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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

pfafts. gathers and In a Few cases little
bustles.
All this we have changed. Arms are
small again or look so in the tight
sleeves. Most Of the blouaes and shirt
waists, to say nothing Of jackets and
tight bodices, are so cut as to suggest
a marked degree of slenderness, and
the skirts fit so closely around the hips
that to b. ~ole to wear them all under
wear save a silken divided skirt is dis
carded.
This has a shaped yoke ct the top and
is but one thickness of bias silk. The
lower part is ruf1ed INC 1ounced until
the desired width is obtained. A few
wear tights and a silk skirt, but It is a
significant fact that nine out of every
ten new undersarments are divided
skirts SO arranged as to At without a
wrinkle around the waist and hips.
And where are the fancy rufiied skirts
of q month ago? On the bargain u
tiers or ''out." Out Of sight, anyhow.
The other day in a window I saw a
dozen or so of the new silken divided
skirts. They were pink, blue, green,
purple, maize, light brown and plaid
and striped. There were i've distinct
stages. each marked by a ruffie that
was the foundation Of another. By the
time the whole five were sewed together
the lower one, as can be imagined. must
have measured at least three yards
around.
These divided skirts. 1t must be IN
d%erstood, are only for street wear. For
home the gowns are not SO very close
as to admit of no underwear. yet he
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
NO QUICK DIVORCES.
NORTH DAKOTA GOES OUT OF THE
BUSINESS ON JULY I.

Popular Sentiment Of the State Fore
ed the Amendment Of the Three
Months Residence Law = How b
Fight Was Waged.
North Dakota is going out of the d.
vorce business. The state is to be a
People with marital differences will
have to take their troubles elsewhere
for a speedy cutting of the nuptial mot.
Ever since North Dakota entered the
sisterhood OF states she has furnished
an asylum for the men and women who
wanted quick divorces. This was be-
cause the divorce laws of the state de-
manded only a SO days residence from
the plaintiff and allowed DEGREES on
grounds of desertion and similar COM
plants that are easy to prove.
But the last Legislature, yielding to
the popular demand of the respectable
citizens of the state, amended the dt-
vorce laws so that a years residence is
to be required. This amendment goes
into force on July /. Its effect has al
ready been felt, for no application for
divorce which was not filed before April
/ can be acted upon under the old law.
The fact that the divorce business
was a most profitable one to North Da-
kota emphasizes the general s~oundness
of North Dakota morals, for the people
of the state were almost unanimous in
demanding that this traffic in human
unhappiness should cease. They con-
sidered it a disgrace.
Guthrie and Fargo have been the
principal divorce centers. In both these
cities there hourished many law firms
whose chief business was the carting OF
grist to the divorce mills. Not content
with the business which came to them,
they advertised freely in the eastern
papers. Here is one of the1 tempting
bats which recently appeared in a New
York newspaper, the names being
changed:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

terly waged in the last two. The at
torneys organized to fight the measure,
but found themselves arrayed against
almost the entire people of the state
outside of business interests affected,
and their opposition became lukewarm,
Bishop John Stanley of the diocese Of
Fargo started the crusade against the
80 day provision of the old law. He
soon had the women of the state, or
ganized by the w. c. T. u. behind him.
The first fight against the aw was a
failure. The house passed the amend
ment, but the senate defeated 1t by one
vote. The fight was kept up in the two
succeeding years, and the amendment
as introduced by Judson Lamoure went
through the>last legislature.
Even with the boarding houses and
saloon keepers behind them the divorce
lawyers could not win The Fargo bar,
which is recognized as the largest and
most influential in the state, attempted
to organize for opposition and appoint
ed a committee to visit the legislators,
but that committee dwindled down to
one. man. whose influence was not ex-
erted to any great extent.
The effect upon the business done at
present by the courts has been to in
| crease the amount. The colonies of di-
vorcees are larger, having been in
creased by the emigres who rushed into
the state to make good their residence
under the 80 day provision Of the old
law. The court records indicate that
their lawyers are filing their cases as
rapidly as possible and are working to
clear up the field for the benefit of the
clients whose cases will have to be
brought in before July /.
The most outspoken, frank adherent
supporter of the old divorce regime even
| RE of Grand Forks. He disclaims any
| disposition to make a speciality of di-
vorce cases exclusively, but acknowl-
edges that the branch of the practice
was the most lucrative the Dakota at
torney had. His name is as well known
in the history Of Oklahoma divorce
courts as it is in North Dakota. He
founded Guthrie, Oklahoma, but as
soon as congress abolished the 80 day
provision ofsthe territory he moved his
practice to North Dakota.
1.-THE divorce business has been a big
thing to the state, and it's destruction
will be a big loss" he says. "Of course
no one is coming to North Dakota when
a legal residence can be established in
South Dakota in half the time"
So South Dakota will probably be the
headquarters Of the divorce colony
til the people rise in their might and
drive out the divorce mills. In the
meantime North Dakota is preparing to
watch the divorce stain fade from the
escutcheon Of the commonwealth
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

AhO q ~
bright point that had hitherto escaped
detection. She made hsr discovery I'M
no such way. 6sle found 1t while atttlne
i'm her study at HaRxaFa observatory. I
Part of her work is to exaEdHe. EhA
photographic plates WhtcfT ere .smRaa
with the Bruce Photographic TELESCOPES
by Harvard observes in the obsarva-i
tory at Areauapa, Peru. Tkese p4ates
are sent to Cambridge .foriresearch. By
comparing them with other plates OF
the same part of the heavens takensaf
previous times tits possible to
changes take place in space
Mrs. Fleming is q native OF puErdees
Scotland, butshas made hershome in thfss
country ever since 1874, when she frs6
secured employment at Harvard. Since
then she has examined thousands OF;
Photographic plates and has discovered
several variable ana five new stars. fn~
GLIDING her latest achievement in this
direction. Mrs. Fleming has been aided
in her work by Miss A. C. Maury. Miss
E. f. Leland, Miss NJ. C. Stevens and
Miss L. D. Wells, who nave manysdis-
coveries to their individual credit. I,
1t is interesting to note in this spaFtic@
ular instance how women have helped
in the dvanoe ofsthis branch of astro-
nomical research, either by their skill, as
in the case of Mrs. Fleming. or by their
generous donations, as in the case OF
Mrs. Henry Drapersof New York city,
who has contributed large sums OF
money in furthering the work Of Har-
ward observatory in connection With
that at the Arequipas observatory and
Miss Catherine Bruce of New York city,
who furnished the funds necessary for
the construction and erection OF the
Bruce Photographic telescope at the lat
ter observatory.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
Four ohnrehes on ono Spot.

Says the London "Mair":-A remark
able discovery has been made IN the exca-
vations of St. Michael Bassishaw, which
has been cleared of dead bodies prior to
its removal under a scheme of the Ecclesis
astical Commissioners
In digging down to clear the vaults dis
tinct traces of three floors lower than tho
existing one nave been discovered, show
ing that at least three churches have
stood upon the site prior to the fire of
TondOn. 11f
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
An.ient Inkstands.

An inkstand that was probably in use
/, 400 years ago has been lately acquired
by a museum in Berlin. It is Of Egyptian
make and is supposed to belong to the
eighteenth or nineteenth dynasty, or
somewhere about 1900 B. g., although its
real age can only be judged of approx
mately.
Ii is made of wood and has two COM
partments, an upper one provided with
two holes, one for black and one for red
ink, and a lower one for holding reed pens.
The black and the red inks are certainties,
for some still remains, in a dry condition.
within the receptacles.
Another ancient inkstand is supposed
to have been intended for the use OF q
schoolboy. It would certainly hold Ink
enough for q schcolboy's needs, for 1T has
No fewer than fou-Iink holes. Both Ink
stands were found - Thebes-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
PLUCKY KANSAS r
A Nurse who Passed Cartridges to
Volunteers In the Trenches.

A real daughter of the regiment is
Miss Olivia O'Brien. the Topeka girl
who has not only nursed the Kansas
soldiers in the hospitals, but has gone
into the trenches with them when they
fought the Filipinos. Private W. S.
Cooper of Company Z, in writing home
to his parents in Ottawa, Kan, says in
the course of his story about the fight
ing before Manila: There vas a lady
nurse in the trenches with US that
night. She sat right ext to me, and
every time I took a shot she had anoth-
er cartridge ready for me-"
This was Miss O'Brien. She comes
from a fighting family Is well as from
a fighting race, for she was born and
reared in the regular arny Her birth
place was Camp Harvey, Or. She is the
daughter OF the late Captain John
Smythe, who died at an army post in
Arizona when Olivia was a wee bit Of a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

strangers sometimes mildly wonder
what spa or sheets of blank pa
per are tied on the windows and ball
comics of certain houses for" says THE
Mexican Herald" Getty of Mexico1. "A
sheet of paper thus arranged Is a sign
meaning hat there are rooms to rent IN
the house on which it is displayed, and
is just as significant in its import as
three golden balls over a pawnbroker's
shop are in other countries" Il
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

The largest tree in the world is to be
seen at Mascali, near the foot of Mount
Etna, and is called THE Chestnut Tree
of a Hundred Horses Its lame rose
from the report that Queen Jane, of
Aragon, with her principal nobility, took
refuge from a violent storm under its
branches. h trunk is two hundred and
four feet in circumference. The largest
tree in the United States, it is said, stands
near Bear Greek, on the north fork of the
Tule River, in California 1t measures
one hundred and forty feet in circum-
ference. The giant redwood tree in Me-
vada is one hundred and nineteen feet in
circumference.-April Ladies Home Jour-
nal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

BICYCLE SUIT OF GRANITE CHEvroT.
tendency runs somewhat that way. The
lower part of the skirt measures four
yards around and often more, particu-
larly when there is a train. To obtain
his 1aring effect there are several
means. One is to curve the seams at
the knees. which throws the bottom out.
Another is to nave the seams left open
Is inches up from the bottom and put in
fan shaped insets, the top part being
folded over to a point and stitched
down on the outside. This throws the
bottom out widely, while the top fits
like a gloyf.
In a triangular window Of the oldest
and most ~aristocratic store in the city I
saw a visiting dress. and a dainty morn
ing dress for a rainy day. The first was
a black and white silk gown SO stiff 1t
stood out in hard, crisp folds. The
ground was white, with black hair lines
marking fne checks a quarter Of an
mol square. Thrown over this were
Inch wide black stripes six inches apart.
The skirt was cut 30 that the stripes
formed points in front. There was no
trimming on 1t. There was a jacket Of
black velvet, bound with a very narrow
fold of white satin. This binding was
on, pockets, sleeves and revers and fat
collar. It opened over a white satin vest
with high, plain stock in form Of a col
lar. A scarlet velvet cravat was knot
ted In sailor fashion.
The morning dress was Of pink veil
ing hemmsd eight inches deep around
the bottom, and there was no trimming.
There was a short yoke in front, to
which all the front Of the dress was
gathered very full and from which It
hung In long lines. In the back was a
vatican fold. The sides were fitted,
and there was a pink satin ribbon pass
ed under the fold and loosely tied in
front with long loops and ends. The
sleeves were full and ended at the ell
bow with a silk rufie. A pretty bow
was at the forearm. The stock collar
was high and had a rune OF two inch
white lace at the top, which fell over a
series OF small pink satin ribbon bows
set around the collar. In front It tied
with loops and ends. The whole thing
was so simple and yet 30 dainty that it
Is no wonder / fell in love with 1t.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
SHE FOUND A STAR.

Harvard's Woman Astronomer Who
Has Achieved a UasGne Distinction
Mrs. Margaret Fleming, the Boston
woman whe recently ~discorerad , sew
star in the constellation of Eagittarlua,
Is one of the very fewx women astrcnc-
mers Of note. Mrs Etemfsgs star.
while not a very eigspRs Is abrand new
occupant OF the stefas Fields. j
1t does not a~ecessarily follow that hes
cause Mrs. Fleming discovered q star
she sat at the END OF a big. telescope and
searched the eaven until she fc1z1a d
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
new atnd OF " leather.

A little Irish maid, fresh from her ma.
tive Isle, has furnished her New England
mistress with many a new phrase.
ssThe sun has hard work to shine this
week, Nora" said the Indy to the maid,
who was dustirg her room one gloomy
day. "It comes out for q few minutes,
and then the clouds hide it for hours
again"
Eyes, MIN, said Nora. Its what
you'd call bashful weather, min, now,
ism t itY'-Youth's Companion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
phsllppine weddlng oe..um..

When a Philippine woman of better
class gets married she sometimes wears
as her wedding dress a costume of ma
tive manufacture that reaches In value
up into four figures. 1t takes months
to make a handkerchief or a sleeve. SO
microscopic and delicate is the fabric.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
Another Underground Railroad in
d

Al company has been formed in London
which is seeking the right to join Baker
street and Waterloo road by means Of an
underground electric railway. The dis
lance is four miles, and the estimated
cost of the work is ST, SOC. 900.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

But while the lawyers made smooth
the legal path to freedom they charged
high prices for their services. The ho-
tells, boarding. houses n saloons prof
tied greatly also. So when the move
ment to amend the law was made there
was active and organized opposition.
The fight for the amendment extended
over several years and was most bit
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
cruel Chlu-sn Parents.

At a Christian school in China there
were fifty girls picked put Of some river
or bond, where they had been thrown
by harents to drown.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

The fashionable woman now wears 9
signet ring. and soon will carry a jeweled
walhinas stick. The signet ring is a very
fine narrow band. with a simple plate Of
gold on which the monogram of the
wore these. and many of them must be in
existence today.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

a Short while since aD adYenturous
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06

A girl looks to marriage as a goal. A
man often regards # as g prison. Small
Wonder tha the two views clash. The
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-28
BARRIERS ON the Ocean.

One of the most important persons on
board we'll equipped ocean liner is the
barber If he is gifted with good bust
ness instinct, he is in position to make
good deal of money.
To the average man shaving while at
sea is difficult and hazardous opera
ton. He therefore calls into requisition
tho services of the ships barber, man
who by long training is qualified to
WELD the razor with skill and safety,
no matter how much the vessel rolls or
pitches.
He is always one of the most heavily
clipped" officials on the ship. If the
ship travels on route with interesting
ports of call, the ships barber makes it
his business to lay in stock of native
knickknacks and curios of all kinds.
The inexperienced traveller is natu-
rally little suspicious of the native
peddlers who swarm on beard with their
wares directly the ship is at anchor. He
prefers to purchase his mementos of
foreign travel Of the barber, who, hav-
ing bought his stock at wholesale rates,
is able to retail the various articles to
passengers at prices little if at all high
er than those charged by the native
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-28
Notice of Sale For Threshers'
Lien.

Wher, a.. ore jrns =. WHITTIER Of Twp. ia.
ts. hs In Griggr county. sta ic of North Dakota,
da on the 4,h day of September, A. d. 1893,
mike his certain contract with Edward Gam
n"g gard to ihrrsh uii grain consisting of wheat.
bar,ey, oats and fax raised during the year OF
1899 on the wv Of Sec 70, Twp. l44. Rg. IS also
we ne 20 y. res of the ncs of Sec. q, In Twp.
~. i:g. rs. all in Griggs county, state of North
Dakota, to securethe payment OF the sum OF
seventy-i:lree and IS. 100 dollars. aud an a,,or-
ncv fe. of five dollars and said lien was the
9th day Of September, 1899. filed for record
IN the register of deeds office al CoopcrstowE,
G:igss Co.. N. ID.
Ard Whereas. default has been made in the
!. rms OF sad contract by reason of non. IN vment
thereof according to agreement thereof and the
amount claimed to be due thereon 1T the date
thereof is seventy three and b8-lOO dollars, and
AZ attorney fee OF five dollars.
Now, Therefore, Notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of enid lien and by order OF eaid Ed
ward Gammelgard. the present owner thereof,
will sell the above described chattes
consisting OF $50 bushels of wheat, II bushels of
barley, 200 bushels of oats, 53h bushels of flax
or 30 much as is necessary to eatisfy snid lien
and the cOsts of sale, ut johnson Bros livery
barn in the village OF COoperstOwn, county of
Griggs, state Of North Dakota, at the hour of =
O'Clock p M, on the 3Oth day Of September, A,
NJ ID. 1899. Ri. BIORN, Agent
,c Dated at Cooperetown. Griggs Co, N. D., this
18th day of September, A. ID. 1899.
Residence and postOffice address Coopcrstown
MD. THOMAS j. MCMAHON
Attorney for Z. Gammelgard, Hope. N. d.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-28

Notice is hereby given that that certain
mortgage. executed and delivered by Ole H.
Moen, an unmarried man, mOrtgagor, to D. S.
3. Johnston Land Mortgage Company, mort.
and filed for record in the office of the Register
OF Deeds of the County Of Griggs and Territory
OF Dakota. now the State of North Dakota, on
the ed day Of November, 1887. and recorded in
BOOK + OF mortgages at page 1874, and which
was thereafter transferred to James A. Ken
yon by assignment dated December 18th 1887
and recorded in Book B of Mortgages" at
page AZ OF the records in the office OF the
duly transferred to D. S b. Johnston Land
mortgage Company by assignment dated Octo-
per 9TH, 1890 and recorded in Book of Mort
cages at page 34 Of the records of said Regis
the power OF sale in said mortgage written has
become operative, and no action at law having
been instituted to recover the debt secured
premises in such mortgage and hereinafter
described. at the front door of the office of the
Register OF Deeds at Co0perstown, in the
County Of Griggs and State Of North Dakota,
October, 1899, to satisfy the amount due upon
such mortgage on the day of sale. The prem
lses described In such mortgage, and which
VIII be sold to satisfy the same, are described
as follows: The South half OF the: South half
Of Section numbered twenty-five in Township
numbered One Hundred FOrty-Eight of Range
numbered Fffty-Nine, in Griggs County, North
Dakota.
There will be due on such mortgage at the date
Of sale the sum of Eight Hundred Twelve and
Seventy-three Hundredths Dollars in addition
TO the costs allowed by law.
D. s: B. JOHNSTON LAND COMPANY.
D. S. b. JOHNSTON LAND MORTGAGE COMPANY,
Assignee Of Mortgage,
W1NTERER & WINTERER,
Attorneys Tysi fes dcfS tg. e 3d.
Dated September 9Th. 1890
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-28
Additional Locals.

The school board at &; meeting held
last week, decided to adopt the free
text book system We believe that
this action is by far the best way to
govern the book business and will
meet with the approval of the majority
of the patrons of the school.
Mrs. Julia Stevens will open up her
new millinery establishment to the
public next Monday morning. and in-
vites her many friends to call and ex-
anime her line of goods. She has
secured Miss Margaret Monson, OF ST.
Paul, an experienced trimmer. and as
also purchased a large and select line
of goods to select from, in the latest
styles. Store just north of the bank.
The Courier has just turned out a
large invoice of stationery for the
Gull River Lumber Company's yards
at Jessie and Binford which are now
in active operation. Mr.. E. M. Jack
son, recently of Jamestown, has
charge of the Binford yard, while Mr..
H. G. Detwi.ler will look after the
company's interests at Jessie. The
work of putting up lumber sheds is
going forward right along.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-28
HEALTH AND HOME.
AN EMERGENCY CLOSET.

l think we have all known what it
is to be aroused from a sound sleep
by the terrible sounds of the croupy
cough Cat least, we who are mothers,
and we have sometimes remembered
with dismay that we had no ipacac
or other remedy at hand.
And some of us us-I trust not
many-have seen our teething babies
go into convultions, in the middle OF
the night, when there was no fire in
the kitchen stove nor hot water in
the boiler. Lesser evils, too, as
burns, cut fingers and so on-how
often where there is a family of little
children do we have to doctor such
ills.
After a good many tribulations tor
lack of the right thing, at the right
moment established IN my home an
emergency closet.
1t was shallow with many shelves
across one-half of its space, and the
other half was reserved for hanging
purposes.
The first rule | made was this:
Nobody was to go to it except in an
emergency. The next rule forbade
anything being placed in it save by
myself. The third and last was
that the key should always hang be-
side the locked door, beyond the
reach Of the little ones. And having
prepared my closet and announced
my rules, proceeded to arrange the
interior classify it contents. The top
shelf contained medicines, all dis
tinctly and carefully labeled, and
with good stout corks or glass stop
pers in the bottles. Little boxes of
ointment and salves stood we'll in
view IN one corner, and there were
three spoons of three sizes called for
in giving medicine. On the shelf be-
low was box of mustard plaster,
bundle OF old linen, some of it cut in.
to strips and rolled for bandsges, and
some leftln large pieces as needed; a
bundle of white flanuel old and soft;
pile OF half worn towels, another of