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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
Z FOUND IN A TREE TOP.
The Skeleton of a Man Found Tightly
Wedged Eighty Feet From the Ground

The Skeleton Of a Man Found Tightly
Wedgod Fig l1ty Feet From the Ground
f. Astrange story was recently related
70 writer for the Orville, Cal. Mercury
by acitizen whose home is:in. the noun
talns near Nimshew, "a month ago
had occasion to build a new barn on
my little place near Nimshew, and to
save expense on it's construction con-
cluded to split out myself all the stakes
l would need. had known of a splen-
did sugar pine tree ever since / had
lived in that locality, that stood on a
hilltop about two miles from my home.
1t was splendid specimen, fully twelve
feet In diameter. Accompanied by nv
eldest son, l went one morning about a
month ago, and in the course of a few
hours felled the forest giant. Then
we proceeded to split out from the
trunk of the tree the stakes that we
wanted. One day my son saw a
squirrel playing in the boughs, and
picking up his gun, fired. He went to pick
up the game which had fallen at the
report. I paid no attention to him
until I heard an exclamation of horror
and saw him standing on the trunk
gazing intent1y into the tree top.
Fastened securely in the second limb
fork of the tree, eighty feet from the
ground, was q human skeleton. It
was wedged in so securely that even
the fall of the tree had failed to dis
lodge it, and it was intact. A few
remnents of rotten clothing still hung
to it, and an old sole1ess shoe half sup
ported the fleshless leg in the crotch
OF the tree. One bony arm was twined
tightly about a limb, and the skull,
still held by ligaments, rested on the
breast. We dug a shallow grave
and buried the bones on the hillside.
The skeleton was that of white
man of average size, and from
the condition of the teeth and skull
must have been past middle age. From
the bleached condition it must have
been in the tree at least twenty years.
Now, the question arises, and it is a
question that makes the whole story
seem improbable, is how did the man
ever get into the tree top? We made
careful measurements, and it was a
little over eighty feet from where it
rested to the ground, and in that
space there was not limb or a knot
to which man might cling in climb
!rg the tree.''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
CASES OF SHARP PRACTICE.
How: One Lawyer OutwItted ! skinfiIn1
and How Another Was Fooled. ss'ss

How One Lawyer Outwltted skinfilnt
and How Another Was Fooled sss Isl
The London Chronicle Of January
S11-1S, 1871, gives an account 81 q
lawyer who dined on several occasions
with a client previous to trial, and
charged him IS Sd for each attendance
at dinner, which was allowed on taxing.
His client shabbily thought that by{i IN.
vitation to dinner he would get all
consultations free. The lawyers host
thereupon sued him and recovered for
the value of the food and wine. The
lawyer, however, informed against him
for dealing in wine without a license,
and the client was obliged, to his in
tense disgust, to pay the penalty, much
of which went to the attorney as in
former. This whimsical instance of
sharp practice has been made the sub
ject of a song, which at one time was
popular, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The following incident really occurred
not SO many years ago, not so far
from Coleraine, in the north of Ireland {:
A wealthy and miserly old man thought
he was near the point of death, and
sent for smart lawyer to make his
will. The lawyer came and he gave him
elaborate directions for the disposal of
his property. AS the lawyer was
finishing his work, he said: s.Now, I
want you to put in another clause.
You have always been good and able
man in your dealings with me. I
wish to leave you E50O." The lawyer,
after little pretense of honest demurr-
ing did this. When the will was
signed and sealed the old man said:
Business is business. I wish to have
all my transactions settled up. Make
out yodr bill for drawing up this will
and I will pay you at once" The law
yer replied: my good sir, you have
been SO generous-more than generous
that I could never think of charg-
ing" every Welt" said the old skin
flint. ''You know your own business
best, but still like everything settled
in q business like fashion. Make out
bill as you would have charged any
other client and formally receipt it. -
This was done. A couple of months
afterward the old man died. The
lawyer went to the house to read the
will, which the executors handed him.
To his horror there was no gift to him
self in it at all. It turned out that the
old man had copied the will carefully
out when he left him, emitting the
$500 clause. The whole affair was a
dodge to get a smart lawyer to make
out his will without any charge.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
The Morphine Habit In France.
DR.. Jules Rochard, in the Union Med

! The Morphine Habit In France.
DR.. Jules Rochard, in the Union Med
aeale, draws gloomy picture Of the
Increase Of the morphine habit in
France and elsewhere. The habit, he
finds, becomes incurable at the end Of
six months of indulgence. The fair
sex and the doctors are, in his opinion,
the most deeply addicted to morphine
He draws an unpleasant comparison
between the behavior Of each kind of
delinquent. Women, he says, delight
in declaring how they indulge in this
vice, and show ornamental hypodermic
syringes to their friends. DR.. Notet
states that lady, having broken the
needle Of her syringe in a remote coun-
try village, wounded her skin with
scissors and thrust the stump of the
needle into the wound, injecting in this
manner till new syringe arrived from
Paris.-London Public Opinion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
He Was Back Number,

''Your majesty" reported the CHEZ
imp ''Henry VIII. kicks on giving up
his room on the first floor and going
into the attic
"You just tell him. rejoined Pluto,
''that he doesn't hold the divorce rec
ord any longer and that we've got to
have his apartments for a gentleman
from Sioux Falls. Kate Fields Wash
ington.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

the British public to discard first and
second class carriages and take to the
thi class carriages is said to have
Id ia perceptible influence on the
mShhers Of the working classes. The
old third class passengers have grown
much more polite and quiet. Nothing
is said, though, OF the effect of the
change on the former first-class pas
sengers. p y - - :':~.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
Confusion.

He yet hoped against hope.
"Win you not" he asked, tremulous-
~, "at least listen to my suit?'
She leaned forward in an attitude Of
strained attention.
Il cannot" she observed, after a
moment, really distinguish between
your suit and your necktie.''
For an elderly jest this was by no
means bad, and the young man ELECTED a
hearty laugh from herself.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
American Railways the Best.

The best American railways are ru:
more efficiently than any other on
earth. 1t has even been proved that
an American road, thoroughly equip
ped, will carry greater weight with
the same power than an English owned
and managed road. In this case the
advantage lay in the American method
of arranging the road and applying
the power.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

The Oldest System OF TeFegraphy.
Is that established between the brain and
the nerves, which transmit instantaneously
to the great organ Of sensation and thought
trio shocks are very vivid, painful and dis
turbing when the nerves are weak. Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters strengthens, soothes,
and renders the nerves tranquil. It induces
quers, bifiousness, malaria, rheumatism and
kidney trouble.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

Theaters would not feel tho need Of cal
cium ana electric light II the stars were all
OF the hrst magnitude
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
A Submarine Boat.

Abram Barton of Bristol, England,
has devised submarine boat for
which he claims speed of sixteen
knots. 1t is shark-shaped and is pro-
PEELED by twin screws located at what
would be the fans of the auke in the
fish.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
MINNEAPOLIS
NORMAL COLLEGE and
BUSINESS INSTITUTE,
Cheap. Practical.
Any Study at Any Time.

Eight Different Departments Pre-
paratory. Normal, Collegiate,
Commercial, Evolutionary, Short
Hand and Typewriting, Musical,
Pen Art.
Special Teachers Review
Glasses. Preparation in common and
higher branches in shortest time possible
Board 81 so, $1.75 per week. Tuition
$1,000 per term.
Board. room and tuition one year, forty
weeks, $500, or $3.50 per week.
Send for Catalogue.
Nd. L. TUVE, Principal, Or
P.J. CHRISTENSEN,
Associate Principal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

II tho Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and welltred remedy, MRS
W1xsLow's SOOTHING SYaur for Children Teethine-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanli-
ness, which follows the use of Syrup of
Figs, Is unknown to few who have not
progressed beyond the old time medicines
and the cheap substitutes sometimes offered
but never accepted by the we'll informed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

The Home Life Insurance Co.
OF New York have just issued the most at
tractive policy, combining both protection and
pany. Cash surrenders, loan1ng feature, etc,
all absolutely guaranteed. Profitable agency
contracts can be secured. Write for parttcu-
western Department., 5000 Pioneer Press
Building, ST. Paul.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
Attraction.

Did she seem to draw to- your"
Il couldn't say IL she was drawn. or
not She was certainly painted.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

THegemnn's Camptaor Ice with Glyoerine,
and Face. Cold Sores. &c. s. @. CARY CoNEaven Ct
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
The Result.

Mr. Povvynu-Yahs, We are having
our genealogy traced up now.
Dtckson-Your blood be on your own
head, then.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

"Hanson's Magic Corn Salve.''
Warranted to cure or money refunded. Ask your
druggist for it. Price Is cents.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

II isn't the best man who is bested in the
prize fight.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
The Oldest System of retecra,

Take care Of the poor Indians, and the
poor Indians will take hair Of you
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

Some OF our race are LEADERS of men, 9TH
ers are followers Of women.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
III tho Babv IA e.

One Of the most uncertain Of all thing,
Ii sure thing-the future.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

The world Is a wheel and George Francis
Train is the crank.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
That Joyful Feeling.

The full man and the empty pocketbook
usually go together.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

etdUug, plump, round and rosy. Moth
ing SO effective as a strength restorer
and flesh maker is known to medical. sci-
ence;. this puts on healthy. flesh not the fax
Of cod liver oil aud its filthy compounds.
It rouses every organ Of the body to ae-
tivity, purifes, enriches and vitalizes,
the Blood so that the body feels refreshed
and; strengthened. If you are too thin, too
weak, too nervous, it may be that the food
assimilation is at fault A certain amount
of bile is necessary for the reception of the
fat foods in the blood. Too often the liver
holds back this element which would help
digestion. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery stimulates, tones up and invig-
crates the liver, nourishes the blood, and
the muscles, stomach and nerves get the
rich blood they require.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

| Karls Clover Root Tea,
The great Blood purifier gives freshness and
TO the Complexion and cures Constipation. &c.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

Medicine, and derived no N. J. COLEMAN, Esq.
benefit Igot more relief in one hoxr from your
medicines, as far as my stomach was concerned,
than from ali the other medicine used.
tfiny person who reads this IL suffering from
dyspepsia or constipation and win use your
medicine a have doue he viii never regret IT.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

Much charity that begins at home is to<
feeble to get out of doors.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23

M. J. COLEMAN OF 81 .
Mass, writes: Alter
suffering from dyspepsia
and constipation with I'M
told agony for at least 10
months, I am more than
pleased to- say that after
using DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets for one
month, /. was entirely
cured. and from that day
10 this I do not know,
thank God, what even q
slight headache is. I paid
- doctor on fremont St.,
Boston, in one day (for
his advice only, the sum
Of $1o.oo with $3.50 for
-NxSk2Ss.S- A-l 4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
TO PUT ON

neSded neSn, no mxs-
ter how you've los1
it, take Dr.. Piefce's'
'Golden Medical Dis
covery. It works
wonders By restor-.
ing the normal ac-
ton of the derauged
organs and functions,
it builds the flesh mp
to a safe aud healthy
standard-1rornptlY,
pleasantly and. nat:
urally. The weak
emaciated, thin, pale
and puny are 1f1ad&
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-03-23
SCOTS Emulsion

Rer. John Reid, Jr., of
Great Falls, Mont recon-
nended Ely's Cream Balm
to- me. I can emphasize his
statement, 1T Is a posNire
cure for catd,Th il used as
directed. "-Rep. Francis ".
Roole,, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Montana.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-13
THE OUTLOOK IN 1896.

Will we win in '96? The outlook is fav-
orable. We haven't the votes now it is
true. But we are gaining. Our strength
now is probably about the number Of
votes that elected Lincoln the first time.
Q,S66,355). Remember that in 80, Color
ado, Idaho, and Nevada came to the Peo-
pies party in day. They came on the
silver question. There is reason to be-
lieve that many great states may come
in day in so on the money question
We have got so far along that we cannot
go back and therefore must go forward
So don't talk about 1900 Roll up your
sleeves and go in to win in '96-Missouri
World.
There is a good idea in the above. It
will be remembered that at the beginning
of the campaign in 1892 no Populist ex-
pected to carry a single state. AS it pro-
crossed, however, it was rumored hat
several states out west showed symptoms
of breaking loose entirely from the old
parties. 1t turned out in fact that Weaver
got state or two and some scattering
electoral votes elsewhere. These were
chiefly due to the silver question. 1t Is
impossible to tell just now what may
happen in 1896. The causes for land
slide from the old parties are infinitely
stronger now than in 1892. Party ties
also, are much weaker. 1t has always
seemed to us that the right thing for Pop
ulists to do was to go on with their edu
eating process without paying so much
attention to the doings or probable do
ings of the old parties.-The Noncon-
fOrmiSt
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-13
THE ATTILA OF AMERICA.

That John Sherman is the Attila of
America, veritable ''scourge of Cod"
is made more apparent every day of his
life. At all times and under all circum-
stances his long, lean, cadaverOus viSage
may be seen like some grim specter from
the Internal regions, with harsh, grating
voice, advocating some scheme to plum
der the people His contests are not
made foot to foot and sword to sword
amid personal danger, as did the Attila
of ancient times, but. with the cunning
of the fox, the treachery of the wolf, and
the instincts of the hyena, this financial
ghoul pursues his work of destroying
human happiness.
That he has lived so long an unremit-
ting curse to the common people is a
striking evidence of the law abiding char
acter of our citizenship. No man Of
modern years. living or dead, has brought
so much sorrow or distress to the people
as has this monument Of greed, avarice
and treachery. He has been the cause Of
more suffering, more desolate homes.
more bankruptcies, more business
wrecks, more suicides, more mental tor
ment and more crimes than any other
ten men who have cursed this nation
with their being. He is the one man
in America whose journey to the world
beyond would be announced with salts
faction and a sigh of relief by millions
of his own countrymen. He Is the one
American who will go to his grave amid
the curses and execrations of an out
ragged and distressed people. This man
after serving for lifetime the enemies
of the common people after having be-
come a many millionaire, through meth
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-13
OUR MUNICIPAL POLITICS.

Few people living in the rural districts
have any conception of the moral rotten
nesss and depravity of politics in great
city. AS an example of how the machine
is run in st. Paul we give the following
indictment found by the grand jury
against Ed. Murphy, one of the Demo
cratic aldermen-one of the rulers and
fathers-of that modern Sodom
That he did wrongfully and unlawfully
keep and maintain certain common, i'll
governed and disorderly house, and I'M
lawfully did cause and procure in said
house certain wicked, dissolute and evil
disposed persons, as we'll as women OF
evil name fame and conversation
whose names are unknown to the grand
jury, to come assemble and consort. to-
gether, and unlawfully and knowingly
did suffer and permit the said persons
in said house, at unlawful times, as we'll
in the night as in the day, there to be
and remain, drinking, cursing, quarrel
ing and otherwise misbenaving them
selves, said house being then and there
a place of public resort, kept for the
purpose of bringing together and enter
tanning therein prostitutes and men de-
string their company, and wherein such
persons habitually assemble to drink and
consort together by which the peace,
comfort and decency of the neighbor
hood thereof was then and there habit
ually disturbed
Is it any wonder that the corporations
gain control of the great cities and DOM
mate their Affairs. when such men as
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-13
"THAT NAN ALTGELD."

A SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE FROM THE
FAIRMONT, MINNESOTA SENTINEL,
EDITED BY THE REPUBLICAN LIEUT..
GOV. OF THIS STATE.
Gov. Altgeld of Illinois, has been so
bounded and abused by the hireling
daily papers of the country that it is
refreshing to find such manly arti.
Gle as this in Republican paper:
THAT man, Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois,
is to us an enigma. We saw him,
heard him, conversed with him and
his charming wife for half an hour in
Milwaukee last week, and are free to
confess that we have a far better
opinion of this muchly mathematical
parsonage than we used to have. We
introd uced Tams Bixby 10 him. Tams
remarked, in his easy otf-hand sort OF
way, Governor, l am glad to meet
you. From what heard about you l
expected to see you wearing horns. |
listened to your speech with a great
deal OF pleasure and interest and am
glad l had the opportunity Of hearing
you talk" OF the five governors Who
made addresses at the Milwaukee
opera house, Altgeld received the
greatest Ovation-in fact when he had
finished the crowd went wild with en-
thusiasm and seemed determined to
force the Governor to again appear.
And what he said was profound,
philosophical and patriotic. Albert
II. Hall, the well-known Minneapolis
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-13
SHE SHOULD VOTE.

During the recent heavy rains in the
west the arid region of western Kansas
was literally under water. Dry rivers
and creeks overlooked their banks
bridges were washed and fields in the
bottom lands were transformed into
lakes Just before the flood had reached
it's height DR.. Mary Cartwright, of Gar
den City. was called to the little town Of
Santa Fe, % miles away, on professional
business. While on her journey across
the country the rain began to fall in tor
rents and she crossed the usually water
less rivers with difficulty. She contin-
ued bravely on her way, and after COM
pleting her business in Santa Fe started
on the return trip.
AS she was approaching Garden City
she found that the bridge ON the main
road had been carried away, the banks
overflowed and the bottoms covered with
water for distance of over 5000 feet.
1t was impossible to drive across, but it
was absolutely necessary that she should
reach home as soon as possible, for sew
eral very sick patients were in imme-
date need of her services.
She quickly decided her course. Leav-
ing her horse and buggy with farmer
with Instructions to drive to Garden
City around the Pierceville road, she
plunged into the water, determined to
wade home. She found it from one to
three feet deep for more than half a
mile, and when she reached the arroyo
that had been spanned by small bridge,