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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
THE FARMERS CLOTHES.
TAex shsulA Ne Neat eaA Wen Tie.
tlag aaA Worn Win the MANI
ners 81 . Gentlenaa.

In this day Of Agricultural colleges
and agricultural journalism, ready &C.
cess to hieh-class literature, tele.
phones. free delivery Of mail and cleo
trio railways, when the farmer is no
longer isolated and uneducated, but .
man learned in the sciences, in art and
literature, and embracing in his voca-
ton the best that is in botany, chem
istry, geology and natural philosophy,
the contempt sometimes shown the
countryman certainly proves that
there is something out of joint.
/ The cause of this attitude must lie
in the oddness of wearing apparel OF
general carelessness or utter disre-
gard of personal appearance displayed
by many farmer when he visits the
metropolitan. center. It is not expen-
sive clothing that marks we'll
dressed man, be he from country or
city, but care, neatness and cleanliness
and avoiding of oddity in personal APP
pearance. There are no successful
farmers who cannot afford to wear
as good clothes as .nine-tenths of the
city men. s...... ~. Ia,
The average farmer cannot follow
all the latest styles, but he need not be
a slouchy, gawking specimen of human
ity, bringing down contempt not only
on himself, but on farmers as a class.
It is hard for farmer to appear any
thing but farmer, do the best he can,
but this fact need not worry him any
if he will only strive to bring his call
ing to the point where twill be recog-
nized as it is. When he is at work on
his farm, when he goes to the home
village or town market, and when he
hauls his produce along the highway,
no matter how he is dressed, the farm
er is not looked upon with disfavor by
any well-bred persons; he is then mere
ly at work and is respected by those
with whom he comes in contact the
same as any other good, honest work.
ingman is; but when he lays aside his
affairs of the farm and goes into the
city on business or pleasure it is un-
doubtedly a duty he owes to his voca-
ton and to his fellow men to present
as good an appearance as his means
will admit. If he is to be respected by
those who have no other means Of
estimating him, meeting him but cas-
ually as they do, than by his personal
appearance ana manner, he must pay
some attention to attire, cleanliness
and manners. He must not neglect
those little courtesies that mark prop
er consideration of others, and that
belong to the well-bred man. He must
not be odd, nor rude, nor uncouth.
Good clothes and good manners will
obliterate self-consciousness which
makes one awkward and i'll at ease in
the presence Of Others. and will de-
yelop that proper amount of self
esteem which makes a man scorn to be
odd or untidy or uncouth, and which
will enable him to easily adapt him
self with quiet imperturbed demeanor
to his surroundings, however polished
and cultured. 1t is easier to say this
than to do it, but Like all character
development it must be worked for
with the hardest of effort and most
constant practice.-J. G. Allshouse, in
Ohio Farmer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14

successor is q steam roller mill not
far away. aif ~
The settlement is called Guadenau,
meaning the valley of the Grace Of
God.'' 1t was regularly organized with
a ''dorfschultze," who sat in judgment
on the disputes of the settlers. The
courts were open to them, but il they
invoked them they were in peril of ex-
pulsion from the church. They tried
to reproduce in this country the vii
lages they had left in Russia and to
establish here the manners and GUS
toms Of their ancestors. They sue
ceeded for awhile, but the new genera
tioa that has been born there prefers
the American way of living; so the
windmill and the patriarchs of the
settlement are all that is left of the
original "dorf"
The head of every family took 100
acres Of land. In the beginning the
tracts of all were thrown together and
cut up into 161a acre "kegels." In this
way they were able to build the homes
close togegther and farm the outlying
land. They made the ''dorf" three
miles long, and fronting on a road
they built their houses. The walls of
their houses were made of clay and
were eight feet thick. The roofs were
made Of "blue stem" tall grass which
at that time grew abundantly in the
bottomlands roundabout. A number
of these houses, prettily whitewashed,
exist to-day, but the most of the orig
inal habitations have been succeeded
by wooden farmhouses: The "kegel"
system has been almost abandoned.
The Mennonites soon contracted the
American habit of trading" and the
skegel" system necessitated the con-
currence of too many persons in maxi
ing Deeds. GGi
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
Keeping Flower. in water.

To keep short-stemmed flowers,
pansies, mignonette, etc. in water,
paint the outside of new tin ba-
sin natural tint, and also an inch
round the top on the inside. Have
the timer cut a piece of wire net.
ting a little larger than to fit the
inside Of the basin, and solder it 50
it will be oval when done: Fill the
basin not quite full Of water and in-
sert the stems of the flowers through
the netting. The wire will be moro
durable if painted on both sides be-
fore it is soldered in. place. With
care the water can be poured off and
fresh added without displacing the
flowers.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
Awaiting tho Resurrection.

Two; .Irishmen boarded . Sixth
avenue IL" train, one Of whom, from
his general appearance, baggage, and
SO forth, was evidently just return
ing from visit to the could sod.''
They were discussing skibbereen or
some other country village familiar
to them both, when the companion
Of the traveller exclaimed:
sand sure, now, is your father alive
yet?" ~ .aa
"No, not yeti" was the reply
Z, Commercial, i
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14

marked upon the end with lead pen
Gil is common plan, but before the
end of the season the pencil mark is
usually nearly, if not wholly, effaced.
A simple plan is shown in the accom-
panying sketch. The lath and the
name in lead pencil is used as usual,
but over the name is fastened a bit of
wood, as shown in the cut, to protect
the marking from the weather. A
thin strip of wood, few small screws
and jackknife are all that are needed,
and a dozen of such markers can be
prepared ina few moments.-H. C.
West, in Farm and Home.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
Tbe south I. Wakinr hin.

Stock growing is certain to become
one Of the leading industries of the
south. The progress that has re-
Gently been made in this direction
has demonstrated that the southern
farmer is waking up to the POSSIBLE
tiles that can be achieved in this di-
rection. The abundance of water
and grasses, the mild winter season,
and the short season in which stock
have to be fed, make combination
of advantages that cannot be sur
passed anywhere in the world. Cot
ton and Farm Journal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
Harvest Hand Excursions.

From July 2ethtto August Goth the Great
Northern Railway will sell harvest excur-
Minneapolis, Duluth and West Superior,
and $500 from Chicago, to points on Great
Northern Railway in Minnesota, North and
South Dakota.
Also on same dates tickets to all points
on their line In Minnesota west of Sank
Centre and Benson, and in North Dakota
east Of Minot, at following rates for each
person, in parties Of five or more: From
Sioux City, Ia, and Yankton, $500; from
Tickets and information from all railway
ticket agents, or upon application to F. l.
Max Bass, @. /. A., 220 s. Clark St, Chicago.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
Rural Mail. Protected.

With the post Office appropriation
bill passed by congress recently, a
section was adopted: providing for
the punishment Of persons injuring
or in any way defacing mail boxtN;
on rural free delivery routes. This
went into effect with the signing of
the bill by President Roosevelt, and
is now in full force. Previous to
this the government had no special
section covering rural routes, and
prosecutions were made under the
section protecting post, office boxes
An cities. Any robberies should be
reported to the United States dis
trict attorney for the district in
which they occur.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
P!oa !! |; EllRRp
>BFpp0v|tllEN1.
MENNoN1TFs or KANSAS.
Years Ago This Prosperous Sect Tiled
to Make an Old-WorId County
IN This Countey

Abandoned and falling into decay
near the town of Hillsboro, in Marion
county, Kan., stands an old Dutch wind
mill, built in 1871 by the Mennonites.
Nearby is settlement, or ''dorf," of
prosperous Mennonite farmers. The
mill, once useful in the economy of the
community, is now the home Of owls
and bats. The weatherboards are
falling off, the wooden cogwheels are
rotting away and the doors gone. ItS
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
) o Paul Keister, @;
) Snake Chall11er.
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By Bradford K. Daniels.
Observation-Disclosures

IT was while working on the c. N.
i railway that first met Paul
Keister. We were fellow-engineers
engaged in the construction Of the
big bridge across South river, and
boarded at the same house.
4 Although was much older than he,
I was drawn to him from the first.
His full, sensuous mouth, misty
brown eyes, and low, musical voice,
possessed fascination for me, for
which now, when looking back after
the, lapse Of years, I am unable to
account.
When he looked at you he never
seemed to see you, but always seemed
to be looking through and beyond
you into infinity. When quiet he had
a fashion of gazing fixedly before
him, evidently seeing nothing with
the physical sight. AT such times
his eyes reminded me Of deep pools
OF water, in the depths of which
shadowy, unguessed things were
moving about.
AS we were the only boarders at
the little farm house, we were thrown
together good deal; and it soon be-
came habit with us to sit upon the
veranda overlooking the river for
while after supper, to smoke and
chat.
Keister, although only %, had had
a wide experience. His father, a
German, had gone to India, and there
married native girl. Paul was their
! only child. The son had become a
civil engineer, and had. worked with
a#British syndicate until the death
Of his parents, when he had come to
Germany to his fathers people, and
from there had drifted tosAmerica.
lean see him yet as he used to sit,
tilted back in his chair upon the
veranda, one leg thrown over the
other and cloud Of smoke about his
head. Occasionally he would run his
long, tapering fingers through his
wavy black hair, look out upon. the
river as If he saw some object Of in
terest upon it's CLASSY surface, and
then begin in his low monotonous
voice one of his Indian yarns His
descriptive powers were mastery,
and many of those eastern scenes
are stamped upon my mind almost as
wildly as if I had been an eye-wit-
ness.
III was about the snake-charmers
that he loved to talk the best of all.
Attimes he would wax eloquent over
this uncanny theme, and his usual
nonchalence would give place to q
feyerish earnestness. He used to
maintain stoutly that there is SUBJ
tlea affinity between snakes and the
hnman race, the psychology Of which
is not wholly understood.
ssI tell you," he used to say, "you
hAHe no idea how snake and q
nsan who possesses 4. the. ..gift-can
rsad each others thoughts. You talk
about mind-readers; they've got q lot
tpslearn yet from those dusky devils
inSIndia who conjure with, the de
scendants of the tempter Of Eve.
SstOnce saved the life of pro:
fsssional snake-charmer- the old fel-
lcM slipped into the river amongathe
cRocodiles. and pulled him out just
itfhe nick Of time s-and out of graft
tile, presume, he gave me few
Lessons in his exalted ART. Il must
baSs4beensa very sspt pupil, Tor 81
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
DURABLE PLANT LABEL.
A Simple Little Thing, hut Of Inesti-
mable Value to the Gardener
and Fruit Grower.

Where one has several varieties of
the same kind of plants, or is trying
new varieties, it is always desirable
to put a marker at the end Of the
rows. A piece of lath with the name
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14

In August we get after the borers
in the orchard. We find them by the
wood dust around the stem of the
tree. We go after them with sharp
knife and small wire. If we do not
get the job done in August we do it
in september.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14
MISS VIRGINIA CRANES
Tells How Hospital Physicians
Use and Rely upon Lydia 3.
Pinkhem's Vegetable Com
nound.

NaDsA1 MRs. PuxzAM: Twelve
wears continuous service at tho sick
bed in some of our prominent hospi-
tails, ~ well a. at private homes, has
given me varied experiences with the
diseasesof women. ] have nursed some
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14

"Contentment," said Uncle Eben, sis =
might fine thing. But de trouble about it
Is dat it is kin O. hahd to 'stinguish FUN
plain laziness. "-Washingto Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-08-14

1@O4 AcSIeEaS AOWefeO race, raised nv
Sself to fully a third of it's length
and swayed it's body with rythmjc
motion like that of rush In run.
ming water. Then they gazedf stead
lily into each others eyes as If each
were reading the Utmost secret hof
the others being. For moment
the snakes bead-lke eyes seemed .to
soften till they looked almost human;
whiles Keister's eyes took on q hard
glitter and his face became contorted
in way that made it appear the
very incarnation of evil. ss
Presently the snake turned and
glided back to the stone-heap. Keis-
ter flung himself upon his face and
burst into a. .tumult of sobs, exclaim-
ing brokenly: "Ye gods! We gods! 4
thought I was delivered from he'll
when I left India.'' o..s .~g 8 NSs
I stole softly into the house and
left him there under, the quiet stars.
Tho next morning he did not come
down to breakfast, and when he ap.
peareds at the bridge he seemed ia
have aged ten years in single night.
His face looked white and drawn,
and there were big black CIRCLES under
his eyes like those about the eyesSod
a person who has been strangled.s
For several days he Stunned me;
but in the course Of week he came
backyt his old self, and I'VE were TO.
gethert as before: Il studionsly avoid.
ed making. any reference to what had
happened, as it was evident that he
did not wish to discuss the painful
"A. affair. This was the first shadow re-
tween N. u. gs5ssga
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
FORM OF THE AUTO
!. G. Belts in Outing.

II. ". DEUS Ill OullnS.
Heretofore the average self-propelled We
h1cle has been, in appearance, little more
than shaftless reproduction of the vehicle
designed to be drawn by mans best friend
AS dictated by France the automobile, as a
particular type, may be best described as "a
long, low, rakish craft" with "a narrowing
and piratical Prov; it is guided by wheel
instead Of lever, and the man at the wheel
is ensconced "amidship' in, rather than on,
an upholstered seat. 1t Is further distin-
guished by having it's motor or engine 10
Gated forward, and by the latticed hood or
bonnet which incloses it, not to mention the
bristling, cooling fanges or radiators which
form the nose Of the vehicle and give it an
aggressive, hands-off appearance 1t is a
type which suggests the speed and power
which is contained within itself.
France also has contributed the so-termed
tonneau body-the body with luxuriously
cushioned individual seats for each occupant
the seats, three or more, being arranged Wis
avis, tete-a-tete, or at any other unstilted
and conversational angles The IMMERSED
would probably term the automobile with ton
neau body family vehicle, and the descrip-
ton would not be inapt But fortunate the
family In such vehicle No horse has ever
drawn one so invitingly suggestive of indi-
vidual ease, comfort and elbow room. It
almost creates the picture Of an unroofed
groom mounted wheels. When
the touring spirit possesses the Automobiles
when he fully realizes, as he surely will. that
at last there is a vehicle which enables man
and his family to get close to nature-to go
far aheld and view the country as it should
be seen, the tOnneau should become a famil-
lar sight to even 81 and Hiram.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
THE Low LITERATURE HABIT

Not long ago q Nebraska young man was
called into the Office of his employer and
fired. He was naturally astonshed. He was
industrious and capable, good salesman
and a popular man, and he had imagined that
he was giving perfect satisfaction. He de-
manded to know why he was presented with
his walking papers. 81 am sorry to see you
co. said his employer, gently; you are a
good man in an establishment of this kind,
but have learned that you carry around
with you lot Of disreputable poems and pic
lures, which you show to people as opportuni-
ties occur. Suffice it to say that don't want
man of that kind in my employ The
young fellow. turned red as tomato to the
roots Of his hair; he said nothing. but went
into the alley, took out his pocketbook and
tore into small pieces sundry lyrics and works
Of art which he had carried for some time.
Then he hunted new job, and got it, and he
will never be fired for the same reason again.
It is remarkable in the extreme that so many
men are carrying around literature and pic
lures that they would never dream of show
ing in polite society. They are men who
claim to be respectable, too. Not long ago
the editor of an obscure paper in Lincoln
printed and distributed among his friends cop
les Of detestably dirty poem. People who
distribute or carry such stuff are inevitably
Inundated by 1t sooner or later, and the hui
initiation IS the lghtsst punishment they de-
serpe
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Hawaii and Canada for valuable con-
sideration." 1t is not proposed to grant
any concessions to Cuban products with
out getting valuable trade considerations
which will ultimately give us the Cuban
trade which. is going to Europe
and will go there more In the fu-
ture if we refuse to give as we'll as take
Europe is now giving the Cubans special
inducements to trade there, and it is
the most stupid folly to restrict our own
trade there by denying Cuba a market
for her products in this country.
It is to be hoped that Senator Cullom
can get the senate to put itself on record
as to reciprocity treaties. Even if the
theory that the Kasson treaties are dead
is sustained, it is yet possible for the
senate to effect composition with the
house on the Cuban concessions matter
on a more liberal basis than is found in
current propositions, and so avoid dead
lock of long duration, which will be det-
rimental to all public interests A recf-
procity treaty with Cuba cannot be ne
gotiated until there is Cuban govern
business with our government There will
not be such a government at Havana until
May, and, in the meantime, the Cubans
will be in a very distressed condition.
Cuban commercial activity halts for ia
vorable action on the tariff question.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
The PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS

The last session of the Pan-American
congress has been held. There were many
speeches Of congra tulation over the re-
suit OF the deliberations, which have not
been telegraphed to any great extent. ex
cept as they relate to the dominant TOPIC
international arbitration. There does
not seem to have been any action taken
on the subject of international sanitation
and quarantine, a most important sub
Ject Whlch AFFECTS the welfare of every
republic represented at the congress. 4.
arbitration was such vital topic that
1t monopolized attention. The antaoo.
nlstn OF chile and the Peru-Boliyian com
b1nation which has suffered most from
Chlle's ambition and lust of cononest
cropped out menacingly and at one time
was thought the congress would be
broken up by the fierce contentious of
tnese delegates, with whom those from
other Span1sh-American republics tool
part, but. through the efforts of orr on,,
oelegatlon and of the Mexican delegates
compromise was reached which if is tn
De hoped will stand. Several Of the dele
cations wished obligatory arbitration Ar.
gentina taking the lead, and our delegates
advocating the adoption of The Haena
convention, Mexico joining, and ultimate
5ly all the delegations consented to s,,b-
scribe to that convention which permits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
The Darkly Mysterious.

Some time in his career every boy either
discovers a cave for his own use or he has
to dig one. The recent discoveries OF under
ground apartments in vacant lots in this
city show that the city boy has the same
instincts as his country cousin The prob
abilities are that these cave instincts, like
our fears, are survivals from long dead and
forgotten cave dwelling ancestors. 90
My old friend Shorty Hitchcock had an
early attack of cavernites due to finding
magnificent hole in the ground in the woods
back of the house when he and Spot Maloney
were out trapping squirrels late after
noon. ...-....k ....--. ~. -r
You go in, Shorty said Spot; you're the
slimmest."
perhaps theys bear in there" sug
gested Shorty. .s...e -.-
"Or a skunk
The boys looked at each other doubtfully.
Lets get stick and poke round first"
No result coming from this reconnotre,
Shorty wiggled his way in, his legs waving
around in the air like the tentacles' of an
octopus before finally disappearing under
the rock.
whats in there?'' -
''Nothin'. Come OH in .-.. g..
Spot then worked his way into the earth
and the boys sat in little brick oven-like
room waiting for their eyes to get USED
to the dark.
:, "'Gee, look at that"
"What is it?
"See!'' .~ .. .-
Shorty pointed to the large letter made
in red chalk on one of the sides of the cave.
Gee, amt that great!'
"What for?" 81
"Coz, yer durn fool, it means the pirates
buried their treasure under there
."Gosh!" ..-.
"Yessir, that's a fact. Pirates always
makes a cross above the iron box containir
their treasure 49,
perhaps they've killed man and planted
him over the box sos his old ghost'll guard
the treasure
Lets dig for her anyway
The point was passionately discussed but as
evening was coming On the boys crawled
out without digging. They put it off from
day to day upon one pretext or another until
the following year. Then they went up with a
pick and a spade and dug in about two
feet before they came to the solid rock There
wasn't anything there!
Yet why is this any funnier than what we
call real life great natural scientist will
start on some mighty investigation takns
years to accomplish and after all his pains
there isn't anything there-at least not much
1t was James Whitcomb Riley who discov-
cred the secret of the sphynx. There she
sat- vast, mysterious, apparently unknowable!
But Riley found ''yhe was just cut out for
that That was her game.
"A. j. Russell.