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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16

golden-haired Nellie-and at length
she came to a spot where two great
masses of masonry had fallen in such
. way as to lean against each other,
forming kind Of low arch very
much like the mouth of cavern.
Harry will never find me here"
said she to herself, triumphantly, %
she crept into tie hole; and, finding
it not large enough to let her stand
upright, she lay right down upon the
ground, and remained as quiet as q
mouse, chuckling inwardly to think
how puzzled Harry would be when he
came to look for her.
But scarcely had her ear touched
the earth when she became aware of
strange, dull sound deep down be-
low her, like the measured beat OF
oars or the noise which would be
made by seine one humping hard
against padded door.
What could 1t be? 1t was certainly
not Harry, and there was no one else
down there except herself; but the
sound could not be merely her fancy
she was quite sure that she did
hear it, and what was more, 1T
seemed to be growing louder and
coming nearer.
Then, for the first time, little Nellie
began to feel frightened. Even in
the course of her short life she had
seen in the East Indian jungles SO
many tigers and crocodiles and huge
snakes and other terrible creatures
that it seemed quite natural to her
that some unknown and fearful mon
ster should have it's underground den
beneath the fort, and should now be
at work to dig its way out and de-
YOUR them ALL
Nellie scrambled headlong out Of
her hiding-place-never needing how
sorely her poor little arms and face
were bruised by the rough stones
and darted cut of the vault in such
haste as almost to knock down Har-
ry, whom she encountered just at the
entrance.
ooh, Harry" she painted, there's
a monster living there under the
ground, and it's trying to claw its
way out and eat us!"
The boy looked puzzled. as well he
might, and at first seemed more in
clined to laugh than to be scared.
But he became serious enough when
Nellie took him back to the spot and
they both heard the mysterious noise
palmer than ever.
..I'l tell you what" said he, with
an air of decision, "I'll just go
straight to papa and tell him about
this. If there's anything wrong he
ought to be told at once, for he's
commandant of the fort, you know
And awaylthey both few to the old
colonel's quarters as fast as their
feet could carry them.
The commandant, who had quite
enough to think of just then, for he
was in the very midst of an inspec-
ton of the failing provisions and a
calculation how long they could be
made to last, frowned slightly at the
intrusion of the children, and was
going to order them out again. But
the instant he heard Harry's first
mention of the mysterious sound, the
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16

How Peruna Quickly cures Baekache.
the Bane OF Womankind.
M RS. G. w. HEARD, Hampstead,
W Texas, writes:
"A eve have moved recently, and
must have lifted something that was
too heavy for me in Strengthening
things up, for / had such a backache
and could hardly stand on my feet at
all. Beside, I was so tired all the time.
My face was spotted and was very
thin. I took one bottle of Peruna and
was soon real we'll. When feel tired
and all run down I take Peruna and
feel all right before finish one bot
tie. know it is wonderful medicine,
and both myself and husband praise
Peruna.
"There has been great deal of sick
ness through this part of the country,
but, thanks to Peruna, which we use
freely, our own family has escaped
with almost no sickness at all.
"Could you but see our baby Ruby
Ito whom we gave Peruna for bowel
trouble), you would see from her
robust looks that you need no better
advertisement in this little town. She
is so fat and rosy, is nearly five years
old now, and is a great believer in
Peruna."-Mrs. G. w. Heard.
Given Up to Dle-AM Doctors Falled-It
Proved to be Catarrh Of Stomach
and Was Cured BY Peruna.
w. A. Mitchell, dealer in general
merchandise, of Martin, Ca, writes:
II wrote you so1ue time ago con-
corning my wife's case. She had tried
all of the best doctors, and we got to
where we thought all they did was
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
THEY BOTH HEARD THE MYsTERI-
GUS NOISE.

colonel's stern, weather-beaten face
changed visibly and looked SO grave
that Nellie felt quite convinced that
there was really an underground
monster beneath the fort, which was
trying to get out and eat them all
up; and she was more certain of it
than ever when she heard the old
colonel making Harry describe as ex-
actly as possible the precise spot
where the strange noise had been
heard.
"Have you told anyone else about
this, my boy?" asked he, after hear
ing all that there was to be told.
"No; thought had better report
direct to you, as commandant of the
garrison" replied Harry, doing his
best to speak in military fashion.
"Quite right" said lis father, with
grim smile. ''I'm very glad you
did. Now, I'll tell you what to do.
Take Nellie with you and go and help
your mother to make bandages for
our wounded men, and mind you
don't say word about this to her
or anyone else till give you leave 50
Away went the two children, still
rather puzzled, but feeling sure that
cit would all come right somehow
for they both had unbounded conf
dence in Harry's father, whom they
secretly believed to be the greatest
soldier alive.
It was drawing toward evening
when the colonel came back, pale and
weary, and with a broad bandage
across his forehead, but looking very
well satisfied for all that.
you've saved us all, my little SEN
tinels!" cried he, laying one broad,
brown hand on Harry's shoulder and
stroking little Nellie's golden curls
with the other. ''These Hindu ras-
calls were trying to dig mine under
the fort and blow us all up together,
but we've stopped their little game
for once, and don't think they'll
have time to try it again.
He was right, for on the very next
day the enemy broke up their camp
and retreated, and they had hardly
disappeared on one side when the
bayonets of Gcn. Roses soldiers came
| glittering over the crest of low
ridge on the other.-Golden Days.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
SILHOUETTE MAKING.
An Obsolete Art Revived ~ Q Pepu-
lar PastiAe for m Even.
ing At Home.

Il Is not difficult process-that of
making excellent limitations of the old
silhouettes by the use of wall shad-
ows; and it is now popular pastime.
The candle or lamp may be placed
on the table at the distance that is
found on trial to make the plainest
shadow. The light should be on q
level with the head Of the subject, SO
that there will be no distortion of the
features by the rays casting shadow
in a diagonal direction, says the Phil
adelphia Record.
By turning the head slightly and
slowly a few times from side to side
the profile can be cast perfectly in a
shadow, as it is easy to see when the
head is turned either too much to one
side or to the other. Have the model
sit up erect, that the chin may not
sink in frills or high collar.
Throw the head we'll back to give
an independent, striking, lively atti-
tude, yet not so far back that it looks
strained. If the head stoops, the sill
houette will probably look downcast
modelassume an expressionfo for preser-
walton. Let him talk moment or so,
while you watch the shadow in pro-
file, on the paper before you. Catch
the most natural set of the lip or toss
of the chin, and then let the subject
maintain that position and expression
easily and naturally, with no pursuing
rNf "a inn
of the jaws.
When he sits still for q moment
quickly and steadily trace the out
lines Of the shadow upon the paper
with your pencil or crayon. Watch
the sweep of the hair and indicate it
easily in its waves, though it is mat
ter of secondary Importance. See that
you preserve the angles of the face,
the bend of the brow to the bridge
of the nose and the square, pendulous,
rounding, snubbed or Roman turn of
the nose itself. Catch the sharp angles
or curve where the nose turns into
the upper lip, as exactly as possible,
and the exact turn of the lips, thin
and firm or tenderly pouting, closely
set or softly dropped apart. See that
you have the turn of the chin and the
lower lip above it. Indicate the neck,
shoulders and coat by. strong, ex-
pressiyc outlines that will preserve
the characteristics. And there you
are.
This is the simple silhouette, and
for it but a few moments are re-
quired. A round dozen can be drawn
in very short time in the evening
when the lamp is lighted. They may
be filled in on a holiday, spare even
ing or a rainy Saturday. For hasty
work, liquid backing or dark ink will
do to fill i'll the outlines, using either
the sponge in the backing bottle or
a marking brush. The penciled out
lines must. of course, be carefully fol-
lowed.
Do not finish the silhouette out to
the edge of the paper. Let the lower
part of the shoulders and bust go I'M
considered. Draw point downward
from back to front, beginning just be-
low the coat collar and touching the
front of the outline at about the CEN
ter of the chest, or little above. This
will give the effect of medallion head,
and much more finished look to the
work when completed.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16

Of
Galena follows:
"Peruna many friends Butte say
of While finishing school
exhausted
enjoy life Of bottles of
Ind that having In the house and taking off
on In re heaNh
"A number Of friends
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
u3or 1 Years an ladependeuce Is Assured
A Quick Dessert.

Getapackage of Rurnham's Hasty Jellycon
at your grocer's, dissolve it in pint Of
boiling water and let it cool. The result is
a delicious and he2i.hful dessert. The
favors are: lemon, orange, raspberry, straw
berry, peach, wild cherry and the unfavored
''calfsfoot" for wine and coffee jelly. All
grocers cell it.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16

Mother-"How did that young man come
to kiss you?" Daughter-"Oh, m-m-ma,
b-before / c-c-could tell him he c-c-couldn't
he'd d-d-done it. Town Topics.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
II. the suburb.

In the Suburbs.
Coal Dealer -Boggs is pretty slow pay
isn't he?
Groceries; spotless cash.-Judge.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
Unap,precintive.

UnappFeCfat1Ve.
Mrs. Flatbush-A1rs. Daubchina is SO
artistic! Whenever she refers to art it is
always with big A.
Flatbush-W her husband differs from
her. He generally refers to art with big
D-.-Brooklyn Eagle
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16

If you think some things, you are fool
to admit it.-Atchison Globe.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-16
More substantial.

More Substantial.
Blobbs-Why did she jilt you?
Slobbs-She detected the odor of beer
ga prude, eh?",
mot at all, but there was another fel-
low whose breath smelled of champagne"
Philadelphia Record.
Skept1cs.
Some skeptics are like the near-sighted
man who skates right up to the danger
sign to see what it says.-Detroit Journal.
l. A man doesn't know how many people he
is acquainted with until he walks up the
Only fools answer questions before they
are asked.-Chicago Daily News.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19
sAN FRANCIsCo cALL.

BUSINESS OFFICE Of The San Francisco
Cali. corner OF Market and Third streets; open
until y O. OclOck every night in the year
BRANCH OFFICES-52T Montgomery street,
corner Clay; open until 9.30 Z. m;
800 HAYES street: open until $3.50 2, m.
G}9 McAilister street: open until $3.50 p m
3l5 Iariin street: open until 3 80 p m
1g41 Mission street. Open until 10 p m
2oGl Market street. corner sixteenth; open
until p. m
JOG Eleventh street; open until , p m
Fo9G Valencia street open until p m
Northwest corner TWenty-second ana Ken
ruclV streets: open until 2 D. m.
22oO Fillmore street. open untu . p. m.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19

6 laborers. near city. y........$27 so and found
men to clear land ............$2 .$25 per acre
3 block makers; horse clippers; 10 tie max
ers; rs woodchoppers, 4 plow teamsters; 10
farm hands; 2 mixers; 5 choremen. 80.
teamsters, r. r. work. 80. .$34 and found
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19

rrSs~Ess crA~cys--e-~---,---,,.
A CLOSE corporation. doing wholesale ana
manufacturing business and well rated IN
Dun's and Bradstreet's requires Few tnou-
sand dollars additional capital; guarantees
s Der cent; wn probably earn 20 per cent;
Investments of 500 or over received box
21s5, Call
s25O-FOR sale; good will and fixtures of sa-
loon; bargain. Apply 157 Minna st:
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19
HELP wANTED-FEMALE-Con.
HELP wANTED-MALE.

& READY. Phone Main 5S4S
Leading Employment and Labor Agents.
634-636 CLAW ST
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19
CLAIRvoYANTs-Continued

CLAIRVOYANTS-C
BROOKS. 1906 Market-suite "a and 35: won
derful clairvoyant and trance medium; read
ings 81 & 81; readings by mail; satisrac; guar
CARPET HEATING AND CLEANING.
WHEN you become disgusted with poor work
send to SPAULDING'S Pioneer Carpet beat
ing Works. 353-S57 Tehama ST.; tel South 40
MODERN CO.; steam cleaning, &c; laying:
cleaning on floor Phone Mint Sol; 923 Mission
AMERICAN Carpet-beating Works-Cleaning.
Sc; renovated. relaid. 1o4 14th St tel Capp 2542
ADVANCE Carpet-cleaning Co., 4o2 sutter ST;
tel Main 1874 GEO. WALCOM CO., Prop.
RUDOLPH & CO. carpet beating works; prices
reasonable. 1703 Harrison St. tel Mission 263
CONKLIN's Superior Carpet-cIeaning Works
S33 Golden Gate ave telephone East 1Z0.
CITY Steam Carpet-beatng Works. G.. H.
STEVENS Mgr, 3S-4O Sth ST.; tel. South 25O.
J. E. MITCHELL Carpet-c1ean1ng and Reno
waiting Co. 240 14th St; tel. Mission "a
CHIRoPODISTS.
Ingrowing toenails, bunions and (corns cured
painess) knife. DR.. Brown. graduate CHI
ropodist indorsed by med prof.n 3o4 Stockton
COLLECTION OFFICES.
COLUMBIAN Law and Collection Agency; 9TH
floor; GIG Market ST.; advic, free. Tel. Bush
1884; able body of attorneys.
DENTISTS.
A-DR T S. HIGGINS, 927 Market st.. Emma
Spreckels bldg.-Painless dentistry at reason
able prices; pure gold filings 81 so; otheH fill
1ngs. 81; gold and porcelain crowns. 50 up;
and guaranteed, So up.
Painless extraction.
do frst-class work only and guarantee 1t.
EIGHT prizes for best crowns. plates. bridges
and filings; extractions or filings by my
wonderful secret, painless method; 20 years
cheapest and guaranteed; lady attendants
DIR. GEORGE w. LEEX, 20 OFarrell st.
ELECTRo-DENTAL CLINIC, 800 Market. cor.
4th rn. Flood bldg, extractions done pain
lessly: teeth without plates our speciality; gold
crowns. So so up p;plates extra ctions free 81 so
up; office hours. a. m. to 9 P. m; Sundays,
8 to 2. ]. w THATCHER. ID. s., Manager.
A NEW plate-The whalebone-cannot break;
warranted 20 years; crowns 50 so; filings SOC;
plates $5, full set; all work painless and war
ranted. Chicago Dental Parlors. "a Sixth st.
FIRST-CLASS dentistry; 1st-class prices; 1st-
class results. w. C. HARDING, MD, den
tist, room "a. IA McAllister st.
AT Ideal Dental Co. Eddy st.-work done
on weekly installments; lowest rates.
PARIS Dental Parlors. 235 Kearny, cor. Bush
Full SET of teeth, 81; crowns, So; filings, 5Oc.
LOWEST prices in S. F.: painless extraction,
SOC. n. Y. Dentists. $50 Mission. Sc cor 9th
SET Of teeth without plate. DIR. H. C.
YOUNG. 1S41 Polk st.
DR.RL WALSH, S15% Geary. mr. Larkin-Pain-
less ext, Soc; plates $5 up; phone Polk 1135
DIR. H c. TRUMAN, dentist. third floor, Ex-
aminer building; formerly in Murphy bldg.
DOG HOSPITALS.
DR.. CREELY'S c. P. dog soap by druggists
or at the Hospital $40 Golden Gate ave-
DREssMAT1ERs AND sEAMSTREssEs
MCDOWELL Dressmaking & Millinery School
Glass rates; patterns cut 1919 Market ST.
FRENCH accordian and knife peating WM.
PILGER, 121 Post, O. Connor & Moffatt.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19

OOI- UOU NIQJ bGs
Omen z a M
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19

CROOKS, 1906 Market-Suite 81 and 35: won
derful clairvoyant and trance medium; read
fngs 81 & 50; readings by mail; satisfac- guar
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19

3 machinists, city job hours work; ma
chinists So; shingle packer see boss here to-
day; shingle sawyer, $50 and found; sash
weight molders .................
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-17
THE HORSE IS UNMARRIED.
Trolley Cars and Automobiles Have Only Bettered Its Con-
 dition.

Ten years ago, when electric trolley cars began to be generally introduced into the, cities, so many draught horses that had been used in the street ear service were put on the market that the price Of horses fell to figure that left no profit to horse breeders. Many stopped breeding horses altogether. Others, more far seeing, began to breed better ones, believing that only the common plug horse was to dis appear from the market. This has proved true, says well posted author ity. The electric elevated railroad has been introduced since that time, and the automobile, both doing much of tke work that used to be done by horses. Yet the price of horses is higher now than it was ten years ago., because. only good ones are in demand and there are not enough of high grade offered for sale.
 The plug" that used to sell for s25, has largely disappeared from the mar ket, and with it has gone the cruelty of drivers. A mans pocketbook usual ly appeals to him more strongly than a humane society, and when he has paid $150 for a horse ne has personal interest in seeing that it is not abused.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-17

Ex-Senator and Mrs Thomas H. Car ter of Montana have had an experience that has probably never been dupli- cated, certainly not in a large city. They live in three-story brick house in the north end of Washington. For several years Mrs Carter had noticed the presence of a number of honey bees around the house. She recently discovered tIat there was a hole in the wall between the second and third stories, made for, but never filled with one of those iron rods used for braces in brick walls, and that the bees were constantly going in and out. She sus- pected the existence of q hive inside the house, and had a section of the flooring in the third story removed. She thus described what she saw: Imagine my suprise when I saw honey solidly packed, extending along the space between the joists and reaching from the ceiling below to the floor above it, a height of about four teen inches. We took out several hundred pounds of honey, and there must be many hundred pounds yet un- der the floor" MT Carter says he has had something to do with several kinds of mining, but this is his first honey mining.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-17
LOVE OF TWO GIRAFFEs.
When Separated They Spent Hours in Gazing LonginE1y Across
 at Each Other.


 Tn the Cincinnati zoo dwelt two giraffes, writes Clifford Howard, in telling some Love Stories of the Zoo,'' in Ladies' Home Journal. Giraffes are not noted for their affection, yet these two exhibited every evidence of true devotion to each other. The male never seemed to tire of caressing the long, slender neck of his partner, and, what was most unusual, would fre- quently leave for her the softest and choicest bits of food. On one occasion, when she was removed from the pen for short time and quartered near by, he seemed to find consolation in some bits of cloth that had been used to bind her throat; always lying down beside them, no matter where they happened to be placed. And dur ing this temporary separation the two would spend hours gazing longingly at each other across the space that divided them. When they were again united they made manifest their su- prelne happiness by froHcking about like frisky colts, blissfully unmindful of the fact that such behavior was anything but picturesque in creatures of their build.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-17
LESSON WAS NOT NEEDED.
An Incident in Stock speouIatinn FIurry That Henry CIews
 Does Not Tell.

Henry Clews, the New York stock broker, is very kindly man and de. lights in doing good. Naturally he figured to some extent in the recent Wall street operations, and a story is told Of him that he has vainly tried to sidetrack, says New York exchange.
 An army officer stationed in the Philippines has been sending home his salary for his wife @p save. She sought to add to it by taking flyer in Wall street. She had invested every dollar of her husbands savings, and in the recent panic all were swept away. She appealed to Henry Clews, with whose firm she had dealt.
 'If I show you the way to get your money back, will you promise me that you will not speculate again ?" asked the broker.
 Indeed I will" tearfully assented the woman.
 s'Well, here's your money; now keep out of the market"
 Clews said afterward that he had not invested the money.
 A broker in the Wa1dorf-Astoria cafe who listened to the story laughed.
 Well, that's one. on Clews That woman brought the money right to my office and asked me to buy Dela- ware 6 Hudson for it. did so, and she made S5,40o.''
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-17
HEADQUARTERS FOR ICE.
Norway Is the Source Of Supply Tor the Whole of
 Europe.

Few perhaps among the tourists who visit Norway for the pleasures of it's scenery are aware that here they are at the headquarters of Eu- rope's ice supply. To the mountain lakes of that country the continent looks for it's foe. The ice is of the finest quality, for the lakes are of crystal-clear water, high up in the mountains, and are surrounded by very tall plnes. The ice supply is con trolled by syndicates, says Youths Companion.
 After having been cut into great squares by blows, the blocks of ice are sent down the mountainside on slides. On the way they acquire amaz- ing velocity, and plunge into an in- closed pond beyond which are the ice ships awaiting their frozen cargo.
 It sometimes happens that through delay in the starting of the vessels, or the cutting of unusual quantities from the lakes to supply ptions al demands, the supply runs shorts Then 1t Is that ice becomes dears end even in 8winter-time is a luxury that must be indulged in sparingly. But ice is used in Europe far less com mon1y than in America, and de- fcient supply does not occasion the sense Of loss that it would in this country.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-17

The question of the right of an off cial to block important business for his own comfort or convenience is square ly raised by an order announcing that neither the commissioner nor the as- sistant commissioner of patents will grant hearings to inventors during July and August. That order, if car ried out, will inconvenience and delay every inventor compelled to secure a hearing, and the general impression is that the commissioner of patents ex- ceeded his authority in issuing it. He and his assistant get paid all the year round and there is neither right nor justice in not conducting the business of all branches of the patent office, which turns in a profit to the govern ment all the year. Something should be done to teach the commissioner of patents that he is only salaried em- ploye, and not the owner, of the patent office, and 1t ought to be done quick enough to save the inventors of the country from delay and annoyance. It is an opportunity for Secretary Hitch cock to show his metal as "a man of business, and if he fails to take ad-y vantage of 1t the matter is likely to be brought to the attention of the presI- dent.