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The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

Make the best of the troubles you have and
don't hunt more.
Get up with the lark, but don't disturb other
people with your larking,
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25
Waafe Of Wnrhn

Miss Withers-W When Harold kissed
me he told me that he loved me The
Friend - What a waste of words! -
Town Topics.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

We hope nobody ever eourted a
they do on the stage Washington ia.
Democrat.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-02-25

In less than a week the Portland
Oregon Japanese have raised over $40
900 to send TO their country.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
AMERICAS widows MITE"
One Of the Most Noted Coins in the
World Reposes in the Phil
adelphia Mint.

Everybody has heard Of the ovid
ow's mite" but how many are aware
that real specimen Of this oft-men-
toned coin is in existence? Yet this
is the case, states the New York Times.
and it now reposes in the cabinet of
coins in the United States mint at
Philadelphia, enjoying the reputation
among numismatists of being the most
noted coin in the world.
The Widows Mite" was found in
some rubbish in the temple grounds,
in Jerusalem, some years ago, and the
finder presented it to the mint. It's
original name was "lepton," from "lep-
tos," very small. The word mite is
English, formerly meaning a weight
representing the twentieth part of a
grain, but was used in the place Of
''lepton," when the New Testament was
translated. The coin is Of bronze,
weighs ten grains, and has a diameter
Of three-tenths Of an inch.
The nationality Of the coin is not
definitely known, but authorities say
It ia fairly certain that it is not of Jew
ish origin, there being little Hebrew
money In circulation at the beginning
Of the Christian era. Just what was
the value of the mite is also a sub
ject. of speculation, but experts numis-
matists suppose it to have been worth
about ons-fifth Of a cent.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
FOOD FACTS
What an N. D. Learned.

A prominent physician Of Rome,
Georgia, went through food expert
ence which he makes public:
ut was my own experience that first
led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food,
and I also know from having pre-
scribed it to convalescents and other
weak patients that the food is q won
derful rebuiluer and restorer of nerve
and brain tissue, as well as muscle. It
improves the digestion and sick pa
TENTS always gain just as I did in
strength and weight very rapidly.
II was in such q low state that I
had to give up my work entirely and
60 to the mountains of this state;
but two months there did not improve
me; in fact I was not quite as well as
when I left home. Ny food absolutely
refused to sustain me and it became
plain that I must change; then I be-
gan to use Grape Nut food and in two
weeks could walk q mile without
the least fatigue and in five weeks re-
turned to my home and practice, TAX
ing up hard work again. Since that
lAmo lave AelI Us we'll ana SLEO0& 6s
i ever did in my life.
'.As physician who seeks to help
all sufferers consider it q duty to
make these facts public" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts when
the regular food does not seem to sus-
tain the body will work miracles.
"There's reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book. "The Road to Wellville."
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
CHANGES HIS SKIN YEARLY.
Strange Disease Of New Yorker who
Annually Dons New
Cuticle.

Most people have to wear tho same
old skin through life, but Galen, N. Y,
has man in the person Of William
Groescup, who has donned q new one
every year for Is years, and he is
changing 1t again, although the one he
now has is only few months old,
Usually this strange disease, makes
its appearance in the early fall. Every
part Of the body becomes covered with
scales, which slough of, requiring in
the process from eight to IL weeks
Mr.. Groescup had the usual attack last
fall, which lasted we'll into the winter
and then recovered, not expecting an
other attack until next fall, but con-
trary to all former experience in this
case, the disease has manifested itself
again at this time and Mr.. Groescup
is again undergoing the painful and
disagreeable process.
The new skin is always as soft and
smooth as baby's.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
.s1rr1Nas OF SCIENCE.

That coral reefs are made up entirely
Of the skeletons Of animals and algae is
proved by borings to a depth of more
than 1000 feet In the Pacific island Of
Funafuti.
The discovery is said to have been
made in England of new spirit, unlike
either petrol or alcohol" and mot I'M
pleasant" in odor, which is cheap and
will take the place Of petrol in. running
automobiles.
"The chromophone" was exhibited re-
Gently to an invited audience in a Lon
don theater. It combines the cinemato-
graph and gramophone. Conversations
and vocal and instrumental music, syn
chronized with the movements Of the fig
ures, accompany the pictures.
That thought must have some definite
vehicle, even when unexpressed, most
psychologists agree. That this vehicle
is the mental image Of speech has been
asserted by some, while others believe
that it may be also the image of written
language or some special combination OF
images that is neither Of these.
Edouard Meyer finds that the vegetable
organism, as we'll as the animal, gives
of N-rays in varying quantities, as may
be made evident by the feeble duores-
cent screen. The most marked indica-
tions are given by the green parts. such
as stems, and especially leaves, but the
emanations are feebly detachable from
the flower. On treating tissues in act
i've growth with the vapor of chloro-
form, so as to slacken their vital func-
tons, the N-ray Indications were corre-
spondingly lessened.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
Queer Effects Of Sunshine.

Every one knows that the heat Of the
sun will expand iron and steel. Steven
sons tubular bridge over the Menai
straits is 400 feet long. The heaviest
train passing over it bends it just half
an inch, yet on July day, after the sun
has been shining on it for several hours
it is found to be bent an inch and half
below its usual horizontal line. The
heat Of the sun acts on stone as we'll as
metal, fact which is proved by the
Washington monument It is SIS feet
high, but it will be found to be about
two inches higher in the evening than
in the morning of a sunny day. A
strange effect of sunshine was noted at
Plymouth. where to lay the foundations
Of a sea wall the workmen had to descend
in diving bell. These bells had stupid
ly been htted with convex circular glass
es at the top. The sea was very calm
and the glasses SO concentrated the rays
Of the sun that the clothes of one of the
workmen were set IN fire, and that at
no less than Is feet below the surface
Of the water.-N. Y. Herald.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
HIPPoPorAMvs HUNTING.
Big Game Baggsd BY African Hunters
e in Great Demand a.
Butchers Neat,

A hunter Of big game in Africa
writes: "Hippopotamus hunting, az a
rule. is not exciting. except from a
canoe or boat, where the animal has a
chance of turning the tables. II q
clean shot is made he sinks like a
stone and beyond few bubbles ON ths
surface nothing more is seen till he
rises to the surface. belly up. in from
one to four hours. One can generally
tell by the thud of the bullet If the shot
has told. It is mostly snap-shooting
as they blow and q novice or excitable
person will often waste a lot of am
munition banging away at every nose
he sees bobbing up, irrespective Of dis
lance or position. The vulnerable spot
Is the brain, and it is advisable to wait
for a side shot, when bullet in the
neighborhood of the ear will surely
find it."
This hunter, says the Chicago Daily
News, writes further: when we
camped on the Kafue schools Of from
ten to thirty hippopotami were founa
together, but after being disturbed sew
eral times they shifted to a huge
swamp to the north, where the only
way to get at them was by polling
canoes through about a mile Of reeds
and narrow channels to the lake
like patches Of open water whittier
they had retired. The only canoes we
could get were dugouts, capable of car
rying not more than three men, very
narrow. mostly rotten and patched
with Jumps Of moist clay to stop leak
age. If capsized they sunk like stones.
So, as the place was full of crocodiles,
we had always spare canoe at hand.
We hunted them successfully several
times in their swamps."
Being useful as butchers meat, the
big river horses were hunted systemat-
tcally. The hunter, Mr.. Wright, says:
"All the fat which we used for cooking
was procured from hippo We had to
feed from 40 to so natives living on the
station during the rains, when grain
and native foods were difficult to get,
SO that a hippo, even If he weighed
three tons. soon disappeared into
biltong. Hippo make splendid tracks
across country between bends of the
river and the natives dig round, deep
pits on these and cover them with
branches and earth; the hippo, travel
Ing along at night. drop head first into
them" -
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
Where Cloth Is Currency.

In Abyssinia American cotton cloth
is the monetary standard Of the coun-
try. Coffee is quoted at so many bolts
q hundredweight, and crops are pur-
chased by the French with American
cotton. An agency has been estab-
lished in New York to purchase the
special quality Of cotton accepted by
the Abyssinians as standard of the
realm. The French, controlling the
trade Of that part Of the world, have
been able to introduce American cot
ton in competition with the English
product, but now that the fame of
our fabrics has spread through Africa
the Arabs and negroes will have no
other. Everywhere along the coast
and in the interior of Africa,
where Yankee beads were once the
money standard Of the aboriginal
races. American cotton has become
king.-Success.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
COULDN'T USE THE EMBLEM
Sale Of Book Prohibited Because
Mikado's Flag Was on
the Cover.

The sale Of book about Japan has
received check in Japan because on
the cover was printed flag showing q
chrysanthemum with particular num-
Der of petals, reports the London hron-
icle.
The flag was imprinted on the book
back for no other reason than that it
looked pretty. It, however, happens to
be the flag of the emperor, or mikado,
and is something like high treason to
use it.
King Edward has a flag of his own
the royal standard. It should only be
flown over buildings where the king &C.
tually is. have no more right to fly
the royal standard from my bedroom
window when I get patriotic than I
have right to pluck the flowers at
Windsor castle because I happen to be
fond Of plants.
Every child in England knows the
stars and stripes is the flag of the
United States. But it rather staggers
the British visitor to the states to find
his flag is very little known. When
was in the states during the Spanish
American war, and few the union jack,
was asked dozens of times Z it was
the Cuban flag.
Even people who think they know the
British flag don't really know it. The
British merchant shipping f1ag-red,
with the jack in the corner-is accept
ed by thousands of Americans as the
British flag. and they are disposed to
argue with You when you say it isn't.
In the old days, when Theebaw was
king of Burmah, and Col. Sladen was
British resident at Mandalay, there was
perpetual feud between the court and
the residency because in the hot weather
Col. Sladen insisted on carrying white
umbrella to shield him from the sun.
The only person in Burmah who had
ever carried white umbrella-very gor-
geous and infinitely superior to the
humble CAMP which served the resi-
dents purpose-was the king. I rather
fancy it was Col. Sladen's white UNI
brella that precipitated matters which
led to the deposition of King Theebaw.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
WORLDS FAIR FEATURES.

There are more than a hundred build
,nes on the 40-acre Filipino reservation
ut the worlds fair.
Automobiles are used In collecting the
mail from "a mail and package boxes on
the worlds fair grounds.
A fine collection of boomerangs from
Is one of the latest additions to
the exhibits at the worlds fair.
A working model Of the Vienna filter
ing plant, said to be one of the most ell
Gent in the world, is shown in the Model
street at the worlds fair.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
SURGICAL PHOTOGRAPHY.
Operations Recorded by the Bioscope
Copied and Exhibited
in Paris.

Cinematograph records are now made
of all operations performed by GER
tain famous physician and surgeon in
Paris. The latter entered some time
ago into an arrangement with an artist
OF the bioscope, who has taken pictures
for the doctor on several occasions. It
is stated, reports the New York Times,
that the records in question are invalu-
able as scientific documents. One of the
surgeons operations which has been
ctnematographed was that by which the
link OF flesh connecting the Hindoo
twins, Radica and Doodica, was sew
cred, and which was pronounced to have
been q remarkable success, though, to
be sure, both twins died Of it. The ia
nous doctor has now fallen out with his
photographer in ordinary. Having
looked in at several fairs, the surgeon
cound that mutoscope views of opera
tions Of all sorts performed by him,
from common bone saving to delicate
cases Of trepanning and laryngotomy,
were being exhibited in the chambers
Of horrors sideshows at ten sous for
grown-ups, children under Is half-price,
those under ten not admitted. The doc
tor is accordingly bringing an action
against the photographer for infringe
ment of new kind Of copyright. He
argues that the defendant had no au-
thority to make use of the records of
cinematograph pictures without his con-
sent, as the proprietorial rights belong
In great measure to the surgeon who
performed the operations, and thus sup
piled the subject of the views.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
SENDING A MAN BY POST.
There Is a Regulation in London Per.
uniting Of This Singular Pos
tai Transaction.

The limit of weight for parcel per
parcel post is, as we all know, IL pounds.
No doubt, then, some reader will be sur.
prised that under certain conditions the.
post office will undertake to safely de-.
liver weights many times in excess Of
that stated in the regulations, says Lon
don Tit-Bits.
One day last year a city gentleman
called at st. Martins lie Grand with the
object of consulting directory and find
ing the address of customer who lived
in a remote part Of BALKAN. He was not
acquainted with the locality and was
most anxious to see his customer at
once. These facts he mentioned to an
obliging clerk behind the counter.
He was at once informed that he could
be sent to the required address "by reg
istered post" at fee of three pence q
mile. The gentleman gladly accepted
the offer, and in less than a minute found
himself in charge Of smart messenger
boy, who very soon guided him by the
shortest route to his destination.
The boy carried in his hand q printed
slip with description Of his charge un-
der the heading: article required to
be delivered" and this he required the
gentleman and customer to sign before
he left the latter's house. H..
1t is probable that very few people
are aware of the regulation under which
this curious postal transaction was. ac-
cOmplfshed. It reads thus: ga nefson
may be conducted by express messenger
to any address on payment of mileage
fee" y.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
Encouragement for BOYS.

Boys who, when they are Speaking
their pieces" suddenly discover that
they have forgotten what they were
going to say, may comfort themselves
with the knowledge that they are in
distinguished company. So expert
enced debater as Mr.. Winston
Churchill was lately obliged to sit
down in the midst of speech in the
house Of commons because his men,
DRY failed him. The boy may be sure
that his audience will treat him as the
house treated Mr.. Churchill, with sym
pathy and consideration.-Yout
Companion.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
SALE IN A MINING CAMP.
Exciting Incident Of an Affair /,
Which Luck Played an Inn
portant Part.

A>OA6 JILL was AOOu61uS OU uy Tl6ULi
and noticed his eyes glisten at every
bid; several times it seemed as If he was
about to speak, but each time he shut his
jaws with snap and tried to smother
out his excitement, writes d. F. Seton
Carruthers, in Pearson's. Finally he
whispered hoarsely in my ear, "Say.
Frank, will you stand in halves-I'm
dead set on buying this claim-I feel I
shall strike it rich If do. Is it a deal? ?
Shall raise the ante" he concluded,
eagerly.
nodded. was too busy with a men
tai calculation to speak; that finished, l
said quickly, Don't go beyond $4,000.
l can't spare more than $2,500!''
Give thousand dollars" nodded Jim,
as he made himself comfortable on the
edge Of the side bar and prepared to light
cigar.
Limit" laughed Dan, and then
quickly, t'Say, Jim, cut you who takes 1t
at $500. guess we are not out to make
Putting Billy's fortune"
The latter gentleman did not look
pleased at the suggestion, but it appealed
strongly to the sporting Instinct of the
others. and was greeted with a roar of
approval. A pack Of cards was instantly
produced, shuf1ed by the sheriff. and
placed upon the bar.
"Ace high, suppose?" queried Dan.
LET it go at that" replied Jim shortly.
Better call to me for first cut-both of
you" interposed the sheriff, spinning a
coin.
whats your fancy?" asked Jim.
"Guess I call tails" returned Dan
briskly.
Heads for me, then" nodded Jim.
Heads it u.s." cried the sheriff, uncov-
ering the coin for all to see.
First blood to you, boy" laughed
Dan. :.
Sudden death or best of three?" asked
Jim, looking up as he laid his hand on
the pack.
"Oh, sudden death every time. and
I'll bet you hundred I beat you." re-
Joined Dan, with reckless laugh.
Done" replied Jim, quietly.
Anybody else have hundred on it,"
shouted Dan, motioning Jim to stay a
second.
Il will-or two If you like" I inter-
jected, quickly.
That's bet" Dan nodded, and then,
glancing at Jim, said "Now."
Jim cut and held up the ten of dia-
monds so all might see. laughed aloud
with delight; it was the luckiest card IN
the pack-to me-and knew my bet was
safe. Dan cut the nine of spades, shout
ing as he tossed the cards on the bar,
"Pipped, by thunder! Well, Jim. here's
wishing luck and the biggest strike yet
made"
Then. turning to the eager crowd, he
nodded, 'The loser pays. It's my shout,
boys; name your fancies, and drink luck
to Long Jim"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
Not Into a Blockhead.

IF you had ten horses and sold nine
Of them, how many horses would you
have left?" asked the teacher.
81 don't know" answered Johnny.
1.-THE idea! Subtract nine from ten
and you would have one horse left.
wouldn't you? Can't drive 1t into your
head?"-Indianapoils Sun.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23
The Parental Hand

Mrs. Newlywed-Why is Bobby yell
ing? Because won't do just q he
wants.
Mr.. Newlywed-Let him yell. We
must begin to discipline him in some
wav.--Puck.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23

saxony has seven special industrial
schools founded for the sole purpose Of
training locksmiths and hlacksmithA
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-06-23

MRS. Fairbanks tells how ne.
eject Of warning symptoms will
soon PROSTATE q woman. She
thinks woman's safeguard is
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PNKHAM:-Ignorance
and neglect are the cause Of untold
female suffering, not only with the
laws Of health but with the chance Of q
cure. I did not heed the warnings Of
headaches, organic pains, and general
WEAKNESS, until was we'll nigh pros
trated. knew had to do something.
Happily did the right thing. took
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound faithfully, according to
directions, and was rewarded in q few
weeks to find that my aches and pains
disappeared, and again felt the glow
Of health through my body. Since I
have been we'll have been more care
full, 1 have also advised number Of
nv sick friends to take Lydia e.
P1nkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, and they have never had
reason to be sorry. Yours very truly,
MRS. MAY FA1RBANKs, ZIG South 18th
St., Minneapolis, Mimi" (Mrs. Fair
banks is one Of the most successful and
highest salaried travelling saleswomen
in the West. $1,000 forfeit If original Of
abous letter pvovng genuineness cannot be Produced
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has puided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-18
\. T. WICHAAN 3 CO.,LTD
FORT STREET.

ponents what are the real issues upon
which they propose to wage this cam
paign 1t Is not unfair to say that,
having abandoned most of the princi-
pies upon which they have insisted
during the last eight years, they noY
seem at a loss, bUtn as to what it is
that they really believe and as to how
firmly they shall assert their belief IN
anything. We do not have to guess
at our own convictions, and then cor
rect the Tuess If it seems unpopular.
The principles which we profess are
those in which we believe with heart
and soul and strength The po-
lcies we have pursued are those which
we earnestly hold as essential to the
national welfare and repute We
intend in the future to carry on the
government in the same way that we
have carried 1t on in the past" These
are certainly ringing words There is
no note Of apology in them. The presi-
dent and his party have nothing to ex-
plan away. They simply claim pub
lie support as due them for what they
have accomplished.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-18
A PiCkWiCkian
Episode

10 According international
his third
laws of the land they
he didn't
cOhng added
the claim that the n to a fne.
The resulting
wick The
there
Massachusetts The British Washington
Cned to make statement awaiting
Nations
could that Great Britain submit having third
driving
secretary practically
ted the American
quickly his The RENTED
Department Washington where the British ambassador remained still
refusing Statement At the found that the
This the apologies though British
still silent dignity well
humOrst should add a chapter to PiCkwick.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-18
BEAUTY NOT A FATAL GIFT.

A professor in a Philadelphia bust
ness college has informed a local re-
porter that beauty is an obstacle to the
employment of women In business
houses. In Philadelphia, it seems, bust
ness men do not, when they advertise
for a stenographer, add the words, mo
pretty girl need apply" but they go on
that principle. 1t appears that they
fear frivolity as an accompaniment of
beauty. It is possible that this Is a
good and safe rule In Philadelphia, but
it is certainly not a rule that is honor
ed here and we doubt if it is in any
city where feminine beauty is not 80
rare as to excite suspicion when it oc-
ours. Nor Is there the slightest ground
for the assumption that a pretty Wo-
man is likely to be any more frivolous
than a plain one. The gift of beauty
may, indeed be fatal If no strength go
with It, but the newer, the soundeP CHI
valry of our modern time assumes that
goodness goes with beauty as normal
ly among women as II does throughout
the whole gamut Of nature.