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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03
The Griggs Courier.
p r. TRUBSHAW, EDITOR.

Uncle Sam to Admiral Dewey {:
George, my boy, you know [
once gave you a nice brownstone
house, Now, if | should give
YOU the White House what
would you do with it?
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03
BY REQUEST OF
OUR PATIENTS.
DIT. j. E. Boris, tie Manager for
the Electro=Medical and
Surgical institute o:
Fargo. N. D.,
WILL BE AT THE PALACE
HOTEL COOplRsTOWN.
MAY s, 6. z.

DIR. j. f. Borns. Manager for the
Electro Medical aud Surgical Institute.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

Nor,hrup King x Co.: I'VE are
prepared to forward all the seeds
ordered by you with exception of
Bromus Inermus. This we expect
next week from Europe. SO far as we
are advised no seed of good quality
is al present obtainable i'm the conn-
try" \ word to the wise is sufficient
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

Mr. La Valley took Thursday
train for his Minnesota home. havln.
disposed Of all his stock He is cor
responding with parties who tllinl
OF locating q bank here.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

The young people Intended to sur
prise Mrs. $. H. Berg Friday evening
the occasion being her birthday. but
she surprised them by inviting them
to come and eat ice-cream. But who
ever it was that was surprised. they
all passed a pleasant evening in dis
cussing arecherche. supperand playing
crOkinole.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

Mrs. t'iero and Beth drove in from
the farm friday. returning to Coop
erstnwn after the 80. 600 rain we had.
Guess we will Lave to call on you for
S. apiece for our famine fund.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-03

w. c. Langdon took the train for
Fargo Thursday, returning Monday.
The oasis., 1900-06-02
NOTICE.

To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
 All parties are hereby notified that the mining claims in the Cananea mountains, District ofArizpe, Sonora, now being offered for sale by l.. Lind say. are in conflict with patented ground belonging to the "Cananea Consolidated Copper Company" So- ciedad Anonima. and that any parties purchasing said claims from Lindsay will acquire no right except to litigate CANANEA COPPER CONSOLIDATED COMPANY, Sociedad Anonima."
 By W. 0. GREENE,
 Director.
The oasis., 1900-06-02
AaIrSINo NEWS.

tne company Keeps up as they are uO- ing now there will soon be as many men at work as there were when the the smelter was in operation. Just the same we would like to see the big Jacket go up.
 Prospector: George l.. Ackerly, a prospector from Arizona, is in El Paso with some samples of copper ore from a claim he is developing in the Dragoon mountains. The ore assays 40 per cent and MT. Ackerley told the Times reporter that he has four foot vein from which he is taking pay ore from the surface. He expects to have sample shipment ready to send to Fl Paso in short time.
 Prospector: w. J. Young Jr. came in yesterday from trip to the Great Western Co. property in the Dragoors in which he is largely interested. Mir. Young. states the mine continues to show wonderfully well and is making arecord as a copper producer, ship ments being forwarded regularly to the El Paso smelter and good bodies of rich ore being uncovered in the lower workings of the mine. Over forty men are cn the payroll and develop ments are very, flattering. It is not unlikely that the company will install a smelter at their property in the near future and treat their own ores.
 Range News: Quite an excitement prevails at Lamb City, near Dos Cabe- gas, says a writer in the Range News, owing to rich strike of gold-bearing quartz found on the Emmersly claim a day or two ago. The assays show for the entire ledge value of over SIP to the ton. A streak in the open cut at depth of about eight feet and about six inches wide shows an assay assay of S35S gold. A force of men will be put on this week and car of this ore shipped which is believed will show up satisfactory values. The naked eye can see the free gold, and from this cut old man Emmersly is said to have taken several tons of ore which netted him over $500 to the car.
 Prescott Courier; The Arizona Eastern & Montana Co. at recent meeting of directors in New York, ap- pointed MT. Wade Stickney general superintendent of all their property in Yavapai county, and he has just returned, in advance of the machin- cry ordered, to prepare for it's early installation at the mines. It has been decided to push development on the mines with vigor, with view to open. ing up the bodies of ore and insuring a large and regular output. Mir. Stickney's commission covers the financial, business and engineering duties throughout this county. As he is mining engineer as well as metallurgist, the company expects some excellent results from their properties in the ext few months.
 Prescott Courier; Reports have just reached town of very important strike in the First Home mine, in the Bigbug district, which is being work ed by Ed Block and B. H. Gray. These parties have been developing and blocking ore tor year, and they have just encountered fine body of higher grade ore than anything encountered heretofore in the property. This strike was made in the breast of the 1SO foot level, which is 40 feet south of the shaft. The nature of the ore is a n
The oasis., 1900-06-02

will sta't east this week with view of putting the property on the New York market.
 Mohave Miner: Henry Lovin is &C., counted one Of the lucky ones of the county. About a year ago he received nearly six thousand dollars for his in- terest in some placer claims upon which no work had been done; a few months ago he received e2500 for a one.fourth interest in some claims he had never seen; last week he grub staked man who brought in ore from a 3O-inch vein that gave an assay of 42.4O ounces geld and l4.S0 ounces sil- yer to the ton. The location is fifteen miles easterly from Fort Mohave. His partner in the mine is a Mexican by the name of Jesus Jerez. This man has been prospecting on the river several years past, but was unable to continue the work without assistance and therefore appealed to MT. Lovin, who with unfailing good luck, is in fair way to reap rich harvest.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
WINDOW GARDENING.
sure Fine Plants in Cold
Weather.

Nine-tenths of the windows used
for window gardening are too crowd
ed for the plants to look well or do
well. Turn new leaf right now by
throwing away every poor or insig-
nificant growth. Better to buy new
stock in the spring than to turn your
precious window space into hospital
ward for sickly plants, says the Wash
ington Star.
Keep the foliage Immediately
clean. Wash the leaves once or twice
every week. A plants lungs are it's
leaves. Showering the foliage washes
the dust out of the pores, refreshes
the plant and imparts vigor. Beside
this, clean plants do not harbor in.
sects, the greatest foe of the indoor
garden, and the hardest to fight.
Loosen the crusted earth at the top
of the pots. The roots need air, and
in soft, pliable earth they get it by
capillary transmission. A hard top
crust seals the soil up as though in
jug. Neither air nor water find free
entrance through it. Plants in hard
soil often suffer from lack of mois-
ture at the roots, though water has
been given every day.
Slide the shades up to the top of
the upper sash; take down the cur
tains at the plant windows and let
Gods invigorating sun shine in. SUM-
shine to a plant is what gold is to a
Klondike miner.
In extremely cold weather stay the
watering pot. Plants need little wa
ter during severe weather, and they
chill or freeze twice as quickly after
fresh drenching. If watering be-
comes absolutely necessary, have it
the temperature Of the room, and
give only in the morning. Watering
in the evening during cold snap is
to invite visit from Jack Frost.
Pet your plants. Turn them, train
them into shape as they grow, pick
off every dead leaf or faded flower
Hapts szard care does not paw with
house planta
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21

~ don't know but I've undertaken
too much," Jean Aubert said, soberly.
ut costs more over here than II did
on the street. II we don't save more
this winter than we have since we
came, we shall have to move back"
and in the melancholy silence that
followed Mamma Aubert gave up her
chickens and COW, Della saw her
dream of muslin curtains and an or.
gan vanish in air. and the children
suffered that depression of spirits
which is always induced by verdict
adverse to Christmas.
Fortune has way of experiment
ing with full cups to see how much
more they can hold after they are
apparently brimmlng, The Auberts
thought they hud all the mouths they
could feed and all the cares they
could compass consistent with the
ambition, which they were not yet
prepared to relinquish, of owning their
house, when the very next day after
the family council knock came at
their humble door and Madame Au-
bert opened it on an old man, who
asked If Jean Aubert lived there.
81 come to see him from Canada"
said he.
It was three o'clock in the after
noon, but Madame Aubert made the
visitor comfortable by the fire, He
was old and poorly dressed, and had
with him shabby carpetbag.
"You know me?" he asked, as he
took off his coat and prepared to
make himself at home. "No? All,
Jean remember. His father my old
neighbor-frien'-up in Chateau
grand"
Madame Aubert went about her
work, the little Auberts resumed
their play, the older children came
stamping in from school. The ques.
tions they all entertained in respect
full silence about the stranger who
sat doing by their fire-Who was he ?
Had he come to stay? What should
they do with him?-waited till Jean
should come.
That evening they all sat up and
listened to the fine old story OF the
Boy Who Went to Seek His Fortune
or was it the Prodigal Son? 1t was
told in French, with many gestures
and much dramatic effect-and Pierre
Demarest, its hero and narrator, was
assisted by the smiles and tears and
enthusiastic applause of all the Au-
berts, from Jean Aubert down.
In the seignory in Canada where
the Auberts lived the Demarests had
been their neighbors. Old Demarest
had been father to Jeans father
and Pierre Demarest had been his
dearest friend. But Pierre had chosen
to wander, and while young Aubert
settled and married and became a
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21

farmer on the land adjoining old De-
marest's, Pierre went west and dis
appeared. No word came from him,
and except in Auberts stories TO his
children of the friendship he and
Pierre had had together in the days
when Aubert was a stranger and
Father Demarest had taken him in,
the very memory of Pierre Demarcst
seemed to have died. Gone 30 years!
His audience gathered that he had
first drifted beyond the pale of civil
ization in company with a party OF
railroad engineers; that he had been
guide and hunter in the Rocky
mountains; that he had had some eX-
perience in mining, and that he had
been to Alaska. He talked of In
dians and bears with familiarity
that made the Aubert boys hearts
burn within them. But he dwelt
with most particularly upon his
homecoming.
~ think / see my home before
die" he said. II come to Chateau.
grand. take my bag and walk down
the road--two miles-to my old home
No one know me. My father dead
my mother dead, my brother Selim
say no room for me. He not care
He say he think me dead. Why not
me write so many years? My broth.
er Leonard live in Chateau-grand.
90 to him. / walk back all the way
to his house. He have big, good
house. He woman scowl at me-so!
and say: You ole man, you poor
you come to live on us, you go way.
They give me no supper. I take my
bag and think of my frien' Aubert
l go again into the country. come
to my fricn' Aubert's house. He dead
too, but his son just like him. Glad
to see me fore he knew me. Give me
supper. When he find out who / am
he seize my hand, he laugh, he cry
he say: MY fathers frien'!' ! cry
too. / stay two weeks with him and
his brother on next farm. They very
kind to me. / say: Where your
brother Jean? He little boy when ]
leave home They say: He in the
states, in Harwichtown, New Hamp.
shire. He work in mills. Do well
Have wife and children | say: 4
60 10 see him. Spen' Christmas with
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21

him, IL he glad to see me- Not see
my brothers any more. They fraid
| cost them money. not trouble
them"
Jean Aubert grasped the old mans
hand.
"We are truly glad to see you," said
he, 1--WE are hot SO well off DIS we
were, because we struggle hard to
buy this house, The little children
want the air. My woman like cow
and chickens. My girl here, Della,
want a little room-a parlor-for her
beaux. We work hard all together
for the pay. But we see our friends.
If you'll tnlte what we can give yBu,
you are kindly welcome. Many times
I've heard my father tell how kind
your father was to him. And the
children here will like to hear some
more about your life"
In the days that followed the fam
| lily made good Jeans welcome, and
both by word and act caused their
old visitor to feel at home. Their ma
tive French politeness, united with
real kindliness of heart, concealed the
inconvenience which his presence
caused them. and in truth, except for
the fact that the family dlvisor had
already seemed as big as 1t could
well be, and that 1t Is always prob
lem how to put 12 persons to sleep in
five beds, Pierre was very little
trouble. He sat for the most part
by the fire, quiet and content. In the
evening when they were all at home
he told stories and talked with Jean
about old times. The children ceased
to be shy before him. Robert fur
lively drew his picture-on shingle,
as many brother artist has been
driven by stress of circumstances to
do, He was man of medium size
and much weather.beaten-a study in
brown, with keen old face, little
gold rings in his ears, bright eyes
and small, strong hands. He was old
but not feeble, he was silent, but not
stupid and after his own fashion
seemed cheerful and at ease. Robert
finished him, and after a moments
contemplation added n beard, ful
cap, and trimmed his old coat with
fur; rounded his waist line up BIZ
and put on n belt, and then, the fancy
growing, represented him as sur
rounded with various articles suitet
to the holiday ambitions of the young
Auberts-for instance, a paint box
and heaps of drawing paper labeled
Robert" a watch and chain such al
Della hankered after, and bicycle
for Henri.
In spite of the quietus Papa Aubert
had put upon Christmas, the chi.drer
could not help planning for some sor
of celebration. They could at leasr
have tree to look at; spruces were
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
$l.Oo A YEAR.
How She Classified II.

"How did you like that novel l
recommended to you??' asked the
sweet young thing.
ITO tell the truth" replied the
woman of somewhat extended mat
rimonial experience, Il didn't like it,
Somehow, fairy stories never appeal
to me-"
FAIRY stories!" cried the sweet
young thing. "Why, its realism was
what impressed me-"
The matron looked at her pityingly.
"How can you call it realism" she
asked, "when it ends with the inti-
nation that they were married and
lived happily ever afterward| |-Chi'
cago Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21

to be had for the cutting on the hill
that overshadowed the village. The
little boys would get one. Robert
should make paper angel for the
top. They would color egg shells for
ornaments, and Mamma Aubert prom
ised them cake and snow ice-cream.
"And we will say they declared,
and it was piece of philosophy
worthy of older heads, tive will say,
when the time comes to take off the
presents, that this house is our pres
ent."
What was that? Did old Demarest
chuckle, or merely cough in his sleep?
They thought he was DOING, as, with
six heads in bunch, they whispered
their pans in the corner on the other
side of the fire. If they only could have
seen what was written inside that
rusty old envelope of man! Has any
body imagined how it must feel TO be
Santa Claus? If it is true that it is
more blessed TO give than to receive,
and that, whatever the joys of posses
sion, generosity feels better than
gratitude, St. Nick must be the hap
piest being in the universe. And Pierre
Demarest was planning to be the Au-
berts St. Nicholas.
The day before Christmas he but.
toned on his coat and trudged over to
the village.
Il buy some little things for you
young ones" he said to Nine. Aubert
That night he took Robert and Della
into his confidence. Robert was to PC
next day and get what he had bought
and Della was to smuggle the parcels
into the house and put them on the
tree.
You not tell" he said, impressively
and then with twinkle: 81 like to see
what the chil'ren say"
Della will never forget that Christ.
! mas, not merely for what happened in
the evening, but for the possibilities
which oeset her during the day. II
they had not al gone off to church in
the morning except Robert and herself
and the baby, she never could have
managed 1t. Robert came home fairly
staggering under the weight of the
things the old man had bought,
ffnere are candies. Della" he pant.
ed, and a lot of those shiny things
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
ore-siaed Agreement.

She--And are you sure you love me
with all your heart, and you never will
deceive me in the slightest thing?
He--Yes, darling. love you, and |
never will deceive you. And will you
always tell me the truth and the whole
truth, and never try to keep anything
from me?
She-George, dearest. how can you
ask it?
And then, when he asked her how old
she was, in order to put it in the mar
riage certificate, she made herself
eight years younger than she knew
herself to be.--Tit-Bits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
why He Objected.

Ferdy-Her dad is trying to stave off
the engagement.
Algy-He has a barrel of money,
suppose?
Ferdy-Yes; and imagines I want
to take the slaves off the BARREL
Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21

to fit by the midnight train to Cam
ada whenever fancy dictated, they
were evolving into landowners and
had bought house. 1t was very
little house on the hillside, which
overlooked the village where Jean
Aubert and Della and Henri worked
in the mills. but two acres of land
went with it, and already the little
Auberts were growing rosy and fat
legged. Hitherto the gates OF Para
disc had been efectually closed to
them, and with woods and fields no
more than half mile away and the
whole street on the other side lined
with green lawns to tempt their very
eyes, they had never till now kicked
up their heels on grass.
Peeping out of the two street win
dows of the yardless double tenement
house which had been their home, or
playing softly round the doorstep
on hot summer evenings, they had
looked like family of mice, noiseless,
bright-eyed and shy. Mamma Aubert
was the mother mouse, a thin. dark
eyed, decent French-Canadian wom-
an, seldom seen outdoors, but often
a bald-headed baby in her arms and
a rather hectic flush upon her cheeks.
In school the little Auberts wore
perennial high-necked, long-sleeved,
pink calico aprons, and still main
tanning their mouse-like manners did
excellent work. The boys were
black-eyed rogues. but like true
Frenchmen took kindly to instruction
in cap-dofiing and excuse-me. They
all had gift for penmanship and
drawing, and Robert Aubert was the
artist Of the school.
The year before the horse was
bought the two eldest children had
graduated into the woolen mill, and
Dela's deft fingers earned enough
money to pay her board, clothe her
self tastefully and have little mar
gin left, which she laid by for furni-
ture for the room which they were
going to call parlor.
There was one shadow on the fam
iiy happiness, and that was the mort
gage; and just before Christmas this
shadow began to assume alarming
proportions. 1t had looked easy in
the spring, when they first moved
into the new home, to meet the paw
ment which was due in December.
Jean Aubert was carpenter and ma
chinist in one of the factories, and a
steady and capable man, but the proc
ess of evolution is never without n
struggle, and. do the best he could
the interest was all he could nav.
Even for that. what with the cold
coming suddenly on and his nestful
of young ones being uncommonly
hungry and hard on their clothes
after their summer out doors. the
family resources were strained to the
utmost. Della and Henri contributed
their savings, the parlor that was to
be was shut up, and they all came
down to a pretty strict diet of pud-
ding and milk. 1t was poor ont
look for Christmas, for ahead of them
loomed up more interest and other
payments, besides the continuous
nutgo for their living
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
WHY Jobnpy was Brave.

Mother-Our little Johnny is such
a brave boy! He cut his finger al
most to the bone to-day and he didn't
tell anybody about it, but bore his
pain in secret until he couldn't keep
it from me any longer.
Father-You call it brave? l guess
he was afraid I'd take that new knife
away from him.-Boston Transcript.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
Distance Might Enchant.

"My eyes are no longer like stars to
you, suppose?" she exclaimed, during
a heated conversation with her pre-
sumed lord and master
"Well, suppose you go away about a
hundred miles, and I'll take look at
them and decide" suggested the cruel,
rnfeeling man.-Baltimore American.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
Guests of the Afternoon.

When my wife is full Of gossip, CLEANED
from every part Of town,
l know she's had a visit from certain Mrss
| Brown.
And when she talks of fashions-hat or
mantle, frock or shoe
I'm sure that Mrs. Smith was here end told
| her all she knew.
| Chicago Record.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
Thc MnN.

Timmins-You remember that little
book | wrote called How TO Become
Beautiful?' | thought it would go
well, but only two copies have been
sold in eight months.
Simmons That's because you don't
understand business. Call them in
from the booksellers, and change the
title to "How to Become More Beauti-
full" and the women will make reg
ular bargain-counter rush for them.
N. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
He Had COrns.

"The trolley company certainly
should put more cars on during the
rush hours. They have no right to
charge man a nickel and then let him
stand on his feet all the way home"
81 wouldn't mind that if they'd only
make the other passengers stand on
their own."-Philadelp Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
Her Clever Rejection.

"What did you do when that hor>
rid Mr.. Waxem proposed to your"
"He proposed by letter, and / sim
ply returned the proposal after writ
ing across the face of the envelope:
Opened by mistake and then sigued
my name to it."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
positive and Negative.

De Mittened-The first time / called
on Miss Tartleigh she gave me her pho.
tograph.
LIE Flittened-How jolly!
De Mittened-But the last time l
called she gave me her negative
Town Topics.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
WHY He WINS silent

Bacon--What'sbe become of your friend
jim? He's keeping very quiet these
days.
Egbert-Oh, didn't you hear he'd
been getting married? - Yonkers
Statesman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
SINCERELY Admiring.

81 am proud to say that l did nou
spend S1OO to secure my election" said
the statesman.
"Yes," returned Senator Sorghum, Il
meant to congratulate you before this.
You certainly got bargain."-Wash'
ington Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-12-21
No Senrch Needed.

II suppose you know the type Of
man who is always looking for
trouble" remarked the philosopher
mo" answered Col. Stillwell, you
see, I'm from Kentucky. Down where
/ live nobody has to look for trouble"
Washington Star.