining still goes on.
A large number of men prospect" six
months every year and talk about it
the remaining six months. This gives
their wives good excuse to take in
washing
Dubuque has handsome opera
house and is lively show town. Mile.
Cora Bellies European Novelty Com
pany comes four times q year, one min
strel troupe every month is warmly
welcomed, and last year there were
two performances of "Uncle Toms
Cabin" When there is nothing else
on the boards the amateurs play "The
Colleen Bawn."
Duh,,nra 10 potad for ,,rott,, o;,.1o i.
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MRS. cALLIE L. FRENCE

MRS. cALLIE L. FRENCH. slender figure,
and was born in Jackson County, Ohio.
Her husband being river man, intro
duced her to the mysteries of the river,
and she proved an apt pupil.
It will be remembered that Mrs. Mary
Miller some years ago applied for cap.
tain's license, and the question was raised
as to whether it was competent for a
lady to have license, but the authorities
at Washington decided that if she was
competent and had good moral char
acter there was no reason why she could
not act in any capacity she was competent
to fill.
Mr.. and Mrs. French reside in tho
East End of the city, though she is now
handling the wheel on top of one of the
largest steamboats, plying between Vicks-
burg and New Orleans. = Cincinnati En-
i0uirer.
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eight years OF age. The neighbors did mol
want the tower built. They felt certain il
would fall and strike most anywhere within
a quarter of q mile, and they thought il
would be discouraging TO trade. They
were also afraid that boarding houses ueal
by would lose money and have to put the
price of nourishment up to where 1t would
harmonize with the tower.
1t is a fact. as the reader knows, tnat il
is nine hundred and eighty-four feet high
and made of iron. Those who have heited
it say that it weighs SEVENTH three hundred
tons, but would put 1t a little below that
1t is just as we'll to be honest about these
matters and not seek 10 startle people ali
the time.
The base rests on four legs with concrete
and stone foundations. These form four
arches. which are about two hundred feet
hilh. which at night are beautifully lighted
In fact. the tower is more beautiful at
night than in the daytime. The top swaya
to and fro about rod, but It still continues
erect. The top of the tower affords fine
sight for rising young bridge jumper to
display his brains, such as they are. among
the other exhibits.
The structure is painted red. The artist
who painted the Eiffel Tower red will no
doubt fill drunkard's grave.
There Is a. constant roar pervading the
structure. caused by the rising and falling
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that is, they are noted when they come
there-from Galena. The young men
are promising, according to the tailors,
and many have been known to make
their mark on the municipal rock-pile.
The streets are kept in good repair
for the convenience of farmers who
wish to let their teams run away. This
is daily spectacle on Main street, and
is believed to attract trade.
Nothing historical has ever happened
in Dubuque, except the arrival Of Sen
ator Allison from Ohio.
The only remaining objects of inter
ests are the hotels, of which full de-
scripti9n will be found in that enter
tanning work, ruins of the Mississippi
Valley. y."-Puck.
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OF the hits. - they are called. They arc
really large cars with capacity OF 1O0 peo-
pie each. These are the lifts 20 the first
platform, and are Of two varieties. viz, the
Otis system. which Is used in the northern
and southern limbs, and the Roux and
Combaluzier systems. which arc in the
eastern and western limbs. They do not
work perpendieularly, but are inclined
planes. two cars at a pop. and they make a
noise like the elevated trains. i should have
said that the cars are not Of the same size
in the styles OF lifts. the Otis carrying fifty
people each. while the others can carry 2OJ
each. II the trucking doesn't break
The large cars go up at the rate Of one
metre per second. You can come down in
shorter meter than that IL the tail gate OF
the car falls out. One meter per second is
equal to 200 feet per minute. SO man told
me to-day.
The first platform is occupied bv four
large restaurants; a Russian restaurant
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Exposition grounds, together with music
and kiln-dried pretzel, with its tail in its
mouth. You can get good glass of beer
for thirty eentimes. or say SIX cents Of
American money. At first you will foolish
ly try to drink the water Of Paris. Then
you will be sick week or so, and will have
more sense. The wat.r of Paris has not
improved with age as it should. 1t has not
made such strides as it might have made
with the opportunities it has had.
The city is now very much crowded. 1t
did not seem so when 1 first came, but after
/ had arrived and l could not conceal my
identity any longer people began to flock to
Paris in huge numbers. Special trains
came from Trash and Point Isabel. Sab
bath-school excursions came in from Jasper
and Pokeberry Center, Europe. and the
Tower put on gala appearance which
made the display at the Grand Prix early in
the summer pale into ins!gDiflcance. Rooms
are very high indeed. know that mine is.
1t seems especially so at late hour when
climb up to it. and yet am very fortunate.
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cOURIERS

What saith the violet unto my lovet
81 am blue, but thine eyes are bluer"
What 1asheth the north star down to my
Lover
81 am true, but thine heart is truer."
oh, how sing the birds, the poets Of spring.
In their ripping, woodland metres
'Or voices are filed with music OF May,
But thy voice, thy voice is sweeter."
And the sea: hath the sea not word to send
On his dancing, white-capped waters.
''Fairer, ay, fairer art thou in thy youth
Than my pearl-crowned mermaid daugh-
ters."
And the earth and the sky and the rowing
winds
And the eloquent old rornances
Are bearers of tales of my love-of my
love
Swift couriers of her glances.
John Jerome Rooney.
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The city now contains about 5000 in
habitants, seven-eighths of which are
Mexicans and Indians and the balance
Americans. Its altitude is little over
1000 feet above the sea level. We can
almost imagine ourselves in Jeru-
salem in the days of Christi 1t is
almost surrounded by mountains, re-
minding US of the 'smountains around
about Jerusalem" We find there also
the same f1at-roofed, one-story houses,
undoubtedly built on similar plan to
those found in Palestine. The same mar
row alleys for streets made for donkey
travel, but not designed for modern car
riages and wagons.
Here also are the useful, long cared,
innocent looking donkeys, "Burros, !"
the Mexicans call them, winding their
way to and from town, with their loads
of wood, produce, or riders on their
backs. These are just like the asses of
Scripture, and are doing the same thing
as in the days of Scripture history.
"The Palace" at Santa Fe is the Oldest
house in the United States. This build
ing is said to be over three hundred years
old. Isn't it queer looking affair? A
great curiosity indeed. 1t is made of what
the Mexicans call "adobe," that is,
large bricks made of mud mixed with
straw and dried in the sun. These are
cemented in the wall by mud of the same
material, which is the ordinary soil.
Nearly all of the Mexican homes, also the
Indian Pueblos, are built of this material.
The Spaniards and their descendants the
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friend of ours. Some of them have
learned trick from their country
cousins, the bronchos, which a Palestine
donkey never knew. When quietly
walking along, apparently half asleep,
gently wobbling his great ears, one of
them has been known to suddenly drop
his head and hump up his back like a
catapult. In such case, unless we have
firm grip on the saddle. we shall find
ourselves sprawling on the ground, with
the donkey gazing at us with a surprised
look of injured innocence in his big hon.
est eyes. There is one advantage, should
such a catastrophe overtake us. We
don't have far to fall.--Fa'm, Field and
,St0ckD1nn
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OLDEST HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Mexicans, evidently learned the art from
the Pueblo Indians. The roof is made by
stretching poles across on which the same
kind of bricks are laid, cemented to-
gether and covered with earth. 1t does
not rain much in this country, otherwise
such homes would soon become unin-
habitable.
Right across the "Burro Alley" from
this old home is the San Maguil Church.
said to be the oldest church in the United
States. It is also built of adobe. If we
will drop dime into the box for the
good of the church we can go in and see
the curious old carved beams and ancient
works of art.
These curious mounds which we see
here and there among the adobe houses,
which look like muskrat nests with holes
in them, are Mexican family bake ovens.
1t is very curious contrivance, and we
confess we have not yet learned how the
thing is worked. AS we said before, the
Mexicans are very queer people. They
are about 1000 years behind the times.
We suppose they don't even know there
has been such thing as cook stove or
range invented yet. These primitive
methods are not alone seen in building
and cooking, but are particularly notice
able in their ways of tilling the soil.
1t is incredible that people living in
the United States, under the folds of our
glorious Star Spangled Banner, should
be found plowing, or we should say,
scratching the soil with as primitive i'm
plements as were in use among the an
cient Egyptians or the subjects of King
Solomon. Also harvesting and threshing
in the same old way. Not indeed using
<oxen to tread out the corn," but goats.
1t is hard to believe, vet herr
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died, and was buried somewhere else.
Dubuque lies on the banks of the
Mississippi, and the inhabitants lie on
the banks and wonder how they can
fix the census man to keep up with
Des Moines. 1t is called the Key City,,
and standing reward to discover the
reason still remains unclaimed,
It is handsome city and much re-
sembles Dublin and Berlin in its city
government. The Mayor is either a
Murphy or Dinkelspiel. and the City
Council is equally divided between Ire
land and Germany. Americans are
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Fishing with sledge Hammers.

Mr.. William Chandler, of Waynesboro,
says that some years ago he saw party
of twelve men living at and around old
Ringgold go fishing, each one carrying
with him his fishing tackle in the shape
of sledge hammer. They would strike
the ledges of rock covered in water, and
the strong conclusion from the heavy
blows would stun the fish and enable the
fishermen to gather them in.-Macon
(GG.) Telegraph.
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A Boat Sunk to Kill Insects.

An amusing and true story was reported
from Toulon, France, when they caused
the sinking of the torpedo boat Couleuv-
rine. The number of insects that swarmed
in every part of the boat seemed to be
endless. The celluloid, of which the
Couleuvrine was built, was their favorite
haunt for all the surfaces of that material
were black with bugs. The ordinary in
sect destroyers were powerless, and on
the advice of the Maritime Prefect the
Minister of Marine, admiral Krautz gave
orders for the Couleuvrine to be sunk
and kept under salt water three days
Ch5cQ1o Sun.
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N 1880, or thereabout,
"a Frenchman named
Julien Du Buque dis
covered the town that
bears his name, and,
after giving directions
that his name should
be u n hinge ed and
nailed tog gether to
make it look like an
EnOIiah word ha
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Giergyman's Vacation.

First clergyman-How long vaca-
tion will you take abroad?
Second clergyman-One month.
zone month only? Why, / shall
have vacation of two months
"That's so; but your salary is twice
as much as mine, you know. IT eras
SJtiraQS.
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America. She is
regularly licensed
as a pilot from
N,icksburg to
New Orleans and
the Atchafalaya
River and its
tributaries, being
registered at New
Orleans. Mrs.
French is a lady
about % years of
age, and has had
an experience on
the Mississippi of
twelve years. She
Is an expert
swimmer, and is
a brunette of
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HE exposition. I
think 1 may safely
say, beats the rec
ord. and the next
one VIII have to be
extremely immense
in order to main
tain its place in the
procession. writes
Bill Nye from Paris
to the Chicago Her.
aid. In the first
place, Paris is no
provincial tow n
herself. In the sec
ond place, she has
the advantage Of
pas t experience.
and a Frenchman
is never too old to
learn. That is what
I like about t b Q
French and Ameri-
can people gener-
ally. They are re-
.ceptiye and ready
"a u
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faces Paris, a Flem-
ish restaurant faces
the Trocadero. on the
Exhibition side is a
French restaurant OF
the time of Louis
XIV. and on the 9TH
er side is an English
restaurant and an
Anglo American bar.
The American drink
CONES high. but it
arrives at its destina-
ton Just the same.
Book beer is rapidly
retailed all nvar tha
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jackson Stevens, aged 45, and Emma

Jackson Stevens, aged 45, and Emma
Haynes, aged 20, both of Stevenson,
Ala, were married at Chattanooga the
other evening. The parties had never
met until two days ago, and the match
was runaway affair. Auothe: sin yuiar
marriage occurred the same night. W.
NJ. Lecroix, aged 65, was married to Lou
Block, aged IA, of Rising Fawn, Ga,
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BILL NYE VISITS PARIS.
VIEWS THE EXPOSITION AND THINKS
IT BEATS THE RECORD.

an Algerian Concert and stom,
ach Dance, Whereat He is Very Much
Shocked, and Climbs to the Top OF the
Eifiel Tower to Cool His Powered Brow.
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The Only Female Steamboat Pilot.

Mrs. Callie L. French, Cincinnati
lady, and wife of Captain A. B. French,
is the only female steamboat pilot in
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THE KEY CITY.

Dubuque and It's Principal Industries-orl-
gin Of the Name.
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A man lost S2,0OO,OOO in less than
minute the other day. Cause, heart dis,
ease.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-17

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