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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-02
DlVERriNC DIALOGUES.

II understand Jigson is financially
interested in the concern he is with -
Eyes. they owe him six months salary"
'sHow does the idea of a corn BAN
quet' strike you, anyhow?' inquired
the goose, coldly sarcastic. "A corn
banquet fills the BILL" clucked the old
hen, pecking away with all her might
Governess-You see, my dear, the
Antipodes live on the other side of the
earth, and they only go to bed when
we are getting up Little Emma
Then, fraulein, 1 suppose my brother
Fritz, the student, is an Antipode, eh?
Guest, in Arizona restaurant-How's
this? TWENTY-FIVE cents for that dish?
Its marked ten cents on the bill Of
fare. WaiterY Yes, Sir. That's for
tomaytoes You asked for tomahtoes.
When you want style and luxury at
this catin' house you pay fur it. See?
Now, 2 said the. prosecuting attor-
ney, 1'I think about twenty years
would fit your clients case, . Twenty
years. ecnoed the lawyer. ''1Nhg,
I'd rather have him sent fenced for life"
.'IVhy?'' Because his health is so
bad he couldn't 1--we fifteen years; and
i he did he d still be G ge years ahead. Z
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.AhENT SEA SERPENTS.
4 SUBJECT OF UNIVERSAL AND
CURRENT INTEREST. -
.Amdavits of Impressionable and Ex-
cited Marines Enormous EeJy
Beasts-A Whale Conquered by a
Big Serpent. " 49, -,

Sea serpent ste ries are dished up to
the public every year, either plain or
well-seasoned with exaggerations. Even
skeptical Germany, with it's ultra-con-
servative Journalism, has drawn in line
during the last five years or more. And
this Notwithstanding the ultima tum Of
the great naturalist Brehm, who calls
all these stories fabulous bosh' and
says that these morsrous snakes never
were seen in the ocean, but swan in the
heads Of drunken sailor parties.
Velhagen & Hastings Monatsheft,
in its impatience to forestall it's COM
petitors, devotes nearly twenty pages
to the compendium from the facile pen
OF Correspondent Capt. George WISH
Genus, of the steamer Hamburg.
II must assert" says the captain,
"that an end was put to my continued
incorrigible sophistry regarding these
accounts, when my own eyes beheld,
In the Gulf Of Guiana, the same enor-
nous eely beast which was observed
In the same waters by the officers and
crew Of the steamship Angola home
ward bound from Africa
TM' is the latest trustworthy account,
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OlH-Style Sea Serpent.

This scientific inquiry is both important
and reliable bees. use o. it's Coinpositness
and the judicial fairne SIS of it's corclu-
siOns
That in many cases these maratime
phenomena may perhaps be nothing
more than optical delusions is admit
ted. Especially in cases where the SUP
posed serpent measures 200, feet and the
mean circumference twenty feet or
more, it might be nothing more than
school Of porpoises. whose character
tseic mode Of swimmine in a long body
gives the appearance on the water sur
niDtte ii SWIMMING in !, long hOdy
fations. The London Times OF Febru-
nry, 1858, for instance, speaks Of large
mass Of seaWeed, which being mistaken
for one Of these creatures was eau
tiorsly approached and actually har-
pooned. Two basking sharks (selache
maxima), which are in the habit of pro-
pelling their sixty to eighty feet bodies
in single file, could easily assume the
shape and length of a respectable sea
serpent But certain peculiarities of
by far the most Of the. observations in
which the majority of the reports agree
demand a verdict in favor of the ex-
tstence of an animal of the basilosaurus
variety.
E Eye Witnesses.
!Tow. for oxa1ap'n. is it possible to
controyert the declarations of nearly
one-half Of them, that the head with at
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-02
SAYINGS OF SACEs.

If there is good in US it will be sure
to inspire good in others.
The man who worships golden
calf is burning incense to himself.
the strongest man in the world is
the ONE who can best, control himself.
Leisure is very pleasant garment,
but is a very bad enc for constant
wear.
1t is better to do the icllest thing in
the world than to sit a&le for half au
hour.
We ought to be contented with
what we have, but never with what
we are.
Say nothing, do nothing, which a
good mother would not approve, and
you are On the certain road to happi-
ness.
1t the cat had wings, no birds would
be left in the air. If every one had
what he is wishing, who wonld have
anything? e.. I s..sz
It is not enough that yoa keep
your finger off from a man; yoz must
not let your ill mature or wicked
thoughts touch him.
Much trouble is caused because we
forget that many men do not have the
same kind Of religion iu horse trade
that they have in church.
To be perfect the training Of chill,
dren mt1st begin with the very cradle
The saying that man is bundle OF
habits is ~ true Of babies as il is Of
grown chjlGren. 4.
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coNvERsING WITH MONKEYS,
an Old Frenchman Who Was Up in til,
~ Lanennga of Anas

An Old Frenchman Who Was Up In the
Language of Apes. ~,
II In 1857, says Professor Evans in
the Popular Science Monthly. Jules
Richard had occasion to visit a sick
friend in a hospital, where he made
the acquaintance of an old official of
the institution from the south of
France who was exceedingly fond of
animals, his love of them being
equaled only by his hatred of priests
He claimed also to be perfectly IA
miliar with the languages of cats and
dogs and to speak the language of
apes even better than tho apes them
selves. Jules Richard received this
statement with an incredulous smile,
whereupon the old man, whose pride
was evidently touched by such skep-
ticism, invited him to come the next
morning to the geological garden.
Il met him at the appointed place."
said Mr.. Richard, land we went to-
gether to the monkeys cage, where
he leaned on the outer rail and be-
gan to utter a succession Of guttera
sounds which alphabetical signs are
scarcely adequate to Representative
ruu, kirrikie, kuruki, kirikiu'-re-
peated with slight variations and
different accentuation. In a few
minutes the whole company of mon
keys, dozen in number, assem- bled
and sat in rows before him with
their hands crossed in their laps or
resting on their knees. laughing,
gesticulating and answering" The
conversation continued for a full
quarter of an hour. to the intense
delight of the monkeys, who took
lively part in it. AS their interloc-
utor was about to go away they all
became intensely excited, climbing
up the balustrade and uttering cries
of lamentation. When he finally de-
parted and disappeared more and
more from their view they ran up to
the top of the cage. and, clinging to
the frieze. made motions as if they
were bidding him good-by. It seemed,
adds Mr.. Richards. as though they
wished to say: I've are sorry to part
and hope to meet again, and if you
can't come, do drop us a line!"
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Serpent Attacking n Whale

Serpent Attacking n Whale
and the struggle was Of considerable
duration.
The water was lashed into foam; the
believing Of the whale, which seemed
no match for the supernatural powers
of it's dreadful adversary, was distinctly
heard by all on board. The cracking
of the victims bones one after another,
sounded like the reports Of small can
non, assured the Mortified spectators
that they were not drea aiming, and when
the struggle ceased and the whale was
dragged to the bottorn. they knew 1t to
be a reality. Aff1davits verifying this
incident was filed in court In the CITY
of Liverpool by Capt. Drevar, FIRST
Mste Horatio Thompson, Second Mate
John Henderson Landells, Steward
| William Levarue and Sailor Owen
Raker. Thompson. Levaru and BAKER
swore also that little while afterWaru
they saw the beast raise hlmseH at
least thirty feet above the waves.
Ouderman claims that there IS no
longer any room for doubt, ana WIN
scIcn+'f" precision has nroceeded 10
classify the beast He names tia nam
NAL of the Pennipedia group. Its near
est relatives are sea lions and walruses,
and on terra firma its kinship to mar
tens and weasels can be demonstrated.
He proposes to chisten them with tne
eupionious surname Longlcauoaa'
| This good piece Of news will nndoupt-
edly cause the happy sea serpents 10
war their long tails in silent acqules-
cense.
To aid him in the production OF more
material proof of his assertions Dude
man asks all who encounter the mon
ster to fash a kodak on him, il posi-
BILE; not to waste shot. but to use the
! harpoon, as his carcass could not be
kept afloat otherwise; to measure every
part of the body, as no ship could afford
| to tow it home; to take sketch, es-
pecially Of the head and tail. In con-
| clusion he adds long string Of direc-
tons for measurement and the preser-
yation Of certain important parts of the
anatomy.
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4 Law =. AND oRDER..

= Mhe armies of Europe have grown
since the Franco-Prussian war from
6,95s, 900 to 2o,24s. 900 men.
Washington state charges $3.50 for a
wholesale butterine license, and deal
ers are not taking out licenses this
year.
Steele and Keep'are the suggestive
names of two bankers Of Portland,
they are not partners, but great
friends.
A Brooklyn woman the other day
complained in the police court of the
city that her husband only gave her
from his weekly wages SIS out of the
SIG he received.
A rude and tipsy fellow, who made
himself offensive to the women and
girls at a Pittsourg church picnic,
turned upon the pastor, Rev. Mr..
Schnorr, who rebuked him. Mr..
Schnorr gave the rascal a ''thunderin'
good lickin'" and then threw him into
a muddy pond.
It has hitherto been the law in
Japan that if woman was not mar
ried by q certain age the authorities
picked out man and compelled him
to marry her: The mikado has just
abolished this usage. In future Jap
anese women will be allowed to live
and die maids as in European coun.
tries.
In printed card of regulations for
public information, issued by the
Wells-Fargo express company in the
early ffties, the last regulation read:
This company will not be responsible
for any loss or damage occasioned by
fire, the acts of God, or Of Indians or
any other public enemies of the gov
ernment."
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Head of DnedalOus.

which was dated Sept. II, 1892, in the
Weekly Record of Lagos, West Africa.
A Book ON the Subject.
The writer of the German article,
coinciding with the most prominent
biologists Of the present day, warmly
recommends the treatise of the learned
Hollander, DR.. A. G. Oudeman, a book
Of 592 pages, with eishty-two illustra-
tions, lately published il Leyden. Oud-
enlan's Deductions leave no doubt Of the
existence Of this sea monster, even it
no museum has thus far been enriched
by skeleton Or by a part Of it's anat-
omy.
In this scrupulcus research he has
faithfully reprinted and commented on
333 articles which have appeared in
q: many prominent journals and peri
odicals, and of which 1877 contain the
attested testimony Of eye-kitnesscs
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assuring her that s'Billn was not
hurt and that we had not fred to
kill We destroyed about eighty
gallons of fine whisky, over 100 gal-
Ions of beer and a barrel of singlings.
We were detained here much
longer than we expected, and the.
main body moved on without waiting
for us. The little lady-for she was
q lady-on account of our kindness
to her, had been induced to prepare
dinner for us, our horses in the mean
time being concealed. While we
were eating. who should step into
the yard but Billp He had fed up
the ravine to the top of the hill and
had seen the party leaving, and
thinking we were with them, had re-
turned. Before he could turn to
run Officer Young had covered him
with his pistol and made him sur
render.
When breakfast was over I intro
duced myself to Bill In few mo-
ments had him at ease, and con-
versed with him for half AN hour.
He was the finest specimen of man
hood / had ever met - Is or 80
years old. fully six feet in height,
broad shoulders, deep chest, muscles
as big and apparently as hard as
Sullivan's. Hc could neither read
nor write, yet I found him we'll
posted on the current events OF the
past week. and when we touched on
the morality of his occupation. I
found that he was hard to answer
He was very bitter against the gov
ernment because he was not allowed
to manufacture and sell the product
Of his labor. His wife busied her.
self about the table. but paid the
closest attention to our<conversation.
1t appeared to me that she thought
that Bill was talking for his freedom,
and when he would olinch a very
strong argument by a happy illustra-
;tion l was amused to note the look
of anxiety with which. she studied the
expression of my countenance.
ltook his parole to meet me at
Nashville when the United States
court met will add here that
have arrested and paroled at least
100 OF these men and in no single
instance did one fail to comply with
his promise. Bill was no exception,
but he was acquitted Of the charge
of illicit >distilling because the gov
erment was not prepared to prove
that the distillery was in the state
of Tennessee The line was somewhat
near the stillhouse, but we had no
witness who could say that it was in
Iennes. ;.
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GRAND MARAIs MINI, SATURDAY, DECEMBER p 1898

tending physician, prescribed certain
pills which the prosecution contended
were poisonous. The defense asserted
that even if the pills contained poison
lt..was used as medical agent and
did not cause, nor was it intended to
cause death. Nevertheless, the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty.
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The WisIicenus Serpent.

ESs#s5 The W1sncenus Serpent.
least thirty feet Of round, uncanny flesh,
white underneath and black on top, the
only variation being a comparatively
small mouth and pair of large staring
eyes, was lifted high above the waves,
and that this constituted only one-third
OF the entire length! This would prove
the genuine sea serpent from all ac-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-02
counts to be not less than ninety reet

cOuntS 70 be nOt lesS than ninety 1eet
long. -
When, in 1875, after severe storm,
every man on board the Pauline, bound
with cargo Of Goals from Shields to
Zanzibar saw lot Of sperm whales
playing in the water and gigantic ser
pent dart up from the deep and wind
itself around one Of the whales could it
be said that these old seamen were de-
ceived by an optical delusion? It wrap
ped two mighty coils around the whale.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1893-09-16
How Cigarettes Are Made.

1.-The details of the manufacture OF
cigare ties are kept to asgreater or less
degree . secret by the manufacturers;
each ofwisom mas his own particular
combination d tobaccos,S None Of the
brands en- the marketnis composed OF
one kind, only The recipe Is not ,di-
v,rlged outsidevof the firm bl,ut this is
NOT all. The original mixture is mere
.ly q basis for artificial favoring. 10
begin with, various essential oils are
added TIE list of these includes rose,
rose geranium, yanilla bean, Tonka
bean and licorice- root. These ingredi-
ents areaadded after the tobacco has
been chopped into shreds in readiness
to be rolled into cigarettes. Finally
the particular drug chosen, in the
shape of liquid s,,lut ton, is sprayed on
the material with an, atomizer, while
the tobacco is stirred and mixed. The
quantity employed lis very carefully
judged, so many drops being allowed
for each cigarette. For obvious reasons
I I cannot mention an the drugs that are
used In the manufacture Of cigarettes,
but there is no Fdotfbt that opium, va
lerian and cannaBis indica are utilized
to, the largest extent Each manufsc-
tArer may be said. to create. a special
drug habit among those who use Mis-
, brand, SO that, they are not satisfied
with any other.-Troy ,Times..lis sts
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MONEY in STOCK.
why Farmers Should Raise More Mutton
Reef anil Pork.


tueit,,,tt Beef aud Pork
Fat sheep OF large Size command good
prices, 1t is not easy 70 securefat, sheep
sthat present IN attractive appearance
on the market stalls, although there are
apparently plenty Of sheep offered for
sale The attention given 10 wool has
not been CONDUCIVE to breeding the best
mutton sheep A ram of the Shrop-
Shire, Oxford or Southdown breeds, if
used for grading the flock with the
view of producing choice rmutton, will
make a marked Improvement in asfock
in II single season. q ~ o. sasai
lsacon and pork bring high prices, at
present. There should be fair profit
TO breeders in the east in producing
pork, especially when the prices are SO
good. There is always a waste OF GER
tain foods that can be well utilized by
'sssvineya ands IT, oulya one NorEtwopigs are
ssiscd they willpayaas profit compared
'swith Other, stoels Despite the feet that
uthe west produces cheap corn and pork
the prices now received for pork are
larger than for many years previously.
Beef cattle should pay as well in tie
east as in the west. FOOD can be Ipur-
chased and ], converted. into manure
While the cattle are growing, and al
though hitas small profit may be. mo-
ticed from the cattle the farm YiA have
: been increased in fertility and produc-
rtiveness. Troy IN. r Times. .sso
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tvo irsn erns l6 inches. long,1 inch
vide. ahdk Il ihch thick Easia9 2 ntwnrd

sy9 h,ErH y Snss iY1g'k He',
WaaeeanU sh,eA Aasipa pywsIu
ana optwar e e * ny y nanges. nese
hanges aFeo,ancnes eaonss eAasaa up !
-lR&nS .sun !hssea naiRsss W. ~ IS
hung lor nliine. = are .wo spflnss
aaae ol sough Wam' ass penss
long, ~ inches wiae ana 81, sol o. an men
sniek' ,as.enee 70 = Jus. apose = Mi.n ~
q woonsefe y, Y. anu sne osper faa 70
arms Z a =, WIN "a ma. q r,ve. nese sts.nis,
i u, should be just longe1ough to make
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FARM AND GARDEN.
USEFUL BAG HOLDER.

4 Nrvices xAe& should Eind . Place ON
very e.N = =
Ais q tncl hoard II ipche4 wide and
% inches f0he. b ise finch bosrd 8
inches wide and "a inches long. Nail
small strips under the ends of these
boards, . / inch strip under board A
and 1 strip esinches fthieles pnder zach
end Of the board b To make the hold
erstsnd well C is annpright stick x
IL inches and ~ feet hight rnoftised
in the center of bpards A and b. D is
. stick lssxl5s inches and Z feet 4iqcbes
long E is , band made of II hoop
iron fastened to the lower end of the
S5ack D6n u6tk sides and fitting loose
@oend thu stick Go as to be free to
@il6 Up atd doyn F is aciesis made
df1iglt fl iron. bolteds loose to D 2
inches fromatpp afQ at G. Il Il are
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FEEDING fsld s4eosa
some Valuable statistics Furnished b.
Prof Henry.

Some avaluabls STATUTES Furnished By
Prof Henry.
{ Results show that for pig weighing
100 pounds. about one and = haif OF
grain is required for the mere main
tenance of the animal body, writes
Prof. Henry II, therefore, we bring
to our fO0-pound pig each day one and
haff pounds of the grain mixture
above mentioned, the animal merely
holds its own weight and makes no
progress, sothat at the close OF the day
our pound aud a half of feed has dis,
appeared. our pig is one day older, but
no heavier in weight, and we have
nothing to show for the food supplied.
The amount of meal required to thus
support the body functions. without
permitting the animal to gain in weight
has been designated 1.-THE food OF main-
tenances or ''the food OF support
{. II now we Increase the amount OF
food from pound and Q half day,
the food of maintenance, to four and q
half day, about all our pig will eat,
he will thrive nicely and make gain
of about one pound day 'therefrom.
Thus it appears that the three extra
pounds Of food which we have given
this pig ah0ve-the food OF support gives
us pound OF increase. Wemay desig-
nate this portion of the ration as the
food of increase. When our pig is re-
ceixing four.afd IA half pounds OF feed
per day and is gaining in weight at
the rate ofone pound per day one-third
Of what is, supplied constitutes the
food of maintenance and twolthirds
the food of increase.
When our 100-pound pig has Increased
in. weight to 200 pounds-the food OF
support must also be increased. though
not quite doubled. judging from our IN
vestigations It is somewhat less than
three pounds. When our pig has
reachedt the weight OF 500 pounds the
food OF snpportsappeared to be about
five pounds,.orsone pound OF food for
each hundred weight OF animal carcass;
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% The visitor at Chicagos chance was
seated ut . table in one, OF the high
priced restaurants on the exposition
! grounds thinking of.vari0,s things as
he read over the bill of fare aud OBJ
served the pricesSi7 ~ o; lies waa al inss
'As'By thunder!'' he exclaimed. to the
waiter, .'haven't you gotany Conscience
at all in this place." s.l'ss siA 100 ~.
Beg pardon, :" replied the naughty
s,,,,,4,,,. wa 'Affilst y - El1 ri4Icl ~aS''
|. -,Hayen t. you got ahsYs conscience
eonscieneeTconscieneeMdgon't you TN IN:
derstana!f9ti szials si.45fey ass,o,,, ~, ,
1.-The waiter piekedpp the bill o, fare
and ibeganAloolsing itover.. 40 sS.ls
2 II don t know FIVE have or NOT, !. he
said. 1--we have. it's on. the bill, ii
we ain't you'v got TO lpny extry for ii
Them's the rules SIR Detroit Free
Press 70 fs~z't-s tis ,lti6s tSas -
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Since the discovery that peas equally
with clover have the power, Of using at
mospheric nitrogen this crop is receiv-
ing more attention. 1t IS one OF the
crops that leave the soil much richer.
except in mineral elements, than they
find il. But as a green manure peas
are not equaa to Glover The pea early
,inathe season has little power, # any,
oft using atmospheric nitrogen, and BY
stheptime this power is fully developed
it is too late to -plow the peas under a.
a green manure that season. In . clovsr
crop, though the most nitrogen Ii found
in the soil toward fall, the sod can re-
main 'unplowed until sprinsssnd with
much less waste sof fertility than from
peas which die with frost, and leave
the. soil naked through the winters
Rural World. A'''Ht =
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A Virginia farmer found It convenient
TO house hisIshecp m the tel,aoep house,
and as they seemed as, anxious toseat
tobacco stems as hay, he gave them
some every day as an experiment and
noted the results sFfevishs 70 that
time he had lost young sheep by lung
worms more or less every year, but
that year he lost none, though the sea-
son was such that he expected their
deadly visitation. He now feeds tabac-
co stems. when he has than, toghis
sheen He also feeds tobacco crumbs
and pulverized tobacco insbrap and in
the salt to his flock, and they have
teen perfectly healthy ever since. To
bacco is known to be one of the best,
and 70 ANiericans the lsimplest, insecti-
cides. 1t is quite possible To- 50 prepare
the system of the sheep by feeding to-
sbaecp that internal parasites cannotex,
istin amy part Of the animal 71Amer-
lean Farmer
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floor with the vehicles, and no, am
monin from the stables can reach 1t
and rot it, The horse can be taken
from the floor directly into the stable,
without going out of DOORS The hay
is put IN above the barn floor, and after
being cut thrown down shute into
the stable. Farm Journal.
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craving is an excellent one now in use.i
Thein ain barn is about 20 feet square,
and the shed attached 12x20. The floor
shown through the open door gives
ample room for carriages, sleighs, the
lawn mower, kindling wood, etc, be-
sides room TO Aunhitch and clean har-
ness The harness closet is on the barn