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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
MAILED TWELVE YEARS AGO.
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A Postal Card Which Reached It's
Foreign Destination After a Long
Delay. .- Sou. .--t..
A postal card which has been to
Europe and come back has just been
turned in at the postofice department
in Washington, to give the officials
there a chance Of discovering who is
responsible for it's long delay in trans
mission. It was mailed in Washing
ton late in December, 1881, addressed
to a bookseller in London, directing
him to send to the writer a large num-
Der of books which were even then suf-
ficiently rare not to be readily accessi-
bic in this country. The card reached
it's destination late in May, 1892. The
bookseller, apparently without MOTTO
ing the disparity between the date
receipt, filled the order, after taking
time to hunt up the books, which,
in the course of ten years interval,
had grown still rarer. The surprise
of the author Of the card may be imag
lned when, so long after having con
Guided that the dealer could not fill
his order, he suddenly had this large
supply Of literature dumped upon him
from the pOstofce. When he charged
the dealer with neglect, the date of the
card appears to have been examined
for the first time; but it was pleaded
that a dealer would be justified in
filling such an order in spite Of the an
tquity of the written date, because he
would have a right to assume that his
customer had himself been careless
about dating the card, slip Of the pen
making 1891 read 1881. The New
York Evening Post thinks that the
card must have got into the old post
Office in Washington, been postmarked
and then lost, slipping possibly into
one of the many cracks and crannies
of that office. When the Office was
moved from its old, and shabby quar-
tiers into the building it now occupies
some one doubtless came across the
card, and, not noticing it's date, dropped
i into mail bag Bound for LonIon.
Tue Responsibility for the accident is
obviously past fixing, and the book
seller in London and his customer in
America will have to settle their dis
pute without the assistance of the post
Office department.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
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! 1
have cOrn.'
Exactly what I was trying to find
out, monsieur said the barber, bland
~. we have an excellent preparation
for removing corns, for sale at one
franc per bottle!"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
Too Trivial.

Judge Chase Of Vermont was a man
of excellent sense, and a great stickler
for the dignity of courts.
At one time case of very trifing i'm
portance, which had well-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 a frivolous
suit, when the subject matter, ito wit,
one turkey, Of great value" caught the
ear Of the judge.
''Mr. 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.
mine the ownership of a turkey!'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
Not So Fast.

The New York Tribune reports an
anecdote told by Washington gentle
man concerning a city, historically IA
nous, which need not been named here.
It has fallen behind the procession"
as the current phrase is, and it is by
no means increasing rapidly in popula-
ton. Said the Washington man to the
reporter:
went over to - one evening to
make call. 1t was dark and I couldn't
see the numbers on the houses After
time 1 noticed middle-aged man
smoking a pipe OH the front steps Of a
house a few doors away
Il beg PARDON said I, 'but will you
kindly tell me which way the numbers
run on this street?'
He took the pipe out of his mouth,
slowly knocked out the ashes, and said:
"Just got to town."
"WeI, yes,'' I answered, taken by
"Evenin' boat?''
"Yes.''
What number yer lookin' for?''
''Forty-nine."
Its the other side, four doors be-
low
I thanked him and turned to go.
Hold on a minute" he called. What
did you say about numbers runnin' p
WELL they don't rum" he rejoined;
''they don't even walk. There haint
nothin' run in this town sence the
warp
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
Aug,
Flower :

- Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. I could not
speak aloud. Everything that took
into the Stonrch distressed me. I
could not sleep. I had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through
nelghbor I got one of your books.
I procured a bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the bestof health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah ] Cox, Defiance, O. q
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
Home Hints.

Put a pinch of cayenne on a piece
of lemon before you squeeze it over
Little Necks or Blue Points, and en-
Sioy the com bination.
If shelves and floors of closets are
wiped with water hot with cayenne
pepper, and afterward sprinkled with
borax and alum, reaches and other
vermin are kept at bay.
For a cough, boil one ounce of flax
seed in pint of water; strain and
add a little honey, one ounce Of
rock candy and the juice of three
lemons; mix and boil we'll, then drink
as hot as possible.
A small paint or varnish brush,
costing five cents, says a house
keeper, is useful accompaniment to
the larger stove-polishing brush, as
it can be made to reach into corners
where the other one will not go.
It is said that the use of smelling
salts is one of the most prolific causes
of deafness, operating by weakening
the olfactory nerves, and through
them the auditory system. All strong
VI Pu1lS6uU OuOt0 ouOUlu OO dVO1u0u
as far as possible, especially those
which act upon the secretory pro
cesses, and, as the popular express
sion goes, ''make the nose rum
Some housekeepers can lemons
when they are cheap. A writer for
an exchange gives the following
plan: Pare, slice and remove the
seeds, add one pound of sugar to one
dozen lemons. Let stand until a
liquid forms and then heat to boil
ing point. Put them in cans, and
they are ready for use Immediately
or they can be kept as long as you
4 wish. SIS. @s...=z.5.
A general rule for making a syrup
4 for fruit is one and one-half pounds
of sugar to pint of water; boil il
ten minutes Rhubarb cut into inch
/ lengths and dropped into this, cook
4 ing only till tender, or barely twenty
minutes, makes delicious compete
Pineapple is also very good, but
/ should be simmered, not boiled, forty
i minutes. At any time the syrup may
/ be boiled down again richer after
the fruit is taken out by leaving il
d on the range for another half hour
before pouring it over the fruit
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
Helm Wanted.

Bank Cashier-I have ventured 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
rousing deposit.
Senior Partner-Wen, what if we
have. The account is not overdrawn,
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, 1893-07-29
His Object.

Bingo-Wel, old man, I'll say good
by now. I'm off for the worlds fair
tomorrow. Going to take all my fam
lily with me.
Kingly-Why, I thought you said you
weren't going.
Bingo-I wasn't. But I understand
there is a place there where you can
check your children, and I want to see
if I can't get a little rest.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

Geo. Benz & Sons. are 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, 1893-07-29

Malarial disease is invariably supplement
ed by disturbance Of the liver, the bowels
the stomach and the nerves. TO the re
letters Stomach Bitters Is fully adequate
It ellis the bill' as no other remedy does
performing its work thoroughly. Its ingree
dents are pure and wholesome, and it ad
by ill health and shorn of strength. Consti
patton, liver and kidney complaint ant
nervousness are conquered by it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

11xA10AzIS.
A lady who suffered for years with utter
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, 1893-07-29

The total number of colored troops in t1e
United States army during the civil war
was 1907.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

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, 1893-07-29
Whether on pleasure bent

Whether on pleasure bent, or business take
on every trip bottle of Syrup of Figs, as
it acts most pleasantly and sffectually &, on
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, 1893-07-29

The United States has .2.SOO,OOO beehives;
Germany, 1,910,O00; Spain, 1,69o,O0O; Aus
tria, 1,550,OO0.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

The grey matter of the brain is built Of
at least 600, OOO,0 600 cells.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
FREE TO INVALID LADIE

There are in the world 261 blind asylums
and training schools with 11,7S0 inmates.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

II tho Baby IL Cuttine Teeth, Z
Be sure and use that old and wel-tried remedy NRz
WILSON'S SCORING SYRUP for Children Teething.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

During the cholera plague of 1865 the
greatest mortality at Rome and Madrid
was on Sundays; at London and Berlin on
Wednesdays; at Paris on Saturdays.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
Holland has practicing women chemist

Female Weakness Positive Cure.
To the Editor: Please inform your read
ers that have positive remedy for tho
thousand and one ills which arise from de-
to be filled, but I will send two bottles OF
my remedy, free of all cost for the medi
cine, ready for use, to any lady If she; vii
correspondence strictly confidential and for
ward my replies and remedy in plain wrap
per. DR.. j. S. Marchisi, Utica, N. Y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
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, 1893-07-29

Eight counties in Missouri are named II
horror Of presidents of the United States.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

One thousand francs was recently paid
for the wooden horse with which Napoleon
played as child.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

Men ale more liable than women to In
sanity and die sooner litter becoming in
sane ~ So -zlss - - xEt .zssz<
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

Cure Dyspepsia and Constipation.
DR.. Shops Restorative Nerve Pills sent
free with Medical Book to prove merit for
W., Racine Wis Il.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

The death rate from apoplexy is highest
at Turin, Italy, $40 in 10000.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
Sugar Beets for Sugar,

Although the great bulk of sugar
in this country is made from cane,
either of the sorghum or old-fashioned
sugar cane of the South, it is not so
in other parts of the world. More
sugar is now made in temperate
climates than in those near the
equator, and the beet is the staple
basis of its manufacture. The sugar
beet has been greatly improved in
it's saccharine qualities since the first
Napoleon forced it's introduction into
France. 1t was long called the
French sugar beet, as the best va
rieties originated in that country.
At present, however, the Germans
make more sugar from beets than
any other people in the world, and
their product is said to have doubled
the past year. CulGivator.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
That Terrible Scourge,

Flints for gun locks were used in the
French army in 1880.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
Farm Notes.

Farm Notes.
Make a roller during leisure spells
if that important tool IS not on the
farm already.
Unless ground is very rich two
stalks to the hill is enough to leave
Nothing pays better than thinning
corn if it is too thick.
A good way to have durable fence
posts is to split them in August and
let them thoroughly season before
putting them in the ground.
If cultivation is thorough from the
beginning, there need not be much
trouble in keeping the weeds down,
if the land is thoroughly drained
Farm Systematically, and keep the
farm looking as neat as possible. A
man thinks more of himself when
his SUR oundings are pleasant and
inviting.
1t is worth considerable outlay to
keep the horses from being pestered
with flies in summer, and yet nets
and screens in the doors and windows
of the stable go long ways in do
ing it.
Some think that mule breeding is
to receive a new impetus, and the
reason given is that horse breeding
has been overdone. High prices may
have been overdone but there is room
for plenty of good horses yet. Big.
It is not good business methods to
buy artificial fertilizers, and let the
manure of the farm go to waste.
Whatever commercial fertilizers
are used should be supplementary to
natural fertilizers of the farm.
Hogs should always be sold for
what they are worth, and not be SUBJ
ject to dockage, after sale, the dock
age being estimated by some one ap-
pointed by the buyer. That sort of
business is nonsense and worse, it is
! robbery.
A writer says: eff l wanted to
formulate plan to make a man poor
for life, it would be-work early and
late, utilizing every moment at hard
unceasing toll with the hands, and
never stop to think or read the
thoughts of others.''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
Horse Power in the Gart,en 4

Why not have more horse power to
cultivate our gardensp Mankind and
womankind don't like the hoe. An
exchange says that if the gardens
could be cultivated with q horse hoe
the work could be done with less than
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29
: It's a "Daisy"

80 IT'S 'Daisy"
We desire to call the attention of news
paper men especially, and the public in
general, to the inside pages OF the Sentinel.
They contain 26 columns Of live, readable.
carefully selected. ably edited and finely
illustrated reading matter. We defy any
paper on earth, printed at home but using,
pages Of as interesting matter Us this. The.
Sentinel desires to thank the Northwestern
Newspaper Union for its liberal and enter
prising efforts to keepin the lead and serve
its patrons so we'll and so faithfully.-Fsir-
mont Sentinel, July {, 1888. t'I
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-07-29

HOODS PILLS cure Constipat by restor
ing the perstaltic action of the tary canal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
BILLS ON FINANCE.
The Finance Committee to Take Them
Up To-Morrow.

Au6 4uGuCe CoLuIn4CteS 20 IaES 1ncm
Up To-Morrow.
Washington, Aug S.-Senator Voorhees,
has called meeting of the finance com
mittee for next Thursday and it is pre-
sumed that the financial bills introduced
up to that day will be referred to sub
committees for examination and report.
Two hundred and ffty-nine bills and a
mum Der of resolutions were introduced in
the Senate to-day. The majority of them
were measures that were laid before the
last congress but not acted on. They in
clude measures proposing amendments to
the pension and general land
laws, repeating the supervisor S
laws and large number
of private bills, claims and pensions
The bills and resolutions of superior i'm
portance at this time, however, were
those relating to finance and of such bills
and resolutions there were not less than
a dozen. Among them was Mr. Hills
suspension bill, Mr. Hoar's resolution
to repeal the silver-purchase clause of the
Sherman act and Mr.. Vests to fix
the number of grains of gold and silver in
the dollar and repeating all acts and
parts of acts discriminating in taxation
against the circulating notes of state
banks and state banking associations,
each 500 owned by persons or corpora
tions in excess of ~. 900.
Senator Hunton Of Virginia offered bills
repeating the Sherman law, providing for
the purchase Of not more than $1,000, 900
worth Of bullion q month and authorizing
the coinage of standard silver dollar OF
420 grains
Among the bills on subjects not relating
to finance were the following:
Nv IN Aflr of AT,.r
leo as n state.
BY Mr.. Murphy-The Hudson river
bridge bill, re-introduced.
BY Mr.. Mitchell, of Oregon-The bill
introduced in the House last session by
Mr.. Oates, of Alabama. providing for the
establishment OF a uniform system of
bankruptcy throughout the United
States. The measure is the old TORY
bill with few new clauses prepared by
Mr. Oates
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
READING OF THE MESSAGE.
Unusually Close Attention Paid In
Both Houses.

AWave of Applause Sweeps over the
House on the Completion of the
Readiug--The Contested Election
Case From the Fifth Michigan Dis
trict Decided in Favor of Mr. Rich
ardson--Senator Stewart Tries to De-
Law the Printing of the Message.
Washington, Aug S.-The House was
called to order promptly at noon. After
praver and the routine business of OPEN
inc the days business a recess was taken
till As o'clock. When business was re-
sumed, the Presidents messageuwas pre-
spnted to the House and read. Never in
the history of congress has such interest
been manifested in state document as
was shown by the members during the
reading A hush fell over the House and
nearly every member followed the words
of the message with intense attention. AS
the clerk read the signature "Grover
Ceveland,' wave of applause swept
over the hall.
When order had been restored Mr..
OFerrall called up the case of Richardson
and Bell1nap, both claiming TO have
prima facie title to a seat in the House
from the Fifth Michigan district
A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ASKED FOR.
Mr.. Dingley moved that the matter be
referred to Il special committee of five
members, TO be appointed by the speaker,
with instructions to report thereon within
ten days.
Mr. Dingley's motion was lost-yeas,
13S: nays, 1874. The following democrats
voted with the republicans in the affirma-
n
Cobb of Alabama, Cummings, Hall, of
Minnesota, Harris, Harter, Hayes, Mar
tin Of Indiana, Oates and Tracy.
The populists voted with the demo-
Gratis.
Then came the vote on the republican
resolution declaring Belknap entitled to
his seat on prima facie case, and it was
defeated-yeas, ia; nays, 1913.
Mr. O'FerralPs resolution for the i'm
mediate swearing in of Mr.. Richardson
was agreed to without division, and Mr..
Richardson came forward and quail
fed.
COMMITTEES TO BE NAMED BY THE SPEAKER
Upon motion of Mr.. Catchings, demo-
crat, against the protest of his colleague,
Mr.. Hooker, who wished the membership
of the committee on rules increased, a
resolution was adopted authorizing the
speaker to appoint the committees on
rules, accounts, enrolled bills and mile
age, with the membership to which they
were entitled in the Fifty-second con-
gress, and referring the rules of that CON
gress to the committee on rules.
Mr.. Reilly, democrat, of Pennsylvania,
announced the death of his colleague,
William Mutchler, and as mark of re-
spect to the memory of the deceased, the
'uouse, at Abs o'clock, adjourned till
Thursday.
At the close of the days proceedings
Mr.. Bland sent to the clerks desk and
had read a call for caucus in the hall of
the House at IL O'Clock tomorrow, of "aIl
members in favor of the free coinage of
silyern
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
ATLANTA ON THE MESSAGE.
Well Received by Leading Business
Men and others.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. S.-President Cleve-
lands message was the one subject of dis
cussion here to-day. Business men gen.
orally, including the governor and the
leading brokers and merchants, pronounce
it lust about the right thing. It is pre-
dicted that it will have good effect on
business, and an especially good effect, II
congress acts with the President readily.
An agree on the repeal Of the sherman
act. but some disappointment is expressed
because Mr.. Cleveland leaves the silver
question right there.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
An Explosion in a steel works.

horrible accident in the converting de-
partment Of the Bessemer steel works
here this morning, and five men were
horribly burned and cooked by molten
metal. The workmen were about to make
a cast, and the apparatus become unman-
ageable. With a hiss the hot metal
poured into the pit under the converter.
There was a terrific explosion. Foreman
John Lilly, Robert Mcclure and Jesse
Sem were badly burned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
The R. andD cutting Expenses,

light travel through the south and tight
money the Richmond and Danville Rail-
road Company has been forced to make
wholesale cut in its expenses. Over fifty
wOrkmen have been discharged from the
Alexandria shops, and many employees
have been dropped oil along the line.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
CLEVELAND AND THE CABINET
The Leading Topics of the Moment
Discussed for Hours.

Washington, Aug. 8.-President Cleve-
land came in to town this morning
about 1890 o'clock and went to
tho white house. His brother was
with him. BE had very few call
ers this morning, Speaker Crisp and Mr..
Cox, secretary of the Senate, completing
the list.
The cabinet met promptly at II o'clock
with all the members in attendance and
remained in session about two hours.
The financial situation is said TO have
been the principal topic Of discussion, al
though it is probable that the Bering sea
arbitration, the Samoan war and the
opening Of the Cherokee's trip were also
considered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-09
LEwELLINa's PROJECT.
Transportation to Europe Via the Gull
of Mexico.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. S.-Gov. Lewelling
this morning appointed Silas Rutledge,
of Valley Falls, Benjamin Heilbrum, of
Page City, w. J. Wilson, Of Wichita, and
Thyge Hogard, the Danish vice-consul
at Kansas City, commissioners to Chicago
to confer with representatives Of foreign
governments attending the worlds fair
on the subject of steamship transporta-
tion to Europe by way of the Gulf Of
Mexico The governor continues to re
ceive letters from all parts OF the west
commencing his project.