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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
LEARNED HIS LESSON.
After Which he Knew Enough Not
to Rub the Court thc
Wrong: Way.

Some of the mem bers of the bar were
discussing contempt cases. because of
a recent notable event in the state. and
one of the little coterie related a per-
sonal experience. SAYS the Detroit Free
Press.
Il read Jaw at home and had ny eN-
annations through Il little country
lawyer who knew Il great deal but never
had a big cas- and was notorious for
his ability in abusing justices Of the
peace. 1t may seem a preposterous
statement. but | had never heard or
thought of such a thing as contempt of
court when l had my first professional
expert nee in common pleas court.
No sooner had the opposition attorney
made an objection than the JUG @e ruled
against me.
II proceeded TO inform min. that he
was wrong that he knew h.. was wron.
and that wished he wcu.d,quit his pet
tifogoing. The lawyers in attendance
were temporarily petrlieo'. the veneer
finally smiled in a forgiving sort of a
way and told me to proceed. Very soon
there was another well-taken obiec-
ton and again he ruled against me.
This practically took the props from
under my case. and ! Went at the judge
as my instructor had been accus ometl
to go at a justice of the peace in back
township.
"'Your honor l detained. is ii po-
litical accident. In the eternal fitness
Of things you should be digging coal or
clsaning out underbrush. You have nc
more sense of justice than Zulu chief
of mercy. Thank Heaven there is a
higher official tribunal in this state
that'-but there [ was halted by fine
Of $500 or 80 days in Jail. The judg
took me to his private room. he learned
my story and remitted the fine. To pay
5000 at that time would have pauper-
lied me. l now have quite reputation
for never rubbing the court the wron
way"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

1t has been found tina; a dozen Por
tuguese oysters contain ahuu' si>
grains of phosphoric acid French
oysters have about four grains per
dozen.
According to MulhalI. The production
Of tea in 1855 WAS as follows: China.
2so, 100000 pounds; India. 90,ooo,ooo
pounds; Japan, 4o.oG0.o00 pounds. ana
Ccylon. 9.0oO.0oo pounds.
ste,edores put 22.s2 bales OF cotton
on board ship at New Orleans the other
day. thereby surprising any single
day : record in the history of that port
On the same day two vessels cleared
with 22.O00 and ll,oOo bales respective-
ly
In photographic printing aluminium
plates are fast takin" the place of stone
as printing surfaces. The stone is. of
course. always worked fiat. while the
thin aluminium plate may be bent
around cylinder and consequently
worked much more rapidly in q print
ing press
According to report published by
the home office in London showing the
mineral productions OF he world for
| the last year. the United States easily
leads all its rivals in this form of
wealth. Great Britain ranks second.
but far behind the leader. the total
product of the United States having
been about 1920. 100000. while that of
Great Britain was $500 CO0OO0 Ger
many stands third. with nearly $780,
600. 1000.
In observations on the microscopic
| life of Arctic regions Dr. Levin states
that. with the exception of single
species OF bacterium found in one bear
and two seals. the intestinal contents
Of the white bear. seal. shark. elder
duck and other Arctic verte brates were
absolutely sterile, but bacteria We're
almost Invariably present in the lower
germ-free intestines are OF special inn
! portance and interest. as they confirm
the idea of Pasteur and others that
bacteria are not essential TO digest ion
| =. \. Minalloif has made an exhaust
i've study OF the nails of the hand some
Of the results OF which he regards as
of medico-legai Importance. Among
other things he asserts that the nails
of the right hand in right handed
person are wider by from one-half to
two millimeters than the correspond
inc nails Oh the left hand; while in
| left-handed persons the reverse OBJ.
taii1s and in the ambidex,rous the
! nails q re of equal >;iv. on he wa h., Nd
| The thickness of the nail diminishes
progressively from the thumb to the
! lillc finger.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Russin'x Pioneers.

The Cossacks are the arms and legs
of Russia. while the mouiik is the back
bone The Cossacks Won Siberia for
Russia when they We're the daring
fringe of her population, grown adven-
turous and warlike by their frequent
conflicts with the Tartars who crowd
ed Russia borders. In them is con-
centrated the enterprise and agrees
iveness which the moujik lacks
They cut the path and the moujks fol-
lowed, and the descendants of these
hardy pioneers live throughout Siberia
to-day. forming hereditary military
caste. So strict are the laws Of heredi-
ty among the Cossacks that it is al
most impossible for an officer who was
not born one to obtain a commission
in a CoSsack regiment.-N y. Sun.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
DIVERTED FROM THE FARM.
ii~h Energy In Being Transferred
from the Country to the Large
Cities.

England in the seventeenth cen1nr,-
was an agricultural country. and
broadly speaking. that condition con-
'lh"eu throughout the greater part of
the eighteenth century. AS between
'Ee two centuries, however, there WAS
one great difference. that while in the
seventeenth century agriculture pro
crossed very Sow y in the eighteenth
century il made immense strides
throughout the greater part of the
eighteenth century agriculture was
iashlonab!'. Noblemen WED with one
a'o'hef IN making agricultural expert
ments and in improving their estates.
hey thought more about introduc;nu
ne" root crops and new grasses or i'm
proving the breed of some sheep and
cattle than they did about the amuse
mtnts OF the London season. At the
same nm" large areas of land that had
been previously cultivated on the semi
conihunlstIc and wasteful "open field"
system We're inclosed and divided into
separate farms. The other important
developments of the eighteenth cen
fury may most fairy be regarded as "A
preparation for the century to come.
says the London Graphic.
Toward the latter end of the century,
several of the machines which were to
revolutionize the textile industries of
the world were invented in rapid sue
cesslon, but it was only gradually that
they were brought into use. Toward
the end of the same century began the
great Improvement of highways and
the construction of canals Bat in thp
case OF each of these brilliant deyelon-
mems the greater part of the profit
accrued to the century that succeeded
At the beginning of the nineteenth
century England Mas still. an apricu'
tural country. still a frequent seller
and rare buyer of wheat-and sb,.
was oni just beginning to utilize the
marvellous inventions of Arkwriyht and
Watt. the engineering triumphs of Tel
ford and the immense stores of mineral
wealth buried beneath her soil. If we
turn back to contemporary estimates
of the wealth of the country at the be
ginning of the nineteenth century W..
find the first point considered is the
rent of the agricultural land To-day
1t would be one Of the last.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Use for Apple Refuse.

Nearly all the liners row leaving he
port of Philadelphia for Germany and
Great Britain carry in their holes hun
dreds of barrels and hogsheads of :p-
pie waste. Apple waste is the peelin:s.
cores and other refuse OF apples. 1t
is gathered from the manufacturers of
apple butter and kindred compounds.
and in England and Germany marina
lade and Wine are made of it. \ ve4-y
palatable apple wine is imported thi; Il
er and in certain colonies is much en-
joyed. Excellent marmalaeeS. very ex-
pensive and very beautifully labeled
and put UP. also come back for con
sumption. Both are made of apple
waste. but few people know that.--N
Y. Sun.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Curious Clock Movement

One OF the novelties of the horoloy-
zeal section of the Paris exposition
is a clock. represented to he-a perpet-
ual motion clock. but which is actual
ly operated by means of small steel
balls which were allowed to fall on a
wheel. There are a large number of
these balls, and the winding up is
accomplished by simply taking the
balls once a week from the bottom
of the clock, where they have accu-
mulated, and placing them in re-
ceptacle at the top of the clock.-Chi-
cago Inter-Ocean.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Cuba to he Resurye,cd.

IN response to the frequent appeals
from navigators and captains of ports
and special request of Gen. Wood.
the United States navy department
will soon commence a complete geo
detical survey Of the Cuban coast and
of the waters for a radius of several
meters AS an example of the utter
unreliablity of the Spanish chart. the
Isle of Pines is seven miles out of the
course represented by it. There are
other errors equally surprising and
navigation near the coast is foolhardy
without Il competent pilot. 1t is
thought that it will require three
years to thoroughly resurvey the
Cuban coast and waters.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Siberia a Land of cburc,,..

The three great luxuries in Siberia
are churches. theaters and museums.
Even the smaller villages can usually
be sighted from afar by means Of lie
white walls and the towering dome
shaped cuPolas Of their churches.
These are all amply supplied With bets.
whose RIGA tones roll in majestic h;r-
lnony over distant hill and vale anl!
break the monotony of the peasants
daily toll. Inside, these churches are
highly ornamented with paintings. and
they are presided over by married
priests. who take deep and genuine
interest in the poorest of the flock
Y y Times
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
The EnrtI,'s Shadow.

The earth has a shadow, but few
ever observe it or. if they do. have no
knowledge of what they are looking
at. Some of us have seen on beau
tiful summer evenings just before
sunset q roseate arc on the horizon
opposite the sun, with a BLUSH gray
segment under it. This is he shadow
of the earth. The same shadow is al
ways observable on the occasion Of an
eclipse of the moon.-Chicago Times
Herald
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
PUNGENr PARAGRAPHS.

Sil,ic s-"rhe Bible tells US 10 love
our eAemies." Cynicus-"We do. Most
o: US are our own worst enemies"-
Philadelphia Record.
Considerate.-"ls Miss THRILLER an
oblisiny singer?' "Oh. yes; half the
time she refuses 10 sing.'-PhilaGel-
phia Evening Bulletin.
Mrs. SCOT hng-l'm afraid you're go
ing 10 buy a drink with that two pence
! gave YOU" Bill Bumpers-"le didn',
size me gauge. lady. Two pence don't
buy me no drink 1t jist gifts me
taste. Modern Society.
"Geing TO learn to play the cornet.
Ell? Do you think your wind is good
enousho' 80. can blow the instru-
ment all right" "Nes: but | mean do
YOU think YOU could ou,run any pur-
suer??' Philadelphia Press.
JudSe-''Prisoner have YOU any
thing to say why sentence of death
should not be pronounced ." Prisoner
III 1t amt asking too much, I'd like
the pen with which YOU sign he decree
for souvenir. Meogendorfer Blaet-
ter.
Childhood Recollections-"A dmiring
Son-"Were YOU the smartest bow in
school. pa. when YOU We're as old as I
am Reminiscent Father = "lf I
wasn't it wasn't the teachers fault.
he did his best to make me smart"
Louisville journal.
Mrs. Gadder-"I saw Mrs. Wanterby
to-day. and she told me she was going
to have mahogany parlor furniture
throughout" Mrs. Bul!-"!Aha. Coin.
to have it threw out because she
couldn't pay the installments. Ell o.
catholic Standard and Times.
The Point of Niew-The Squire (svm-
pathetically)-''1'm Very sorry to hear
that yonr husband is at the point of
Death. Mrs. Hodge. but YOU must trv
and be cheerful. as YOU know it will
be al for he best" Mrs. Hodge-"Ah.
YES. indeed. sir: it'll be blessing when
he's gone. Ill be able to i've in COM
fort then. as | ave i'm in four different
clubs. JUDY
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Municipal Firm. I'm nr,t.t,

a number of British cities lease for
long term or purchase outright
hundreds of acres of bogland or 9th
er waste land for the use of the city
Glasgow has about 800 acres so en-
ployed. The city garbage is used for
filling in and for fertiIizing purposes,
In the course of a few years many
acres of land are redeemed and made.
to blossom as the rose. Hay, oats.
potatoes and other grains and vege-
the support of the department.
These municipal farms are located
from TWO to fifteen miles from the
city. The transfer of the refuse to
the farms is made by railway.-N. y
World.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Arranged.

1t is understood that through an
order of the state supreme court, Judge
Morgan will not assume his office as
supreme judge until Jan. l, this giving
him time to finish up many matters in
his district. This will also overcome
the feature of the laws of the state
which require the term of the supreme
Judge to begin before the state can
vassng board can pass on the vote.
and it will not be necessary. if this
arrangement is carried out, for Attor-
ney General Cowan to resign his
Office Dec. 1, in order to qualify as dis
. trict nudge,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Doing Good Work.

The Square Butte cheese factory
north of Mandan, ten years old, is
running nearly to it's full capacity-l.-
900 pounds of milk daily-and the milk
of 60 cows will be added in May. The
,chccscs that last year sold for o. cents
to 1Oh: cents pound now bring IL
cents-and the patrons are profting
by this branch Of farming. There's
room for more factories of this kind
in tho state
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
.ADDOrtiOnue;lt,

The vote for o. ID. Comstocil, the re-
publican attorney general-elect, as
officially canvassed, will be of greater
interest in many of the counties than
that for the heads of the ticket, be-
cause of the fact that the state central
committee last summer fixed the low
est vote cast for any republican cam
didate for office as the basis Of repre-
scntation in the next state convention.
Comstock's majority is the smallest on
the state ticket in many of the coun-
ties, and in consequence will be used
as the basis for apportloning the dele
gates in the next state convention.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
News IN Brief.

John Fried. of Jamestown, received
$40 votes for register of deeds, against
905 for his opponent.
Wahpeton is to have a womcns lit
erary club.
The Rcd River is higher than ever
before in any fall for 20 years, the
lakes and ponds at the head of tribu-
tary streams are full to overlooking,
the ground is SO saturated that it can
hold no more moisture, and there is
every appearance of big snow fall
Now get ready for a big Hood in the
spring.
Harvey wants the government
weather forecasts: electric lights, a
village organizations, and an amateur
opera company.
Ignite coal is being more generally
used this winter than ever before. and
the more it is used the better it APP.
gears 10 be liked.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
The Difference.

Friend-Does your town boast Of
foot ball team?
Suburbanite-No, we used to boast OF
one. but We have to apologize for it
now.-N. Y. World.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Not Love Spats, However

james. dear" said Mrs NorthsiGe.
what sort Of ring is it that prize
fighters battle imp
"An engagement ring, my dear" re-
piled Mr.. Northside. = Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Hotel Burned at Grafton.

Fire which started shortly after 8
o'clock in the morning, destroyed the
Grafton house, large frame hotel
owned by Peter Olson, and damaged
the next building to the north also
owned by MIR. Olson. About twenty
boarders were driven out and most Of
them lost their personal effects. The
furnishings of the hotel were mostly
DESTROYED.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
A Depoxed Ruler.

Spudds-How do you like your new
cook?
Hsnpeck-Oh fine: my wife isn't boss
of the establishment any ,onger.-De-
troit Free Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
A CLeap Horse.

Hans Larson who resides north Of
Fargo has won a fine horse and paid
lightweight cents for the animal and
this is how it happened: Frank
Tritchler had horse which he did not
care to winter and SO put it up for RAT
fie with the result that Hans Larson
held the lucky number which was
lightweight.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
A Hot Day in London.

The hottest day experienced in Lon
don in recent years was August IS, 1893.
when the thermometer reached ga de-
grees Fahrenheit in the shade.-N. y.
Journal
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Found Dead.

An old man named Solomon Schmidt.
70 year old, living alone. was found
dead at his home two miles east of
Lake City by Morris Malone. who had
called at the place to get Schmidt to do
some work. Schmit was found sitting
in chair dead. On examination a
bullet hole was found just back of the
left ear and revolver lying on the
floor
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS


The Indians at Fort Yates have ac-
copied the recommendation of Com
missioner Jones that their rations be
Immediately stopped with more phil
osophv than might be expected under
the circumstances That hundreds Of
them will starve slowly to death is a
forcgone conclusion. Their condition
as it is is pitiablc in the extreme, their
crops were total failure. and their
alive. There are mixed bloods draw
ing large salaries and others with big
ranches and other property who Ger
tainly have no need of rations. These
people are for the most part willing to
take .heir land and what money is
coming to them and become citizens.
This reservation is totally unfit for
anything but grazing, and the Indians
can never support themselves by farm
ing, AS for labor, there is absolutely
nothing for them to do. White men
can get all the white labor they want.
and on the reservation, outside of gov
eminent freighting, there is nothing
to dc.
Nevertheless the reservation system,
ordinary legal system whereby Indians
are arrested and jailed for even speak,
ing &: cross word, and other draw backs
too numerous to mention. is getting
to be almost Inbearable to the Indians
and they will welcome almost any
chance
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-06
Sell the Reserve.

The register and receiver of the Bis
marcls land office have been ordered
by the department of the interior to
sell the lands of the Fort Stevenson
abandoned military reservation,
thrown open some time ago and
ordered appraised. The appraisers
have completed their work and flied
their lists with the department and
they have been approved by the sccre-
tary of the interior and the sale
ordered to take place Feb, IL, 1901.
There are some $4,000 acres in the re-
servation.
II is directed that the lands be offer
cd for sale at the land office on the
date mentioned, to the highest bidder
for cash, at not less than $l.25 per acre
under the provisions of the second Sec
ton OF the act of July 5, 1854.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-16
VERNON.

Rev. H. L. Ross of Springfield, Mass,
will preach in the chapel next Sunday at
IL A. NJ.
Calvin L. Cook has been granted an in
crease of pension through the agenc y Of
Col. John Hunt of Brattleboro.
A serious fire was averted at the Vernon
House on Wednesday. A fire in a fire.
place in one of the paTlors had been left,
and Goals snapped out and burned through
the floor before it was discovered.
The Union Church association met last
Saturday evening and decided that exer-
cises to dedicate the new church be held
on Tuesday, Dec. 4, beginning at IL A. NJ.
Clergymen of the Univeralist, Unitarian,
Methodist, Baptist and Congregational de-
nominations have been Invited TO assist in
the exercises. Resolutions in memory OF
the late T. L. johnson we're passed, recog-
nizing his efficient services as chairman of
the building committee,
Charles n. johnson, youngest brother
Of T. l.. johnson, reached here from Kan
sas on Saturday in response TO telegram
announcing the condition of his brother on
Wednesday evening. Mr.. Johnson's fun
eral on Sunday afternoon was largely at
tended from this and all nearby towns,
and the many beautiful floral tributes at
tested to the high esteem in which he was
held. Rev. X. X. Marvin officiated and
the burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery
at Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-16
WINDHAM.

Miss Winifred Chapman is visiting Mary
Harris in Chester.
Miss Addie Goodell is visiting at her
cousins, A. A. Goodel's.
F. H. Harris of Chester has been IN
town the last few days to attend the bal
ing of his hay.
School in the centre Of the town closed
last Friday. The scholars gave an enter
tainment on Thursday evening which was
well attended and much appreciated. The
scholars did themselves and their teacher
great credit. A Ratchet drill by the boys,
a motion song, dialogue, and songs and
recitations by all the children held the at
tention of the audience for nearly two
hours. There were 16 of the scholars who
had no absent marks for the term.
School in West Wlndham closed Thurs
day, Nov. s. Neither absent nor tardy
were Ruth Dutton, Mary Hamilton, Ever
EFT Hamilton. Edward Howe was tardy
once with no absent marks. Edward
Howe won the first prize for good deport-
ment, Ruth Dutton the second. Parents
and friends of the children were present
the last day in the afternoon. Compost
tions, speaking and reading furnished en-.
tertainment. Grace A. Gadbois was the
teacher.