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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06

feet away. and she said: Me hus.
band! and then she tainted and
grabbed me around the neck, and
couldn't get her loose. She Just frozs
to me like person drowning, and that
husband OF hers, who had come up ON
the last car. hunting for his wife, who
had eloped. pulled long blue gun and
told me no would give me five minis
utes TO pray. and then he would kill
me and throw my body down in the
crater, to sizzle.
Il told him could pay up enough
ahead in three minutes, and he could
take all had II he would loosen up
his wife. and bring her to, and take
her away. and let me die all alone, and
let the buzzards eat me. uncooked. Hd
took the bet, pulled her arms away
from my throat. took my money and
coat, brought her to, and said he wa,
going to throw her into The crater, but
told him she had certainly been good
to me. and if he would spare her life
and take her away in the cars. hs
could have my watch and scarfpin, and
Az sSSA SASA, 6AO Lu0y went 10 L00
cars.
"she looked back at me with the sad.
dest face l ever saw, and said: %,
sir. 1T is all terrible dream, and /
Will see you in Naples, and explain
all, and now. by Christmas, want to
go back to town and find her. and res.
cue her from that Jealous husband, -
and dad got up and we started for tho
car.
The man and his wife went down on
the car ahead Of US, and dad wouldn'd
believe they were regular bunko people;
who rlay that game every day on some
old sucker, but the man that runs tho
car told me so.
I can be responsible for dad in every.
thing except the women he meets.
When it comes to women, your little
Hennery don't know the game at all.
Yours,
HENNERY.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06

Don't say ''reoolIect Of" sof -seeol.
lect"
Example: Il cannot recollect q -.
ing anyone" should be Il cannot recoi-
lect seems anyone"
Don't say relation" for relative
Example: He is relation OF mine,~
should be He is relative of mine"
Don't say relative" for "relatiyely.e
Example: THE lawyer questioned
him relative to that special scene"
should be THE lawyer questioned him
relatively to that special scene"
Note.-ln the foregoing the word II
used as an adverb Tin relation to-; not
an adjective.
Don't say rendition" for render.
ing"
Example: ''Salvini's rendition OF
otheilo is superior to that of any other
actor" should be "Salyini's rendering
OF othello is superior to that Of any
other actor"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
A FINE COMPLEXION.
Nothing Like Plentiful Use Of Good
Cold Cream for Imparting the
Desired Smoothness.

1t Is only q short time ago that So
ciety of Partisan artists voted upon the
merits and demerits of their models
There were II models in the voting con-
test, which was to be decided wholly
on the beauty of the complexion. The
majority of the votes were cast for a
certain model, mot because she was so
beautiful" explained one of the artists
to the writer, "but because she has such
classic complexion"
A classic complexion" by the way,
is one that is absolutely smooth. Eng
fish girls in their early youths have
classic skins. The skin is smooth and
has ripe color. The skin of the Irish
girl is a little too fair. 1t is too pure
and too suggestive of vegetarian diet,
which Is not very strengthening. 1t
fades too early and plumpness is sue
ceeded by pudginess.
But the classic complexion endures
1t is found most often in Italy and it is
engendered by the genial climate which
brings out the good points of the COM
plexion. "You sweat out the impure
ties." explained a Virginia girl to q
friend more truthfully than POLITICALLY.
Of late years the American girl is re-
joicing In this skin, and on the street
of an afternoon among the best groomed
girls one will see dozen or so with
this classic skin. 1t is not white, nor
brown. not pink, nor yellow. 1t is olive,
perfectly smooth, clear in color and it
looks as though nothing had ever dis
turbed 1t and never would.
1t Is q dust proof complexion, COM
plexion which can stand the snow as
we'll as the rain. 1t is a complexion
through which the May winds and the
July sunshine cannot hope to break.
A professional model whose COM
plexion is of the classic type has this
to say about her smooth skin and its
treatment:
Il suppose ought to say that owe
my complexion to soap and water, but
to tell the actual truth, neither soap
nor water agrees with my skin very we'll.
l seldom wash my face, vulgar as this
may sound.
I am accustomed to taking a cold
bath every day, which is matter of
habit. 1t is good for some people and
bad for others, but it agrees perfectly
with me. feel invigorated by it.
In the natural course of events, my
face gets Its dash of cold water, but
otherwise I do not wash it, except for a
light steaming, which it gets once in
awhile, say once in ten days or so.
"At night l cover my face thickly
with cold cream. l put it on in great
layers. let it remain on for few min.
utes and then remove it with soft cloth.
l then apply another thick coating of
cold cream and this leave on all night.
1t seems to sink into the pores and to
supply the moisture which has been
taken out of it during the day.
"You cannot expect to have smooth
young skin unless you use lots of cold
cream on your face. You must expert
ment until you find the right kind Of
cold cream to use. If glycerin hurts
your skin, do not use it. If you cannot
stand rose water and alcohol, why, it
is best to omit them. Discover the kind
of cream you can use and stick to it.
That is the way did"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06

pened to you?" said I. as l rushed up
to him.
THAT woman has happened to me,
that is ALL" said dad, as he took a
swallow OF water out of q canteen one
of the dagoes had.
Tell me about it, dad" said 1, try.
ing to keep from laughing. when saw
That he was not hurt.
Say, let this be q lesson to you.s
said dad. land don't you steer another
woman to me on this trip. Do you
know you hadn't more than got around
that big rock when she said she was
tired and was going to faint, for The
altitude was too high for her, and I
tried to soothe her, and she did look
pale, and, by gosh, I thought she was go
Ing to die on my hands, and would have
to carry her corpse down the mountain.
heard scuffling on the rocks, and
she looked up and saw . man not ten
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
Dad was afraid they were going to

Dad was afraid they were going to
charge the prayers in the bill for push
ing him up. but l told dad that these
people expected every time they went
up to the top that 1t would be their
last trip, as they knew that some day
the volcano would open in new place
and swallow them whole. with all the
tourists. Then he gave them q dollar
apiece to pray for him. and wanted to
go back down the mountain and let
Vesuvius run its own fireworks, but the
Chicago lady told dad to brace up and
she would protect him, and 20 the
guides gave few more pushes. and we
were on top of the volcano. and dad
collapsed and had to be brought to
with smelling salts and whisky that
the woman carried in her pistol pocket.
Gee, but 1t was worth all the trou-
BILE to get up the mountain, to see the
sight that opened up. The hole In the
mountain filed with boiling stuff was
worth the price Of admission. and the
roaring of the boiling stuff, and the
explosions way down cellar, and the
flying stones, the smoke going into the
air for a mile, like the burning of an
oil we'll, the red-hot lava finding crew
ices to leak through, and flowing down
the side of the mountain in streams
like hot maple strip. made q scene
that caused us to take of our hats and
thank the good Lord that the thing
hadn't overlooked enough to hurt us.
But could see dad was scared, cause
when I wanted him to go around the
edge of the crater with me, and see
the hell-roaring free show from other
points of view, and see where the hot
ashes years ago rolled down and COW
cred Pompeii and Herculaneum. he
baked and said he had seen all he
wanted to, and If he could stay alive
until the next car went down the noun
tain, they could all have his interest
in Vesuvius, and be darned to them.
but he said If wanted to go around
looking for trouble, he would stay
there under a big rock, with the Chi
cago lady, and wait for me to come
back. She said she knew dad was all
tired out, and needed rest and she
would stay with him. and keep him
cheered up; so left them and went on
with one Of the dagoes, to slide down
hill on some flowing lava, and pick up
specimens.
Well, sir, I wish I could get along
some way without telling the rest of
this sad story, but II am going to
be historian I have got to tell the
whole blame thing.
When l left dad and the Chicago
woman she had produced lunch from
somewhere about her person, and a
small bottle, and they were eating and
drinking, and dad was laughing more
natural than had seen him laugh
since we run over the old woman with
the automobile at Nice. and she was
smiling on dad just as though she was
his sweetheart. CAS- went around the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
A FEW FASHION NOTES.
Soft Kid Waistcoats Remain in Fa-
vor and Velvet Collars and
Cuffs Again Return.

In making plaits of any kind for trim
ming. the fact should be borne in mind
that it is good policy to leave the bast-
ings in the plaits until the garment IL
entirely finished. Many home dress
makers are in too big hurry to take
out basting threads. In buying q ready
made box plated or plated skirt,
it will be noticed that when it
reaches home the garment still
has the plaits stitched down
with hastings, and that ought to
be hint enough to induce the amateur
to leave her hastings in place till she is
almost ready to wear the garment. OF
course, this does not apply in the case of
hastings for seams or hens, but just for
those which are put to hold certain
things in place and which can just as
we'll remain in the garment till such
time as 1t is completed. Plaits in waists,
especially sleeves, can be left in, though
the temptation is strong in the amateur
to remove them and "see how 1t looks"
But the exercise of little patience in
this respect means added comeliness to
the completed garment.
The soft kid waistcoat is as popular
as ever. 1t is generally made double
breasted, and cut away to take in a
.hemisette of plated muslin and Valen-
ciennes lace, or one Of coarse lace and
perhaps q rolled collar of some colored
velvet. A touch of velvet is always
welcome finish to cloth frock, and on
a plain sleeve buttoning tightly down to
The wrist we often note a small, turned
back CUT Of velvet to match the rolled
collar Of velvet at the neck of the habit
bodice.
Tho changes that have been made in
tailor mades are not so great as those
that have been made in other branches
of dress, because for some time past the
pioneers in the sartorial world have de-
termined that the tailor made frock
should be plain in cut. with sleeves of
small, neat dimensions, and the note
Of elaboration is struck by braidings and
similar trimmings.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
"sEvEN AGES" UP TO DATE
Pessimistic Views Ventilated bv a
Cynical Scribe in Mis-
souri,.

Man Is born into the world. He IS
at once attacked by nettle rash. Group.
measles and the whooping cough. He
mas the collie before his first teeth are
cut and when he is swindled we say
ne Is getting his eye teeth cut.
II he escapes, says the Nevada Post,
the scarlet fever and the mumps. he
nnds directly in his way scarlet rash
ana the seven-year itch. If he is not
carried off in hearse before he is too
large for short pants he still stands
a snow OF cutting Off one of his toes.
being kicked by mule or getting shot
with a target rife in the hands of a
boy that didn't know it was loaded"
He gets his feet wet, runs at the
nose and Is scolded by his parents for
going In swimming on Sunday. He
goes to the circus, rides on the merry
go-round and hits the dignified old
gentleman In the back of the head
with SNOWFALL before he is well in
his teens.
He now reaches the stage where he
gathers watermelons in the light of the
moon, eats green apples and lays out
OF nights. The fuzz begins to grow on
his upper lip and he bushes when 10
sees a girl. until his hair scorches.
He next develops into smart Alec"
and his parents are undecided whether
to shoot him for smoking cigarettes or
turn him over to an asylum manager
as confirmed lunatic. Man is sub
ject to typhoid fever, pneumonia,
spinal meningitis, smallpox and his
own intemperance. He is beset by dis
ease, indebtedness and breach of prom
ise suits until 1t is a wonder that any
Of us are able to score three score and
ten. If he escapes famine pestilence
and war, he does his best to shorten
his days by keeping his boiler over
loaded with inferior booze. He is SUBJ
ject to sick headache, lumbago and in
fiammatory rheumatism until he cries
aloud that his last stage is worse than
his first. He wears false hair. false
teeth and goes to Jail for getting
money under false pretenses.
Yet when he has finally run the
gantlet and passes OF the stage Of
action, the heavy Ananias for the
country paper says: 1T is we'll"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
NICE PHOTOGRAPH FRAME.
Made Of Silk or Satin and Embroidered
by Hand an Attractive Addi-
tion to Ones Room.

Here is suggestion for a pretty
frame made from few small pieces
of silk. satin, or linen that Is orna-
mented with embroidery or painting.
These frames may be made for either
cabinets, carte-de-visites, or midgets,
the size varying, of course, according
to the size of the mount they are in
tended to frame. Two pieces of card
the requisite size must be cut, and in
one of them heart-shaped opening is
cut. The silk used as the covering Of
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
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EMBROIDERED PHOTOGRAPH
KED PHI
FRAME.

front must have a spray of flowers
painted or embroidered at the top left
hand corner and a small bunch at the
right-hand; or monogram might be
substituted for this latter. Cover the
card that has the hole cut in it with
layer Of wadding, stretch the silk
over this, cut the heart-shaped open
ing three-quarters inch smaller than
the opening In the card, notch the
edges of silk, turn them over the edge
Of card, and fix at the back with glue:
cover the back with sateen, then glue
the two together, leaving the lower
end open to pass the photograph
through. The support at the back is
of double card covered with sateen,
leaving one inch of sateen standing
out at the upper end by which to glue
it to the back of frame.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
Heliotrope sachet.

= Heliotrope sachet is one Of the best
that is made and it imparts delicious
fragrance to clothing. Make it thus:
Mix we'll together and pass through a
coarse sieve half pound of orris-root,
a quarter Of a pound of ground rose
leaves, two ounces of powdered ton
quin beans, half grain of musk and
two drops of essence of almonds.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
Easily Remedied

"Hello, Pat! How do yez loike your
new house"
Faith, an loike it well enough,
except for the attic, an that's too high
up"
"Shure, thin, why don't ysz put the
attic on the ground -Princston
Tiger.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
For the Hair.

10 make the hair grow have It
shampooed every fortnight with eggs
and hot water. Every night rub in
this tonic with the finger tips: Forty
eight grains Of resorcin, one-fourth
ounce Of glycerin, diluted alcohol to
oil q twu-ounce bottle. Remember that
the general health has much to do
with the condition of the hair.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
AND SHE WAS sTRoKING HIS HAIR

AND SHE WAS sTRoK1NG HIS HAIR
crater. couple Of blocks away. I
looked back and dad had laid his head
in her lap, and she was stroking his
hair.
Well, I picked up specimens, burned
the soles of my shoes wading in the
lava. and took in the volcano from all
sides. and after an hour I went back
to where dad and the woman were
lunching, but the woman was gone.
and dad acted as though he had been
hit by an express train. his eyes were
wild, his collar was gone, his pocket
book was on the ground. empty, his
coat was gone, his scarfpin had dis
appeared and the $11 watch he bought
when he was robbed the other time was
missing, and dads tongue was run out,
and he was yelling for water. I
thought he had been trying to drink
come lava.
Dad, what in the world has hap
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
First Patent in China.

China has just granted it's first patent.
1t is for an electric lamp, the inventor
of which is an inhabitant of Nankin, the
old capital of the Chinese empire. who
calls his lamp the bright moonlight"
and asserts that it is far superior to
foreign glow lights that hitherto have
been sold at Shanghai and other Chinese
cities.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
One Of the greatest

One OF the greatest
saults Of the present at
dtude toward marital
questions is false mod
esty. Even the news
papers, which seeming
ly have no regard for
the rights of privacy.
avoid any suggestive
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
For Liver Spots.

Reform the diet. Eat stewed rhu-
barb for breakfast. Take spring medi-
cines. Keep in the open air and do
rot eat much meat.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
~ Had Boy and His Dad Climb We
savius-A Chicago Lady Joins the
Party and Causes Troubla.

By HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
Ex-Governor Of Wisconsin, Former Pub
Usher Of Peck's Sun, Author of
"Peck's Bad Boy" Etc.)
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph q. Bowles.)
Naples, Italy.-Seignor ze Grocerino:
j guess that will make you stand with
out hitching for little while. Say,
! am getting SO full of dead languages,
and foreign palaver, that I shall have
to have an operation on my tongue
when get home before I can speel the
United States language again so you
can make head or tail Of 1t. You se:,
I don't stay long enough in q country
to acquire its language, but get few
words into my system, SO now my
English is SO mixed with French
words. Italian garlic and German
throat trouble that cannot under
stand myself unless I look in = glass
and watch the motions Of my lips.
Dad has not picked up a word Of any
foreign language, and says he should
consider himself traitor to his coun-
try If he tried to talk anything but
English. He did get so he could order
q glass of beer by holding up his FIN
ger and saying ''ein," but he found
later that just holding up his finger
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
Coat Material.

Any fabric does for coats this sea-
son. from sheerest lace aud linen to
CLOTH and leather.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06

Don't say raised" for Increased"
Example: THE landlord raised the
rent, should be "The landlord in
creased the rent"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-06
DONT'S
For Speaker and
Writer
Ready Resuindes Of Errors Ia
tht Use af Common words,
Arranged Alphabetically
RY EpwARp B. WARMAN, A. II.
~,

By EDWARD B. WARMAN. A. II.
(Au,hor of practical Orthoepy and CRIT
iQue." 1.-The Voice: How to Train 1t:
How to Care for It., Etc)
Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Authors Note-It is one thing to record
errors. quite another to avoid them. He
who waits for the faultless one to cast
the first critical stone waits in vain:
therefore. as one Of many working for
the betterment Of the English language.
l shall be pleased to receive kindly criti-
cism. II. perchance. !. too. have erred.
Ones theory often is better than ones
practice. This was exemplifed by the
teacher Of language when he said to his
class: Never use proposition to end
o sentence with"
Many years ago began to be watchful
Of errors. l noted them In little book;
the book grew as the years passed. l
profited much: shall profit mere. l now
record them that may benefit others as
well az myself. Many OF them are re-
corded for the first time.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28
About Corn, Shucks and Fodder.
CONTINUED from Page -

CONTINUED from Page ~
weeder and 4-tooth one-horse cult
vator.
This corn / cut and shocked by
hand myself. There we're only four
barren stalks, and twenty with only
one ear to the stalk in the field. The
stalks were not so tall as they were
the previous year, and they stood
up as well as any one could wish,
although there was heavy rain with
high winds after the corn was laid
by.
The ears on seventy-fve per cent
of the stalks were down much lower
than any previous crop. The yield
was almost fifty bushels to the IRE
of excellent corn. When cutting the
corn l let stand. those stalks with
two to four ears, that we're large,
thrifty and bore three ears low
down.
Seed for the next crop has been
selected from the lower ears on the
stalks. and then only those having
small cob and fairly deep grains. l
only got one and one-half bushels
of seed, when selected after husking,
from twelve bushels selected in the
field.
From my experience I conclude:
l.. That corn does not do its best
until well acclimated.
2. That is car be greatly improved
by judicious selection of seed stalks
in the field and closer selection af-
ter being husked.
"JOHNIE SOTHERN."
Yadkin Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28
How To Find Out.

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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28
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