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me, was lying in a berth lie
seemed to be asleep. His face
was turned toward the wall,
and one arm was thrown up
over his cheek and forehead.
A second man stood in the
room-an Italian, | thought,
from his black, waxed mus
tache. a square leather hand
bag, full of little glass walls,
lay open on the table, and
beside it stood a decanter of
brandy and a goblet. | knew
somehow that he had taken
the brandy from a cabinet
on the wall, for its door was
swinging open, and by the
way he wavered on his feet
and by the vacant look in his
beady black eyes l knew that
he was drunk.
" When | found myself in the
room, he had one of the little
walls in his hand and was
about to pour some of the
liquid it held into a glass of
water. | knew perfectly well
that it was poison, and that
it was intended for the man in
the berth-the man | loved.
l screamed; but he paid no
attention to me. Then | came
close and took hold of his
wrist; but he went on pouring
just as if | had not been there
at all. He was so strongl 1t
made a dull, cloudy mixture
in the glass. There came a
noise outside the door, and he
turned quickly, stuffed the
decanter into the cabinet, set
the glass on the stand by the
berth, and went out, stumb-
ling.
" | tried to pick up the glass,
but it seemed to weigh a ton.
While | was struggling with
it, another man came in. He
didn't appear to see me either,
and made no answer when |
spoke to him. He came i'll,
swearing under his breath as
if he had been ouarreling but
looked at the man in the bert
fond of him. He glanced at his
from drawer, and filled it
knew the dose was for the sleC
if he swallowed it he would die.
1t seemed to me that | liv
few seconds. l stood before /
the spoon, and held the other
to God. But | might have been
more heed than the Italian
poisoni" l cried. " Poison, |
know what you are doing!"
around him frantically and trie
Suddenly he started, and |
Blank that Nicohni and his
he said. He faced around sharl
against the table, and dropped
to the floor. | heard the glass
very dizzy thought to myself
and them woke up, with m
wicker table in the magnolia
full of the heavy dew-smell of t
dinner-dressing bell striking.
That is all. But | can feel
finger-tips: the awful numbing f
when it passed. j"
The man had listened abs
have been terrifcally vivid" h'
as if you had actually seen it.
" Not line of it has faded.
as it was the moment | awoke. ="
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the creeping murderer That ne was
blind toi Every vein was like a
throbbing fire; but my heart was
ice. 1t was his life! 1t was worth
more than all the world to me.
If he died, | knew | wanted to
die too. And l was powerless,
understanding but a wrestling
shadow, and the arm | chung to
was as steady as if had had no
beingl | was desperate. | threw
myself on him, and beat at his
face with both hands. 1t was like
striking a cloud-no shock, or
sound, or resistance.
Suddenly the same thing hap
pened as on the ship. He started,
angrily, | thought. | saw his
nostrils expand He turned
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and saw the deadly figure
behind the pillar.
He moved so swiftly
that something bright and
shining seemed to leap from
nowhere into his hand.
There was a loud, crashing,
smoking report that turned
everything to storm, a fear
full, shrieking confusion of
voices and wind and flight
and fall. And them was
in my own room here at Del
Monte, in my bed, with the
great bowl of magnolias
beside me, and the dawn
coming in at the open
window. was in fever
for several days afterward."
She ended with a long,
shuddering sigh. Now"
she said presently, I've
told you. l presume | am
to see DR.. Holbrook?"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04

shotbag full Of nickcls, and when We
showed up At the tent all the fellows
wanted to know how We did it. aud pa
said 1t was gambling, and we ought not
to do it, but he also wanted to know
how we managed to win, and when we
told about it pa said 1t was no sin to
beat q slot machine, cause it was an
inanimate thing, just machine. and
anybody who could beat nickel in the
slot machine at his own game was
equal to Rockefeller.
So after everybody had got excited
about our nickels I told them how to
beat the machine. told them didn't
get excited and go rushing in where
angels fear to tread. and feed the
slot machine on good hard earned
nickels of my own, but waited until the
countrymen and tenderfeet had fed it
ca nickels until it was too full for ut
terance. When the machine swelled
out like it was bowed up, and 1t kind
Of wheezed, like It was ready to cough
up, and was only waiting for an ex-
cuse, put cough lozenger about the
size Of nickel in the slot and turned
the diaphram. The machine shud-
dered q minute and then had a regular
hemorraeue, and coughed up tin cup
full Of rlckels into my hand. and the
machine seemed to rest easy, and take
nourishment again from the silly fel-
lows, who thought they could beat it.
Well, sir, the whole crowd WIS 50 ex-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
BEGINNING TO DOUBT.
Former Legislator Who Feels That
He Sold His Vote Too
Cheap.

ut beats all about this political cor.
ruption," said the old farmer as ha
laid aside his country paper Every
week there is something about expos.
ing some big man who was thought
to be perfectly honest, and it's getting
SO you don't know whom to trust"
Were you ever in politics your.
self?" was asked.
"Once, and that's what's botherins
me now. Yes. was elected to the
legislature once. While was serv.
ing as q member a fellow-member
came to me and said that my aunt in
Iowa had died and left me $4,000, and
he paid the money over to me. l had
never heard about the aunt, and
don't know how he got the money for
me, and I am just beginning to doubt. %
ITO doubt WHAT"
"Wall, I voted for land grab and
we carried 1t by only four majority.
and I'm Just beginning to doubt IL
got enough for my vote. l think II
had. held out a few days I'd have had
an uncle die, too, and got as much as
$1,000 out of the thing. "-Baltimors
American.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
I Puretursd PAS Tires,

Il % long Is he could, when he took
the colonel by the collar and sat him
down 30 quick he didn't come to for q
couple Of minutes, and when the
colonel got his senses, and found that
the usher had ushered him into . seat
between two gaily decorated colored
women the trouble began. The colonel
never forgot that he was q gentleman,
for he rose up. took on his hat to the
colored women, and said: you must
excuse me, ladies. but I shall have to
90 and kill the scomndrel who sat me
down with niggers," and he got down
on the seats and struck the usher with
his cane, and the usher yelled: "Hey,
Rube!" and all the circus people made
. rush for the colonel. The colonel
said, men Of Kentucky to the rescue. %
and before I could crawl under the
seats the air was full Of baggage,
seats, tent pins and white hats, guns
we're fred, and blood flowed, and the
police pulled everybody, and the eve
ming performance was given up.
One Of the proprietors of the show
got wen on his head as big as foot
ball from being struck by handle Of
Q revolver, and the colonel VINO started
the row was knocked silly by tray Of
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04

tured his tire to his dying day, but he
didn't know 1t was me.
Gee, it looks to me as though pa has
been engaged to act as the easy mark
in this show. Say. they got pa to
practice on roaring like lion, SO he
could stand behind the cage when the
lion has . sore throat and roar, and
scare folks, and pa has been going
around behind the cages. every eve
ming, when the menagerie is closed,
and the crowd in the main tent. max
ing noises that have made the animals
look at each other as much as to say,
"Well, what do you think Of that"
The rhinoceros was SO disguised at
Paducah that he reached out his nose
and took pa on his horn and held him
up to the scorn of the other animals
until pas pants gave way and he was
a sight, and he was so scared that he
got out of the tent and made q run for
our train, chased by the police, who
thought he was q burglar that had
been eat by q house dog.
The worst thing we have had on pa
was at Louisville, where we stayed
over Sunday. Another fellow and l
got a system on slot machines, and one
day We beat the machines out Of Q
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04

rod lemonade which the butcher
smashed him with, and the colonel
cried because the lemonade was all
water, and he was afraid it would
soak into him and cause him to warp
When the lemonade butcher apollo
gixed, and the usher told him it was all
. mistake his being seated with the
niggers, the colonel wept on their
necks and invited the whole crowd to
10 to his distillery and help them
selves. A. , 81
When We got to the next town every
man In the show had . crouch and a
Katzenjammer, and their hair was 80
sore It was murder and suicide COM
bined to comb It.
The way pa escaped injury @as
cause lie had to take the place o. the
fat woman on the platform with the
freaks, % the fat woman vas over
cone with the heat and had to stay In
the car.
The way they fixed pa mp to resem-
Bile the fat woman, was scandalous.
They have some rubber things in the
wardrobe tent. that you can blow up
and make 1 big arm, and big leg,
and u big stummick, SO anybody
couldn't tell the difference, and they
ltxed 81 up with bowed up clothes OF
desh colorei rubber, and but for his
chin WHISPERS you couldn't tell him
from the fat woman. He said he
wouldn't cut OF his whiskers for any
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
GRAVEL OR HARD ROADS
Too Expensive in Some Localities
Not Necessary If King Drag
1s Used,

Something like year ago there was
quite an excitement in our county on
the road question. The farmers of
Knox county, illinois,, writes the cor
respondent Of the Farmers Review,
want good roads, but gravel or hard
roads are out of the question. We
have no gravel or rock, and to ship
stone would break up all the small
farmers in the country. Our soil Is
such that If the ROADS are graded prop
erly we will have good roads nine or
ten months in the year. There are
places in the United States where such
roads can be built. Even oiled roads
may be built in some places. But in
this part of Illinois the frost goes SO
deep that the expense would take the
big end of little farms to pave the
roads it contains. 1.-THE use Of the King
drag has shown how the difficulties
mentioned may be overcome and
good road obtained.-Ed.1
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
RIGGING FOR APPLE WAGON.

RIGGING FOR APPLE WAGON.
over the stake iron, SO the rail can be
easily lifted of, and the barrels un-
loaded from the side of the wagon,
which is often very convenient. The
plank should be stiff, and bolted to-
gether with three bed pieces two by
four inches. This is very convenient
platform, as it can be used for drawing
crates, and for many other purposes.
Another very good rack for a billy or
rough country, and one that is in quite
common use in many sections, is made
by taking three poles or timbers and
running them lengthwise of the wagon,
equal distances apart, and secured to-
gether by cross pieces. The middle
pole should be raised four to six inches
above the other two. The barrels are
laid On the side end to end, lengthwise
of the wagon, two abreast on the bot
tom, and another row on the top Of
these two, tapping one-half on each
barrel. This is very simple construc-
ton, and the spring Of the poles makes
it very nice for carrying the fruit.
Wagon springs should always be used
with either of the above forms.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
WHERE GOVERNMENT FAILED
Moonshiner Thought It Was to Blame
for the Escape Of One
Person,

After talking generalities with Ten
nessee moCntaineer for a time, we got
around to politics, relates writer, and
he said
Il have nuthin' agin this government,
uh-nuthin' t all, except the fact that
it has not always taken advantage of
the opportunities held out to- it."
"Wall, l don't KNOW" | replied. "Just
what instances do you refer toy
II was tlmnkin' of an event that hap
pened fou or five years ago, sub. A few
of us pooled our funds and bought q
still and went to maxim moonshine whis-
KY. After few months the government
heard of it and sent a. gang of revenue
fellows to seize the still and capture
u.s."
"Wcll@
1.-The gang arrived one night and they
captured me, my brother-in-law, my uncle,
my cousin, and ne,ghbor, and every
one of us got a term in the Albany pen
itentiary." :,
but where did the government fail
to lake advantage of its opportunity IN
this oase!" asked.
why, sub, if them revenue fellows
hadn't been in such a dog,gone hurry
and had waited 20 minutes longer, they
would have captured my old woman"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
APPLE TREES AND RABBITS
Necessity Of Protecting the Young
Trees from the Craving OF
the Animals.

When rabbits run in tie orchard, a.
is not safe to let young apple trees go
through the winter without protection,
declares the Farmers Review. Az 9TH
er food becomes scarce the rabbits are
almost sure to bark the young trees,
especially when there is snow on the
ground. l have seen various preven-
tives recommended, and, among them,
rubbing the trees with soap. tried
this last winter and lost some of my
best trees-not by rabbits, but by the
preventive, soap. 1t killed the bark
and the trees gradually died during the
summer. The best thing have tried
as q protection is wrapping the tree
with common newspapers, folded to
three or four thicknesses and tied on
with Irvine or the rawlings of tow
sack. expert hands can make the ap-
plication very rapidly and 1t seems to
be perfectly successful. II you could
be sure of killing all the rabbits that
would be another good plan.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
BOYS TERRIBLE ECZEMA.
Mouth and Eyes Covered with crusts
Hands Pinned Down-Mirac-
ulous Cure by Cuticura.

when my little boy was six month,
so quickly over the whole body that we at
once called in the doctor We then went
to another doctor, but he could not help
him, and in our despair We went to 2
third one. Matters became 80 bad that
he had regular holes in his cheeks, large
enough to put finger into. The food
had to be given with a 9, Don, for his
mouth was covered with crusts as thick
as finger, and whenever he opened the
mouth they began to bleed and suppurate,
as did also his eyes. Hands, arms, chest,
and back, in short the whole body, vas
covered over and over. We had no rest
by lay or night. Whenever he was laid
in his bed, we had to pin his hands down |;
otherwise he would scratch his face, and
make an open sore. think his face must
have itched most fearfully..
I'VE finally thought nothing could help,
wife with the child to Europe, hoping that
was to he put under good medical care
there. But, Lord be blessed, matters came
differently, and we soon saw a miracle. "A
friend of ours spoke about Cuticura. We
made trial with Cuticura Soap, Oint.
ment, and Resolvent, and within ten days
or two weeks we noticed decided i'm.
provement. just as quickly as the sick
ness had appeared it also began to dis.
appear, and within ten weeks the child
was absolutely we'll, and his skin was
smooth and white as never before; +.
Hohrath, President of the G. 1. Hohrath
Company, Manufacturers Of Silk Ribbons,
1 to 20 Rink Alley, South Bethlehem, Pa.
June 5, 1905"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
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TWO METHODS OF WORKING A
ROADSIDE.

allows the cultivation of all the land
not in actual use for the road, 1t has BY
experience been found that roads arr
improved by having all the land, In
Guiding the shallow bitches on the
sides, plowed and cultivated. The &C.
companying sketch shows a public
highway where one side of it was left
without cultivation or care for years
and all is overgrown with coarse weeds,
while on the other side, even the ditch
is carefully plowed and cultivated with
q good stand of wheat, growing up to
the wheel track. OF course the farmer
could not collect any damages II the
grain thus grown on the right of pub
lie highway should be destroyed, but
there is an unwritten law which all
will respect, that no one will wantonly
destroy any of the grain so grown.
Where this practice Is continued for a
number of years, the roadbed will be
gradually raised until it becomes high
and dry and little or no grading is re-
Quired.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
Lareest Ocean Steamer.

Consul General -Guenther, Of Frank.
fort, says the worlds largest steam
ship is the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.
6s4 feet long. $4,000 tons. which was
launched August "a, at the Vulcan
yards, Stettin. He writes that the
new boat will have a net tonnage of
21,O00. The engines indicate 1920
horsepower; the speed will be II knots
IN hour, so that the trip from Europe
to New York will be made in seven
and one-half days. In addition to the
regular dining-room, the ship will be
supplied with q restaurant q la carte
and with electric elevators and an
electrically Lighted bathroom.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04

eoyse1rtss, . thsy Axea ! IN -
uosse AS} q his face ana ut IL 1T
Wo0afs dress on p. ana PIT hin %
1000 tAb aboseton, he nl1get a.
~ CAN'T
p aid hss lida't want 10 - Il.
'cans. Il seemed too much like fraud,
but tey told him the fate Of the show
dspsiaedI on our III being willing %
take any part assigned 70 ~. and .
% q down and began q. ian himself,
and tried to look dirty Ike . woman.
IT, other freaks never noticed but
whas II was the fat wSman until the
shov II e half over. Il vas tcD much
for mel and I just ls6ed ct p. Igot
up behind him and told him In 10 vhis-
psr|that I wanted . dollar to play the
slot machine. and he told melt0 80 to
thunder, and get ont Of there.
couldn't stand It to b, insultsd BY my
own father, 90 I took shat pin out Of
the hat Of the BEARDED lady and
punched 1t into pas blowed up rubber
shirt, and pa began to sis, like . soda
fountain, and the wind struck the liv-
ing skeleton and blew him over like
cyclone, and by that time pa was
blowing on wind in dozen places that
had punctured, and he was scared fol
fear there wouldn't be anything left OF
him, and the giant saw the fat woman
slowly fading away, and the coward
had heart failure and lay down on the
nlatfnrm Someh0dy shouted that the
fat woman was all melting away, and
q fellow who was watering camel Out
Of a bucket came 70 the rescue and
threw the bucket of dirty water al
over pa, and then thought better &c
away in tother tent and see the fight
but pa was taken to the dressing room
and rescued from the shrinking rub
Der balloons that were busted, and hi
said he would hunt the man that pune
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
Removine chad from Eyes.

To remove chaff or similar sub
stances from an animals eye procure
a small quantity Of honey and have
the animals head held fast. Open the
eve with the thumb and finger of one
hand, dip the forefinger Of the other
in the honey, taking up as much as
will stick on the end Of your finger.
Hold the finger near the eye. and
give a sudden strike so it hits the
chat, which will stick to the honey
and be drawn out. BY giving a quick
strike you hit the char before the ami
NAL can shut or roll the eye, as it will
do If you attempt to touch it slowly.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
ElaISlNSlJD' .%.
dsl|llglIS
FIX UP THE RoAoslDEs.
How Farmers IN 1Iinnsaota Utilise
the Otherwise Waste Land
In Crop Growing.

The law Of Minnesota calls for pub
lie highway four rods wide and 1t has
been the general practice to leave the
full four rods unclltivated. In most
cases this space has been overgrown
with weeds only, that were not even
cut down once year. In this way
many of the most obnoxious weeds
have filed the adjoining fields and
been spread over the adjoining coun.
try by sticking to the wagon wheels
whenever the roads were wet. This
has not been the only trouble-there
were thousands of acres lying idle ev'
cry year, because overgrown by weeds
But Lewis Olsen writes to the Farm
and Home that q gradual change fol-
the better is being worked out by the
rapidly growing tendency among farm,
ers to utilize all waste land along the
roadsides by cultivation and growing
grain or grass up to the very road
track actually in daily use. AS the Law
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
Some Of 1issouri's Boasts.

/. Missouri has % state institutions: Il
never had general crop failure; it is
the leading clover state of the union:
it has more stock farms than any other
state; it has the largest acreage of blue
grass Of any state; it has the largest
permanent school fund in the United
States; it raises one-tenth of all the
corn raised in the world; it produces 80
per cent. of the zinc mined in the world:
it has one-third more apple trees than
any other state; its farm land has ad.
vanced 40 per cent. in the last four
years; it has the largest yield Of cotton
per acre Of any state in the union; It has
the lowest rate Of taxation of any stata.
Kansas City Journal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
APPLE WAGON PLATFORM.
Convenient Arrangement for the
Wagon Which Will Facilitate
Handling,

The style Of wagon platform that is
most generally used in western New
York for hauling apples is made of
three planks forming a platform Just
wide enough for two barrels standing
on end, side by side, and long enough
for a load of 10 to 20 barrels (see illus
tration). Stakes are provided on the
side for a rail about half way up on
the barrels, or better. an iron about
one-nalf by two inches, bent in the
form 2, same cut. A board one by
four inches rests on the bend, and is
provided with clip, 3. that will slide
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1906-01-04
/ MAKING cUTT5164.
Every Iasnsr 8hould Select aad pre.
pare Aas Own Nursery Stock
How e Il Done.

Few people realize how simple 4
matter It 10 to propagate ones own
grape vines. currants. gooseberries
and most ornamental shrubs. II the
work II properly done these plants
may be readily propasated BY means
OF cuttings made late In the autumn
after the leaves are on Of tho plants,
but preferably before cold weather
comes on. Only we'll ripened. mature
wood that has grown during the IRE
cealng summer should be selected for
the purpose. all soft or immature
parts being discarded. The cuttings
themselves should be made six to ten
inches long and the base Of each
should be cut squarely just below a
bud, SO the bud is retained at the low.
er end. They should be tied up In
bundles Of convenient size, say. 100 in
bundle, their butts, or basil ends, all
one way, we'll shaken down, SO as to
stand level on q fiat table. They may
then, be packed in fresh. moist saw
dust and be kept through the winter
in cellar or ,callus pit.
Upon the approach of spring, as
early as the soil can be worked and
before the buds have begun 10 grow
on them, says Prof. j. c. Written, of
Missouri agricultural college, they
should be planted out in good garden
soil. The rows should be about four
feet apart, to admit of easy cultiva-
ton, and the cuttings should be set
very firmly in the soil, so as to leave
no air spaces about them, and set
deep enough so only the uppermost
buu is above the ground. They should
then be given clean cultivation and
hoed to keep down all weeds durilg
the summer, when usually an excel.
lent growth of plants will be secured
Currants, gooseberries, the Marian.
ma and Golden Beauty plums, sonle
varieties of ounces, the barberry,
spiera, mockorange, privet, most va
rieties of shrubs. willows, poplars and
some other varieties of forest trees,
root readily from cuttings handled in
TINS manner