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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-03-28
Rooms 10 reu.--apply to o. s. Gun.

Rooms to rent apply 70 O. 8. Gun
derson.
Faster Sunday April 9Th. Bonnets
will be few and far between this year
that IL new mes.
REESE Hadlock has accepted . po-
sition with A. B. Cox & Co., and will
sell Mccormick machinery to baat the
band.
MIR. and Mrs. c. NJ. Marsh and
family left for Valley City last Satur-
day where they will make their future
home.
Will the member of the A. O. q. w.
lodge who has the book cntitled '.Rob
Roy" by Sir Waller Scott, please re-
turn it.
Easter and Friendship hearts in
solid gold and sterling silver for sale
at Varnson's, the jeweler. Engraved
free of charge.
! Fresh doughnuts and cake every
Saturday. MRS. F.. L. HoDaMAN.
Clarence Campbell returned from
his winters sojourns At Livona, where
he has been trapping, etc. Clarence
brough back several fine mounted
deer heads.
Ran Hazard has accepted q position
for the Deering company and will 60
out on the road for that company In a
few days. Ran Is . hustler and will
undoubtedly earn his salary.
i Gull River yard has on hand nul
i coal ia any quantity.
1 Mrs. A. Golf and son Parker, re
turned home from visit to Rogers
last Friday, and the boss of the bes
telephone system in the state looks al
pleasant as a Juno morning-when il
is fine.
The pocket edition of the new SEES
siou laws is out. The price of the law,
is 75c. II you want one Of these
books you can leave your order will
the Courier aud get it filled promptly
, Sample book can be seen at this Office
WANTED-a frst-class gill To-
general housework at once. Apply t,
MIR. Geo. Newberry.
Messrs. al. Shue and G. j. Parke
! shipped twenty head Of nice lookin!
, horses to Peoria, H., last SATURDAY.
5 where they expect to sell them at
{ good round figure to the natives i
that locality. We hope the boys vii
a realize handsomely oh the undertak
ing.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-03-28
SEED wheat FOR SALE
For cash or on time.
WHEAT WAS RAISED IN 1897
Call at r. G. Cooper's elevator at Cooperstown
North Dakota

p. K. Moe doesn't believe in run.
ming behind his neighbors when 1t
comes down to public improvements.
so he has recently had a ladies' par
lor fixed up in connection will, his
restaurant and is now in better shope
than ever to accommodate the public.
e. K is q hustler.
The session Of the Longfellow liter
ary society last Friday evening was
quite largely attended. Minnie Peder-
son and Agnes Houme, by acting q
dialogue, showed the ladies present
how they looked when they met to talk
about their neighbors. The question
of whether woman's work is harder
for her than mans is for him was de-
cided in woman's favor by two juries,
one composed of ladies and the other
of men, both juries agreeing in their
verdiets A resolution in effect like
the following was passed: Resolved,
That ia their search after truth, the
truths of the bible shall not be ques-
toned by this society. A JUSTICE.
FOR RENT-a six room house on
the Boulevard. Inquire of
E. MARQuARDT.
The base ball season has every In
dication of opening up successfully at
Cooperstown. Some of the fans held
meeting last Wednesday evening at
the fire hall and it was the unanimous
opinion that the ball club should be
sustained and that it get after another
string of base ball scalps this season.
Last year "the boys" made the best
record of any club in the state, win
ming % out of 26 games. We have
the best ball park in the state and the
town will stand by the club. Chef
Hoar has decided to remain at Coop
erstown and throw the funny curves
for the club and hot time can be
looked for this summer. The club
will be newly uniformed and fence
will be completed around the grounds
by the association, Now if some of
those second class teams like Grand
Forks know anything about the game
they had better put themselves into ac-
tive communication with this club and
learn how the game is played on a
good diamond by a good team like
CooperstowD.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-03-28

George Adams finds the dray busi-
ness picking up. SO he recently pur
chased a heavy black team from e. s.
Hamilton and pat on another dray.
George is also hslst'er for business
and don't propose to get lost in the
shuttle. and don't you forget 1t.
The Buffalo lodge is alright. Ifyou
can't see the pcint your eyes need
tending to at once aud should be fitted
with glasses.
O. M. NARNsoN,
Optician.
VIM. BrOwafeld belongs to the
Yeoman lodge. EARLY in the winter
he got into the way of either a horses
or mules foot and broke a bone in
his leg which knocked him out of do
ing chores for the rest of the winter.
Last Friday he received nice little
check from the Yeoman order for
8a72.17. the amount due him for ac-
cident insurance. The check comes In
handy and William is of the opinion
that as a lodge the Yeoman is not SO
worse.
Dr.. Rose, resident dentist, Coopers-
town. N. D., can be found in his Office
from the LIST to the 18th of each month.
Office in Syverson's new building. up
stairs.
That the firemen had one Of the
incest parties of the season will be
vouched for by all who attended. There
was just enough of crowd present to
make it comfortable and everybody
had a good time. Crokinole, caroms
and cards were played until eleven
O'Clock when a very fine lunch was
served by Mrs. f. L. Hodgeman who
had taken the CONTRACT to feed as
hungry a crowd of citizens that ever
gathered under a roof. That she did
so by serving one of the incest lap
suppers everybody will vote aye.
There weregood things to eat innumer-
able and after all had got sufficient
there we're several basketfuls left, SO
| to speak. Following the supper the
tables, etc., were removed and Reu-
bens orchestra struck up soul stir
ring waltz and the dance was on and
continued until 3 O'Clock. The fire.
men can take credit to themselves for
giving their guests a very enjoyable
ltime.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-03-28

Miss Fannie Palmseier will con-
mence teaching scl,Uol q Binford next
Monday, completing . torn Tor Niss
Ida Olson. The present teacher.
Winter still fingers In the lap oi
spring and 10 apparently In no hurry
70 change places. Last year We had
had several dust storms up 70 this
time.
Alderman ]. c. Flynn does not be-
lieve in being behind when 1t comes
down to bucking the opposition, or he
has purchased ant received u fine bus
and now Jack can put on just as much
style as anybody.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
OF INTEREST IN CITIES.

Los Angeles has 10 parks, big and
little, the aggregate park area being
s,74o acres.
Automobile racers have q record of
an average of 16 miles an hour between
New York and Boston. There are
ships that can beat that by eight or
nine miles an hour.
According to decision of the court
In Massachusetts,, all women and girls
employed in hotels are under the pro-
lection of the eight-hour working law.
which is to be rigidly enforced.
In New York city, on the average. Ga
per cent. of the daylight hours are
sunny. In Rome the figure is SO per
cent, in Madrid, as; in Vienna, IS; Ber-
lin, 80; ST. Petersburg. IS; London, %.
The Kansas wheat belt centers
around Wichita. Within a hundred
mile radius of the town fully 60 per
cent. of the wheat of Kansas was
raised, while in IT counties of
southern and central Kansas so per
cent of the yield was reaped. In north
ern Kansas but little wheat is raised.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
ECHOES FROM THE BIG TOWNS

In London $1,000 girls attend cook
Eyeglasses.
Fewer people proportionately keep
their own carriages in Paris than in
London.
The board of health of the city OF
Galveston is arranging for large sup
ply of oil from the Beaumont wells to
be used in fighting mosquitoes.
Twenty-nine per cent. of Engiand's
population live in cities of over 100 900.
In the United States the proportion is
10 per cent; in Germany, II; in France,
IL; Austria, 8, and Russia, s.
In all big cities there are multitudes
of folk who work in the night time. In
London fully 100, 900 inhabitants earn
their bread by the sweat of their
brows between sunset and sunrise.
dime-museum sire eater" in New
York tried to vary his programme by
inhaling gas, lighting his breath, and
furnishing heat to cook griddle-cakes.
He collapsed from the effects of the
gas.
runaway horse In Denver the
other day finished his fight by land
ing in the interior of a rapidly moving
trolley car, where he rode for nearly
a block before the vehicle could be
StoDned
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
JUST A HINT OR TWO.

Salt sprinltled on any substane.
that is burning on the stove will stop
the smoke and smell.
The outside of nickel chatting dish
should never be immersed in water;
simply wipe it off and give final pol.
ish with piece of channels.
A crust of dry bread added to the
water in which green's are boiled is
said to absorb any strong flavor or
odor that may be objectionable.
Add little turpentine to the water
with which the floor is scrubbed. IT
Will take away the close smell and
make the room delightfully."- fresh.
II alcohol is used to clean giIded
picture frames-and nothing is bet
ter for the purpose-it should be ap-
piled very lightly with a camel's-hair
brush. The beaten white of egg is
also a good cleansing agent for the
gilt, and needs the brush application
with the same light touches.
Recent Investigations made by
Prof. Atwater showed that the bread
for family OF six persons when
bought costs IS cents day and when
made at home II cents, including
fuel. The family was that of a work
fngman earning $3.50 day, and the
chief article of food was bread.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Typhoid fever deaths have fallen in
London from 374 deaths per million
In 1871 to $50 per million at present.
The chronoscope will register the
velocity of bullet 10 times in 100 feet.
1t registers the millionths of seconds.
OF 1000 unvaccinated children. 36o
were found TO be pitted with smallpox.
Out of 1000 vaccinated only two were
found so marked.
Rice, raw eggs and boiled venison
are the easiest things to digest. Al
the other end of the scale are pork.
cabbage and hard-boiled eggs, which
take four hours TO digest.
In cubic yard of air in a LondoD
suburb 10000 dust particles have been
measured. Near Charing Cross there
are usually 100000; but there is only
one mierobe in $4,000, 900 of such dust
atoms.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
Ex-GovERNoRS OF STATES.

OF the surviving governors of Vir.
ginia, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is the best
known.
ot the surviving governors of
Massachusetts, the most prominent
In public life is Secretary Long, three
times consecutively elected governor
of the Bay state, and now secretary
of the navy.
1t is somewhat curious fact that
excepting President Mckinley and
Senator Foraker, whose official resi-
dences are in Washington, a majority
of the surviving former governors of
Ohio are now residents of New York
city.
There are six surviving governors
OF New York: Cornell, elected in
1879; Cleveland, elected in 1882; Hill.
first elected in 1888; Morton, elected
In 1894; Black, elected in 1896, and
Roosevelt, elected in 1898. Three of
the six, after having been governor,
attained honors in the field of ma
tional politics; Cleveland as presi-
dent; Hill as senator, and Roosevelt
as vice president.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
RELATING TO ANIMALS.

Bees eat 20 pounds of honey in max
ing one pound of wax.
The common wasp will DESTROY so
to 12o flies day.
There are about 1000, 900 cats in the
United Kingdom
The founder lays 100000 eggs a
year, the turbot 12,O0O,0Oo
1t is estimated that one crow win de-
stroy 100000 insects every year
The temperature of a live oyster in
81 degrees; that of man, 90 degrees,
A camel can carry 400 pounds weight
40 miles day, and work from the ape
OF five to thirty years. An OK cannot
carry more than 200 pounds on his
back, nor travel over "a miles a day.
1t is said that there were at least
100000 mustangs scattered over the
plains of Arizona, New Mexico and
Texas ten years ago and that now
nearly all of them are gone. A few
were caught and kept by the Indians
in their reservations, but the wild
horse, in his natural state, is practical
ly extinct
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13

The wig-wagging went on, Crafts
message was only half completed. A
glance into the valley showed him
the signaled order to leave his post
and to retreat to the camp. The in
itial message was not yet finished.
Craft kept on wig-wagging. The
fragment of shell shattered the
flagstaff in his hand. Another fra0-
ment tore his left arm. Graspine the
red banner in his right hand and
raising himself to his full height Ire
made a fiagpole of his uplifted arm
and finished the message while the
raining shells dug graves all about
him.
Second Lieut.. David L. Craft. siS-
nal officer, descended that Peters
burg hill a brevet captain. Five lines
description in the Army Register of
how he held the signal tower had
more pull in it for Paddy" Craft
than would have come to him from
the work of score of politicians.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
MESS ROOM GOSSIP,

The percentage of illiterates among
army conscripts in Italy is sc.
The 90 biggest men in the Scots
guards average feet 2M inches in
height.
Ninety-five per cent. of British sol
diers can read and write, against 6s
per cent. in 1860 4 S---e-~s.,I Esa..Sy'
The army allows about 80, 900 pounds
of food year for Is men, but in the
arctic regions people eat st least a
quarter as much more. II costs three
dollars month more 20 feed a man
in Greenlsnd than in New York.
All EuropsSn armies have certain
extras weekly in the way OF food.
Sugar is given in England and France.
two gallons of beer in Russia, one
half gallon wine in Italy, three
pounds of fish in Spain and five ounces
of butter in Belgium.
Lieut.. Hobson, in the course Of n
speech delivered in Boston the other
day gave it as his opinion that the
faults of sailors as men were largely
due TO the fact that they were for
the most part so much without homes
and away from the influence of
women.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
GLASS BRIC-A-BRAC.

III the stem Oh a wine glass or vac
is broken mending is sometimes pos
slole by applying to the joints some
easily fusible cement, such as shellac.
through silver tube.
Glass, though proverbially brittle,
VIII stand any amount of hard usage;
but once it is broken the on.y thing
that remains to be done is to throw
1t away. Cementing will not do much
good.
Glass that has been properly an
nealed will stand variations of tenn
perature perfectly well, but il this
hasn't been done it is likely to break
Instantly and without apparent rea-
son.
Frequently globes and chimneys
fly to pieces when not properly heat
ed. This is due to draught or moist
ure upon the chimney, especially
lamp chimneys, which will crack
from top to bottom even after the
lamp has been extinguished.
Glass vases used for flowers fire.
quently become coated with an un-
pleasant deposit in the Inaccessible
parts of the inside. This is due 70
decayed stems of flowers that are
left too long in the water. This de-
post may be removed by cleaning
with cloth that has been dipped In
pumice-stone powder.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
A sHowMAN'S PHILOSOPHY.

las everybody knows. the great show
man wrote book, OF which, of course he
was very proud. but the part OF which he
was proudest was what he called his
philosophy" printed in the appendix. IL
consists Of epigrammatlc sentences well
worth remembering. Here are some OF
them:l
Amusement to children is like rain
to flowers.
A happy child is likely to make an
honest man.
If you would be as happy as a child
please one.
Childish wonder is the first step in
human wisdom.
Childish laughter is the echo of
Heavenly music.
The author of harmless mirth is a
public benefactor.
Innocent amusement transforms
tears into rainbows.
To best please a child is the high
est triumph of philosophy.
would rather be called the chill
dren's friend than the worlds king.
He that makes useful knowledge
most attractive to the young is the
king of sages,
To stimulate wholesome curiosity
in the mind of child is to plant
golden seed,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
DICTATES OF DAME FASHION.

A very quaint fashion is the revival
of the paletot, it being most popular
in black taffeta. II makes a pretty,
light and inexpensive summer wrap
much beruched and trimmed.
There Is such lot in color, and few
women know how to make the most of
it. Black is either very becoming or
quite the reverse, though on the
whole it is smart, especially for even
ing wear.
Women have recently been wearing
China silk skirts with their light cling
ing gowns, and some of these go in
with the lingerie. Nainsook, however,
is the material of all others for the
finest of petticoats.
Some of the newest French sleeve
models show the most approved forms
OF the elbow styles arranged in every
sort of quaint and fanciful form. and
also the pretty coat shapes with pic
turesque finish at the top and about
the wrists, the wrinkled NOUS
quetaire forms, and the graceful bell
styles with dainty undersleeves of
gathered null. hatiste, net or chiffon.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13

she undertook some time ago to exc
cute for the Manchester cathedral.
The result is said to be most satisfac-
tory.
Gustav Korn, a New York brush
maker, has made a life-size portrait
of George Washington in bristles of
various colors, taking Stuart's cele-
brated painting for model. The
bristle picture is said TO be quite a
work of art. Il is on exhibition in the
window of Pearl street store.
Miss Ellen Terry the other day OBJ
jected to the number of her photo
graphs in various characters scat
tered throughout the house ,f a
friend. why, it's embarrassing" she
said. Here 1 am weeping in your
bedroom. mad in your dining-room
and dying three different ways in
your drawing-room."
M. .Daumet, of the French institute,
and number of other French archi-
tects have petitioned the senate
against any interference with re-
ligious orders, on the ground that
many of their buildings are the glory
OF France, and that they are likely to
continue furnishing employment to
the building trade.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
ASSAILED BY HIPPOS.
Lionel Decle's Thrilling Adventure
In the Heart of Africa.
Time and Again II Seemed That His
Boat Would He Broken Into
Nindling by Some wound
ed Monster.

Many people in the United States
know what it is to face a mob of
half-crazed men, but few people have
had the experience of standing off a
mob of roaring hippopotami Lionel
Decle, who journeyed through the
heart of Africa from Cape Colony to
Cairo, for five days fought his way
down the upper Nile, opposed at every
few yards by great, hulking hippo
potami, who had every disposition to
wreck the travellers frail boat, but
whose clumsiness, together with the
unceasing vigilance of the explorers,
alone prevented the catastrophe.
All the long way from wadelai to
Ahudu the young explorer and his
men battled with their great lumber
ing foes.
Mr.. Decle, in describing this part Of
his experiences, says: Eve had DAYS
of incessant danger from the hippos
and nights of uninterrupted agony
from the mosquitoes. From the mo-
ment we started in the morning un-
til we stopped in the afternoon I had
to stand ankle-deep in the water at
the bottom of the boat, rife in hand.
while my. trusted sergeant major,
Wanna OMAR, kept watch on the 9TH
er side. Fifteen minutes never elapsed
without our coming across troops of
hippos, and these became regular
terror. The moment they saw our
boat they made a dash for it. At
first, seeing my men afraid, laughed
at them, telling them that the hippos
were much more frightened than
they, but 1 soon became more con-
cerned than the men or The hippos.
The hippos were so close that 1 want
ed to take photograph of them. Sud
denly large bull got his head clean
out OF the water, opened his mouth
and made straight for us, / did not
feel like taking a snapshot, nut seized
my eight-bore. The beast dived, and
three seconds later was only four
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13

4 rect from the boat. l scarce knew
what to do. If fired and shot him
the rate at which he was going would
bring him right under the boat and
Just one dying struggle would send us
nylhg In the air. / covered him, and
whether the movement frightened
him or whether he thought better of
; IT, he dived, and his head Just rubbed
| the side of the boat.
had not recovered from nv sur
prise, when, cracki went a shot he
hind me. The men rowed for dear
life into a shallow place, and. turning
around, saw huge hippo strugvlig
In the water within ten yards of MS
My man had shot him within five
yards of the boat as he was MAKING
for 1t. Luckily there was a large
stretch of shallow water close to rs
ana we got into it. Behind us the
ln1uriated monster, who had only
been wounded, was rearing, plungin9.
and trying to get at us. We turned
the boat around and then witnessed
q wonderful sight. The hippo could
not swim TO us, but got IN shallow
water and tried to get at us. RadIv
wounded, he fell on his knees rosa
out OF the water, tried to ret on the
sand bank, fell back, rolling over ana
Intimately forced his way towards Ms
Bang! went my eight-bore at 30 wards
anu incredible as it may seem, the
bullet struck on his back and glanced
on, cutting a deep furrow in his skin
A second shot hit him, and he rolled
over ont recovered his footing, and
we poured lead into him, and, after a
minutes terrible struggles, he rolled
around and died, with one-half of his
body standing out of the water.
We had settled one beast, but all
around rs the river was alive with
others. There were at least 40 and |
there might have been 60. tn oo+
ahead we had TO go among them. The
river was at least four miles broad |
with half dozen channels runnino
between submerged islands of reeds
on might have got on one of these
Islands, but you would never have
reached the mainland. To shoot NJ
another hippo meant only to increase
our danger, as if we merely wounded
him 1t would infuriate the beast. and
II we killed him it would not drive
the others away. / Therefore decided
TO let all my men fire volleys into rho
water between us and the hippoe.
had ten guns, and we fired three vol
leys, after which, to our great relief
the whole herd dived, and we could
see them 200 yards or so higher nm
the stream. For five days or so this
sort of thing went on. We sometimes
found the stream absolutely obstrucr-
ed with the herds. Twice we shot
some of them charging us, and once
we were followed for 20 minutes bv
huge bull. who, luckily, kept Some
30 yards behind u.s."
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-13
HEADGEAR FOR WOMEN.

This is the season of the Mexican
hats.
Sprays of pink hawthorn charm
lngly adorn some of the modish exam
pies of millinery.
The country girl will find she is be-
ing catered for most lavishly, and all
the leading milliners are showing de-
hghttul straws in burnt and various
brown shades, for boating and cyclinp
simply trimmed with colored foulard
and silks or several shades of taffeta
ribbon.
A simple and pretty hat is trimmed
with black and white ribbon Of the
finest of fine checks, having the Of.
feet of gray. 1t is carried around the
hat in folds, having the familiar trinI.
fence effect, not meeting at the back
but carried over the rim, tied once nm
derneath, the ends fringed and bang-
ing close to the hair. The shape is a
rolling sailor, and there are eriIles at
the side.