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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-12

him, pointed to the statue Of Liberty
and said:
my son, look at that female with the
torch. That torch says all are welcome
20 come to this country who are honest
md willing to help bear the burdens Of
our government, but to the dishonest
man that torch means that he Is not
welcome. Be honest, my boy, ii you
don't lay up cent. An honest man is
the noblest work of Cod" and dad
rolled up his eyes like Dowie. and said:
Peace be unto you," and then the ip-
spector asked me II dad had any goods
on him that he hadn't paid duty on. and
[ told him he could search me, and that
all knew was that dad had used extra
precaution in making his toilet, and
that he had to wind about 40 yards OF
lace around his stomach, which had
been troubling him since he had touch
Of cholera at Havana: and dad looked
at me as though he would like to electro
cute me for telling the truth.
The man told dad to peel of his out
side garments, and when he come to the
lace and began to unravel it from dad,
dad was more comfortable, cause his
clothes didn't fit so quick. When they
had got the lace of, and the gloves, dad
looked hurt, and said: 1.-The Lord
giveth and the Lord taketh away" and
the man said it would cost $40 dollars
fine, and dad paid it, and they kept the
lace. And when the inspectors left dad
and began to search fat woman, he
took me t. one side and said: you
show the poorest judgment in telling the
truth of any boy ever met. Don't you
remember the verse in the Bible which
says: The truth should not be spoken
at all times,'" and then he was going to
give me swift kick, when told him
to be careful or the diamond ring he
had In the toe of his shoe would cut a
hole in the leather, and be lost, and he
let up on kicking me, and finally we
got of the boat and went to hotel, and
dad lectured me on the subject of COM
mon sense. He said boy that hadn't
common sense enough to prevent him
from talking when he ought to-keep
still, and giving away family secrets.
would bring his fathers gray hairs in
sorrow to the grave. am going to try
to lead q different life from this out.
Well, sir, you don't realize the changes
that have taken place in our beloved
country since we left, almost a year ago.
We have been reading the back numbers
Of the newspapers to find out what has
happened since We left, cause you never
hear anything in Europe about what
happens in America, unless president
Is assassinated, or an Indian goes on
the war path in Mexico. That is al
hey think of in Europe, that we are In
dams, that are confined on our reserva-
lions and not allowed to carry arms,
and that 1t is no crime for Englishmen
to coma over here and scalp US.
What do you think Of this" said
dad. Is he read an account of Mrs. Chad
wick forging the name Of Andrew Car
negie to notes for $5.000,0o0, and get
ting feeble-minded bankers to lend her
money on the notes, insight, unseen.
Gee, my boy, when we went away, Cas-
sic was the richest grass widow in the
country, buying everything in sight,
aad creating sensation wherever she
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-12

I was sure they were stolen from a draw
/. er in my room. How did you get them:"
They were mailed to me by your
roommate, Mr.. Aylette," she answered.
steadily. Il notice that in the first one
my name was at the top, above the line.
thought it strange at the time"
"Aylette send my letters to you?"
asked the astonished Phillips. "Why
should he do that?"
HE wanted to make me love him. He
nearly succeeded. oh, Mr.. Phillips,
l am so ashamed and 80 glad. You have
saved me from the wretch"
please DON'T" he urged, tenderly,
as she started to cry. please don't. I
am so sorry that have helped cause this
trouble"
"I'm not; I'm glad" said Molly, stop
ping her tears and flashing into anger.
"Ill tell that man" Then she broke
of suddenly and turned upon the young
man. "Ferman Phillips" she de.
manded. ito whom did you write those
love letters?"
"Why-why-" he stammered.
Nov, you tell me right away" she
dictated. "Tell me, tell you. You've
saved me from that man, and now III
help you. You are in love with girl
and afraid to tell her so?"
please don't, please DON'T" pleaded
the agonized Phillips.
Il will, too" she said. "Here, I've told
you everything and trusted you, and
now you've got to trust me. Who is
she?"
Really, Miss Entrekin, l can't tell
you. scarcely know her, and 1t would
be presumptuous for me even to speak
to her."
do you love her?"
"Yes-you must know do from the
letters"
do you love her as much as those let
tiers show?"
More"
Il wouldn't give a cent for man who
wouldn't tell girl when he loves her.
Who is she?"
"Your friend, Miss Baker,
what! Martha Baker? Oh, this is
too good. It's almost as good as II 1t had
been me, and I'm half sorry 1t wasn't.
You come right over to Martha's house
right now and tell her you love her. If
you don't come with me now I'll send for
her to come here. You've got to propose
to her right away, and I'm going to stand
by and see you do. And let me congrat-
ulate you now-for she has read those
letters"
Phillips finally begged of, but prom
Used to call that night on Miss Baker,
and he pledged his word to Molly En-
trekin that he would propose before the
end Of the month. And Molly, as soon
as she had refused to see Aylette when
he called, rushed of to tell Martha, and
they talked all afternoon and cried q lit
tie bit, as girls do
Phillips really proposed inside Of
two weeks and was accepted. And Molly
showed the letters to every girl in their
crowd. as she told the story, and one Of
them copied two of them-so the secret
Of the plagiarized letters became known
to all Baltimore.
It is said that Aylette is now working
In New York or Philadelphia, and
Molly's engagement to Nick is expected
any day, much to the delight Of Bob
bic" who appreciates CANDY
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-12

Baltimore. Md.-This is story Of
now lover lost his sweetheart
through his ardent, but plagiarized.
love letters. Walter Aylette's sin
found him out but the disclosure
brought happiness to his friend and
roommate. Ferman Phillips.
The principals in the remarkable
and interesting love drama are Mol
~ Entrekin, one of the bellies Of this
city, her chum, Martha Baker, Walter
Aylette, son of prominent Richmond
family high in society and reputed
wealthy, and Ferman Phillips, who
although poor, comes from q distin-
guished line of ancestors.
Aylette, it is charged by the other
three parties to the case, plagiarized
the brilliant love epistles that Ferman
Phillips wrote in secret to Martha
Baker and, by changing them slightly,
came near winning the love Of
Miss Entrekin through them and
their passionate force. The discovery
was made but few days before the
wedding was to have taken place, and
the girl with the glamour Of the false
spell dissipated, dismissed Aylette, de-
claring him an impostor and cheat.
Phillips and Aylette were friends
and lived in the same boarding house.
Why Aylette should have been living
in Baltimore in obscurity few outside
Of the friends who were aware Of
his wildness and dissipation at Rich
mond knew. He was handsome fell
low. dark, dashing and romantic.
Phillips, on the other hand, was timid,
and the gayeties that Aylette sought
he Stunned, or was too bashful to par
ticipate in.
Phillips Meets His Fate.
Aylette was reading law in down.
town Office and Phillips was striving
for living in prominent mercantile
house. While all business, SO far as
even his closest friends know. he
really was a dreamer, and he aspired
to write novels and plays. He had
come into Baltimore without resources
and worked hard. BY accident he was
thrown into contact with Walter
Aylette, and the result was a strange
INTERVENING Of fates. Aylette, through
his family's prominence. had the entree
to many homes, and one evening, by
insistence, he persuaded Phillips to
accompany him to the home of Miss
Molly Entrekin, daughter of wealthy
merchant. Aylette did not tell Phil
lipps. but he invited him to 60 merely
that he might have another man to
take her chum of his hands" during
the evening.
It was that evening Ferman Phillips
met his fate in the shape Of pretty Mar
tina Baker, Molly Entrekin's chum, who
If the truth were known-had been
summoned by Molly when she knew Ay-
,lette's call was inevitable.
Molly's plan failed. Instead of help
ing her dispose Of Aylette Martha ap-
.peared to enjoy herself talking to the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-12
aettine The Habit.

The Saunterer was amused the other
day by the action of newsboy frou
whom he bought several papers. After
the lad had secured his pay he still
gazed inquiringly at the Sauntersl.
who finally asked:
We'll, sonny, what are you waiting
for?"
"A tip" said the urchin. as he ran
down the street, laughing, and evi.
IDENTIFY thinking he had perpetra;ed .
good ioke.-Boston Budget.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-12
Trial to All But Her,

"Her marriage was q great disap.
pointment to her friends"
"lndeed?"
20. yes! They all predicted 1.
would turn out unhappily, and Il
| didn't."-Stray Stc1kea.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-12

elfl

A husbands first
duty Is to remain the
lover after he becomes
4 husband. He will
go to any expense for
flowers and bonbons OF
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
A osphere Is Tonic

As it falls 1t gains momentum, and.
reaching the earth. spreads over the
Mississippi valley. and then over the
Atlantic states, covering them like a
blanket. 1t scatters the foul. logy,
breath-soaked atmosphere in our
towns and cities, and puts ginger into
the air. We fill our lungs with it and
live.
New waves are always coming, fol-
lowing each other in regular process
sion like the waves on seashore.
1t is fitting then that meteorology.
the science of the weather, should be
distinctly American product, and
that the people of the United States
should have the best weather service
in the world. The United States gov-
ernment spends $1,5OO.OOO year on
the weather bureau, which is more
money than all the governments of
Europe combined spend for similar
service.-Century Magazine.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Saved Friends From Siberia

DIR. Carl Joubert. author of Russia
as 1t Really Is" tells this plain little
story of how he rescued three men
DR.. Alexander Bogdanovitch and two
others-from exile in Siberia. 1t was
necessary to bribe the sergeant of
the "rota" or prisoners convoy. DR..
Joubert says: We sat down side by
side at the edge of the forest. Tell
me. sergeant said, If | were to
place a so ruble "a ruble is 51k
cents) note on your eye could you
see? No. doctor, l should not be
able to see with that eye, but could
see out of the other oh, you could!
Well. then, 80 rubles on your other
eye would make you totally blind?'
Yes. doctor, I should be blind for life.
There are so many colors in a 100
ruble note that it is impossible to see
through 1t. l am told Now let us
come to an understanding. place a
5O-ruble note on each of your eyes and
you are then blind. Now. supposing
that should place another upon your
mouth would you lose your power of
speech?' "A man cannot speak with
his mouth full of paper, gospodin. You
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Bleached the Darky's Hair

William LaRue, alias Harry Billy
one of the principal clowns with the
Norris & Rowe Greater circus that is
headed this way. Is an inveterate prac-
tical joker, says the Butte Inter Noun
tain. He is always up to some mis-
chief and is constantly doing some
thing to evoke the laughter of his
companions. His most recent escapade
nearly caused the complete collapse
of one of the employees of the circus.
LaRue has his stateroom on the circus
train fixed up very attractively and
among other toilet articles upon his
dresser is always to be found a bottle
OF Florida water.
George Webb. the dusky porter of
the train. who rejoices in the cogno-
men of Pork Chops" presumably on
account of his fondness for that meat.
is quite dandy in his way. On sew
eral occasions LaRue caught Pork
Chops" purloining his Florida water
and applying goOdly quantities to his
kinky wool. Happy Billy determined
to teach Pork Chops" a lesson, so
removing the balance of the perfume
ne substituted in its stead a bottle full
OF peroxide, knowing the darky could
not detect the difference for while
and calmly awaited results.
1t was with much satisfaction that
LaRue saw Pork Chops" continue to
apply the liquid to his head and it
wasn't long before the powerful stuff
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Damsel Very Much Shocked

She is a little woman who is visit
ing here for month or two and those
who know her well say that she is SO
proper and has such sense of the
proprieties that she will not mention
even the legs of table without blush
ing and stammering. At some obser-
vations, innocent in themselves but
sounding vulgar and uncouth to her
sensitive ear. she becomes so agitated
that dose of heartshorn or smelling
salts administered under the nose is
the only relief. Thus 1t was that she
was shocked beyond redemption last
week by statement from a we'll
meaning Mexican who was trying to
show her that his especial laundress
was capable of turning out most ex-
quisitely whitened and well done.
clothes. The little woman wears
great deal of white-waists and skirts
and she grew quite fidgety over the
thought of how to get them done up
to her entire satisfaction here in Mex
leo. In her extremity and with de-
sire to learn of the best laundress she
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26

CARE OF THE BODY
6 How to Acquire and Retain the Priceless Posses
I sion of Good Health

is perfectly proper. but 1t should ex-
tend to the whole body.
A course of life which will produce
health and activity of the whole skin
will necessarily result in a beautiful
facial complexion. There is in fact
no way by which the skin of the face
can be made so certainly and perman-
emily beautiful as by adopting such
regimen as shall bring about health
to the whole skin.
For this the daily bath, followed by
adequate rubbing, is one of the most
essential measures. A warm bath
taken at night two or three times a
week and cold plunge, sponge.
spray, or shower bath every morning.
is practise which has a wonderful
power as beautifier. The cold morn.
ing bath. followed by vigorous walk
in the cool, refreshing morning air for
fifteen or thirty minutes. will bring
color to the cheeks and brightness to
the eyes more rapidly than any tonic
known to the materia medica.
Thin features, pale lips. yellow
teeth, dull eyes, sallow skin. betoken-
ing premature decay. are not by any
means. as is usually supposed. the re-
suit of overwork or overstudy, but
rather of neglect to cultivate health
by correct habits of eating. drinking
and life in general.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Profit In Protein,

Protein is the most expensive ele-
ment of food we can use for dairy
cows. and for this reason there is a
strong tendency to feed very little
protein and a good deal of the starchy
matter. But 1t is quite conclusively
proved that If the protein is properly
compounded with the other elements
of the food 1t will render the whole
ration cheaper than If the protein had
not been used. This is because in the
usual ration, out of proportion as it
is. the waste of the fat-forming ma
terials is great. At the Storrs Ex-
pertinent Station recently tests have
been made to see II a ration could be
increased in protein and decreased in
cost. This was proved to be possible.
The protein was increased. and enough
fat-forming material taken off to more
than equal the value of the protein
put in. The result was a slight in
crease in the milk production at a
slightly lessened cost.
The principle is an important one,
and it is one to which the Farmers
Review has frequently called atten-
tion. Every keeper of cows can well
afford to get down to the study of the
components of feeds. by which he will
be able to save money on his feeds,
while not decreasing the production of
milk from his herd. The animals, too.
are left in better condition than they
would be If fed what is known as a
wide" ration.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26

When the amazed European asks
us what makes the sluggish mind of
the immigrant stir and waken in the
United States, and then to climb, at
first hesitatingly, but soon with vigor
and confidence. to the top round in
the ladder of success, we are accus-
toned to reply, 'It's in the air." and
we are right.
The spirit which fired our fathers
to cross the wide Atlantic. and which
in less or equal degree still animates
the thousands annually seeking our
shores, is fed and famed by the cold
winds from the northwest.
The cold wave is born in the heav-
ems. miles above our heads, usually
over the Rocky mountain plateau.
Suddenly mass of bitterly cold air
will tumble down upon Montana. 1t
rushes down as though poured
through an enormous funnel.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Finding the Use Of Land.

Much effort has been wasted trying
to produce certain crops on land en-
tirely unsuited to such crops. 1t some
times happens that swamp will be re-
claimed and for some years the farm
er will waste seed and labor trying to
grow wheat. especially in the locali-
ties where wheat growing is the fash
ion. Muck and swamp lands may
be well used for the growing of corn.
potatoes. onions. celery. millet. buck
wheat and even sugar beets. The
drainage of such lands should be deep.
Tor the drying out of wet soil causes
It to compact considerably, and the
bottom of the drain will be found
above the frost line. II the tile is not
down deep. An application of potas-
stun will often mean the making of
and of this character. The wise farm
sr will investigate his land so thor
oughly that he will know the crop that
will produce In the greatest Quan.
.ity and in the greatest perfection.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
DRAINAGE Laws,

The drainage laws of the different
states vary greatly, and some Of
them are very far from being
perfect. More than that, good
many states have no well-defined laws
regulating the building of outlets for
drainage waters. The laws that have
been enacted are mostly laws that
have been suggested by some circum-
stance that has arisen. They are not
the result of intelligent effor. to get a
whole system of just laws enacted.
This was discovered when Iowa farm
ers had a drainage convention called
and began TO get together to discuss
the laws. A convention of such men
is far more able and likely to suggest
needed laws OF this kind than is poll.
tician working for some particular in
terest. Every state in the Union
should hold drainage convention like
the two that have been held in Iowa.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26

began taking effect. Pork Chops"
wool began assuming various shades
of blond tint and If ever there was
scared colored man 1t was Mr.. Webb,
alias Pork Chops" He couldn't un-
derstand 1t and hoping to get his wool
back to its normal shade of blackness
he continued using the peroxide. OF
course the more he used, the blonder
his head turned BY this time the
entire circus was interested and anus
ed at Pork Chops" perplexity. He
scented practical joke, but could not
Just locate the cause. Finally his hair
turned a beautiful blonde and that
was the finish for the darkey. He
rushed to Norris & Rowe with a de-
spairing cry, For Gawd's sake. bosses.
wat you all 'spose is de mattah wild
my hair?" The circus owners looked
him over and he was indeed sight
why" said they. you've been
using peroxide. Where did you get
1t? You'd better see a doctor quick"
Pork Chops" was in no position to
tell where he got it. He simply
rushed to doctor and has been un-
der treatment ever since. He was a
nightly scared darky and 1t is safe to
say that LaRue can leave all his toilet
articles around loose now and there
is one darky who will never touch
them, for 1t has cured him completely
of the habit of sampling what does
not belong to him
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
Wrapplna Butter Squares.


The question is often asked II It is
better to wrap butter with wet parch.
ment paper than with dry paper. The
answer is variously given. Some but
termakers in creameries wrap their
butter in wet papers for the following
reasons: The butter will not stick
to the paper so much and the squares
can be wrapped more quickly with wet
papers than with dry, as they bend
more readily. When wet paper is
used it could have been soak
ed in boiled brine and so
be free from spores. This
helps to keep the butter from being
affected by spores on the paper. The
men that wrap dry claim that while It
takes little more time to do the work
of wrapping, the package looks
smoother. as the wet paper wrinkles
on drying; also the brine in the but.
ter seems to work through the parch.
ment paper more when it has been
wet, as is seen by the salt incrusta.
tions on the sides of the squares. II
the butter is to be used at once there
is no reason for using a wet paper.
but II the butter must be kept long
time it is doubtless better to usa
parchment paper that has been well
soaked in brine or some other anti.
septic solution.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26
The Spread Of inteliIqence.

The student of agriculture is often
amazed at the rapidity with which
agricultural information spreads with
one class of people and the great
slowness with which 1t spreads with
another class. Every new discovery
In the agricultural world is known
very quickly to the progressive, think
ing. studying agriculturist: while the
farmer that cares nothing for what he
calls scientific farming, sometimes
does not find out most important
truths till they are almost aged. This
thought is induced by talk with
man who has spent most of his life on
farm and is now living in the shad-
ow of an agricultural college. The
simplest truths. known to the scien-
tiic farming world for twenty years,
were new thoughts to him a week ago
One of the great obstacles 10 the
spreading of the knowledge of better
methods in farming is the almost in
superable difficulty of getting that
class of farmers away from worthless
reading matter long enough to fix
their thoughts on the dry but mo-
mentous facts connected with the
principles of farming. Some seem to
need n special development in the di-
rection of deep thinking. The situa-
ton is not improved by the great mass
OF literary trash that is being daily
thrown into the home of the farmer.
The Lamar register., 1905-07-26

are doctor who knows well the medi-
cine to prescribe for every disease
Very good l said. Now, when
you are blind and speechless, what are
you going to do?' You may leave
that to me, doctor. All 1 want to
know is which are the birds and how
many are to be turned into the
woods? You shall have as many as
you wish, but you must remember
that we have only little more than
600 of them, and therefore, gospodin.
you will not ask for 700 birds. Good
heavens. no! l only want four or
five at the outside | exclaimed, as
founded by the potency of the medi-
cine 1 had prescribed. Only fiven
said the sergeant Then you can take
Off so rubles.'"
But the doctor wouldn't take back
any of his medicine and eventually
added another so. So the sergeant
got 200 rubles and soon after left the
service and started pothouse in Mos
cow on the proceeds. DR.. Joubert,
after a rather hard time of it, finally
got his fugitives safely across the
whole of Siberia and Russia and be-
yond the German frontier.