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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
RY KArE UPsoN CLARK.


copyright, 1905, by Joseph =. Bowies.)
The subject is life worth hvlns!"
became rather stale some years ago.
There seems TO be danger that us mar
riaye worth while?" will soon grow to
be equally trite and unattractlve. In
the appalling Mass of testimony from ap-
parently embittered witnesses against
the institution of matrimony. one would
seem to be almost reckless to attempt
to advance the other side OF the con-
troversy. One deeply-religious woman.
when asked if she were going to speak
in favor of matrimony, replied with q
look of lofty scorn: You will be asking
me next to defend the divinity of my
Maker"
But there seems to be no such i'm
pregnable faith in the wisdom of the
central institution of modern society.
Even taking into consideration the
feverish desire to say new and start
ling word; and the similarly feverish
passion to make everything ridiculous,
no matter how sacred. there is evident
ly widespread dissatisfaction with the
results OF marriage.
You may reply that this is an age of
discomfort. The chronic grumbler is a
recognized institution nowadays. Dur
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
FANc1Es OF THE MOMENT.


Daintiness is the essential feature Of
the correct separate waist.
1t is rumored that MORE silk is to re-
turn to favor as the season advances.
Tucks in variety of different widths,
from the minutest pin tucks, are very
much employed to trim the gowns of
to-day.
Fine cords are run through the trim
ming of smart sleeves, sometimes just
below the shoulder and again. Just be-
low the elbow.
Quaint, square, stiff bows Of velvet,
preferably black, are used down the
front of a high corsage or on the chemi-
settle of Louis bodice in most effective
fashion.
The latticework garniture Of flowers
forms once again an important part Of
the evening dress up to date. Natural
ly, small flowers are required for the
purpose. such as daisies, bachelors but.
tons and small button roses.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
THE BABY's SUN BATH.
Modern Hygiene Calls for Plenty Of
Sunshine and Air for tie
Infant Human.

Summing the baby is the latest thing
in baby culture, says an exchange. No
household is too poor to possess one
Of these patent adjustable sun parlors.
They are made of some kind OF hard
wood and are built by the carpenter to
extend beyond the window. The top
and sides of the little platform are Gov.
cred with glass, and strips of carpet
are laid on the floor, to stop up any
cracks there may be. No matter how
fiercely the winds may blow or how low
the thermometer may sink the sun par.
lor is always ready for the baby. A
pillow is placed on the carpeted floor,
then the baby is warmly dressed and
well covered for its morning or after
noon nap. Mothers who have tried this
method of summing the baby are boast
ing of the gain in weight and health,
and have the proud satisfaction OF
knowing they are strictly up to date.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
'ather, with ner two small children,

father. with ner two small children, Il
might have more faith in il. Rosa said:
oh. know Jack is trifle wild. But wait
then and make model husband be-
lieve Rosa did her part. She is Is good
as gold. But he could not change his
spots, and she might have known it.
Once in great while. a man does that
sort of thing but girl is fool to count
on it,"
The young woman, brilliant girl Of
"A. much courted and flattered. meant
what she said. Her good sense con-
quered her personal preference, strong
though it was. The prospect now is that
she will never marry, but how few there
are who would have argued as wisely as
she does!
Have you tried the young man whom
you are beginning to love. and who
seems to love you, to see whether he is
strictly honorable? Is he careful in
keeping every appointment? If he does
not regard his word now, be sure that
riage.
Does he drink too much occasionally
now? If he does. the chances are that
he will drink too much considerably
oftener after marriage. Do you oh
serve that he is careless with money
now? Do you see indications that he is
in debt? Be sure that he will hardly
manage his finances better after mar
rage
The trouble with most girls is that if
young man is good looking and de-
voted and full of compliments. they shut
their eyes TO everything else. They
want to get married, and as soon as pos
sible. They marry without any adequate
idea of the sort of real character which
is hidden under that fascinating mus
tache and that deferential manner. and,
then. the mask drops off. and there is
misery. or course, many an honest man
finds the same sham and mockery in his
wife. Young people put the best foot
foremost during courtship and the hid
deed.
Your ideal husband must, first of all
be man of honor. Find out to your
satisfaction that he is this. He will pre-
tend that he is, but get appropriated
opinions. If he is an honest man, and
you do your best to live up to everything
which you have professed. then, if you
truly love each other. your married life
will be happy.
THERE'S a slang expression which the
street boys use. 1t is not literary nor
refined, but it conveys its idea impress
sively. Ii anybody treats them square
ly and magnanimously, they say: HE
treated ME white" If human beings
would only treat each other white,
generously, nobly, unselfishly, we should
hear no more of the failure of mar.
riage." 1t would still have its trials, but
they would seem as nothing beside the
true, steadfast love, and the honest de-
sire in husband and wife to do each his
or her rightful part, and little more.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

ness. faintness, lassitude. excitability,
irritability. nervousness, sleeplcss-
ness. melancholy, "all-gone" and
want-to-b e-left-alone" feelings, blues
and hopelessness, they should remcm.
Der there is one tried and true remedy.
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound ut once removes snch troubles.
No other female medicine in the
world has received such widespread
and unqualified endorsement. No other
medicine has such record of cures Of
female troubles.
The needless suffering of women from
diseases peculiar to their sex is terrible
to see. The money which they pay to
doctors who do not help them is an
enormous waste. The pain is cured
and the money is saved BY Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ex.
perience has proved this.
1t is we'll for women who IRE i'll to
write Mrs. Pinlsham. at Lynn, Mass.
In her great experience, which covers
many years. she has probably had to
deal with dozens Of cases Just like
yours. Her advice il free and conf.
Dental.
....
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
CORN BREAD IN AMERICA.
Not So Common an Article of Food
Nowadays as It Was Fifty
| Years Ago.

Our exports of corn to European
countries have risen from $4,000 900
bushels in 1883 to about 800 OOO. 900
bushels at the present time, and to-day
Belgium at least is using more Indian
corn per capita as food than the United
States, in which it is a great native
cereal, says the Birmingham Age
Herald. In Belgium the bakeries put
about % per cent. of corn -four in the
bread they make, and such bread is re;.d-
lily sold lower than wheat or rye loaves.
1t is considered more nutritious ana
more easily digestible In Germany the
favorite loaf consists of one-third corn
and two-thirds rye, and tive-pound
loaf thus made is sold At a saving OF
about % per cent.
The change in the European bread
supply was started by c. j. Murphy, who
was sent abroad as commissioner by
the department of agriculture He be-
gan the propaganda in 1883, and he
maintained 1t until the use of corn as
food was we'll started and even estab-
lished, and to-day Europeans are more
leans themselves. MIR. Murphy asserts
that both IN Belgium and Ireland the
per capita consumption of corn as hui
man food Is higher than 1t is in the
United States. The value OF the In
dian corn az food is not appreciated in
this country. Years ago children
thrived and grew strong through the
consumption Of johnny cake, ash cake.
hominy and pudding, but in recent
years cornmeal has fallen into COM
parative disuse, although it is cheaper,
more wholesome and more digestible
than wheat :,our. The preparation Of
corn for the table can he more varied
than that of wheat, and yet for some
reason Indian corn is not freely used.
Mr. Murphy says the consumption of
American cora in crowded Belgium is
higher than it is in this country. 1t is
difficult to account for the dislike OF this
country for com in its various forms.
We grow it. and we should not look
with an unfayorable eye on our own
excellent and abundant product.
The subject deServes careful attention,
with view to reinstatement OF Amer
lean corn to the place it held on the
tables of our ancestors. Corn was not
a rejected article of food century ago.
and it was freely used as late as 50
years ago. We may have progressed
backward in this matter. MIR. Murphy
thinks we have.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
DAD WENT OVER BACKWARDS AND
STRUCK ON HIS GOLF PANTS.

finally he went off all in bunch. Dad
said: .Look here. Mr.. King, some
one has got you all balled up about that
war. l know, because was in it, and
now the north and the south are United,
and can whip any country that wants to
fight champion, and will go out and
get reputation, by gosh!"
The king laughed at touching dad OH,
and asked dad what was the matter of
America and Great Britain getting to-
gether and making all nations know
when they had better keep their places,
and quit talking about fighting. Dad
said he never would consent to America
and Great Britain getting together tofght
any country until Ireland got justice and
was ready to come into camp on an
equality, and the king said he would an
swer for the Irishmen of Ireland if dad
would pledge the Irishmen Of America,
cause we had about as many 1rishmen
in America as he had in Ireland, and dad
said if the king would give Ireland what
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
The Present Duty.

Let us do our duty in our shop or our
kitchen, the market, the street, the Of
flee, the school, the home. just as faith
fully as if We stood in the front rank
of some great battle, and we knew that
victory for mankind depended on our
bravery, strength and skill. When we
do that, the humblest of us will be serv-
ing in that great army which achieves
the welfare of the world.-Theodore
Parker.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

The door opened, and we went in, and
dads misplaced calf was wobbling as
though he had locomotor attacks-y.e.
Well, there were dozen or SO fellows
standing around, and they all had on
some kind of uniforms, with gold badges
on their breasts, and in the midst of
them was little, sawed-of fat fellow,
not taller than five feet six, but a perfect
picture of the cigar advertisements of
America fer cigar named after the
king. expected to see a king as big
as Long John Wentworth of Chicago,
a great big fellow that could take small
man by the collar and throw him over a
house. and felt hurt at the small size
of the king of Great Britain, but, gosh. he
is just like Yankee, when you get the
Formally shook OF.
We bowed and dad made courtesy
like an old woman and the king came
forward with smile that ought to be
initiated by every Englishman. They
all initiate his clothes and his hats and
Englishman that smiles. May be 1t is
patented, and nobody has right to smile
without paying royalty, but the good
natured smile of King Edward is worth
more than stomach bitters, and the Eng
lish ought to be allowed to copy it.
There is no more solemn thing than a
party of Englishmen together in Ameri-
ca, unless it is party, of spectators
that are short on wheat, or gathering
of defeated politicians when the cleo
ton returns come in. But the king is as
jolly as though he had not note COM
ing due at the bank, and you would think
he was 4 good, common citizen, after
working hours, at round beer table.
with two schooner loads in the hold, and
another schooner on the way. frothing
over the top of the stein. That is the feel
ing had for the king when he came up
to us and greeted dad as the father of the
bad boy. and patted me on the shoulder
and said: "And so you are the boy that
has made more trouble than any boy
in theNworld, and had more fun than any,
body, and made them all stand around
and wonder what was coming next.
You're wonder. Strange the Ameri-
can people never thought of killing you"
said yessir, and tried to look innocent,
and then the king told dad to sit down.
and for me to come and stand by his
knee, and by ginger, when he pattcd me
on the cheek, and his soft hand squeezed
my hand. and he looked into my eyes
with the most winning expression, did
not wonder that all the women were i'll
love with him. and that all Englishmen
would die for him.
He asked dad all about America, its
institutions, the president. and every
thing, and dad iustwas so flustered that
he couldn't say much, until the king
said something about the war between
the States, in which the southern states
achieved a victory. I don't know
whether the king said that just to wake
dad up, cause dad had grand army but
ton on his coat, but dad choked up lit
tie, and then began to explode, a little at
q time, like bunch of firecrackers and
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Novel Use OF RAYS.

A novel application of the Roentgen
has recently been made in Europe, and
has been found useful in determining
defects and impsrfections which might
cause breakdown OF the cable and
involve considerable expense for re-
pairs. Foreign substances, air bubbles
or bad joints in the rubber or gutta-
percha insulation are readily detected
and may be remedied at the works.
Science
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Relics for Sale.

In strong contrast to the ceremonies
lately taking place in Belgrade is the
pilgrimage to London and Paris of the
Inflated Queen Draga's nephew, q
young Servian officer, George Petro-
vich, who is endeavoring to dispose Of
the Alencon lace wedding gown and
much of the jewelry that belonged to
his aunt. He was on the black list
list" on that fateful June IL, and owed
his life to the fact that the soldiers sent
to arrest him mistook his address.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Some Easy Ones.

The Alhambra Music hall, London,
placed at its door box with slot in
it for the receipt of suggestions from
patrons for the name of new exhibi-
ton to be given. When the box was
finally opened number of coins were
found in it, contributed by people who
thought it had been placed at the door
for some charitable purpose.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
It Didn't Burn There.

You're always talking about the
poetic fire. she said. II wish you'd
put bushel of genius into that empty
crate there, and see if the children will
be able to get any warmth out of it,"
And then he went out into the cold
streets of the city and wrote rhymed
advertisement for a basket of COAL
Atlanta Constitution.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
The had Boy and His Dad Call on King
Edward and Almost Settled
the Irish Question. .s----. So

BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
(Ex-Governor Of Wisconsin, formerly pub
Usher of ''Peck's Sun - author of
"Peck's Bad Boy" etc.)
copyright. 1904, by Joseph b. Bow,es)
London, II england.-Dear Uncle Ezra:
The worst is over, and dad and have
both touched a king. Not the way you
think, touching king for a hand-out, or
borrowing his loose change, the way you
used to touch dad when you had to pay
for your goods, but just taking hold of
his hand. and shaking it in good old
United States fashion.
The American minister arranged itfor
us. He told somebody that Peck's Bad
Boy and his dad were in town, and just
wanted to size up king, and see how he
averaged up with United States politi-
clans, and the king set an hour for us
to CALL
Well. you'd dide to see dad fix up.
Everybody said, when we showed our
card at the hotel, notifying us that we
were expected at Marlboro House at such
time. that We would be expected to put
on plenty of dog. That is what an
American from Kalamazoo, who sells
breakfast food, said, and the hotel peo-
pie said we would be obliged to wear
knee breaches, and dancing pumps, and
silk socks, and all that kind of rot, and
mems furnishers began to call upon us
to take our measure for clothes, but
when they told us how much it would
cost, dad kicked. He said he had golf
suit he had made in Oshkosh at the time
OF the tournament, that everyone in
Oshkosh said was out of sight, and was
good enough for any king, and so he
rugged up in it, and I hired suit at a
masquerade place, and dad hired coat.
kind of red, to go with his golf pants. and
socks, and he wore canvas tennis shoes.
l looked like a picture out of a fourteenth
century book, but dad looked like a.
clown in circus. One of dads calves
made him look as though he had milk
leg, cause the padding would not stay
around where the calf ought to be, but
worked around towards his shin. We
went to Marlboro House in a hanson cab,
and all the way there the driver kept
looking down from the hurricane deck,
through the scuttle hole, to see if We
were there yet. and he must have talked
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

with other cab drivers in sign language
about us, for every driver kept along
with us. looked at us and laughed, as
though We were wild west show.
On the way to the kings residence it
was all could do to keep dad braced up
to go through the ordeal. He was brave
enough before we got the invitation.
and told what he was going to say to the
king,aand you would think he wasn't
afraitfo f anybody, but when We got near
er to the house, and dad thought of go.
ing up to the throne, and seeing king
in all his glory, surrounded by his hun
dreds of lords and dukes and things, a
crown on his head, and an ermine cloak
trimmed with red velvet, and six-quact
milk pan full of diamonds, some of them
as big as chunk of alum, dad weakened.
and wanted to give the whole thing up
and go to matinee, but wouldn't have
it, and told him if he didn't get into
the king row now that / would shake
him right there in London and start il
business as Claude Duval highway
man and hold up stage coaches. and be
hung on Tyburn Tree, as used to read
about in my history Of Sixteen-String
Jack and other English highwaymen.
Dad didn't want to see the family dis
graced, so he let the cab man drive on.
but he said if we got out of this visit to
royalty alive, it was the last tommyrot
he would indulge me in.
Well, old man, it is like having an OPP
GRAFTON for appendicitis, you feel better
when you come out from under the influ-
ence of the chloroform, and the doctor
shows you what they took out of you,
and you feel that you are going to live.
unless you grow another vermiform
appendix. We were driven into a sort
of Central park, and up to a building
that was big as lot of exposition build
ings, and the servants took us in charge
and walked us through long rooms COW
cred with pictures as big as side show
pictures at circus, but instead of snake
charmers and snakes. and wild men of
Borneo, and sword swallowers, the
kings pictures were about war, and
women without much clothes on from
the belt up. Gosh, but some of those pic
lures made you think you could hear the
roar of battle and smell gun powder, and
dad acted as though he wanted to git
right down on the marble floor and dig
a rife pit big enough to git into.
They walked US around like they do
when you are being initiated into Sc
cret society, only they didn't sing, Here
comes the Lobster and hit you with
a dried bladder. The servants that were
conducting us lated. had never seen
an Englishman laf before, and it was
the most interesting thing saw in Lon
don. Most Englishmen look sorry
about something, as though some dear
friend died every day, and their faces
seem to have grown that way. So when
they laff it seems as though the wrinkles
would stay there, unless they treated
their faces with massage. They were
laughing at dads dislocated calf. and
his scared appearance. as though he
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Spring Diet.

The diet for spring should include
plenty of green vegetables and salads,
such as spinach, watercress, lettuce.
turnip-tops, and dandelion leaves, az
we'll as fruit of all kinds, raw and
stewed, particularly apples and rhu-
barb.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

nauseated. had an acrid discharge and
pains down through my limbs SO l could
hardly walk. 1t was as bad case of female
trouble as have ever known. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, however,
cured me within four months. Since that
time have had occasion to recommend 1t to
q number of patients suffering from all
forms CT female difficulties, and find that
while it Is considered unprofessional to rec
ommend patent medicine, l can honestly
recommend Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, for l have found that it cures
female ills, where all other medicine fails. 1t
is q grand medicine for sick women"
Money cannot buy such testimony as
this-merit alone can produce such re-
suits, and the ablest specialists now
agree that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is the most univer-
sally successful remedy for all female
diseases known to medicine.
When women are troubled with ir-
regular, suppressed or painful men
situation, weakness. leucorrhGa, dis
placement or liberation of the womb,
that bearing-down feeling, inf1amma-
ton of the ovaries. backache, bloat-
ing Tor Aatulence). general debility, in
digestion, and nervous prostration. or
are beset with such symptoms as dizzi-
lydia E. pinkhnm'S veAetable Ger
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
MATRIMONIAL RUIN |
Why Welded LIFE so OFTEN
PROVES A FAILURE.

Business, the Professions and Politics
Can Claim as Great . Proportion
Of Failures-Don't Choose a Man
for His Fascinating Mustache or
His Deferential Manner - Don't
Marry a Man to Reform Him
..Treat Each Other White"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Day Labsrsrs, Skilled usvkmss,
and especially Farm Tenants.

tunity to purchase q farm home !; fsrmers who
would prefer TO rent for 4 couple Of years before
purchasing; and day laborers in fields or facto-
Merry, Asst. General Passenger Agent, Dubuque,
Iowa, who will promptly mail printed msitef
concerning the territory above described, ana
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
A TRAINED NURSE
After Years of Experience, Advises Wom1en %
Regard to Their Health.

Mrs. Martha Pohlman
of IS Chester Avenue,
Newark, N. j.. who is q
graduate Nurse from the
Blockley Training School,
1t Philadelphia. and for
six years Chief Clinic
Nurse at the Philadelphia
Hospital. writes the letter
printed below. She has
the advantage of personal
experience, besides her
professional education,
and what she has 20 say
may be absolutely relied
upon.
Many other women are
afflicted as she was. They
can regain health in the
same way. 1t is prudent
to heed such advice from
such. q source.
Mrs, Pohl1nan writes:
II am firmly persuaded,
aftereight years Of experiences
with Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, that it
Is the safest and best medicine
for any suffering woman to
use.
"Imnlediately after my
marriage 1 found that my
health began to fail me. 1be-
came weak and pale, with Sc
we're bearins-downp pains, fear.
full backaches and frequent
dizzy spells. Tho doctors pre-
scribed for me, yet ! did not
improve. I would bloat after
eating and frequently become