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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07
ONE UMBRELLA CRANK.
and His Remarks Were Not
Wholly Lost.

The man looked with disapprobation
upon the woman's umbrella. BY and by
he spoke to her about it.
"Would you just as lief move it over
to the other side2" he asked.
The exchange from the left side TO
the right was quickly effected, and the
man, finding his request so unhesitat.
ingly acceded to, changed the express
sion of his face from lugubrious disap-
prevail to beaming appreciation, re-
lates the New York Times.
II hope" he said, "that You will not
think me unpardonably presumptuous.
but the fact is it makes me fearfully
uncomfortable to see anybody sit in a
street car holding an umbrella at the
left side. The railway company ought
to pass q law prohibiting it, the same
as they prohibit smoking and splitting
on the floor. 1t causes just as much
harm and confusion. There would not
be half SO many umbrellas lost If every
body would adhere to the right-hand
rule. Ihave lost no fewer than dozen
umbrellas through other people, viola
ton Of 1t, and. I have also marched OF
with fully score Of fine ones belong
ing to somebody else. Nothing we do
is too trivial to be done Systematically.
and if each person would only learn to
hold his umbrella in the proper place.
there would be fewer tempers spoiled"
The old man spoke loud, and as no
talked he took in both sides of the car
with is sharp eyes. When he began his
lecture to the accommodating woman
on his right, half the passengers held
their umbrellas clutched in their left
hands at an angle dangerous to pass
ersby, but before he got through they
had surreptitiously shifted them to the
dexter member, and thenceforward the
whole company sat holding their silk
and cotton umbrellas steadily upright,
like a regiment Of grenadiersready for
& drill
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07

In 1860 English people received 20
letters head. In 1899 this number
had grown to IS.
A factory at Deepwater, Mo-. has
been obliged to stop by q shortage
Of water.
The pulgat, Burmese measure, 10
the only foreign measure exactly
corresponding to our inch.
In 1899 there were more than 1885,
600 legal actions started in England,
making litigants of over four per cent.
of the population.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07
GLEANlNGs OF FACT.

Less than half the area Of St. Louis
81 severed.
Carrot is easy of digestion, and
gently laxative.
There are 5000 American residents
In the City of Mexico.
/ Cheating at cards is held to be lar.
teny in the state of Washington.
The United Kingdom has 16 leading
art societies, of which eight are royal
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07
A Chinese Port.

Portal is to have new Chinese
immigration station within the next
two weeks. The opening of the new
station will mark complete reor-
ganization- of the Chinese. immigra-
ton business. At that time a new
agreement with Canadian railroads
will be put into effect.
The result of the change will be ia
land the Chinese immigrant directly
into the custody of the United States
authorities and prevent intercourse
with scheming agents across the bor-
der who are continually searching for
the weak spots drought which to
pilot the immigrant for the fee he
pays.
The four stations soon to be estab-
lished will be located at Malone, N.
Y; Burlington, VT; Portal, N. D.,
and Sumas, Wash.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07

soldier who civil
get into position at the battle Of Seven Pines fought
incident here described battery
getting obliged at unimber the
the remainder of the
comm p as s permit"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07
Conclusive Eyidence.

Conclusive Evidence.
"They weren't playing golf," said the
wise caddy; "they were making love. .
"They did stay at the other end of the
links pretty long time"
ooh, it amt that
''What is it, then?"
"They wouldn't take caddy along,
an they never lost ball."-Chicago
Post.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07
News Notes.

A two headed calf was born on the
farm of County Treasurer Williams
of Ward county. The animal did not
live, and is being mounted by local
taxidermist.
Some of the farmers are now afraid
that the introduction of macaroni
wheat will tend to it's admixture with
the better grades of wheat now
grown, and it is recommended that
care be taken to prevent this.
Over 2,1OO votes were cast at the
Fargo school election. The trustees
elected were Mrs. barrow, who re-
ceived the largest vote, r. M. Pollock,
and w. j. Price. The election was a
hot one, and the vote was the largest
ever cast in the city.
While insane Ole Williams. an old
resident of Minor, committed suicide
by shooting himself.
Postmasters appointed are Joshua
FL. Humphreys at Lynn, Ward coun-
ty, vice Robert Dumont, and Joel
Peterson at Siga. McHenry county,
vice j. G. Springman.
Minot will probably have lodge
of Elks.
The people OF Lewis Lake are prop
erly proud of their fine new hospital.
William J. Cunningham, of Burling-
ton, was killed by falling down the
shaft of his coal mine.
Mary Smith, an employee of the Key
City laundry at Fargo was combipg
her hair, when it was caught on a re-
volving shaft and she was practically
scalped. The strain on the shafting
was sufficient to throw the belt,
which probably prevented more Sc
rious injuries.
Kindred is to have local telephone
exchange.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07
A Lucky We'll.

Frank Fradet, one of the enterpris-
ing farmers of Willowbank township,
is feeling highly elated over his new
artesian we'll. A flow was struck at q
depth of about 1900 feet, and an
abundance of water has been secured.
This well is different from most of
the artesian wells in this part of the
state on account of the fact that the
water is soft and contains no salt,
which will prove q good thing should
Mr.. Fradet desire to irrigate his
growing crops. He will make an arti-
fetal lake which he will stock with
fish. Around the outer edge of the
lake he will plant plenty of trees, and
if he, has good luck it will not be long
before Frank will have summer re-
sort of his own.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07
Suicide.
To TEST the Law.

A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of NJ. Lipshitz, a peddler, on a
charge of peddling without license.
This is the first step toward securing
a supreme court decision on the con-
stitutionality of the peddlers' license
law, passed at the last session of the
legislature, approved and becoming a
law on March g By this law ped
dler travelling on foot is required to
pay a county license of SIS annually.
If using one horse $25; using two
horses $50, and if using more than
two horses SIS annually.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-28

vatism of the Mobanmedsn devotees
is extraordinary. and because they re-
sent in an uDmistaksble manner any
change they deem unnecessary in this,
10 them, deeply reyerent and important
religious ute.
The csmels. in garish trsppines,
bearing their costly burdens, driven
by the men who are 10 take them 10
Mecca. accompanied by many Of the
faithful who are making the pilgrim
age for private reasons. with the
sheiks and holy men from the Prin-
cipal mosques Of Cairo, some OF foot
and some mounted on large " hite Mecca
Conkeys, pass slowly before The khe-
dive; then follow large bodies Of trim
Egyptian police. mounted and On fool;
then artillery. regiments of cavalry
and infantry. W hich add greatly 20 the
interest Of The parade. Music s. sup
piled by The English trained bands Il
the various r. ginentE and By the wiz
Arab noise Which the eanel-Ticers
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-28

road, that the riders Of the escort
might pass over their bodies, affirming
in their hysteria that they suffered no
pain from injuries received from The
horses hoofs, and that. in eonse-
quenee, they were now sure of place
in the seventh heaven OF their para
disc. How many men met their death
( on these occasions was never known.
/ for the sheiks OF the mosques took
care, by having the bodies Of the dead
and wounded quickly removed, that
+ the truth should not be ascer;ained.
! This cruel custom. which formerly
! struck so deep note of tragedy in
what was always a magnificent page
ant. was abolished only q short time
/ agO-indeeC. only during the rule Of
the recent khedive's father. the late
khedive TeWfik. who. being a very
humane man. Cisliked riding over the
bodies OF the people. His edict ordering
this reform was much resented at the
time by his MOhammeda n sub iects; for
old usages are Lot easily eraLicated,
especially where religious conserve
tism has 10 be combateC At one time
il seemed doubtful whether be was
strong enough 10 enforce his order;
but the spirit Of reform and progress
had already become apparent H. the
suppression of the scenes OF turLu-
lence that used 10 be an inevitable &C.
compartment to the starting OF the
Mecca caravans and his will prevailed.
The spirit that actuated him IS now
| appreciated. and his motives met with
universal approval. Year by year the
! ceremony is shorn of some Of its
rougher elements. and thus il has grad
ually become an orderly, well managed
and extremely picturesque oriental
pageant.
The parade. which is always held by
the khediye, takes place in the square
at the top of the Shari Mohammed Ali.
close under the walls of the beautiful
and historical citadel of Cairo. and
there are few cities in the east that
can supply so appropriate and so
splendid a site for ceremony which
requires a perfect oriental setting.
The word carpet would be mis-
homer at the present day, even If it had
formerly been applicable, for the work
consists in reality Of gorgeously gold
embroidered coverings for the kaba.
or mosque, at Mecca, and for the tomb
Of Mohammed at Medina. In Mo-
bammed's time the kaba was used. as
q it had been before his day, for relig.
ious purposes; and be ordained that
il should henceforth be the chief sane.
,uary not only Of Mecca, but Of all
Islam. The outer walls were at that
period covered with a veil known az
the kiswa)of striped cloth Of Arat
make, which, in course Of time. was
exchanged for a more magnificent
covering OF deliberately worked bro.
cade
1t is the renewal OF this covering
that the sultan sends each year will
the pilgrims caravan that starts from
Cairo every spring. The returnint
caravan brings back the old mahma
; which is then divided up, the piece
being eagerly sought after as tells
mans
How The word carpet came to 1t
used is difficult TO say, for it is not easy
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-28

/ to learn the truth respecting the ma
ture of the original offerings that used
to be sent to Mecca and Medina by such
of the faithful as We're unable to per-
form the pilgrimage themselves, task
which always entailed the endurance
of great hardsbips.
The tomb of Mohammed is at Me-
dina, and is paved with mosaic. over
which the richest carpets are laid; it
is, therefore, probable that at one time
rugs were sent as offerings. At the
present day, as before said, the kiswa
is a covering of black brocade, richly
adorned and having a wide band en-
broidered in large golden letters with
inscriptions from the Koran, and
shows in a remarkable way how won
derfully the Arabic lettering lends it,
self to artistic decoration. These
brocades are said to cost the sultan
10000 every year. The most con-
spicuous part of the so-called carpet
is. the mammal. This is a piece Of en-
broidery of much magniticence that
is stretched over square frame and
carried on a camel; it is, as far as can
be learned, in some way emblematical
of the sultan himself, or of his power,
As he is unable personally to accom-
pany the pilgrims to the sacred
shrines of Mecca, he is supposed to
be, in some indefinite way, represented
by the MAMMAL.
The ceremonies attending the start
ing of the MAMMAL on its journey to
Mecca have been an annual event for
so many centuries that some of the
proceedings, no doubt formerly Of
meaning. are not now understood. and
are retained only because the conser-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-28

w N FEW other ways can the
INN, change which has gradual
Y MA ly taken place in Egyptian
A%#ZES ideas and customs be seen
- p in so convincing a manner
as it can be by comparing
the descriptions Of the Mammal pa
rade as it was conducted fifty or sixty
years ago with the ceremony as il is
now carried out at Cairo under the
rule of the present khedive. Indeed
the change that has taken place during
the last ten or fifteen years is of
very marked character. Men can still
remember when religious fervor was
allowed to run wild and no authorities
attempted TO restrain the excuses re-
sulting from such state of affairs.
Mohammedans regarded the tomb
covering as something so sacred that
every blessing was expected by those
who could obtain only a glimpse of
il; while a man who could get near
enough TO kiss or even touch it antici-
pated as reward at least a place of
high advantage in the next world,
populated by the houris who were to
give him perpetual happiness. 1t can
therefore be easily understood what
struggling took place to get so COW
eted a position and what scenes en-
sued. Fanaticism was rampant at
these ceremonies, and il was some
what dangerous for a European to be !
seen in the crowd; several tourists /
having at several times paid the pen
atty of their lives for making them (
selves too conspicuous at a function of
this nature.
Men used. in their religious fervor, 7
to throw themselves PROSTATE on the |
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-28

WANTED: SEVERAL INDUSTRIOUS PER.
sons IN each state TO travel for house estsb.
llsned eleven years and with a large capital. 10
call pom merchants and agents for successful
and profitable line. Perm anent engagement
Weekly cash salary o. SIS and all travelling ex.
penaes and hOtel bills advanced In cash each
week. Experience not essential. Mention ref-
erence and enclose seliaddressed envelope. TIE
NATIONAL, 334 DcartcrF st., Chicago
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-28

make with drums and nitb ne sfSaDRs
wind instruments they nee, h1ffF ~
have passed twice round ibs square,
the kbedive drives Oh, ne guns 6yjDg
a farewell salute, ana ne parade =
over.
After the English occupation ypfil,
indeed, very recent date English
troops were employed ~ guarding fbe
square on these occasions, their pyess
enee, no doubt, then being Bfeesfsfg3
but IL must have been YepBgHsDt 20
the Egyptians 10 have ihese "scegFseG
unbelieyers conspicuous ~ such =
tire az IL WAS 20 The soldiers tbem-
selves TO be made 10 salute Tie pieces
Of cloth a. they passed. which, OUt of
compliment and motives u policy, had
TO be done Now only Egyptian col.
diers are present on duty. and this fact
alone tells tale to The world IN such
a way that he who runs may read; for
Il Is sn obvious proof Of the great
strides Egypt has made 10 advance
ment Of ioeas and ordcrilness.
JAMES cATnBBoM
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-08-28
L. & n. Time Table.
GOING NORTH.

GOING NORTH.
No. 52-St. Louis Express $50 a. Il
No. 54-St Louis Fast Mail $50 p %
No. 92-Chi & St. Lou. Linn. 5:40s. n
No 56-Hopkinsville Ac. s:45 p. ID
GOING SOUTH.
No. 5l-St. Louis Express Sis p. n
No. 53-St. Leu. Fast Nail $40 q. @
No. 91-Chi. d n. O. Lin. II IS D q
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 600 q u
No. 3 and - connect at St. Louis for al
points west
No. q connects al Guthrie for Memphis Line
points ss far south as Erin and for Louisville.
Cincinnati and the East.
Nc. e and g make direct connection at Guth.
re for Louisville, Cincinnati and all points
1urth and east thereof. No. g and g also COZ.
1ect FOR Memphis sndway points.
No. @ runs through % Chicago and viii not
AIRY passengers 20 points South a. Evans ville.
Also carries through sleepers . 81. Louis.
Nc. q, through sleepers 20 Atlanta. Macon
Jackson vile. St. Augustine aud Tampa. Fla
Also Pullman sleepers 70 New Orleans. Con
nects al Guthrie for points East and West. No
. Will notcarry local passengers for points North
O Nashville, Tenn.
&c. HoOE, Ag;.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-18
The World Is Pretty.

pretty! exclaimed President Roosevelt as he
hill Yellowstone
What boyish exclamation for the
a S loved
in country
You but the husk mattress the comfortable
quilt pkng the
had shirt and breecha
collars cuffs stockings shoes! Then
the butt bluejay yelling the
by the we'll The pigs squng peevishy The red calf
hungy sucking the
by spreading his tail and his blue and red throat forth
gobbles bird
pathetic
happy and take his happiness away from him.
milking
the sand there and there were st at the side that were not good for
humble hummng thistle blossoms
orougwo were alive with honey bees and wasps How that deaded
hammng the old stump The
dewdrOps chpmunk
stone heap near the pasture bars was on his highest rock washing his face
with And dad do the milking and he's He'd
kitchen
milk and baked potatoes and gdde cakes with new maple
andoh Lord oh Lord who wouldn't be not to go at all those
The world is pretty
fake
wheat like Where is
boys
III VIII together 1T disappear does that
beyond the pasture?
invented
themselves the road kick
lot shingles house look like
cateplar by his thread
from that branch there He's coming down. lower and lower and low
er-er-er Then you IS
dirty office; ride
crowded for another
the
brooks dalIth worldly hic is deed pretty
hours the world
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-18
Injustice to the Firemen.

1t to be hoped that the
1T still more difficult
to obtain
The proposed
1t
the electrician from $50 to s115 of
$50
from pipemen
from SIS
to SIS
continue in the
they receiving, a to them
This proposed in
those Of the
salaries that their Is
nineenths the of
Much complaint of
Kind
usual
Volve continuous alday a limb
If at
material be
Don't cut the of the
scaling lettering walls furnace
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-18
CITY NOTICE.

Bids will be received by the board
of public works until noon May 81,
1903. for the construction of the
south approach of the Monroe street
bridge, in accordance with the plans
and specifications approved by the
council February II. 1908, and on file
in this office
Proposals to be made in duplicate,
one copy addressed to the mayor the
other, with a certified check for not
less than 10 per cent of the amount
board. The successful bidder will be
required to furnish a guarantee com
panys bond Of an amount equal to
the amount Of the contract. also such
other bonds as the laws of the state
of Washington requires.
Separate bids will be received, at
the same time. for the construction
of piers and abuttment walls under
the south approach of the Monroe
street bridge, in accordance with the
plans and specifications adopted by
the city council on February H. 1903,
and on file in this office. These bids
to be made in duplicate. one addressed
to the mayor and the other. with GER
titled check FOR not less than 10 per
cent of the amount of the bid, to tho
secretary of the board. Bonds will
be required for this work under the
same conditions as specified for the
bridge approach, The attention of
Al031. passed February 10. 1901, re-
serves the right to reject any and
all bids. Proposals publicly opened
at o'clock same date.
L. b. HANDLEY Secretary
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-18

opened, and 10! the spirits floated
back again to heaven. Then Coyote
decreed that never again should any
one attempt to bring the spirits OF
the happy dead back to earth. And so
the Indians place the bodies of their
dead In an out-of-the- way, place, so
that they will not be disturbed by
the living through the long ages to
come.
One of the most notable Of these
places of the dead is Memaloose ISL
and. situated in the Columbia river,
near The Dalles. When one is dying
the Indians say that he is 'mema-
loose" The nearness of his approach
to death Is indicated by the way in
which the word Is pronounced. If
he is very. very near death, so that
there is but little hope for his re-
covery, they say that he is "menal
o-o-o-o-o-se." drawing out the last
syllable very long. 30 this island Is
called Menaloose island, which means
the island OF the dead or death. On
the island are great heaps of bones.
jumbled together in the utmost con-
fusion, together with strings of In
dian beads. and the decaying ropes
and blankets with which the dead
bodies were wrapped.
The boats plying between Portland
and The Dslies pass daily this spot.
where CHASTITY skulls of the mighty
warriors of the dim past grin hideous-
ly at the white maraudsr, who has
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-18
ORDINANCE NO. A137o.

An ordinance prOvl0mg for the en-
ploymcnt of Allan +. Gill. civil en-
gineer, to superintend placing
pumps at up river water works and
providing for his compensation.
The city of Spokane does ordain
as follows:
Section /. That Allan +. Gill be re-
quired and employed to submit to
the board of public works report
of the public improvements completed
by the city engineers office since the
2Sth day of FEBRUARY. 1902, and also
to report to said board additions to
the plans and specifications for pro-
posed addition to up river water
works pumping station. that the
comptroller be instructed to draw a
warrant in favor of said GU for
such work in the sum of eighteen
hundred and eighty dollars ($l, $4,000
upon said Gilps filing a writtcl re-
lease with said Comptroller releas-
ing the city of Spokane for all claims
for salary claimed as city engineer.
Sec 2. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force ten days after
it's passage.
Passed the city council May 6.
1908 y. w. HAND.
Pesident of the City Council.
Attest: c. A. FLEMING. City Clerk.
Approved May IL. 1903,
Z. s. BYRNE Mayor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-18
WHERE THE POOR CAN
BECOME PROPERTY OWNERS.

men were then put to work by the
army to improve the land, each re-
ceiving 81 a day. one to live on and
the other being credited on his debt
to the army. When the first crops
were harvested the colOnists got con-
siderable money from their sales. and
the outlook encouraged them greatly.
The first colonist discharged his
entire Indebtedness a year ago. and
a number of others have followed
him since. The following figures will
give an idea. of the business of the
colony: Payments made on land by
army, S17,6S7.60; interest on loans,
taxes and insurance. s7s70.3S; ad-
vanced to colonists.. $3O.S46, rs; man
agerial expenses. s12.S6S: Improve
ments, roads, fences, bitches. etc.
s36.579.55; total. $105.95169 OF this
sum the colonists repaid $4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-18
An Old Nan Was HANGED.

At Butler scarod Around
him stenced the
stood old
had lived
feel the clutch of the neck and be hanged
Once he famous by his
thing, o
a he
Tor two terms He affairs highly
He loved
born to him.
structure that had
daughters he
and the is found in fourw
a
The old stood the
and
a a man. Youw
it.
is Of his
and the lips
il
The L. eternity
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-05-18

PUEBLO. Col. May 1S.--The show
ing made by Fort Amity. the village
organized by the Salvation army to
help the poor, is such as might sug-
gest to the United States government
similar scheme on a larger scale.
In 1898 the location of the village,
near Pueblo, was a stretch of gray
sagebrush The land was divided
into small farms. each colOnist re-
ceiving from five to 20 acres. Those
who took advantage of the opportu-
nifty were all working men, who
were unable under existing condi-
tions to accumulate property.
The army bought a large block of
land and organized colony compos-
ed of this class of persons. In addi-
ton to an apportionment of land each
colonist was given farming imple
ments and some live stock. All the