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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
IN FAR.oFF PROVINCES.
England has had tax on beer for
800 years past.

England has had tax on beer for
800 years past. -
Bamboo in Java makes an effective
poison, the hairs on the young roots.
being mixed with food:
Millions of Hindus live, marry and
rear families on an income which rare
~ exceeds half q dollar Of our money
a week. They never eat meat and need
hardly any clothing.
Kent's county. council has decided
that baby carriages should carry lights
at night, as the language Of the
statute regulating the lighting of We
hicles is general enough to cover per-
ambulators.
Some of the late Lord Henry Benz
tinck's brandy, which had passed into
the possession of Mr.. H. Chaplin, was
sold in London lately, the 1893 vintage
selling for $1s bottle, record price,
and the rest at from SIS to SIG bot
tie. Hook of 1861 sold for 500 .
dozen. u -
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
BREAKING The HELPER.
Many Dairyaea Dread rhis opesa>
ties, and In Most Cases without
Reasonable Cause.

We have broken several Jerseys and
have cows that apparently never knew
how to kick, writes G. c. lies, in the
Ohio Farmer.
In the first place, the heifer should
be perfectly tame; should never have
known fear of her owner; should be
accustomed to going into the stable.
We prefer the winter time, as she is
accustomed to being. in the stable
then. However, she should be tame
enough to GO, into it at any time with
out fear and anxiety regarding the
safety of the calf when we are around,
while If we came around her for the
first time after the calf is several
hours old she seems to think we want
to injure the calf, and she is fright
ened; and there are other reasons for
being with her at the time.
We never touch a heifer's udder be-
fore she is fresh. In nearly every case
she will resent it with a kick, and
once started to kicking she may keep
at it. We often read advice to ac-
custom the heifer to having her udder
handled before being fresh. We won
der if the author of such advice prac-
tees it. It is contrary to nature for
a heifer to allow her udder to be med
died with until the time comes for her
to be MIXED. The first time we touch
her udder is when the calf sucks the
first time. It is natural for her to
want to be MIXED then. In a few
hours we separate the calf and heifer
and when we wish to milk her we turn
her with the calf and let the calf suck
while we milk. We milk her in this
way few times, when we separate
them for good. and we seldom have
any trouble afterward.
We are always very careful not to
hurt her in milking There is great
difference in the way different people
milk. Some squeeze the teats so
roughly and pull downward SO hard
that the cow kicks because she is hurt.
Avoid hurting your COW and she will
not kick you. No heifer should be al
lowed to be fresh without having been
fed and prepared for the occasion,
This is especially so if she is on dry
feed. Linseed oil meal fed with other
grain feed and clover hay will make
her in good condition. for calving.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
stan dards IN Cheese curins.


Every year new standards are being
raised in the curing of cheese. Every
year also the degree of temperature
at which cheese may be cured is low
cred by the experts. It was not long
ago that the proper temperature for
the curing Of cheese was thought to
be somewhere between 60 and 20 de-
grees. In Canada they have been cur
ing cheese at 40 degrees and doing it
successfully. The cheese so cured
were put into this temperature direct
from the hoop. The place in which
they were kept was a cold storage
house. After four months these cheese
were scored and found to be I'M every
way equal to the cheese stored in a
curing room held at 65 degrees.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
Road to Dairy Success.

Much of the profit Of dairying is eaten
up by the cows. A single COW may be
all right in appearance and even in
the quantity of milk yield, and yet
she may be merely an expensive luxury,
her feeding and care weighing more
financially than her butter product. Ev-
cry COW should be carefully tested not
only as to the amount of butter yield,
but as to the amount of feed she re-
quires to make it from. The test should
involve careful weighing of feed as
well. as butter, and COWS that do not
yield reasonab bic profit should be dis
posed Of Cincinnati, Commercial.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
HERE, THERE ANDELsEwHERE

New Zealand's crown lands are now
disposed of for 900 years.
Cork weighs IS pounds per cubic
foot, gold 1,155 pounds.
The world-famous Diesel engine 10
TO be built at South Worcester, Mass.
China raises and consumes more
ducks than any other country in the
world.
The Jewish population Of London
has. more than doubled. within 20
years.
Guernsey is the only portion of the
British empire where CONSUMPTION IL
enforced.
London bridge, when widened, will
be lighted from the center. and not
from the sides.
The population of the German em-
pire includes 100000 who use the
Polish language.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are e77 different religious
sects in Great Britain and Ireland.
The city of London, only one
square mile in area, has in all "a
churches.
In future no student under 16 viii
be admitted to the medical course at
Aberdeen university.
In 1927 the church in Mexico had
$50 converts and in 1888 it held more
than one-third of the country in
mortmain.
The prison Endeavorers, both in
Kentucky and in Texas, are having
great prosperity. In the Frankfort,
KY, prison 46 members have been re-
ceived into the white society and II
into the colored. In the Rush prison,
in Texas, 20 members have been re-
ceived since January, and the officials
testify to the good work being done.
Rev. Joseph S. Lord, of Laingsburg,
Mich, who is believed to be the old
est graduate of Yale, has received the
following letter from President Had
ley, Of that institution: "My Dear
Sir: In behalf of Yale university I
am giving myself the pleasure of
sending fluctuations to its Oldest liy-
ing graduate on the completion of his
ninety-fourth year. Faithfully yours,
Arthur 7. Hadley.'' Mr.. Lord entered
Yale in 1927 and graduated in 1881.
Southern cities as rule do not ex-
pend large sums for educational pur-
poses. this years appropriation in
New Orleans being 100000, Atlanta
$40, 900, Memphis $135,0O0, Savannah
$3.50, 900 and Baltimore $1,225,00 In
dianapolis, with ohe- third the popu-
lation of Baltimore, expends for
school purposes 100000; Buffalo ex-
ponds $1,OO0,OO0, Detroit 100000, Mil
waukee $780, 1000, Pittsburg $1,000, 900.
Salt Lake City $275,ooO, and Seattle
$500, 1000.
Miss Wayne 2. Boyer, teacher of .
school at Pleasant Grove, near Birds
boro, Pa, walked 700 miles to and
from school during the last term.
The distance from her home to the
school building is 2A miles, and this
she walked daily to and from her
home during the school term of seven
months. The trip was made in sun
shine and rain, and even the snow
filled roads did not keep the plucky
schoolmistress from her post. Miss
Boyer has an excellent voice and is
the holder of silver medal which she
won in an oratorical contest.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
Prevention Of Corn snut.

Corn smut is not easily prevented,
and to the present time we have been
able to discover no remedy for it..
Picking off the smut balls before
their envelopes have burst seems to
be the most effective preventive Of
the spread of the smut spores. Cat
tie should not be allowed to eat them,
as the spores then get into the ma
nure and are taken again to the
fields. When masses of dry smut are
found in the fall, they should be
burned. Farmers Review.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03

the frame, to hold the tank, which
clears the floor several inches, or even
a foot, according to height of frame.
Thus the milk is given fall of two OF
three feet.
The fourth side ~ is left open to ad.
NIT the tank, which has faring rim.
or a double strip of tin riveted around
its upper edge to catch on the cleats
The milk may be drawn off by means
of faucet, or it may be dipped from
the tank, Fig. 6, into the cans. Nova.
BILE steps, Fig. s, are needed for an ex.
ira high frame, and any small boy car
pour the milk into the strainer covered
funnel and dip it into cans when milk.
ing is over.
Stand it out Of reach Of flying chan
and odors. Set the milk in spring.
rather than on ice, the nights milk all
night, the mornings an hour or more.
as convenient. A spring, sheltered
from the sun by rude board house,
or only shade trees, is better than
any icehouse. Sink tub or box into
the spring or running stream, or scoop
it wider and wall around with stone,
not too deep for the cans to rest firmly
on the foundation stone. Where a
spring is not available, ice water is a
substitute. Ice, carried in the milk
cart, wedged between the cans, helps
ward off complaints Of sour milk. Tin
covers or shoppers" Fig. 2, with chin
neys having perforated sides, are in.
dispensable. Rince both can and cover
with lime water, strained, after wash.
ing.-L. L. Trott, in Farm and Home.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
SEEN In ST. PIERRE.
The Impressions Of . Visitor to the
Island Before the Recent
Cataclysm.

est. Pierre was one Of the most pic
turesque little cities in the world. I
spent few hours there once and
shall never forget the gay appearance
It presented" said Capt. John A..
Hassell, of New York, according to
the Washington Post. 1.-THE women
of st. Pierre dressed more gayly than
in any other part of the world !
ever visited. They wore many colors,
and, strangely enough, combined
them quite tremendously.
"There was practically no harbor
at st. Pierre, and the ships anchored
q short distance out at sea. As soon
as our vessel came within hailing dis
lance of ST. Pierre number of small
boats set out from shore. They were
filled with women dressed in gaudy
colors and carrying fruits, which they
offered to the passengers. I remem-
Der that many of the women had co.
coanuts from which the ends had
beeneremoved. Part of the milk had
been poured from the fruit and re-
placed by rum. Cocoanuts prepared
in that way are quite delicious and in
great demand with travellers.
''Few of the people in St. Pierre
were pure black. The negroes who
were originally in the island, the Ma
lays who were brought there to serve
as slaves, and the French and other
white people who located there, in
termarried so freely that most of the
Inhabitants showed only a trace of
the negro blood. The women were
quite dark but had good features, and
many of them were quite handsome.
Their clothing was very unusual. On
their heads they wore scarfs of bright
colors and their gowns were very fan
tastic. All through the city there
seemed to be an air of gayety and
abandon.
est. Pierre was located in a small
indenture in the shore line and its
houses were queer affairs which
seemed like lot of fancy blocks
piled up against the side of the noun
tain. Many of the houses were white
washed OF painted some very light
color. They were all short buildings
of quaint French architecture. Mo-
body worked in St. Pierre any more
than was necessary. There were mu-
sic and dancing everywhere, and the
immortality of the city will probably
lead many people to suggest that
Judgment has been brought down
upon the ill-fated city,"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
worth its weight in gold, even when
.loaded" with the golden-hued prod.
FOR CARRYING BUTTER.

worth Its weight In gold, even When
s.loaded" with the golden-hued prod
net.
Butter put up as described is very
difficult to lift out of box or any thing
else, for that matter, when snugly
packed into it. Not SO, however, with
the device shown in the sketch, because
It opens both at the top and side, and
has shelves that slide in and out, each
of which possesses rectangular open
ing in the center. By means of this
opening, if the row Of "bricks" is only
laid about it with the edge Of each pro-
jecting just trife over it, one can
readily lift out a pound of butter, SO
easy will it be for him to get his fingers
beneath it; or, on the other hand, q
shelf laden with butter can be removed
from the box and carried to the Gus
toners door, and the customer allowed
to pick out the number of pounds de-
sired. When pedd1ihg butter, this is,
in fact, much the better way to do, for
then the purchaser can see the product
to good advantage, particularly if it be
in the sunlight, and SO satisfy himself
fully as to its appearance and quality.
Presenting butter in this manner also
eliminates the necessity for handling
the product directly in another's pres
ence, which never is very desirable,
even though the butter be paper COW
cred.
Still, If butter is taken to the store,
no less convenient is this carrier; and
as to making it, anyone at all handy
with tools can do the work and pro-
duce an elegant affair, too. OF course,
good hardwood-stuff absolutely free
from odors--ought to be employed for
the purpose; but if nothing better is
obtainable, oftentimes box of the re-
quired size and quality can be found
at grocery or dry goods store.
For hinges use leather straps, and
employ the same also for the handles
by which to lift the carrier. Be sure
to have the cleats on which the shelves
are to slide exceedingly smooth and
even. Then, to hold the doors in place
when shut, use wooden buttons, as
shown, and the affair, with the shelves
properly constructed, may be consid-
cred ascomplete.-Frederick o. Sibley,
in II, Y. Tribune. $
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03

The use of an ordinary pillow in
orchard is not only expensive, but It
often does considerable harm, unless
carefully used, by tearing the roots
Quicker and better work can gener
ally be done by the use Of an orchsrd
gang plow, or better yet, with solae
Of the orchard harrows or cultivS
tors. e.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03

"Fohy," commented the large-waistcd
philosopher, "when personifed, is feminine;
not because of her possession of the attri..
butes of femininity, but because she is so
persistently pursued by man. "-1ndianap-
oils News.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
Low Rates to the East
4 q

Low Rates to the East
via the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
To Chautauqua and return, July 4th and
25th. .$l4:O0 for the round trip.
Portland, Maine, and return, July 9Th
limit may be extended to Aug. 18th.
Providence, Rhode Island, and return,
July 7-8-9, one fare for the round trip; re-
turn limit may be extended to August 18th.
Full information on application to G. +.
DAILY, Chief A. G. p. "A, Chicago.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-03
Exclusive.

Pins-Are MIS-; Mr.: Dc Styles entertain
Pong-Well, should say SO! She has just
made application to Rave the conversation
Of her guests Observation-Disclosures Her
aid.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-06
LoURDES SPRING EXHAUSTED.
cry Which Leads to Some Re-
marknble Revelations.

L. Probst, French government en-
gineer, asserts that the most of the
water used to heal the pilgrims at
Lourdes does not flow from the grotto
where the Virgin is said to have APP
peared, but is brought from a river in
a neighboring cave through subterra-
mean pipes, said to have been secretly
laid by monks years ago. Engineer
Probst occupies a high position and is
a firm believer in the Roman Catholic
religion, reports London paper. A
year ago he took his wife, who was af-
fiicted with malady the doctors had
pronounced incurable, to Lourdes, ex-
pecting cure by miracle, but as soon
as she plunged into the tank she died.
While the arrangements for her fu-
neral were being made the engineer
spent several days in observation. He
noticed that the water used in the bot
thing department did not taste like
that in the grotto, and it occurred to
him that the enormous quantities
consumed could not be furnished by
the scant grotto spring. Afterward
he got authority from the government
to investigate, and now he has made a
report in which he gives a chart of un-
derground channels and analysis show
ing different chemical elements in the
waters. Last year nearly 5000, 900 pill
grims went to Lourdes, and the monks
in charge contributed $3.50, 900 to Saint
Peters papal fund, besides buying
more land and buildings.
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says" but the terrier was not analyt-
ical, and only asked what l would have
for supper when got back, and when
l told him caramels and sugar cakes lie
seemed scornfuI. Then she went on
to tell the terriers master where she
lived, and who she was, and where she
was going, and who she liked. and who
she disliked, and lot of things, before
he could say word.
7 The next afternoon, however, as we
walked in the same direction, and Just
at the same point, the terrier came
along and whispered to me: II have
him out again. Come on, know where
there is dead rat; we will have some
sport, and they won't bother about
u.s." The terrier showed more dis
elimination, / thought, for sure
enough my mistress smiled amiably as
the terriers master joined her and
soon they took precious little notice
of us.
Time has run on. do not know
just how many afternoons we four
walked together, but at last my mis-
tress told me something she called
secret" She says that she and are
going to live in the same house with
the terrier and his master, and that he
has promised to love the ''angel dog"
Just as much as he does her. How fool
ish to tell me that. Of course he will
and she has asked me if minded?
said promptly: "Will the German girl
go?" and she understanding my barks
and looks, declared that she would
surely take her little maid with her. So
the question is settled, for the terrier
told me to-day that they will have some
thing they spoke of as a wedding, and
lois of cakes and goodies; then we can
all live in one house instead of two,
and he and can always play together.
He says, too, that his master declares
that he and made the match" what
ever that may mean. Perhaps some
of my readers may KNOWN. q. Times
Democrat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-06

sng from her window: "Angel Dog.
don't look at those low, forlorn aRi-
mails" /, of course, take no notice, and
go off as fast as can around the cor
ner with fat, good-natured pug whom
/ rather affect. Then, after late
breakfast of griddle cakes and milk ]
take long nap and every afternoon
my mistress and 1 go out for ramble.
Now, having told thus far, i want to
say what / have done recently to help
her. and how have more than repaid
her for any kindness she may have be-
slowed upon me.
Nearly every day we would meet
a very silly little fox terrier, who was
wild and playful, and although my
mistress wanted to insist that would
walk by her side, and pay no attention
to him, 1, as usual, took my own way,
and as it was useless for her to remon-
strate she got in the habit of allow.
ing the terrier, as long as she could
not help it, to accompany us on our
walks. The terrier, soon observed,
had not much sense and knew nothing
of life, not even his age, still l saw that
he was of good family, for he wore
pretty collar, and had a clean, we'll
groomed appearance generally. He
told me that his master was gentle
man who went to something he called
a CLUB" He said he thought that
there must be good eating there, for
when he came home late in the night,
he was jolly and kind, yet he never
offered to take him along, nor did he
care to walk with him. One afternoon,
however, l saw my young friend ac-
companied by rather good looking
man, just the style my mistress would
like, for he dressed well, had smooth
face, and looked bright and silly. Now
| said to myself, will have the terrier
in peace, and we can go cat hunting
and scratching up the flowers in the
beds on the squares, unmolested, if
my mistress only has her attention, for
the time being, diverted from her
"Angel Dog"
AT first, though, our owners took no
notice apparently of each other, but
insisted that we should separate, and
they each called us off continually, but
we, of course, were deaf to their sug-
gestions to part, and the terrier con-
fided in me, that he too never minded,
though when it meant whipping, and
as l never was even slapped, only
kissed as punishment, did not pre-
tend to obey, and so we trotted off to-
gether. When looked back later, sure
enough, my mistress was walking by
the terriers master, and talking to
beat the band. / knew just what she
was saying without the trouble of
listening. She was just telling him
how valuable l was Gust as if he bad
no eyes to see for himself) and what
comfort / was, and she was asking him
if he thought that his dog could pos
sibly hurt me, as if would, allow such
a thing for an instant. Then she fol-
lowed up these remarks with his
tory of the cats. Now why she will
thrust these animals into society do
not know. He seemed amused. How
curious men are" said to the terrier,
"they laugh at whatever my mistress
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In 80 out of 100 cases mans left arm
Is stronger than his right.
Hundreds of horses and thousands of
cattle in the mountains in the Ha-
kaiian islands never take drink of
water. A jointed grass known as
MAMMA is food and drink to them.
Cookstown is seaweed settlement
in Alaska. 1t was originally built Of
clay bricks, but the action of the sea
salt, with which the air is heavy, caused
the bricks to crumble away and in their
place were substituted slabs of sea-
weed mixed with salt, compressed and
baked.
There is probably in all the world
only one town built of glass, and that is
to be found near Yellowstone park.
The glass is not artificial, but natural,
being formed by ages of volcanic ac-
ton. 1t is dark-green or black in hue,
but in every other respect resembles
the artificial product.
The stalwart footmen of six feet or
more who so long were in favor among
the ultra-swell set of New York have
been displaced by good-looking boys
between ~ and Is years of age, espe-
cially on carriages. Handsome little
fellows of the Fauntleroy type are now
quite the correct thing.
A project is on foot in Missouri for
the establishment of national reser-
walton in Camden county, in that state.
There is rare combination in that
county Of mountains, rivers, valleys,
caves and springs, and wild animals are
still abundant. The county is trav-
-ersed by the Usage and Niangua rivers,
the scenery along which is extremely
beautiful. One of the caves is 1000 feet
long, and at one place 120 feet wide
and 60 feet high.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-06

Miss Kate Brown, Recording Secre-
tary of the L. c. B. Association of Kan
sas, in Q letter from COS N. Seventh St,
Kansas City, Kan, says:
For seven years fhave not known
what Il was to spend . we'll day.
Icaught asevere cold which neglected.
1t was at the time of menstruation and
Inflammation set in and FRUSTRATED me.
Catarrh of the kidneysand bladder fol-
lowed, my digestive organs gave way,
In fact the cold disarranged my whole
system.
III spent hundreds Of dollars with
doctors and medicine, bat derived but
little benefit until I began treatment
with Peruna. kepttaking it for nearly
nine months before was completely
cured, but I kept growing better gradu-
ally SO that felt encouraged to continue
taking Peruna until my health was re-
stored. ] send my thanks and blessings
to you for Peruna. Miss Kate brown.