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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
HUMOROUS.

1t is really not SO surprising that
some people do think SO much of>them-
selves as that they can.-Indianapois
News.
By the time the average man gets
old enoughsto have good sensehe is too.
contrary to make good use ofsit.-Chi-
cago Daily News. y,
"Hello, doctor. What is that med
icine you are mixing up? 1t smells like
hot stuff. . cit isn't, though. It's =
cold cure. indianapolis News.
And the -"Why do you call
them beauty and the BEAST when he
seems such nice sort of fellow?"
Because, you see, he's a literary lion"
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Tilden-"By the way, Fidgett, did
you ever see The Merchant of Ven
ice?'" Bolton-"Why, my dear boy, I
never was in Venice in my life, How
could have seen him? By the way,
is there only one merchant in Venice 2"
Boston Transcript.
te.-D'Auber-"Thi is the
landscape I wanted you to suggest q
title for" Critteek-"H'm!r rather inn
pressionistic. Whynot call it 'Home?' {"
D'Auber-'"H Home? Why?" Critteek
because there's no place like it,
Philadelphia Press.
A Modest Bonnet.-Mrs. Neersite-
"Really, now, for Mrs. Nooritch that's
quite modest little rosette of green
ribbons" Mrs. -"They're not
green ribbons, my dear, merely mod
est little bunch of ten-dollar bills."-
Philadelphia Press.
A Plea for Purity-"What we want, )"
said the First Patriot, sis honest cleo
tions." II should say so," agreed the
Second Patriot. "Why, Heller promised
me $50 for my influence in my ward,
and now he says he never agreed to give
me more than ten dollars. ''.Baltimore
Sun.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
POOR MANS FENCE.

hold your top rail, and, lastly, but most
important, bale of No. IL black wire,
as pliable as you can get.
! Material-1 The stakes should be
So feet long, made of locust. oak,
walnut or any timber that will last.
These stakes do not have to be per-
fectly straight, as this is the great
advantage of this fence, to use mate
rial that cannot be used anywhere
else except in woodpile. 2. The braces,
! which are wired to the center of the
top rail Gig. y, and extend to the
ground between the stakes, should be
s1a feet long. Make them from any
thing from two to three inches in diam
eter. They need not be put in the
ground, as your rails will hold them
in place. 3. Rails can be used from
the old fence, straight or crooked.
When you take rail to wire it to the
braces, if it leaves hole let it be. You
can put piece in the hole. You will
lose too much time to select every rail.
Building.-Set up two stakes and
wire together where they cross, then
dig holes for them to go into about four
feet apart. This is your beginning.
Temporarily brace these stakes with
brace or rail, which should be as
straight and as sound one as you can
pick up. Now use your rack for hold
ing the end on the ground while you
dig the holes and wire the other stakes.
Put the rack about two feet from the
end of the top rail and then set up your
stakes against the top rail. Dig holes
for them opposite the racks feet, put
the stakes in, wire together where they
cross under the top rail, then put on
another rail, tapping about 10 inches,
and SO on until you have put this way
about ten or twelve panels. Then go
back and put on your brace, as shown
in Fig. 2, to keep the fence from push
ing backward and forward lengthwise.
When you have put on all of your
braces, begin at the bottom to put on
the other rails, tie with wire to the
bottom of the. braces, lap the rails
eight to twelve inches. laying bottom
rail until you are at the end of your
stakes; then come back, take the next
rail. wire to the braces, and SO on until
your panel is complete. A hundred
pounds. of wire will build from 70 to
IS panels, according to the size of rail.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
IN THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

A 100000 silk cargo has just
reached San Francisco from thesorient.
MISUNDERSTANDING trains are here
after to be the rule between New Y orls
and Chicago. {
An immense 12,ooo-ton hydraulic
forging press is to be erected in the
Carnegie armor plate plant.
The possibilities of wireless teleg-
raphy were predicted by James Brown
Lindsay, of Dundee, Scotland, in 1884.
The Texas authorities are about to
establish d system whereby 1000 CON
victs can be employed on 5000 acres of
sugar cane land.
A canal is being agitated from the
Mississippi river, along the coast Of
Texas, to the Rio Grande, six feet deep
and 80 feet wide, at an estimated cost Of
81, 500, 900. ~
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
TOO CONSERVATIVE.
Discrimination for Chang. H.. r-..
Quently Injured the best In.
tere.ts Of Our Farmers.

1t is but natural that farmers
should be the most conservative of
all classes of people, from the fact
that their lives are the most indie
pendent and less restricted by the
policy spirit than any other indus
trial class. The farmers dealings are
largely with Providence direct, with
no machine-made rules to. control his
acts or motives. Thus. he should, and
does, possess a sounder integrity and
more stable moral sense than is found
elsewhere. This conservative, quality
has without doubt been a safeguard
to the nation at many critical times
in our history. when political in
trigues and partisanship were rife. It
has also been handicap to the farm
ers themselves in some instances.
Their disinclipation for change has at
times blocked the wheels which would
have advanced their Interests materi-
ally, had they been more ready to ac-
cept innovations. An instance of the
truth of which was shown in the an
tagonistic attitude toward rural de-
livery of mail. For time the oppo-
sition was the strongest from many
Of the farmers themselves. That
same movement for extending postal
convenience will do much toward
making farmers better business men.
Quicker to take advantage of circum-
stances which would promote their
interests, or to oppose those that will
react against them. Farmers should
be the most independent and fearless
of citizens, which is their right, and
that should not prevent their becom-
ing up-to-date business men.-Agri-
cultural Epitomist.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
Hospital for tired Trees.

Paris has learned the art of trans
planting large trees successfully, SO
that at the earliest signs of decay a
street tree may be removed and the
symmetry of the vista not spoiled by
it's successor, says Harper's Maya
zine. For these trees alone the ex-
penses of Paris amount to about $780,
600 a year. The municipal nurseries
include q hospital or ''cure," for
the tired trees, where they are re-
stored, if possible, to health and
strength in soil that is richer than
the city's. In spring and fall these
trees on their way to or from the
hospital are no uncommon feature in
the street, scenes Of Paris.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
-
P!QA1, s [ AZ
IMPROVEMENT.
ECONOMICAL FENCING.
How an Ordinary Rail Fence came
Made to Last for Years With
out Repairs. ~

"A great many farms in Kentucky and
In other states have rail fences, which
will not turn stock and which give the
Owners great deal of trouble in keep
ing the rails on the fence and the stakes
lin the ground. Incur section We have
solved this question by the use of q
little wire and some ingenuity. We
have made out of our old rail fence Q
new fence, which will turnss1y kind OF
stock and which costs very little cash
:. outlay, compared with other fences.
believe it is the only fence know of
that you begin to build from the top,
says writer in the Ohio Farmer, in
preface to the, following directions:
Tools-A pair of wire pincers or
piers, 4 grubbing hoe, rack made of
1eby 3 strips 61s feet tall Gig. ~, to
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19

{. a eertaiae peeAgFsssasan has siastsnete4
h's kutier to taS&t4 al undesirable cailnnn
that he 1.-THE bath md ea1aoesa 6esS1.
One day f6t6y asscnstituent With 1sgris1.
ances 70 exploits Allied every s1aysa At I'd ~
house, but no natter at what a Cus,she
presented himself he was invariably in
formed that the honorable N. G. was
bathing. His last visit he timed late in the
afternoon. but was again chagrined to
learn that Mr.. Y was in the bath.
Whereupon the disappointed constituent
wrote upon his card: You may succeed, if
one of these days; but if you should spend
the rest Of your life in a bathtrb it wculd
not purify. your conscience or your political
record. IN. Y. Tribune. >'--
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
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The CAUSE PROSpERS.
nach Good WORK IL Being Do..
EveFywhere IN the Cause Of
Improvka Roads.

sometimes 1T appears that the good
roads question had got stuck in the
mud somewhere and never-was going
to succeed in extricating itself. But
that Is far from the truth of the m.t-
ter. A question Involving so many
and important points cannot be an
swered in a day nor in a year, and
though the material evidences of adj
vance are not so numerous as its en-
thuslastic advocates might wish them
to be, something decidedly better, and
which in the end will prove more sub
stantial by far, is being done in the
interest of good roads. We refer to
the intelligent study and discussion
that is going forward to determine
upon materials, methods, cost, etc., of
road improvements in various locali-
lies.
We are glad to know also that the
government now is prepared to exam
inc, test exhaustively and report upon
the adaptability of materials for road
building. If you happen to. have in
your neighborhood certain materials
which you believe could be turned to
account in this direction, you can,
without great cost to yourself, find out
exactly what their true value is. As a
macadam road costs from $4,000 to
$10, 900 per mile, and difference in the
choice of materials may make it last
anywhere from two to 80 years, the
enormous value to the taxpayers Of Sc
lecting the best material-which often
costs as little as the poorest-is OBJ
vious. and this latest step by the de-
partment OF agriculture must be con-
sidered of large Importance.
Another thing, the advocates Of
good roads are learning that much
must be done in the way of prepare
tion for the great. work Of building
good roads over a country so vast as
our own; that the difference between
success and failure, gain and loss,
though vast in the total, may depend
upon distinctions which seem so slight
at the outset as to appear insigniti-
cant.
The recent meeting of the Good
Roads association at Buffalo. indica ted
great advance along these lines.
Among the important resolutions
adopted by that meeting were the fol-
lowing: That experience has demon
strated that the greatest progress for
good roads has been made in the states
where the system of state cooperation
has prevailed under the direction and
control of state highway commits
sion or engineering department.
Therefore, we recomend this plan to
the several states as far as the same
may be applicable to their conditions;
that this congress Endorses the use of
convict labor where practicable in the
work on public roads or in the prepa-
ration of materials therefor, thereby
taking the convicts out of competition
with honest labor; that this congress
heartily approves of the use of the
wide tire on all public roads and the
substitution of the payment Of the
usual road taxes in cash instead of in
labor.-Farmers' Voice.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
HOMEMADE WAGON WHEEL.

the -spokes of the old wagon wheel
nail on four more boards on top of the
first four boards, being sure to break
joints. Do likewise and nail four or
eight boards on opposi te side of spokes.
The wheel is then shown as in Fig. ID.
By getting eight, 12 or 6quarter-inch-
bolts of the required length to go
through from one side to other, bolt
ed firmly, you will have wheel that
will hold six tons, and by having a
light tire riveted on will have wheel
that will last for years. The wide
boards should go on hind wheels; hubs
are about eight inches through. Eight
inch boards will make exactly two
foot wheel, which is high enough for
the hind wheels, as it makes wide
surface and will run light, and more
handy wagon cannot be found.-S.
Doll, in Farm and Home.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
Odorless Flowers.

|. A German botanist is saio to have
discovered that out of over 5000 spe-
cies of flowers cultivated in Europe
only 400 possess an agreeable perfume.
Flowers with white or cream-colored
petals are more frequently odorifer-
Gus than others. Next in order come
the yellow flowers, then the red, after
them the blue, and finally the violet,
of which only 10 varieties out. Of 30s
give off pleasing perfume. In the
whole list $3.50 varieties are offensive
in odor and 1890 have no perceptible
smell, either good or bad.-N. Y. Sun.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
A POOR MANS WAGON.
How an Apparently Useless vehicle
Can he Converted Into a Serve
iceablc One,

By a little ingenuity an apparently
useless wagon may be made very
serviceabie. Take two boards, 1xsx1e
feet, and two boards, 1x1O, or 12x1e
feet, and saw as in Fig. A. Nail four
of them on outside of spokes, then
mark the circle as shown by dotted
lines in Fig. B. When this is done you
have wheel as in Fig. G. Saw off
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
LIE Il GrowinR Lonrer.

From statistics and certain changes in our
methods Of living, it has been proven that
justified in believing this when we consider
the great advance-made in medicine during
the past fifty years, the most noteworthy Of
them being Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
This ideal medicine cures headache, sour
stomach, belching, heartburn and. indiges-
ton, also steadies the nerves. induces sound
sleep and prevents malaria, fever and ague.
Be sure to try it.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
NOT SANDWICH ISLANDS.
The Name Formerly Applied to the
Hawaiian Group IL Now
Seldom Used.

ed by the chamber OF commerce the
other day advocated the establishment
of 'cable communication between the
United States and the Philippines by
way of the Sandwich islands," This
designation of the Hawaiian islands
was probably mere force of old habit
or "slip of the PEN" The name Sand
wich islands is not properly applied to-
day to our territory of Hawaii. Geog-
raphers and map makers all over the
world have discontinued the use of the
former name, says the New York Sun.
The Hawaiian islands were called
the Sandwich islands by the famous
Capt. Cook, when he discovered them,
in honor of British nobleman who
was one of the most conspicuous pro-
motors of geographical discovery in
his day. At the time the islands were
named in his honor Lord Sandwich was
lord of the admiralty. It was under
his administration that Capt. Cook en-
riched geography with SO many splen-
did and important discoveries. The
naming of the islands for Lord Sand
witch was referred to at the time as "a
tribute justly due to the noble person
for the liberal support these voyages
have derived from his power"
For many years the islands were
known as the Sandwich islands. When,
however, the natives became some.
what advanced in civilization they be.
gan to protest against the abolition of
the name which they and their fore
fathers had known for many genera
lions. They never used the name
which Capt. Cook gave them. They
called their country the kingdom of
Hawaii. In all their relations with
other countries, in all their official pa
pers, the name Sandwich never ap.
peared. When King Kalakaua visited
this country he was occasionally spok-
en- of as ''the king of the Sandwich is
lands" He never failed to correct,
most politely, the person who named
him in this manner. The only refer
sence to his little kingdom that ever
seemed to distress him was when it
was called the Sandwich islands.
Many missionaries and merchants
sympa thized with the desire of the ma
tives to preserve their ancient name.
For years past it has been regarded
as improper for an explorer to attach
- new name to any geographical OBJ.
ject having distinct native name.
The British themselves have been great
ssticklers for the retention of native
names except when some conspicuous
object was named after members of
the royal family. But the fact that the
retention of native names is generally
advocated helped to bring about the
disuse of the name that Capt. Cook
gave to the Hawaiian group.
81 All the best aliases now give the ma
tive name to the group. The "Inter-
national Geography" the latest impor-
tant geography published in Great
Britain, speaks of the Hawaiian is
lands as formerly known as theSand-
witch islands,
Of course the islands can never be
called the Sandwich islands in our
country, for this would be contrary to
the present usage in all lands and to
our own official designation of the new
territory of Hawaii
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
SISTERS OF CHARITY
All Over United State. Use Pe.ru.na
for Catarrh.

From q Catholic Institution IN Ohio
comes the following recommend from
the Sister Superior:
"Sonle years ago q friend Of our Ia.
sfifufi0n recommended to us Dr. Hart.
mans Peruna az an excellent remedy
for the inNuenxa of which we then had
several cases which threatened to be Of
q serious character:
owe began to use It and experienced
Peruna has become our fav0rite .n1edi-
cine for Influenza, cafarrh, cold, cough
and bronchitis. -
SISTER SUPERIOR.
DIR. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first to formulate Peru
ma. It was through his genius and per-
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19

Horsetadish is just as palatable in
December and January as in April and
May. Dig some and bury it in sand
and getout a root occasionally through
the winter, and see how nice fresh
grated horseradish. goes.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
Larrest M tl,e worId.

Walter Baker 4 Co., Limited, Dorchester,
cocoa and chocolate in the world.
They received gold medal from the Paris
exposition of last year.
This year they have received three gold
medals from the Pan-American exposition
at Buffalo.
Their : goods are the standard for purity
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19

DAVID MENKISON.
Hyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write ri1,, at once to Dr.: Hartman. giving
will be pleased to give you his valuable
advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
And They AIarveled.

"And what are you makings'' We asked
the play Of his brawny muscles. =
Maxim cowcatchers for milk trains" he
replied, without looking up from his work.
Whereat we passed on, nlarveling greatly
at the intricacies of modern science.SBalti.
more American.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
Point az view.

at is hard to lose ones relations aid
the seedy individual with a mourning band
on his hat.
"Hard?" ehcoed the man whose check is
good for million. why, sir, it's simply
impossible. Chicago Daily News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
Flattery.

Miss Bragg met that wealthy Mr.. Wes-
tron at the Cadleys' last night.
Miss Nagg-Did you, indeed?
Yes. He sat next to me at dinner, and
was pleased to remark upon my birdlike APP
petite"
an ostrich farm, you Know. S@Philadelphia
Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
False Hope,

TEST heard him say he felt rather en-.
couraged because you left the gas turned
low in the parlor when he called.
Jess--How foolish of him! One needs a
dark room to develop negative.-Albany
journal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19

Gentlemen !: -
II have used sew
eral bottles of
Peruna and feel
greatly benefited
thereby from my
catarrh of tho
head, and feel en-
couraged to be.
lieve that it's con-
tipued use will
fully eradicate q
disease of thirty
years standing"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
His Hope.

Sue Brette-I see they have named q
cigar after your leading man.
The Manager-Well, hope to gra.
cious it will draw better than he does.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19

severance that it was introduced to the
medical profession of this country.
The following letter is from Congress-
man Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
Detroit. Mieh.. Oct 8. 1901.

] De1fOM Nch, q 7yOL
DR. S B. Hartman, Columbus,
Dear S7he girl used the Pefuns suffering from
yngs and loss " voice TIE result Of satlsc
hope to b able to enhC! cured SISTERS OF CHARITY
This
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
Florida Special via big Four Route.

Florida Special via Big Four Route.
Chicago to, Jacksonville and St. Angus
tine, effective Jan. 8, 1902, the big Four
T operate ate through PIma an sfegsrs rG%
and st. Augustine, Via Cincinnati, Queen &
Crescent, Sou. R'y, Plant System and Fla.
East Coast Ry., leaving Chicago at loo p.
m. daily except Sunday. Dining and OBJ
servation cars. For full information adj
dress J. G. Tucker, Gen. Nor. Agt., 234 Clark
ST., Chicago, Warren J. Lynch, g. ?. & =.
A., o. v; 2. Deppe. A. g. Pa =. A.. Gin.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19

Bill-"Old Skinfint says his first dollar
was the. hardest TO get1', Jiil--'.Yes; and
the last is the hardest to give up. onkers
Statesman. #3a ~ q
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
VIC Hand.ome.t CaIend.r

Ane HuMUwUMebe OH1eHuAE
Of the season Tin ten colors) six beautiful
heads ION six sheets, l0xl2 inches), repro
General Passenger Department, Chicago,
Milwaukee & St Paul Railway, will be senr
on receipt of twenty-five cents Address F.
A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chi
caGO. IS
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19

2 The older woman grows the sweeter
sound the words II love you."-Judge.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-12-19
walters' Arithmetic,

"Waiter,I find have just enough money
TO pay for the dinner, but have nothing
in the way of tip for yourself"
Moonshine.