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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
PEOPLE IN ra1n1.

Ars. Peary, during the several Arc
tAc expeditions wherein she accom-.
panied her husband, became IN expert
and fearless walrus hunter.
Mrs. Lucinda Watkins, Of After.
bury. ILL.,. is SO; her daughter is 76;
ner granddaughter, 81; her great.
granddaughter, 80; her great-great.
granddaughter. 10; her great-great.
great-grandson, ten months. She has
III living descendants.
Mrs. Abbie Gardener Sharp, the sur
vivor Of the Spirit Lake massacre Of
1851. Is living at Pillsbury Point, Lake
Okoboji, 10. She has written q hid
tory Of the massacre and has pur-
chased her old home at the lake and
spends her summers there.
Frank Rockefeller, the youngest and
least known of the Oil kings brothers,
is reserved and unpretentlous. his
hobby being the tanning of wild ami
mails at his home near Cleveland,
Wtcklife-on-the-Lake. On his Kan
sas ranch he has raised 5000 horses
and $4,000 cattle.
COnstanttn Schususs, O young Rus
sian, supposed to be Count Coastantin
Stranzinski. lis studying railroading in
this country. He Is not taking .
course in any college or technical
school, but is at work on the New York
Central railroad, learning the business
from the bottom up.
George Il. Blabon. son Of the late
g. w. Blabon, who died in Philadel-
phia . year ago, leaving $1,000, 900,
but cutting on his son, was buried by
the G. A. R.. in San Jose, Cal, recent
~. - he had died penniless and alone
In . cabin on ranch. He was vet
eran Of the civil war.
J. II. Seger, agent Of the Cheyenne
Indians at Colony, has adopted plan
Of having the young Indians of the set
tlement earn their livelihood by doing
farm work in that section. He has is-
sued orders that all of them prepare
to pick cotton this fall, telling them
that their provisions and clothes de-
pend upon this work.
Mrs. John d. Rockefeller cares "a
little for society as does her husband.
VI rather less than the usual height,
unassuming and quiet, she is not q
woman who is readily remembered
indeed, few people know her, and these
are mostly members of the Baptist
church. where she attends services.
Mrs. Rockefeller is a devout church
goer. and when her health permits At
tends Sunday school as we'll as church
aaPvicea
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

America that was going to buy the
Acropolis and move 1t to the United
States and make it over into morgue,
and that he didn't care for expense,
for he was the, richest man in the
world.
well, we looked things over, like
all tourists do. and we went to Mars
Hill. where Paul preached. and dad
read up on Paul, and offered to bet
that Paul could give cards and spades
to any preacher, and then peat him
preaching. and the next night We went
to the place where Socrates and Plato
taught school, and some Of the Greeks
had watched us pretty close. and Just
after dark, as we were walking around.
beautiful woman, like Greek statue,
rose up before us, with white robe on,
and she went up to dad and claimed his
protection. as she was being pursued
BY robbers, and she cuddled up to dad.
At drst we thought she was ghost,
but when She touched dad. and chung
to him. he said she was warm all
right. and was no ghost, and he told
ner not to worry. as she was under
the protection Of the American flag.
and he would stand by her till hades
froze over, and he put his left arm
around her and drew his revolver.
can remember the scene as though It
was last night, and how that Greek
woman chung to dad. and thanked him.
and she smiled a smile full Of teeth
and red lips. and then she locked out
into the moonlight and screamed:
There they come" and she tainted
In dads arms, and then we were sur
rounded by about a dozen Greek ban
dts. dressed in whits petticoats, and
with long crooked daggers, and one
fellow that seemed to be the chief.
put q crooked knife to dads throat.
and dad turned blue and said what
are you going to do, but they didn't
say anything. but took US to q cave,
where the woman got over her faint
ing spell, and then they dressed dad
up in white petticoat, and these long
socks such as ballet dancers wear, and
we all got on to small mules and start
ed for the mountains, and rode all
night.
Say. dad was a picture. The Greeks
are small men, and they look all right
in petticoats. but dad was 80 fat he
looked Swelled up, and even the mule
noticed it, and the girl. who was on
the white mule, laughed at dad. and
she could talk English. and she told
dad that the bandits only wanted his
money, and they wouldn't hurt him If
he gave up a million or 80. It proved
that she was one of the gang, and
dad and held q consultation, and we
decided to give her a letter to the
American consul at Athens, authorizing
him to give her a carload of money
for ransom, and in the letter dad
wound up with q postscript telling the
consul not to give q confounded cent,
but to arrest her and send troops to
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09


COOKING.
mad ct dad and said: You think You
are smart. don't your and then she
was taken to Jail, and dad and took
an account of the stuff We robbed the
bandits Of, and found we had several
hundred dollars. and besides, dad filed
a claim against Greece for half q mil
lion dollars, for lacerated feelings. and
left 1t with the consul to collect, SO
IL you ever hear Of American warships
goilg to Greece, you will know what 10
the matter.
1.-THE next morning the soldiers came
into Athens with the bandits tied to
mules, and they threatened to kill dad
on sight, 20 We skipped out, Dyt dad
got his pants back, and 80 Re didn't
have to sail with petticoats on. but
whenever dad meets Greek gentle
man around home here It is ell can
do to keep him from robbing the
Greek. Say. give me another slice Of
that cheese" and the bad boy got up
and stretched himself and yawned.
The old groceryman looked at the
bad boy for Q minute, and then said:
EITHER your father ought to DO In
the penitentiary or else you are The
condemndest liar In America"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
you NAY NOT KNOW.

A goDd ostrich is worth $500.
Diamonds have been found in me-
teorites.
Most deaths occur between sunset
and sunrise.
The robin is the last bird to 70 to
bed at night.
Prussic acid is the most rapid poison
human being can take.
Cremations can be watched by the
public at one dollar head in Italy.
Tho mountain spider Of Ceylon
spins . net Of yellow silk ten feet in
diameter.
A Chinaman cannot be partial TO his
sons in his will. All must share and
share alike.
One million dollars year in stones
is stolen from the South African dia.
mond mines.
Imprisonment in childhood Is tho
chief factor in the creation Of ha.
bitual criminals.
Blung the nails is called 'onchyo-
page" in France, and is regarded a.
. symptom Of degeneracy.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

made me dance, and dad kept saying
Let's have one more on me- and they
drank until the whole crowd was
stupefied, and dad acted as though he
was drunken than any Of them, but
when they all got asleep. and began
to cry, and wish was dead, dad woke
up and said: Now won't do q
thing to your Creeks and he went
around to the sleeping bandits and
took oil their knives and all their
money. and he took OF the petticoat
they had given him to wear and tied
q blanket around his waist, and he
tied their legs together with strings
OF the saddles of the mules. and just
before daylight on the second morning
dad and got on the biggest mule and
started down the trail, and when We
struck level ground we mauled that
mule and he got move on him and
went across that prairie on hop.
skip and jump, and only touched the
high places.
"Along towards noon We cav dust
in the road ahead. and pretty soon We
met = mess of Greek soldiers. with the
American consul at the head. and told
them where the bandits we're. drunk
and with their legs tied. and the con.
sui and some soldiers went back to
Athens with US, and the rest of the
troops went on after the bandits. We
got to Athens before night. and found
the woman under guard In the con-
sul's ofilce, and when she saw dad.
and he told her how he had d. ed tho
bandits. she cried, and said ste wasn't
to blame, and wanted to hug dad, but
he said: Nay, nay, Pauline. and
then she said he was no gentleman
because the consul did not pay the ram
som, and dad told her he wrots to the
consul not to cough up and she looked
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
Japs Know Good Music.

Picking up menu card Of hotel
IN Yokohama, one sees thereon mu.
sic programme, made up entirely Of
compositions by Beethoven, Flotow.
Haydn, Strauss and List Which
proves that the japanese know good
music and evidently like II, else the
hotel management would not make up
its programme from composers Of this
grade. This 10 an improvement on the
American taste, which goes In for
"ragtime" or such chasts works az
"Bedelia," Smoky Mokes." "The St
Louis Tickle" The moro we hear
and see Of Japan and its people the
more we are inclined to the view that
in many respects they represent .
higher degree Of civilization than
boastful America ana Americans kayo
yot reached.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
WANTED SIMPLE TUNES.
1hsse Classical Things on the Violin
Wers Too Much for
Him

A Westport fond father made his daush.
ter mad and. incidentally. held up to view
his lack of knowledge of violin music. His
daughter is violinist. A visitor was in
she library, and the fathe, suggested that
As daughter play. She was willing, re-
hates the Kansas City Times.
-. Mary : been studying in the east" sad
haven't heard her play much myself vet -
The girls mother went to the piano in
the next room. and the girl got her violin.
For three or four minutes twangins from
the two instruments was heard. Then
there was halt. 1t was there that the
fond father made his mistake.
Now play something simple, Mary" he
for me-"
The girl glanced through the door. Her
face wore look of disgust.
1--WE been tuning, father" she said.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
PARALYSIS CURED

Case Seemed Hopeless but Yielded b.
o.. Williams Pink Pills.
Mr.. Kenney has actually escaped from
the paralytic' g fate towhich he seemed a
short time ago hopelessly doomed. The
surprising report has been fully verified
aud some important details secured in a
personal interview with the recent sui.
ferer. G..
"The DOCTOR" sal. Nr. Kenney, ..told
me that if wanted to I've any length
of time I would have to give up work al
together. aud he told my friends that
the paralysis which had begun would in
time involve my whole body"
Just how were you afflicted at thin
time? ?" Mr.. Kenney was asked.
"Well, I had first hot, and then cold
and clammy feelings, and at times my
body felt as If needles were being stuck
into it. These sensations were followed
by terrible Mains, and again lwou1d have
no feeling ut all, b,- q numbness would
come over me, and would not be able to
move. The most agc"'zing tortures came
from headaches and q pain in the spine.
might after night could not get my
natural SLEEP md my system was wrecked
by tho strain Of torturing pains and the
effect of the opiates was forced IT, take
to induce sleep. As look back on the
terrible suffering ] endured during this
period often wonder how retained my
reason through it all.
"But relief came quickly when I
was induced to try DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. The very first box
seemed to help me, and seven boxes made
me entirely we'll. There can be no doubt
about the thoroughness of my cure, for I
have worked steadily ever since and that
is nearly four years.
Mr.. Kenney is at present employed by
the Merrimac Hat Company and resides
at 1Ol Aubin street, Amesbury, Mass.
The remedy which he used with such
satisfactory results. is sold BY all drug.
Rists, or direct by the DE-. Williama
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

esvenskys fleet The japanese torpedo boats attacked the Russian
sps after they wrecked the 12c guns Togo roncads
That battle has proved than the superiority OF batesps
and has set the torpedo where belongs class OF auxiliary
wen can DC used effectively only under certain conditions
The true policy Of the United States building scass
oatehps We will believe great turbine oncad
yng patterns of ten 12nch guns and 40 treneh
We can hardly stop till have 50 bateps and naval force Of
at least if defend the Philippines.
awa and Porto Rico protect Cuba make the Panama
when it is built
We can't mprovise force like that will take years make it.
some DAY we will be put to the actual warfare with powerful
nao-peraps than naonand then ready
only with ships but with What you suppose would
been willing for the eight baesp squadron she could
nave got them few weeks ago? She could
80 times what they and yet they would cheap That's
the way to look this situation Roosevelt right
NO great nation afford to be unprepared for
costly.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
Poor Imitation.

Arrested for larceny, the cashier of St.
Louis restaurant claimed absent minded
ness in exculpation. He said that one
morning while he was reading about the
dclicta of life insurance officials he un.
the till. The. judge asked him why he
did not take the entire contents.-Boston
Budget.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
ODD THINGS WE HEAR.
Rudyard Kipling believes in ghost.
Thomas Edison never wears an owe,

Rudyard Kipling believes in ghosts.
Thomas Edison never wears an over.
coat.
The right ear is usually better than
the left.
The Chinese national anthem is sig
hours long.
Butter first, bacon next. are the
most nutritious foods.
Women make the best anglers nies,
often earning $25 to $50 a week.
A kiss on the lips is in Finland,
even from husband, a deadly insult.
Twelve ships week, on an average.
are wrecked on the oceans Of the
world.
Dublin's police are the finest. Every
man is over six feet and ply sically
perfect.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

rescue as. asked dad what he was
going to do II she didn't come back
and the bandits decided to kill us, and
he said never you mind, your papa
will get out of this all right, and he
did.
"The woman went away with let
ter she could not read, but which she
told dad how to write, and then the
bandits made dad do the cooking for
the bunch. and he put 20 much salt
in the food that 1t made Them all
thirsty, and they sent one Of the ban
dts to . vineyard. where he got ssv-
eral pig skins full Of wine and brandy,
and that night they sung songs. ana
nals dad sing Hot Tina and thav
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

Omaha, Neb:, Oct. 16.-It is reported
from Casper, Wyo., that sales of town lots
for the new town Of Shoshone, located on
the edge of the Wind River Reservation
OF: the new line of The Chicago T. North
Western Railway across the state from
Casper, have been unprecedented.
Bidding for town lots runs high, and q
in a short time. Buyers evidently figure
on the growth of the city here when the In
dian reservation is thrown open to settle
ment next June.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
She Thought Of Him.

She-Oh. Mr.. Borem. how do you do?
i was talking. to Mrs. Nexdore just now,
end 1 couldn't help thinking Of you.
He-And was she discussing me!
Not exactly. She was commenting ON
the weather, and just asked me if could
imagine ANYTHING more tircsome and dis
agreeable. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
Go East via the Nickel Plate Road.

Go East via the Nickel Plate Road.
Lowest rates via the Nickel Plate Road
end its eastern connections to all points
in Eastern and New England States.
Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Boston.
Meals served in Dining Cars on the Indi
yidual Club Plan, at prices ranging from
rs cents to $l.00. Also service a Ia carte.
Luxurious Sleeping Cars on all trains. No
excess fare charged on any train on the
Nickel Plate Road, and service as good az
the best. For full information regarding
rates, connections, sleeping car reserva
Agent. liz Adams St., Chicago, Iii.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
Head.

The man being out of his head, the sur.
eeon proceeded forthwith to saw a hole IN
his skull.
'"ro enable him to get back i'm whis-
pered the unlearned onlookers, one to
another, in awc,-puck.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
A Teachers Tes+;n,orr

Hinton. Ky, Oct. Both (speciaD.-1.
Las long been claimed that Diabetes is in
durable, but Mr.. Il: j.. Thompson, teach
er in the Hinton school, has pleasing evil
d dc, IT to the contrary, Mr.; Thompson
Pills and is cured. In a statement he
makes regarding his cure Mr.. Thompson
says: ~
Il was troubled with my kidneys for
more than two years, and was treated by
two of the best doctors in this part of the
there was little to be done for me. Then
l started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and
what they did for me was wonderful. It
is entirely owing to Dodd's Kidney Pills
that l am now enjoying good health.'
Many doctors still maintain that Dia.
betes is incurablc. But Diabetes is a kid
ney disease, and the kidney disease that
Hodd's Kidney Pills will not cure has yet
to be discovered.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
The Columbia Pattern.

ooh. say, did YOU see that man steal up
behind the quarterback and hit him in
the neck with brick?"
he splendid?"-Clevcland Plain Dealer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
Good Prescription.

Good Prescription.
II mans life is solitary, he .hould
indulge in brisk morning walks fol-
lowed by cold baths. If his occupation
is apt to breed morbid fancies, he
should read the biographies Of good men
and women.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
SUFFER1NGs UNTOLD.
A Kansas City Woman's Terrible Expert
ence With Kidney Sickness.

Mrs. Mary Cogin, goth st. and Cleve.
land Ave-, Kansas City, Mo-, says:
"For years I was run down. weak.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
mf aitat Afrr Or
Rmtlntng Battlrahtpa

HE power OF the bateshp is the power that great nation
must have We rising into proper place in
the world President Roosevelt has struck the right note
and has stirred the patriotic manhood Of the country You
can the effects of his vrle influence everywhere and
can feel right here in this fighting force which needs and is
gradually drawing the finest brain and muscle and heart OF
the fighting youth of America.
It was Togos bateshps and big guns that smashed Ro
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

Overexercise is running homes; underex-
ercise is running Observation-Disclosures
Eagle.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

lame and sore.
The kidney Sc
cretions were
too frequent.
Then dropsy
pulled up my
ankles a ntil
they were q
sight to behold.
Doctors gave
me up, but I
began using
Doan's Kidney
Pills, and the
remedy cured
well ever since,
by, the first in
;turelj born.
so cents a box.
Ho14 AZ "
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

One proof that fortune as well as love is
blind is the persistency with which she con-
tinues to pass US by and bestow her favors
upon Others.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

eff de world lodged man by what
he starts" said Uncle Eben, ''instid o by
what he finishes, every page in de city
directory would be full O. great men,
Washington STAR
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09

''Keep your eyes wide open on the life
rcad," says Billville philosopher "but
he sure that the fc.tow ahead Of you
cont blind you with tAe dust. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-09
WILD WITH ECZEMA
And Other Itching, Burning, scaly
Eruptions, with Loss Of Hair
Speedily Cured by cuticura.

Battle the affected parts with hot water
and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the sur
face of crusts and scales and soften the
thickened cuticle: dry, without hard rub
bling, and apply Cuticura Ointment freely,
to allay itching, irritation and inaamma.
ton, and soothc and heal; and, lastly,
cleanse the blood. A single set, costing
but $l.O0, is often sufficient to cure the
most torturing, disfguring ekin, scalp and
blood humors, with loss Of hair, when all
else fails.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-12-09

Secretary BonaTsrte, of the Navy
Department, as was expect.d, advo.
Gates in his report to Congress econ
omy in naval expenditures. He says
the real question Is not How large
"A navy do we want - but with
how small navy can We be safe -
The Secretary is quite right. says the
Port Buron Times. He recommends
constructing Ave new battleships and
two new armored cruisers to take the
places of the oldest vessels Of those
types now in the navy, and five more
battleships in place Of the ten moni.
tors, within the next ten years This
is a very conservative prog tut
none too much so, in view OF the fact
that our naval expenditures, which
for the current fiscal year are expect
ed TO ,reach approximately sli0, GOO,
600, will be gil 600. 600 for the Next
fiscal year.