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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-04-07
CHAPTER II1.-(CoSr1Nurp.,
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CHATTER lll.-(CONTINUED.l
Astonished at his own daring, Ber-
Aard had scarcely expected she would
grant reply. His surprise equaled his
transport. as the beautiful head droop-
"a forward to his shoulder. and the
suivering lips whispered:
whatever you are, peasant or noble
-Fecluse, magician, know not what
% whence-I love you now"
Ono moment her hands were cover
"a with frantic kisses, and she was
Dressed passionately to his breast. The
aaxt he had put her away and stood
Jallid. cold. and statue-like while he
0urmured:
"Avaunt. tempter! my love shall not
destroy her in her beauteous innocence,
her tender helplessness. Violante,
an an outcast from happiness; I dare
not. through your love, drag you into
the privations of my own lot. shall
love you, shall bless you, shall
watch over you, but renounce you!"
Scarcely knowing what she was do
ing. pallid, trembling, Lady Violante
erept away from sight Of that anguish
cd, yet stern and resolute face; and
IN the privacy of her own room in
dulged the grief that, so new and unac-
eustomed, was all the more terrible to
bear.
The first news that greeted her when,
pale and weary with a night of watch
ing. she entered the drawing-room the
next morning, was that the stranger
guest had vanished. disappeared mys-
teriously in the night. Hiding her
olanched face from her fathers inquis-
tive gae, she went up to the deserted
tive gaze. she went up to the deserted
been reading together she found these
lines:
God keep you'll shall never forget
Remember. in the hour of need, the
whistle and the four blasts"
Hiding this precious assurance that
IN which had transpired there was not
dream, Lady Violante turned away
With faltering steps. Fortunately she
bad strength to reach her own room !;
ence there she locked the door, and
was not seen .galn that day.
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LEGAL VALUE Or 4 KISS.

kentuelEy Court Declares q7OO Not
Too High, if Not Cheapened BY
A0bson. :@n
The Kentucky court Of appeals TO.
day decided that 500 was not an ex-
cessive price to pay for kissing mar.
ried woman against her viii. William
Ragsdale, citizen Of Trigg county,
called ON his neighbor, James Ezell.
The neighbor was away from home,
but his wife was there, and she looked
% pretty that Ragsdale just could not
resist the temptation, so he grabbed her
and stole several kisses.
Mrs. Ezell told her husband, and was
Frustrated for several days from the
effects Of the neighborly hugging and
kissing.
Instead Of making q gunplay for the
kisser, Col. Ezell Joined his wife in a
suit for 5000 damages. On the trial
Ragsdale swore he never kissed her or
did, and the jury believed the woman
and gave her verdict for 500.
Kagsdale appealed the case, and in
the decision handed down by Judge
Guffy, Of the court of appeals, to-day,
Iue COuFI uOkOS, dS h mdCISr VI 1dWs
that the jury, being the Judge Of the
credibility Of witnesses, and having
found in favor Of the woman, the court
would not disturb the verdict.
After the judges left the bench Judge
Guffy said that he thought 500 was
tritie dear, but the court Of last resort
was powerless to cut down the price,
as no error was committed in the trial
below. He also said that he had in
sisted that the court allow him to in
clude in his opinion statement to the
effect that in such suits hereafter the
woman must prove clearly that she
had never kissed Hobson, and disap-
proved OF all such public kissings; but
the majority Of the judges, while they
agree to this proposition, thought it
best not to include it in the present
opinion.
So it is Of semi-ofticial record that
the Kentucky court Of appeals is dead
against the Hobson style Of OSCILLATION,
and really believes that 500 per kiss is
q fair price.-Frankfort (KyD Special.
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sNosBERY IN AMERICA.
The Smart Set IL Not Composed of the
Best People.

The Smart Set 10 Not Composed Of the
Best People.
During the last twenty years our
population has been passing through
period of awakening in regard to the
usages Of civilized countries, with the
result that the public point of view
has been astonishingly readjusted,
says Scribner's. The people are, SO to
speak, tumbling over each other in
their haste to adopt old-world social
customs, and the paragrapher who
tells us that thewife of the chief mag
istrate wears blue novelty silk waists
to the theater, made by one of her ia
miliar friends, makes point of assur-
ing us that the dressmaker in question
is herself "a leading society woman"
Our public press is rife with society
cant and society gossip and justifies the
practice on the plea that the plain
people are absorbed in the contempla-
ton of the doings and the dresses OF
those whom they know only by hear
say, even as an Englishwoman will run
the risk of apoplexy in order to catch
passing glimpse Of her sovereign. OF
this appetite for social tittle-tattle the
wealthy class seems disposed to take
every advantage, pluming itself on it's
new Importance to the point where it
is constantly trying to devise some
new extravaganza or inanity. But this
is not the spirit of the United States,
nor are these the best Americans. Our
nation is strange is this respect. We
wear our faults upon our sleeves, or,
rather, We suffer a surface population
to belle us in various walks of life.
That is the reason why the foreigners
who come over here and try to amass
the materials for a book in a few
months fail to understand us as we
really are. They are led by superficial
ly prominent indications to believe
many things which are true only of
limited portion of the population, and
they fail to perceive the sturdiness of
character, the independence of view
and the social charm which distinguish
large and constantly increasing por-
ton of the American people, who are
neither extravagant plutocrats nor vul-
gar braggarts and despisers of civilized
practices,
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Days Of the Horse Numbered

Days of the Horse Numbered.
The greatest electrician in the world
declares that the days Of the horse are
numbered, and that in short time
electricity will supplant 1t. Diseases
Of the stomach, liver, kidneys and
blood would he curiosity If sufferers
would take Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. There would then be practically
no dyspepsia, indigestion or constipa-
ton.
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row boat. however, extended, seeming
y undermining the rocky base Of the
huge crag; but broad fiat stone,
oossy and Shiny with the perpetual
damp. barred closer exploration into
the gloomy cavern in which the cave
appeared to terminate. A small schoon-
Or was passing along the water just
ct sunset, a few afternoons subsequent
to the disappearance of Bernard from
Beauvais Chateau, bearing at its peak
- peculiar pennant. The field pure and
white. and relieved only by cabalis-
Tic figure Of inky blackness.
A close observer would have marked
that when in range of the cliff, the
schooner went through a simple ma
aoeuvre. evidently intended as a sig
nal Of some kind. The pennant was
lowered and raised again three times,
after which, from the one little cave
alluded to, shot up light like that of
rocket. saving that the bright sparks
foil away again instantaneously, where
upon from the movement on board the
strange craft. it was evident she was
preparing to lay by-for a short time
ct least. When the deepening shades
mingled all objects in one undistin-
euishable mass of blackness, a small
boat was lowered from the schooner,
and sent swiftly over the water toward
the cave. When the keel grated against
the rock, the oarsman rose up, and
gave three low, but distinct whistles,
which were Immediately answered, and
Q tall figure rose up from another skiff
moored there.
"Qui vive? is it you, Pierre?" asked
the deep, musical voice of the last.
! mo, not Pierre, but Christopher, M.
Bernard
"All the same, as you bring my un-
ele's message and supplies. Shove the
boat farther into the cove, lest some
ousy-body stumble upon it. We will
unload 1t presently. Come up the cliff
into the cave, where we are secured
from eaves-droppers. Since you are
trusted with the signals, I cannot doubt
your fidelity"
The sailor Christopher obeyed the
directions. and then came scrambling
up the precipitous side of the cliff. It
vas not dark enough to hide the out
line Of surrounding objects, but still
TO- secure to make so uneven a path
nay as that he was treading at all COM
eoetable. and Christopher muttered
something very like an oath, as for the
EAird time he stumbled and went
eprawlins upon the ground.
! 1T is no smooth playground" OBJ
served Bernard. himself limping slow
y and painfully, but therein lies its
security-its rugged steepness does not
tempt idle curiosity. but we are almost
thsre. 10 keep up your courage, my
braye Christopher"
s. They strobe ON In silence until they
seaehed the Topped larch tree. Just
Asyond It, in the steep bank Of earth
aAA stone, was huge rock apparently
lnmovablly imbedded there.
Here Bernard paused, and gave three
I eoft. low whistles. Instantly, as If by
4 1lagie, noiselessly and steadily, the
"a - rock moved away, and they pass
gSl into Q narrow subterranenan cham
4 ~. feebly lighted by hanging Ian
fern. At q singular arrangement Of
I 1hAlns arr WhSsls stood the slender
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An Execution.

"Labor-savin gmachinery has been
the great boon Of mankind" said the
political orator.
"Well, it never saved you any.
thing" remarked an old constituent on
the fringe of the crowd.-Philadelph
North American.
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Guarded Ho.pitality.

"He isn't exactly what I'd call an in
sincere man." remarked Mr.. Blykins,
eyes" said the person who is always
eager to hear bad news about human
nature.
"Well, he is the sort Of man who
will End out what time you are sure to
be too busy to leave, before he takes
chances on asking you to 60 out to
lunch" -Washington Star.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinirs Tablets. An
druggists refund the money II It fails to curo
Nc. The genuine has L b @. on each tablet
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Such as are thy thoughts. such also
will be tho character Of thy mind, for
the soul is dyed by the thought.-Mar-
Gus Antoninus.
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Oh That Dslioloua cotfeei

Costs but 1c per lb. to grow. salzer has
the seed: German Coffee Berry, pkg. l5c:
erican Chicory l5c. Cut this out and send
l6c for any Of above packages or send
Soc and get all pkgs. and great Cata-
CO., La Crosse, Wis. [W.nl
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Usuallx the Case.

"Do you like popular songsT'
"No," answered the perfectly candid
man; mot wenn anybody except my
self sings or whistles them."-Wash'
ington Star.
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Ibelieve my prompt use Of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumptiou.-Mrs. Lucy
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It's unlucky to have your affairs at
skies ard sevens-they make thirteens.
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CHAPTER Nv.

he GILL was STU.
ated on the Ger
main estate; and
below it rolled the
river, broad and
deep, and frequent
ly quite lively with
the slopes and
small crafts pass
ing down to Gren-
oble. A small cave,
large enough for a
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Could Not Keep House
Without DR. Seth ArnOld'S Cough Killer. Mrs. E. J.
Barton. Boyd, Wis. 25c. bottle.
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RIA fefmansrtlyCuEed Noats or nsrvousnsss attn
erst day. usa Of DR.. Hines Great Nerve Rsstoree
Send for EREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
u y d. KLINE. Ltd.ssl Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa
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A cloth jacket is warmer than a fur
lined coat, because there is less tempta.
ton to leave it open.
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"I move" said the legislator, ''that
we now take up the ..-
"Mr. Chairman" interrupted a sen.
ator,. hasn't that white mans burden
poetry been worked about enough p
Philadelphia North American.
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Courtship and romance are more In.
than marriage and history.
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Mrs. Wlns1ow's soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums reduces In
dammaton. allsys pain. cures wind collie. Csc bottl0
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Love and coins are sometimes tested
by the ring.
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Every time the wind raises a disturb.
alice it Is sure to blow about it.
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Some Of the so-called pugilists should
try q scrap-iron tonic.
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Any man can agree with . woman,
but 1t seldom does any good.
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compound IS the overcoming Of cases
Of supposed barrenness. This great
medicine is so well calculated to regu.
late every function Of the generative OF.
gans that its efficiency is vouched for
by multitudes of women.
MRS. Ed WoLFoRD. Of Lone Tree,
Iowa writes.~
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"One S4vano Does
NotMake aSpriinq. =.

Myriads Of BIRDS announce
tie opening of bright days and
bring promise Of renewed
health and strength. They
teach as a lesson-to set our
hun,an house In order BY
thoroughly cleansing our
blood, making t. nezv. pare
and bright.
Tho one specific with which e. 40.
complish this il Hoods Sarsapaf..la,
Americas Greatest Spring Medicine.
Its work - thorough, and good health
is sure to follow.
RhelA11atlom -" Innammatory rheu.
matism caused me suffering 80 that could
not sleep or walk. Had no appetite and
medicine seemed useless. Finally used
Hoods Sarsaparilla which took away all
pain" MRS. STELLA NoaRIs, Marion, Ohio.
MalaYja- "I was soldier, and after
typhoid fever had fever and ague, rheu.
matism and nervous prostration so that /
could not work. Nothing helped until
Hoods Sarsaparilla cured me completely
so that I lose no time now" ]. II. STILLMAN,
Cheltenham Pa
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IN MOTHERHOOD is womans natural destiny.
lVE Many denied the happiness of children
through some arrangement of the generative organs
Actual barrenness is rare.
Among the many triumphs Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable
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d@ott1 SalJqbaaM
ll;zs|1IilE 3sL1l.u.lH
A Protes

Heeds Pills euro liver Ills; the on.irritating and
enlX eathaIee to take With Hoods Sarsapafilla
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-10
Report Discredited.

Mrs. ]. L. Bassler, wife of ]. l..
Bassler, was seen last evening and
when shown the dispatch from Fargo
in yesterdays newspapers stating
that her husband had absconded
with $4,000 belonging to the Walter
A. Wood company, she said it was all
nonsense as far as she knew. She
had recently received a letter from
Bassler. dated at Cooperstown, N. d.,
where he was doing some work for
the Plano company, and as far as she
knew he was there still. The only
trouble she knew Of was a matter of
$500 in notes turned over to a local
agent without taking his receipt. The
local man claimed he had not re-
celved the notes. This was last win
ter and how the matter w9s adjusted
she did not know, but she did know
that his trouble at that time was due
to carelessness, not guilt. She in
dignantly denied the charge of ex-
travagance on the part of herself and
daughter, and said Bassler had lost
no money through them.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-10

The new secretary Of war was
sworn in on August 1st and Mr..
Alger retired to private life.
The country expects q whole lot
from Mr.. Root, the new secre.
tary, and whether he is able to
satisfy a lot of yellow newspa-
pers and jingo politicians re-
mains to be seen. The great
trouble is that the American peo-
pie expect too much of one man
especially during these STIR
ring war times. Mr.. Alger has
been more sinned against than
shining and has given way to the
bounding received at the hands
of the public who do not and
could not know the ins and outs
of the business of the war de-
,partment. The ex-secretary is
no doubt much pleased to let go
of an unsatisfactory position.
Mr.. Root is now at the bat with
Miles on deck.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-10

Late telegraphic dispatches in
dicate that the administration is
going to go after the Filipinos in
earnest just as quick as the rainy
season is over. Secretary of
War Root is in favor of sending
about IS, 900 soldiers to the Phil
lipines as fast as possible and it
is thought that Gen. Miles will
be placed in command at Manila.
The people of this country will
uphold such a policy and care
not how many men are put in the
field if the rebellion can only be
ended and that at once. There
is no doubt but what Gen. Otis
has under estimated the strength
of the Filipinos and misled the
government in regard to the
amonnt of troops needed. Since
the advent of Secretary Root
new life has been put into the
war department and the country
can look forward to a vigorous
campaign in the PHILIPPINES.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-10
Attend College This Year.

Never in the history of our country
was there grander opportunity than
the present for educated young men
and women. What an auspicious
moment for those who are just now on
threshold of life.
Grand Island Business and Normal
College has for fourteen years been
the leading institution Of its kind in
the western states and last year more
than twice as many calls were received
for it's graduates as could be supplied.
Everything necessary for a successful
start in life is taught-Business, Nor
NAL and Shorthand courses. Ex-
penses low. Board only Sl.50 per
week. One years time given on
tuition If desired. College Record
sent free, or for six cents will
send elegant catalogue.
Address
A. NJ. HARGEs, President,
Grand Island, Neb.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-10
HANNAFORD.
What shall the harvest be?

What shall the harvest be?
The reports from parts of the coun-
ty would indicate that, unless thresh-
ed in exceptional good shape, we will
have the smuttiest grain that we have
had for a number of years. How
ever, taking everything into consid-
Grafton, Griggs county has no reason
to complain. We have escaped seri-
Gus drouth and the numerous hail
storms that have prevailed in vari-
Gus sections.
Ethel, eldest daughter of Duncan
and Mrs. Sinclair, lies at the point of
death, with but little hopes for her
recovery, at this writing. That her
parents may not be called on to SUIT
fer this sad afliction is the prayer of
many friends.
D. c. Knapp drove to Rogers Fri
day night in hopes to catch the train
in time to see the games at Mayville.
We hear considerable complaint
of the prospects for an oat crop. In
fact all late grains are poor, and
emphasizes the fact anew that early
sowing pays best first, last and all
the time.
Fred Markwood is now settled in
his new home. VIM. Boutwell, is as
sisting him in the lumber yard.
A. M. Sinclair now has in a large
and varied assortment of furniture
and is prepared to do the right thing
in prices.
Very much wet weather will mean
six to eight weeks before new feed is
available, and farmers VINO are any
ways short of feed will do well to get
some now as our last consignments
OF oats and corn are now in and will
be sold at bed rock prices.
w. L. Cave is painting his house.
J.. M. Fiero is negotiating for the
sale of his farm property.
Harvest hands are scarcer than
usual, but don't see any reason tc
fear a famine or pay exorbitan'
wages.
We offered Csc. for September
wheat with no takers. We are nov
offering Soc. for September fax.
K.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-10
A NORTH DAKOTIAN
Defends Gen. Otis in His Man.
agement of. the Manila
Campaign.

CHICAGO, Aug. Lieut.. L.
Kelly, of the volunteer signal
corps, who has just returned
from Manila, is in the city visit
ing friends en- route to his home
at Darlington, N. D. The lieu
tenant enlisted in the North Da-
kota volunteers at the outbreak
of the war and was afterwards
transferred to the signal corps,
in which service he was promot-
ed to the lieutenancy. Lieut..
Kelly said:
The newspaper stories have
been greatly exaggerated. There
is no organized rebellion in the
islands of insurgents conduct
ing a bushwacking warfare, but
there is not force of Filipinos
in the island which will make a
stand against the American
troops. Gen. Otis has broken up
their organization, and when he
receives enough troops to garri-
son the towns and maintain law
and order, what is now left of
the insurrection will disappear.
Gen. Otis has been unduly criti-
cized. He can be found at his
Office from 6 q. m. until midnight.
It is my opinion that it will re-
quire at least 100, 600 men to hold
the islands for a time but the
troops will be used for garrison
duty and not for fighting.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-10
Looking for Her Husband.

Hoping against hope, Mrs.
Charles Bierman, St. Paul, came
to Minneapolis last night to see
if the body of the man killed in
a saloon quarrel was that Of her
husband. She found it was not
Charley Bierman left his home
three weeks ago and went to
Cooperstown, N. D., to seek work
in the harvest fields. A week
after he left, he wrote to his wife
from the North Dakota town.
saying he had arrived there. A
man named Joseph Schultz was
with Bierman, and by a remark
able coincidence a man of the
same name was with Louis Bier
man when he was killed.
When Mrs. Bierman read in
the. papers yesterday of the kill
ing of Louis Bierman in saloon
| in First street north, she thought
it might possibly be her hus-
band, for she has not heard from
him for two weeks.
The descriptions of the man
killed tailed in many respects
with that of the st. Paul man,
and to relieve her mind, Mrs.
Bierman came to Minneapolis to
look at the body at the morgue.
She first told her story at police
headquarters and Detectives
Murphy and Connor accompani-
ed her to the morgue.
The coincidence was strange
one, although from the first the
police did not think it likely that
Bierman would have returned to
Minneapolis if he had found
work in Cooperstown. Tribune.
Charles Bierman receives his
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-08-10
mail at the Cooperstown post
Office and is now working for
Charley Arndt.
Bismark's IRON Nerve

Bismax.kss Iron Nerve
Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitab,e will and tremendous
energy are not found where Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out
of order. II you want these qualities
and the success they bring, use DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They develop
every power of BRAIN and body, Only
25c at H. H. Batenaan & Co.'s drug
store.