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Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

New York is a rich city. Recent
tax returns show real estate to the
value of $5, 015, 00o, 600. Add to this
at least 1896, 600, 600 that is exempt
$500, 600. 900 belonging to the city,
$11O, 600, 900 of church property, and
1858, 600. 600. 900 of charitable tinstitu.
tion values and New York g real estate
totals up to value of $5, ,841 200, 900.
The rolls show personal property to
the amount Of $5OS, 600, 900; but there
are $25, 900. 900 Of capital stock, sur.
plus and undivided profits of banks;
nearly $40, 900, 0O0 of capital stock. sur.
plus and undivided profits OF trust
companies, etc., making in all $685..
000. 900 Of personal property on which
taxes are paid to either the city or the
state. Aside from the vast amount
not traced and on which taxes are
4 lodged, there are known to be legally
exempt $500, 900, 600 on deposit in the
savings banks, and over $50. 600, 900 Of
insurance reserve funds, besides gov
ernment, state and city bonds, corpor-
ate stocks in the hands Of the holders,
and other untaxed personal property
the value of which may be estimated
at 90, 600. 0oo, 900. This makes tidy
total of So. 500. 942. .434. Add to this
the So, 407. 900, 600, tentatively as.
sessed,'' but sworn off and cancelled
this year, and New York's wealth
would amount to the very respectable
showing of thirteen billions Of dollars.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

According to the preliminary report
of Internal Revenue Commissioner
Yerkes, the consumption OF beer in
the United States during the fiscal
year ended June Both was 40. 459, $40
barrels of thirty-one gallons each.
which is an increase of 1881, ,407 bar.
rels over the preceding year. The
consumption per capita last year was
nearly twenty gallons. against sixteen
gallons in 1904, and about 1.S5 gallons
in 1863.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

The Philadelphia "idee'' is spread.
ing if, as is charged, some 80, 900 acres
of good land in the Unitah reservation
has been allotted to Indians who have
long been chasing game in the happy
hunting grounds.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

Fifty detectives have been unable
to find a gambling house in Chicago.
That's frequently the case, when a
Rube, or Caleb, with money, finds
them at every other door.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

Owing to the general burning of sui.
phur there New Orleans is said to
smell like the internal regions, al.
though the inhabitants are inclined to
express the truth in shorter words.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

There are more rich men in Jail
than ever before. 1t is evidently
easier for a rich man to break into
Jail than it is for him to enter the
Kingdom of Heaven.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

The royal vineyards and manufactur.
ing plants in which Tokay wine is
made were destroyed by fire last week,
but the learned chemists will see to it
that nobody goes thirsty for little
Tokay wine on that account.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

The Sultan of Turkeys dinner costs
him $5, 600 day.
The table is of silver, and it is said
to be the most exquisite specimen of
the silversmith's art that the world
contains.
The dishes are brought in upon the
head Of jublakiars, or cooks assist
ants, and each dish is covered and
sealed with the royal seal. There are
always fifty or more dishes, and all
are set before the Sultan at the same
time. He eats usually from about six.
Though the Sultan is himself total
abstainer. the finest vintage wines are
always offered to such guests as dine
at the palace.
Every dish the ruler partakes Of is
first tasted in the kitchen by the
Grand Vizier, lest it be poisoned, and
it is Immediately thereafter that it's
sealing takes place. Always before he
can fall to on dish the Sultan must
break it's seal.
It is not because he eats So, 600 worth
Of food himself that the Sultan's din
ner bill is SO expensive. He eats, as a
matter Of fact, no more than half
dollars worth. But the guests and
retainers who dine at his expense
number daily several thousand.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

AS a specimen of optimistic Thiloso.
ply, Secretary Shaw's explanation
that in having deficit the country
escapes the dangers of a surplus, easily
takes the prize.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

What wonder our female industrial
workers join unions and strike just
like the assertive malel A Connecti.
cut manufacturer had all the mirrors
removed from his factory, averring
that the action saved world of time
otherwise lost to him.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

AS he was arrested for automobile
scorching out in Evanston the other
day. one infers that Mayor Dunno is
swifter in some things than he is in
achieving immediate municipal own.
ership.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

It's bad enough for the Y. M. Q. A.
to draw the color line, but for it to
do SO in Springfield, Mass, right under
the shadow Of the Springfield Repub-
lican, and within reach of the stern
voice Of Sam Bowles, is simply in.
famous.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

According to the Rev. DR.. Morgan.
"China waits for the evangel. The
good man might have remarked also
that he is willing to keep right on
waiting, too, until the crack of doom.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

Governor Douglas, of Massachusetts,,
need not worry. If the Presidential
lightning strikes his way his heroic
commander of militia, General Miles,
will be glad to stand in an exposed
nosition.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

Mr.. Hartman is making record time
to the Orient. WHAT some of those
Equitable probers really desire. how
ever, is that Mr.. Hartman will do
his record smashing on the return trip.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31
Farmers Gatherings.

The season has arrived when tbo
farmers gather in picnics and harvos.
homes to enjoy each others society !.
talk over the years work, to Listen -
addresses by men of more or less en;
nence and to partake of the bountr
which they have produced and thei,
skilful wives and daughters have nre
pared. Already number of tbos,
pleasant gatherings have been bela
and from now until "the frost il ~
the pumpkin and the corn is in thu
shock farmers in various sections ~
this State will keep up the oid.time
custom of holding these annual meet.
ings.
The pleasures OF these informa,
gatherings are different from those ~
any other class of citizens. They ara,
perfectly free from conventionalitv
There is absolute freedom OF speech
and conduct, but an absolute absence
of rudeness. Everybody is welcome
all are treated with consideration and
nothing mars the rural enjoyments Of
all who participate. Many man who
never lived on farm finds it extreme.
ly pleasant and profitable to Join in
these harvest home celebrations, sim.
ply because they are so pleasant, SO
free from Objectionable features Of
every kind and because no deleterious
after effects result.
Farmers are richly entitled to these
happy experiences. They bear the
heat and burden of the day, work
longer hours. handle less money and
have fewer holidays than any other
class of industrial workers in the
State. Furthermore, If it were not
for them none of the other industries
or avocations could exist. ALI depend
on the success of the farmer. If his
grain did not grow, il his cattle did
not thrive, if his vegetables and fruits
fell away, the supplies of the world
would be limited indeed. He fur.
nishes food for all living human be.
ings.
But farming in New Jersey is not
what it used to be, Notwithstanding
the fact that the value of the product
per acre is greater here than in any
other State. The time of general
farming is past and special cropping:
now largely takes its place. Farmers
sons and daughters used to want to-
stay on or near the old homestead ):
now they rush to the mills or stores in
the cities. Farm hands used to be
plentiful now it is almost impossible
to get good help. Fifty years ago a
tramp or beggar was a rarity; now
some sections of the State are SO in.
tested with worthless thieving nomads.
that it is unsafe for women and chill.
dren to be left alone in their homes.
And yet. notwithstanding all these
disoouragements, New Jersey farm
products increase from year to year,
the farms of farmers-actually thou,
sands of them meet and have grand
good times at their picnics and harvest
homes. They are noble. determined,
industrious, successful class of citi.
zens. They know how to work and
how to enjoy themselves, seasonably
and sensibly. May the time soon come
when they will have far better pay,for
their invaluable work and when their
harvest homes will be more numerous
than ever.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

We do not approve of war when there
are other ways to settle differences !;
but it would be worth while watching
Oyama land on Linevitch about twen-
ty minutes after the peace negotia.
tions were broken of.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

A Weather Bureau official at Wash.
ington declares the poets are response
BILE for many erroneous lay conceptions
Of what is expected of certain months
of the year meteorologically. We
leave the poets and the prophets to
fight it out.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

A Jersey City man drank carbolic
acid the other day in mistake for whis-
key, and didn't discover his mistake
until the acid got down to business.
What sort OF whiskey do they have
over that way?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31
After Effects of Athletics

President E. J. James, of the Uni.
versity OF Illinois, has for five years
been investigating the consequences of
the severe strain endured by college
athletes in their training upon their
health and future work in life. He
will not be prepared to make his sta.
tistics known to the public until Octo.
Der, but in preliminary statement he
shows that athletics. as pursued in
the big institutions of to-day, instead
of producing strong, sound. long. lived
men, have the opposite effect.
These Investigations have taken into
account the physical condition and
the success or non-success in life of
university athletes in England and the
United States subsequent to gradua-
tion. In England the records were
accessible, but greater difficulty in se-
curing them has been encountered in
this country, partly because many of
the famous athletes have disappeared
entirely leaving no trail, and partly
because athletics in America are of
comparatively recent development.
But sufficient has been learned to
show, according to President James,
that "nearly all football players base
ball men and lawn tennis experts have
weak hearts and are more liable to
other forms of disease than men who
take more rational interest in the
affairs of life.
1t is further shown, we are informed.
that few of these great athletes ever
achieve more than moderate success
in life. In colleges, as rule they
were not leaders in, their studies, as,
indeed, it was hardly possible for
them to be. The demands OF the ath.
letic field upon the physical repre-.
sentatives of an institution are SO ex.
acting and constant that they leave
very little leisure to bestow on such
matters of subordinate interest and
Importance as the text books and the
lectures.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

A Texas community has just lashed
couple Of negroes, charged with MAX
ing "defamatory remarks concerning
q white lady" Eliminate the words
denoting color in the item and ones
criticism will be merely perfunctory.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

Ihor6 IS nowadays more fun Tor q
President alive to his opportunities
than was dreamed of by Washington
or Adams. From the sight of the
Chief Executive in locomotive cab
the nation turns to behold him cooped
up in a submarine boat as it is put
through it's PAGES under the Sound. Is
he next to be seen taking flight aloft
in an airship?
Students Of Presidential precedents
may find it interesting to trace the
growth of this new form Of preroga.
tive. Mr.. Cleveland touched the but.
ton which set the machinery of the
Chicago Worlds Fair in motion,
caused fountains to squirt and cascades
to gush forth. Mr.. Buchanan when
the first Atlantic cable was opened
was the recipient Of Queen Victoria s
message. the first ever flashed under
the sea. But generally Presidents
have contented themselves with q
formal participation in novel func-
tions.
What opportunities they allowed to
slip by unutilizedi What a chance
there was for Jefferson when the Cler.
,, mont made its famous voyage up the
Hudson with Fultonl Or for Jackson
| at the throttle of the "Best Friend"
locomotive on it's first trip over the
Baltimore and Ohiol What prime
occasion Grant let go when the last
spike was driven on the Central Pa
cificl Why did he not himself deliver
that memorable blow?
These Presidents were bound by con-
servatism. And what chances they
did miss probably without ever
thinking about the matter at all.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

What novelist would devise situa.
tion where the safety Of household
depended on an alarm of fire given by
the popping of seltzer bottles in the
flames? Or of life saved by light
ming stroke killing runaway team,
as in Blake, Chicago suburb? What
author OF Bowery melodrama would
stage scene in which a child of six
averts panic in a crowded hall by
tearing down burning bunting?
Our national modesty appears not
alone in Congressman "Tim'' Sulli-
vans leaving Paris with blush. but
in that Atlantic City episode where
the Kansas adjutant general, after one
look at the costumes OF the sirens of
the surf, took the first train home.
And in the act of the st. Louis Puri.
tans who attired nude statue in a
kimona and picture hat.
And the progress the new woman is
making organizing fire company at
Seaside, N. j., water company at
Roseland, militia company in %.
lumbia, Mo-, and playing base ball be.
fore the fashionables of Lenox?
The news illustrates the human at.
tributes OF animals, in the Flushing
dog committing suicide after whip
ping. In the case Of the European
hotel keeper who saved the straws
through which his royal guests i'm
bibed cooling beverages and had them
made into hat satirizes the extremes
Of the collecting habit.
In days doings of the world, in.
deed, is contained more Of the curious
than is dreamt Of in the philosophy Of
pale fact.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

9 From now until next May the the.
atre bill boards will be constantly
changing.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31
abe Brioseton Pioneer.

Published every Thursday morning at No. 10
North Laurelt.
This paper is entered at the Post Office, Bridgeto
N. j., as second-class matter. w 81
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

There was some showers. some
clouds and some sunshine yesterday.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

Lots Of pleasure boating these days.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

Bridgeton, N. j., Aug. 81, 1905.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-08-31

G. w. MCGOWAN, Editor
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-03
Pure Water.

It has been the experience of many
farmers that pure water is necessary for
the health of the herd Of swine. 1t is
easy to say give pure water, but it ls
not always easy to give it. The farmer
that has a good windmill that is draw
ing water from considerable depth is
in a position to give pure water and an
abundance of it. But, remarks the
Farmers Review, we have too often
seen the larger stock of the farm sup
piled with pure water and the hogs left
to get water the best way they could
from sloughs or from brooks almost dry
in the summer time. Water is the SOL
vent for the food, and in it all the food
that goes into the body of the hog must
be dissolved If 1t is to be used at all.
The growing and even the fattening hog
uses an immense amount Of water. Ex-
perience has shown that contaminated
water supplies are numerous.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-03
THE FARMERS GARDEN.
It Is Generally a Case of Starving
Where There Might Be Plenty
on the Table.

Last summer when we were reveling
in berries and q number of kinds Of
vegetables, number Of children from
farm home several miles distant called
to spend the day with our children. At
dinner we had peas, radishes, lettuce
and strawberries, among other things,
and the timid way in which our visitors
ate the vegetables and fruit attracted
attention, because they were not at all
timid about the other food offered them.
Careful inquiry revealed the fact that
at home everything of the vegetable or
fruit nature was sold; not much was
grown at best, but what there was had
to go to the market, while the family
kept closely to such meat as was raised
on the farm.
What shame, when 1t was possible
to give these youngsters what they
craved at the cost of so little money
and effort. 1t seems as if the majority
of farmers had given up the kitchen
garden, and If any vegetables are
grown for the home table, it is only be-
cause the women take a hand in it.
American Tribune.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-03
SUGGESTIVE POINTS.

A dishorned goat is q renovated but
ter.
With us the alfalfa grows right away
from the clover.
Now, then, If you only had good field
of crimson clover!
An alright silo is blessing; leaky
one is an abomination.
1t is a grievous mistake to fallow land
and then neglect to follow the drag.
Knowing the philosophy Of the corr
plant is important, but don't lose sight
Of how to cultivate it.
You owe the boy fair start in life
at home or elsewhere. If you fall short
Of doing your part-don't blame him
for looking elsewhere for it.
Rotation of crops helps to destroy
insects, dispels disease-spores and gives
hitherto unused plant-food a chance to
get in its work. 1t is too bad that so
few farmers understand the necessity,
advantage and profit in crop rotation.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-03
QUARTERS FOR DUCKS.
4ome Valuable Suggestions for the
Successful Carrying On Of This
Branch OF Poultry Business.

Netting for the yard need only Be
Is inches high, q roll of $50 feet costing
about $3.50. An old shed will do quite
not one to spare, 50 cents will buy q
large dry goods box from the store in
your village, which can be converted
into good, serviceable coop-five birds
need only three by four floor space.
Turn such q case on its side: put two
strips Of four by four Quartering across
the bottom to keep 1t from the damp
of the earth; rip OF the top and cut
the ends diagonally across from front
to back so that when the top is re-
placed you have roof with a pitch of
half foot; then take the strips of
boards that formed the original top
(now the front of your coop) and fit
them together evenly on the work
bench, or, If you haven't arrived at that
masculine dignity, the kitchen table.
Measure and cut two lengths of single
Stats to fit across. nail on boards six
inches from each end to form cleats to
hold all the pieces together and form
solid door for the front of the coop.
Cut an opening nine inches square on
one side. and fasten the other side to
the roof by hinges (strips of leather
will answer for hinges). In this way it
can be turned back on the roof for con-
venience when cleaning the coop. and
on fine days to let in the sun. Unless it
is very good box it had better be COW
cred with roofing paper or coat of tar,
to insure a total absence of leaks.
Whatever the house is, it must have
clean. dry straw, or some sort of bed
ding about foot deep on the floor. re-
newed every three days. 1t is not much
use to put in nests, for ducks seem to
prefer dropping their eggs around any
where. Put one box not more than three
inches from the floor in corner with q
china egg; it will sometimes attract
them.
Under any circumstances care must
be exercised in gathering eggs. for ducks
generally lay very early in the morn
ing; an egg frozen or badly chilled will
not hatch. Another need for care, says
Pearson's Magazine, is necessitated by
their habit of laying all over the coop
and covering the eggs with straw,
leaves, or whatever the floor litter may
be. Until became used to the trick
some possible ducks were crushed un.
der foot. If you are going to let the
ducks have free range, contrive to keep
them cooped till about ten a. m, or you
will lose their eggs.
Though the fences round the yards
need only Is inches of height the net.
ting must be most securely fastened to
the ground, for ducks seem to possess
abnormal powers when 1t comes to
creeping under anything.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-03
Ms. Bessie AinsLey

Lydia E. Pinkhamhs Vegetable Compound
made me well woman, and feel so CRATE.
full that l am glad to write and tell you OF
my marvellous recovery. 1t brought me-
health, new life and vitality"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will
do for every woman who is in poor
health and ailing.
Its benefits begin when its use begins.
It gives strength and vigor from the
start, and surely makes sick women
we'll and robust.
Remember Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures OF
woman's ills. This fact is attested to
by the thousands of letters from grate-
fnl women which are on file in the
Pinlxham laboratory. Merit alone can
produce such results.
Women should remember that q euro
for all female diseases actually exists.
and that cure is Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Take no substi-
tute.
If you have symptoms you don't
understand write to Mrs. Pinkham.
Lynn, Mass. for special advice-it is
free and always helpful.
na,,rd Rncceeda WHARF Others Fail
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-03
THE FIRST oNx

81 loved a girl when I was young,
A girl dared not try to kiss:
Our love was shy and found no tongue,
But eyes told tales We could not miss.
The years have stretched lifetime now.
And have loved more girls than one:
And have kissed with deepest vow. F-
And kissed before knew twas done.
And that first girl never met
After her pi9tails coiied her head:
And can't say my eyes were wet
When some one told that she was eeAd.
Yet there 1t is; she is the one,
The only one of women all,
Now that the list is closed and done,>
Whom dreams of day and night recall.
Only last night she came to me,
Still silent came, and shy and sweet,
And then I learned what life might be
-Dream-drawn sought my sweetheart!
feet;
laid my head upon her breast:
Within that haven reached at last,
There came no echo save of rest,
From all the lifelong weary past.
To each poor dog his day, we're told;
OF my queer luck here is the best:
dreamed that girl. forgot of old;
Caressed my head against her breast.
-McClure's Magazine.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-03

Whs Had Something 10 Gay About
Politics and Who learned
Something.

Once there was . man who complained
that unworthy men were TOO frequently
elected to Office, relates the Chicago
Tribune.
"Do you attend the primariesf" asked
his hearers.
Il do not" he said.
Then you have no right to kick" they
told him. It's the duty of every good
citizen to attend the primaries and zee
that the best men are chosen as candi-
dates"
Whereupon he began attending the pri.
maries.
He worked faithfully for the nomina-
ton of sober, honest and reputable can
didates.
But it did no good.
The other fellows turned out in greater
numbers and outvoted him. and bad men
were nominated and elected 70 Office, as
before.
He felt that he had right to kick this
time, and he complained again.
DO you attend the primaries?" his
hearers asked him.
II do"
"Then you ought to keep your mouth
shut" they said. You are part of the
crowd that dominates bad men, and you
are responsible for them"
Moral: Do you get off here or wait till
the car stops:
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-08-03
Calves in Groups.

groups where q large number of cat
tie are being kept and the calves are
to be raised for beeves. It is only in
this way that uniformity in size,
weight and finish can be obtained fol
the car loads of cattle that are to be
sent to market. If there are but few
cattle it is better to have only two
groups of calves, one in the spring and
one in the fall. 1t will be easier to
care for them If they are in groups OF
about tho same size than If they come
at all months in the year.-Farmers
Review.