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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
PUHcENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Adroit Lie.-~The story IL made
up out Of whole cloth" sUndoubted.
", but it's - fne a. silk!"-Detroio
Journal.
He-"May have the pleasure of
fourteen?" She Cher first G:nce)
"Oh!" (hesitating). "Not quite 80
many ~ that, I'm afraid. Fun.
Ethel-"I think that vase IL awful
homely. don't you?" MaudesYes. I
have dropped it ION the floor three
times. but it don't break" -Somerville
Journal.
Bizzer-"Say, old man, you're mar
ried; now tell me the proper way Of
proposing to q young lady" Buzxer-
~. I've forgotten; better go buy
copy of Love, Courtship and Mar
riage.' ohio State Journal.
shat young trolley line promoter
Is going to marry Mabel" II didn't
suppose he'd find time to propose
YES, the second time he called he
asked her if he couldn't have perpet-
ual option on the right of way to her
heart. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Show Sunday.-Fair Non-Purchas.
Ing Patroness examining portrait Of
friend exhibited in his studio BY
rising young artist How lovelyl
Quite too charming! CAS- il much as
tonished.) And SO like her, too!i
with conviction.) Honestly Ito lis
Ing young artist, I've never seen any
thing SO marvellous, even In good
picture! Punch.
Inopportune.-'I just saw the
young Widow Weeds. She looked Just
charming in her mourning" said tho
pretty woman. Il suppose" remarked
her crotchetv husband, ''thas You
wouldn't mind being widow your
SELF" "Oh! It's hateful Of you to
talk that way, when you know Two
got blue silk waist that I haven't
worn out yet."-Philadelphia Press.
Willing to Kill Both.-First Lady
Passenger-''If that window isn't
opened this minute I know I shalt
die" Second Ditto-"Who opened
that window? If it is not shut, / shall
die, I'm sure" Philosophical Gentle
man-"Conductor, please keep that
window open till one Of these ladies
dies, then shut it and give the other
an opportunity to quit this vale Of
tears. Boston Transcript.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


Cardinal Mczzofanti spoke as Ian
yuages and dialects. 50 Of them with
such ease and fluency that he was
sometimes mistaken for Q native of
the lands where they were used.
Pierre Lorillard is having built ON
the Hudson the most luxuriously
equipped houseboat Of its kind. 1t will
not have to depend on tows for its
movements, as it is equipped with twin
screws and can go where its owner
pleases.
A delicious flavor may be given to
coffee by rubbing the lump of sugar
which sweetens it over orange or lem
-on rind. People who like the slice Of
lemon in their tea will appreciate q
slice of lime instead. which will give .
deliciously piquant flavor.
Cartoonists and comic papers have
20 long and in 30 many ways lam
pooned janitors that members Of the
ancient guild in New York city have
formed . league for the purpose Of re-
moving the mistaken impression cree
ated by funny writer's and artists.
The society of California pioneers
has determined after careful invests
cation that January 20, 1s4s, was the
exact date Of the discovery Of gold in
California by James w. Marshall. The
gold was found in the rocky bed Of the
tailrace of the Suffer sawmill at Colo
ma, on the south fork of the American
river.
A printers error has resulted in q
queer state Of things in Homer, Mich.
At the recent election Samuel Woolley
and w. J.. Webster, both democrats,
ran for school inspector and member
of the board Of review respectively.
The printer transposed the names but
not the Offices. Both gentlemen were
elected, though neither got the place
he sought.
When the first issue of the confeder-
ate money was scattered among the
people, 1t commanded slight premi-
UNI. 1t then scaled down as follows:
June, 1861, 80 cents; December /, 1861,
80 cents; December Is, 1861. IS cents;
February /, 1862, 60 cents; February 1,
1863, 20 cents; June, 1863, eight cents,
January, 1864, two cents; November,
1854, 41s cents; January 1865, 2h
cents; April 1, 1865, ~ cents. After
that date it took from $500 to $1,000
in confederate money to buy . 81
greenback.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
70 Proteet winxed Pifote.

The American Ornithologists' union
succeeded last year in protecting, by
means of carefully-selected wardens,
all Of the known breeding-grounds
of the sea birds along the northern
Atlantic coast from Virginia to Maine.
The union now appeals to the public
for funds to enable it to extend its
protection to the birds along the
southern Atlantic and gulf coasts.
These birds are threatened with ex-
Termination on account Of the use Of
their beautiful feathers in millinery,
and they should be protected and pre-
served, their friends say, because Of
their incalculable services as scaven-
gers, and as guides to fishermen and
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Companion.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
SHE HELPED HER HUSBAND.
Minister'S wife Knew Her Business
and Drummed Up the Matri.
Monial Department. /.

"Of course helped him." said the
bright little wife Of the minister in
the course of natural conversation,
relates the Detroit Free Press. '.Do
you suppose that If had ever been
milestone about his neck he would
be in charge of fine parish II .
big city like Detroit and with two
or three openings for a change when-
ever he cares to make one?
II should think not. Ninety per
cent. of the married women want to
help their husbands, but they don't
know how. They fuss and fume and
fly around and court nervous pros
tration in their efforts, but the poor
things are just beating their wings
against the cage"
"What was your plan, my dear?r
asked one Of the interested listeners.
Business! That's the whole exc
PLANTATION in a word. kept up my So
cial obligations, but I didn't push
them. helped the needy, but IL was
through the established agencies Of
the church. I was good fellow as
the men say, but never weighted
myself down with the idea that there
would never be sunshine or pleasure
in the parish unless I produced
them"
"But can't you be more explicit?"
'Of course can. devoted myself
to the matrimonial department. Yes,
I was matchmaker, but was q
good one in every sense. I brought
the right kind of people together.
cleared the way when they were in
doubt, and when the event came of,
/ was one Of the essential features.
I made things merry for them and
they used to postpone weddings upon
notice that it would be impossible
for me to attend. LEFT only one per.
son of manageable age in the par
fish, and there was no one there to
marry him to. OF course, my hus.
band officiated.
'What was the result? We were
the most popular couple in that part
Of the vineyard. The wedding fees
were clear gain. Our reputation went
abroad and outsiders never stopped
to investigate as to why we were SO
popular. I wasn't an INSCRIPTIONS
promoter, for that husband Of mine
could succeed in the best church OF
London. But I opened the way, and
it never would have been opened. IL
had just run about and sympathized
and done enforced social duty. I
can't preach, but I brought you the
man who can"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
HELD UP BY OUTLAWS GHOST.
Bill Dalton's Spirit Get. Even with
an Iron Mountain Engineer
In q Queer Way.

The engineer and fireman said it was
Bill Dalton's ghost that held up an
Iron Mountain train and delayed it
IS minutes few months ago. The
superintendent of the road said he
knew better, and that the only spirit
either of the men had seen was in o
liquid form, and he at once suspended
both men while he made an investiga-
ton. The men have been reinstated,
and the superintendent is still puz-
cling over their story, says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Dad Remington is the engineer re-
ferred to, and he tells the following
story of his adventure:
"The Iron Mountain runs through
some terribly lonesome places between
Claremore and Nowata in the Chero-
kee nation, and there have been hum
dreds of trains held up along the
Verdigris bottoms. We were cutting
along at fierce rate this night; be-
ing Is minutes behind, and had to
catch a Kansas City train at Cofeyville.
The engine was running SO smooth
I could hear her pass over every rail
Joint. Just as we were entering the
bottoms felt hand on my shoulder,
and, turning around, there stood Bill
Dalton. s
'.He said in his old time way: Throw
up your hands, and be quick about It,
too. No monkey business Course
threw up my hands, for he had the
drop on me clearly. Then his partner,
old Cherokee Bill, long dead, too, drew
bead on Bill, and we were told to
stop. We had no more than come to
standstill than Bill Dalton dropped
from the cab and left Cherokee Bill
holding two big guns on us. After
Dalton had uncoupled US ! was told
to drive on. We pulled up to the wa
tering tank and stayed there about 40
minutes. Then the ghost of the ia
nous outlaw swung into the cab and
told me how he had gotten even for a
rick had played on him once. You
bet we hustled back and coupled on,
but the manager was on the train, and
he gave us terrible raking. When
we got into CoReyville Bill and I were
laid off under charge of being drunk.
Detectives hunted for clews on the
ghost robbery for a month, and never
found trace Of anything real.
what did the ghost do it for?
Why, to get even with me. Once when
Bill was living he laid for my train, on
which there was big money ship.
ment. He signaled me to stop, all
right, but I was suspicious, and ran
right past him, getting q bullet
through the cab when he found /
wouldn't stop. So when his ghost
told me to go back and couple on It
added:
"You old fool, I am just getting even
with you for the time you ran past
me. Hope you lose your job for this :"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
Fills OUT HOLLOW SKIN.
Brings JOY to Cadaverous
People.

The Well-knOWn flenne8e surgeon
and director of the Rudolphinum, Ijr.
Gersuny, has been lately occupied
with medical experiments which will
doubtless cause intense interest, re-
ports London paper. By q single,
painless injection, which is performed
without the least difficulty, certain ex.
ternal defects, such as cavities Snd
hollows in the skin, are fully reno, ed,
and these disagreeable inequalities re-
stored to full roundness. DR.. Ger.
suny's experiments are purely pro5rs.
sional and have nothing to do with
cosmetics. But though DIR. Gersuny
restricts himself to medical opera
tons, there is great possibility of his
discovery becoming extremelyusefu In
other directions. The doctors idea,
for instance, was to restore to its orig
inal form badly injured nose or to- Fill
up a sunken cheek caused by the te-
moval of part of the jaw. In such
operations his discovery has been
highly successful. The doctor takes u
syringe, such as that used for inject
ing morphia, fills it with medicinal
paraffin heated to certain degree and
injects it beneath the chin into the
hollow cavity till this is rounded to it's
original form. The paraffin fixes IT.
self firmly beneath the epidermis and
remains immovable. Very little un-
pleasantness is caused to the patient
by this operation and all DR.. Gersuhy's
attempts up to the present have QUO
ceeded.
Another report upon the Gersany
discovery says: The professor pub
lished an account of his experiments
at the very commencement and since
then he has become very expert in in
jecting vaseline with very satisfactory
results. 1t has been proved that
parafin, when melted to 40 degrees
Celsius, and injected beneath the skin,
remains quiet, causing no local irrita-
ton. Gersuny occasionally uses this
injection to form small swelling, and
he obtained very successful results
with the obturator muscles by FORM
ing sort Of valvular flap when the
former were lost, which proved .
valuable substitute for them. He
found it also extremely useful in re-
Taxing stiff muscles and in improving
the articulation in cases of the so.
called wolf's-jaw or open split in the
roof of the mouth. 1t has still tc be
ascertained whether DIR. Gersuny's
discovery can be made useful for beau
tifying the human face. as up to the
present the parafin hardened after
injection forming no soft flexible sup
port. The professor himself strictly
confines these injections to surgica.
cases.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
Tic Power Of Habit.

''If you was a millionaire" said
Flooding Pete, "what would you dc
with your money!"
81 Dunno" answered Wandering
Mike. 81 hate to change me wayA
I'd be sure to git back to me acc,s,
toned routine. I reckon I'd build Z
house an hire Teller to sit in de
front room an send me around te de
kitchen when made application 81
victuals. "-Wash1ngton Star.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
Doctor and Patient.

DIR. Yungun-No, sir; do not ap-
prove Of admitting others than the
physician to the sick room. II the
physician understands his business
he can prepare the patient for the
hereafter.
DIR. Oldun-You mean, if he doesn't
understand his Observation-Disclosures
American.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
FamouAly.

Mr.. Nebb-How is your son getting
on at college?
Mr.. Nobb-Oh, famously! He broke
seniors nose in a cane rush the
other day and helped haze three
freshmen the week before.-Ohio
State Journal
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
Wiser Now.

she-You married me for my
money. Don't deny it! You knew
had 5000.
He-Yes, my dear, but that was all.
Gail! All what?''
"All I knew. wouldn't marry you
now, knowing what do, for $685.
100000" Philadelphia Bulletin.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
Happy, Though Married.

A southern lady met a colored
widow, gaudily attired, laughing and
talking and seeming in the best of
spirits.
"Why, Lizzie" said the lady, stop
ping the horse she was driving, show
is it that you are SO cheerful when
your husband died only three weeks
ago."
'Lor', Miss Mary" returned the
widow, with broad grin, 'tev'ybody
know there ain no happiness in mar
ried life till one OBJ ems done 'ceast-
d."-Harper's Magazine.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
Bir AsDaraxus Farm.

There is an asparagus farm Of FOG
acres near Charleston, S. G. The
proprietor is reported to be coming
money.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
Dank Of Eneland Note..

The notes of the Bank of England
cost eyactly one halt penny each.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Land once Business.

During the month of April the Devils
Lake land Office smashed few records
by taxing US filings. embracing S4.480
acres OF land, and receiving in cash $23,-
1916 During the same period 12S con-
tests were initiated. 123 committed and 100
mai proofs made. Three timber and
stone entries and two military land war
rants were fled.
During the past quarter. 35S contests
nave been initiated at the local land OF
flee, breaking all previous records. On
JAM last, in the Devils Lake district,
there were 100000 acres Of government
land and today there are less than 100000
acres Of free land left in this land dis
trict. This means that since Jan. / last
at least 5000 settlers have moved into the
counties comprising the Devils Lake dis
trict. THE land Is still going fast and, as
consequence, land values in this section
of the state are rapidly rising. Land that
three years ago sold for from IS to SO per
acre now readily brings $25 ssz acre and
still is on the rise
Ihe county commissioners appropriated
1880 to be used in completing the bridge
across Devils lake at Pelican point.
Large sale.
The Hackney-Boynton Land Company
has reported the sale OF Sl,21523 acres of
land in North Dakota to an Iowa syndi-
cate for colonization purposes. The land
is portion of more than million acres
which the company bought the first of the
year from the Northern Pacific road when
1t sold all its land east of the Missouri
river IN North Dakota
This is the second large section of land
that the Hackney-Boynton Land Com
pany has sold to Iowa syndicates. making
a total of over 75O,OOO acres disposed of
this spring.
Illegal.
It has developed that all the city war
rants Of Mandan issued since December,
1898, are illegal, because of a failure to
certify issuance that they were issued
in pursuance Of law and were within the
debt limit. Several thousand dollars of
these warrants are held by parties who
regarded them as good investment, as
they were supposed to draw per cent
interest. When 1t was made public that
these warrants were not worth the paper
they were written on, there was conster-
nation among the holders. If anyone
should contest the payment of them the
holders cannot realize cent, according
to law.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-05-30
Got the Land.
Awarded.

A contract has been awarded by Col
onel George E. Pond. chief quartermaster
of the department., to Walter Graham.
of Bismarck. for constructing a sewerage
system at the new Fort Lincoln, near
Bismarck. The cost Of the system will be
$16,250. Mr.. Graham obtained also the
contract for water system at the same
post at cost of $4,000. The contract for
a pump house and pump pit. both to
cost $6,035, went to N. H. Lovin, of Bis
marcG
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
ADVICE TO HoUsRKEEPERs.

To keep eggs pack them, when
new laid, in salt, with the small ends
downward.
In warm water for few minutes and
IL will last longer.
Always have your kettles flied
with boiling water. A kettleful of
boiling wsSer has saved life before
now.
Clean beets before boiling them,
but be careful not TO break the skins
IL bright color IA wanted after they
are done.
In whipping cream have il sS cold
as possible, then beat rapidly with a
cream whip or ohurn egg-beater,
Slow whipping makes butter.
In cooking onions and cabbage
plenty Of water should be used and
II is wen to change il az least once,
because of the strength of the
Aavors.
To restore oilcfoth melt hah an
ounce of wax in a saucer of turpen-
using a clean piece of flannel Pol
ISM WIN n SOfJ clotn.
Never put soda IN the water in
which you wash china that has any
gliding on II. Soda Injuries the gild-
ing. Instead use soap, which an
swers Just as well and has no i'll eff
fccts.
Pineapple Juice drained from the
fruit and mixed with currant, lemon,
blackberry or raspberry juice makes
delicious drink. A few wedges left
TO float m the lemonade bowl inn
prove the flavor OF that beverage.
To keep fish never put one on top
of another, but wiring q clean cloth
out of cold water in which some salt
has been dissolved. Wrap the fish
separately in this, lay on a dish and
keep in the coolest place possible
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Don't turn your talents into taions.
RAMS Horn.
Christ is not valued at all unless
he be valued above all.-St. Angus
tine.
Little love, little trust; but a great
love brings great confdence.-Rob-
ert Leighton.
The things in life that are worth
obtaining must be secured with effort.
Rev. D. S. Kriebel.
One may grow old gracefully by sit
ting always at the Masters feet.
learning of Him, by benefting others
with the knowledge gained, by keep
ing closer to the infinite Father the
nearer life's eventide comes, and
never ceasing to have a definite some
thing good to live for.-Rev. Mr..
Young.
Consider the difference between inn
pulse and action, between resolving
and doing. Many men are well-wish-
ers, but who have no intention Of ever
carrying out their better desires,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
SUMNER STYLES FOR MEN.

Fashionable cuffs are short and
round cornered.
The green in vogue in neckwear is
for the fiorid. 1t makes the other
kind hook bilious.
The latest double-breasted sack
suit is in striped flannel, coming well
over the hips. The lapels are moder-
ately large.
Our new possessions have supplied
names for summer headwear. Thus
we have the Manila straws, the Porto
Rican palms and the Guam Panamas.
The doubie-fold collar has come
down. II is no longer fashionable to
wear the tail snowy bands which
were the mode last summer. The
best height rs an inch and q quarter
A swell TIE from French source is
called the "Tubp.- This has the ends
rounded and opened and lined with
solid color of silk 10 contrast
sgreeebly with the color in the cutter
surface of the cravat. This is adj
justed into bow of medium size and
the top bps Of the ends are raised
slightly by the deft hand of the
wearer, the result being regarded as
clever.
To the average man a summer over
coat will seem a ridiculous sugges-
ton, but there are times when it is
very useful. Hence the feather
weight raglan made of covert cloth,
boxey IN shape. 1t rs skeleton fin
ished, except the sleeves and shoul-
ders, which are luxurously silk lined.
This is intended for the seaside,
mountain, travelling or TO wear over
an evening dress suit. OF course it
will never do for extreme heat, bait
then it's something new.
This summers cloths are striped
fisnnels, serges, feather-weight
worsteds, cricketing cloths and home
spnns. In the flannel class the ruling
grounds are black and dark blue, set
off with faint or chalk stripes.
Serges IN the best makes only are
recommended. They are cool and
make up fittingiy. For elderly men
trousers IN light worsted and coat
and waistcoat Of sicilisn are advised
for easy going business wear. The
white waistcoet is suggested for a
change with this combination.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
INDIVIDUAL MENTION.

Sir John Ramsden is the richest of all
English baronets. His income is esti-
mated to footup $s4o, 900 year.
Oliver Stevens, of Boston, has been
the county district attorney for % con-
secutiye years. He is democrat, but
has been twice reelected by the repub-
Hcans.
Mrs. N. o. Murphy, wife of the gov
ernor of Arizona, was kidnapped by In.
dams when an infant and rescued from
them by James ID. Monihon, late mayor
of Prescott, Ariz.
John w. Gates the steel magnate, is
probably one of pe best amateur bill
lard players in the country. He Is
very fond of the game and plays it
nearly every evening.
Miss Annie Tracy Morgan, daughter
of j. Pierpont Morgan, is a crack shot
with rifle and very fond of hunt
big game. She is also born sailor and
q good yachtswoman.
Prof. Brander Matthews, who. after
Is years of waiting, has just been elect
ed TO the London Athenaeum club, was
originally nominated for membership
to that body by Matthew Arnold.
According to Judge, George II. Phil
lips, the Chicago corn king" (not Chi
ropodist, but grain speculator), start
ed as an elevator boy. He says his
great trade secret has been always to
get onto something that is bound 10
go up.
DR.. Fl. Huber, retired physician of
Ottawa, o., recently purchased a six
ton granite bowlder and has decided
that it shall mark his grave. On pol
ished surface he has had this inscrip-
ton engraved: "Here rests a refugee
who fought in 1s4s in Germany for
liberty. Born in Vilingen, Baden, Ger
many, February 20, 1929, Died -.
P. S. Sorry l cannot leave my future
address"