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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27
NEW WOMAN IN LITERATURE.
Jeannette Glider Gives Tier Ideas Concert
iMg tho Talked OF Creature.

jesnnette Glider Gives Her Ideas Concert
ins tho Talked of Creature.
The new woman Of the novelist q
merely one of DR.. Max No-dau's dege9-
crates. She is the creation OF n writ4
who is hysterical and degenerate, and
tho world takes her as something that
really exists. To be sure, there arc plenty
Of women with "pasts" and witt
'yearnings," and there always havb
been und probably always will be. butl
doubt if any woman outside Of an insale
asylum talks the rubbish about spjritua2
impacts, tells that 1--WE are tones Of ole
Chord" and about the "vile slavery
Of marriage, as do the women Of Mis-
Pendered and Mr.. Grant Allen. Writep
of this sort do not represent the womeh
Of the day any more than tho painted
women Of the streets represent the WON
en- of good society.
The jaundiced writer's Of "The Yel-
low Book" cannot be expected to giNe
us pictures of healthy lives. Their tastes
run to worm eaten fruit. They have I1p
liking for that which is red with tn
hue of health. They prefer the yelloy
hue Of decay. DR.. Nordau is quite right
when he calls it disease. The heroines
Of "The Yellow Book of "Discords'
and of "Wreckage" might have been
taken frcm Lombroso's study Of the fe-
male offender. If they exist outside q
their creators brains. their cases will a
found recorded in scientific studies f
criminology OF in the ordinarz police ~
ports.
The new woman az find her outsiAe
Of the pages of fiction is all industricus,
healthy minded, healthy bodied youuk
person, with u certain amount Uf inl1.
pendsnce, who cares more for out CT door
sports than for indoor follies, and wQD
if she has work to do does it and dogs
not waste her time in telling about it
Her spirits run high over the adventures
of GA Gentleman Cf France, she laucI!s
and cries by turns over "Trilby'' and
thinks "Tho Dolly Dialogues greae
Fnn, but for "Yellow Discords' and tbe
like she has no use.
/ am happy to say that little Of to
hysterical literature CT the day originates
in this country. It is almost entirely II
English origin. Some of our youuGse
writer's have tried their hands at it, byk
they do not take to it naturally, and #
is fast going out of fashion.
There always will be a handful d
people who like erotica, bat think
there has been turn in the tide which
oven at its highest never swa,pped ~
writer's Of purer fiction. RudJard E f
ling ard lirs. Humrhry Ward haae
many mere readers than Grant AlldA
and Mary L. Pendered, and i'll 1l..s
country oar writers Of clean fiction ate
the most popular. --Jeannettc Glider.
L ~usAcs cA sweet potatoes :;
pounds III iowa and 56 poun.,s g
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27

There seems to be popular
wave going over the state in
favor of Senator Hansbrough's S
reelection to the senate. There
is no denying the fact that our
senior senator has made a very
good representative for North
Dakota. He is a hard worker
and works hard for his consti-
tuents. There is another ques-
tion to be taken into considera-
tion and that is that Mr.. Hans
brough has had one term in the
senate and is better fitted to re-
present the state than any other
man before the people.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27
ernment. When all legitimate argu-
ments against the granting of their
,.annasfs hauo failad tho,.

ments against the granting of their
reasonable requests have failed, they
have been met with the inane apology
that when a majority of women want
to vote the suffrage will be conferred
upon them. Since che right of petit
tion is the only political right which
q disfranchised class enjoys, the en-
ference is that the prerequisite to en-
franchisement should be petition
signed by a majority of all the women
of the state. 1 deny the right of any
person Or power to demand such a
test as a majority petition. The Dec
laration of independence does not say,
we hold these truths to be self-evident,
that when all men. or majority of
them, shall ask for their inalienable
rights they shall receive them. 1t
says that all men are created equal
and endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights, and that to
secure these rights governments are
Instituted. If this time-hOnored in
strument sets forth any one supreme
proposition of which all Others are
put corollaries it is the statement that
governments are instituted to secure
rights. The theory seems to be grow
ing alarlningly prevalent in these lat
ter days that government should con-
fer rights and that only when the de-
mand is so strong that it can no
longer safely withhold them. If this
is true Columbia is no better than old
King John. In all the pages of his
tory, ancient or modern, there is not
recorded an instance where a deter
minant majority of unrecognized per-
sons ever asked for an eNtention of
rights or privileges. A volume would
not contain the record of instances in
the worlds history. where an active,
aggressive minority have demanded
an extension of rights and privileges
and received them. The whole story
of the evolution of liberty is but an
illustrated sequence of examples where
the few have asked and the many re-
ceived: To contine ourselves to our
own country we should never have
had Declaration of Independence if
it had been necessary to have q ma
jority of the colonists declare for it.
The majority, and especially the
wealthy people, in colonial days
thought it better to endure the ills
they had than to run the risk Of
others which they knew not of. AT
one time during the revolutionary war
there were twice as many Americans
in arms against the cause of independ-
ence as there were in the American
army. The loyalists of this country
always claimed that they were in the
majority. In New York state origi-
nally only freeholders voted. Did the
poor man unanimously petition for
the franchise? Did the poor black
man in the state of New York, in 1916,
unanimously, or in any determinate
majority, petition for the franchise?
Did Abraham Lincoln insist upon a
majority petition from the slaves be-
fore signing the Emancipation Pro-
clamation? Did the negroes in the
south in the days of reconstruction
circulate a petition to find out how
many wanted to vote? If q majority
test is to be required the logic of the
situation demands that it be a ma
jority OF citizens, both men and
women.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27

Dunlap's liver is out of order
again. He says that hereafter
his paper will not hew to the line
in county matters, but that the
es-Record will support the
best men for office-in other
words the T. r. is for sale to the
highest bidder. Now he has the
gall to say the Courier can be
bought. Oh no, the Times.
Record could not be bought.
Rats!
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27
Western Womanhood for Nov

Western Womanhood for Nov
ember has just reached our ex-
change table. This little month
~ is reaching out in great shape
in it's field of woman's work.
Western Womanhood is edited
by earnest women who are work.
ing for woman suffrage and pro-
hibition. It is filing a long felt
want and improves with age.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27

Who is this Cochrane that the
Grand Forks Herald wants elect
ed United States senator? What
is the matter with the present
senator, doesn't he get along well
with our oil inspector? Better
give Hansbrough the glad hand,
Winship, and quit kicking against
the pricks.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27
An Unprecedented Test.

Martha R. Almy, jamestown. N. Y:
From the time when Margaret Brent
asked to- vote in the Maryland AS
scmbly, January 81, l647-48. to the
present day. the women OF America
have been asking for a voice in gov
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27

The fusionists claim, that if
$4,000 votes were taken from
Mckinley and put in the
close states Bryan wonld have
been elected. On the same
theory if you took $4,000 votes
and put them in close democratic
states Mckinley would have had
forty more electoral votes. and
on the same theory if you took
Pennsylvania big majority for
Mckinley and distributed it
around, Mckinley would have
carried every state in the union.
Oh no, it was no landslide, it was
just a great big tidal wave. See!
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27

The Aneta Panorama is one of
the newsiest little sheets these
days that reaches this Office.
Friend Pepper is just more than
doing business and if Aneta is
not we'll advertised it will not be
his fault.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27
Smith Sisters.

The voices of the young women are
uninformly marked by sweetness OF
tone which, when taken together with
the perfect blending of the choruses.
furnished music fit for any occasion
and equal to the demands of the most
exacting audiance. Nearly every
number was encored, and when the
program was concluded with Home,
Sweet Home" as a chorus number.
the audience seemed to prefer q con-
tinuation of the pleasant hours they
had spent in the attractive concerts
given by these charming and talented
young ladies never fail to please their
audiences and create. demand for ~
reappearance. should say that no
lecture or entertainment course would
be complete without securing this rare
attraction for at least two successive
seasons.
o. Fl. PALMER,
OF the Y. M. c. A. Lecture Committee.
Program of Gipsy Entertain
l. Music,
MRS. SCOTT.
2. Recitation, Spanish Duel,
Mrs. PoTrLE.
}. Tableau, Gipsy Fortune Teller,
MEsDAMES BROWN. STORK AND Miss
LAURA RETzLATF, MEssRs. SToRK,
HANSON AND WH1DDEN.
4. Duett, Gipsy Countess,
MISS BROWN, MIR. WH1DDEN.
5. Macbeth's Witches.
MEsDAMEs SToRK. PlTNER, PUR1N-
TON AND MISSES RETzLAFF AND
HoLToN. !.
6. Duet, "Then You'll Remember
Me-"
Miss BROWN, MIR. WH1DDEN.
I. Recitation, ''Zingarella,"
Mrs. PoTTI.E.
s. .Gipsy Maids Fantasy,
MESDAMEs BROWN, PITNER, MISSES
HoLToN AND RErzLAFF.
8 Song and pantomine, "Gipsy's
Warming"
Mrs. PoTTLE. MISS BROWN, MIR.
HANSEN.
10. Tableaux, "Gipsys at Home," q
characters in costume.
IL. Gipsy Wedding,
Chief, Jas. H. Sinclair; Queen, Mrs.
Pitner: Groom, M. w. Buck; Bride,
Miss Holton.
After the entertainment an oppor-
tunity will be given the audience to
have their fortunes told by Mother
by Gipsy girls, 10c. Sat. eve Nov. %.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27
BRIGGS Courier,
PERCY r TRUBsHAw,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

Plumley, of the Fargo Forum,
has been down to Canton to visit
Mr.. Mckinley. We have no
doubt but what Plumley has
fixed that Fargo postofice all
right. Great scheme.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-11-27

L .nsAct C1 sweet potatoes -.
pounds III iowa and 56 pouii...
Of the other states.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-15

least such is n general belief. and I
am not sure but it is we'll founded. Ger
tain IL is that excessive persplration has
been largely reduced thereby. on the
other hand. this extremely dry heat
brings to many n partly suffocatlns feel
ing-a feeling as though the atmosphere
Was lacking IN the proper amount or
quality OF oxygen.
The parched palate asks for moist
oner and for repeated lotions in decreas-
ing periods Of time. Still the whole is
both bearable and supportable. and the
foreigners who have located at Briska
seem 10 have acclimated themselves IN a
comparatively short space Of time.
II would be doing the Sahara an injus-
tlce 10 allow il to pass without referring
10 its great salt lake. the Chott Melghigh
When we first saw il from a distance OF
a few miles il broke upon the landscape
with n dazzling Wilderness. The salt
was on the surface. and the eye failei
10 distinguish the PRESENCE OF water. II
was like "a vast field Of Immaculate ice
thrown into the sands. over which hung
the images that were hrnst into he sky
by the rarely failing mirage. This Is
the largest salfpan Of the Sahara. and
4, occuuies a position denrossed consid-
erabrv below the level OF the sea. II IS
here thatthe Gifted Roudaire had honed
10 bring rho waters Of The Mediterranean
20 give back 10 tho eel that which once
belonged % it.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-15
Kansas City's Giant Policeman.

Possibly there is no other town OF its
size In the United states that has as
large policemen as Kansas City. Kan.
Ry request Of Chief Seryiss every officer
on the force was weighed and measured
Yesterday. and an average made that
Comparisons could be made with other
cities.
The average weight Of each policeman
T. 19s IS pounds. The average height
IL feet 10 10 inches. The heaviest Of
fcer on the force is Patroluan Joe Ad-
olson. who tins the beam ~ 2So mounds
and measures feet nrd inches In
rcioht Tho lighteef officer On tho force
v oi~hs ~ nonnds There livhtee'shr'l
voirhs ia mounds. Thorc ore no ni~r'ioe
nrnong tho Kansas Ci'v Ran noli"enen
Tverv man ie 1arge and we'll built and
canahlo ~ fuIf1inp tho duties Of houn-
cor whenever bic eorvicos are ro0ri~"d
'rhie AVERAGE woighf &c greater tN"r that
~ Denver Omaha or any other Wosfern
citv with two ovcanfione T. &c greater
than that Of Cincinnati. Louisville. Nil
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-15
Contempt for DANGER.

Familiarity with danger brings about
an absolute contempt said the man
about town. People who are compelled
TO engage In occupations which are con-
sidered risky begin with every nerve on A
tension, and gradually lose consciousness
that danger turks about them and be-
come practically callOus. | saw this eX-
emplihed the other night while waiting
for the Southern Pacific ferry TO pull out
from its pier. A bulky locomotive WIS
putting and blowing and tearing up and
down the neutral ground on the river
front. conveying cars 10 and from the
big transfer vessel.
On account OF the steep grade on the
incline the engine is compelled TO put on
a full head Of steam. and consequently
travels very rapidly for a short distance.
While this was going on l observed one
or the sWitcnmen with a lantern on his
arm step Immediately in front OF Ito
locomotive. The big animate piece Of
mechanism came rolling along. and 1T
as IL seemed that the man would he over
whelmed he nonchalently raised his lex.
inclined his body at an angle OF forty
five degrees. and the next instant was
on the fender and out Of danger.
The slightest slip would have meant
the switchman's death. for bad he missed
his footing he would have gone under tho
wheels. and yet have no doubt nut that
he has been doing the act for some years.
and will continue 10 do 50 until he nm NY
is crushed to atoms. Thousands OF other
railroad employees. Ike him. literally
carry their lives In their hands. and real
w DO not appreciate their danger tCn-
slant Intercourse with tnelr Occupation
bos rendered them hardened. and hey
sten on and OF moving trains with as
uttie fear OF the result as when an =
binary man steps over doorslil. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-15

be handled tho hardening rubber Is shap-
ed by winding II at first around stick.
After a bit the stick is pulled out and
the ball is re-wound TO finish IL of. In
some places these balls weigh three
pounds or more each. I'm others, five Of
them make a pound. The purity Of the
rubber depends much upon how much
other juice has been added. The best
and purost is that obtained from the
juice without boiling. This is only found
in the shape Of bracelets. because tho
natives wind the juice as IL runs out
around their wrist and let II dry there.
When perfectly dry IL slips on easier.
This would be transparent rubber if The
skin and fingers OF the natives were not
so very dirty.
The natives often used TO put foreign
substances such as small stones. paim-
nuts. and little balls Of grass into tho
rubber bail TO make 1t heavy They were
soon found out. and every bali Is now
cut through the centre 10 reveal its mix
ture. Often the rubber Is buried for some
days because IL draws the moisture from
the ground. which adds TO the weight
Cheating is resorted TO because the pay
is so poor. II takes a party Of eight or
ten men and boys six 10 eight weeks 10
gather from eighty 20 one hundred
pounds OF rubber The value OF this II
an is hrst-class. is from 90 20 80 yards
OF cotton cloth or forty gallons OF rum
or three or four nintlock guns. Surely
this is poor pay for this kind OF work.
Still. the natives rejoice greatly II tho
men from one town return with 100
pounds. II seems like a fortune 20 them.
because they need so little that civilized
people crave and pay for. When this lit
tie fortune is spent and the weather per-
mits. another trip is undertaken TO the
rubber region.-New York Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-15
IN THE SAHARA DESERT.
ASUMMLR VISIT 10 the WASTES OF
SAND AND ROCK.
Various Aspects OF the Great Desert-suin-
mer temperature and getstion'
The Perpetual Mirage.

the iron horse hurries through
N the final break In the AtL,s
~ Mountains all eyes are instinct
~ lively turned In the direction OF
the desert. The poetry OF uav-
81 Is now presumably TO be turned INTO
prose. the SOFT and smiling picture OF ma
ture into that hard russedness whieh
speaks OF a landscape not yet hhlsheu'
And yet the first view OF the desert Is
that OF one OF its GASES. and OF one "hich
II very nearly the fairest OF them az
for IT receives the GOODNESS OF the hor'n
as well as the heat from the SOUTH a1I
the stream that carries the luxury vi
growth into its deeper recesses has ho'
yet feen sapped OF It's vitality by Il cSh-
tinuous summer heat.
Long before we reach the fine gardens
of I'll Kantara we are IN the desert
Giant rocks. burned brown ana red under
the glow Of the southern sun. stand out
in Wild pinnaclrs from the gently I'M
dulating surface. their ragged sides buried
deep IN the sand which they themselves
nave made. This is not the desert Una,
is ordinarily pictured in the mihu-'ha'
Hat. endless oxpanse which tades OH uh-
moved and unbroken 10 the limits OF
vision-but IL IS the desert. nevertheless,
lust as much as the mountain SHOWS OF
the far north are a part OF the great
Arctic sea Of ice" Beyond. however
is the great plain itself its swelling I'M
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-15

uGlauons hardly relieving TO the eye the
appearance OF absolute hatness "hl0h
The picture presents.
Tho truth Is that the Sahara has a
double aspect. that of the nat ana sandy
plains and that Of the rocky ridge or
mountain, the sO-called Hammada. IL
b. the latter that Is more particularly
dreaded uy the caravans, Tor among theF
Wind-swept crags there are no. or out
few cases, and only The blowing SANDS
and a relentless sun are the companions
o. the fOot-sore Pilgrim In the nat
desert, at least where the SAND Is not
too deep. . avellng Is moderately easy
Tor over long distances the surface mas
lecome coated INTO hdrd, caicareous
Crust-a solid basement rock. one may
call IL. We saw no sand dunes OF any
magnitude. those along the southern face
OF the great Chott Meighigh. about TWEEN
~ feet in height. being the highest. But
/ was informed by competent authority
at Biskra that beyond Tuggurt on our
route. they rise 10 the prOulslOus height
Of 200 TO l.400 feet. This Is certainly
an imposing monument 10 the power or
the wind-one that speaks FAR more elo-
qGently even than the wind-swept sands
OF Coral islands.
IL has become custom in certain book
quarters OF tate To- say that the sahara
is not as fiat as II is commonly assumed
TO be, and that IL is almost eVery"here
torn into ridges ard rents. That Is.
however an imperfect statement OF the
truth. The fiat desert IS almost inter-
minably fiat for days or weeks OF travei.
with hardly d rise OF mere than Few
feet for mile after mile Of perspective
All around is the same expanse' IN VAIN
the eve searches for some special object
TO give ii relief IL does not exist. unless
1t be the far-off tufts OF an approaching
oasis.
/ am not sure that these endless SANDS
are truly imposing Sometimes they GER
toinly are. but thoy present most exaui-
site pictures IN the varying lights OF the
morning and evening sun. IL Is then
that they seem TO constitute a world or
their own. speaking In color that belongs
to them alone. We were not TO any
extent troubled by their presence either
as impediments to travel or as freedy-
floating discomforts In the atmosphere
Only as We approached Mreir' at the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-15

II want something handsome in the
way of a clock. he said 10 the Je"eiIei
I'VE have d very nne hne Of eoous,
Was the response. and the prices are
very moderate.
l want something that VIII snow al
glance that II cost a whole lot OF money.
Certainly. We nave some beautiful
imported goods.
mats tne idea: something that came
from abroad. | want an onyx pedestal
and ormolu trimmings and a statue on
the top Of it,"
Here's a veritable work OF art"
That's pretty well. but I'd like some
thing more attractive than that its
TO be a birthday present 10 my VIE. we
haven't been keeping house very long
and she's been worried for fear people
would think we were going without
clock because we couldn't afford one. m
going 10 see that she has something so
handsome that II II dazzle everybody who
comes into the parlor and so precious
that il has to be kept under glass like
a specimen I'm the museum
flows this one?" the jeweler inquir-
ed. as he lifted a niassively ornate aru
Gle from a shelf.
That's the very thing. That'll please
her almost 10 death. Pack II up and
ship 1t out to my house and send the
bill to my Office"
I'm cost sl25." the jeweler mildly sug-
gested
That's ali right. II looks as II II were
worth IT..
He started for tho door. but came back
and said. by the way. you'd better
give me another clock-one OF those small
nlckel-plated affairs that cost about a
dollar and a hall TO that we can stick
Wash!ngtoo Star.