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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
The Dog Man Escaped.

She was standing on her front steps
on Hastings street telling two or three
women how it happened. She waved a
broom about her head and said:
II was in the back bedroom up stairs,
making up the bed. My husband was
down in the kitchen, heating a sticking
plaster for his sore heel. Our dog was
sitting on the curbstone right out there.
Suddenly I hears a rumble on the. cob
blestones, and I takes it for a funeral
procession and goes ahead and turns
over the mattress on the bed. Then I
hears the children whooping, but !
thought they had goat Then comes a
squeak, and howl, and bang, and !
runs to the window to see the dog wag-
On driving off and my dog gone.
And you screamed?'' queried one Of
the women. a.
IT did. I screamed out and seized the
club I've been keeping for the dog man.
AS I rushed down stairs my husband
rushed up, and we collided and rolled
down into the kitchen and under the ta-
BILE, and he called me names, and I
thumped him, and before I could get
out the dog man was gone, and with
him the blessedest dog that Detroit will
ever know. detroit Free Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
Injuries to the Eyes.

An oculist Of long experience in this
city, who was recently asked to state
the most common causes of accidental
injuries to the eye, replied: "Among
children, throwing stones and playing
'shinny'-a most dangerous game An
other not infrequent cause of accident is
allowing children to stand about the
kitchen range when the cook is frying
fat that sputters and flies about the
room. Among adults, the umbrella (its
point when carried open in a crowd
and tip when carried closed over the
shoulder) is a quite common cause of
injury and flying cinders another. But
most of the cases we treat are not due to
accident, but rather to the prolonged
misuse Of the eyes by close application
either in dim or glaring light, and Of
ten injuries arise from strictly constitu-
tional disorders. philadelphia Rec
ord
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
BEWARE or FRESH c:.,'-.-
How California Planter Am uses Himself
q &C the EXPENSE of Innncenfa Traualara5 ..

How California Planter Am uses Himself
zs &C the Expense of Innocent Travellers.
Eastern visitors in California are al
ways much interested i'll the olive plan
tatlons which, in recent years, have be-
come feature of the most southerly
counties of the state. The lovers of the
.succulent fruit when picked and bot
tied for sale in the east and north are
always anxious to taste the olive fresh
and ripe. There is a popular impression
tn; it is sweet and delicious; but, like
many other popular impressions, this is
q delusion and snare. ..~ z.ls !. e.
# "A few miles south Of San Diego.
where the railroad makes junction
with small one track road leading into
Mexico, large planter has taken ad-
vantage Of this delusion for his own
amusement. On the arrival Of each train
from the northinumerous travellers dis
mount to wait the starting of the train
across the Mexican border. For their
benefit the planter has nailed a box out
side OF his fence just across the way
from the railroad station which he keeps
filled with nice, ripe olives. A placard
invites victims in these words: s@, ~.
: FINE, FRESH, RIPE OLIVES,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
Love Laughs at Doctors,

A young man wanted to marry a girl,
but her rich parents forbade the match.
The young man thereupon became sick
and had terrible fainting fits. The doc
tors were called and said he would soon
die, and he said he wanted to die. The
father Of the girl visited the patient,
and the poor fellow said that if he could
marry his Mary Ann he would die
happy. His dying request. could certain
" not be refused, and, Mary Ann hav-
ing no objection, the minister was sent
for, and the marriage ceremony was
performed. The knot being securely
tied, the patient rose from his bed a
hale man. a. sc -.S.< & =: ,.s g. q.
Z It was great cure, astonishing both
the cruel parents and the doctors, but
the bride acted as though she had ex-
pected it all the time. London Tit Bits.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
Well Done.

One of the most unique specimens of
the counting crisis on record occurred at
a London dinner party. He had long
made love to her, and while at the table
he learned from friend sitting next to
him that his rival intended to ''pop the
question" that very day. What was to
be done9 He was some distance from
her, while the dreaded rival was at her
side. Tearing leaf from notebook, he
wrote on it with a pencil: ':.Will you be
my wife? Wri to your answer, yes or no,
on this paper and return it to me. "
This he sent to her by waiter, saying:
80 the lady in blue at the end of the
table. Be very careful" This servant
was careful enough, but the sender for
got to give him the pencil for the lady
to use. She didn't have a pencil, but
she coolly put the note into her bosom
and answered to the waiter. ''Tell the
gentleman yes," with as little betrayal
Of excitement as if she were accepting
an invitation to a game Of croquet. -
London World.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
Chicken on the Shell.

In a certain rather pretentious but
cheap priced restaurant I witnessed a
SCENE which, though funny enough to
the outside onlooker, could not but have
been extremely notifying to the pro-
prietor. The proprietor was also the
cook, and he was engaged in industri-
ously frying number of pancakes on a
griddle placed for show in the window
when a party of three who had just ell
tered ordered a trio of eggs apiece. The
proprietor thereat seized nine Of the
ovids from box beneath the counter and
began to break them one after another
upon the griddle. He had reached the
eighth egg when, 10 and behold! instead
Of a yolk and a]bumen spreading itself
temptingly into view, came small con-
fused mass of feathers, minute claws, a
beak, etc. A look Of horror spread itself
over the mans face as he gazed at the
unwelcome apparition, and then gazing
over his shoulder and seeing that his
action was unnoticed he swept the grid.
die clear Of it's offending burden,
creased it anew and proceeded with his
work. O cookery, how many frauds
are practiced in thy name!-Brooklyn
Standard Union. 49, 49, =,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
ONLY Is SCRATCH NEEDED.
The Frequency Of Blood Poisoning Among
the Meat Packers. ~

The Frequency of Blood Poisoning Among
the Meat Packers. u
It would surprise you to know, Z Z re-
Gently remarked an officer Of one Of our
large. packing houses, thow frequent
cases Of blood poisoning are among our
employees, and the cause IN most Of
these instances would doubtless surprise
you more. A scratch on the hand from
q bone Of a calf's head or pigs foot
often disables man for a week, and,
strangely enough, in almost every case
that has come under my notice; the
scratch has been so slight as to be al
most imperceptible. . ...> r
'aThe first intimation the man has Of
his injury is a swelling Of the forearm,
accompanied by q smarting pain. Both
swelling and pain generally extend to
the shoulder, under which large lung
sometimes forms. Even after the pres
ence of the scratch has been in this
manner demonstrated it is often impos-
sible to detect it. 1t is usually caused,
in the case of the Calls head, by the
sharp edge on the bone Of the neck, due
to the carelessness Of the butcher who
sewers the head from the carcass. If he
does his work we'll and his cleaver has
severed the joint perfectly, all is we'll,
for there is no sharp edge to cut, but if
he has missed the joint by even a hair
breadth, which happens in five cases out
Of ten, there is an edge on the bone that
will probably work mischief.
''Of course none of these cases has
ever resulted seriously, as prompt meas
ures are always taken and as we always
insist that man SO injured Immediate
~ consult physician. This rule we
never vary, for we feel bound to retain
man on the pay roll while suffering
from such an accident, even though he
be untitled for work, and the unskillful
treatment Of an apothecary, on which
many Of them would like to rely, or the
even less satisfactory methods of home
surgery would only prolong the term OF
idleness. New York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
Irish superstitions.

Mr.. le Fanu, writing on Irish super
stitions, says: s'The so called battles of
the Derins (buryings) originated in the
superstition that the last person buried
has, in addition to his other troubles, to
allay the thirst of all previously laid in
the churchyard. Where the water car
ried is procured have never heard, but
as much is wanted, the atmosphere be-
ing very hot, the labor involved is in
cessant and the carrier not relieved till
the next funeral takes place. Peasants
have been known to put shoes or: boots
into collins to save the feet Of their rela-
tives on these weary water carrying
walks. Our neighbor, John Ryan, pro-
vided two pairs Of shoes in his wife's
coffin-a light pair for ordinary wear
and strong pair for bad weather. .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
COINS OF LITTLE PRACTICAL USE.

The Gold Dollar Had No Utility, While the
Three Cent Piece Served a Purpose.
To one who has not given the subject
thought it would seem that the most
useless coins ever issued by the United
States were the silver 8 cent pieces
They were small, as thin as sheet of
manila paper, and before they finally
disappeared from circulation they came
to be regarded as nuisances
Although there is much to be said
against the annoying little coins, they
were, as matter Of fact, of far greater
utility, as far as circulation is concern
ed, than another coin. This is the gold
dollar, which, experts at the subtreas-
ury say, has never served any useful
purpose. Said Maurice Muhleman, cash
Ter OF the subtreasury, recently:
"From the mutilated condition of the
gold dollars sent here for redemption it
is positively shown that the public do
not regard them as coins. Their only
use appears to be for bangles necklaces,
watch charms, scarfpins and the like.
It is doubtful If one in a thousand ever
really passed in circulation.
with the 8 cent silver piece it was
different. When first coined, the coun-
try had nothing in the shape Of coin
between the huge copper cents and half
cents and the silver half dime. The
small coin was hailed as blessing and
became popular at once. There was an
excellent reason for its issue also.
Strange as it may seem, it was not
provided for by coinage act, but by an
act revising the postal rates. This law
lowered the cost for transmitting the
unit Of weight for letters from to 8
cents. It was deemed advisable by con-
gress thereupon to issue coin Of CORE
spending denomination. The coin was
Of great utility and circulated freely un
til the advent Of the nickel New
York Herald
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
ETHICS OF THE REGISTER.
What Hotel People Have to Say About tt
= Ties and DEGREES.

What Hotel People Have to Say About IT,
ties and Degrees.
For man to take lady to dine at a
hotel and register as Mr.. So and-so and
LADY, is considered the height Of igno-
rance by hotel clerks. The proper way is
to register both names, or, il the man is
sensitive, to write "Mr. So-and-so and
one. = This is sometimes done, but not
very often. To use .sand lady" is bad
form in this generation, when it comes
to hotel registers, for obvious reasons.
But this is not the only evidence of bad
form which is seen on the register.
When a man pens Mr.. before his name
he is Judged as being egotistical, and no
professional man will put DR.. or Prof.
before his name if he desires to avoid
the clerks anathemas. -. 4
r Many City people exhibit their igno-
rance Of good breeding by going to a To-
cal hotel and giving the number and
street of their residence A notable in
stance Of this is we'll known jeweler,
who, when he puts his name on regis
ter, which is frequent, invariably puts
his business address after it. To put
Hon., Gen., Capt. or any other title be-
fore a mans name on hotel register is
as bad as Prof. or Dr.-in fact it is
looked upon as worse by all good hotel
men.
The only exception to the aboveeis in
case Of theatrical people, who put the
name of their company after their
names. All professional stage people get
reduced rates at hostelries in nearly ev-
cry instance, and for them to put the
names Of their troops on the book is a
good thing for the hotel people. 1t goes
to show that the person thus registering
is not afraid Of being questioned as to
his connection with a company and is
not trying to get lower rates in sur.
reptitious manner. It is also in the case
Of theatrical people that there may be a
permissible violation Of the rules in re,
gard to putting Mr.. before the name.
Many stars do not register, but allow
some oneelse to do it for them, general.
~ the manager. In order to show all
possible Difference to his proteges, the
manager generally puts Mr.. before the
names Of the men. In the cases of ladies
it is invariably proper for them to put
Hiss or Mrs., as the case may be, in
front Of their names.-New York Dis
natch
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
FINE, FRESH, RIPE OLIVES,
HELP YOURSELF,

i OF course there is rush from the sta
ton as soon as the box and it's contents
are discovered, and swarms of innocents
seize the pretty fruit and dig their teeth
into it. Then there is combined howl
and great deal Of expectoration and
disgust, for the delusive fruit are near
~ as puckery as persimmons.
And the planter? Oh, he takes his fun
from a partly hidden summer house
within his grounds, where he occasion.
ally seats himself to enjoy the spectacle.
1t is sure cure for the blues, he says.
New York Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20

Goldfish are Of Chinese origin. They
were originally found in a large lake
near Mount Tsientsing and were first
brought to Europe il the seventeenth
century. The first in France came as q
present to Nine de Pompadour.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
Absentminded.

Benson have literary friend who
is SO absentminded that, when he went
to London recently, photographed him.
self ahead to wait for himself at a Ger
tain place. s#5
!. smith-Did the telegram have the
desired result?
- No; he got it all right. but he had
forgotten to sign his name, and not
knowing who twas from he paid no
attention to it. = Pearson Weekly
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
Looking 1t Up. :.

4 Mother--Why, Aennchen, whatever
are you doing with papa's big diotion-
airy? eas.5s.
Aennchen 6 years old ~ am only
looking formy dolly s lost slipper. Papa
said Yesterday you could find everything
in the dictionary. -Lesehalle
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20

The editor who can figure that the
election OF Senator Hill to be governor
OF New York will be step towards MAX
ing ex-Secretary whitney, the presiden-
tial candidate Of his party Of 96, has
missed his vocation Juggling
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20

Coffee planting was formerly the
most N important single industry Of Cey-
Ion. Now tea is the leading article 81
export, having risen from So, 900 worth
in 1878 e. over S.. 900, geo two years
ago
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20
Il OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Is
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
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Duluth Sunday evening. s.'5: a.
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Anorew Christensen came up from
" ashlngton pay Inursoay afternoon
anu lete 1ha1 evening 1or Dulnth-
oonn y. frlcKson left on. the Eliza
THURSDAY morning Tor Duluth to make
the acquaintance OF his young son.
J. G. Dawkins left for his home in
Cleveland, Ohio, Monday evening after
visiting his claim In the GunAint district.
"Uncle Perry" Martin left on the D;xor
Thursday evening for Lac.oni.nar1a IN
visit his brother-in- law who ia serionslv
i'll.
Mr. owl Mx 1., xot,
fron, n,1u+hu.a~oa3 ~
ora n,ooso5 - Gov 41;11 snana - 49, ~
here
IT M,r.o no+,,oa g. 1..,.-.,
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fanA Johnson VINO Is opening up a
.nlne LII CT Z" was ID Town MONDAY he
nao some very me specimens OF neckel'
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ohe same occurrence Inc 1alhng OF an
app'e .ioin 1Cs 'ree suggested TO newton
'ne discovery OF graVltat1on' ano the
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9 .o'"oe - 'l'e oeatn Oh Ooun1y 'Oommls-
s'ouo, -" .nan . latner WHICH occurred
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ln'n 40 on LIS oiainl a' N1unli1hC
rrbo Horo7a ;o;na t;a $4,000 $500 -
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aaio' H1lnn'' maze US d peasant Visit
Inuisoay' iney nao oeen 71sl11ng tnelr
oiainas III 1he vicinity OF Autsen ana
ca.ne oo"h 10 look over the county seat.
LING al o'uels WHO are aware OF her
n.iueia' "eal'n sno natural advantages
1nes e4presseo themselves as very san
suine % 'lle lu'ure Oh cook county,
A French doctor Just discovered why
some fishermen catch cod and others do
not.- He found that on the northerlv
side of his submarine peaks the cod would
not bite, while on the southerly side they
did. BY attaching thermometers to
fishing lines he further found that N ost
fish was taken at temperature between
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-10-20

Nh. Jaw Jack Corbett maY,:if he pleas
es. learn 9 prof:: table lesson from the
Baltlmore-NeW York baseball games.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-04
Our Coupnn Series.

The ARGUS coupon series-''Pic-
turesque America" picturesque
Worlds Fair" and 'America's Great
est Men and Womenn-has proven
one OF the most popular ventures
ever undertaken here. Judging from
the manner in which the various
publications have been received and
the great number of apprcciative
people who are availing themselves
OF the opportunity to obtain the
works OF art, interest and informa-
ton thus presented. The ARGUS has
made ample arrangements to
provide all who may want
them with these excellent pub
locations, and now has hack
numbers of all series for those who
may wish to secure them complete.
There are also number of copies
left at The ARGUS counting room
OF Gathered Jewels of Song" for
which there was such a great de-
mand at the time they were first
offered through The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-04
Base Ball Notes.
A Reckless Driver.

A man named St. John. in charge
of one of Updike & Nichols express
wagons, drove up Second avenue at
n few minutes before noon today with
load of trunks on. and his horse on
a gallop. Between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets several vehicles
were narrowly escaped by the reck-
less driver. and at the last named
street the wagon struck the hind
wheels of f. G. Frazer's buggy. in
which was seated Harry Mckown,
Mr.. Frazer's bookkeeper. waiting for
n bridge horse car to clear the street.
The buggy was completely capsized
and Mr.. McKown escaped injury by
leapiny out. Mr.. Frazer's horse
took fright, and with the buggy at
tached, ran down Nineteenth toward
First avenue and at the end of the
of the Fries block broke away from
the buggy and dashed into the alley,
where it was caught. The animal
was cut somewhat about the lower
portions of the legs, but not serious
" injured, though it was frightened
to pitiful degree.
The express wagon driver VINO
caused the mischief drove uncon-
cernedly up Second avenue. not SO
much as turning to note the dam
ages. He will probably be arrested
for reckless driving.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-04
The X. 7. XP. Changes

The changes in the time table on
the X. |. q p, spoken of some time
ago in The ARGUS, will take effect
Sunday. and will be as follows:
No. will leave Rock Island here
after at sos n. m. instead OF 7:3O. as
formerly, thereby connecting with
the Rock Island trains east and
west.
No. will leave at 2:20 p. m. as
usual. but will hereafter start from
the C., X. L. Il p. depot in order to
make connections with the Washing
ton and Des Moines trains. No. l
will arrive at 11:l5 a. m. instead of
1l:O5, as formerly. No. will ar
rive at $50 instead of 1855 p. m.
On the Cable branch, train No. 10,
which now leaves Rock Island at
6:20 a. M, is to be annulled for the
summer season, as is also No. -,
which arrives in Rock Island at $50
p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-04
Minera, Waters.

Mineral water, when properly and
scientifically prepared for public use.
is always refreshing and healthy
beverage. especially during the
warmer months of the summer sea-
son. Realizing this, Messrs. Carse &
Ohlweiler have for numbc of years
made speciality of the mineral
water prepared by them. This water
is taken in the first place from the
Black Hawk spring exclusively.
which in the first place repeated
chemical analysis has shown to be
absolutely pure. The same may be
also said OF the ingredients used
the finest fruit flavors. import
ed Jamaica ginger, etc, being en-
ployed. The new carbonator invent
ed and perfected by Mr.. Carse last
year and exhibited at the Worlds
fair, is acknowledged to be the very
best in existence, not merely FOR ia
cilitating extensive operations, but
for charging the water with gas
more thoroughly than any other. so
that the largest bottles will not lose
their efiervescing qualities at the
first uncorking, but retain them to
last glass. No finer, cheaper, more
delicately favored mineral waters
were ever made than those of Carse
a. Ohlweiler. AS a matter of fact
they have no equal anywhere. and
lovers of refreshing. innocent bever-
ages should always call for these
goods. Bottles can be kept in a re-
frigerator for days without losing
their quality and becoming fiat, as
is apt to be the case with the ordi-
nary, inferior soda waters.