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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
A CHINESE DINNER.
The Tidbits Were Cantonese Puppy
AID EGGS Fifty Years Old.

The Tidbits Were Cantonese Puppy
AID Eggs Fifty Years Old.
An officer of the British army says
that one of the finest dinners he ever
ate was served to him by Chinese
host in Hongkong. He thus describes
It: "First on our menu came the lit
tie oysters which cling to the bamboo
stems in the salt water marshes of up
per China. They are, l should fancy,
the smallest and the sweetest oysters
in the world. Birds nest soup follow
ed, prepared as it should be. I fancy
that q chicken broth was tie liquid to
which the nest gave its peculiar and
attractive taste of the sea at our feast,
and the combination was excellent. Tri-
pang, which we know as beche-de-mer,
followed. 1t is the sea slug from the
Loochoo islands, and served as an en-
tree it tastes very much like turtle fat,
though richer. To counteract its rich
ness a great china bowl Of boiled bam-
boo shoots was handed round with it.
next came a very snail roast. I
thought at first that it was tiny suck
ing pig, but it had no cracking, and
the flesh was like that of an agneau de
lait, the little lambs whose meat is
snow white. It was one Of the Can
tonese puppies of particular kind,
which are doomed from birth to take
their place on the roasting spit and
which are fed on rice and milk only.
looked down the table and saw that
my friend was eating with zest, so for
the first time in my life l ate dog-and
liked it exceedingly. With this puppy
were served oil the vegetables in sea-
son and salad which had the taste of
young nasturtium leaf as it's strongest
flavor. Rice birds followed. They are
smaller than Ort0lans, each tiny plump
creature being but a mouthful, hut they
are the most delicious eating Of all the
feathered small fry.
"Nankin eggs were next brought
round. They had been buried for fifty
years, and Chinaman detects some
special flavor in them. To me they
tasted just like an ordinary hard boiled
egg, and their appearance, being al.
most black, was not inviting. They
were, in my opinion, the one failure of
the dinner. The sideboard had been
spread with variety Of cold viands,
among them pheasants and game pies
from Shanghai and a Kobe round of
spiced beef. Baskets of fruit were
brought in and little orange trees in
pots, from which we were invited to
pluck the ripe fruit"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
.asAo, clark ..A Ii. r.,,t. str..s.r.

01shoD Clark aAA the Petite Stranger.
There was no limit to the humorous
situation for which the Right Rev.
Thomas L. Clark, bishop Of Rhode
Island, was responsible. Some years
ago while attending a lecture in Bos-
ton he observed a man sitting three
seats in front whom he thought he
knew. He requested the person sitting
next to him to punch" the other in
dividual with his umbrella.
The polite stranger did so and, the
disturbed person turning his head a
little, Bishop CLARK discovered his mis-
take. 1t was not the person he sup
posed. Fixing his attention steadfast-
~ on the lecturer and affecting uncon-
sciousness Of the whole affair he left
the man with the umbrella to settle
with the other for the disturbance, and,
this man being wholly without an ex-
cuse. there was, Of course, a ludicrous
and embarrassing scene, during all Of
which Bishop Clark was profoundly in
terested In the lecture.
At last the man with the umbrella
asked, rather Indignantly, Didn't you
tell me to punch that person with my
umbrellaT
Eyes"
"And what did you want?"
"I.wanted to see whether you would
punch him or not."-Boston Herald.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
THE REDEMPTloNERs.

liseries Of Those who Got Into Debt
In Olden Times.
In Daniel De Foes time debtors were
frequently compelled in seeking means
to extricate themselves from their en-
barrassments to consent to anything
if they thereby could avoid the horrors
Of the debtors prison. In many cases
they took advantage of custom that
In one form or another had sanction
Of antiquity, and being generally able
bodied men they placed themselves in
the hands Of some merchant or agent,
who, having effected an arrangement
with the creditors. took possession Of
the unfortunate debtors and, hurrying
them to the nearest seaport, shipped
them abroad, generally to Virginia or
Maryland, as so much merchandise.
Sometimes the dealer accompanied his
cargo in order, if possible, to obtain a
better price at the end of the voyage.
Arrived at their destination, the cap
tives-to give them their real name
were sold to any planter whose offer
would recoup the agent for the sum he
had expended in purchase and transit
and also allow him a handsome profit.
BY the terms Of this sale the captive
was bound to serve his new master for
several years, his liberty being nomi-
nally secured at the end Of that pc
Rod, and from the hope of redemption
and deliverance thus held out to him
the term "redemphoner' came to be
applied to these unfortunates.
But any hopes that the redemptioner
might cherish Of his ultimate liberia
ton soon proved fallaciors.s and he
found himself plunged into fresh en-
barrassments long before his period of
servitude had expired.
Charges were made upon him for
clothing, for tobacco, even for the nee
essaries of life-charges which he had
no means Of meeting, however good
his inclination-and too late he found
that he had in fact become a slave.
without money, without rights and
without hope. Such friends as he had
were in England and probably had for
gotten him altogether. Perhaps if even
they remembered him they were with.
out the means Of assisting him, and
the chance of money reaching the In
diyidual for whom it was intended was
In those days very small. Pacific rail-
ways and "ocean greyhounds' were
unknown in the ''good old times" and
communication was slow and insecure.
Some Of these redemptioners were
Of course more fortunate than others
and had friends and connections more
powerful and more kindly disposed,
and such often ultimately attained
their freedom. But these were the ex-
ceptions. and, generally speaking. the
unhappy victim labored on from year
TO year, his redemption receding fur
Their and further into the distance till
at last death put an end to his suffer.
in1s-Chambers' Journal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
Chair Of ii. oaa.t 1Aris.

Chair Of the oaaat lAris.
Ono Of the mountain peaks Of north
Wales IL known az the Chair Of Idris,
or Cader 1dris, AZ the Welsh people
call It, because it's top is followed out
like an immense couch. According to
local tradition, whoever spends night
In the Chair Of 1dris will on the follow
ing morning be dead, raving mad or
endowed with the Hottest p0etical in.
spiration. No one seems to know ex-
actly who Idris was or when he lived,
but he must have been q giant IL his
body was in proportion with his cele-
brated "chair." Mrs. Hemans has
fine poem with the Chair Of Idris as
the theme, and Tennyson also men,
tons 1t in :Enid."
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
A Lawyers Nerve.

A self satisfied young lawyer went
over to Michigan from Ohio to repre-
sent client Of that state who was
mixed up in some litigation over which
the Wayne county court had original
Jurisdiction. In the course of argu-
ment the Buckeye lawyer became
tangled, and the Judge kindly advised
him to back up and repeat with
greater elaboration. Then the court
let the youth down by saying. IF you
do that will be better able to follow
the thread Of your contention" "Glad
to accommodate you, judge" said the
young man as he recovered his con-
ddence. II am dealing with a very
complicated point Of law, and I sus-
pected that 1t might be too intricate
for your honor to follow at the rate l
was going" The dignity Of the court
was knocked out. and he Joined
heartily In the general laugh.-Kansas
City Star.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
BIDS WANTED.

Bids for furnishings Ignite
coal to supply the Village School
for the school year, will be re-
ceived by the clerk up to Octo.
Der 3rd, 1905, at 4 O'Clock p. m.
Bids to be in writing and state
price on the track at Coopers.
town, and also price delivered
at school building. By order OF
Board of Education.
OSCAR D. PUR1NToN, Clerk.
Dated at Cooperstown, N. D.,
Sept. 5th, 1905.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
Passport to the North Pole.

Passp0rt to the North Pole.
A passport to the north pole wss H.
sued some years ago by the governor
Of the province of Tobolsk, which
stretches along the Russian shores Of
the Arctic ocean. The Official was ap-
preached by two men who had been
engaged to proceed to the north with
an English expedition. then fitting out.
Their petition was for d passport to
the pole itself. but the governor point
ed out that the pole was az likely to
b In their home province az in any
other, that 1t was extremely unlikely
they would reach It and that, II they
did. there were no police there to ex.
anime their credentials. At last. how
ever, to satisfy them he ordered the
issue Of document allowing them to
pass without let or hindrance to the
north pole.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
ciro...ia. Beauty.

Painting the eyes and eyelids is con-
sidered great aid to the fascination
of the female orbs. A Circassian to
be really lovely must, In addition to
being very corpulent, have golden hair
and jet black lashes. Kohl is used by
the Persian and Armenian women to
lengthen their eyes. The bazaar women
and nautch girls of most eastern c0un-
tries dye their finger nails with henna,
and where they wish to be thought
great ladies they allow their finger
nails to grow to an immense length
and keep them in finely wrought gold
sbeaths,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
A Curious Take.

This curious tale of the Venerable
Bede Is told in the medieval Golden
Legend" One day, when he was old
and blind, the desire to preach came
upon him. An attendant led him to
spot where he faced heap Of stones,
and Bede, believing that a human audi
ence was before him. delivered an elo-
quent sermon. At the end, 1t Is grave
~ recorded, the stones cried "Amenv
40 doubt to save Bede's feelings.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
HeadstrOn9,

Mrs. Homer-Don't you think your
husband is rather headstr0ng for an in
valid? Mrs. Neighbor-Yes, and the
doctor Is to blame for 1t too. Mrs. Ho-
mer-1ndeed! And why, pray? Mrs.
Neighbor-He won't allow him to take
any nourishment but goats milk.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
Notice for Publication Department of the
rnfarior Land Office at EarRO. n. D.. Aug. IL

Notice for Publication. Department of the
Interior, Land Office at Fargo, N. d.. Aug. ~
Noticeis hereby given that the following
named settler has fled rottce of his inten-
tiOn to make committed final proof IN support
before Oscar ID. Purinton, Clerk of District
Court at COOperstOwn. N. d.. on Oct. 8. 1905
viz:
H. f. No 25O66 for the lot of section in
township 145 n of range Sow.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. and cultivA-
tiOn of, said land. viz:
August Steinborn. Fred Steinb0rn. Charles
HOughtOn and John Watne. Of COOperstown.
&C. SCHUYLER
Register
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
Leve.s Lahor,s Lost.

Poeticus-Haye you read 6hake-
speare's "Love's Labour's Lostr' Gym
icus-No, but I've taken 4 GIRL to the
theater and had her talk to the man
next her al through the show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

MUSLIN AND CAMBRIA
GOWNS, five styles, square
and high necks. pointed
and Mother H u b b a r d
Jokes, trimmed in hem
stitched tucks and en-
broidery inserting. Sizes
II. Is and 10. Sale SIC
price. vi So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
HOW TO PUNISH A CHILD.
Means by Which You May Cause Him
Profound Remorse.

From GOo0 HOu6okeeplnG
Have you ever given a child the privilege
of choosing his own punishment-either
whipping or the deprivation of some be-
loved treat solitude in his chamber or some
other form, and had him prefer the whip
ping Ito have 1t over WITH" Doesn't this
prove 1t to be the lesser punishment? Some
thing to be borne with stoically, as a neces-
sary evil. perhaps, but forgotten the next
moment in some pleas sure or recreation.
IT, however. upon mature elaboration. 1t
seems expedient to apply the rod, let 1t, by
all the regard you have for your child's
self-respect. be done in the privacy OF his
own room. and not even limited at before
other children There seems to be a strain
that delights in anothers punishment II
every other expedient has been tried and
found wanting, and it seems that he will
learn the desired lesson in no other way
for let 1t be understood that punishment is
given for no other reason than reform
then shut him up In one room and yourself
in another until your anger has had time to
cool. and he to reflect. Then, with calm
face, a prayerful and sorry heart and q
dignif1ed demeanor, go to him and do the
job thoroughly and well.
Keep him closeted until the fierceness of
his emotion has worn away. Then take him
out, battle and clothe him afresh and keen
him with you. Talk to him, not about his
orense. you have punished him for that.
Let 1t drop. Cheerfully expect 1t not to
happen again. Be kind and loving to him.
and prove by your actions that he has
grieved you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Possible Corner in Cards.
From the London Chronicle.

It is to be hoped that in receiving the
freedom of the Worshipful Company Of
Makers of Playing Cards Mr. Carnegie has
no intention OF making a corner In cards.
A king did not disdain to do this once upon
time, for of Charles rs many devices
for making money was to buy up all the
cards made by the company and to sell
them again at profit AS we know, how
ever. that cards were sold in 1545 for two
pence pack, even the of Scotsman
probably did not make much by creating u
monopoly. James / himself, by the way.
chdracteristically denounced card playing
In Scotland and INDUCED In 1t privately-a
hypocritical attitude toward card playing
which has had many followers
II Is difficult to say why card playing,
though always popular at court, has always
been denounced officially. Even the fact
that Anne Of Austria played like queen.
without passion of greed or gain,' did not
save it from disrepute. AS early as 1465 a
law was passed in England to forbid card
playing, except at certain times and sea-
sons, but Elizabeth, who lost her temper
regularly over Primero, did her best to give
the game a moral aspect by commanding
the master Of the revels Ito show on st.
Stephens day, at Wyndesore, comodie or
moral devised on a game Of the cardcs,"
which resulted in the performance by chill
dren of Alexander and Campaspe," con-
taining the charming lines:
Cupid and my Campaspe played
At cards for kisses. Cupid paid"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
Electricity From Straw.
From Harper's Weekly.

Rio" weekly.
While electricity has frequently been
recommended to the farmer as a convenient
means for blowing. operating machinery.
pumping water. etc. yet in practice he has
been rarely able to avail himself OF such
assistance. since farms cannot be locate
IN mountainous country where water power
Is abundant. while coal and gasoline for
engines to drive the dynamos cannot be
procured with sufficient cheapness to make
the Undertaking a practical success. Re-
Gently IN France some interesting expert
ments nave been carried on where various
waste vegetable products, such as straw.
leaves, reeds. unserviceable hay and SINH
lar substances have been used as fuel in
gas generators 1t has been found that
from such materials low-carbon gas can
De evolved In vertical gas generators and
by means Of a gas motor and dynamo cleo
tricity can be developed This can be done
much cheaper than by burning coal or
petroleum products. and when a number of
farmers unite to maintain plant that will
furnish about fifty seventy-fve horse
power 1t Is believed at\electricity could
be distributed about the neighborhood with
considerable economy. The method en-
ployed was to collect the material chop
ping the straw and like substances, and
then after 1t Is dried pressing 1t into bales
weighing about 800 pounds per cubic yard
AS It has taken the farmers of the western
telephone line, using, in some cases, fence
wires as conductors so 1t may be possible
that French agriculturists will succeed in
generating electricity so economically that
1t can be used not only for scientific, but
also for practical farming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Then we got hold Of some old cans and
filled them with water, and when the ageny
gave us a tip on the car we loaded the stun
into 1T. crawled In on top Of the wheat, he
put on the seal, and we were going down
the Red River valley in our private and
well-stocked side-door Pullman.
1--WE stayed in the car two days, when the
bad air drove us out at Brainerd, after we
had gone two divisions. It was easy to
break the seal from the inside, and then the
thirty OF US scattered.
After that It was a case Of riding the
rods underneath the box cars The brakes
were keeping too sharp a lookout, ana Wnen
you did sneak into q box car, even u you
were with twenty or thirty other noOoes
and were strong enough TO nahg W ule
crew, at the next station you woulo De
bounced on by a gang OF raiiroaners ana
beaten black and blue. That is. II you
wouldn't divvy up all around. I've heard
up hoboes on their way back from the har-
vest fields Twenty and thirty and fifty
dollars trip. and a trip every other day.
Riding the Rods.
II rode the rods into Chicago 1t was
the first time for me, and I hadn't been
lying on them and holding on for grim
death for a half dozen miles before I
wished I'd given all my money to the
brakes for berth in a sde-door Pullman.
The ctnders and gravel flew up Into my
face and cut 1t till the blood came. MY
Oouy WAS pOunQeQ tlu IL WAS pIuiScO GA
over. My head was pounded against It's
rest. l ached all over. . could hardly
breathe l was about ready to give up the
ghost, l swear, when the train stopped, and
/ fell of, and lay alongside the track for
long time. That train went east without
me- But rode the rods Of the next one,
and pretty soon / was an old hand at the
game. which has taken off many a hobo's
legs and arms, especially when he tried
to get on the rods when he had too much
whisky aboard. Then you can't always
gauge how fast the train is moving, and
make the proper jump. In little while my
It. But every time would leave the rods
l took myself for niger.
The Banner Hobo State.
Finally. after a lot of happenings, 1
struck eastern Pennsylvania. There hung
up for weeks. It's easy picking in Penn
sylvania. The Dutch farmers are soft
hearted for all they're close, and you can
always come a double-header on them-go
back for grub the second time-and sleep
in peace in their big red barns besides.
Taken the year through. Pennsylvania Is
the banner hobo state, with Ohio second;
but you can't come a double header on the
Buckeyes.
Almost a year to a day after d left
New York landed back in 1t, l was dead
broke. The two hundred and fifty was gone.
/ hadn't spent a cent for grub, or lodging,
or clothes, or railroad fare with the brak-
les A hobo needs money for only one
other necessaries. All that two hundl ed and
fifty went for whisky at cents slug.
just as sure as I'm sitting here. And, my
-, how dry am now!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
A Battle With Ice.

II landed there without a cent, and my
new pal, picked up In Chicago, hadn't red.
either, and we both wanted to get across
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20
The English Spring Cleaning.
From the London Lance

There is not a more decisive ukase In do
nestle affairs than that which forbids the
reversion to coal fires after spring cleaning
10 done. The Inconvenience which the in
mates of a house suffer is tolerated because
the use of coal fires would undo the work
of the spring cleaning process We
see here a powerful argument in favor of
the abolition of the coal fire altogether
and the adoption of gas fire or electric
heater In it's place. So long as the English
climate exhibits fickleness of the disagree
able kind we have recently experienced. the
present systm of spring cleaning is based
on a very dangerous postulate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

Treat doboeS Well at Harvest Time.
Just before time for the wheat harvest
old man Upton, one of the biggest wheat
growers in the northwest, gave the con-
tract of feeding the harvesters to a man,
who put up shambles, and began killing
beeves SO as to be ready. We heard about
1t, made raid on the place when no one
was around, cut up half a steer with jack
knives and carried 1t back to camp.
THAT night, as we were eating all sorts
of steaks jumbled together, old man Upton,
who was a great Methodist, walked into the
camp which was opposite the church of
which he was elder.
We'll boys, you're having a great feast,
amt your he said.
Yes. Mr.. Upton, We said. for we all
knew him.
Must be making plenty of money hay
ing he said.
No, sir, Mr.. Upton spoke up hobo
holder than the rest, we amt This here is
your steer, or part OF 1t, that was killed
this morning
"'Oh, we'll said old man Upton. that's
all right, boys; enjoy yourselves while you
can, for there's hard work ahead. but dom
do any burning
That's the way the hobo is treated In
the northwest around harvest time. It's
the hobos heaven then.
well, We worked hard when the har-
vesting really began. We earned good
money, but the worst of II was there was
no way TO spend 1t. The farmers fed us,
and there was no saloon around and no
way to get whisky. So when the season
was over all Of us had our pockets full of
money, 1 had nearly two hundred and fifty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

SHIRT WAIST SUITSo of fine linen lawn,
polka dot swisses. plain linens and Inn
ported madras. natural and white lin
ems Most all trimmed in fancy wash
able braids in contrasting colors.
Also included at this price are Colored
Sateen Dresses trimmed in small clus-
ter tucks, with pretty tie to match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

SHIRT WAIST SUITS in strictly tailor
made effect, of white handkerchief linen
yoke is neatly stitched and strapped will
deep pleats extending to yoke: leg-o-mut
ton sleeves; neat cuff. Another goot
style is of fine white India lawn and trim
med in beautiful broad embroidery; Skin
made to match waist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-20

tight fitting, trimmed
around neck and sleeves
with lace inserting. and
edge finished with beading
and wash ribbon; felled
seams. Sizes 40.
4s ,o and 80 Sale 60c.