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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
STUDYING GREAT PROBLEM.
Merchant Marine Commission Wants
to Know Why We Do Not
Have More Ships.
Chicago Special.

chicago SpeclaI.
Jacob H. Gallinger, head Of the mer-
chant marine commission, which began
its hearings the other day in Chicago,
is the senior United States senator
from New Hampshire. and has been a
leader for many years in the politics
of the Granite state. He was born in
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
Escaped.

Marshal Markell of Williston arrest
ed young man giving his name as
John Casey, on information furnished
from Spokane, where Casey had brok
en- into Great Northern railway box
car, stealing jewelry and other small
articles.
A part of the stolen articles were
found in his possession.
He was confined in the city Jail and
Wednesday night, between IL o'clock
midnight and morning, he escaped
from the Jail by digging under the
wall.
Casey left a coat in the Jail with
John Whyte's name on the inside of
the coat pocket.
Great Northern Special Agent De-
laney arrived theer to take his
would-be prisoner back to Spokane,
but had to return with only part of
the stolen goods.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
searchlight for Army Use.

An officer in the German army has
invented an acetylene searchlight,
which can be carried by one man, and
which will illuminate everything with
in distance Of 100 yards. It is ex-
pected to be OF great use in searching
for the wounded after a battle. and in
bridge building.at night. @
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
Squirting Clerks in Demand.

Squirting girls are in demand by
storekeeper in Berlin. On being asked
why. he favors them as attendants, he
said: 81 am often robbed. Now that
the eyes Of my girls look in every di-
rection, the customers who steal will
never know when they are being
watched"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
News Notes.

Fargo will hold it's midsummer
carnival July 18th to 10Th. !.
The state fair will be held at Man
dan Sept. q, % and 20.
The State Bankers association
meets at Fargo July IA and Is.
Eastern wool buyers are paying II
and 18 cents for wool at Dickinson. y
The contract has been let "A
300 creamery at Granville
!! Sunday sunday, ball Ill is ,,t to be "a
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
GEN. SHERMAN M. BELL
(The Warlike Adjutant General of the state
of Colorado.)

many good qualities even as they realize
his faults.
Bell is nearly six feet tall, lean, sin
ewy, a trained athlete, quick as fash
in his movements, and straight as a
ramrod. He has clear, cold blue eyes,
his skin is white, his hair and eyebrows
black as midnight. His nose is large, but
we'll formed; his mouth hard and firm
But his character talks loudest in his
jaws. They close with a snap when he
talks and they show determination
that overcomes the impossible.
Bell has no imagination, no idea of
humor. He is brusque. even rough, and
makes a sad muddle Of diplomacy. When
he says anything he uses few words. and
he is brutal In his frankness. But one
cannot doubt the mans sincerity, one
cannot but feel that he is answering in
his devotion to duty as he sees it.
The newspapers have called him every
name in the catalogue. Has he resented
it? Not a bit. The men who are writing
the meanest things about him are re-
cefved cordially and given every atten-
ton. He is a boy, buoyant, cheerful,
restless and irresistible. He is creature
of impulses-you never know what he is
going to do or say next. He announces
an opinion and you see the absolute
hopelessness of arguing: You say in
your paper with few tart comments on
the generals pig-headed obstinacy. But
he only laughs. "You know how to-
write for papers," he says, II do not.
do know how to run military camp,
though"
Dozens of stories illustrating Bells
courage are told. have seen him ride,
unarmed and alone, at midnight through
the toughest district of the mining camp.
have seen him walk into dense throng
OF men who thirsted for his blood, seize
q man wanted" for arrest, and march
him put-and not even penknife did
he have. I
y One night secret service man report
ed that q band of strikers was discussing
Bells assassination in hall at. Cold
field. An hour later Bell was missed.
His staff, alarmed, summoned detail
They knew where to look for him.
A striker arrested afterward said Bell
had kicked in the door of the room in
which they were assembled, and, I'M
armed, strobe into the center of them.
81 What the devil do you men mean by
meeting in secret, after orders against It
we're issued? Get out of here, every one
of you, or I'll lock you up"
). And the men got out, too. Dozens Of
them had sworn to kill him, yet when
they had him, helpless, before them,
they went home like naughty children
with scolding.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14

1887 in Cornwall, Ont, was printer in
early life, and then studied medicine.
receiving his degree in 1858. He began
the practice of his profession at Con-
cord, N. H., in 1872, and the same year
was elected to the legislature, being
president of the senate in 1879 and 1880.
After serving in the Forty-ninth and
Fiftieth congresses he was elected to the
national senate, taking his seat March
4, 1891. Senator Gallinger was chair
man Of the state delegation to the ma
tional republican convention just closed.
and for several terms has been chair
man of the New Hampshire republican
state committee.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
VICE PRESIDENCY.
Henry q Davis Of West
Virginia 10 Selected a. Park
er's Running Mate.

St Louis, July lO.-Ex-Senator Hen
ry G. Davis Of West Virginia was
nominated for vice president by the
Democratic national convention at
1913 o'clock this morning. The con-
vention adjourned at 1890
The democratic national convention
did not go into session promptly at the
time appointed. although the greater
number of delegates and alternates
were in their seats, keyed up to a high
pitch of excitement over the possible
event of the night.
The news that there would in all
probability be all sorts of political fire.
works had spread rapidly through the
city, and the people commenced pour
ing into the building, anxious to see
what would be done.
The crowd, although large, was moth
ing compared to the terrific jam that
was allowed to pass into the Coliseum
Friday night.
1t was reported from the conference
1T the Southern hotel that no word
would be forthcoming for an hour, and
it was decided to defer the opening of
the session until something definite
was received from the guidance of the
chairman.
In the meantime the greatest ex-
element prevailed in and around the
hall, and it was equ allied by the deep
perplexity in which many of the dele
gates found themselves.
They knew message had been re-
ceived from Judge Parker, but its ex-
act contents were unknown. There
were hundreds of versions, but none of
them was known to be accurate. They
were all looking for tempest, but
could not make any accurate estimate
Judge Parker's telegram was as fol-
lows: = I'm j
:, 81 regard the gold standard as firm
ly and irrevocably established and
shall act accordingly if the action of
the convention to-day is ratified by
the people. e e. t.
''Inasmuch as the the platform is sill
ent on the subject l deem it necessary
to make this communication to the
convention for it's consideration as 1
should feel it my duty to decline the
nomination except with that under.
stan ding"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
Raising Cotton in Africa.

The high quality of cotton raised in
Togo, German Southwest Africa, last
year has been the subject of general
comment in the cotton world.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
Voting Comes High in Japan.

The number of qualified voters in ia
pan, is only about one per cent. OF the
total population. Each voter must be
Is years of age, and pay is ye1-about
$7.50-as yearly tax.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14
Animal Supplied with Anchor.

The synopta is peculiar water ami
NAL Nature has given it an anchor Sim
liar to those used by ships. and by it the
animal holds itself firmly on any desired
anQt
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-07-14

- - 11as utsat PEN PEI u011s11eo0-IT
war Of the rebellion and the Span
ish war. ~ &# Ef5
During his long naval service he has
spent nearly 1S years id cruising in
different parts of the world. Hereached
the grade of captain in July, 1898. and
since then has held high commands and
rendered important service. Before his
assignment to the League Island navy
yard he was in command OF. the navy
yard at Pensacola. 80
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-01-22
BITS FOR HoMEKEEpERs.
servicsEble and Ornamental tribes
for the Domestic De-
pnrtment.


AS holder for an emery cushion the
acorn is also servieeable The nut
should be removed and z cushion fash
ioned in exact size aud shape, the color.
OF course, being a matter OF taste. To
securely fasten the emery in its shell
put on q drop OF glue and then put a
stitch OF two with double button twist
matching the emery directly from the
baseOf the tiny cushion through the CEN
ter Of the cup and tie the ends firmly in
a tiny knot A cluster OF these acorn
cushions in different colors is a decided
addition to a work basket, says the
Brooklyn Eagle
Pine cones frightened with coating
of silver or gilt paint and fastened in
clusters with gay toned ribbon. make
pretty decorations for the Christmas
tree or as fringe to a lamp shade or
some dark hued drapery.
novel way TO decorate PHOTOGRAPH
frames OF linen is to applique flowers OF
linen. embroidered. and. caught here and
there with a stitch. but not fiattened on
VIC ooNhHAOuhu ne uOWcT ana stem
should stand out. as IL a natural bios
som had been laid against the frame.
Single pansies. peoples and wild roses
make good decorations of this kind.
The real art Of decorating. says an
authority is 10 allow nothing to be III a
house that is not a treasure. Having
established this principle. then surround
these treasures with fitting atmos-
phsre. IL is this marvellous gift OF at
mosphere that makes the treasures (even
though they may be commonplace in
the eyes OF the vulgar effective or in
effective
A silver fork should be used for beat
ing eggs. never steel one. as the rhos-
phorus of the yoIk attacks the steel and
forms disagreeable salt
For mixing cake batter the slitted
wooden spoon is considered the best. as
it incloses more air in the mixture dur
ing the beating process than the ordi-
nary type OF spoon
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-01-22
CRIMINALS DEFENSES.
Offenders Against the Law ssIdOa
oner New Pleas In Their
own Behalf.

'sThe world" said one OF the most
distinguished criminal lawyers at the
Chicago bar the other day. relates the
Tribune, has moved IN everything ex-
cept defenses- My meaning Is not
clear? | mean TO say that during the
last hundred years, OF perhaps three
or four hundred years, the only class
which has not progressed with the rest
OF the world Is the criminal class
They have improved their appli-
ances, | know. Burglars tools are
better made now than they used TO be-
Criminals know their trade better, but
once let them fall into the hands OF
they would bSse been had they been
arrested during the nineteenth or even
the eighteenth century.
The only three defenses that are
used to any extent are those shopworn
ones, the abb, mistaken identity and
insanity. SIT in any OF the court
rooms in the criminal court building
on the North side and listen to the de-
lenses that are made.
Examine these cases where the
prisoner is guilty. How does he de-
fend himself? He tries to prove that
he was not at the place where the
crime was committed, or he puts in
the plea OF insanity. or he tries to
prove that the witnesses against him
should not believe their own eyes and
that they took somebody else for him.
Judges on the bench have told me
they would be startled out of their
composure IL a professional criminal
was to try any other defense.
The alibi is the favorite. II lie a
saying in one part OF town that a good
alibi can be bought for $3.50 Perhaps
it is its chespness that recommends it,
but We lawyers are surprised that no
new defenses are ever conceived"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-01-22
German Eoney Low. Cakes.

Put two cupfuls OF honey and IL ounces
of powdered loaf sugar IN a saucepan
and slowly bring toa boil Throwinfo
ounces Of chopped almonds with the
skins left on. Simmer ave minutes. re-
move from the FIRE. add eight ounces
candied peel cut In small pieces, one-half
teaspoonful OF soda. one-half grated nut
meg. one dram ground cloves. one-half
ounce ground cinnamon. the thin rind OF
a lemon and wine glass OF rum. The peel
and SO forth should not be added until
the mixture Is slightly cooled. Then turn
the mixture on to a board and while
still warm roll out as thin as possible.
Cut in oblong shapes. about two by four
inches, put in baking tins and stand in a
cool place for IL hours. Bake in moder-
ate oven, but do not let them brown.
Cover with a sugar icing-Wsshington
Star
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-01-22
THE HoMELY PEPPER.
Sale of the Hot Pods Has Enormously
Increased In New York in
Recent Years.

New York uses now" said
produce eom0Bsion msr&ant, ae-
cording to tN New York Sun, 30
times as many peppers as IT did 20
years ago. The city's consumption or
peppers now amounts TO thousands of
barrels annually. Then We get green
peppers no3from a much wider range
of territory than formerly. and we
have them practically the year around.
I'VE get peppers in winter from
Cuba, and We get a few from Porto
Rico. We naturally think OF the pep
per an a homely sort Of a domestic
garden product, but those early Pep
pers that we get from Cuba come In
small crates as carefully packed as
peaches would be, and they bring
high price. They go principally TO
hotels and restaurants
I'VE get early peppers from Florida.
too. and later some from Virginia,
around Norfolk, and then, as the sea-
son advances, We begin TO get peppers
from New Jersey. which is really the
great source Of our pepper supply.
There are sections Of Jersey In which
produce farmers make q speciality OF
peppers. plant them by the acre and
raise great crops Of them.
The enormous increased local con-
sumption OF peppers In recent years II
due In considerable measure TO in
creased demand from packers. Pep
pers are now more extensively used
than ever before In the preparation VI
condiments and sauces and there are
New York packers OF piekies and pre-
serves who would think nothing OF
buying peppers In hundred barrel lots.
But the great increase in the demand
comes In still greater measure from
the vastly increased foreign popnia-
ton Of the city. and from the Italians
especially, who. great consumers OF all
fruits and vegetables. take, with the
rest Of the green things they buy.
quantities Of peppers. eating more or
less OF the sweet peppers az they
would fruit.
so the homely pepper, once famil-
lar TO US in it's stuffed and picked
form, and known To US as a thing CT
regular but Of limited sale, has come
20 cut quite figure as an item in the
city's wholesale produce trade"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-01-22
PIONEER HA zDSI.P.
P.rI work and Prtvastors OF the
sturdy People Who Settled
the Western Country.

The unpleasant and often perilous
journeys that the early settlers OF the
west were able 10 take TO carry their
produce TO market or TO procure proVi-
sions, are described in Pioneers OF the
West" The writer tells Of one occa-
sion when he and his l2-year-old son
were going 10 mill. There was Eood
deal OF snow on the ground, and the
weather was intensely cold.
I'VE were Flooding along slowly be-
hind the wagon up over the hills 10 the
north and on the divide. says the author.
The snow was ak or seven inches deep.
and the track had not been broken; for
IL was a road seldom Travelled, there
being no settlers after we got up out
Of the little valley until we came near
Oakdale, away into the adjoining coun-
~. OF course, we used TO call them
roads; but they were merely the grass
and turf worn away where the horses
OF oxen walked. with ridge between
two narrow black lines like couple
OF snakes stretching and winding across
miles Of open prairie.
THE snow made It very hard TO walk,
and II was too cold to ride. We tried to
walk in the tracks OF the oxen, but that
made IL still harder We had gone but
a few miles when our hands became SO
completely benumbed that all feeling
left them. We usually made our own
mittens out OF old cloth. OF which we
would have two or three pairs some
times. one over another. But for all
that II was the hardest thing possible.
sometimes, to keep them from freezing.
AS the morning wore away We began
to feel hungry. and never forget the sad
plight We were In. We had along with
US some dry soda-bIscuits cut In two
with Little butter spread between. In
q common four-bag. They occupied but
a small space, Of course. so We tied the
bag in q knot instead OF tying II with
q string We tried to unite II. but could
not do so with our mittens on. and cold
as II was we took them OF. but not with
out some difficulty; for our hands were
nearly closed and neither Of US seemed to
have the least use OF them. We fumbled
and fumbled for awhile. but finding that
We could not DO it that way. We held
down the bag and pulled the knot apart
with our teeth. Raking out three or
four Of the biscuits. which ratified al
most like 80 many flint pebbles. We held
one up between our two fists, and
gnawed away at II in that way.
There being no settlers for many
miles, there was no place that We could
put in and stay for time. and get
thawed out" as we used &C say. And
that was the hardest part OF IL; for one
might manage to endure such a severe
strain for an hour or so. OF for several
hours: but when Il bad to b. borne a
whole day. and perhaps away into the
night, 1t took considerable courage TO
keen IN"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-01-22
DRILLING A ROCK.
Rhythmic and UnerrtnE surety OF Mo-
tion Exhibited by the Maa
who HauIs.

For rhythmic and unerring surety OF
motion, commend me 70 three sturdy
fellows boring a hole in a piece of
rock. Maybe you have never watched
ledgemen drilling rock. so that you
cannot exactly realize the physical
skill necessary to do this thing. the
long practice OF hand and eye required
for it," says the Lowell Citizen.
One man sits upon the rock which
is being drilled. and holds with bis
hands, between his knees, the drill
which is to pierce the rock. Two COM
panions stand above him and relent-
lessly raise and let fall their heavy
hammers upon the drills head, at q
hairs breadth from his fingers.
A deviation Of q fraction OF an inch
would mean q broken wrist OF O
MANNED hand to this man. He does
not seem TO think Of IT, or Of the pom
derous hammers crashing through the
air over his very head. Before each
stroke Of the hammer descends he
has to turn the drill in the hole, 80
that the stroke will not bear twice In
the same place. for the hole must be
bored round In order to insert the 1y-
Mantle stick. The perfect accord. the
perfect rhythm of the motions OF me
three, has q fascination.
Were they machines. these men
could not keep stricter time in this I'M
ending turning Of the drill under the
ceaseless falling blows. II is music.
rude and primeyal II you viii, but
music to an ear alive to musical tempo
and rhythm. Who knows but 1t was
this harmony of successive blows. OF
measured, repeated blows upon re-
sounding stone. which first awoke pri-
meval man to the musical value Of
sounds reiterated at stated and liked
intervals? / thought these things as I
listened TO the fawless tempo and
rhythm achieved by my three ledgmen.
tempo and rhythm seldom attained by
modern "executants," too recklessly
fond of the tempo rubato. | thought
these things. and there was no prehis-
toric gentleman around to rudely con-
trsdid my surmisings on the awaken
ing Of music In the primeval soul.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-01-22
INDIVIDUAL TOWELS.
Sanitary Precautions which should
Ne Adopted In Every
Household.

The housekeeper who has discovered
the value OF the small towel in her
household economics has something
yet to learn. II is only recently that
they have been used TO any extent in
private families. but their usefulness
is making them increasingly popular,
says the Washington Star. This is
the towel that has heretofore been
known as the hotel size. Ii is the
small hand towel that is used in large
quantities in public places. where
many people use q towel only once. A
large towel would be inconvenient. and
the ordinary towel would make at
least twice the bulk TO send 10 the
laundry.
All the reasons which make the
small towel valuable in public places
makes II useful for the private house
keeper who has many guests. The
towels she will use are Of a bird's-ey
linen, hemstitched on the end. A good
quality will cost % cents. They are
pretty little towels, soft for the hands
and with an initial embroidered on the
end They need not dread comparison
with the larger towels in the linen
closet. Often the housekeeper marks
the small towels as she is doing the
larger ones. with the lettering in the
Russian cross stitch.
The woman who considers her COM
plexion is using the small towels not
only for her guests. but for her hands
and face The bird's-eye linen is soft
for the skin. which is often irritated
by a heavier towel Then she can use
as many as she pleases without feeling
that she is making a deadly enemy Of
the laundress.
The woman who keeps her house
dainty also makes use Of small cakes
of soap for guests They are not more
than half the size Of the ordinary
cakes. and cost a price small in pro-
portion. BY this means she is able to
give each guest a fresh cake OF eoap
without undue extravaganza
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-01-22
A..,raIian Bread Pudding.

Soak about three quarters of pound
of break In cold water. then squeeze dry
and beat up well with fork. Weigh
the bread and allow its weight in -four.
To every mixed pound of bread and -four
add two teaspoonfuls Of baking powder,
ak ounces Of suet and one egg. Flavor
the whole with grated lemon peel and
orange marmalade and make into light
dough with milk. Place in creased
mold and boil three hours. This pud-
ding may he varied by being put into
the mold in layers with preserve or
chopped raisins and candied peel
ousehold.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-01-22

- stuck TO my engine. although
-yery JOINT ached and every nerve was
re <ed with pain" writes Q w.
br,.amy, a, locomotive fireman. of
burlington, Iowa Il was weak and
pale, without an appetite ana all run
'rSn As was about 10 give up. /
s't bottle of Electric bitters, and
tier taking il, felt as we'll as ever
did in my life Weak, sickly. run
Gown people always gain new life
strength AMI vigor from their use Try.
tnem satisfaction guaranteed by al
Druggists. Price 80 cents.