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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
e RUSSIAN SUBMARINE MINE.

RUSSIAN SUBMARINE MINE. See
Qn the drawing NJ is the mine case con-;
tanning the explosive. "A is the anchors
B is thetf1oat. D, drum on which anchor
rope is wound. T T are contact studs
which explode the mine when touched by
vessel passing above.) @
ignited by the impact of vessels bot
tom or by an electric current controlled
by an operator at a distance. Where
the water is shallow the mine is placed
directly on the bottom and is therefore
called a ground mine. In deep water it
is placed in a buoyantcy cylinder or sphere
and anchored by rope or chain to the
bottom. In this way. it floats near
enough to the surface to be effective, but
deep enough to- be In Visible h
~ The most common type and the most
certain in its effect is the electro-con-
tact mine. This consists of a heavy,
cast iron hemispherical case, containing
from 200 to 500 pounds of gun-cotton.
dynamite or blasting gelatine, which
rests on the bottom of the channel, river
or sea. Attached to the mine and float
ing above It. near the surface of the
water, is a hollow, buoyant sphere, in
which is placed an electric circuit closer.
Wires lead to fuse in the ground mine
and to the signal station.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
THE ROSEBUD INDIAN RES.
ERvATlON.
ss2, 600 Acres Of Fertile and Well
Watered Lands Open to
Settlement.

Some two years ago the Chicago +
North Western R'y built their Verdigre
4 Bonesteel line to the eastern border of
the Rosebud Indian Reservation, thus Sc
curing the only direct line from Chicago,
Minneapolis, st. Paul, Sioux City, Omaha
and other points in the west to the fer
tile region which is now to be thrown
omen to settlement under the United
States Homestead laws.
Under President Roosevelt's proclama-
ton United States Registry Land Offices
are to be opened July 5th at Yankton.
Fairfax and Bonesteel, S. D., for the reg
ietration of applicants for these lands.
The registration books will remain open
until July I'D, and commencing July 18th,
drawings will take place, to determine the
order in which the applicants will be per-
mitted to make final entry and settlement.
The final entry begins at Bonesteel, Au-
gust 9Th. No one is permitted to regis
ter or make entry to land by mail, but
must be personally present at one Of the
three points named for registration and
at Bonesteel for final entry. ,,.
souri. Niobrara and White rivers and are
remarkably fertile, situated in the midst
Of the great corn belt of the Missouri
Valley, where similar land is worth from
$50 to $50 an acre. With an altitude of
about 2,20O feet, they are in region
which cannot be excelled for healthful-
A heavy influx of people is looked for
at these points of registration, and every
thing possible is being done by the North
Western Line to spread broadcast all in
formation that is of interest to applicants
for these lands.
Complete maps and folders have been
issued and are being distributed free on
application to the representatives of the
Passenger Department..
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
HOW INSANITY is CAUSED.
Result of III Effects of Mental and
Physical Stress in Centers
of Population.

An interesting report recently issued
by Dr. w. G. White, OF the government
hospital for the insane, at Washington,
D. c., gives lengthy account of the
geographical distribution of insanity in
the United States and it's significance.
He finds that the proportion of insanity
lis highest where there is greatest con-
gestion of population and therefore
where the stresses incident to active
competition are most severe" This
view is generally accepted by alienists
in America.
While hereditary predisposition is
recognized as a leading cause of insan-
ity, he believes that quiet life is q
guarantee against mental breakdown
as regards some of its FORMS On the
other hand, the stresses of excessive
study, business anxiety, loss of prop
erty, domestic calamity, excitement in
love and politics are found to be definite
exciting causes Of insanity. The ten
dency to insanity is strong in those who
from constitutional predisposition in-
dulge in alcohol for long periods Of
IluS. <AACOAOl4C 4uSdnAty pACsoAAS uAOSS
frequently in crowded industrial CEN
tiers of population where the struggle
for income is bitterest"
Regarding clinical conditions, the in
teresting fact is recorded that among
the North American Indians insanity is
of rare occurrence. This is not because
these tribes are exempt from the dis
eases or the vices of civilization, but be-
cause they live an easy-going outdoor
life, free from care and worry for the
future, and therefore free from mental
overstrain. The negro, says DR.. White,
remains sane despite his unhygienic
surroundings SO long as he stays in the
country, his natural home. But when
he goes into the northern states and
cities and enters into active competi-
ton with the white, who is mentally
his superior, he soon succumbs in the
struggle. ##@E
These facts, says Dr.. White, though in
the main well established, are Of inter-
est in showing the ill-ehects Of mental
and physical stress in combination with
advanced civilization operating In great
cites and centers Of populaton.-Cht'
cago American.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

in the least I had prolonged headache.
I am now in perfect health, enjoy life
and have neither an ache or pain,
thanks to Peruna."-Lucy NJ. Riley.
Itisnolongera question as to whether
Peruna can be relied on to cure all such
cases. During the many years in which
Peruna has been put to test in all forms
and stages of acute and chronic catarrh
no one year has put this remedy to
greater test than the past year.
II all the women who are suffering
with any form of female weakness
would write to DR.. Hartman, Columbus,
Ohio, and give him complete descrip-
tion Of their symptoms and the pecul.
iarities of their troubles, he will i'm.
mediately reply with complete direc.
tions for treatment, free of charge.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

Maple Hill, Ia, May So.-A very remark.
able. case occurred here recently, The
people here have never seen anything like
It and it may interest many others.
From his infancy, Verne, the little i've.
year.cld son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. BAREFOOT,
OF this place, has been sickly. His moth
gin to improve till some one suggested that
ehe try remedy called Dodd's Kidney
Pills. From unmistakable symptoms she
had always believed that his kidneys were
the first cause of all the trouble, 20 she
bought box of Dodd's Kidney Pills and
began giving little Verne two pills a day.
In two Or three days she noticed an i'm
used about two boxes when to her great
joy, he was all right. Everybody remarks
how much better Verne looks and Mrs.
Barefoot always explains: '.Dodd's Kidney
Pills saved his life"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
THE MoNoLITHs OF AKsUM.


Great. as is the slant Of the leaning
tower Of Pisa. it's defiance Of the law
of gravitation Is nothing compared
with that OF q number of obelisks still
standing on the site of an ancient city
of Abyssinia. A fewso these have fallen
fiat, a few are still erect, utothers are
inclined ct such ansangle that only an
anchorage in the soil prevents their as
Stunning horizontal position.
This wonderful collection Of mono
liths is the remains of Aksum, some
times called the Sacred City of the
Philippians" Mrs. Mabel v. "A. Bent
briefiy describes them for Records of
the I.,st." AN archaeological magazine.
The tallest of these monuments is 60
feet high. Several others rise only 20,
or 30 feet from the surface. On most
of them there is more or less carving,
and an attempt has been made to sug-
gest the appearance of tower or other
human edifice, built of wood: The ex-
terror of the highest is divided OF as
if 1t were composed of eight stories.
Near the base is an imitation of portal.
At the top the stone is hewn so as to
resemble gable, bearing on its face a
metal disk, and having on its back
representation of the sun, cut into the
monument. On other obelisks there
are hints of q moon. or half moon. In
few instances there is picture writ
ing, and in atsleast one case an, inscrip-
ton which seems to be a record of a
single victory or a campaign against
rebels. sga .f-~~.
At the base Of many of the monoliths
are found the ruins Of affairs. On at
least one is carved vine. with leaves
and grapes, which are certainly peace
fuI Ia their suggestion. However, de-
pressions and holes in the stone lead
Mrs. Bent and her husband to believe
that the affairs were meant for sacrifice
and we're shaped SO that blood would
drain. off readily. In the center Of one
altar, measuring nearly eight feet by
nine is a raised platform, in which is
cutssssa two-handled vessel, probably
meant to catch the blood of a victim.
Taking both the affairs and the figures
of the sun and moon into consid GRAFTON,
it's thought that the stones were con-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
ONE oFTsaE urrERAAosr.
Even Commercial Travellers Were
Not Beyond the Reach Of
Saving Grace. n

Dan Daily. the actor, who died recently,
whenever he was idle IN New York had a
great habit Of attending Salvation Army
meetings. He believed in the Salvation
Army, and he, contributed literally to its
support: Sometimes, too, he had inter
esting things to tell about it, says the New
York Tribune.
One evening, rather late, DAILY and a
commercial traveller entered the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel together. DAILY, with . nod to-
ward his companion, said:
My friend and l were at a meeting of
the army tonight. The captain, after his
address, passed through the audience,
questioning the people. Coming to my
friend, he said:
"'What is your business, sirs'
am commercial traveller was the
answer.
".And are you saved?'
Cob, Pm all right
"At this reply the captain. turning to
the congregation, shouted in loud voice:
Hallelujah! A commercial traveller
saved. God can save to the uttermost!'
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
DEADLY SUBMARINE MINES.
Tyr q Those uadshystls Ressians
in Harbor Of Port Arthur q
Shown in Cut.

Submarine mines such as those which
are supposed to have sunk the Petro-
pavlovsk and the Maine are of three
kinds: First, observation mines, fred
from shore; second. automatic mines,
which explode directly when struck by
ship; third, electrical-contact mines.
which on being touched by vessel give
notice to an operator on shore who
throws switch and explodes the mine.
Most submarine mines consist of q
metal case, which is filled with gun
cutton or some other high explosive.
The fuse is so arranged that it may be
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
DOCTOR ADVOCATED OPERATION
/ PE-RU-NA MADE KNIFE UNNECESSARY.

MRS. EVA BARTHO, 1873 East 18th,
AVA St., New York City, N. Y, writes:
81 suffered for three years with leucor-
rhea and liberation of the womb. The
doctor advocated an operation which
dreaded very much, aud strongly OBJ
iected to 60 under it. Now ! avn q
changed woman. Peruna cured me; it
took nine bottles, but felt SO much
improved kept taking it, as dreaded
IN operation SO much. am to-day in
perfect health and have not felt SO well
1or fifteen years. Mrs. Eva Bartho.
Mrs Senator Roach, Of Lari-
more, ~ OAK; Mrs. Senator War
rem, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; BeIva
Lockwood snd Mrs. General Long
street, of Washington, D. c., are
among the prominent ladies who
ind0rse Peruna.
Miss Helen Rolof, Kaukauna, Wis,
writes:
"Several times during the past two
wears or more my system has been
greatly in need of q tonic, and at those
times Peruna has been Of great help in
building up the system, restoring my
appetite and securing restful Sleep
Helen Rolof.
!. Miss Muriel Armitage, Sc Greenwood
Ave. Detroit, Mich, District Organizer
Of the Royal Templars of Temperance,
writes as follows:
"Isuffered for five years with uterine
irregularities, which brought on hys-
terra and made me physical wreck. l
tried doctors from the different schools
ofmedicine, but withoutanyp erceptible
change in my condition. In my despair
l called on an old nurse, who advised
me to try Peruna, and promised good
results if I would persist and take it
regularly. kept this up for six months,
and steadily gained strength and
health, and when had used fifteen
bottles considered myself entirely
cured. am grateful, happy woman
to-day."-Miss Muriel .Armitage.
Miss Lucy M. Riley, So Davenport st.,
Cleveland, Ohio, writes: Ss8 ~"
81 wish to add my Endorsement to
thousands of other women who have
been cured through the use OF Peruna.
1 suffered for. Ave years with severe
backache, and when weary or worried
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
Please Tell Your Readers Our Big
aQ-Cent Catalogue II Now Eree.

For years the price Of our big General
Merchandise Catalogue has been 50 cents
but we have reduced our selling prices on
all kinds of goods SO far below all other
houses as to insure almost every catalogue
bringing orders and making new custom.
ers, and by the introduction of new paper
making machinery, new automatic rotary
printing, folding, binding and covering ma.
chinery we have SO reduced the cost Of
making this big book that we will nov
send it by mail, postpaid, free to any adj
dress on application.
The big book which heretofore was sold
at so cents each and which is now free for
tains thousands Of illustrations, descrip.
in nearly every kind Of merchandise, in.
GLIDING dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, furnishing goods, notions, millinery,
carpets, upholstering. hardware, tools, cleo.
trical goods, guns, sporting goods, sewing
machines, musical Instruments, organs,
pianos, furniture, baby carriages. crock crock!
goods, optical goods, talking machines,
moving picture apparatus, buggies, harness,
saddles, saddlery, watches, jcwelry,. silver.
ware, clocks, safes, refrigerators, tinware,
everything used in the home, in the shop,
in the factory and on the farm, and all
priced at prices much lower than were
ever offered by any other house.
If you have one Of our big catalogues or
have ever seen one you know what it is,
the most complete, most up to date and
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you haven't our big catalogue don't fail ia
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can get one for the asking. Simply on a
postal card or in letter say, "Send me
your Big Catalogue" and the big new
book, our regular 50cent catalogue will go
to you by return mail, postpaid, free with
our compliments. Please don't forget to
that the bic 5Ocent book is now free to
anyone for the asking. Address
SEARS. ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
Could You Use Any Kind Of Sewing
Machine at ANY Pricep

If there is any price SO low, any offer so
liberal that you would think of accepting
on trial new high grade, drop cabinet or
Wilson, Standard, White or New Home
Sewing Machine, cut out and return this
notice, and you will receive by return mail,
postpaid, free of cost, the handsomest
sewing machine catalogue ever published.
It will name you prices on the Minnesota,
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, White, Stand
will surprise you; We will make you new
and attractive proposition, a sewing ma
chine offer that will astonish you.
If you can make any use of any sewing
machine at any price, if any kind of an
offer would interest you, don't fail t.
write us at once (be sure to cut out and
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est book, our latest offers, our new and
most surprising proposition. Address
SEARS, ROEBUCK e. CO., Chicago.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

nected in some manner with religious
ceremonies. &
In the same neighborhood are many
tombs, cut out of solid rock, one con-
tanning an elaborate sarcophagus. The
form of the tombs is Greek, and there
are other evidences of Greek influence
upon the architecture of the region
The inscription just referred to, more
over, is cut in two different texts, Greek
and Sabaean. Obelisks are so closely
associated in the public mind with Egyp-
tan civilization that one cannot help
wondering if the latter also had not
some share in shaping the practices of
ancient Ethiopia, which is now known
as Abyssinia. The engineering appli
ances with which such enormous masses
were transported from the quarries and
lifted into place must have been the
same in both cases.
It is difficult to fix the age of these
obelisks at Aksum exactly. The Sabae-
ans were an Arabian people who ex-
tended their sway across the Red sea
several centuries before the beginning
of the Christian era. Their dialect is
closely akin to pure Arabic and also to
what is called the Ethiopian language.
As Christianity was introduced into the
country about $50 or 800 A. D., it is fair
to presume that the religious rites that
were celebrated at the base of the
obelisks of Aksum were discontinued at
that time. Hence the monoliths them
selves must have been erected at still
earlier period.
There are evidences of completely
buried ruins of great extent at Aksum,
and there is ample testimony in Roman
and Persian history that the city was
one Of great size and Importance. Moth
ing in the way Of excavation has yet
been attempted there in modern times.
Were such investigation practicable, it
might throw much light on the ideas
which dominated Ethiopia before the
dawn Of Christianity.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
Artificial Respiration.

A new method of producing artificial
respiration is claimed by Prof Schafer,
of Edinburgh, Ito be much more effective
in cases of drowning and asphyxiation
than any other. Placing the subject in
a prone position, the operator applies
pressure with his hands to the lower
ribs. and repeats this about 10 times a
minute by swinging himself backward
and forward. The common moving Of the
subjects arms is condemned as Of little
value.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
Elegant Train Service Of the Nickel
Plate Road.

The thorough development and main.
tenance of the up-to-date passenger serv.
ice Of the Nickel Plate Road leaves moth
ing to be desired by people who travel.
Ladies travelling alone or accompanied by
well-lighted coaches, made 50 by the corps
of colored porters in uniform who attend
the wants Of both first and second-cla
passengers without extra charge. The din
ing car service of the Nickel Plate Road
has become very popular with the patrons
on the line and one of pride to the man
agement. This service is conducted un.
der the system of individual club meals.
Carefully. prepared menus are compiled
into booklets, containing suggestions for
breakfast, luncheon or supper that will
not cost you more than thirty-6ve cents
and on up to one dollar, which il the
limit, hence the disbursement may wait
ga la Carte" As no excess fare is charged
on any train, it will be to your advantage
Pate Route were rates s sle lower IKE
via any other line.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
Professional Ride.

h flying s, %a chi won't MT ven
been induced to observe the experiment.
WELL" answered the inventor, after
GENE reelection, my machine may not be
as much of traveller as some of the 9TH
ers, but it's heap safer.
Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
Woes Of Matrimouv.

"Of course said the husband who
made speciality of manufacturing ex.
cuses, 1.-The, truth is bound to leak out
some time"
yes" rejoined the other half of the
matrimonial combine, "and l am inclined
to believe that it leaked out of you long
ago. Chicago Daily News.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

Give . man seed catalogue and a
woman fashion chart, and they will solve
the problem Of what to do with their
surplus cash.-Chicago Tribune. l@S
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

II is unfortunate that a man cannot
know how great favor girl confers upon
him by refusing him, unless she accepts
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

Scientists have discovered that a. stork
can ny SD miles an hour and keep it up
for LOCO hours. Why worry about race
suicide, then !-Indianapolis journal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
Die medicine for coughs and eelds- NJ w
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

Don't kill the birds. Even the crows
should be allowed to live until the disap
pointed candidates are ready for them in
MISUNDERSTANDING News. #s
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

Of course, there is room at the top, but
it would suit most of lis better if the at
traction could be moved down to the
ground hoor.--Puck.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

We had COW ourselves once who swal-
lowed an almanac and gave creamed dates.
-kennebec (Mc.) journal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
Extremes in Temperature.

Yeast-Did you say your friend was an
even tempered man?
Crimsonbeak-I should say not! Why,
he gets hot under the collar and cold feet
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

Thought He Knew of One.
Instructor lat night school)-What are
some of the evils of wealth?
Shaggy Haired Pupil,-.Automo6iles 10
one OF 'em.-Chicago Tribune
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
Effects Of Scotch Whisky.

Gunner-So you drank Scottish whisky
at the banquet until you saw triple. Did
Guyer-Worse than that-I herd bag.
pipae.-Philadelphia Record.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02
Shake Into Your shoas

Aliens Foot-Ease. Itcurcs painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
anY subsatnte sm nGe FREE
Address A. 3. Olmsted, lie Roy N. Y.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-02

>, A real grief needs no uniform.-Chicaco
Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-24
OF ENTERING
HOUSE ON SCOTT STREET
William Hunter, Who Says He Is a
Trained Nurse, Arrested on a
Charge of Burglary.

William Hunter was arrested yes
terday and booked at the City Prison
on a charge of burglary. 1t is said
that he recently entered the residence
of ]. j. Mack, 2504 Scott street, by
means of a false key. He went to a
room on the second floor and took
from a bureau drawer a lady's gold
watch and neck chain, valued at 5000,
and a diamond ring. valued at 500.
He was seen by servant girl and
ran downstairs and out of the front
door. She called for help, but Hunter
escaped. From a description given of
him by the servant girl Detectives
O'Dea and Mulcahy and Policeman
Conlan arrested him on O'FarreIl
street, near Stockton. He asserted his
innocence and said he was a trained
nurse out Of a job. He has been posi-
lively identified and the stolen prop
erty has been recovered. Walter
Stanton, suspected of being Hunters
accomplice. is also under arrest.