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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
Had Use for His HAIR.

An aged clergyman with silvery hair
was the recipient of several simulta-
neous requests from young ladies for
q lock Of his hair. The requests were
complied with. the clergyman being
pleased to fulfill wishes which seemed
founded on sentiment Of respec., and
all went well until his wife received
this note: Dear Mrs. -:: Won't
you please ask your husband to send
me little lock Of his hair? We have
all been taking lessons in making hair
flowers. So many of the other girls
asked him, and he sent it to them, that
n thought Iswould rather ask you to get
1t for me- Won't you please do this for
me? 1t is SO hard, to get white hair
for : lilies of the Valley London
World.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
HALF-AcRE GARDEN.
The ProAts Which Were Raaliead
from . Small Plot Of
Ground

This year our garden was 6x12 rods,
or little less than half an acre. In It
we raised strawberries, raspberries,
radishes. lettuce. early and late peas.
bets, carrots, cabbage, early potatoes.
cucumbers. summer squash and rtoua-
toes. There have been five adults in the
family all the time and an additional
one much Of the time. We sold 500 quarts
Of strawberries for $24.45, canned 16
quarts and had them two meals q day
for four weeks.
We sold only few punches of rad
ishes and lettuce. We raised the Early
Triumph potatoes and had six rows Of
six rods long. We sold a few and had
enough to use for two months and two
bushels for seed. We sold small cucum-
bers at 20 cents per gallon, large ones
for slicing at 10 cents per dozen, ripe
ones for so cents. per bushel. We sold
40 bushels of tomatoes for $23, receiving
one bushel for early ones, and so cents
per bushel for the green and late ripe
ones. We have 20 quarts canned with
five bushels or more yet on the vines in
good condition October Is. Total sales
from garden to that date were $3.50.
We had on hand then five bushels to-
matoes two bushels potatoes, 400 cab
bages, 200 to spare at three cents each,
five bushels beets with three bushels TO
sell at so cents each, two bushels car
rots, with one to sell, which will bring
our income from the garden to quite $50.
I have given no account Of our sweet
corn which was in a field near by. What
We sold came to 1895. We could have
sold twice as many strawberries and I
think double the amount of vegetables.
We sold to private customers in town on
the way to deliver cream.
Next year we shall add parsley, celery,
parsnips, onions and .caulitiower. We
shall try to have earlier tomatoes and
earlier cabbage. Our garden proved SO
successful that We have set out one acre
in raspberries and blackberries and a
larger strawberry bed. Our bed this
year was 3x6 rods and the first year
bearing. Vegetables were in sows six
rods long and were cultivated with a
-horse.-N. E. Chapman, in Farm and
Home
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
THE DOORWAY.

In the heart Of the day T strayed to the
heart Of tangled wood,
And there, like a dream, before me q des-
olate portal stood.
Strange and solemn and sombre It stood
and was alone; Y
Mystery fell like fog; fear swept by like
q moan.
1t was bolted strongly above, and bolted
below again,
And one of the bolts was Sorrow, and
the other bolt was Pain.
Two dim lights hung in the shadow, two
red and misty spheres,
And my soul sank as I saw Them for I
knew they were Blood and Tears.
The way was lost behind me. backward
I dared not go:
beat upon the portal, and my heart
broke with the blow.
Bruised, and bleeding, and blinded, I
forced the bolts to move
I passed through the dreadful doorway
...... and the other side was Love!
Ella Heath in Lippincott's Magazine.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
PARAaRAPH1c PERSONALS.

Manuel Garcia, at one time a noted
singer, is living in London. He is 100
years old.
Mrs. Louise G. Smith, whose mother
was sister of Thomas Jefferson, is dead
ct Louisville.
Hon. Manuel Lucuaino Diaz, secre-
tary of public works for Cuba, is in this
country for the purpose of studying i'm
proved railroad methods.
DR.. Chrysander, formerly private Sec
rotary to the great Bismarck, is patient
in lunatic asylum at Hamburg. He
suffers from fits of nervousness.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08

walk at all, and every malkeshift tried
and all tho medicine took had not the
slightest effect. Ny back continued to
grow weaker until I began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills, and I must say !
was more than surprised and gratifed
to notice the back ache disappearing
gradually until it finally stopped"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all
dealers or mailed on receipt Of price,
80 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
AN INVITING PROSPECT.

Will Canada in the next quarter Of q
century take the place Of the United
States as the great wheat exporting
section Of the western hemisphere
Everything points that way. In the
opinion Of experts the United States has
reached high water mark as . wheat
exporting country. The increasing
population over there has reached the
point when home consumption is be-
coming annually greater in proportion
than the increase in wheat production.
As a matter of fact wheat production
ls decreasing over there as the land be-
comes more valuable and by reason OF
the demand for other forms Of produce
for, home consumption. It 10 said-that
the wheat crop this year is not more
than 20 per cent. Of the crop OF 1901
and much below the crops Of 1902 and
1903. It is estimated that this year
the United States surplus for export will
not be over 100.000,000, which is less
than any year since 1873 with two ex-
ceptions. Not only is this the case, but
q considerable quantity of the best Can
nesota and also Chicago.
All this tends to keep the price OF
wheat near the solar mark, and IDOL
lar wheat" is the loadstone that will at.
tract farmers to the Canadian North
west, where land Is cheap and can be
farmed on q. wholesale basis, particulars
Of which may be had from any agent
Of the Canadian Government. The re-
duction Of sAmertcan& exports wilF.have
the double influence of Increasing Can.
adian production and keeping up the
price. It constitutes roseate prospect
for this country, and needs no exercise
of optimistic enthusiasm to foresee the
near expansion of the Dominion into
the actual position Of the "granary Of
the empire"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
FUmlcATINc SEED GRAIN.
Boz in Which It Nay Be Treated to
Fumes Of Carbon Bisulphide
to Kill Insects.

The great damage to the Canada field
pea seed by the pea weevil led to ex-
'periments by the Ontario college for a
cheap and effective method Of combat
ing the evil. The box shown below is the
result of these experiments. The peas
are placed in this box and fumigated
with bisulphate of carbon. This style
of box has been in use at the station
for seven years; it is five feet long,
three feet wide and three feet deep, and
is capable of holding 30 bushels of peas.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
The Tops Of the Corn Shocks.

Many good farmers often neglect to
tie the .. tops of their corn-shocks.
II this is not done, It is a common thing
to see them twisted or blown down.
No matter how we'll the corn is set up
at cutting time. a heavy wind will do
more or less damage by blowing of the
outside layers, often ovcrturning the
entire shock. I find it great help to
have a short ladder to use in this con-
nection. It should be high enough 30
that when q man is at work his head
will be on level with the top Of the
snock. There are many little home
made devices which are q great assist
ance in drawing the top Of the shock
together.-Midland Farmer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
FUM1GAT1NG BOX.

Their method of treatment is given as
follows:
Immediately after threshing, the peas
we're put into cotton and jute bags. AS
soon as 80 bushels Of peas were threshed
they were placed in a fumigation box
for treatment. One pound Of carbon BIZ
sulphide was poured out into three fiat
pans, which were placed on the top Of
the peas; the cover was then put on the
box and weighted with heavy stones.
After 48 hours the cover was removed
and the box ventilated. The pans had
become dry, as the liquid had changed
into gas, which, being much heavier
than air, had sunk down amongs the
peas, penetrating them and killing the
weevils. i
The quantity of carbon bisulphide used
by us was larger than that usually recon-
mended, as pound or a pound and ahalf
is generally considered sufficient for 100
bushels Of peas, but we wished to err on
the safe side. Carbon bisulphide may
be purchased in small quantities from
any druggist at about 80 cents per pound,
or 40 cents per pint. For larger guam
titles better rates can be given by the
druggist. The gas, or vapor, which
comes from carbon bisulphide is not
only combustible. but 1t is very explosive
when mixed with air. Great care should,
therefore be taken to treat the peas in
the daytime only, for light or fame
of any kind brought near the liquid may
cause serious explosion; and smoking
near it should be positively prohibited.
Moreover, the vapor should not be in
hailed, as tits very injurious, even small
portion causing headache, giddiness and
nausea. s
The treatment with carbon bisulphide
should be made in boxes, barrels, or
Lighthouses" located some, distance
from the insured buildings on the farm.
With the strict observance of the pre-
eeding precautions, no one should hest
tate to use the carbon bisulphide. AS
matter of fact, says the Prairie Farmer,
we have never heard Of any bad results
following it's use in the treatment, Of
peas. When pure it will not injure or
stain the finest goods. The commercial
liquid has an acrii taste, and an odor
like that of rotten eggs. The vapor is
more than 2s times as heavy as air. Any
tight box or barrel may be used for this
purpose and the principal of fulnigation
may be extended to any kind of seed
grain or other articles that are attacked
by any kind of insects. Is
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08

ssys: "a 0e-
vere cold e.
tied in my
kidneys and
developed 30
quickly that
I wMobliged
to lay OF
work on &C..
count of the
aching in my
back q n d
Sides. For 4
time I was
n nab1e 20
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
STORING SEED POTATOES.
Safe Method Of Keeping Them During
q the Winter So They Will
Not Sprout.

Seed potatoes should be firm and
sound. from which no sprouts have ever
grown. Keep in ascave.made, especially
for the purpose, arranged so as to con-
troll the temperature as near the freez-
ing point as possible and not have the
potatoes freeze. A cave of any kind will
do, even If nothing more than a pit in
the ground covered with poles, few
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08

2, Ths auestiongof7 the Farm Power.
Tine gasoline engine has become ex-
tremely popular among the very best
class Of farmers, serving its purpose
economically and~admirably in furnish
ing an ideal power for grinding feed
pumping water, saving wood, etc.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08

'The top Of q big wave came slas
egfn the house and q thin stream o
water ran under the door and over the
floor. Tho crab had been sparrin' with
Hayshack Is usual, and got one of his
claws fast in the cats whiskers, and
when the. water came in Hayshacl
and the other cats jumped up on the
table. and the crab was still hangip
to Hayshack's whiskers.
Things got pretty lively after thsl
and I didn't have no time to see what
become O. the crab. The cats were
meowin' with fear. In about five min
utes there came another big wave that
lifted one end o. the house OF the piles
about q foot, tumbled the clock off the
shelf and sent a pot full of boilin' po-
tatoes rcllin' over the floor.
when the big wave rolled away the
house came down on the piles again
with crash that smashed all my
dishes, put out the lamp and made q
big hole in the floor where the ice and
water came through. This time the
water was a foot deep on the floor.
II jumped out o. the bunk, grabbed
my coat, and yelled to the cats. and
I'm blamed If them cats didn't jump
off the table, swim over to me and
stick their sharp claws into my bare
shins. I grabbed one of 'em in each
hand and showed 'em into my pockets,
and Hayshack climbed onto my shout
der.
Il waded to the door, and when I
opened it the wind came roarin' in and
tore OFF the, roof like a Aeaf. All this
happened quicker'n I'm tellin' Il. I
knew the next big wave would carry
the house away, and I moved quick.
In stormy nights still can hear the
wind howlin', the cats squallin' and
the ice grindin' agin the floor"
did you swim, Bill?" said the Wis
itor.
'swim!" said Bill in quiet contempt,
II couldn't live three minutes in that
sea and that ice-cold water.
II had duckboat tied to my piazza.
The piazza was two boards wide. The
boat was jumpin' around like frisky
colt right agin the side o. the house.
jumped in and pushed of.
"'Twas cloudy night, but not very
dark. got 100 feet away, when saw
the house lift up again five or six feet
and the red-hot stove slid through the
back joists and scantlin', and when I
looked again the house was gone"
Bill smoked rsfectively for a mo-
ment,, with Hayshack purring against
his leg. Then he led the way up the
cabin stairs, and, pointing with his
pipe across an arm of the bay, now
dimpling in the sunlight, while the tide
loitered lazily to the sea, resumed his
tale. ~
ut looks peaceful enough now, don't
it? But on the night I'm tellin' about
the white horses were jumpin' FIVE
foot high. could never tell you how
the duckboat lived in that sea, but
she foated like cork and me and the
cats got over here alive.''
did you save anything out Of the
wreck?"
eyes, I saved them four piles you see
stickin' out o. the sand and q pickle
jar"
"a pickle jar?"
eyes. You see, kept my savin's in
the pickle jar in cents and nickels and
quarters. There was $3.50 in the jar.
1t had a glass top screwed down on O
rubber band, so it was watertight. If
1t had been empty it would have float
ed away, but the coin took it to the
bottom and found it on the sad at
low Mater."-N. Y. Sun.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
] Divereify..

y Diversity! Plan to raise ~at least.
fruits and vegetables enough for home
use. Special farming. or one crop:
farming, is well enough IN Its place,
but ve must not depend too much upon
It. What do you think about It? ee
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
Turning Fence POSTS.

Now comes the time for getting out
fence posts. which will soon rot at OF
in the ground. To double, and more
than double, the life Of the post, get 1t
IS inches or more longer than hole ia deep
and fence it high. Then when tho post
rots OF turn it upside down and got an
other life from it. s
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
EVERY WALK N LIFE

A. A. Beyce, . farmer. living thrsa
and . half miles from Trenton, No.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
. Strawberry and
Vegetable Dealers

The Passenger Department Of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company have recently iesued publica.
ton known as Circular No. IL, in which Ia described
the et
best territory in this country
for the growing Of early strawberries and early
vegetables. Every dealer in such products should
IOWA, requesting a copy OF "Circular No. 12"
J.E. MERRY. Asst. Gerl Pass5 Agent
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08

the fiery furnace-Hayshack.., Meshaclk
and Bendigo, for knew the cats was
up sagin 1t and were bound to see trou-
bic before they got through with me. 4
GLOW long, Wassit after your house
was finished before It was swept
'away?'' said the visitor
From August till March,. replied
Bill. II got along all right through
the winter, and the comfort them cats
was to me I'm the long evenin's was q
caution. used to. lay in my bunk and
watch 'em rollin'3 over each other,
while the wind was screechin' round
the house and the tide talkin' noisy in
the cellar
7 n think I'd ave gone crdzy with
lonesomeness if5ft hadn't been forSthem
cats. You ought to have seen Hay
shack sparrfn' with spider crab !
atonged up one day!--@As-spider Mcrab,
you know, is all claws and bono and
has notnnards to3speaksof. ss
ION the night before st. SPatrick's
.day#the wind. was roarin' around the
shanty. It had been BLOWN from the
nor'west. and IT. shifted to the south
ard and blew the water tumblink back
in the bay. To make things worse for
the cats and me, the bay was full <of
float ice sixsto eight inches thick.
1.-THE ice was aoatin' back and forth
on the tide, and at low water Il was
stranded on the bars ten foots high
Some o. this ice came sailin' along
and damned up in my cellar, and it
lay there groanin' and grindin' agin
the piles -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-29

wear ana go. "a ,,.iiit. ne COST,
however is at present TOO great 10
permit Of anything llli" their universal
adoption. For courtyards of mansions
and similar purposes where expenses
need not he Of much consideration pa
per pavement. il Is averred, VIII soon
come into vogue
out of the sheets of an Austrian dni'
~ paper an ingenious Nicnnese ens'.
nccr has lately constructed for his own
use small Yacht. fifteen feet long
dccked all over and provided WIN Il
ccn,erboard In the making "f the
hull, deck, ma,ts, sails and N'dd"r soy
c"al t.,.N Il or.',s Of l'' J""rH1'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-29

foundations and roof being made from
that material. So, too, are the chin
neys, although the paper used in their
construction was first mingled with a
iiroproof material. The house, which
is Of considerable extent and will, in
the opinion of Its architect, Outlast
such as are built of stone and brick,
cost over tS.W0
In certain towns of Russia, too the
experiment is now being made of util-
izing paper for paving the roads and
streets. In this case also blocks com.
pressed to great solidily are employed
and are said to stand eScellently' the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-29

were used. each plank requiring no
fewer than 900 leaves, and enormous
pressure had to be employed before
the necessary solidity could be obtain
ed Tho inventor has already made
several excursions on the Woerth sea,
and even in squally weather his boat
is said to have behaved admirably.
The late Henry Krupp completed n
few months before his death a mum
Der of paper tieldpieces. These unique
guns. which were made To the order of
the German government, are intended
Their caliber IS very small. being, in
deed, less than two inches. and So
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-29

ligh, are roy that singlc soldier can,
unaidCd, shoulder one with ease. DE.
spite their small weight. however, the
resistance is greater than that "f n
steel hcldplccc Of the same cHliher.
Germany. too can boast itself the
pioneer In "A dental novelty viz, in pa
per teeth, which are constructed from
paper pulp instead Of from the porce-
lain or other material usually employ
ed, They are said 10 have given sat
their use, for not only do they keep
their color we'll, but not hciug brittle,
are much less liallc t. clip Cham the
ordinary false teeth They are lhcW .sc
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-29
NEW USES FOR PAPER.
Employed For Making Houses, Pave
ments, Yachts and Guns.

In the rebuilding of the king of 10
rea's palace which was recently de
stroycd by fire, papier mache viii be
solely employed. To obtain Il sufficient
quantity FOX the purpose there has iccn
engaged u staff Of !, 900 Koreans pos
sesScl of strong teeth for chewing M
paper.
At SnvinoroSka, in Russia, is II pa.
per house. II has been entirely built
Of blocks of papicr mache even ,hn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-29
The StruGale Iindcd.

Poor old Noracly died last night"
Indeed
yes; he turned over ana died with
out struggle"
"Well, lie died easier than he lived
then" New Orleans picayune
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-29

Farmers Wife Why have Anu "I
that piece OF steak sent ont Tor N""
Tramp indignantly di"ht "NN ~
work. ma'am asked for s"hl''lNn
10 eat. Illustrated Bits.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-29

Ethel engaged week George and
have never had a quarrel Maud
ON, | think you ought 20 have one be.
fore you are married. otherwise you
cant be quite sure whether you are
going TO have your own way or not,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-29
he Your own Architect,

80 not govern your life, which IL
entirely Individual to yourself by an.
others outlook. Perhaps he could not
accomplish what you have in mind.
Neither could you accomplish the task
he sets for himself Commoncr.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-07
MOBILE & OHIOBULLETIN

Iou. taU, pdrchnse vg9s5t9u sf
Iori. MI Siln day limit sold daiIy
al rate of st5n srasou limit tickets
solid daily at rate off &74-.
Animal meeting of grand lodge BE.
pcyolaut Order of Els. Cincinnati
O. Univ l2.o3 1904 For the above
occasion raund arip tickets viii be
sold TO Cincinnati at rate of SlO.25.
Dates of sale .uiv 10Th and I'm. lin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-07

have $500, 900 worth III these vaults
Therefore, while had no such amount
in cash as $4,000, | could easily give
her three diamond rings, which | did.
with a letter to Paris joweler, who
would purchase them from her Thus
was | rid Of the woman, part Of the
agreement being that She should never
return.
MIR Hitchel, a man Of your intell-
gence must have known chat such prom.
isos are not kept by Chat class Of people.
TRUE, but obtained from her all
the documentary evidence which she
had. SO that rendered her powcrless to
annoy me further You said awhile ago
that it was serious admission for ne
to make that | was IN this wnmans
power / suppose you meant that such q
fact supplied motive for this murder.
Now you see that this is not true. since
can prove that released myself from
that position year ago.
GLOW can you prove that:'
J lltiNt lIl' Nbiliftt NAANii Jts III NAAl'iA
she states TINT for the sum Of $4,000,
or its equivalent, she delivers to me
family documents. etc.
Have you tho cumentsstill?"
Il prefer not to reply to that ques-
ton
Very good, but answer me this onei
Where did you obtain this leather case
and what does it contain As he said
this ;hc detective picked mp the case and
held it before Mr. Mitchel's eye That
gentleman was evidently confused for a
moment, but finally answered;
1T contains SOME jewels.
Jewels. That Is what | thought
May ] examine ther3f'
mot with my permission "
Then | must do so without. And
with quick movement the case lay
,nren on the table IL was lined with
black satin and contained gems similar
to those described in the paper found in
the dead woman pocket. What seemed
more important, however, was piece
Of writing paper upon which Mr.. Barnes
found an exact copy of the list and de-
scription which he had in his pocket
The detective noticed with establishment
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-07
Cures Old Sores.

WastmOrelaud. Kans, May >. 1902.
Ballard Snow Liniment Co.. Nalr
Snow Lnimcnt cured an OH a1fe on
the side Of my chin that was supposed
to- be- a cancer. The sore vas stub
Som and would not yield 70 treatment
until ] tried Snow Liniment which
did TIE work in short order NJ SIS
ter. Airs. Sophia J. Carson. AlIensriIie
Miffn Co, Pa. has a Sore ana mis-
trusts that it is g cancer. Please send
her q soc bottle. Sold by Schuh DfHa
&c.