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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-03-12
Briggs Courier.
PERCY r TRUBsHAw.
ED1ToR AND PUBLISHER

The legislature adjourned last
Friday. The state is safe for
two years more.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-03-12
Additional Local.

Tennessee Sorghum, best in Ameri-
ca, SOC at ,Jimeson's.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-03-12

The Bismarck Tribune is getting ito
popular edition of ,e new laws rrint4
ed and in few days these who wish
to post themselves can obtain copy
by sending dollar to the Tribune at
Bismarck.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-03-12

A car of flour just received. Oc-
cident and A Patent.
Wt11u,,r>,
The herald., 1897-06-13
The Eyes Travels in Reading

There seems to be no end to the labar
a statistician will undergo to pile up 4
lot of figures. Now comes patient
Frenchman with figures that assume to
tell the distance travelled by the eye
in reading printed matter. He calculates
that 100000 letters of the ordinary type
used in newspapers, placed in close jux-
Imposition, extend over $500 meters.
somewhat less than q mile. But, ac-
cording to his reckoning, there is not
more than HOO yards of reading matter
in the average issue of Partisan daily.
Within the cover of the familiar yellow
backed novel will as rule be found
double that amount, and in order to
cover the ground that Is represented by
all of Mr. zola's works the eye would
have to perform journey of more than
thirty miles, An average man, living
for the average period of human life.
may be calculated to get through about
$500 miles of reading before his task is
dOne.-New York World.
The herald., 1897-06-13
No Danger From Grape Seeds

Don't swallow the grape seeds. for
they may get into your vermiform ap-
pendix, and death, or at least the sur
geon's knife, follow" How many times
that warning has been sounded in re-
cent years. We have no doubt what
ever that it has lessened the use of one
of the healthiest fruits under the sun,
because few grape eaters, and espe-
cially children, will spew out the seeds,
even at the risk Of appendicitis. So
they mustn't have grapes Perhaps even
less grape vines have been planted as a
result of the scare, for scare it is, and
nothing else. In thousands of opera
tions which have taken place to remove
the diseased appendix in the human
subject-some of them successful, many
of them too late-there is not one au-
thenticated case Of any grape or other
seed or foreign body being found in the
organ. The reason is obvious, for the
interior of the appendix is big enough
The herald., 1897-06-13

market or picture looked so big and clear
dwindles to marvellous obscurity through
the sights of rifle at point where it
would be child's play to center the regu-
lation target with its clear outlines and
sharp contrast of black against white.
No matter how the nerves may be hard
ened by practice at the target. this new
experience and the fear of missing that
at once arises from it are apt to make
the sights dance all the more instead of
settling to that clearness and steadiness
needed for certain shot at game. You
are apt to finish by giving the trigger a
nervous jerk that sends the ball too high
About the worst buck ague ever had
was after had shot many hundred deer
and had "shot at" three times that many.
The herald., 1897-06-13
"GoLLY! IT'S A DEER"

you have such battery opened upon
you and at distance, perhaps of only
fifteen or twenty PAGES. The widest
animals are CARELESS at times and Won
have surprised this buck in bed, where
he had concluded that all danger was
past for the day, and had fallen into a
doze He awoke at the sound of your
feet along the ground. and, almost as
dazed as you are, he stands for a mo-
ment looking to see whether he was
scared at anything or nothing.
You whirl the rifle like a flash from
your shoulder, but you raise it with mar
velous coolnegs and seem to take most
deliberate aim at the beamy chest. At
the crack of the rifle there is a flash
of white waving on high for a moment
and thump of hoofs, and all is still.
Vairly you scan the ground for traces
OF blood or hair cut out by the ball, and
you follow the trail for many a rod with
out finding a sign OF faltering in the step.
He was too close" You were too cer-
tain and Odd not draw the sights down
fine enough" as they say You prob
ably shot foot or more above him, And
you could have performed the same with
The herald., 1897-06-13

ing higher and higher in q tumultuous
crescendo that tells him the game Is
coming toward his stand Cold shivers
begin to crawl up your back and hot
flashes gambol along your spine, while
your heart struggles into your mouth as
fast as you can gulp 1t down. Often the
deer is far ahead of the hounds and runs
with little noise, glides softly through
brush and skips like sunbeam over
fallen logs. With head down and body
half hidden, he may almost pass the
anxious watcher with the gun before he
fully sees what 1t Is. And when he does
sec 1t the game often looks so entirely
different from the picture that heated
fancy had painted that the gun is for
gotten until single jump or slight
twist around bush or tree takes the
game out Of sight forever.
In my first experience with hunting
with hounds was standing on the edge
Of some timber. keeping remarkably
cool, as I thought, while the ringing
racket seemed coming my way. but was
not yet near enough for certainty. I
thought I heard gentle splash in some
water just over q little knoll and as l
rose to look there was grand whirl Of
Of white It curled gracefully over q
fallen log while I, feeling as cool as a
cucumber. exclaimed:
"Golly! It's a deer!"
There was crack of brush and rust
ling of leaves as a bush beyond closed
over 1t and in a twinkling there was
nothing there. Then, for the first time,
1t occurred to me that had a gun and
that I had come there to use 1t. Had
the deer not been too smart and held
his course along the low ground he
would have been safe. But large game
often has fatal weakness for
running up hill where 1t can take look
at you as it flies. This one showed him.
self for an instant on the crest of the
next ridge at which sent a charge Of
buckshot with all the quickness of one
accustomed to shooting woodcock and
quail in thick cover. 1t was long shot
but 1t broke leg and the dogs ran him
down.
There Is another form that every
hunter of much experience has had. The
size Of the game has little to do with il
and the result would probably be the
same with the largest moose as with the
smallest deer. Perhaps you have almost
given up hunting for the day as fail
ure, and with gun across the back of
your neck and both arms resting over
it, are sauntering slowly along debat-
ing whether to go home or try some
new tack, when there suddenly arises in
your path an apparition of glossy fur,
big thick neck, faring ears, dark shining
nose and jet black eyes. 1t is not often
The herald., 1897-06-13

cruel, to see those Of their own flesh and
blood dying about them, and to be pow
erless to euccor and to save.
About these starvation stations the
savage sentries pace up and down with
ready rifle and barred machete, toshoot
down and to cut UP any one who dares to
cross the line. And yet, who are these
men who are shot down in the night like
midnight marauders? And why is it
they seek. with all the desperate courage
OF despair, to cross thatli where death
is always awaiting their coming and al
most invariably overtakes them? They
are attempting nothing that history will
preserve upon its imperishable tablets,
or even the passing generation remem-
Der. No, they are simply attempting to
get beyond the starvation lines to dig
there potatoes and yams to bring home
again to the hovel in which their fam.
lilies are housed with death and hunger
all about them. And they do their SIM
pie duty, not blinded as to the danger or
without warning as to their probable
fate, for hardly an hour of their inter-
minable day passes without their hear
ing the sharp click of the trigger and the
hoarse cry of the sentry which precede
the murderouS Volley; and every morn
ing, through the narrow, filthy lanes
upon which their huts have been erect
ed, the guerrillas drive along the pack.
mules bearing the mutilated bodies Of
those who have been punished cruelty
for the crime of seeking food to keep
their children from starving.
This colossal crime, with all the re-
finement of slow torture, is so barbar-
Gus, so bloodthirsty, and yet so exqui-
site, that the human mind refuses to be-
lieve 1t, and revolts at the suggestion
that it was conceived, planned and plot
ted by man. And yet this crime, this
murder of thousands of innocent men,
women and children, is being daily COM
mitted in Cuba. at our very doors, and
wellnigh in sight of our shores, and we
are paying very little heed to the specte-
cle.-Harper's Weekly
The herald., 1897-06-13
shotgun or a blunderbuss that would

a shotgun or a blunderbuss that would
scatter two feet at that distance.
Another very attractive form OF the
buck ague is when you have jumped a
deer, shot at him on the jump and missed
him. Curiosity to know what the noise
was often overcomes him, and he wheels
suddenly around to look at you. You feel
that he will stand but second, and the
rifle Is empty. 1t seemed very easy to
shoot with GOODNESS as long as the game
was running. But now there is won
drous change when you feel that every
quarter of second Is invaluable. He
who has never been through thisswith the
old-time muzzle-loader and old-fash-
ioned caps, with bare hands, on cold
morning, has missed one of the most in
teresting phases OF existence.
This inflrmity is quite apt to attack
one when one first tries to shoot large
game at any considerable distance. The
most expert target shot is appalled, when
he first draws sights upon game instead
of the target. The antelope that in the
The herald., 1897-06-13

The winter was the extremely rainy one
of 18S3-S4 in Southern California, and in
the mountains where was we had been
unable for over a month to go anywhere
with horse. The railroad had been
washed out, the stores were out of every
thing, and seed wheat, ground in the
coffee mill. had for many days been our
chief reliance. At last 1t stopped raining
long enough to let me hunt, and before
long l saw the white rump of deer pro-
jecting from live oak bush. 1 was so
anxious to get it that perfect shower
bath of chills and shivers deluged me.
1t might be another month before there
was another chance for meat Of any
The herald., 1897-06-13
Starvation in Cuba

The situation in Cuba today is per-
fectly clear and simple. In the western
provinces we find between 100000 and
4oo,ooo people penned up in starvation
stations and prey to all kinds of epi-
demic diseases. They are without means
and without food, and with only the
sheiter that the dried palm leaves of
their hastily erected bohios afford, and
IN the rainy season that is now upon
them that is no shelter at all. They
have less clothing than the Patagonia,
savages and. half naked, they sleep
upon the ground, exposed to the noxious
vapors which these low-lying swamp
lapds emit They have no prospect be-
fore them but to die. or. what is more
The herald., 1897-06-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
! THE BUCK AGUE


1.-THE buck ague" has so often been re-
ferred to in humorous way that many
think 1t pure creation of fancy. 1t is,
however, quite a stern reality. and al
though few confess 1t, most hunters have
been troubled with it more than once.
am not ashamed to admit that have
had 1t in about all its forms, and had 1t
several times in some of them. Only
nerves hardened by constant familiarity
with blood can always remain tranquil
in the presence of noble game, and the
hardened butcher is about the only man
who never had the buck ague' II
The most provoking of all its forms Is
when a deer is running before pack OF
hounds. No man can remain calm
when he first hears the wild waves OF
sound rolling from hill to hill and surg
The herald., 1897-06-13
SUMMERING
Continued from Page Thirteen.)

near suburbs of Washington just across
the district line; and their married
daughter, Mrs. Pierce, of Chicago, will
probably spend most of the summer
there with them. 1t is the ideal country y
place, the broad verandas which sur
round the house on all sides overlooking &
velvety lawns which cover 100000 square
feet of ground, laid out with walks and
beautiful shrubbery-and beyond, the
rolling meadows, now green as emerald.
through which the Potomac winds like a
silver ribbon, and the distant blue of
the Virginia hills. When this aristo-
cratic suburb was first laid out by the
Chevy Chase company, Senator Stewart
selected the site and built the house, in
tending to occupy it himself; but subse-
quently changing his plan, Representa-
tive Newlands of Nevada became the
first occupant and has since spent his
winters there. Mr., Newlands, by the
way, is a son-in-law of the late Senator
Sharon. His is 1.-The romance Of a poor
young man." He was once second
class clerk in one of the departments
here, on the usual meagre salary, until
his health failed and he somehow frifted
to California. There he made the ac-
quaintance Of Senator Sharon's eldes,
daughter and the two young peo-
pie promptly fell in love with
one another-after the time-hon
ored fashion Of young people in SINH
lar circumstances, ignoring the fact
that one of them could command mil.
lions and the other not hundred dollar
note to save his life. But Papa Sharon
who was then in the heydey of pros.
perity, possessed more good sense thar
the world in general gave him credit
for. Instead of frowning upon Der
Cupid's freak. he f1guratively blessed
the happy pair, and on their wedding day
presented his daughter with a check
good for million dollars. A few years
later the Senator died and Mr.. Newlands
came in for several more millions-hii
wife's portion of the Sharon property;
and thus was enabled not only to pur-
chase right of way into the councils OF
the nation, but to own the finest estate
in aristocratic Chevy Chase, whose sa-
cred precincts none but millionaires dare
dream Of entering.
BRIGHAM.
The herald., 1897-06-13
SAN FRANCISCO is SINKING
California's Chief City Will Soon
Reach Sea Level and Disappear

"The whole peninsula on which San Fran
cisco stands has been and is gradually
sinking down to sea level" said Profess or
Andrew c. Lawson, the retiring president
of the University of California Scientific
association, while delivering his farewell
address before that body recently at Berke-
ley. The subject Of the lecture was 1.-THE
Flooding of the Golden Gate"
Nearly all parts of the earth's surface
show the phenomena of uplift or depres-
sion" said Professor Lawson. Movements
of this kind are either continental or oro-
genie. 1t is necessary to have in mind the
criteria of these two movements. The cri-
terra of the uplift are found in the pres
ence of terraces and sharply shaped cam
yons. The criteria of depression are shown
when deltas are built up at the mouths
of rivers, when the sea floods into the
valleys. Some time this depression con-
tinues to such a degree that mountains
become islands. sinking, as it were, to their
knees in the water. Greece is such noun
famous region up to its knees in the sea.
From Puget Sound to Bering sea we
have depressed coast. The shore from
the Straits of Fuca to Cape Mendocno
shows evidence of uplift and also slight
depression afterward. From Cape Mendo-
cino to Russian river there has been a
constant uplift. But from this point to
the Bay of Monterey the region after hav-
ing been elevated has been marked by a
great sag. 1t is to that sag that we owe
the Bay of San Francisco. Bolinas Bay,
brakes Bay and Tomales Bay. They are
stream valleys invaded by the waters OF
the ocean. This fact is very noticeable
in Lake Merced. 1t is clearly a valley
formed by juncture of several streams
The lake has been invaded by the sea and
now its bottom is ten feet below sea level
THE phenomena of depression are also
seen at Richardson's bay and at San Ra-
fael and Napa.. The river valleys are
filling up and making tidal marshes. More
positive evidence is found in the swamp
material In the Oakland estuary, taken
twenty feet below the tide. The bay has
been invaded by the sea and flooded the
river valleys.
"All this subsistence is of comparatively
recent geological change and may GO
deeper. 1 am not sure of the downward
movement at the present time. 1t it hard
to catch 1t on the move. Probably the
whole of the San Francisco peninsula is
going down as the maximum effect of the
great sag that made the Golden Gate at
San FranciSco."-San Francisco Rulletin
The herald., 1897-06-13
The Oldest Inlaabitant

MAY I ask what is going on in the
village?" inquired the observant stran-
ger
Were celebratin' the birthday of the
oldest inhabitant, SIR" replied the ma
tive. Shes hundred and one today,
SIR"
"And tell me, pray, who is that little
man with the dreadfully sad counte-
nance who walks by the lady's side p
That's her son-in-law. sir. He's been
keepin' up her life insurance for tn last
thirty years.''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1897-06-13
Well-Deserved Sarcasm

A few years ago the celebrated Potter
family, of which Bishop Potter is a
member, held reunion. During the
banquet that followed the various heads
Ct the different families arose and gave.
. short account Of the pedigrees and
deeds of their ancestors. After all the
speakers had finished, William M.
Evarts. who was present as the legal
adviser OF the New York branch, was
called upon for speech. and responded
by saying that he felt there was little
left for him to say, but after listening
to the ancestry and history Of the fam
lily, he felt he could cast his eyes toward
heaven and cry: "Oh, Lord! thou are
the clay and we are the Potters.''
The herald., 1897-06-13

to admit only a medium-sized darning
needle. 1t is time, therefore, that the
public should know the fact that danger
from grape seeds is absolutely ground
less. Let us not give up planting and
urging others to plant the vines, fear
ing the races extinction because of
grape seeds in the appendix. Swallow
the seeds if you like. and allow the chill
dren to swallow them. To most per-
sons grapes are not grapes when the
pulp is freed from seed.-Vick's Maya
zine,
The herald., 1897-06-13

logic The more felt that must get it
the more shook when 1 raised the rifle.
Fortunately the deer had no idea of my
presence, so that had plenty Of time
But I took down that rifle not less than
six times before could hold it steady
enough to hit the mark at only sixty
PAGES. T. s. VAN DYKE
The herald., 1897-06-13
BRIGHAM.

With its June number the Metaphy-
cical Magazine changes it's name to
Intelligence, and assumes larger form
and some other improvements.
The herald., 1897-06-13

Noticei Before Looking Elsewhere
Call at the Empire Livery Stable, 307 South
Los Angeles street, for tallyhos, single and
double rigs. Get our prices. We defy
competition. SO7 South Los Angeles street.
The herald., 1897-06-13

All prices of wall paper greatly reduced
A. A. Eckstrom 23i South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-06-13

Cutlery at Turrey's 159 N. Spring st.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30
SHOOTING ENDS A SLANDERER.
SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY AT CHICK
AMAUGA.

One of the Principals the Chief Car
Rome and Columbus Railroad md
the other IA Fnrmer--The Latter
Hit by Five BulIets-The killing
One OF the Chapters ia n Family
FeUd OF Five Years Standing.
Fears That the Dead Mans Friends
VIII Try to AvcnGe Him.
Chattanooga, Tenn. May 29--A sensa-
tional duel to the death occurred at
Chickamauga, Ga. this morning about 1880
o'clock. The participants were L. j. Bar
ber chief car inspector for the Chatta-
nooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, and
Frank Osborne, a prominent farmer, re-
siding near Chickamauga. Osborne was
instantly killed.
A family feud of five years standing
has existed between the Osbornes and
BARRIERS. Several days ago Osborne cir
culated a slanderous report concernins
the wife of Barber Both men declared
they would settle the matter at their first
meeting, and have been armed since.
This morning Barber was at the store
of Benu Bros, making a purchase, when
Osborne walked in. Approaching Barber
he began cursing Barber and accusing
him of having acted the part OF ras-
cal, whereupon Barber replied, calling the
farmer a liar.
Osborne advanced toward Barber, at the
same time drawing a pistol, but before he
could use the weapon Barber fired shot
at Osborne, which took effect Osborne
fell to the ground, mortally wounded, but.
raising himself up, fired at Barber, miss
ing his mark, after which he sank to
the floor corpse.
Barber continued shooting, placing five
bullets in the body of Osborne.
Barber gave himself up to the sheriff
and asked for protection
Osborne has a large following. and
more bloodshed is expected.
Both men are well known through this
section. Osborne leaves a wife and six
children.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30
PENNSY'S CREW ROWS POORLY
ANNAPOLIS NAVAL CADETS BEAT
THEM SEVEN LENGTHS.

The COIIegians Never in II with the
Midshipmen at Any stage of the
Rnce-The VictOrs Cover the Two
Mile Course in Thirteen Minutes
and FOrty-Sevcn Seconds The
Pcnnsy IVania Crew Comes in
Twenty-Eight Seconds I4nter-The
Water Rough and the Time Con-
sidered Good Under the CIrcum-
stances.
Annapolis, Md, May 29-Every cadet in
the naval academy feels like an admiral
tonight because the Cadet crew has
defeated Pennsylvania In two-mie race,
crossing the line several lengths ahead OF
the Qualkers in 10 minutes and A seconds.
The visitors came in twenty-eight Sec
onds later in IA minutes and Is seconds.
The water was rough and the time is con-
sIdered very good under the circumstances.
The time originally fixed for the start
was 2:30 p. M, but the wind was so stiff
and the water so rough at that hour that
il was determined to postpone 1t until q.
m in the hope that calmer weather would
prevail. At the latter hour, however the
sea was choppy enough to have sunk the
shells had the racers ventured out, so a
long wait was had, and 1t was 6:23 p. m,
when the pistol was fired from the judges
boat and the race was on.
Paul Dashel of Lehigh acted as referee,
and the judges were Lieut.. Commander
Jasper, Lieut.. Brant and Thomas Reath.
GOV. Lowndes loaned the state steamer
Governor Thomas" as a judges boat.
Both crews took the water at about the
same time. pulling a long. steady stroke,
but before 100 yards had been traversed
the Pennsylvania" young men found the
water too rough for their liking and sew
eral good, old-fashioned "crabs" were
caught by the collegians. The Cadets
on the contrary never missed a stroke,
and soon had the nose of their craft IN ad-
vance.
"Pennsy' was pulling at the rate of 80
strokes to the minute, and the "Middies"
at 80, both coXswains holding their boats
well into the course, and the Pennsylva-
Mas becoming steadier with each stroke.
The men in the navy boat were tho
stronger, however, and at the end of the
first half mile were a length ahead. From
this time on II was a procession, with
the Quakers bringing up the rear, and
two clear lengths of open water showing
between the boats at the mile buoy. A
half mile on the '1Middies' had increased
their lead to five Lengths, ana the young
men from Philadelphia were hopelessly
beaten.
Inch by inch the leaders crept ahead un-
I'll al the finish seven lengths separated
them from their competitors. Then the
multitude that lined the shore aided by
the lusty lungs OF the fellow students of
the vlctors cheered loud and long. Guns
doomed and tin horns, whistles and
score Of other noise-creating Instruments
greeted the Victors.
Both crews finished In good conditions,
and none Will feel any the worse for tho
days work.