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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

wasn't It? Then old Pierre Lorillard
died and there was an unfortunate le-
gal quarrel with Mrs. ALLEN. to whom
he gave his famous Rancocas stock
farm.
A nephew of the family, Lorillard
Ronalds. was the founder of coaculng
in America. He had the air of a grand
gentleman. He was tall and stately
and drove four-in-hand through Italy.
England. France, Germany as well as
parts Of his own country that had de-
cent roads. He knew foreign LAM
guages. had gone to school in Paris.
Once in Newport, with that merry wag,
Larry Jerome, father of the dashing
district attorney Of New York, he an
tedated by years the pranks of Harry
Lehr by Harvesting up four donkeys.
In Newton, Conn. years ago Mr..
Ronalds built great stone house,
which he called Castle Ronald. It was
as odd place as Mrs. Jack Gardner's
Italian villa on the Boston fens. Only
Ronalds' taste ran to the medieval,
turrets and all, with old furniture to
burn in its strange mazes.
Mrs. Ronalds has long lived in Lon.
don. Five years ago Mr.. Ronalds be-
gan divorce proceedings for desertion,
but did not carry them to a finish.
Now society is shocked to learn that
suit has been begun by Ronalds' son
to regain possession Of 81, 000. 900 worth
Of property, given by Ronalds before
his death to Miss Elizabeth Blake, the
daughter Of q lifelong friend, Gustavus
Blake. 1t is understood that Mrs. Ron.
aids, who occupies a high position in
international society, approves of her
sons suit
OWEN LANGDoN.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
The Lorillard Troubles.

He LOrlllard famt.
degeneration ago
at the head of New
York society. as II
was Of the tobac-
co trade, is having
its troubles again.
The tobacco trust
drove the Loril.
lards out of their
business primacy,
which was founded
on Honest Long
0..k ~H.-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
sDrunkard Bee.

Fl have been hearing Of the busy bee
until I am tired Of 1t" says Drake Wat
Seon. "a bee works during the sum-
msr and then rests al winter, like q
splasterer. And q bee has bad habits.
60 Into vineyard and you will ind
~; Idrunkards around bursted grapes.
The drunkard bees sip the juice until
they become full and then fall to the
4 Efudnd and sleep Of their debauch: q
drnnkard bee knows enough not to go
Acme With s jas. - ! xansss City Jour
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30

HIS is the last act
Of q Workbench.
cline drunk that
may be Of the
makings Of his
tory. First the
British feet chan.
mel sailed into
Brest harb Dor,
France. and the
rejoicings W e r {
huge. Then the
French fleet re.
turned the visit,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
The season Opens,

dE opera opens on
the Goth. The
horse show always
comedies closely
with this event.
The brief autumn
season in society
is thus marked.
There is q consid.
cradle interruption
for the holidays
spent in the coun-
try. With that ex.
ception and the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
The New Phipps Houses.

HILANTHROPlST
Phipps is ready to
build the first of
the improved ten
ements for which
he gave q million
dollars. This one
experiment will
take nearly one.
quarter Of the
money. 1t will
cover q plot $50
feet by 100. The
cost will be about
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
Danger Signals.

AS we grow older we learn not to
expect a good meal If the hostess sits
down looking as unruf1ed as IL she
had never seen a kitchen.-Atchison
Globe.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
Generous.

First Boy-Pop's going to lead the
simple life.
Second Boy--What's he doing?
'He's given away all his private
cars to the poor people in the neigh
borhoOd. Life.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
In New York

"I'm afraid I amt really in society.
after ALL" moaned the multimillion-
aire.
"Why not?"
Nobody has attempted to blackmail
me yet. Courier-Journal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
An Extremist.

Mother-Has Charles proven himself
to be thoroughly abstemious man?
June Bride-Yes. indeed! He par
ticularly abstains from giving me any
money! Detroit FREQ Prasa.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
N THE METROPOLIS
TWHH-pRox1 lGEN or I1IHc1'a
11Ur WA1lU1 W1LoolI1D.
SAILORS ON A GREAT LARK
New Model Tsnsmsnt-Tirst Con.
spicuous Model Tenement in Nam
hattan-New FORKS SEASON.
Big Sum Of Money Spent.

EW YORK.-Elsc.
ton was soon for.
gotten In prepare.
tions for the re.
ception Of the
greatest B ritish
fleet ever seen OF
the United States.
Commanded by
. prince, q distant
relative Of Queen
Victoria, $4,000
900 worth Of Brit
g. 1>~kk1noh{~ And
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
Is It a petriaed HATE

Ii IL q 9eCr10eo aatH
A hat-shaped stone has been found
on the Jasper Todd farm at Bethany,
Conn. It weighs about so pounds and
the shape is 80 perfect that many who
have seen it say that 1t is really pet
rifed hat.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-30
A World-Encircline Drunk.

HIS is the last act
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
By John McBlairl.

amount OF loanable funds increases the rate
of interest tends to decrease, and as the
Interest rate gets lower the safety of.the In
vestment becomes greater
Prospects Begin to Brighten.
AT the end Of the year collected all the
accounts into ledger and was thus enabled
to see how we'll l had succeeded in keep
Ing within the appropriation. My clothes
were beginning to show signs Of wear and
1t was necessary to get new ones. MY pay
had been increased to 50, but I had not va.
ried my method of anportioning the funds
prefcrring to let the increased amount go
into the general fund.
On the first Of the new year I put all
the money In the general fund into the bank.
and was delighted on the same day to receive
notice that an application made to another
house had succeeded and my new salary was
to be $40 week.
bought clothes. A pair of good working
shoes for 49, pair of enameled leather
shoes for So. soft dark hat and q stiff
black hat for So each. A suit of dark gray
TO wear every day for $40. My old clothes
I determined to wear around the store as
long as possible. A black suit for SIS Two.
fancy vests for So each. a total OF S4s and
was better dressed than ever before in my
life,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
OfaYY5771 A mone the Men wla o Work IH I'D
@RR9sAY9X11J with III end Brain NK1Maz5
How q Dub Won Success.

~.HE clerks In the invoice department
promptly concluded that Hazen was a
dub when he catne to work for Going
} &, Co. They probably were Justified In
this, II Justification Is 10 be found In
external Appearances. For to look at Hazcn
az he stood before you the first thought that
came TO you was that he was " dub" But
probably you would not speak your thoughts
until Iinzcn was some distance away, for
he was big fellow and determined even II
ne was dub.
Hnzcn was raw and bony. His nose was
heavy and his mouth big. His eyes showed
no shrcwdness and not too much intelligence
but he had a square Jaw that kept his face
from being mediocre He came into the In.
voice department dressed Just as he had
dressed In his last Job, that OF a packer In tho
shipping room OF a biscuit factory. with tho
exception OF the stiff collar. And the man
ner In which he suffered from the collar was
In itself confession that the OCCASIONS on
which he had ever been 50 appareled had
been few and far between. Hnzen's clothes
didn't give him the look OF clerk. 1t was
evident that they we're purchased more with
an eye to their durability. than for dressy
effect. His trousers were not creased as par
ticularly as those OF the other clerks. but
his heavy shoes showed that he had applied
the brush TO them with vigor and effect.
His hands were built on tho plan OF hams.
and the writing and figures that they pro-
duced provoked merriment in the depart
ment, where most OF the clerks turned out
writing that was like copperpate. But
Hazcn had made good impression on the
manager. to whom no had applied for posi-
ton, so he came to the invoice department.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12

General fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ito
Total $500
When left home had two suits OF clothes,
two pairs OF shoes. two hats. and good
outfit OF underclothing and linen. was
earning $40 week before had to get new
clothes.
I had four small tin boxes in my trunk,
each with q paper label on indicating the
fund. The room rent. of course. needed no
box, as It went out the moment got to the
rooming house. Each morning I put In my
pocket one-seyenth Of the appropriation for
each item and went through the day on It.
II there was anything left at night 1t went
Into the general fund box. kept no books
except a small cash book for the general
fund alone. In this book T entered each
week the amount paid into the general fund
and each night entered the amount contrib
uted to 1t from the other funds. m entioning
each II by any mischance some fund ran
short borrowed from the general fund.
and from that alone. These loans put down
also.
On the first OF each month I put one-half
of the amount In the general fund into the
bank. It was a savings bank. and in those
days I received 81 per cent interest. It Is
interesting today to take up the little book
and see how each year the rate OF interest
kept diminishing until now It is only per
cent. learned lesson from this also be-
fore I studied political economy AS the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
Duh Plod, Alone in WORK.

For the FIRST month his work In the depart-
mcnt was Joke. Clerical work OF any KIND
he never had done. School was long time
back In his career. SO his foottngs. his ex-
tendings, and his checking were Just as liable
to be wrong az they were to be right. Tbs
brain that has been unused for several years
does not begin to work readily even In
young man.
The other clerks caught Hazens mistakes
and decided that he was a worse dub than
he looked to be. Hazen paid no attention
to the other clerks. He plodded along by
himself. He was trying to learn to do the
work before him. and It did not matter 10 him
whether the other men called him dub or
crnckerjack. lie had his work to do. II
he could do 1t he would hold his Job. II he
couldn't he would be fired. That was the
way HaZen looked at II.
The head OF the department. who was look
ing for good men. irrespective OF the cut OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
Strife Brings New Chance.

A year later Hazen was still checker. Then,
one Saturday afternoon, the loading gang
at one OF the train platforms decided that
Going & Co. were grinding them into the
ground with the iron heel Of cap!tallstic OPP
preston. Some labor leader had told them
this, so they knew 1t was SO. They stopped
work With the last car in the train half load
ed. There were forty barrels 10 be trucked In
and checked. But the loading gang decided
towalk out suddenly--when 1t would count, as
their leader told them-and what could be Of
more account than tying up trainload ship
ment suddenly?
These things happen every once in awhile
at the yards Usually they mean only call
for the police and the converting Of Office
clerks into laborers for the time being. But
this was Saturday afternoon and the heads
all had gone home. Hazen was checking the
barrels into the car. He was the sole repre-
sentative OF Going & Co.'s general Office on
the platform. 1t was for him to do some
thing. 1t was UP to him to say whether the
trainload went out on time.
Hazen asked the men to wheel In the last
forty barrels before they struck. They
laughed at him. Hazen slowly laid down his
checking board
/" Well. guess I'll have to do 1t myself
he said. foolshy Hazen was no strategist.
He was essentially simple. The trainmen
watched him take a truck and go into the
cooler after a barrel and said: 1.-The DIN
dub" Out along the tracks the loading gang
scurried about and selected choice pieces of
coal and stones for the reception of Iazen
when he appeared with barrel. Then they
poised themselves ready for the throw and
watched the door of the cooler as terriers
watch a rat hole. A Kind hearted brakeman
shouted: Stayin there or you'll get killed.
The rest of the trainmen watched with short
breaths.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12

Total...... .eloo
There was nothing for q servant and y
all meant the plainest kind Of living. w g
did 1t easily without starving ourselves and
we always looked well, It did call for econ
omy. but we learned to say no." and to SO
without. On the first Of January and on
the first Of July each year we solemnly took
the general fund from Its box and divided
it evenly. II 1t did not divide evenly by a
few cents we threw the odd cents back In
the box. My wife deposited her half In
her own name In a savings bank and de-
posted my half In my name In the same
bank. It was agreed between us that when
sickness visited the house or any other thing
called for large expenditures that our sched-
ule made no provision for I was to pay
the bills. leaving her account untouched.
The general fund paid for life Insurance and
such things We had no foolish sundry
fund.
What I did others can do. The keeping Of
accounts alone Is of no value. The idea Is
to find out how much one ordinarily spends
on certain Items and then divide the income
proportionately. Instead OF trying In gem
era way to keep within the income try to
keep each Item within certain limits.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
By Allen Wilson

their clothes or tho Mt Of their collars, noted
his logged plodding and gave him as much
opportunity TO learn as was possible But
1Iazen was slow In catching on. He went
up against long column OF figures with his
jaw set and did Ills best, but the column
wrggled away from him and when he turned
1t In to be checked 1t seldom was right. He
took the extensions given him. remembered
his school arithmetic, and wrestled with the
extension valiantly. But tho extension gem
orally, got good hold and flung him inglor-
ously. His work was too poor to hold him
the Job.
Tho head called him to his desk one day.
/" Why, you're not ut to be a clerk" he said
angrlly. You're ut TO be trucking barrels
around down In the stock rooms. that's
where you belong. Why, you can't do this
work any better than the Office boys could
do It. can't keep you any longer"
Well, give me Job there then" said the
Dub. "A Job where?' asked the head
Down there In the stock room. trucking
barrels, where belong" The head looked
at the Dub's big arms. I" You ought TO make
n peach OF trucker" he said. softly as he
wrote an order changing Clerk Hazen into
Trucker Huzen. And then when I'm able
to do this kind of work here want yo,, to
give me my Job back" he said as he took the
order. The head laughed. o. very WELL
ho said, 49, .3fs5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
No Graft in One Trade;
Rank and File Honest.
BY Fra-nk G. Lands.

and with the help of Dun ana Bradstreet II
Is not always possible to get accurate In
formation about the financial standing and
honesty Of customers who applied for goods,
So the mail order houses began to buy Sc
lected lists of names. These names are clas
sined by regular agencies Into the different
businesses and pursuits followed by the men
and women whose names appear upon the
lists. From these agencies 1t Is possible to
secure the names OF all the lawyers or doo-
tors or hardware merchants In any town
No business Is neglected by the collectors OF
names and these names are sold Ia mar
chants who sell goods In which the owners
Of the names are Interested. Lists OF names
that are more than two years old are not
regarded as highly as newer ones. and names
which have already yielded inquiries or or
ders are quoted higher than those which
have already been canvassed. but from which
no satisfactory results have been obtained.
Rank and File Not Grafters.
Mall order men say that men and women
who are important enough In their own To-
calltes to get their names Into the telephone
book, the social register, the list of persons
present at society function, and even In
many cases into the city directory or the
state gazetteer seldom take advantage OF a
mall order man's confidence In them.
Manufacturers who send out agents'
samples and outfits on request have the same
story to tell.
1t seems" said one of these manufac-
turers the other day. that wha graft there
Ia Is not to be found among the rank and file
of the people. Certainly our experience
shows us that the vast majority OF the peo-
pie are honest. They are honest. too. In the
face of temptation, They know that It would
put us to great deal OF expense and ore
which we might not undertake to proceed
against them II they contlscated our goods
and they know that we would lose their good
will besides, but they either pay the price or
send back the goods Just the same"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
Learns Lesson in SeN-Denial.

It was hard. There We're weeks when
slightly exceeded some appointments and
weeks when life looked dark There was no
allowance for luxuries, but then how could
there be? It was first necessary to make
living and get something ahead. It was
necessary to get into the habit Of living
within the appropriation. Three times my
mother sent me bill in her letter. The
largest was IS. and that only once. She
wrote me to get something for myself. After
hard struggle each time the bin went into
the bank. I did not hunt up friends and
those who forced themselves on me were,
like myself, too poor to be dangerous. al
ways looked well dressed and always had
plenty OF good food, so my suffer!ngs were
only mental. They arose from my desire to
emulate others.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
Divides Income Into Funds.

THE man who will invent broom corn
harvesting machine that will do the
work satisfactorily. Will have fine
Chance to make fortune.
One OF the most productive broom
corn districts In Illinois. one that has the
name of producing the finest brush in this
country has suffered reduction OF nearly
70 per cent, because the work OF cutting must
be done by hand. Failure TO control the
necessary labor to take care OF the crop when
It Is ready TO be. cut has caused hundreds
OF Illinois growers either TO reduce their
acreage or abandon the production of this
crop.
There is but ono section Of the state in
which broomcorn Is raised to any extent and
that Is In Douglas, Coles, and Moultr!e coun-
Ties, 1t is said that during the last year APP
proximately $4,000 acres in these counties
were given up to broomcorn raising, and that
tho output for this year will be close to
10000 tons. The market prioe Is now rang
Ing between 500 and 500 per ton. One ton
is cleaned from about three acres OF land,
and 1t costs about S45 10 put one ton on the
market. one man In Douglas county mar
keted sixty tons this fall.
Broomcorn is Judged as to Its quality BY
Its color, length and fiber The brush must
DO long, soft and flexible to make brooms
tUat WIZ wear Wc|I - n 6ooo Juo3 " ~ s'
will estimate the value OF brush on Its color.
Being or an off shade Will make differ
ence OF from $40 to $40 ton, When the
growing crop shows the desired color, IT must
be cut as quickly as possible, ard here Is
where the trouble Is OF depending on the
labor OF men who cut the corn by hand,
Army Of Harvest Hands Required.
An army OF men is depended upon TO reach
the broomcorn district at the beginning OF
the cutting season. They are the crowds
that start from southern points picking
berries as the crops in the various sections
rlpen. and keeping on their way until they
pass the b.oomcorn field and wind UP In the
cranberry marshes OF the far north, An-
other contingent halls from southern In
diana. who are accounted the best rush
cutters this country
Sometimes these people are on hand when
the corn is ready to cut. and sometimes they
are not When a grower has a largo crop
and 1t is approaching the desired color, lnere
is great scurrying around to secure the
necessary help, It requires good cutter to
cut one acre In a day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12

After 4canvassing the situation carefully
etermined that it was on clothes my In
creased salary should go. rather than on any
other luxures. So took up my appro-
prlation list as before, but added to it $1.50
per week for a clothing account. OF this
put so cents each week into the box and 81
into the bank to repay the loan from the
savings account that was made to the cloth
ing account. It was handy to have place
TO borrow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
Need for Broomcorn Harvester

tributed to every market In this and some
foreign countries. for Illinois brokers have
the best system OF buying. baling, and dis
tributing to manufacturers Of brooms in the
United States.
Two or three years ago the brokers formed
q syndicate to buy all Of the brush that could
be bought The pool lasted about three years.
Then 1t went to pieces. and since has not been
reformed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12

IT. The head was In quandary over how 10
get the work done. Then the Dub came clum-
silly up 10 his desk. q l can do IT." he said.
The head clerk and the head gasped. " on !"
they said. In unison. Surely" said the Dun.
" How the - did you learn it7" Nights.
said the Dub. II practice nights" The
head looked him over. 'Give him the job,
he said. SO Iiazen got his first advance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
What Was Paid for Clothing.

My clothing apportionment that year re-
paid the loan and kept me In shirts, under
clothing, etc. The stiff black hat lasted two
years. The black suit and fancy vests did
good service for five years. The gray suit
lasted ono year as good suit and one year
as a second best. The following year
bought one suit The next year bought
medium weight and a light weight. My over
coat from homo did not need replacing for
two wears. EaIgssl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12

store where he had his head wounds dressed.
You dub, you might have been killed and
no good done by It," said the head the next
Monday. But he offered to take the Dub out
of the invoice department and give him an
assistant superintende in one part OF the
plant. J" But l haln't had no chance to learn
that work yet" said the Dub. !" I'd sooner
stay here TIL can practice some more kinds
. ~ ,pnrt 300 ffst.5 sts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
Keep Within Your and Your Foftune Is Me- de.

re hear q great deal about men Nv
VA ing within theirincome and keeping
the keeping OF books and have
stopped. AS ono said to me, I" find
havet to spend al! earn anyhow. I simply
count the money In my poke: and that is my
cash on hand. The difference between that
and my salary is what It costs me to live.
gotiired OF keeping accounts"
know many excellent people who have
tried time after time to keep the deliberately
ruled (" household expense . books. but after
awhile gave It up.
My father served many years as chair
man OF the financial committee in the city
council OF small town. I was a great
chum with my father and he took me to
many meetings OF the committee and many
unofficial meetings were held in our home.
The word appropriation = was q common
one and early learned its meaning. When
left home TO seek my living in the big city
my father said laughingly. Keep strictly
within the appropriation. John
Divides Income Into Funds.
For three weeks sought work. Then
got position at S. q week. I went on the
plan OF the finance committee and appor-
toned my income as follows:
Room 90
Meals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90
HeaclnB..... .......................a 10
Cburch ana Charity rs