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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-28

more towels, having used $50 on the trip,
keep moderately clean. Our train is two
hours late, being SO heavy The coupling
broke seven times during the night and
we had hard time trying 10 eleep. At
seven the first call for breakfast reached
us and we proceed to the dining car. As
urspecial is the last car we have five
sleepers to pass through and when we
reach the diner we find people i'll the
vestibuIe awaiting their turn, SO we lnn
up and try to look unconcerned for half an
hour. Then secure seats and wait for
the wreck to be cleared away, then write
out our order. Of course we always be-
gin with fruit. We order asserted and
find that it ls all gone Then we
order peaches and cream with the same
result. Then we study the bill of fare
once more and discover "prunes and
cream" so we order that and get it. We
did not hesitate to express our delight at
coming so far to be fed on prunes. But
there was such hungry crowd of "enst-
erners" on board that their supplies OF
eatables soon gave out. We gazed ont of
the window endeavoring to imagine that
we were eating peaches and cream, in
stead Of "prnnes." The scenes we now
pass are more like those at home than
any seen on the trip. Broad fields of
wheat and shade trees around the houses
Bat still the verdict on oil sides was.
"Well, North Dakota is good enough for
mep' Again we reach the Sacramento
river, this time its mouth and our entire
train was put aboard the Solano ferry
boat, which is the largest in the world.
We all went out to the front and got an
ocean breeze, which made us shiver and
wish we had our overcoats. We are
soon landed and speeding along to Oak
land, running along the bay the whole
OF the distance. We now begin to pack
up as we'll as 'brush-up," and get ready
to disbsnd, which we do with much re-
greet as we have oeen most congenial
company and have enjoyed every minute
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-28

Of the trip Wishing to show our appre-
citation of the trip OF our ever courteous
and accommodating porter, George
Brown. of ST. Paul, we presented him
With parse OF $50 andtllegood wishes of
the entire company. He and the ''Kalis-
pel' went back to St. Paul alone. We
left them at Oakland as no trains from
this direction run into SanFrancisco We
again boarded the Ferry boat and we're
soon landed in the Golden Gate City,
Here we separated, tbe rest OF the crowd
going TO the hotels and L to my brothers
home On Ellis street.
The members OF the party who made
the trip across the continent aboard the
"Kalispel'' to the gathering of the SUI
preme grand lodge Of the knights Of Py-
thias order at San Francisco consistedIof
the following North Dskotans:
Hon Tracy r. Bangs. Of Grand Forks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-28
THE CALIFORNIA TRIP.

The Party of Langdon Excursionists to San
Francisco Had Jolly Time on Their Five
Day Journey by Rail to the Pacific Coast
An Interesting Letter by One of the
Party Tells What Was Seen Along the
Road and How the Time Was Spent
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-28

Don't miss the "Great Bumper Crop
Saie," now on at g. j. Kelly's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24

Il had a running, itching sore on
leg. Suffered tortures. Doan's Oint-
ment took away the burning and itch
ing instantly and quickly effected a
permanent cure" G.. w. Lenhart,
Bowling Green, O.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

of the stockholders Of the Merchants
and Planters Bank, Of Pine Bluff, Ar
kansas, for the election of directors to
serve for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of any business that
may properly come before them, will
be held at the rooms of the associa.
ton in the city of Pine Bluff, Monday,
January II, 1908, between the hours
of ten o'clock a. m. and twelve O'Clock
noon. A. D. FOSTER,
Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec 19. Cashier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24

The blank spaces are to be filled in
IN writing with the name of the host
ess, her guest, the form of her enter
tainment, the day and hour. Such
cards can be used for dinners. theatri.
Gals, card parties, receptions, and. in
deed, for any purpose.
Another change is in the form of the
caro- to meet persons whom the host.
ess IS especially entertaining. This
used to read:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The eleventh regular annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Pine
Bluff Brick company will be held at
the company's Office between the hours
of / and o'clock p. m. on Tuesday.
the 9Th day of January, 1908, for the
purpose of electing directors for the
ensuing year, and for the transaction
of such other business as may come
before the meeting.
A. BREWSTER, Secretary.
Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 20, 1902.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24
Especially Drink.

John L. Sullivan has been declared
a bankrupt, with liabilities somewhere
in the thousands and assets some
where in the units and tens. We opine.
however, that Mr.. Sullivan will contin-
ue to eat-perchance to drink Mime
apolis Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24
REMOVAL! REMOVAL! REMOVAL!

On account cf the growth Of our
business we find it necessary to Sc
cure larger and more convenient
quarters. One and after December
1st. our friends and patrons will find
US at our new Office on first floor ct
No. 2I9, West Second avenue. a
cordial invitation is extended all to
visit us. Geo n. Wells & Co.
Dec. %.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24

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requests the pleasure, etc.
- =
Cards of invitation and notes Of in
vitation are not to be confounded. Ac-
cording to the seasons fancy, the
cards are distinctly for afternoon use,
and the names of the women of the
! family only appear on them. The ad-
! dress, written in full, is part of the
form of the Invitation, finishing out
| the last line and never detached from
! it. and put in the right hand corner
as was in the old way. The only ex-
ception to this is that card already
described so much of which is left
blank for general invitations of less
formal character On that the address
afDcars in the right hand corner, while
lie letters R. S. Y. P. occupy the LEFT
corner.
Engraved notes, which are Of the
size of wedding Invitations, have their
own form They are for evening use,
and etiquette demands that the name
of the man of the family appear with
the Wile's name on them. For formal
functions they are engraved in full,
but persons who entertain constantly
find it convenient to have on hand a
partially engraved form which can be
filed in to fit the occasion. When there
is debutante daughter whose season
is to be made gay her mother orders
a supply of notes engraved like this:
requests the pleasure of Il
company at a. a.................
to be given in honor of their
daughter *
on the evening of. of.............
eal ~ CloCh.
at. .......
r. S. V. p. =
Six thousand, Fifth avenue. =
X Il x i i
This may be for a dinner or a cotil-
lion to be given at home or in a fash
ionable hotel ball room. Wherever it
is to take place the reply of the guest
is desired at the house of the hostess,
whose address on notes, is engraved
under the letters r. S. V. P, in the
left hand corner. 1t is coming into
vogue to substitute for the French
abreviation the English phrase, "The
favor of an answer is requested
Reception invitations frequently
bear the word "Dancing' in the left
hand corner. When there are young
persons in the family and the social
list is a large one, to avoid too great
crush the clever device is now be-
ing resorted to of using two forms for
the same reception. To the older gen
erations merely the reception invita-
tion is sent, but the younger receive
those on which the magic word Dane
ing apears and they are expected to
arrive to trip the light fantastic toe
just as the reception guests are de-
parting.
The form of wedding invitations fol
lows the others closely. 1t is a sine
qua non that the name Of the guest
snail be written in the blank space left
for it, not only on the invitation but
on the reception and church cards as
well. The word presence" is used
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24
Some New Forms for Invitations

Dame fashion DEGREES a decided de-
parture in the phrasing of her formal
invitations this season, which seems
to be chiefly the abundant use of small
words. Everything that can be writ.
ten, numerals included, is written in
full. Propositions play conspicuous
part and chang the old forms complete
ly.
Take, for instance, "at home" cards.
Literally speaking they should be call
ed will be at home" cards, for so,
this season, they are written, thus
changing in more ways than one The
old form reads:
Il * So
y At home, *
Mrs. Blank, *
Wednesday, December third =
from four to six. y
5000 Fifth avenue. *
y a: y # y
IS ilt" IOt LII ldI llIOt T. CidJOl dlc.
Il s 4.
IS Mrs. Blank 8
will be at home X
s. on the afternoon of Saturday. the .
twentieth Of December s
from four until seven O'Clock. =
at Six Thousand Fifth avenue. <
= $ s. s
In the matter Of debutante cards
there is also a change Last season
they read:
=: = j +
Mrs. Blank =
Miss Blank IS
at home, etc. =
* IL
In a family where the debutante is
a younger daughter her name follows
that of her older sister on the card.
and is written in full, the form being:
Il + j x
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24
Mrs. Blank
Miss Blank
and Miss Elsie May Blank
will be at home, etc.

Cards five and one-half by three and
one-half inches are used for every
form of afternoon invitations, and
sometimes for evening, though en-.
graved notes are smarter for evening
functions. There is a form of card
which persons who entertain exten-
sively find exceedingly useful. 1t is
engraved like this
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24

Ing instantly and quickly effected a
permanent cure" c. w. Lenhart,
Bowling Green, o.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-24

or on the card and the form is far
more elegant:
To meet
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Blank
requests the pleasure, etc.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

been found. does not count for much from
the standpoint Of medical science. Medical
science hasn't produced the cancer bacillus
e!ther. yet no one doubts that cancer 10 @
poisonous growth and disease.
The Pathology Of Emotions and The
Medical Side of the Passion Of Love treat
this new-old disease entirely from the msdi-
cal standpoint, giving an analysis of It's
sources and describing the mechanism of
The disease. dlagnosis, prosnosis and posi-
bic oure-the whole process.
thousands OF hospital cases and ex-
emples In daily life show. to be in love is to
be III. to be poisoned. The person in love 10
crazy to be forever in the society Of the
loved one; he suffers most acutely under the
effects OF the poison when she Is absent. and
when she comes. doesn't feel much better.
His longing isn't filed: he l,esn't feel free
TO act as good serse and his interest die
tate.
Generally speaking. the symptoms Of the
poison of love are almost identical with
those called forth by morphine. The NOR
phinist. like the love-poisoned man or
woman, cannot live without the drug; in his
eyes the drug is the dearest thing In the
wide. wide world. He is unhappy without
1t. and unhappier still after applying It.
The drug exercises ever increasing power
over him, it's a most exacting mistress,
though no less exacting than the girl We
love.
Disease May Take Away
Victims Will Power.
Love robs us Of our will power; 30 does
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morphine: so does alcohol. Morphine kills
many q man and woman. but It's poison
is no more dangerous. albeit more apparent.
than loves.
Indeed the ways OF the ~love-poison are
analogous TO those OF many diseases treated
IN clinical lectures day by day. Like al
coholism. ether-manis and morphine-ma-
MIA, love frequently leads TO maniacal in
toxication; the criminal columns OF the
daily newspaper tell its story. l recall the
Observation-Disclosures. OF which you had
quite a lot in the United States in late
years. UndeveIoped medical science and
still more undeveloped newspaper and pub
lie opinion, laid the blame on the nico-
tine-our discoveries point to the fact that
the poison Of love in conjunction with nico-
tine, or alcohol. is the very hotbed of
crimes OF passion.
There is good wine. calling forth pleas
ant sensations, wine that gives wings to
genius: there is fusel that drives men and
women mad, brutalizes them.
There are also two kinds OF love.
"A Joyous and healthy Iove-the young
love that makes life worth living. and the
sorry. degenerate love, that doesn't know
trouble.
But it's not the prohibitionlsts alone who
say that good wine, like bad wine. is a
poison. The bacillus of love. II II strikes at
the right season-under favorable circum-
stances as to bodily health. age and for
tune-may confer incalculable benefits. In
a good many cases It does, thank the Lord.
The trouble is We doctors see little of such.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

Special Correspondents OF The Sunday republic.
Paris, May 22-Love is caused by a hacil-
fuS-trs In the atmosphere. the water, the
sol. but. like other bacilIi. It attacks Peo-
pie only after they have reached a Certain,
or, rather, On uncertain. age.
As one may have measles at &c or at So.
10 one may Catch" love while in short
noc1l and kn!oSerboclzers or when the hair
In white and this step uncertain. When old
folks take a disease like measles that. in
tbs nature OF things, Is q malady for young
store. Il generally goes hard with them.
Some do. others become morally or men,
tally crippled for the rest OF their lives.
That che poison of love pervading ancient
bodies usually has similar deplorable after
Affects needs no in this age.
Thus say Professors Fere and Fleury,
tEo ~Eell-known Paris hospital directors,
who. like Doctor Emile Laurent, medical
superintendeut Of prisons, made love their
special study FOR many years. With ten
Thousands OF patients to practice on-love-
stnk people from all classes of society and
of al Agea-they diagnosed the case to a
certainty and at last. having gathered all
sneedsd Acts and proofs, are ready TO sub
init their discovery to the scientific world
according to Aesculapian practice.
NM Fere and Fleury have Incorporated
Their findings and opinions In two remark
able books Called On French) '"The Path
ology OF the Emotions and The Medical
Side Of the Passion of Love-" respectively.
The volumes are announced to appear with
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08
A Tale of Two Portlapds.

Clement A. Griscom tells a story OF the
Mayor of Portland. Ore, who. upon reading
that Portland. Me, was in flames, dis
patched the following message to the Mayor
of the stricken city:
Portland, Gre, bleeds for you. What
can We do TO aid you?'
The Mayor Of Portland, Me, replied:
We need food and clothing, and money
to buy both"
The Oregon man Immediately called q
meeting of the City Council; but the Coun-
cilmen were so Indignant that the Mayor
had dared to wire without consulting them
that they adjourned without action. The
Mayor was in a Quandary; but he felt that
he had done his duty, and sent forthwith
the following to the Mayor Of Portland, Me-:
Thanks for your prompt reply. I asked
only for information"
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and particularly the works Of Professor
Sayce, his mentor in the work he is about
to give to the world.
Mr.. Ward is short Of stature and in
clined to corpulency. He never hurries and
"a therefore seldom worried. His genial ma
ture has made of him the sort of maj VINO
can get the most good work out OF the IN
dependent spirit of a newspaper stan a
slow and charming drawl is a characters
tic which entices many friends and makes
few enemies He is a capital story teller
and possesses wit of the subtler phases.
Throughout the Far West. where his kindly
personality is cherished. his advent into
the fields OF literature is hailed with great
warmth of feeling.
The destruction OF Ninevah is a promi-
nent feature of Come With Ne Into Bah
ylon." and the idea conveyed in the
Prophet Nahum that the city was de-
stroyed by an over running flood, in which
the houses dissolved and vanished. is utl-
lied in a dramatic manner. Part of the de
scription in Come With Ne Into Babylon"
reads:
Dawn revealed Sinsvah in It's death struggle
with the allied enemy. From his elevated posi-
ton on the royal mound Talmai hailed the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

! tial stages OF love sickness. But they have
|, told him SO much Of her wit and charms;
she is such a good fellow the pipe mas
such wcndrCus delights In store for mimi
He visits the lady a second time-he tries
again. And he is again disappointed-stH
It isn't as bad as he thought at first. He
can understand now why others sue
cumbed to the fascination Of the woman
and Of the pipe.
After tina the woman and the pipe have
half won the battle. The poison ~quietens
his nerves and again excites them A
strange power has taken hold Of him;
the woman (and the drug triumph over his
will power; they assume to lead him. to
determine his future, to play Providence
and mile away his troubles.
9Th poor fool thinks himself supremacy
happy because he has become irresponsi-
Bile; fortune empties the horn of plenty into
his lap; he need only stretch out his hand
to become a Croesus.
The infatuated man Cthe opium-eater re-
spcctively), neglects his friends and his
family. He invents daily new excuses for
avoiding those who have claims upon his
love or society. All, at last he is alone
no annoying visitors, no disturbing CONVEX
sation. no impertinent questions. Now a
plpe-in a few minutes its smoke will make
him forget all troubles that ever beset
him. But yesterdays dose will no longer
suffice. To forget. to enjoy. he must in
crease 1t day by day.
Loves poison works similar havoc The
passion which seemed insignificant at the
beginning. little by little. undermined the
foundations OF his natural instincts. At
first she was content with an hour per
week: now he must see her daily. hourly.
Thus opium. loves passion. become the
great necessity of msny a mans life. He
can't do without 1t, he must see her or die.
He can neither eat. nor drink. nor sleep
without the stimulant: that poisonous love
absorbs all his time. his thoughts: he has
no other ambition than to be her slave.
viii power is dead. memory dying. fam
fly love has evaporated. How he is aging
say his friends.
The end. everybody knows that. All
poisons. taken in sufficient quantities, pro-
duce death"
Professor F7eury concluded as follows:
"a hundred years ago Hufeland said: Tho
question Of sex is the most important OF
all social problems Tolstoi recently
warned the world against loves poison.
Copyright. 1902. by Henry W. F1scher.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

Here IS a case OF sudden poisoning by
love.
Not SO many years ago I was required
as a medical director of the Paris hospitals.
10 attend 10 the case Of a beautiful Ameri-
can girl. who. in broad daylight had thrown
herself upon the neck of Pranz!ni. the
strong man-the same who was afterwards
executed for murder.
The pair met In a crowd at a street cor
ner. firted, exchanged a few words-and
the thing was done. Ebracing him, she
cried: Take me away; 1 love you"
Her father brought her to me without
delay, and, after a week or so of kindly
treatment, she returned 70 America as the
promised bride OF one Of her countrymen.
TO whom she had become engaged soon aft
er leaving my institute. Their married life
is a model one, I hear-fourded on genu-
inc Iove-love not due to a poisonous growth
like that Franzini incident.
1.-The ways of the love-baciIlus are many.
In my hospital experiences 1 lisented to
many n lovers tale of woe that reads like
the confessions of an opium eater" con-
tinued Professor F1eury-
The man OF principle approaches the
woman without principles out Of curiosity
first: he doesn't feel exactly right when
tie seeks the introduction
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Snowballed the Grand Duke
Alexis One Winters Day.

Near at hand was the Lucas Market. a
bustling hive Of activity; Lucas square and
the High School,, which young ward at
tended for four years. and from which he
graduated. The neighborhood was one OF
the best in the city. as it was not until
the early seventies that the westward
growth set in. The many vacant lots in this
quarter gave ample space for boyish sports.
It was through this section that the
Grand Duke Alexis OF Russia rode one
winters day and received a salvo OF snow
balls, a pleasant salute given on the spur
of the moment by young Ward and his
companions. ]. NJ. Ward. the city editor OF
to-day. recalls that the X aids con-
strued the commandment into a nihiisdc
attempt to assassinate, but Alexis, who had
been a boy himself, brushed on the snow
and laughed with great glee.
After his graduation, Mr.. Ward obtained
a position in the Mercantile Library under
John N. Dyer and W. H. H. anderson, and
remained there until he went west II had
been the family's Int7Gtion to give MN a
thorough course in cfEfl engineering for a
career In South America; Later, however.
the plan was abandoned. AT the Hign
School English literature was his faSorite
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

The japanese paper napkin is handmade.
while those produced in America and Bu-
rope are the product Of complicated ma
chinery.
The Japs are good imitators. One may
take a design from any source and forward
1t to Toxic. where the japanese artist will
reproduce the same both in color and form.
The making of paper in the Orient is full
Of interest because of the crude methods
of manufacturing as compared with those
Of the Occident. Bamboo is the most IA
vored raw material used.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08
Ianan Paner Nanking.

Millions of paper napkins are consumed
Annually in America. and, like other things
that are common. very little thought is
given to the necessary labor expended in
the production thereof. The origin of these
cheap and very useful sheets OF tissue is a
matter Of speculation. We simply know
hat they have been in use in China and
Japan for many centuries before the art
OF modern paper making became known.