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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
LUCKY FARMING"
No Such Thing Known Among the
Successful Farmers Win by
Hard Work and Foresight.

When q farmer through close calcula-
ton and we'll directed effort has been
able to force his land to yield a goodly
profit, it may be all very well for him
to pass his success of as merely bit
of luck" but the man who takes such
an explanation seriously misses the
meat OF the reason and cheats him
self accordingly. For everything that
happens there is always a reason. Pos
sibly 1t is sometimes obscure, but it
exists none the less.
1t is a wise man who can shake of
the idea that 'luck" rules the successes
Of another, remarks the Prairie Farm
er. The sooner that the go-as-you-
please farmer rids himself of the idea
the better. and the sooner he will be
in position to analyze the success of
his competitor and apply the others
strong points in his own work.
If q farmer always gets high price
for his, fruit when the market is glut-
ted, realizes few cents on top of the
average price for his butter, secures the
top Of the day for his. cattle, cuts hay
that goes three tons to the acre, har-
vests oats that yield GO bushels or
cuts corn that hovers around the 80
bushel mark. it is not because he has
had little more ''luck'' than his neigh
Dor, but that he has husbanded his
facilities of production and brought
forth the best in quality and quantity.
For success the closest calculation
and the execution of well-laid plans
are necessary. Fully demonstrated in
the business world, they have been
found no less practical in the operations
of the farmer. In commercial life the
successful business man has forgotten
that there is such term as luck" in
the language.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

because he didn't kiss her as he used
to before she was married. I'd Just
like, to catch Tom acting like that.
We'll, she was as sad as sad could
be, but her husband said it was all
right, and he did love her Just as
much, only he said, you see, it is Just
like catching the car" e
Obi" said Phyllis.
THAT was funny, wasn't it? You
see, said this horrid man, when l am
trying to catch the car run for it and
make great hullabaloo and wave my
stick at the motorman. But when get
In I sit down quietly and read my pa
per. That is the way it is about matri-
mony. l am just as much interested
in the car though / don't go waving
my stick after havc caught it. It is
just the same with my wife, though I
think just rs much Of her as did be-
forekl was married
Now, think that's q perfectly hor-
rid story, and that was a very horrid
man, and the worst of it is, it certain
ay is true"
Belinda lowered her voice, a horrtfied
look came over her face, and Phyllis
looked sad in sympathy.
Now, that is just what mean about
girls getting married." and Belinda
spoke seriously and solemnly. Every
man IN the world is just bound to
catch the car, and every girl would
Just like to keep him running after it
all day and all night, for ever and ever,
and never catching it." Belinda drew
long breath.
"Of course I don't mean that any
girl would be mean, but she would like
70 Keep him going along at just COM
portable jog trot. But do you suppose
2 man would? Not bit of it. No,
str-es. He wants to catch the car. and
ne wants to- catch it pretty quickly,
and Il he doesn't-well, he just goes
ana catches another car. That's Just
what man will do every time.
You see. q girl likes to have man
come to see her, and it's very nice il
he takes her out sometimes. and OF
course every girl likes little candy
oncesln awhile, and few flowers, and
81 = pleasant to have some one always
" z
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
A Surgical Problem.

The cavities left in bones after sur.
gical operations have been source Of
much trouble, discharges of pus usa.
ally continuing for months. Acting on
the hint given by dentists operations
on decaying teeth, Prof. Moorhof, Of
Vienna, about i've years ago began
seeking a means~of artificially filling
the bone cavities. and for time ex.
perimented with q putty-like paste OF
iodoform. This failed to reach all
parts of the cavity. A new filing has
been adopted, therefore, consisting Of
iodoform, spermaceti and iosesame,
and, as this melts at 122 degrees FAN
renheit, it is poured into the cavity
in liquid state. when it penetrates to
every part. The filling is absorbed and
replaced by granulation tissue so slow.
ly that no poisoning occurs. This
method has been applied in about 220
cases, and it is claimed that there has
been no failure.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

either in white, ecru or pale blue, and
white mercerized cotton.
After you have transferred your de-
sign to the linen buttonhole the edges
with a very short, close stitch. Work
the entire design in this way, with the
exception of the straight lines running
from side to side.
These should be crossed with q dou-
BILE thread and caught to the edges
only. These threads must then be
worked with close buttonhole stitch.
After these are finished cut out the
linen between the buttonholed edges,
but be sure that the buttonholing runs
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
INEXPENSIVE BATHROOM.
farmhouse Convenience Which Hay
y Fitted on from the Kitchen
at Small Expense.

A long, narrow kitchen. 20 by 10 feet
is divided by 4 partition i've feet from
the end. The ceiling is eight feet high.
The partition We decided to have six
feet high; this will allow the hot air
from the kitchen to pass over and heat
the bathroom. The door We arranged
directly in line with the stove, to fur
nish additional heat, and also to lessen
the distance to carry the hot water for
the bath. which has to be heated by
the stove. Our pump draws the water
from the cistern. On one side con-
venient arrangement for washing is
shown, tight box fitted to the wall with
wooden brackets, the seams filled with
putty and then painted with white
enamel. Ahole is made in the bottom OF
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

ready 70 dance With you. and the Gid
will be just a. nice and sweet and 20.
lite q she can be, and wear her pref
test gowns when she goes out. because
y man does like TO be seen with girl
who dresses well. Oh, she would be
very nice to him, indeed.
'.She would not even mind being en-
gagged. 1t Is rather nice to be engaged
and wear ring, and then of course
you can go out more, and then you
like to hear people whisper that that
pretty Miss-er-er-Miss Smith is en-
gagged to that handsome Tom-er-er
Brown. 1t gives you little standing.
and makes people think little moro
of you.
That's just the way q girl would
like to go along in q nice, pleasant
way, making the man have just as
pleasant time as she can. But there
isn't one man in 1000 who is satisfied.
Il don't like to think so, Phyllis, but
am afraid men are just q teeny,
weeny bit selfish. They will only go
on with the flowers and the candy and
all that for only just SO long. Then q
girl must just say plump yes or
no. and then she is engaged, and she
can't even stay engaged, but she must
set the day for the wedding, and then,
you see, the man has caught the car,
and there are no more flowers, no more
candy, no more-well, if Tom forgets
anything else there'll be trouble.
There was that case of Bella Bron.
son right in our own set. Bella is so
pretty! And Dick jenkins was just
dead in love with her! / must say
Bella was very nice to him. She went
almost everywhere with him, and wore
his flowers, and read the books he
brought to her, and she was just hav-
ing lovely time, and it might have
gone on till now, only Dick -~ouldn't.
bella liked him awfully well, but
not quite well enough to be engaged
to him. So when he proposed she said
no. but she would like to be good
friends and all that, and she hoped it
would all be just as it was before,
only nicer, because they would both
understand. But what did the man
do?
"Why, he went right off in a huff
and married that new girl who came
to town, and must say they seem
very happy, only it was too bad he
couldn't have been contented to be just
good friend with Bella, for she is
about the incest girl know of. 1t Is
very hard to understand men," and
Belinda sighed.
But l thought you were very anx-
ious to go to housekeeping in your lit
tie fiat, Belinda" said Phyllis.
"Why, that's quite different" said
Belinda, with dignity. 1--WE have the
fiat all furnished, and it is such
dear, cunning little place it will be
just like dolls house, and always
did love to play in dolls house. And
then Tom says l don't know how to
cook and just want to show him that
it's as easy as easy can be, and that
you don't have to study it as you do
to be doctor or a lawyer"
ooh, yes, that's quite different" said
Belinda.-N. Y. Times.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
SIGNS OF MORAL INSANITY
Abnormal Mental Tendencies Noted
by Prominent English
|. Physician.

Testifying before the royal commits.
sion ON the care and control Of the
feeble.minded, DR.. G. A. MERCER, rep.
resenting the Royal College Of Physi.
clans, reports the Washington Star,
said:
81 certainly think there is such .
thing as moral insanity"
Some remarkable cases were men.
toned by DR.. Mercier.
An intelligent child of seven had
learned about the pawnbroking BUSH
ness by reading an article in maya
zine. Having learned while at dinner
where some rings were kept he took an
opportunity of slipping into the rooms,
took the rings and went out and
pawned them. It was deeply laid
plot.
DR.. Mercier did not say that the
child was responsible at that age. but
certainly it was not the conduct of q
normal child who had that very day
been soundly thrashed for stealing. A
normal child could be made to appre.
ciate and recognize what he had done.
but this child could not be made to
appreciate it.
There was another case of. . young
man who, while attending one of the
military colleges as student, stole
some clothes and wore them in the
presence of their rightful owners. He
was amply supplied with clothes and
money by his parents, but he liked
these clothes better than his own, and
took them. He could not be persuaded
that it was a wrong thing to do, but
there was no other symptom in him Of
imbecility.
DR.. MERCER went on to give another
case of nurse who, he said, had pois.
oned as many as 40 Of her patients. It
was impossible at that time to discover
any intellectual defect in her. She
was found morally insane because no
motive could be traced. Indeed the
persons she poisoned were her intimate
friends. After she had been in an
asylum for several years symptoms Of
definite insanity began to exhibit
themselves, and she soon became very
deeply insane. 49, g
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
A Crop Of Nubbins.

Here and there we run across a farm
er that reports now and then from a
certain field crop of nubbins. If we
ask him about the field on which such
a crop was produced, we are certain
of receiving the answer that the crop
grew on a field that had borne moth
ing but corn for many years in success
sion. The more worn out the soil, the
more is the crop of corn likely to be
a crop Of nubbins. Ten years ago, says
the Farmers Review, even some of our
scientists were saying that corn could
follow corn for long series of years.
but they have changed their minds
about that. Corn does not need TO-
tation as badly as wheat, but it needs
it badly enough to refuse to bear good
sized ears of corn If we carry the one
crop succession too Tar.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10


H. yout Alnnee Lost ID SAVIOR.
- your greettng lost It's cheer?
- Hour daily stunt burden?
- your laughter half sneer?
4 IheEe's . medicine 70 cure you.
There's q way to lift your load,
With horse and saddle and a mile of open
road.
. your eyebai, growing bilious?
70 your temper gettia0 short?
IL this life a blind deiuoton.
Or grim unl0vely sport?
. There's q world Of health and beauty.
There's Q help that cannot fail.
In day behind the burros
On dusty mountain trail
Come out. old man, we're going -
To a1and that free and large
Where the rainless skies are resting
On snowy mountain marge.
Whenwe camp inGod's own country,
You will find yourself again,
With fire and a blanket and the stars upon
the plain!
Bliss Carman, in The Reader Magazine.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

the box, and two-inch drain pipe fitted
.ntosame. The waste water from this and
also from the bath flows into flower
bed, which is situated right at side OF
kitchen. The towel rack is made from
a curtain pole painted white to match
the woodwork. The walls, four feet
high, are covered with blue and white
tiled paper. A rug in front of the bath,
with all the other toilet accessories,
completes the thoroughly practical.
convenient and artistic bathroom, the
expense for the comfort derived amount
ing to but little, says the Rural New
Yorker. The bath chosen is one that
requires little water on account of the
long, narrow end. Bath cost six dol
lars; pump, SO cents; plumbing, Sc;
other expenses, 81; total. 1882.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

daughter of Columbia Miss Sutton 10
one Of a family of four sisters, all Of
whom play tennis we'll. She is the
youngest of the four, and at an early
age showed remarkable ability at the
game. Her skill developed rapidly,
and she gained speed through frequent
matches against the men players Of
California. Until year ago she was
known in the east only by reputation.
She came to Philadelphia in June, 1904,
and entered for the American cham.
pionship tournament, winning from
the most expert players of the country
without the loss of a set. The young
Californian sighed for other fields to
conquer after her victory at Philadel-
phia, and decided on trip abroad.
She went over several weeks ahead Of
the American international team play
ers and made her first appearance
abroad in the northern championship
tournament at Liverpool, where she
won with flying colors. Her next at
tempt was at Wimbledon, where she
planned the effort of her life to try for
the All-England championship. which
is virtually the championship Of the
world. The English critics have been
won over to her support gradually. and
she was q marked favorite among the
tennis-loving public as we'll as among
the large American colony in London,
which turned out in force to see her
battle for the English title. Her only
defeat was in the mixed doubles with
Holcombe Ward at Wimbledon, when
the pair lost to r. F. Doherty and one
of the strongest Of the English women
players. Miss Sutton is q hard hitter,
her driving strokes being faster than
any shown before by women players.
The English girls tried to volley
against her, but she hit the balls too
fast and passed them so often that
they had to give up this form of attack
and were soon outplayed at the back Of
the court.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
For Dlackheads.

The complexion brush used every
night and morning with warm water
and CASTLE soap will keep the complex.
ion free from blackheads. Twice a
week apply saturate solution Of mag
nesia. Be careful of the diet, eating
plenty of fresh fruit, drinking three
pints of water day.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

William Lush, the Cleveland Ameri.
can league player, who coached the
Yale baseball team this season, has
signed contract to act as the Yale
baseball coach for the next three years.
The fact that he has been engaged by
Yale for comparatively long term il
regarded as permanently committing
the university to the policy tried for
the first time last year of having a pro-
fessional coach remain with the team
throughout the season.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

at London defeat
ed the British
lawn tennis cham.
pion. Miss X.
Douglass, by two
sets straight, and
thus became Brit
ish as we'll as
American woman
champion. NOtone
man of the invad-
ing American ten.
mis- team can
boast of having
do W n e d every
competitor that
has faced him as
has this sturdy
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
PRETTY STOCK AND CUFFS
A Late Fashion for These Dress Ac-
cessories Is the italian Cut
Work Here Shown.

!. Italian cut work is the latest thing In
embroidery, and it is most effective
and easy to do, says Sarah Hale Hunt
er, in the Philadelphia Press. The ma.
terials to be used are very heavy linen,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
Uncle Sans Oldest Employe.

Uncle Sans Oldest civilian er1ploye,
in point of service, is Thomas Har-
rison, accountant and correspondence
clerk of the naval observatory. For 81
years he has worked in the observatory
and is an authority on naval observatory
history, IT.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
HANGING A BARN GATE.
Manner Of Attaching to Barn Which
Will Prevent It from sagging
to the Ground.
Some time since a writer in IN IL
sue Of the Michigan Farmer gave this

THE FARM GATE HUNG.
plan for hanging gate attached to Q
barn. The cut is SUFFICIENT in detail
to show the complete method of con-
struction and hanging.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
Water in Creamery Butter.

Water in Creamery Butter.
The water content of creamery but.
ter can be more easily regulated than
that Of any other kind of butter, and
there is no good reason why it should
contain more than the legal amount.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
After q NIGHT Out,

"Who wrote Speak to Me Only With
Thine Eyes'?"
Il don't Know, but it was probably
some married man" Washington
Stal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

inches long, sharpened on beth edges.
A handle is fixed to 1t in the manner
shown. The steel blade lies fat ON the
ground and can either be pulled or
pushed to stir the surface or cut on
the weeds. 9s
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

around every line of the pattern, and
that it is always worked toward the
part that is to be cut out. Be careful,
also, never to cut the cross threads.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10
A HANDY GARDEN HOE.
Implement Which May Be Made at
Home, and Which Will Prove
Most Useful in Garden Work.

have a combination of q push and
pull hoe, which works very easily and
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

Miss May Sutton, of Pasadena. CAL.
in the recent lawn tennis tournament
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

IS UOC rs IIEVSUu6
as either q Dutch
or q common hoe.
says j. 3. WEIGH.
in Farm and Home.
1t is q fiat piece of
steel, three inches
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-10

But girlies. you do have good times
at school, don't you? School is a world
of its own. The new scholar feels this,
and it takes her some little time to
find out the laws and regulations that
govern it. Always take pains to set
her at ease. You were there first, and
you know the code.
l was very much vexed when I was
myself schoolgirl, when an older
friend put lightly aside my regret at
leaving one school and going to an
other in distant town.
Il have to leave my friends" said,
with eyes that the tears dimmed.
"Oh, never mind, you'll soon find
others just as good"
Others just as good! Every girl
knows how foolishly vain was this
consolation. I did find others, of
course, but they were not j;aot as good,
in one sense, for they and had to be.
gin and build up from the foundations.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-11-29

The Tribune extends Thanksgiving
greetings to the people of Bismarck
and the Missouri Slope. In all this
promising section of our splendid
state there is great reason for gen.
eral thanksgiving. The year has been
marked by bountiful prosperity to all.
The farmer has cleaned golden grain
in an abundance undreamed of a de-
cade ago; the cattle raiser has 70.
ceived fair prices on cheaply raised
stock;N the sheepman has fairly rev
elled in high prices for his wool and
his animals, and the merchant will
soon place a handsome balance to the
credit side of the ledger as a result
of his years work. Yes, we all have
much to be thankful for, and in the
spirit of gladness commons to- all the
Tribune will not be published tomor-
row in order that the force from top
to bottom may enjoy the day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-11-29

In almost every issue Of the weekly
papers are accounts of parties prov
ing up on their claims, followed by a
sale of their personal effects and their
removal to other states Such action
has come under the observation OF
the special agents of the land depart
ment, followed by recommendation for
the cancellation Of such proofs, 1t be-
ing plain that the parties have acted
in bad faith and have secured the land
for speculative purposes only. Aclose
watch IS being kept on all final proofs,
especially committed proofs, as the
government is determined, il possible,
to preserve the public domain for &C
tuaI settlers. It is to the interest of
every bona fide homesteader to assist
the government in this behalf, as the
actual settlement Of his neighborhood
not only appreciates the value Of his
own land, but hastens the develop.
ment OF the state.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-11-29
g.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

State of North Dakota, Executive
Department: Agreeably to a proc
lamation made by Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States, and
because it is fitting that the people Of
this state should, publicly and by due
Sbservances, render thanks to the
Hiver of all good for the blessings
chat have been bestowed upon us, l,
.. Y. Sarles, governor Of the state OF
North Dakota, do hereby designate
Thursday, Nov. 80, 1905, as Thanksgiv-
ing Day within and for the state. Up
on that day, refraining from secular
occupations, let US with thankful
hearts lift our voices from altar and
from Preside in an expression OF our
gratitude to Almighty God for His
Aenedcent and bountiful gifts. Let
NE benefcence of God to this nation
and state serve as our example In min
&tering to the needs Of those among
us who may be poor or unfortunate,
that the day may breathe the spirit
II charity and fraternity. May no dis
sress or need be permitted among us
apon that day, and may its lessons
serve to guide us in the paths Of civic
righteousness and private concern for
the welfare Of our fellowmen.
Done at the capitol at Bismarck I'M
Ger the great seal of the state, this
sixth day of November, 1905.
fSeal.) r. 7. Sarles, governor.
BY the governor:
e. F. Porter, secretary Of state.