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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Mercury.

Mercury.
Mercury, made Of quicksilver, is a
heavy fluid, dull. silvery metal in ap-
pearance. It is used in the forms of
blue ointment, blue mass and gray
powder.
Blue mass is powerful substitute
for calomel, acting heroically on the
liver, but is not often given.
Mercury ointment Is a mixture of
mercury. lard and suet. It il a pow
erful remedy and Is used in some skin
affections rubbed on externally; also
u used for sciatica by rubbing twice a
day in the axilla (under the arms).
Mercurial ointment mixed with
warm lard 20 that 1t can be applied
with a brush is used to destroy para
sites.
Blue mass is one-third mercury. The
remaining two-thirds is suitable ma
terial to bring into pliable form. The
dose IL from three to twenty grains.
Too much mercury taken into the sys-
tenn will evince itself BY the following
symptoms: Tenderness about tho teeth,
fstid breath, With sponsy gums. II
the use Of mercury II continued the
skin Of tie neck and chest becomes af.
6ected and salvation follows; also III
nervous system becomes affected.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
M'klNLEY's DEATH.
How the Annotated Press Worked
Get and Give the News.

How the Associated Press Worked to
Get and Give the News.
On the afternoon Of Sept. 6, 1901,
worn out by Il long period of exacting
labor. l set out for Philadelphia with
the purpose of spending few days at
Atlantic City. When l reached the
Broad street station in the Quaker
City was startled by number of po-
licemen crying my name. stepped
up to one. who pointed to boy with
an urgent message for me. President
Mckinley had been shot at Buffalo.
and my presence was required ut our
Philadelphia office at once. A mes
sage had been sent to me at Trenton.
but my train had left the station pre-
cisely two minutes ahead of its ar
rival. Handing my baggage to hotel
porter, jumped into cab and dash
ed away to our Office. remained
there until dawn Of the following
morning.
The opening pages of the story OF
the assassination were badN written.
and ordered substitute prepared.
An inexperienced reporter stood beside
President Mckinley in the Music hall
at Buffalo when Cxolgosz fred the ia
tai shot. He seized neighboring tele-
phone and notified our Buffalo CORE
spondent and then pulled out the wires
In order to render the telephone a
wreck, so that it was q full half hour
before any additional details could be
secured.
I ordered competent men and expert
telegraph operators from Washington.
Albany, New York and Boston to hur.
~ to Buffalo by the fastest trains.
All that night the Buffalo Office was
pouring forth hastily written but
faithful and complete account of the
tragedy, and by daybreak relief force
was on the ground. Day by day
through the long vigil while the presi-
dents life hung in the balance each
incident was truthfully and graphical
ly reported. In the closing hours of
the great tragedy false reports Of the
presidents death were circulated for
the purpose of influencing the stock
market, and to counteract them Sec
rotary Cortelyou wrote frequent sign
ed statements giving the facts to the
Associated Press.--Melville E. Stone In
Century.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Don't Borrow Trouble.

1t is bad habit to borrow any.
thing, but the worst thing you can
possibly borrow, is Trouble. When
sick, sore, heavy, weary and WORKOUT
by the pains and poisons of dyspepsia,
biliousness, Bright's disease, and
similar internal disorder, don't sit
down and brood over your symptoms,
but fly for relies to Electric Bitters
Here you will find sure and permanent
forgetfulness of all your troubles, and
your body will not be burdoned by a
load of debt disease. At II. H. Bate
mau's drug store. Price SOC. Guar.
anteed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Full Of Tragic Meaning

are these lines from J. Fl. Simmons,
of Casey, Ia. Think what might
have resulted from his terrible cough
if he had not taken the medicine
about which he writes: II had a
fearful cough. that disturbed my
nights rest. tried everything, but
nothing would relieve it, until 1 took
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, which
completely cured me-" Instantly re-
lieves and permanently cures all
throat and lung diseases: prevents
grip and pneumonia. At II. H. Bate
man, druggist; guaranteed; SOC and
s1.OO. Trial bottle free.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Through Tourist Sleeping on Feur
Days OF the Week 10 callforaia
via
Chicago Great Western Railway.

The Chicago Great Western
Railway offers choice of four
through tourist cars per week to
California: the first leaving
Minneapolis $40 a. m, st. Paul
$40 a. m. every Monday; going
via Omaha, the Mo. Pacific and
Santa Fa, arriving Los Angeles
500 a. m. the following Friday.
The second leaves Minneapolis
500 p. M, st. Paul $50 p. m.
every Tuesday going via Omaha
and the Rock Island Scenic
Route, arriving San Francisco
1928 p. m. Saturday. The third
leaves Minneapolis 1915 p. M,
st. Paul 11:20 p. m. every We'd
nesday going via Kansas City
and the Rock Island-El Paso
Route, arriving Los Angeles
l2.55 p. m. Sunday. The fourth
leaves Minneapolis 1920 a. M,
st. Paul 1850 a. m. every Thurs
day via Kansas City and the
Santa Fe Route, arriving Los
Angeles 1925 a. M, San Diego
12:45 p. m. Monday. For further
information apply to r. r.
Jones, Trav. Agt. Fargo, N. D.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
A Scotch Collie story.

A story of Scotch collie Is current
On the Derbyshire border, according to
the Dundee Advertiser. A farmer In
the Peak district. having purchased 4
small flock Of sheep in the lowlands.
drove the flock the whole way from
Scotland to his farm in Derbyshire
with the aid of a collie dog which was
lent to him by the Scotch farmer from
whom he purchased the sheep. when
you get to your home with the sheep.
said the Scotchman. "let the dog oil
bis belly: then tell him to 60 home
The Derbyshire man duly arrived 1T
his farm with the sheep and was 90
pleased with the collie dog and its per-
Torrance that he decided to keep 1t q
few days before sending it back. One
day he was away from home during
the whole Of the day. and on returning
In the evening be found that the Scotch
collie was missing and also the flock of
sheep. In few days tidings came
that the dog had arrived at his Scotch
home and had brought the sheep back
with him.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Tides and Storms.

When tempest 10 approaching or
passing out on the ocean, the tides are
noticeably higher than usual. 90 II the
water had been driven in q vast wave
before the storm. The influence extends
10 great distance from the cyclonlc
storm center. 90 that the possibility OK
lists Of foreteliing the approach Of q
dangerous hurricane BY means Of in
dications furnished by tide gauges SIT
uated far away from the place then 90.
cupied by the whirling winds. The fact
that the tidal wave Outstrips the ad-
vancing storm shows how extremely
sensitive the surface Of the sea 10 to
the changes Of pressure brought to bear
upon 1t by the never resting atmos-
phsre.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
California Or Florida.

It is time to plan your winter
vacation. EARLY arrangements
secure the best accommodations.
Choice of routes via the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
to California or to Florida, COM
bined with low rates, make the
trip to either resort q most at
tractive one. A postal will bring
complete information about
rates, train service and resorts,
free and by return mail. Ad-
dress w. B. Dixon, N. w. p. A.,
St. Paul, MINI. As
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Agricultural College.

The Winter Short Course in
Agriculture begins Oct. 10Th.
Three years of 81 months each
are required to complete this
course of study. The time re-
quired does not take boy from
the farm during the busy sea.
son. Every young man who
contemplates farming for a live.
lihood should, at the very least,
complete this course of study.
Other short courses are offered.
Send for Short Course Circular.
Address, J. H. Worst, President
Agricultural College, N. D. AZ
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
n.e.ki,x II Gently.

He is a rather serious minded boy
who has more sense Of responsibility
than many grown persons. 30 when
he was sent to his grandmother's to
break the news Of her aged sisters
death he did so with much gravity and
no little self importance.
"Now, Alfred" his mother said,
you mustn't tell grandma suddenly,
because 1t might shock her. even
though she knew Aunt Martha was Ill.
Tell it to her gently"
"All right" assented Alfred, starting
cut on his mission with mingled solem.
nifty and eagerness.
Arrived at his grandmother house,
he greeted her with 4 sober "Hello!'
and then proceeded to "break the
news" by saying:
Aunt Maria's dead, grandma, but
you mustn't feel bad. cause she was
pretty old. anyhow. You'll be the next
one, I s'pose. Brooklyn Life.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Primitsve water Pipes.

Very primitive water pipes Of an IN.
Client date have been discovered in tho
streets Of Manchester, England. They
were followed out tree trunks fitted
together 80 as to make wooden con-
duit. The Joints were somewhat In
the style of those Of a fishing rod, the
thin end Of one trunk being made to
fit into the thick end Of the other. It
Is supposed that this means Of sup
plying Manchester with water was In
use about 200 years ago. and discov-
cries of the same kind made in other
towns go to confirm that view. The
boring through the wood was about
four inches in diameter. The supply
Of water in those days was not only
much less in absolute quantity than
now, but very much less in proportion
to the population.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
TIGER HUNTING.

&0R10e the 410Rc0 AA10oI0 ~ 1aoa
tating Q Monkey.
To call tiger the proceeding was ID
follows: The mikir. having nrst ascer-
tained that . tiger was in the neighbor-
hood. would climb into q we'll branch.
"a, leafy tree situated near where be
supposed the tiger to be, and after hid.
ing himself among the branches % bsst
he could would commence to initiate
the chattering OF a monkey and break
and drop twies In the way that mon.
keys do.
Then hs would let fall TO the ground
Q bundle Of rags weighted SO that the
thud when it struck the ground would
sound as II a baby monkey had tum-
bled down from the tree. and at the
same time would initiate the supposed
baby monkey cries. This would be the
supreme moment, for IL tiger were
nsar 1t would often spring out In the
hope Of swapping up such dainty
morsel as young monkey, and then 4
bullet from the gun OF the hidden mikir
might find its billet in the tigers body.
BY this means the mikir was said to
have Killed q considerable number Of
tigers, and certainly the mans power
Of mimicry was wonderfully good.
The call for deer was Of an entirely
different nature, the sound initiated be-
ing the cry of fawn, and as this cry
sometimes attracted tigers, too, 1t had
to be adopted with caution, because 1t
was used only in open grass land. from
which the caller would not have had
much chance to escape were a tiger
suddenly to put in an appearance
London Field.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Hixhbole., Large Families.

Few birds have larger families than
the highhole. but. were it not for tho
number Of his family, how could he
hold his own among 80 many enemies?
His conspicuous size and color always
make him a shining marx to the COL
lector, for every village lad in the land
has collected dickers' eggs. He 10 q
fellow Of expediency, however. II his
home ID robbed, his wife soon lays an
other set Of eggs. It IL On record that
one pair, when tested By the removal
Of egg after egg, laid seventy ono eggs
II seventy three days.-6t. Nicholas.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
New Cure for Cancer.

All surface cancers are now known
to be durable, by Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. Jas. Walters, of Duttield, Va,
writes: 81 had a cancer on my lip rol
years, that seemed incurable, till
Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it, and
now it is perfectly WE'LL" Guaranteed
cure for cuts and burns. 25c at II. H
Bateman's drug store.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Tapioca and Pearl r.p,oc..

Tapioca is manufactured from tho
plant called in Brazil manioc. in Peru
yucca and i'll the West Indies cassaya.
When the true starch is separated
from the root it is placed ON hot plates
and while 1T is heating is stirred with
an iron rod. The starch grains burst,
and the whole agglomerates into small,
irregular masses. Pearl tapioca is not
a product Of the plant at all. but of
potato starch.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
American. AN Right

A countryman registered at a hotel
In Kansas City the other day. He did
not explain on what plan" he pur-
posed to become guest.
European or Americana" asked the
clerk.
The guest looked surprised. "Ameri-
can" he said emphatically. Born and
raised up here in Platte county. don't
look like no foreigner, do I?'
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
A Different Me.nipx,

Beaks-What brought on old Will
kin's paralytic stroke? Peaks-I didn't
know he was AFFLICTED with one.
Beaks-But you just told me he was
paralyzed. Peaks-Quite true; but
didn't say he was suffering from
paralytic stroke.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
Doomed.

He'll never reach the top in his pro
fessi0n.'
why. he believes he's there now"
That's the very reason that he'll
never get there. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
A Clever Hint.

Mrs. A.-There are times when ]
wish I were man. Mr.. A.-For in.
stance7 Mrs. A.-When I pass q milli-
ner's window and think how happy I
could make my wife by giving her Q
NV bonnet.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26
A good action ia never lost. It IN q
treasure laid up and guarded for thu
doer's need.-Calderon.

A good action Is never lost. 1t 10 q
treasure laid up and guarded for the
doer's need.-Calderon.
Owing to its derivation tho word
green" was originally applied to the
color Of vegetation. but not to the color
Of the sea. No application Of green
to the color Of the sea 10 quoted before
Chaucer, but as early az the year 700
1t was used for vegetation. The word
70 akin to grass" and grow" which
verb originally belonged to the veSeta-
BILE world alone. Vegetables grew"
but animals "waxed." "Greep" cos,es
from an Aryan root. "ghahr," meaning
to be green or yellow. and yellow"
gold" aud "yolk" come from that
same root.
Not Mere Curiosity.
The world has a store Of pleasures in
waiting for the unaccustomed trav-
eler. Sometimes, indeed, they may be
mostly in anticipation, as was the case
with Amos Riggs of Plumtown.
"How dye dog" said MIR. Riggs cor
daily to the stern visaged man who
was his seat mate in the car on the &C.
casion of Mr.. Riggs first trip to Bos-
ton. Nov what might your name be7
DO you live in Nashuy or beyond?"
II should like to know what business
1t ia Of yours where live or who
amI" said his companion GROSSLY.
"Well. now, 1t amt any particular
business o. mine. strictly speaking"
said Mr.. Riggs mildly, ''but it's Jest
like this: I've got cousin up in Can
ady that I've never seen, and I've al
ways thought might come upon him
some time jest by asking folks their
name and so on"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-26

How Corn0rants Are Harnessed aad
Managed by the Skill1ul and Dex-
teroas Anglers, Working ut Night
by the Light of Blazing Pine.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-09-01

DC convinced OF what | say about
my plan of cultivating corr on
lve-foot 70 vs..
When corn is about four
inches high, | bar off with four
burrows, follow with a sharp
tooth harrow, generally with a
board behind attached TO the
two back teeth. a 2x+ oak
scantling is good, or a small pole
Bore augcr holes; let teeth pass
through; and il not tight enough,
iasien with 4 small piece OF wire.
In this way your middles arc
made perfectly smooth and level.
Now \ great mistake not few
tarl-crs make is they go TO work
10 mould up that little corn lus,
A. soon a. they have thinncd it
)Ct with a - or - Landslide pillow
or some other large plow tina,
will wrap their corn up about
bali wav.
Now. that reminds me that
when | used 10 pillow a little
mouse would tc plowcd up and
before nc could get on, of the
way a ciod Of dirt would fall on
him. He would sigglc and 4.
twist and maybe get out. where
- II the cod hadn't have choacd
hlm down Tor a while he would
have gotten away too fast. Just
20 with little corn Its roots
arc surface: and il does not need
The d'rt piled up around il. II
rctards the growth.
! Back 10 my mode OF cul,tya.
ton: After | have barred oil
and run my harrow. | then take
a No. co !. y. plow get out /, n my
middle just lar enough &c throw
wa w ~ u 10" ~ a. TO nv tue
hlr iurfow full. throwing this
iuffow heavy enough 10 raise
tho d,rt higher than where The
corr stands. Then | throw tho
middle out. going \ little deeper
than my hrst two burrows, 40
that with an oycrabundancc o..
ram, a. we have bad this season.
nv corn vii! MOI drown on,
Another advantage | have Of the
narrow row and close nodded
~. that II II ga dry season my
rows are wide and ia, on top,
and will hold moisture three
times a. long as a narrow row.
In about ten days. about the
time my corn IL, sa;. knee high
and the grass and weed. have
started up, take a little turn
pip.p say With board g.. F..
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-10
Resume 81 the news.
Foreign.

Foreign.
The sultan Of Morocco has signed .
contract for the construction by a Ger.
man firm Of a stone pier at Tangier.
A band of mountaineers, disguised
as militia, attacked Kizeliar, North
Carcasia, and murdered several per,
sons
A formal intimation was received by
the Danish court of Emperor Williams
intentiontto visit King Christian at an
early date.
The steamer Mexico with president
R. Shonts of the Panama canal com
mission and Chief Engineer Stevens
arrived at Colon from New York.
Anoeher bloody encounter between
bands Of Bulgarians and Servians oc-
CURED near Prisat, Macedonia. Sew
enteen Bulgarians, including Donche,
the leader, and seven Servians were
killed.
1t is rumored that the naval court OF
Chile has resolved to recommend to
congress the reconstruction of the
navy, to begin with the building in
Great Britain of foul ironclads of H..
600 tons each.
George Meredith, Sir George New.
ness, Sir Gilbert Parker, Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle and other well known
persons in the literary world have
formed a committee to raise a fund in
behalf of the late Bret Harte's daugh.
ter Ethel, whose health has become
seriously undermined.
The steamer Roosevelt, with Com
mander R. E. Peary on board, started
from North Sydney, c. B., on the voy.
age toward the North Pole. The nee.
essary repairs to the pumps of the YES.
sci were completed during the night
and in the forenoon the last supplies
were taken on board. Mrs. Peary and
her daughter have left for New York.
The hearing of the divorce suit OF
Maud Come, known as the Irish Joan
dare, against Maj. Mcbride, formerly
of the Boer artillery, was opened be.
fore the civil tribunal Of the Seine al
Paris. Maitre Grippe severely de.
nounced Maj. McBride's unfaithfulness
and denied that the husbands charge
that his wife was not Of genuine Irish
birth.
A mutiny took place among the po
lice force of Panama but it is was quel.
almost at the beginning by Santiago
de la Guardia, secretary of war, who
faced the mutineers with a drawn re.
volver. The principal leaders were Sc.
verely chastised by the secrtary, and
tn other mutineers were placed in
irons. Politics had nothing to do with
the mutiny.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-08-10
General.

Jerry Simpson, former congressman
and nationally familiar as "Sockless
Jerry" of Kansas, is seriously i'll at
his home at Roswell, N. Mex, having
ruptured one of the bloodvessels OF
his heart. =. q
The appraisal Of the estate Of Franz
Croker, who was killed in an automo-
bile accident, was filed in the office OF
the surrogate in New York. He died
interstate. his father thereby getting
the whole estate, valued at $635,17S.
Several Independent foundrymep
have signed the wage contract pre-
sented by the Ironmolders' union OF
Pittsburg. 1t is probable that strikes
will be called in all the manufactur.
ers' association plants on Friday morn
ing.
Through the recent death Of Mrs.
Jane Martin of Nevada, Ia, Miss Pearl
Martin, an adopted daughter, has fall.
en- heir to a fortune of $165 900. Miss
Martin Is sixteen years of age. She
was adopted early in life, her parents
being poor.
Acting on a suggestion recently
made several citizens of Philadelphia
have started a one dollar" fund to
help Mayor Weaver defray the heavy
expense he is under in fighting for
the city's rights against the contract
combination and the gang.
After a years illness, William An
derson, a veteran newspaper man OF
Pittsburg and until his retirement
three years ago, for sixty years a mem.
Der of the editorial force Of the Pitts.
burg Gazette, died at his home in Viii.
kinsburg, seventy-eight years old.
In the presence of his family and
many men high in public and private
life, including former President Grov-
er Cleveland, simple funeral services
were conducted over the body of for
mer Secretary of War Daniel S La.
mont at Milbrook, N. Y. Immediately
after the ceremonies the body was
transferred to a special funeral train
to New York. Interment was made in
| Woodlawn cemetery.
William W. Cotton, with a commits
sion already in his pocket, has con.
cluded to decline the appointment as
United States judge for the district OF
Oregon, to succeed the late Judge
B%ellinger. It is believed inducements
have been offered him by the Harri
man system that make it worth while
for him to decline the bench and re
main where he is as general counsel
of the Hartman Western lines
The cruiser Chicago, the flagship o,
the Pacific squadron, with Admira
Goodrich and staff aboard, arrived al
San Diego, Cal. The admiral immedi
ately appointed a board to investigate
the Bennington explosion.
At a two-hours' session of the dt
rectors of the Equitable Life AS
suranc society the designations q,
former President James w. Alexander
and Nevada N. Stranahan, as direct
ors, were accepted. Paul Morton wal
elected president of the society, re
tanning, it is understood, the chair
manship as well.