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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
AN AMERICAN DRINK.
How Soda Water Is Made, and the
Extent of Its Manufacture.

Soda water is an American drink.
It is as essentially American as por-
ter, Rhine wine, and claret are dis
tinctively English, German, and
French. The most interesting fact in
the manufacture of soda water is that
it contains no soda. The prominent
ingredients are marble dust and sulp-
huric acid, neither of which is regard
ded as healthful nor palatable when
taken separately. Moreover, to rem
der them so in combination requires
pressure of at least $50 pounds to the
square inch-a condition dangerous
to life and limb except under proper
safeguards and with the strongest
machinery. The generator is, in fact,
made of gun-metal iron tested to 500
pounds to the square inch. Into this
is put marble dust, to which, from an
other strong chamber, is led the sulp-
huric acid. Then the to are Graded,
and the gas generated is passed into
steel fountains lined with block tin,
two-thirds full of the water to De
charged.
These fountains are then securely
fastened, and, like huge bombs in size
and almost as destructive, are carried
in wagons through the streets, to be
stored under drugstore counters.
Surely in all the history OF fairy-land
there is nothing more marvellous then
the escape OF this sparkling, bubbling,
foam crested liquor, like an enchanted
prince from the gloomy deathchamb-
er, to delight and refresh the world.
Whiting formerly Was used to furnish
the carbonate,ss ssand whiting and chalk
are still used in England. The use OF
marble dust, under the pretty name Of
'snowhake," is peculiar to this coun-
try. We produce our own marble,
moreover, and whiting comes under
provisions of the Mckinley bill. The
chips Of the marble Cathedral on Fifth
avenue alone supplied twenty-five
million gallons OF soda water; thus
economically we drink up unavailable
bits OF buildings (public and prlvate),
tombstones and monuments.
Except in the. improvement of ma
chinery in it's methods of distribution,
the manufacture of soda water re-
mains much the same. The method
!, employed by the distinguished engi-
neer Bramah is still in use. The man,
in fact, whose name is most promi-
nently identified with the national
/ drink in this country was an appren-
tice of Bramah, and has developed his
method here. That form of concen-
| tration, moreover, that all sorts Of
enterprises now take was long since q
! : featuresof the oda wat ter indus IN try
Formerly the actual process took
place under the drug store counter.
No one has vet est i'm ata6 tho n 6aoroac
ed percentage in the loss of life since
the drug store boy ceased playing
with the vitrol, carbonates and force
pump, as if he had a squirt-gun in
hogshead ofwaterunder aneayetrough.
Explosions ofsoda fountainsd some
times occur, but they have ceased to
be a national feature, as on reading
old English catalogues of rival manu-
facturers they seem once to have been.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26

Fortunes From Small Inventions.
The ordinary stylographic pen has
made large fortune for it's inventor
and now similar pen for shading in
colors has been invented which
annually brings to it's inventor the
snug income of $4,000. Some years
ago metal tipped and heeled shoes and
boots for city use were the great rage
and the man who first thought of
this simple device for saving shoe
leather reaped fortune of 81, ,OOO,-
900 in ten years. Before that day
another man had accumulated q
fortune in inventing the old-fashioned
brass-tipped shoes, which prevented
little boys and girls from kicking a.
hole in the soft leather uppers.
Such simple devices were hardly
worth the money which they realized
for the inventors, but they took the
public eye and many millions OF them
were manufactured annually for a.
long time. To-day, however, they are
little used and the patents yield the
heirs of the inventors very little
money.-Georse r. Walsh in New
York Epoch. @t#3ss.~ s>s's.s- So p.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26

'oN THE SIDE OF THE BED.
to me. Balder stood with his face to
the door, engaged in a hot dispute
with my neighbors.
The devil himself couldn't collect
his thoughts with that coughing 90
ing on he was saying as 1 woke up.
II was coughing to make you quiet,
that endless murmuring made me so
nervous!" cried Fraulein Lieschen, her
voice trembling with annoyance.
I'm writing poem, tell you, and
when one is composing poem one
must murmur. If you can't sleep
through it you can't be healthy. You
must have eaten too much
supper Or something. You can
congratulate yourself that you've
got such LOGGER as Reif Do
you understand me? If you had me
I'd teach ycu-"
Again and again, in as persuasive a
voice as could assume, l begged the
orator at the wardrobe to put an end
to the speech he was delivering on
his views of landlady's duties
toward her tenants At length nv
patience gave way, and. sitting up in
bed, commanded him in voice of
authority to give over his poetry and
recitation and to blow out the light
and get into bed. Balder at length
seemed to realize that he was tres.
passing on my hospitality, and that
certain amount of respect was due to
my wishes as his host He became
silent, put his manuscript carefully
into my dressing gown pocket, cast
one last fiery glance at the door and
retired to bed.
l do not know if he saw the daugh-
ter of sunny Spain, with her gazelle
like eyes, in his dreams, but I do
know that he snored as if he were
dreaming of sawmill.
About three hours later the winter
daylight struggled into the room.
Balder got up and dressed himself as
quietly as a mouse. He seemed as
though he was trying to make up for
the disturbance he had made in the
night, or rather in the morning. He
excused himself most politely for;
waking me up, but said he felt that
he could not leave without saving
goodby and thanking me for my kind
hospitality. Then he left the room,
closing the door softly behind him.
At the same moment heard the door
of my landlady's room open. Half a
minutes dead silence followed, and
then Balder fell back into my room
like one stunned. ss. - .@.z.,@@ @
who is that girl that came out Of
the next room?" heasked breathlessly.
'Fraulein Lieschen, of course, the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
daughter of my lano1ady, TO whom
you were kind enough to deliver a
lecture in the middle of the night

you were kind enough to deliver a
lecture in the middle of the night
,,
''She is my Spanish grip he
gasped, grinding his teeth and shak-
ing his head disconsolately. He took
a long time to recover himself. He
sat down again on the side of my bed,
as he had done on his return from the
ball. But in what different mooa!
He made me swear to him that +
would never reveal his name to Frau
lein Lieschen, but that would ex-
cuse him without giving any clue to
his identity for the disturbance he
had caused in the night. This duty I
willingly undertook.
Fraulein Lieschen, who was good
natured girl, looked at the matter
from the comical side and readily &C
cepted my unknown friends apology;
and whenever we met on the stairs
after that she would say jokingly:
''Please remember me to your funny
friend!'-P. Won Schonthau in. The
1dler. Reprinted by special permis-
sion of S. S. Mcclure.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
ORIGIN OF PERFUMES.
Scented Dapdtes Not as Common Ir
Society Now as of Yore.

Society Now as of Yore.
In the early days of the world,
when man, with his usual unselfsh-
ness, was prone to make a burnt
offering of his brother, aromatic
woods were used to counteract the
unpleasant odor of burning flesh.
Such, according to the New York
Press, was the origin of perfumes,
and their lavish use to-day is too
frequently suggestive of it. The
more of the primeval savage there
turks in a man the more powerful
the contents of his scent bottle and
the more liberal his patronage of
those BARRIERS who torture the nos
trils by their generous use of bay
rum and cheap cologne. Why men,
or women either, should want to
make walking aniseed bags of them
selves is mystery explained only by
the unpleasant fact that the same
class of people have a hydrophobic
dislike to water in any form. There
is no aroma so exquisite as that Of
the clean, wholesome human body
and pure breath. To disguise it by
even the most delicate Of Persian ex-
tracts is TO cast a slight upon a gift
of nature. 1t is encouraging to note,
however, that the taste for perfumes,
as for art, is constantly growing
moro refined and cultivated in this
country, and the more delicate and
subtle scents only are used for the
| bath and linen sachet.
szsss The man who sdips4shlsa@mustaeh d
in white rose, sprinkles his handker-
| chief with violets or dampens his
hair with the dread jockey club, is
extinct in good society," Still, there
is vast room for improving the choice
of the general public in the matter
OF these wondrous compounds OF
the chemists skill, which carry no
possible suggestion of the fragrance
of the blossoms they are named and
labeled after. Who, at a popular
entertainment. has not been half
suffocated by the fumes of the deadly
! patchouli, the impossible scent OF
the new mown hay. and that favor
ite of London flower girls, the pene-
| trating musk? And who has not
been nauseated at even some of our
best theaters by cad of some sort,
whose presence permeated the atmos-
phere with mixture of old rye and
Frangipani? What, by the wav,
would be the emotions of that dis
tinguished botanist could he know of
the base use to which his name has
been put?
Perhaps nothing has done moro to
corrupt the delicate sense of smell
than the rage for pot-pourri, which
sprang up few years ago and ran
amuck through the country, as did
the peacock's eyes and dragon candle
sticks, until the mere sight of a.
covered jar on the mantlepiece made
anyone who had not d cold in bis
head fairly shudder. Happily the
most delicious perfumes can never
be patented nor photographed
though they linger on the brain for
years. Not even the sunny curls or
the tinted miniature can recall llfe's
happiest moments like the cherished
odor of ones favorite flower. Wha
can compare in voluptuous sweetness
with the fresh rose she gave you?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
A Gospel Canalboar.

A caralboat now on duty on the
Erie canal is named the Good News.
1t is covered with gospel texts. Ser
vices ara held three times a day in
its cabin as it journeys from one
town to the next on it's missionary
trips. A fish pole with tracts tied
on the end is used to reach passing
boats, and little floats with card board
sails covered with texts are sent away
to do what good they may. The In
ternatlonal evangelical association
has control of this floating mission
house.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
The Growth of a Word,

Iawdry came from St. Audrey. In
old times there was an annual fair in
several cities of Europe on St. Au-
drey's day. Incautious persons were
frequently imposed upon at these
1alrs by worthless tinsel jewelry,
hence the saying, "Bought at Au-
drey's' was equivalent to show with
out value.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
"A Patent Med icine.

The Doctor-Are you aware that
the balsam of fir possesses rare prop
critics of medicine?
The Head of the Family.-I do. 1
can recall instances where q seal
skin sacque smoothed a tremendous
irritation in my family. There's
nothing like a balsam of fur.-Pitts-
burg Bulletin.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26

and the goat. The fly lives on will
animals, which, as has been said, itt
sung does not harm. It Is though
that after awhile, when the game ii
exterminated, the tsetse country may
become inhabitabIe.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
z$Al@Q|ERS
BAIL.

had begged
me to give him a
bed for the night.
He was going to a
ball that evening
and had business
early the following
morning in Berlin.
He lived in such
an out-of-t -the-way
suburb, that it
would be quite i'm
possible for him to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
A PiouS Ancestrv

!" A Pious Ancestry.
Maude-His family is good one,
I believe? " j. -
Ethel-Yes, extremely good. All
his ancestors were clergymen.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
Equal to the Occasion.

"Why do you wish me to be your
wifep"
because love you--love you to
distraction.
"Did you say that to Mamie Jones
when on proposed to her;?''s'. ;'s. sss ~ s-ssssss
"How could I?''
''Why couldn't you?''
"Because she has neither beauty,
dignity, grace, amiability nor refine
ment. These are the qualities that
inspire ardent attachment, and you
are the only girl I know who pos
sesses them in supereminent degree.
Need I say more?"
He had said enough.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-05-26
HE RMlT AND MISER,
James Lucas, Whom Dickens Pictured
in s.Tom Tiddler's Ground"

James Lucas, Whom Dickens Pictured
in "Tom Tiddler's Ground"
Among the landed properties
brought to the hammer within the
last few days in England was Elms-
wood, in Hertfordshire. In small
house, now demolished, on this es-
tate' lived for many years James
Lucas, the "Hertfordshire Hermit
whom Charles Dickens made the
subject of one of his Christmas
stories. "Tom Tiddler's ground"
He was a well-educated man who
Inherited the estate of his father, a
prosperous West India merchant.
His ecoentricities are summarized in
the Dictionary of National Biogra~
ply" which says: t.He refused to
administer his parents wills, defer
red for three months (when the sep
ulture was enforced) the interment
OF his mother, and barricaded his
home at Elmswood, in the kitchen OF
which he took up his abode. He ex-
cluded furniture, abjured washing,
slept on a bed of cinders, and clothed
himself in loose blanket. His skin
grew ingrained with dirt, and his
dark hair long and matted.
"His dietary, besides bread and
penny buns, consisted of cheese, red
herrings and gin, and he protected
his food from rats by hanging it in
basket from the roof Lucas en-
ioyed the society of tramps, always
putting them to series of questions,
and rewarding satisfactory answers
with coppers and a glass of gin. He
thus attracted all the vagabonds in
the kingdom and had to protect
himself by retaining two armed
watchmen, who lived in a hut oppo-
site the formidable iron grille at
which he received visitors. These
included Lord Lytton, Sir Arthur
Helps, John Forster and Charles
Dickens This eccentric person
died of apoplexy in 1874, and was
buried in Hackney churchyard,
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-14
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Not so FAvorabiy Reported This Week
by the Agencies.

Not so FAvorabiy Reported This Week
by the Agencies.
NEw YoRK. April 49, .-Bradstfseps review
Of trade Tomorrow will say; AZ wsstern
cities the usually reported more favorable
business features form the exception this
week. Al Chicago the rash OF spring trade
is over. although orders for dry goods hold
out we'll. Trade ia shoes and hardware
has decreased. Prices of wheat, steel. iron,
cattle. oetton aud corn, are all lower. tho
extreme drop in wheat being occasioned
largely by extraordinary heavy receipts.
The industrial situation 10 more compli-
Gated and less encouraging. There 10 n
prospect OF a widesp cad stfike OF coal
miners aud others this month, with she
probability OF further strikes aud look
outs at the larger cities eA;ly in May,
there are hftg-siK strikes now In force
throughout the country, involving about
80 600 people. Failures this week have been
2Oa. against 1s7 last year.
NEw YORK. April 13.-R q. Dan q Co. .
weekly review OF trade will say to-mOrTo ow:
business improvement meets many obsta-
clss and is scarcely as distinct as 10 has
been in recent weeks. Strikes have checked
improvement in building and some other
trades. aud the scarcity or coke caused the
close Of some iron malls. while n strike of
all bituminous coal miners has been or
dered aud may prove BeTious
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-14
NOT A WING OF CoXEY's.
Kelly says His Army IsasspArsts Organ
iEatiOn.


CHEYESNE April 13.-The industrial army
arrived at three o. m. Knginss we're
changed At Colletts station. ave miles we ct
Of the city. and tbs train afterwards Eun
through 10 East Cheyenns. where but a
brief stop was made to take on a supply Of
provisions including !. 300 loaves Of bread
and Eve besvss. furnished by the city.
Kelly and his men eIpeoted TO go via Den-
yer. but the Union Pacific refused 20 run
the train south. Kelly said:
Il am confident the army will accom-
plish its purpose We found six tramps
among us on reaching Grssn River. but
they were left win the local authorities.
Every man Of ne has taken a personal 0bli-
cation not 10 violate any law, and We are
going 20 Washington 90 petition congress
governments duty 90 give ua employment.
We ask relief for only rear or
80, when We shall be able TO do for orr
selves. We do not propose TO destroy prop
erty or menace congressman. This indus
trial movement 10 separate from Coxey's.
He has nothing 20 do with this oTgaRiza-
tion. On reaching Washington We will
call uron Congressman Pence. OF Colorado,
aud Delegate RAwins, Of Utah. TO enlist
them IN our behalf"
The next stop of the train will be At Sid
neY, Neb.
SAN BFRNARpno, Cal, April I8.-The in
dustrial army gttemp pied TO capture q Santa
Fs train to-day. but was dispersed BY the
police and four Of the leaders arrested. A
call has been issued for a meeting OF oiti-
zsns tonight 20 oonsider the situation, and
take steps 10 get rid of the industTials.
ADDISON. Pa. April 13.-Covsy's army to-
day begins she tramp over the mountains.
Many would desert but they fear the Win
chssters OF the mountaineeTB. A clash OF
authority oscurrsd between Corey, Brown
and smith, who dstest each o her. Coxey
disappeared, 0stsnsibly In search OF pro
visions.
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TO GET a QUORUM.
Method TO lie Devised TO subdus Repub-
lican Filtbusters

Method TO lie Devised 20 subdus Repub-
licRn Filtbusters
WASHINGTON. April l3-Aftsr a heated
session Of two hours and bali tho demo
cratic caucus this afternoon decided by a
vote OF eighty Go forty-four. TO instruct
the committee on rules 20 report a new rule
90 ascertain and record tho pres
enoe Of : quorum. whether voting
or not. Practically all the democratic
members OF tho house attended. Mir.
Bland presented q resolution directing the
sergesnt-at-aTma 90 carry out the pfovi-
sions OF section 40 chapter > revised
statutes. by which deductions ftom salaries
Of members should be made for every day's
absence except on account OF sickness. t
vas uuanimoudy adopted.
Springer brought forward rue which
be introduced some time ago. framed on
the lines Of tha old rule d avn twslve years
sgo by ). Ranaolph Iuoker. which provided
that members who declined 60 vote when
their names are called should be brought 70
tho bar of she house and after being given
an opportunity o. vote upon a pending
riouosltica. IN ease OF refusal should be
record "a as present, not voting"
Speaker Crisp made a vigorous speech
poiniing cut the deplornbls rotition in
which the house found itself on account OF
the continued sud persistent absence Of
memteHs. Quite number ofspeseches we're
mado IN opposiiion to any and all ules Look
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X WAN
sAND.
His Shoes.

How much a man is like his shoes
For instance, both a soul may lose;
Both have been tanned both are
made tight
BY cobblers; both get left and
right.
Both need a mate to be complete.
And both are made to 90 on feet.
They both need healing; oft are
sold,
And both in time will turn to
mould
With shoes the last is first; with
men
The first shall be the last; and when
The shoes wear out they re mended
new
When men wear out they're men
dead, tool
They both are tread upon, and both
VIII tread on others, nothing 10th.
Both have their ties, and both in
cline,
When polished, in the world to
shine;
And both peg out. Now, would
you choose
To be a man OF be his sioes7
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TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

NEwBURYPoRT. Mass., April ia
schooner came ashore TODAY, not a soul on
board. All Ars supposed 10 have persisted.
81. LOUIS, April l3.-John 4. Davis. dry
goods dealer, the richest man IN Missouri.
died to-day. lie leaves some S25 O1OO. 600.
WASHINGTON. April 13-Mer. sGtolli is
iFTitated over the collapse of the Bonacum
trial, lie will take no action until full re-
Ports are received.
Nrw YoRK, April 13.-Gen. Daniel l..
Sieklss has begun a suit for his portion Of
all his fathers property. His share IL said
TO bo about half a million.
SAN FRANcIsco, April l3-Jndgs Morrow.
in tho UHited ntAtes distriot court, decided
that the GsErI law concerning Chinese eK-
convicis is not Suspended By the MeCroaTy
act
MISNEAPoIls. April ls.-Mra Christian
Miller. indicted for attempted blaokmail.
vsntured into the city and was arrested.
She had 20 be taken from hor lodgings BY
main fOtos.
INpIANAroLis April l3.-About nfty mem
borG OF the A. 4. A. are In the CITY attond-
ing convention which began here to-day.
hey will elect state officers and make a
new platform.
PORTLAND. ore. Agrl I3.-Tho ropubli-
can state convention feoonvened this morn
ing aud comp etsd the state ticket by the
nomination of W. II. Leeds. OF Ashland
Tor state printer.
DrNvrR. April - Information comes
from the heAdquafte Of the department
Of the Colorado 10 ths effect that ptepAra-
tions arc being made % muster ont lndisn
troops ia the near future.
PANS, April l3 The Iolioe to-day dis
cove ed an immense quantity OF high cr-
plosivea ~ Abouviler. five miles north Of
here, aud made numerous arresta. A dan
gerous conspiracy has been uneatthed.
LONDON April - Tho Brazilian minis
ter tsoslvsd an oinclsl dispatch from the
RraziliAH govsrnnent ronouncing abso-
lutely false Abe runner that kio GTando
City had fallen into she hands or the insur-
gents.
sA~ FnaScrsCo. April l3.-The Examiner
publish . tue opinions Of many cor raress-
men and others concerning Senator ililfs
attach on the adm nistfation. Iheg gen
orally denounce hill - pa'ty tatoT. A
few commsnd him.