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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
Steel Buttons.

The prejudices in favor Of nobility
are very strong in Italy, and though
family connections are priced so highly
there, no man seems ashamed if he has
no family to. boast. In "Glmpses of
Italian Society" the author says that
she was astonished to hear a well-bred
clergyman say gravely to a friend, also
man eminent for talents and fortune:
eyes, there is a grand invitation at
such place tonight, but don't go be-
cause am not gentleman; and the
master desired I would let you know
that it was for no other reason that
you had not card, too, my good
friend, for it is an invitation for none
but people Of fashion, you see"
At all this no one stares no one
laughs; and it is accepted as the proper
thing.
: A woman Of quality, near whom sat
at the fine ball Bragadin made in honor
of the season, inquired how I passed
the morning. named several churches
I had looked into, particularly that
which they esteem beyond the rest as a
favorite work of PalladiO, and called
the Redentore.
You do very right" said she, Ito look
at our churches, as you have none in
England, I know: but then you have
so many other fine things, such charm
ing steel buttons, for example," press
Ing my hand to show that she meant
no ofense.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
] THE SHY MAN.
II q. san Blu.he. Il. /. Not wi,

If He Still Bushes He Is Not with.
out HIS Advantages. :.
One of the characters in a modern
novel is made to say: II love. a shy
man. He is getting so scarce
Perhaps that is why he is so really
delicious. ,. X ..sS E[".E. H..
When he bushes palpably, but with.
out looking awkward, one is drawn
toward him by certain sentiment OF
affinity, and 80 long as he is just shy
enough, but not too shy, he wins more
and more upon one: +,
10 draw a really shy man out of his
shyness is a pleasing task and the
more so he is generally enchanted to
give expression to- the thoughts and
Ideas that he usually keeps locked fast
away within himself. One comes UPON
stray jewel or two now and then in
such cases in the shape of an npexpect-
co thought that astonishes tine iiiscov-
erer because it seems so different from
the person from whom it emanates
L assure you would think shy men
are sometimes very charming; but then
one must be little bit shy ONES self
In order to appreciate them
do you know any nice. ones, and do
you know that they only come out of
their shell in tete-a-tete, and not al
ways then, so that there is. a pleasing
element Of uncertainty about them
which adds to the interest they in
splre ?-LOndOn Truth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
Artistic ElectrO-Platinx.

ATt1Bt1C hleCCTO.H1at1nK.
For many years past electro platers
have sought to evolve IN effective proc
ess of electro-deposition on non-lneral-
lie case. This endeayor was at length
attended with partial success, but the
process was accompanied by SO much
danger, in consequence of the highly
combustible nature of some Of the
agents employed, that manufacturers
did not care to run the risk Of setting
their premises on fire. A moMfca lion
Of the process has been discovered by
which this danger is avoided, and the
invention is now pronounced to be one
Of the most important that has been in
troduoed in the electro plate trade for
many years. The object to be dealt
with, whether it be a sprig Of natural
holly or Ivy, bit Of common hedge
bliar, a fern, geranium leaf, Marguer-
lite daisy, a terra Gotta group or a piece
Of delicate lace first submitted to the
process, which is the inventors secret,
It next receives a deposit Of copper,
which renders it perfectly luctile aud
practically understandable and ii Is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

a Postal Card Which Reached Its
Foreign Destination After q Long
Delay.
A postal card which has been to
Europe and come back has just been
SUrHed in at the postofice department
kn Washington, to give the officials
ehaEe q chance of discovering who is
responsible for its long delay in trans
mission It was mailed in Washing
eazz late in December, 1881, addressed
to a bookseller in London, directing
Aim to send to the writer a large num-
uer Of books which were even then suf-
dezentIy rare not to be readily accessi-
hEe in this country. The card reached
its destination late in May, 1892. The
bookseller, apparently without MOTTO
Eng the disparity between the date
written on the card and the date of
Gecelpt, filed the order, after taking
time to hunt up the books, which,
sxu the course of ten years interval,
iasRd grown still rarer The surprise
OF the author Of the card may be mag
kned when, so long after having con-
eIuIed that the dealer could not fill
his order, he suddenly had this large
nuRpsg Of literature dumped upon him
EgEoEn the postoffice. When he charged
the dealer with neglect, the date of the
gard appears to have been examined
Gar the first time; but it was pleaded
chat q, Dealer would be justified in
filing such an order in spite of the an
e1quity of the written date, because he
would have a right to assume that his
customer had himself been careless
about dating the card, a slip Of the pen
HrEaking 1891 read 1881. The New
York Evening Post thinks that the
card must have got into the old post
'aHEee in Washington, been postmarked
and then lost, slipping possibly into
one Of the many cracks and crannies
OF that Office. When the Office was
Enaved from its old and shabby quar-
Gers into the building it now occupies
some one doubtless came across the
card, and, not noticing its date, dropped
ST into a mail bag bound for London.
TIE responsibility for the accident is
obviously past fixing, and the book
ses1er in London and his customer in
America will have to settle their dis
I quite without the assistance Of the post
Office department.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
Too Trivial.

Judge Chase of Vermont was man
Of excellent sense, and great stickler
tor the dignity Of courts.
At one time case of very u1fiing i'm
mortance, which had weIl-nigh run the
gauntlet Of adjudication, came before
the highest court in the state. The
COUNSEL for the plaintiff was opening
with the usual apologies for frivolous
quit, when the subject matter, Ito wit
one turkey, Of great Value caught the
ear Of the judge.
"8lr. Clerk" he called out, IN an irate
tone, "strike that case from the docket
The supreme court of the State OF
Vermont does not sit here to deter:
enfne the ownership of turkey"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
Pushing Trade.

It is not alone in America that bar
bers show extraordinary persistence
and ingenuity in pressing their wares
upon customers. An American who has
been travelling in France relates that in
Paris the barber who was shaving him
stepped two or three times upon the
side of his foot.
At last the customer called out:
please don't do that any more! I
have a corn"
Exactly what I was trying to find
out, monsieur" said the barber, bland
ly. I'VE have an excellent preparation
for removing corns, for sale at one
franc per bottler'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
His Object.

Bingo-Well, old man, I'll say good
@y now. I'm off for the worlds fair
6s-morrow. Going to take all my fam
MT with s1.e
Nngy-Why, thought you said you
weren't going.
Bingo-I wasn't. But I understand
There is q place there where you can
check your children, and want to see
&c can't get little rest.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
Help Wanted.

Bank Cashier-I have yentured to call
on you, sir, to state that you have a
very small balance in the bank, and in
the hope that you may be able to make
a rousing deposit
Senior Parmer-Wel, what if we
have. The account is not overd1awn,
is it?
Cashier-Oh, no. But I am going on
my summer vacation tomorrow.
A caterpillar contains more than 1000
muscles.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
An Electric Root PuIfer

One of the most useful AGRICULTURAL
Appliances that has been devised for
the clearing Of new land is the root
puller, and many years Of labor have
been saved in this country by it's adop-
ton. Wonderful stories have been told
OF the rapid transformation it has rem
dered possible under most adverse COZ
dihons, and of the way In which it has
made amenable to profitable cultiva-
ton land which otherwise would not
have been worth taking up. The rec
ord, however, for both efficiency and
economy is likely to be broken by
root grubber worked by electricity,
which has just been brought out in
England. On account Of the advantage
to be gained from the water power, a
manufacture has established his
works on the banks of the River
Darenth, in Kent. When first &C
quired, the works consisted Of a ruin
GUS and dilapidated old -four mill, but
| 1t took only T. short time to make them
remuneratve. The water gives the
power for driving a generating plant,
as well as many other machines con-
hected with the factory, which is lit
by electric light. A second generator
| is used for experiments in electrical
blowing, threshing. etc. The owner
of the factory is an enthusiast in these
matters, and thinks electric agriculture
has great future before it, as it will
undoubtedly prove itself to be more
efficient and economical than either
| horse or steam power as at present ap-
piled, saving the carting of all coal
| and water, and where water power can
| be turned to account, being very much
| less for running expense. A third
dynamo is used for generating current
for supplying the grubbing apparatus
at the top Of a hill two miles distant.
The current is taken by overhead wires
On telegraph poles to the motor on
the grubber carriage. At the top Of the
hill several acres have been already
grubbed. The ground is being cleared
FOR the purpose Of constructing one of
series Of large forts for the protection
IF London. The motor drives by
means Of betting and suitable gearing,
| 4 capstan upon which is coiled a few
turns OF a very strong steel wire rope.
A heavy chain is attached to the tree
roots, and as the motor is set to work
and the rope exerts it's force, the roots
come up quietly, one after the other.
The installation is an interesting ex-
aample Of the application Of electric
power to country work
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
Not So East:

The New York Tribune reports am
anecdote told by a Washington. gentle
man concerning a city, historically fla.
nous, which need not been named here.
1t has fallen behind the procession ~
as the current phrase is, and. it, is by
no means increasing rapidly in. pepula,
ton. Said the Washington man to- the
reporter:
I went over to -one evening to
make call. It was dark and I. couldn't
see the numbers on the houses. After
4 time I noticed a middle-aged. man
I smoking pipe OH the front steps of a
house few doors away.
Il beg pardon" said I, ''but will. YOU
KINDLY tell me which way the numbers
run on this street?"
i He took the pipe out Of his mouth,
| slowly knocked out the ashes, and said:
/ "Just got to town?''
/ "Well, yes" I answered, taken. by
!. surprise.
*Evenin' boat?"
/ Eyes"
/ What number yer lookin' for:?"
|: "Forty-nine.
Its the other side, four doors, be-
|, low.'
thanked him and turned to go.
/ Hold on a minute" he called. "What
did you say about numbers runnin,? %
well, they don't rum" he rejoined;
"they don't even walk. There haint
| nothin' run in this town sence- the
war;!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

Geo. Benz & Sons. IRE the sole
Owners and bottlers of Uucle Sans
Monogram, which has by reason of it's
merit and quality in short time become
the leading brand of whisky i'll the North
west. A trial will convince you of it's su-
periority to most Whistles, and that it is
excelled by none.
Ask your druggist or retail dealer for it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take
on every trip a bottle of Syrup Of Figs, as
it acts most pleasantly and effectually on
the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing
fevers, headaches and other forms Of sick
ness. For sale in SOC and 81 bottle by all
leading druggists. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

Z hEE ~ IN v AAIO LADIES.
A lady who suffered for years with u!er-
inc troubles, displacements, leucorrhea and
Irregularities, finally found safe and SIM
pie home treatment that completely cured
her without the aid of medical attendance.
She will send it free with full instructions how
to use it to any suffering woman who will
send her name and address to
Mrs. D. L. Orme, South Bend, Ind
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

Malarial disease is invariably supplement-
ed by disturbance Of the liver, the bowels,
the stomach and the nerves. To, the re-
moval Of both the cause and it's; eaneets Hos1
1t fills the bill" as no other. remedy does,
performing its work thoroughly. It's ingre-
dfents are pure and wholesome, and it adj
by I'll health and shorn of strength. Consti-
patton, liver and kidney complaint: and
nervousness are conquered BY it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

tnen ready to be either silvered or gilt
BY the ordinary process Of electro plat
ing. This invention comes from Eng
land, where it is being used largely
IN ornamental work OF; vadious kinds.
Some of the effects produced by it are
said to be exquisitely beautiful. Tor
instance, cracker, glove and trink ct
boxes and drinking cups are twined
around with sprays of ivy or holly,
the veining of the leaves and the sharp
ness of the prickly edges of the holly
being as perfect as they We're in their
natural state. TO other articles lace is
added in similar manner, and while
all the delicate >gossan,er appearance
Of the lace is preserved, it's character
is so changed that it has becom.. metal
lie, and may be removed whenever the
article which it emhelliShes requires
cleaning. In every instance, the orlla-
ment is attached by screws instead Of
solder, for facility of removal In the
same way the ornamentation is applied
to the backs Of hair brushes. and IN in
finite variety OF other articles, the ma
terial used being natural leaves and.
flowers. Terra-COtta ware cun be treat
ed by the same process, and when
bronzed make attractive ornaments,
which cannot readily be broken.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

IT You Feel Miserable In General
take Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters. All genu
inc bear the signature Of ]. P. Allen, Drug
gist, st. Paul, MINI.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
THE WONDERFUL PROGRESS IN
,sa Is, THE USEFUL4ARTS.5 ssss5
A Toledo MANS Invention to Avert
RailrOnd Wrecks-An Electric Root
Puller-Artistic ElectrO-PlatinE.

F. F.. Seagrave of Toledo successfully
exhibited to a number Of newspaper
men on the railroad track at the
Maumee rolling mill recently an APP
paratus by which railroad accidents
may be averted. The exhibition was.
made through the medium Of two
hand cars A central an electric bat
terry and small wheel or metallic
brush is about the only extra thing
necessary on every railroad in the
country. The device, upon which let:
ters patent will soon issue, looks es-
pecially to the prevention of collisions
between trains and accidents due, to
the neglect or carelessness of railroad
employees at stations, according to the
Bee. BY this arrangement an alarm
is sounded in the cabs of the locomo-
uves when two trains are approaching
each other on the same track, moving
IN the opposite direction, or one train
following the other This alarm advises
the engineer of the proximity of an
other train and enables him to put the
train under control and avoid acct
dent. A simple CONTINUANCE in each
cab enables the engineer of either train
to signal to and communicate with
the engineer of the other, though both
may be moving rapidly and not in
sight of each other, thus communica-
tons and orders may be given in Or
der to avoid collisions. By the appli-
cation of the same principle the sta
ton agent can communicate with
train approaching station one or two
miles distant, and can communicate
equally as we'll with train that is
leaving a station, and give orders look
ing to the safety Of the train. In addi-
ton to this the device provides that an
alarm in the cab should sound if a train
Is approaching an open switch or
draw bridge. A large percentage of
accidents to moving trains occur I'M
der the conditions named, and if this
device will enable trains to be oper-
ated with greater safety, and prevent,
to any considerable extent, accidents
attending collisions of trains and open
switches, it would seem to be of very
considerable Importance. In addition
to this, however, the ability Of an en-
glneer of a moving train to communi-
cate with the engineer of another
moving train, and especially of the pos
slb1hty of an operator at the station
to communicate with and give orders
to an approaching or ~etreating train,
when one or two miles distant from q
station, certainly renders this inyen-
ton Of great Importance.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

II the BABY IL Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and weitried remedy, MRA
W1NsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
uggust
Flower

Eight doctors treated for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. I could not
speak aloud. Every thing THAI took
into the Stomrch distressed me. I
could not Sleep. I had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through a
neighbor I got one of your books.
Iprocured bottle Of Green's Aug-
ust Flower and took 1T. am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
saved mylife and gavene my health.
Mrs. Sarah J Cox, Defiance, 0. .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
Holland has practicing women CHEMISTS


Female Weakness Positive Cures.
To the Editor: Please inform your read
ers THAT 1 have a positive remedy for the
thousand and one ills which arise from de-
to: be filed, but will send two bottles, of
my remedy, free Of all cost for the medi.
cling, ready for use, to any lady if. she will
correspondence strictly confidential and for
ward my replies and remedy in plain. wrap
per. DR.. !. S. Marchisi. Utica, N. Y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
When Travelling.

The standing army of Hawaii consists OF
sixty -four men, three Of whom are generals
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

The grey matter Of the brain is built Of
at least GOO, 900, 600 cells.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26
FREE TO INVALID LADIES'

There are In the world 261 blind asylums
and training schools with II, $50 inmates.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

Eight counties in Missouri are named In
horror Of presidents Of the United States.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

During the cholera plague Of 1855. the
greatest mortality at Rome and Madrid
was on Sundays; at London and Berlin OF
Wednesdays; at Paris on Saturdays.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

Cure Dyspepsia and Constipation.
DR.. Shops Restorative Nerve Pills sent
free with Medical Book to prove merit for
&c stamp. Druggists, Csc DR.. Shoop, Box
W., Racine Wis.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

The total number of colored troops in the
United States army during the civil war
was 1S6, OF.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

The death rate from apoplexy is highest
at Turin, Italy, 610 in 10000.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

The United States has 1880, 900 bechiTes;;:
Germany, 100000; Spain, 1;6e0,Ooo5. AUS
tria, 1,55O,O00
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

One thousand francs wasS 7ecent1y paid
for the wooden horse with, which, Napoleon
played as child.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-08-26

Men ale more liable than women to in
sanity and die sooner litter becoming an-
sane. -''@.
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Erecting Plate Orders for Bridge

Erecting Plate Girders for Bridges.
In erecting plate girder bridges on
the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, a
rather neat plan is adopted. The grid
ers are unloaded as near tie Size OF the
bridge as possible, one on either side
Of the rail. Then pair Of cars, or
three cars when the bridge is a long
one, is run along the track until it is
about opposite the girders. Supported
in these cars in a firm and rigid n-:ll-
ner is II pair Of very heavy frames
with cross timbers projecting out over
each side Of the cars. Attached to the
ends , of these: timbers are tackles
Sings are passed around each end Of
each girltr and fastened to the bottom
pulleys of the tackles so that it is q
very simple matter to raise the girders
clear of the ground and hold them
In this position until the car has BEEN
pulled out ON the temporary trestle
spanning the brook or street When
there the Orders can be easil.T lowered
into position on the anutments and the
bridge completed.
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That Terrible Scourge.

Flints for gun locks were used in, the
FGeneh army in 1880.
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HOODS PILLS cure Constip alton by 7estor-
ing the peristaltic action OF the alimenbary canal
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-famicted with
sore eyes, use
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-08
Resolutions of Respect.

At regular meeting of lola Lodge
No. 81, 1. o. of o. f. the following
preamble and resolutions were unan.
imously adopted:
WHEREAS, death has crossed the
threshold of our Lodge; and i'm the
dispensation of Providence our Be.
loved Brother Stephen Urine has been
summoned to the other shore; and
WHEREAS, during his association
with our Lodge, we learned to know
him as an honest and worthy Brother
and in his walk and conversation in
life, his demeanOr as husband, faith
er and citizen was such as to merit the
esteem of all.
Therefore be ;t resolved: That in
the death of Bro. Stephen Urine the
order in general and this lodge in
particular has lost a worthy number,
the family an exemplary husband and
father; and the community good Cit
izen whose virtues as such will be
long remembered.
Further Resolved: That as . fur
ther token of our esteem that the
Lodge room be draped in mourning,
and the brethren wear the usual
badge OF mourning for the usual time
Further ResOtved: That copy OF
these resolutions be sent ably engros-
sed by the secretary and transmitted
to the family of the deceased brother,
and also be furnished to the city pa
pers for publication.
Respectfully Submitted:
I. E. KELLEY, Committee.
A. p. HARRIS,