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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-26
AN EX-PRESIDENT
IN RETIREMENT.
Hon. Levi P. Morton, Wry Athlete,
Financier, Politician and Gentle
man is Nearing FourscOre.

II the position Of President OF inc
United States has proved fatal to us
holders that OF Vice-President has been
no less so. Judges OF the Supreme Court
have lived beyond their terms ana nave
passed into the fullness of the eighties
but Presidents and Nice-Presidents nave
lived only Just long enough TO say good
by to the chair that held them for -FOUR
wears. Filled with honor they nave
passed away. oy-rworked perhaps M
those full years when the system VIII
bear no overcrowding. and so LAID asioe
with their predecessors.
To-day there are living only two former
Vice-Presidents Of the United states.
Levi y. Morton. wiry old athlete ana
man Of wealth survives and Is sFonb
and we'll in his seventy-fifth year.
Levi =. Morton was born AT Snorehaih
Vermont. opposite old Fort Ticonderosa'
the son OF a Congregational minister
and no drank in the cool air OF upper
New York and learned the scripture az
the same time. That was i'm 1874 ana
the following yeas. but though the path
has been long since then. he has never
lost the health mentally or morally OK
sweet Vermont
Morton had an elder brother. Daniel
Oliver Morton. Jr.. and his father whose
salary as pastor Of the church never eN-
ceeded 500 yeaA decided 90 invest all
the family savings in his eldest son. 50,
forgetting the four daughters and Lew
Parsons. he educated Daniel arr turned
MIN out into the world a scholar.
At the age o. fourteen Levi j.. engaged
In n small grocery business for money $
sake and when he was lwenty-siN be- en-
tered into business az Boston. removing
10 New York four years later To FORM
tho firm OF Morton x Grinncll
lie saved his money and it grew pro-
digiously. BY the time he was forty
wears old the minister's son WAS banker
in New York. and in another year he had
"a banking business i'm London. Every
thing turned into money.
HIS FIRST WIFE.
When still a yonus man ne married
Miss street. OF Poughkeeps!e. and Just
as the money came freely she left hi"l'
Mrs. Morton died az Newport in q love
lv cottage called, Fairlawu. After hef
death Mr.. Morton presented FairlaWn
70 Newport with the twelve acres upon
which il stands But 10 this day-so u
is saddle will not visit there. Not
oven stop az the station. though another
wife and many daughters have come IN
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-26
CHARGED With BETRAYAL.

william Becker. charged with betrayal
OF Minnie Sharp, was arrested by Detec-
tlNes TomlinsOn and Han yesterday az
ternoon and locked up at the second
Police Station. Elizabeth Moore, whose
adopted daughter Minnie Sharp Is. made
tho COMPLAINT. Becker IS a native OF
Germany. twenty-five years old, and a
tailor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-26
NEW OIL COMPANY.
Texas Cottonseed oil Mills to Form a
Combination.

AUSTIN. TEN. July 25.-lnformation
reached the Attorney Generals Office to-
CAV TO the effect that six Of the largest
cottonseed oil mill firms In his state were
being organized into a combination 10 be
known as the Continental oil Company.
with headquarters IN New York. This
combination is to have capital STOCK
OF 100000.
The Attorney General intends 10 look
into the matter. and II he can establish
the fact that the trust has been formed
ne will take steps 20 dissolve ~ under
tho antitrust law OF the state. The con-
Germs. which are said TO have entered the
combine. are the Paris on and Cotton
Company. Corsicana Cotton on COM
pany. Central Texas oil Company. Wax
ahatchie Cotton oil Company, Ladonia
Cotton oil Company and the Jackson
Cotton on Company
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-26
WEALTHY WOMAN STOLE.
An American Are stcd i'm Paris 70
Shoplifting.


PARIS. July IA sensational case
which recalls that Of Mrs. Castle, Of san
Francisco in London about two years
ago is agitating Americans here A lady
who is described Boy some of the papers
as Miss A.. au American millionaire
well known ia New York society" but
who the consulate here says is Miss
Hobbs. was caught shoplftiug I'm the
Louvre
Inspector Albanol. the head detective OF
the Louvre followed her about the store
and noticed that she picked up something
al every counter she passed
The woman was arrested outside the
Louvre and taken 90 the police station.
A policeman searched her rooms at the
Hotel Continental. where "a number of
stolen objects were found. on paying for
the property the woman was released
II Is said al the consulate that Mss
NJ - Hobbs. OF Chicago. lcft the Hotel
81. Petersburg on July 2ist Tor America.
Via Liverpool or southampton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-26

The French people are laboring under
The impression that nothing but Yankee
ingenuity will draw Americans over 10
me- Exposition. The more ingenious am
The frcaf'er the exhibit the more hAeif
are yeoplc % visit Paris next yer
And they are Eignl' Ihe.e arc feih-
,ies enough in every day he. Why not
urn 10 the ideal when one is on pleas
ure bent
castle in the air Is novelty. All
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-26

COLUMBIA, $. c.. July 2-lt Is re-
ported on excellent authority tonight
Ihat the Columbia and Saluda canals.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
Quality Determine. Price.

Make it a point to have your poultry
Of the best quality before shipping to
market, says the New York Produce
Review. One who is not accustomed to
visiting the large markets knows moth
ing of the enormous amount of inferior
poultry that is sold and which largely
affects the prices, yet there is always
demand for that which is good and at
a price above the regular quotations.
The asserting of the carcasses before
shipping also leads to better prices. Old
ROSTERS, which seldom sell at more
than half price, should not be in the
same boxes or barrels with better stock,
and to ship poultry alive and have
ROSTERS in the coop with fat hens is
simply to lower the price of the hens,
as the buyer will estimate the value by
the presence of the inferior stock. In
fact, never send any poultry to market
unless in first-class condition. and un-
der no circumstances ship the inferior
with that which is better.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
soft Food and pi.ea.e.

There is a partiality for soft foods. be-
cause by their use many substances in
fine condition can be given; but it is
a mistake to feed soft food oftener than
once day to three days in the week.
Too much soft food causes the gizzard
to be idle. and. being deprived of its use,
the fowl becomes diseased. The giz-
zard is an organ that performs GER
tain duty. just as is required Of the.
heart or liver, and any system of feed
ing that takes largely from the gizzard
the duty which devolves upon it will in
the end prove detrimental. tits not out
OF place to allow soft foods. but the
larger proportion of the food should be
cuground, so as to keep the gizzard ac-
tive; hencewhole grains are essential
to success. When too much soft food.
is allowed the crop frequently RENAME
full and food does not pass through The
Sg;zzart Farm and Fireside
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
AMONG TEE POULTRY.

Roup is produced by reglecting a
bad cold.
Do not feed sulphur to fowls in damp
weather.
Even in cold weather good ventilation
is necessary.
There is no breed that lays eggs of
uniform color.
If eggs are desired for Matching use
two-ycar-old hens.
Clean out the quarters often and
whitewash the walls.
A fruitful cause of disease among
poultry is foul water.
Do not pack dressed poultry until
animal heat is cooled of.
Growing chickens and laying hens
should be literally supplied with bones
and shells in the form of meal.
When the comb of fowl is bright
colored. showing it to be full of blood.
the fowl is in healthy condition.
The greater the number of eggs
from each hen the lower the cost OF
each egg proportionately. Keep the
hens laying.
Other things being equal. the hens
supplied with good range will thrive
the best-St. Louis Republic.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12

thoroughly demoralized ghost, he waa
the one.
"Oh, my! but amt it funny?" Billy
chuckled. "And Cap'n Kidd's ghost
tool" And it was weeks before he got
over chuckling.
The next day he came over to see the
boys.
II saw ghost last night" he said to
Roscoe.
Frank wasn't to be seen. "He was
SICK" Roscoe said.
Roscoe looked foolish, but asked no
questions.
"And it was Cap'n Kidd's ghost went
on Billy, solemnly. ooh, you needn't
look as if you didn't believe me- to
Jake. sit was real ghost. Igrabbed
hold of it and whaled it with a hickory
stick, and wasn't a bit afraid of it,
neither"
Many 2 time after that Billy told
them about his adventure with the
ghost of Cap'n Kidd, and always so So
berry that they really believed, at last,
that he thought he had seen ghost,
and did not suspect their connection
with the affair. So he got the credit of
being brave enough to face what he
really supposed was a visitor from the
dead.
If they could have known just what
he knew about it, they could have easily
accounted for his courage.
Franks back was sore for a week.
Every time he stirred for day or two
it made him groan, and every time he
groaned he made up his mind that. you'd
never catch him playing ghost. again.
If there was any fun in it, he didn't
find it--Golden Days.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12

burlap is stretched before it. A few
crosspieces are laid across the corner
at the curtains upper edge, and on
these is piled lot of waste hay. maxi
ing very warm roosting place. The
Leghorns delight to fly upon this hay
and lay their eggs. under the impress
sion that they are stealing away their
nests. Humoring a Leghorn in this
way is conducive to laying, and the
eggs can easily be reached. AS the
whole thing can be put up in five min
utes' time, there is no excuse for FROST
ed combs on the Leghorns.-Webb DON
nell. in Orange Judd Farmer.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
Hoods SareanaYllle
Hoods Pllls cure III liver ilis. . cent
HE WAS THE REAL THING.
How o Territorial COR ittee ~ /,
Long Gums Tanned = Coa-
trary Senator. #

81 represented the territory in congress
then" laughed the man who has returned Is
the east that he may spend his declining
years among the friends of his youth.
In one of the frontier towns where i
happened to visit they were trying to raise
funds for charitable purpose. and j was
invited to attend an entertainment Riyen
with view to helping the cause. Z was
scarcely inside When commit eesof three
with long hair, long, faces and long guns,
invited me to little tent at one side az
the hall. 81 4 80, - - ' A
Nov, giner'l,' said one Of them who had
no definite idea as to the propriety Of IL
ties, you'll jest set where you are This
here thing has got ter win, fur what Few
Wlmln folks we has is into it, and We can't
dlsapp'int 'em. I'll tell you as 4 frien IS
stay right here and look pleasapty Don't
pay no pa ticulair 'tention to the gaiootout-
Then heard: Step right inside. iadie.
and gents, an see the only live ;sinator ever
brought to these here diggins He's import.
ed at big expense from the wiles az SAGE.
brush county am has been tanned by com.
mlttee of our bravest citizens app United. fnr
that special purpose. He's the real thing.
an all others is base imertations which none
OF us would take fur the givin'. He snaaka
our lang age perfeck an is as harmless g 8
pet LAM IS q 81, 's,-.'
Il drew like porous plaster, and i never
IN my life exerted myself harder to Sc agrees
able. Some of you might think You wot1ld
have done differently, but you never saw
that special committee. 1T Detroit Free
Press ~ 80 sy$SSs1ss 80, - -
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
A MANS STATE.
California May Yet Be Blessed M
One Of Earth's Male
Lands.

California is emphatically one of
"earth's male lands" to accept Brown
ing's classification. The first Saxon
settlers were men, and in their rude civ
ilization women had no part. For years
women in California were objects of
curiosity or of chivalry, disturbing
rather than cementing influences in
society. Even yet California is essen
TALLY a mans state. 1t is common to
say that public opinion does not ex-
list there; but such statement is not
wholly correct. It does exist, but it is
an out-of-door opinions mans view
of men. There is, for example, a
strong opinion about hypocrisy in Cal
ifornia, as more than one clerical rene
gade has found to his discontinue.
The pretense to virtue is the one vice
that is not forgiven. If man be not a
liar, few questions are asked, least of
all the delicate one as to the "name he
went by in the states" What we COM
monty call public opinion-the cut-and.
dried decision on social and civic ques-
tions-is made up in the house. It is
essentially feminine in it's origin, the
opinion of householders as to how men
should behave. In California there is
little which corresponds to the social
atmosphere pervading the snug, white
painted, green-blinded New England
villages, and this little exists chiefly in
communities of people transported
thither in block-traditions, conven-
tionalities, prejudices and all. There
is, in general, no merit attached to con-
formity, and one may take wide range
of rope without necessarily arousing
distrust. Speaking broadly, in Cali
fornia the virtues of life spring from
within, and are not prescribed from
without. The young man who is de-
cent only because he thinks that some
one is looking would do well to stay
away. The stern law of individual re-
sponsibility turns the fool over to the
fool-killer without preliminary trial.
No finer type Of man can be found in
the world than the sober Californian;
and yet no coast is strewn with wrecks
more pitiful.-David Starr Jordan, in
Atlantic.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
COURAGEOUS ANIMALS.
M0ngOOse Are Notable
Examples.

In North America one of the largest
of the weasel family is the fisher" a
very large, long-furred polecat, living
mainly by the waterside, and, like
many others of the tribe, very partial
to fish. 1t weighs about 16 pounds, and
it's long, richly colored fur is exported
in great quantities to different parts
of Europe, though not often used in
this country. A trapped fisher will
attack anyone who comes within reach
of the trap chain, and when free will
beat off any dog of twice it's size. But
perhaps the most striking example of
the courage of the smaller species yet
recorded is that shown by small va
riety of jungle cat known as the fishing
cat, which, though no relation to the
Canadian fisher" is quite us coura-
geous. One of these, which was kept in
a menagerie, broke through into the
next cage, and there attacked and killed
a leopard which was three times its
own size.
The Indian mongoose possesses all
the courage of the polecat, together
with amiability and regulated"
mind. It turns its pluck and prowess
to good ends. and we imagine it to
stand at the head of the list of the
smaller animals if quality rs we'll as
quantity is demanded as mark Of in
trepidity. There is no doubt that the
mopgoose realizes the deadly nature of
! thei cobra's bite. It's intense excite
meht is strong evidence Of this. But a
mo1gDQse has been known to fight Just
as ,bravely against other foes One was
seen to attack and drive of q large
greyhound which It fancisi was hos
tile to It. London Spectatl
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
PuNCENT PARAGRAPHS.

Richmond-"D'Auber has been Of.
fered $25 for that last painting of his. :"
Glenroy-"Oh, he's had It framed, has
he ?"-Town Topics.
He-"I love you; do you love me?"
She (faintly) Yes" He-"Ah!
Then you'll be mine?" She (firmly)-
mo. You'll be mine"
softleigh-"So you-aw, don't think
the clothes make the man, Miss Cut
ting?" Miss Cutting -"Well, they didn't
in your case, at leaSt."-Chicago Daily
News.
He-"You haven't any idea how ex-
hilarating it is to dance with the one
you love best in all the world!" She
'Dear me! How funny you must look
dancing all by Observation-Disclosures
American.
spacer-"scribbler 10 an odd stick"
Scrawler"In what way?" Spacer-
"Why, he not only incloses postage
stamp for return of his copy, if reject
ed, but also revenue check stamp in
case it should be accepted" Town
Topics.
| Might Be Corrected.-Diner-"
er, I find have just money enough to
pay for the dinner, but it leaves nothing
in the way of tip for yourself" Wait
er-"Let me add up the bill again, sir"
Chicago Journal.
"Aiike," said Flooding Pete, "did yer
hear bout Alaskan" "Lots. Are you
tinlkin' of de trip" 81 dunno. I'm told
dat daylight lasts "a hours at stretch.
Eff I could git job in dat locality as
night Waterman dunno but I'd be will
ing to work. "-Washington Star.
A lady writes from Germany that she
IS discouraged about learning the Ger
man language. A German friend who
tried to converse with her in English
made such mistake that she fears she
may do as badly in German. The Ger
man gentleman innocently gave this
rendering of a familiar saying: "The
ghost is willing, but the meat is feeble"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
GREEN BONES AS room
A c;speesal Material Ter Hse Preaue.
tion They Are Really win.
eat Q Rival.

The value Of bone cutter exceeds tn
cost II the cutter ID used only one sea-
son. but as they are almost indestruct-
ible they will last for years. Fresh
green bone is almost Of itself COM
plete food. and may be used as special
material for egg production. While the
proportion Of moisture in bone varies,
It Is in but small amount in bone COM
pared with some other foods. Tho
moisture in bone may be set down at
about IS per cent, ora little over one
third. Bone contains about % pounds
of mineral matter in 100 pounds. 20
pounds Of fat and 20 pounds of albu-
minoids. The mineral matter Tor ash)
contains about 81 pounds of phosphate
OF lime in 100 pounds, 11h pounds of
carbonate of lime and q small proper
ton of earthly matter. Now, anyone
can easily notice that bone is one of
the best foods for producing eggs, as
the fat assists in forming the yolk of
the egg and also in sustaining the fowl
in winter when the weather is cold.
The albuminoids provide the albumen
for the eggs, and the carbonate of lime
forms the shells, while the phosphate
of lime is an ingredient of the eggs and
is also just the thing to feed to growing
chicks to make them grow. Then there
is more or less adhering meat to green
bone which is largely nutritious and
very favorable to the production of
eggs. There is no necessity for feeding
oyster shells to provide lime for the
eggshells, as the bone contains car
Donate of lime in sufficient proportion
for that purpose. Bone is digestible
and is food, yet it also serves as grit;
but in that respect no claims are made
for it compared with hard. sharp grit.
Do not confound green cut bone with
ground bone or bone meal. The one is
dry and hard. the other is juicy and
succulent. Another points that bone
cutter. is not bone mill. The bone
cutter does not grind, but cuts (as fine
as may be wished) both dry and green
bones. but bone mill will only grind
dry bones. as green bones are not suf-
ficiently brittle to be ground. The way
to feed green bone is to give it in the
morning. about pound to q dozen
hens (some give an ounce to each hen,
or q pound to 16 fowls). then give no
other food until night, but let the hens
scratch and work. Two or three times
a week half the quantity of bone may
be used, giving also cut clover. ground
foods, ETC., but always give full meal
of whole grain at night. as too much
soft food is not conducive to thrift
Farm and Fireside.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
THE RENOVATED EGG.
New Grade of Hens, Fruit Ha. Just
Made It's Appearance I'm the Cheap
Shops Of London.

The family doctor" is responsible
for new terror. This is the renovated
egg. We are all familiar with the ordi-
nary gradations of the egg-the new
laid egg. the fresh egg, the breakfast
egg. the family egg and the cooking
egg. And. after these, used to come
simply the ''egg," of which the pur-
veyor could not even boast that it was
good enough to cook with. but the pur-
chaser could not deny that it really was
IN egg. This was the class of egg used,
so some aver. to give the. gloss to con-
fectioners' pastry; and below even the
rank of commercial utility there was
still the election egg, handy missile
whose dement's as comestible became
virtues when exploded upon an opposi-
ton platform. Here, one might have
thought, we had reached the very low
est depths of eggdom; but it seems
that there is yet another grade, namely,
the renovated egg. This is an egg
which has become too palpably stale,
soiled and mildewy in appearance to
be sold under any appellation what
ever until composition of diluted Wit
riol has been applied to 1t. Then the
shell puts off it's hues Of decay and
CLEANS with maiden snow-white
purity that tempts the too trustful
passer-by.
The vender will not exactly guaran-
tee that the eggs are new-laid. but
''they've just come in, and you can see
for yourself, ma'am, what they're like"
So the purchaser purchases; but, alas!
the virtues of the diluted vitriol have
not penetrated beyond the shell, and it
is a distressed lodger who rings up the
landlady to tell her that the breakfast
egg which she has provided ought to
have been an election egg at least
month previously-London Globe.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
HIS FUTURE WIFE,S NAME,
The Curiou. Young Man Had Ii Tol
to Him to an Absolute Ger &.
talnty. 3s "a q

He was chatty kind Of conjurer, all T.
was anxious to open the evenings entertai3
ment merrily. So he stepped forward to III
front of the stage and said:
Ladies' and gentlemen, if there is in TIL
audience any young man who would likees
know the name of his future wife, If thai
young man will kindly stand up will nm
dertake to tell him, and this is no guessing
competition. Now, will any single young
man kindly stand up p
Up jumped a young man in the center Of
the room.
Thank you" said the conjurer. Now.
do you wish to know the name Of your fn-
ture wife?"
II do" said the young man.
'Well," said the man of magic, railways
like to do things in proper business fash
ion; will you kindly give me your name?"
>. Yes, certainly" said the young man;
my name is James Jackson
Thank you" replied the conjurer; then
the. name of your future wife will be Mrs.
jackson. London Tit Bits.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-01-12
NOT GOOD AT QUOTATIONS.
He Was Called Down for sprinGtna
Something He Didn't Knoyvthe M n n
Authority OF.
He came home in q bad temper.

He came home in q bad temper.
Jane, he grufHy asked, "have NE such .
thing as the constitution OF the United
States on the premises Z"
why, yes, William" she cheerfully am
swcred; 'Pll get it for you. :
She came back presently with ! thin vol
unme and handed it to him.
He took it up, glanced at II. and fung i 70
the floor. ss h
There you 60, toe" he snarled That.
the declaration Of independence! By Jove!n
he bitterly added, here / came home 81
study up the constitutions, and the wife oil
my bosom tries to palm of the declaration
of independence on me! &
What's gone wrong. William =, she asked
"Why, this very morning. he angrily|
cried, Il was quoting at length from. the
constitution, as supposed, when . fellow
yelled out: That amt til constitution
This took me aback, but rallied and cried:
I mean the declaration Of independence.
'Tain't that, neither, he roared What is
it, theny !! hoxled. It's. the Bib 2l!,, be
the house pc Cleveland Plain Dealer.