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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
MARRIAGE IN FRANCE.
lculties Which Beset
Bachelors.

The hardest thing to do in France is
to get married, says the New York
World.
Yet the French nation affects to en-
courage matrimony, as remedy for
its depleted population.
Study the following case, however, of
q Frenchman who is still bachelor
and consider whether you would pre-
fer conducting your romantic affairs
in that or some other country.
This is the case of workman, aged
30, who wanted to marry woman,
aged rs, who was divorced and an or
phan. Armed with every document
bearing on his identity he could think
of, the workman repaired to the town
hall Of his district. His certificate of
birth was pounced upon at once by a
clerk. 1t was out of date, a recent law
requiring that all such documents to
be valid must have been delivered with
in the previous three months.
To obtain fresh certificate the
workman had to write to the village
where he was born. The delay was
fatal. While he was waiting for re-
ply his parents unexpectedly came in
for little money and in their altered
tancest their prospective daugh-
ter-in-law ceased to find favor in their
eyes. In France, whatever ones age,
one cannot marry without the consent
of parents until after the accomplish
ment of certain formalities.
His family remaining obdurate the
workman only had them served at the
appointed intervals with the prescribed
number of respectful notices. at the
cost of $13. The operation over he re-
turned to the town hall, where the
clerk pointed out to him that he was
just week too late.
He possessed his soulin such pa tience
as he was able, did as he was bid and re-
appeared before the registrar with his
batch of newly delivered and attested
"papiers."
There he learned that he must pay
$40 for different document. The sum
exceeded his means and he is still un-
married.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
THE WANDERING SHADE.
he Airily Invaaes . Football rielA
Meets with . Mental shock ana
Forsooth Would Fade Away.

And suddenly passed by an inclo-
sure wherein were a great multitude
seated upon an amphitheater, watch
ing some event which was transpiring
out upon field all marked with white
bars.
''Aha!" thought I. ''This remindeth
me of the lists! may perchance hap
pen upon some very pretty sword play
here!"
I clambered to good vantage point
and observed the scene with much in
terest. Out upon the field were two
bands of knights in quilted armor and
with hair long and full of burrs. Also
they wore strange devices upon their
noses-the meaning of which visit
not.
20 friend" said I to a bystander,
"canst tell me the name of yon con-
trivance which sticketh upon the
noses of the contending knights even
as a court plaster?"
$50 tot" said the stranger. "Those
are nose protectors"
s'Gramercy, good sir!" quoth I, ''but
why protect the nose and allow the
rest of the body to be put upon the
bum? Is the nose, then, the most
cherished possession of the people OF
this peculiar age?"
Just then our attention was attract
ed by great tumult. One line OF
knights ran toward the other line,
carrying ball the size of mans
head. There was a crash, cloud of
dust, wondrous commingling of
writing legs and arms, and then the
whole company of knights painfully
untangled and came forth again. Some
lay motionless upon the ground, while
others limped away to die. And up
in the amphitheater many youths with
canes and gaudy ribbons arose and
opened their mouths widely and stared
and bawled raucously:
Acknowledgements!
Ker-whack! Ker-whack!
Set i'm down hard on jagged big tack!'
Or thus it sounded to mine ears.
I could not withstand the excite
ment of the scene, which reminded me
of Agincourt. I drew my blade and
rushed between the contending
knights and thundered:
'What no! Gadzooks and have at
thee! Sheath! S'blood!-''
Alas! There was rush-a shock
and found myself Tying upon the
ground in suffocating dust with %
lnsty knights piled above my ghostly
frame. So overcome was I that was
compelled to fade away into thin air
and slowly ooze out of the mass. Yea
verify, twas the only way could es-
cape.
But the knights of the present fight
not as in the days of old.
And in the language of this peculiar
people, II pass it up.'
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
PeMimism.

s'What do you think of that for a
record? Old Chloe, who died yester-
day, was 81 years old and 80 years
served in the one family"
ssOh, I don't know-who can tell?
Did she ever give an account of her.
self during the other IA yearsP'-N.
Y. Times.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
No Ground for Encouragement.

Doctor Ito Irish patient who has
had both legs amputated)- There now.
Pat. Don't worry. You'll pull through
all right. You've got good constitu-
ton, and you're having the best of
care, and the chances are you'll live to
enjoy life for many year yet.
Pat-You do be talking unreason-
able, doctor. Eff there's small show
for a man that's Ton his last legs
what chance is there, Old like to know,
for man that has no legs at all? -Bos-
ton Courier.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
When They Were Renlnaea.

when They Were Reminded.
Sunday School Teacher-Now, children.
what did Pharaoh say to Moses:
Children-We don't know:
do something. Now. what did he say"
Go way back-and sit down!
more American.
Children are a great comfort, especially
to such as never have the minister to tea
Puck.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
OLD SORES CURED

Aliens Ulcerne salve Chpeaie Uess Bsss Ulcers,
uesr vas'ee:: Ulcers l.asie.s msss nsresria
ssres all cid fostiysy ars, natter hew lesS
staAdias. ~ NALL &c. j. p. ALLEN. 81. PAUL. MIMI
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-11-21
OKLAHOMA !! OKLAHOMA y!

Tine 31Over4eAenC ASnn0 reservation OF 5000
ceres. old Fort supRly. TO be throWa open
GERALD lHvEs1nxNT COMPANY. Indianapolis Indiana
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08

The Austrian canal system, lately
adopted by the government, contem-
plates the expenditure of over $751;
100000, and 20 years time, on about
1000 miles of canal. The purpose Of
the scheme is to bring the various
provinces into closer touch by water
communication, and to obtain cheap
er freight rates. The project pro-
vides for a canal connecting the Riv-
ers Danube and Oder, and the Dam
ube and Moldau, near Budweiss; a
canal from the Danube-Oder canal
to the upper Elbe to Melnik; a canal
from the Danube-Ode to the Vistula
and Dnlester rivers, with many
smaller projects. ~ Engineering
News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08
Illinois Central R. R.
THROUGH
Sleeping Car Service
FROM cINcINNATTI L sUIs
VILE TO
HOT SPRINGS
ARKANSAS. VIA MEMPHIS

Through sleeping car reservation
can now be secured from Cincinnati
and Louisville via the Illinois Gem
trail to Hot Springs yiA Memphis on
its New Orleans Emitted, leaving
Cincinnati daily at GOO p M, Louis
vile at $40 p, M, reaching Hot Springs
5.15 the next afternoon. 1t carries
Pullman sleeping car and free reclin
ing chair car Cincinnati to Memphis
and sleeping car and coach Memphis
b. Hot Springs.
Through reservations Ciucinustl
and Louisville TO Hot Springs can
also be secured on the Especial,
leaving Cincinnati S;l5 a. ~, and
Louisville 1901 p. On daily, arriving
at Hot Springs 9:55 the next morning
Sleeping car from Cinainnati, and
coach from Louisville to Memphis
Sleeping car Memphis to Hot Sprigs,
Dining-car seroice en- route,
A special folder of this new sevice'
as we'll as full particulars concerning
the above can be had Of agerts o
the Illinois Central and connnctinl
lines,
w. A. KELLoND, A. g.. p, A.,
Louisville, KY.
A. H. HANSON, G.. PA, Chicago, III
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08
WHERE EXTREMES MET.
How Their Meeting Made Trouble 10
Doctor


Two women met in gymnasium in
This city a few weeks ago. One was a
long, slim woman and the other was a
ihort, stout woman, and they both
worked away at the bars and the
rings until they we're tired Then
they felt justified in stopping mo-
ment for a chat
Il really haven't the time to spare
for these lessons" said the slim wom-
an, whom somemgenerousone might
call thin, ''but my physician tells me
that if ] want to get plump | must
take this sort Of exercise. Nothing
else will so soon give me firm flesh and
rosy cheeks, he declares"
The fat woman stared. She was a
little dumping of a woman, who was
intentionally flushed just now.
Dear me" she said, "Tm doing all
this tom-foolery to get thin. Mydoc-
tor assured me thatif | exercise regu-
larly thus in two months there will be
the greatest difference in my weight,
He says lisa betteranti-fat treatment
than tramping miles in the early
morning or bobbing along on some
poor martyr Of horse"
But he is mistaken. My physi-
clan is considered an authority on
these matters, and he certainly knows
what hes talking about" protested
the slim woman. Hes DR.. Robert
Blank"
why, so is mine DR.. Robert
Blank" said the stout woman, ex-
citedly "D-d-did you ever!"
Then the pair slipped out of theil
gymnasium suits into their street rig
and went off somewhere together. and
the attendant said she'd wager a
dollar it was to demand an explana-
ton Of a certain clever medical mar
of this city.-Baltimore News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08
THE OUTLOOK

Tsor wonlan's happiness in the married
STATE depends less, as rule, upon the
man she is to marry than upon her own
health. The woman who enters upon
marriage, suffering from womanly weak
ness, is cheaping up trouble against the
day of trouble"
Weak woman are made strong and
sick women are made we'll by the use of
Or. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t is
the one reliable regulator. IT dries en-
feebliug drains, heals Inflammation and
liberation and cures female weakness.
II nourishes the nerves and invigorates
the entire womanly organism. II makes
the baby's advent practically painless,
and gives strength to nursing mothers.
al suffered for twelve years with female
trouble writes Mrs Milton Grimes, OF Adatr,
Adair Co. Iowa, (which brought on other dis
cases-heart trouble, Brights Disease, nervous
ness and at times would be nearly paralyzed,
Had neuralgia Of stomach. I can freely say
vorite Prescription four of Golden Medical
Discovery and two walls of DR., Pierce's Peilets),
have cured me l can work with comfort now,
but before would be tired all the time and have
A dizzy headache, and my nerves would be all
unstrung so could not sleep. Now can sleep
aud do a big days work, something had not
done for over eleven year, b-tore."
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, sent free on
receipt of al one-cent stamps to pay ex-
pense of mailing only. Address DR.. X. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08
FAD TOO MANY sPARRows.
Crane Learned to Like Them, But Diet
Disagreed with Her

"Some lime ago had occasion to
observe an interesting change in the
habits aud temperament Of a crane
Which had been picked up in the
swamp, Of Arkansas" said gentle
mai nom one of thctowns on the Mis-
assippj river "and the change was
Startling, too.
"The crane was placed in a small
park which was literally filled with
English sparrows. These pests did
lot ike the visitor from the lowlands,
aud iney made daily assaults on the
poor bird. The sparrows would sys-
fcmaiically swoop down on the crane
h droves, and the attack was fierce
Ind vicious.
(" lhe crane stood the assaults with
Indifference for awhile, but finally the
owl from the swamps figured out a
neihod of retaliation, and it was et-
fc,r In some way the crane
salucd hat sparrow was pretty sweet
aoi rom the time she learned
shS eaeted on sparrows.
"She would slip up cautiously on
lcse pesky twittcrers and throw her
GLOW 5eak ont like gig. She never
Iisseu The mark. She always landed
3 sp4Eow, and singular thing sthat
it would swallow them whole, feath
s and all. But the crane would al
ays dampen the bird by dipping IN
1e Of the water basins Of the park.
The diet evidently did not agree
It'll the crane, and she became
ile droopy and showed signs of in
sposition. She finally died, and the
eper OF the park believes that the
ane's death was caused by severe
Sc Of indigestion, brought on by eat
g sparrows."- IN. o. Times-Demo
at-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08
LAST WEEK
Bic crowds Attending The Inter Inter.
state Fair

ronisvrle, Sept 3O-The great
1n,srstate Fair at Louisville opened
Iast Monday under most ausplcious
circumstances with nearly 5O'ooO
osoole il attendance and u has
steadily increased since then win
eyerr prospect Of thousands being
added TO It daily during the TWO
weeks. The programme Tor tn's
,yeek IS of exceptional merit ana
has already attracted great many
people from Kentucky tennessee
Virginia, West Virginia southern
Indiana aud Ohio
Che cattle exibit is adm't'eu oy
all breeders to be the most compiete
ever seen in the South The Here
ford and Southern classes have MI
ed remarkably well and some Oh .ne
hest bred cattle in the Unto states
are here. The Hereford sale began
Yesterday morning, and the llr us
salemade was bull calf tor @l'%oV.
It belonged to Giltner Bros, OF Em-
inence, and was purchased by f. w.
Simpson, of Nugent, KY Fancy
prices ruled during the sales and d
number of highly bred cattle chang
ed hands.
Every exhibit on the grounds is
compile in every detail and foreign
breeders say that they have never
seen a better lot of cattle, horses
hogs and sheep at fair during the
past twenty-five years.
The Cattle exhibits will contiue tor
III roma der of this week and be-
ginning Monday of next week the
races will begin and continue tor SIX
days. Substantial purses have'oeen
hung up for the trotters, runners
and PAGERS and there is every indl-
cation that fine programme VIII
be offered each day. The ATHLETIC
field contests will be held next week
Some of The. best known athletes in
the United States have entered the
tournament and it IS expected that
a number OF records will be broken
The machinery display Is com
plete Farming implements OF every |
description are being shown and
arc attracting considerable atten-
tion rom The farmers. This display
viii contiue throughout next week
ara some Of the new features viii
be The poultry, Belgian Hare and
gran exhibits.
Low railroad rates are in effect
during tie entire two weeks OF the
fair from every point IN Kentucky
AM mauv Southern cities.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08
osMoTIC PRESSURE.
The Scientific Term for a Very Mys-
terioui Force.

terioui Force.
Every solution has a tendency TO
diffuse into its solvent as if it were at
tracted by the solvent, and if the diff
fusion is prevented by a thin mem
brane this tendency will produce a
pressure-osmotic pressure, SO called.
This pressure is fundamental factor
in the vital functions of plants and
animals. According to de Vries, it
regulates the growth of the plant ac-
cording to Daudres, it regulates the
functions of the blood in the capil-
laries; according to Mussart, it reg
ulates some functions Of the human
eye, as well as the life of the most
deadly infectious poisons, like the
bacilli of typhus; according to the
splendid discoveries of Prof. Loeb,
the act of fertilization of certain low
er animal organisms, the sea-urchins
for example, may be replaced by a
definite increase in the osmotic pres
sure Of the surrounding medium. AT
no time, says Prof. Loeb, has the out.
look for the progress of physiology
appeared brighter than at present
and this is largely due to the applica
ton of physical chemistry to thu
problems of life.-N. Y. Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08
A DETECTIVES STORY.
The wonderful Capture Of His Man n
Mid.Air

The wonderful Capture Of His Man n
Mid.Air.
@The worst half minute and the
aappiest recovery / ever had in my ex-
perience," said an old detective to a
New York Sun man, "happened in
this wise:
Il had been hunting for week for
Ia thief who had made us no end Of
trouble and got away with a lot of
peoples property, and | got him lo-
Gated one afternoon in business
building that had stores on the first
loor and offices above, in which he'd
been making, in a small way, some
pretty good hauls followed him
over this building and finally got him
down on the third floor; and had got
myself between him and the stairway,
and | didn't see how he was possibly
going to get away, unless, as said to
myself, jokingly, he jumped out Of
the window
"But, by the great snakes That's
exactly what he did. I'd got him in
hall, where there was no escape, ex-
cept by a window at the front end
opening on the street, and thought
all had to do was to walk up and nail
him. And I'd got within Is feet Of
him, smiling to myself when, looking
back at me, just once more, away he
wentl He jumped clean out Of the
window
"To certain death, l thought, or
general smashup of broken legs and
arms and ribs, anyhow, and it was
very uncomfortable sensation / had
there for about half minute, think
ing of losing my man after weeks
search and after getting SO close to
him, too, and losing hinin thatway
smashed to death by jumping out Of
a window while | was after him, and
rushed forward to look down and
put my head out of the window just
in time to be hit on the under side of
the jaw by the top ofhis head, coming
up from below with force enough to
shut my jaws together in way that
pretty near knocked my teeth out.
Automatically and instantaneous
ly reached down with both hands,
one on either side Of the mans head,
and seized him by the shoulders and
hung on, and then ! lifted him a lit
tie and dragged him in over the win
dow sill back into the hall, and put the
on him. I'D got him after
all, and unframed.
"And, Of course, it was perfectly
simple. There was a spring wagon
backed up over the sidewalk to the
front door of the store on the ground
floor, which was directly under the
hall window, and my man, taking any
chances for freedom, and with all but
one chance in a thousand Of jumping
to his death, had landed on that
spring wagon with force enough to
bounce him back up into my hands"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08
The Cumulative voting system.

Under the cumulative system of
voting established in Illinois, it's pos
sible for a minority party having only
a small part of the voting strength Of
the district to secure one of its repre-
'sentatives in Springfield. Some years
ago the prohibitionists. in one of the
Illinois districts put the cumulative
system Of election TO test with this
result Each of the republican candi-
dates received approximately 5000
votes. the one democratic candidate
received 5000 and the one prohibi-
ZIONIST 5000. The prohibitionists
captured one seat. The next year
they lost it and they have had no rep
resentative in Springfield since. The
peculiar method which the state Of
Illinois adopts for elections to the
Legislature makes it practically i'm.
possible that either party shall have
a sweeping majority.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08

every time a man is too sick to
down town his wife begins to
.nder how she will look in mourn
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-08
A Lucky Man

Lucky is the man who makes more
money than his wife can SPEND
Chicago Daily News.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-31
OPENING AND CLOsING on MALE

Northern mails week days, close st 30
and 10 AS a. %. and l 16, 2 80, & so and
Z SO D. N. 0psn st 90 q. NJ, - % N
snd 4 80 p. m. Ga Sundays Northern nails
Close at 1 500. ~. md 20 p. N.
Southern mails via Charlottesville, close
aA &c and 10 As q. N. and 2 As and
T65 .. NJ Open at 8 90 a. N. and 2 80
sud 4:3O p. m
Southern nails, via Richmond, Gloss At
10 As .. m. and 2 so end 90 p. m. OpeD
at 8 8. NJ. and aud p. n.
Manassas Division mails close NJ 2 go 6. N
end 40 p. m. 0psn st ~ 80 p. n.
Alexandria aud Bound Hill mails close 81
730A 70. and 4 p. IN. Open 81 9 90 q. NJ
asd 80 p. N.
chesapeake snd Ohio nails closs al 2 Al
o. N. and SO p. N. Open 1T 8 90 q. n. and
a 80 p. N.
Warrington mails close st 2 80 and 10 Al
l. a., and 1 is, 90, 6 90 and z 55 p. m
Oper =. & co a. N, IL 90 N. and 90 p. 10
ral 4 so p. N.
ossos HOurs-opsn ss s O0am. Uoss s
6O0p.m
Sunday HOun-opsn 81 o 90 e. m. Oos
~ 8 80 q. N.
Csrr,srs Schedule Collection msds OF
usids r,utes--6 30 and 10 90 q. m. an.
8 90 sad 80 p. M. Fun route-6 30 a. u1
md 20 p. In. Sunday collection 90 .
N. Carriers window open Sunday 8 90 q. Z
and Close 8 80 a. N.
Dali Vsries made 90 81 m, 90 p. m, an
41bT n.
AL riail should Be In Office ten uinuts
hsia1s ksor indicated foa ciodnS,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-31

HICKS FOR SEPTEMBER.

I,all probability o general storm dis
tnrpauce. central the last two days o
August, will still prevail In the middle
and eastern parts Of the country during
the fret day or twoi September. The
moon was full on August 29, was 90 the
CELESTIAL equator on the 'b,the central
davofa Vulcan storm period. and VIII
b,In periQree 8 ptember l. We have De-
,ora sdmonisheo our readers That tnete
t.cts noint 10 the probability oiequatoI'
iaI storms to the southwark as we pass
from August to September. ABOUT tne
tina of the moons last quarter 90 the
FIN. new storm areas will occur al
vanciue from the equator. The mercury
period is central on the 8 D. Az tne
same time the sutumusl equinox Dsing
central on the 22nd, covers the wnole
month with it's perturbing Influence.
This does not imply that storms or otn-
or di,turbances must be taking place OIL
the time. but the relations OF the eartn
"a the sun are such that storm ana
weather "DreediDg" energies are en-
tering and impregnstiug and intensity
ing the elements OF the atmosphere
and earth all the time, and as result OF
these things, storms and changes pecu.
liar TO the season are apt TO break out 81
suy time and sure to break out 81 some
time during the transition OF the seasons
to opposite ends of the globe. or 10 the
eouinoctial period proper. About Mon
.isy. the 9th, to Friday, the 18Th ex-
meet a very warm spell; disturbed
barometer will admon' Sd US OF storms
of posslble violence. Tidal waves on
the coast will be sbnormslly high about
the IL b to 18Th. ;,
The reactiouary storm period, central
about the 10th and 17.b, will bring per
ceptible changes to storm conditions
changes TO warmer, falling barometer,
growing cloudlnees and precipitation
but more general and energetic distuE'
bspces are almost certain to result our
inc the Vulcan storm period central Cd
the 22ad. coincident with the center oil
earth's autumnal equinox. Ordinarily
about Saturday, the 2lst, to Tuesdsy,
the 24th, would be- the danger days OF
this period; but we figure that equator
ial, or West Iodis, storms will be more
probable and violent from about the
26th to the 30tb. During these last
DAYS moon IL on theequator on the 26tb,
full on the 2S,b, and 10 perigee on the
20 h. Tidal waves will rise to q maxi
mum 10 many parts OF the earth during
this period, central on the 2Ssh and 18th
III touch OF frost, snow and early win
ter visits regions norshward at the close
OF these disturbances. readers veil up
in our Theory and forecasts will not be
surprised or caught mapping.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-08-31
reduced Rates TO Cleveland.

On account of the Thirty.Afth Annual En-
csmpment OF the Grand Amy Of the Repub-
liza, 10 be held at Cleveland, Ohio, September
10 to IA, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
psny will FELL excursion tickets to Cleveland
rom stations on its lire, at gestly reduced
rates. Tickets will DO sold and good going
soptember to 10, inclusive; but by de-
posting ticket with joint agent at CleVe'sp
prior TO noon Of September 10, and the psy-
ment Of so cent?, return limit may be tX'
tended to October 8, inclulve. For further
information apply to ticket agents.