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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09
Knut Thompson says II we had free
trade that would settle all our troubles

Knut Thompson says II we had free
trade that would settle all our troubles
the coal strike included. II we are
not mistaken we were asked to vote
for Grover Cleveland, free trade and
81 wheat few years ago. The
majority of the people followed out
this advice and got the Wilson taniff
bill, Doc wheat, free soup houses and
Coxey's army, and no job in sight for
the laboring man. Under the present
republican regime we have prosperity,
no soup houses, no Coxey's army, and
dozen jobs for every man who wants
to work at high wages. Knud might
explain why it is that you can't get a
carpenter or mechanic to do Job for
you while few years ago the country
was overrun by men looking for work.
Then again England is free trade
country and has some of the biggest
combines and trusts in existence. The
tariff don't seem to cut any figure and
this howl for free trade and free soup
is not going to fool the voter the
second time. We are inclined to
think that Knud is a josher.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09
Sheriff's Sale.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, I

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County Of Griggs
Anton Enger. plaintiff.
n. L. sta is defendent.
Notice Is hereby given. That BY virtue Of
and now in my hands. issued out Of the
clerks Office OF the Fifth Judicial District
court. state Of North Dakota, in and for the
s Of Gs e Enser
tiff. and against 81. L. stat defendant, have
levied upon the following described personal
property Of said defendant to Wit: One bay
color sorrell, 4 years old; one heifer,, 2 years
old. color brown; one steer. year old color
brown; one heifer: year OLD, color Il gray,
Jones binder; crop for 1902 on mex Sec. IS,
Twp: 145. Rg. So, mortgaged to Plano Mfg. co.
for e96 Is, one heifer. year old. color brown;
f Sl Sso gang pox
mortgage to Berg Bros. 4 Co.. for 80; one
bay horse. years old, named Sport; one
light bay horse syears 3ld' named Kaag
one horse color bay. years old, named Dick;
one steer, spotted red and white, year old;
one steer, spotted red and white. year old,
erstown for el60, and that shall, on Monday,
the Goth day Of October A. D. 1902 at the hour
Of o'clock p m. Of said day, at the irons
right title and interest Of the above name b.
L. stat in and to the above described proper
ty, to satisfy said judgment and cost, amounts
Ing to Lightweight dollars and eighty one
sale, and Interest on the same from the ed
day Of September, 1902. at the rate Of per
cent per Annum, at public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash.
''e-'>>'' ''->->- j. G. THINGELsTAD.
Sheriff OF Griggs Co., N, d.
BY Nels p. Nelson, Deputy.
A. NJ Raldvin. Plaintiff's ATTY
Dated C0operstown. N. d. Oct. 3, 1904.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09

Notice OF Final Proof-Land Once 1t Far
go. n. D., Sept: 70. Os.-N0tice y hereby CIV,
en- that the following named settler has tled
notice of his intention to make 6nal Eve
years proof In support Of his claim and that
said proof win be mace before Oscar ID.
Purinton. clerk district court at CooperS-
town. Griggs Co. N. ID. on Saturday Nov. sth.
1902. viz:
liver UDGARO.
a. E. No: esssl, forthe = Of nwS ana lots 3
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cult iva
ton Of said land. viz: John Gunderson
Andrew p. Kusten. Nels l.. Torgefsnn: Cum
der Gudmundson I'LL OF RomnesS p. O..Griggs
w. ~ C, SCHUYLER. Register,
VIM. Glass, Agt. s-2l
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09

NOTICE OF FINAL PRooF.-Land ohlce
at Fargo ND. Sept 20. 190s.-Notice is hereby
given that the following-named settler haS
proof in support OF his claim. and
that said proof will be made before Oscar d.
Purinton. clerk district court at Cooper
town. N. ,. on Oct. 81. 1902 viz:
FRANK RESSLER,
81. E. No. 24s28, for the lots 8-9-10-11 of Sec. 4
in Twp. 147, n of Rg. SOW.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. and cuftiva-
ton Of said land. viz: Frank J. PfeifeF.
Edward Zimprick, Chanes Retzlaff, Albert
Richfort. Of Jessie. N. ID. 800
CO. SCHUYLER, Register.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09

Notice of Final Proot.-Lapd Office at Far
go. N. D., Sept. 3. 1902. Notice is hereby Civ
notice Of his Intention to make final commu-
tati6n proof in support OF his claim. and that
said proof will be made before Oscar d,
Purinton. clerk district court at Coopers-
town. N. ID, on October 10, 1902. viz:
WALTER A. SCOTT.
II. E. No. :4sl1. for the VIZ nwA and WA sw1
of Sec. %. in Twp. 145n. of Rg. SOW.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. ard cultiva-
ton of said lands. viz: Duncan Sinclair.
Robert w. Martin. Olaf Edland, T. B. Moore.
of HannafOrd. N. ID.
G. G. SCHUYLER.
s-11 Register.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09

Notice Of Final Proof.-Land Office at Far
go, N D. Oct. I'd, 1902, -Notice is hereby given
ef his
proof in support of his claim and that
said proof will be made before Oscar d. Pur-
linton. clerk district court at his Office Coop
erstoWn, Griggs Co.. N. ID, on Nov. 20 1902. viz:
ROBERT w. MARTIN,
H. E. No 22527. for the ne1 of Sec. 81. in Twp.
145 n, of Rg. SO W.
as e
ton of said land. viz: Leo Olson. Charles
Roberts. William Sinclair. Herbert H. Robin
son. of Hannaford p. O. Griggs Co.. N. ID.
1919 CCSCHUYLER. Register.
John O. Ole. Agent.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09
Notice to Creditors.

In the matter of the estate Of William A.
Baker, deceased.
Notice is hereby by the undersigned Mark
Curtis Administrator of the estate of William
A. Baker. late of the town Of Broadview. in
the county of Griggs and state of North Da.
kuta, deceased, to the creditors Of. and all
to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers.
within six months after the first publication
of this notice. to said administrator at his
residence in the town Of Broadview in said
Griggs county,
Dated ut cooperstown. Sept. list a. D., 1902.
MARK CURTIS,
50 Administrator,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09
Out ofDeath's Jaws.

"When death seems very near from
a severe stomach and liver trouble,
that I had suffered with for years, -
writes P. Muse, Durham, N. c., CDR.
Kings New Life Pills saved my life
and gave perfect health" Best pills
on earth and only 25c at Bateman's
drug store.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09

Before q. s. Land Office. at Fargo, N. Oak.
Cooperstown. N. d. Aug. 25th, 1902.
Complaint having been entered at this Of
fee by .Amund Erlandson against Andrew
Strand for abandoning his homestead entry
No. 2877s. dated July 26th. 1899 for the swh Of
the swA of Section !, in Twp ~ n, Of Rg. 60 W,
in Griggs county, north Dakota with q view
to the Cancellation Of said entry: Contestant
alleging that the said Andrew Strand has
wholly abandoned said tract; that he has no
building or buildings of any kind whatsoever
now upon the said tract nor are there any
indications that he ever has had any build
ings thereon and that he has not any inn
prOvements upon these premises whatsoever
at the present time and thus said default ex-
lists at the present time.
The said parties are hereby summoned to
appear before Oscar D. Pnrinton. clerk of the
district court Of Griggs county. North Dakota
at his Office at COoperstOwn. north Dakota on
the 18th day of NOV. A. d. 1902 at 10 o'clock A.
N. to respond and furnish testimony concern
ing said alleged failures, said testimony SO
taken to be reported to this ONCE ut hear
ing to be had on the 21st day OF NOV. A. D: 1902
at 10 o'clock q, m. G. @, SCHUYLER,
Register.
John o. Ole, Agent, lQ-s
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-09

Dated ut Bismarck. Nd, this Sth day of
September A. D. 1902.
Commissioner of University and School Lands
gil
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24

one which may not be so old to some:
Open your eyes as wide as possible and
stare straight up at the ceiling above
you. OF course you won't see it, be-
cause it will be dark, but stare as if
you did see it. 1t is said that the
WEAKNESS of doing this will put you
to sleep. You may think that it is
more comfortable to stay awake and
not do it. You must be your own judge
about that; perhaps it is.
AS to the value of sounds, many
doubtless would prefer some sort of
sound to the absolute quiet which
seems essential to others, but Of those
who prefer sound it is likely that the
great majority would vote for monot-
onous ones. To be awakened by the
stopping of clock is by no means an
unusual experience, and anyone who
has been in the habit of sleeping in
room with clock knows how disturb
ing it is to sleep without it.
There was sea captain once who
decided to pass his last days on shore,
but found that he could not sleep with
out the sounds to which he had been
accustomed, and he had to hire man
to throw pals of water against his
window, and then sleep sat upon his
eyelids. There was woman whose
husband died, and she missed his snor-
ing so that she found sleep impossible
till she got man to saw wood under
her window go
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24

rushed to the door and unlocked II
with trembling fingers.
"You had locked the door, she
said, 'and I could not get in. I have
just recollected glaring blunder
made in the balance sheet, and have
come to set it right before uncle
learns of it,
"You are too late, Miss Cotsford.
He has seen it. But have no fear for
your professional reputation" he
continued laughingly, as the girl ut
tered little cry of horror. Il have
sacrificed my own to save it. Mr..
Cotsford thinks that I am the sinner,
and is going to try to run the bust
ness without me in future
Glow foolish of you'll" she said. "1t
will not take me a minute, though,
to persuade uncle to reinstate you.
He likes you," naively. "But perhaps
you are tired of your chains and are
glad Of an opportunity Of regaining
your freedom"
The blood in the mans veins quick
cned it's course to mad triumphant
leaping. She loved him-her wistful
eyes, her quivering lips, her swelling
throat all helped to betray her close
kept secret.
"Dinah," he said, manfu1ly using
her Christian name, II have all along
been taking the firms money under
false pretenses. I never did stroke
Of work before I came Increasingly
because, as you guessed, never had
need to. But I was sick of my idle
life and wanted to get away from the
everlasting treadmill. So I shut my
eyes and stuck a pin into a map of
England, and the point went through
Kingsbrigg. I came down here and
met you on the river bank and fell
in love with you right away.
''That, in plain words, is my story.
I have been a scamp, I know, but a
fault confessed is half-redressed,
they say. Have I your permission to
kiss you now, Dinah?"
81 shall begin to think soon," she
whispered, dimpling into coy, mis-
chievous laughter, that you prefer
talking to kissing, Austin!"-London
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24
MIDDLE AGE.

Inc thoughts Of middle age will cling
IKE tendrils to the past,
~A'io we murmer that the early days had
,,, not peen made to last,
"hen our children still were children.
and their darling baby ways
Aaad chased, we think, all dullness from
those half-remembered days
our boys have grown to mans estate,
our girl is twenty-one,
Our nursery is a bedroom now and all
things have gone
"nlch recalled the merry riot and the
soon-forgoten tears
men the nursery walls had witnessed
IN those half-remembered years.
All the past is silver-spangled to the ewes
Of fifty-one.
Like the distant Alpine snowfelds as
they glitter in the sun,
"hen the valleys lie in silver mist. when
silver mists enfold
what we choose not to remember in the
distant days of old.
inere's a golden-gleaming future, but so
lar away it seems
Ihat we dread the nearer darkness and
dlstrust the distant CLEANS;
but the distant gold is better than the
distant silver past,
For the gold is Gods own sunshine which
shall through the ages last
&C. j. Boden, in Chambers Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24
Precedent.

A clever answer in court was thai
given to Chief Justice Coleridge years
ago, when he was defending a lady
who had become q sister of mercy and
was expelled from the convent fol
refusing to obey rules.
She had brought an action for ex
pulsion and libel. In the course OF
the trial Coleridge assumed that
breaches of discipline are trivial, con.
temptible, and should never be no.
ticed.
''What has Miss Sawin done?" he
asked Mrs. Kennedy, q mistress OF
noviees.
"Well,' said the lady, "she has, fol-
example, eaten Strawberries.
"Eaten Strawberries? What harm is
there in that?"
cit was forbidden, SIR" said Mrs.
Kennedy.
"But, Mrs. kennedy, what trouble
was likely to come from eating straw
berries?''
SWELL, sir" said Mrs. Kennedy, "you
might as well ask what trouble was
likely to come from eating an apple;
and yet we know what trouble did
come from it,
That closed the discussion.-Youth's
Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24
WONDERS OF NATURE
Strange Plant and Animal Life at
Home and Abroad. N
Mysteries of the Great American Des-
ert-No Twilight in Death Val.
ley-Store Front Made
of Shells.
rspecial Los Angeles letter.

Especial Los Angeles Letter.J
THOSE things to which we are
most accustomed, however
useful, excite hardly passing
thought; it is only those which the
other man sees daily but which are
near to us that arouse interest. In
the great American desert the clear
atmosphere causes distances to seem
SO much less than they appear to
people who have always lived where
the air is saturated with moisture
that many newcomers are tempted TO
start upon journeys from which they
never return, because overcome by
thirst, while far away from any
place where water may be obtained.
1t is said that in some localities IN
southern California no man can live
over ten hours without drink, the
dryness of the atmosphere causing
the liquids of the body to evaporate
quickly. The deceptive mirage effects
often cause persons to be positive
that the precious beverage which
they so much desire is within easy
WdIhluR ulSldICc, OuC SOAAS3s va OAA&A
on they fail to reach it. Sometimes
when water is found, it is so sat-
urated with alkali or some other
mineral substance that to drink it
must result in terrible death.
Sometimes a mesquite limb is found
sticking in the ground with a tin
can on top. This is Il sign that
drinking water is near, and person
found removing it would be treated
as a criminal of the worst type. The
desert presents color and scenic eff
fects nowhere else found, and which
are often grand in the extreme; but
the general impression given is one
of an intense and almost awful lone
illness.
In Death Valley there is no twi-
light. The sun suddenly appears
above the horizon and it is day. It
sinks behind some peak and intense
darkness follows. Precipitous noun
tains form the brilliantly colored
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24

In Borneo, the explosive membrane
on the feet of the flying frog enables
him to sail from tree to tree after
the manner of a modern flying ma
chine. He leaps into the air from
the tree on which he rests and,
spreading his webbed feet, he is en-
abled to make slanting fight of 20
or more feet. After alighting, the
toes are drawn together and the
membrane folded in, and he appears
like an ordinary tree frog, with very
long feet.
The reason why hundreds of thou
sands of BIRDS go to the arctic re-
gions to breed is because OF the law
ish amount of food which nature sup
plies to them at this point. The arc
tic summer with it's perpetual sum
shine forces the vegetation, and the
crowberry, cranberry and cloudberry
bushes yield enormously by the mid
die and end of the season. Each year
the snow. falls upon crop of un-
gathered berries, preserving them
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24

perfectly. When it melts, the birds are
back again and the old crop lasts I'M
til the new is ready for consumption.
The heat which thaws the snow
brings into winged existence vast
swarms of, mosquitoes, which are
greedi!y devoured by insect-eating
birds. No white man can exist dur
ing the summer season without veil
of some kind.
The native home of the castor bean
is supposed to be tropical Asia or
Africa, but the huge trees of this
variety growing around Los Angeles,
extending their leaves over many va
cant lots, are source OF wonder to
strangers. Some Of these trees are
more than 20 feet tall, and the trunks
measure three or four feet in circum-
ference. They grow wild and no spe-
cial attention is here given to cult
waiting them, although in some parts
of the country-notably southern H.
linois, large revenues are derived
from the oil obtained from the beans.
The Pacific coast furnishes vast
Of varieties of seaweed, hun
dreds of different kinds of delicate al
gaze and as many of gnarled, Dubious
or serpent-like kelp, resembling vast
sea monsters. The roots of the large
varieties measure 200 feet in length,
with foliage covering an area Of 20
feet. From these an ingenious Cali
fornia woman has invented process
of constructing various highly orna-
mental curios. Iodine and petroleum
salts are prepared from seaweed in
the British Isles. r.
Lovers of the beautiful find endless
delight at the beaches in southern
California gathering and examining
the great variety of shells found
there. OF these none excite more ad-
miration than the abalone shells scat
tered in such abundance at Long
Beach and San Pedro. They take on
a wonderfully fine polish and their
opalescent tints are I'M
rivaled. No two are alike, the deli
cate tints blending in manner to
each one. A store front
at Long Beach is formed of these poll
ished shells, and is the best posi-.
BILE advertisement for the dealer in
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24
To the Stage
Struck Girl
BY MARY ANDERSON,
(Mrs. Antonio de Navarro.)

much before achieving that which hers
by lot of medocrits
pass through the fires with no reward in the end
all girls, the stage struck girl who has ability for
profession which she ruhes ignoranty the be ped
might the tide of girls who rush blndly
profession of which they ignorant and for which they
rule unified and in which dangers unnumbered ur
every side Few who attempt to recognition the
idea of what demanded of them
abilities, and few few have these natural abilities
o offer .s'
Girls, think well of the step making before offering
sacrifice the glory of the ootghts. If
ability power and charm that will success the stage
attractive, BUT WITHOUT THESE
IT OFFERS WORSE THAN NOTHING.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24
ABYss1NIAN ENDURANCE.
Wonderful Examples OfPatience and
Indifference to Pain from
Terrible Wounds,

NJ. Hughes lie Roux, writing of New
Trails in Abyssinia," in Century, says:
II have had occasion to observe the
great power of resignation and pa
thence under suffering common to
these primitive men. One night sol.
der who had retired with loaded gun
by his side made sudden movement
which sent off the gun. It was Win
chester of big caliber, charged with
dumdum bullets used in hunting large
game. The moment the report sound
ed the whole camp was on the look
out. Presumably it was caused by a
raid of thieves or the sudden appear
ance Of lion. In the semiobscurity
I put out my hand and felt the man
lying on the ground, bathed in his own
blood. The bullet had shot off his left
thumb and had fractured his right arm
at the biceps. was obliged to ampu-
tate, on the spot, this pulp. / had never
away. Nevertheless the binding of the
arteries and the operation were per-
formed in the dim lantern light as best
I knew how. Not only did the man not
complain, but he seemed perfectly in
sensible to the pain. He recovered.
another time / took care of gold
miner whom negroes had attacked in
the swamps. They had cut his brother
to pieces, and the man himself they
had left for dead, pierced through and
through with lance wounds. In this
condition the poor wretch dragged
himself along without food for two
nights and day over terrible noun
tain roads. When at last he fell sup
plicatingly at my feet he was mere
mass of mud, blood and flies; yet he,
even he, did not utter murmur. He
wanted life, and he lived"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-24

sides of bowl-shaped Death Valley,
and their vast canyons contain nei-
Their water nor mineral wealth. But
in past ages water. and mud have
played a strange game there. One
of its effects is seen in the DEVILS
chair. The sand in this valley is very
light, and even where no real wind
is blowing, it drifts around in light
whirls with the air that is always
seen stirring in the desert. With a
real blow, the sand hills move from
20 to so feet in one night, and per-
son lying down to sleep at the wind
ward of one of them would find a
deep grave before morning. Death
valley contains rich deposits Of
borax, inter and salt. Thousands of
dollars worth of deserted machinery
is scattered over this region where
a man may go to sleep overcome by
heat and awaken freezing. It is a
good place Ito hear about and not
see." Near Mines, France, is walk
ing mountain which during IS hours
slid over 80 meters, causing much ex-
citement to people living in it's vi
cinity. In Texas is a singing well
which in pleasant weather gives out
a sound like an aeolian harp. The
tones are first clear, then recede un-
til heard but family. These varia-
tions occur with regularity every
few minutes. The water gets low
and the sound faint when an east
wind blows. When the wind changes
to west, the water raises and the
music increases correspondence, in
volume. When the wind veers around
to the north, the water approaches
the top of the well, which is 60 feet
deep, and wild, weird tones float out
on the air.
The pale blue Hidden river, in Ken
lucky, comes from no one knows
whittier and vanishes in cave as vet
unexplored. The Yellow river, in
China, is supposed to have been al
ways of its present hue, except on
one day, about 5000 years ago, when
it became perfectly clear. On this
occasion, a child, destined for fame,
was born. Some Siberian rivers flow
over thick bed of solid ice. The
rivers of Africa flow towards the
ocean furthest from their source.
their courses broken by falls. In Al
geria, two streams, one of which
draining a large swamp, is impreg-
mated with gallo acid and the other
with iron, unite and form a river of
pure ink "a i
Certain scientific Englishmen are
delighting over the discovery of a
new animal, OF, at least, one that
was supposed to have disappeared
several centuries ago. The creature
inhabits the great forests which ex-
tend between the Congo and Uganda
in Africa. In prehistoric times, as is |
proved by fossil remains, this animal |
lived in Greece and Asia Minor and |
it has been known as the extinct an
tediluvian heliadoterium. It has a !
body resembling that of an OK, the
neck of a horse, the head of a tapir, I
the ears of an ass. From its fiery
red forehead, black band follows
the nose around the nostrils. The
ears, neck and shoulders are also red
and crimson. The legs and paws
have zebra-ike stripes and spots of
orange. The upper jaw contains no
front teeth, the tongue resembles
that OF giraffe. These animals
go in Pairs, and the natives call them
DkaPi }