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Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21
GOLD LINING IN RATS.
The Metal Found in Rodents and savsnts
 Take tho Tip,

Take the Tip
 In forming a company for the ex- traction of gold from the microbes which are supposed to attach them selves to that metal in countless mil lions mature Frenchmen seem to have stolen an idea from thrifty Yankee boys, says the Chicago Tribune.
 I. E. Lake, representative of the Waltham Watch company in this city, says it is common practice for the boys in watch and jewclry factories to kill rats and burn their bodies to get the gold from them, and that the amount thus obtained in the course of a year is considerable. In every large plant like that of the Waltham Watch company many oiled rags are used in furnishing watch cases, and in time become strongly impregnated with gold. The boys about the factories are supposed 10 keep these rags out of reach of the rats, but they don't do so. On the contrary, knowing the keen ap- petite of the rodents for anything greasy, the boys carelessly leave these rubbing rags lying about where the rats can get at them and eat them. Six months of this kind of diet fills the interior mechanism of the rat with c gold plating he cannot get rid of. It sticks to him closely, and 50 long as the supply of oily rags holds out the rat sticks tO the factory. In order tO make sure the vOracious rodents wi,i have an inducement to gorge themselves with gold, sharp boys drop butter and fatty meats from their uucheons on the floors aud rub theln we'll into the wood by shuiiiing their feet on it. At night the rats come out and uibblc the floor ing. They don't care for the gold in it., but the grease attracts them, and in getting at the grease they take c dressing of gold with t.
 Twice year the boys have a grand roundup. Rats are caught by the hum drcds and after being killed are put into cruci6lc and burned. The intense heat drives of all animal substances, leaving the gold in the shape of but ton. The amount collected in this way depends upon the number of rats the boys can catch. It is hardly large enough Co attract an investment of capital, but it gives the ingenious youuEstcys con siderable pocket money, and encour. ages business tactics. In some factories there are young NapOleons, who buy up in advance the shares of their fel- low-workers in the rat colony. A scarcity of rats will depreos the price of futures, while an overplul will ad. vance it. Sharpers who understand these conditions are accused of having at times caused an artificial scarcity or oversupply, as it might be to their in- terest to bull or bear the market.
 The French discoverers are little behind the times with their microbe scheme
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21
New Uses for EIectrIcItr.

well-lSnown New York caterer who owns large restaurant gives to the electric fan the credit of saving him from bankruptcy. The smell of his kitchen became so pervasive that it was driving all his customers away. After vainly trying different remedies he had large fan so fixed that all the fumes of the cooking were drawn up . shaft and passed into the outer air. The difference of the at mosphere of the restaurant was not lost on the public; the business re- turned and soon went beyond all form CT records. A writer in an electric jour nal tells of an experience in factory gallery were huge vats were simmering. The coolest man in the factory was the attendant standing over the vats, who was brislcly blown upon by little fan motor
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21
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Of appreciation to the pinnacle of pop ularity, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has acquired standing position, which has occasionally made it bright and shining mark for knsyes, who seek to foist upon the community spurious compounds in the guise akin to that of the real article. These are mostly local bitters or tonics of great impur- ity, and, of course, devoid of medicinal efficacy. Beware of them and get the genuine bitters, a real remedy for ma. laria, rheumatism, kidney trouble, dys- pepsia, nervousness, constipation and billiousness. Physicians of eminence everywhere commend the great invig- orant, both for it's remedial properties and it's purity. A wineglass thrice a day will soon bring vigor and regular fly to a disordered and enfeebled sys- tenn,
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21
THr EFFECT OF THE HARD rIuEs.

A story was recently told of how a preacher tested the effect of the hard times upon his congregation At the conclusion of one of his sermons, he said' Let everybody in the house who pay their debts stand up." h. stantly every man, woman and child, with one exception, arose to their feet He seated the crowd, and then said: "I.et every man who is not paying his debts stand up" The exception noted, care-worn hungry individual, clothed in his last summer suit, slowly assumed Q perpendicular position, and leaned upon the back of the seat in front of him. "How is it, my friend" in quired tho minister, "that you are the only man in this large congregation who is unable to meet his obligations?"
 "I publish a newspaper" he meekly replied, land my brethren here, who have just stood up, are all my sub- scribers, and" 'Let us prnyl" ex- claimed the minister. = Independent Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21
Fewer Lawyers in rrance.

There will soon be a great reduction in the number of lawyers in France. By recent law each one must take out 9 yearly license, for which he pays an amount equal to about twelve per cent. of his house rent. Many persons admitted to the bar who arc not in ac. tive practice have asked to have their names taken of the roll, among them NJ Faillieres, formerly prime minister and minister of justice, and Senator Berenger, author of the law remitting the penalty for first ofYenses and also noted for his efforts to improve French morality.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21
sInn RrMnrd. SInn.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages, and that is catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional disease, requires con stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

An editor who was never known to tell story in the columns of his paper says he was told by travelling man that he found certain storekeeper on his route always busy, although he never advertised. He had the salt rheum and Waterbury watch, and when he wasn't scratching himself he was winding bis watch. = Florence Tribune
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio has affirmed the ruling of the Circuit Court, that it is unlawful to discriminate between gold and silver that either coin is constitutional money of tho United States, and that for all commercial purposes gold and silver arc in lock-step with each other.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

The worlds production of gold for 1895 is estimated at $500. Goo fine ounces, worth S202, 583,542. Of this the United States is expected to con tribute 2,2OO,O0O ounces, of the value of S45, ATT, ,93s.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21
h Bamboo orrnn.

A bamboo organ has been built for the Jesuits' church at Shanghai, and is said to surpass organs made of metal. As bamboo can be obtained of all dimen- sions, from the thickness of pen to pieces of a foot in diameter, this natural material costs little more than the sim pie labor, and the notes are beautifully soft and pleasant to the ear.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

Cleveland and Carlisle are seriously considering another issue of bonds to replenish tue gold reserve, now about the S90, 900, 900 mark. Truly the United States government is in the hands of the Shylocks.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

While in Chicago, Mir. Charles l.. Kahler, prominent shoe merchant of Des Moines. Iowa, had quite serious time of it. He took such severe cold that he could hardly talk or navigate, but the prompt use of Chamberlain s Cough Remedy cured him of his cold so quickly shat others at the hotel who had bad colds followed his example and half . dozen persons ordered it from the nearest drug store. They were profuse in their thanks to MT. Kahler for telling them how to cure 0 bad cold so quickly. For sale by H. c. Hitch cock.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

The Arizona Republican has received Mergenthaier linotype, which is notable as being the first attempt to displace hand composition with the machine in Arizona.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

The Arizona Mining News is the name of a new paper published every Thursday by McFarlin Adams, at Jerome. IL is fiye-column quRrto, and the first number makes creditable appearance.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21
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Japan's small losses in men in the battles with the Chinese were due in part to the accidental use of bullet proof material. Owing to the severe cold the Japanese soldiers wore quan- tity of floss silk under their clothes; this, when they were hit, was found in many cases to have stopped the bullets.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

All kinds of wines and liquors at G. s. Van Wagenen's.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

Dr. Ancil Martin, PhgnIx, A. T. Eye, ear, nose and throat speciality.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-09-21

Regular meetings of White Noun tain Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., for the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-27
PRINTERS INK.

A true advertisement is the echo of
actions behind the counter.
Every clerk in your store should echo
in actions and words the ring Of your
advertisements.
Curiosity is a keyhole through which
many an advertiser pokes his argu-
ment into the public mind
Advertising to well-stocked store.
like rain to a thirsty plant, enlivens
and leaves "silver drops all around.
1t is vastly important, both to adver-
tiser and publisher, that the best news
papers shall be known and recognized
as such.
A catchy advertisement in an even
ing paper is like a rainbow in the east.
1t is a bright pledge Of tomorrow's busi-
ness sunshine.
AS a stiff breeze sweepeth the clouds
from the sky, so brisk advertising
sweepeth cobwebs from the hustline
merchants store.
A longwinded ad containing little
reason, like a bin Of chaff with a few
scattered grains, is not worth the
trouble Of looking over. -s.,:
An advertisers discretion is not so
much indicated by never choosing a
false medium as by never putting his
foot in it, a. second time. -
Mr. Charles N. Kent, a gentleman
well known to many newspaper men
and advertisers, asserts that the daily
papers Of Philadelphia set advertise
ments better than those of any other
city in America. -.5. 5 d
The brightest and most original adj
vertisers OF the day are not necessarily
so because they, advance new methods
but simply because they know how to
say their say as if it had never been
said before. 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-27
TOWED BY A BIG CATFISH.

A Ftsherman's Exciting Ride on the
Ohio River.
Charles Thompson is a fisherman
who feels equal to any fish that swims.
He is proud of the strong fight he
made with a 9O-pound cat he caught
in the river near Tow Head island yes
terday. He caught the fish on trot-
line that he set the night before thirty
feet from the Shore
When he went out to run his line he
did not notice that anything unusual
was hooked, but when he began to pull
the line. in he was not left long ignor-
ant Of the fact that he had something
OF the nature of whale. Hank Goa.
don, who was also in the skiff, saw
Thompson when he made the first
lurch forward. He "'Iowed something
was up and sprang to his feet, think
ing that his companion was going
overheard. He caught hold of Thomp-
sons feet with full determination
that if Thompson "went by the board
he would go with him.
In the meantime the ncat was spin
ming up the river at a wonderful rate
of speed, and Thompscs was lying fat
on his stomach, with Che line almost
cutting his hands ia two. The fish
carried the skif ahSat two miles up
the river and then turned dowu the
stream with SO mnfh suddenness as to
almost swamp the boat. The fish kept
the race up for. shout two miles down
the river, and dnally darted il toward
shore and coward a pile. Of brush,
where II stopped. The skiH had been
going at such high rate Of speed that
it was run on the shore. The fish felt
secure under the brush and "sulked,"
80 the two men began to wrestle with
the problem OF how to get it out. ~
y FINALLY Thompson managed it by
Jumping into the river and seizing the
fish around the body. For a while it
was difficult to tell which was the fish
and which was Thompson. Gordon
had in the meantime pulled out his
scaling knife, and when the fish seem
ed to be on top Gordon reached out
and cut the fish in the gills. After
that the struggle was uneven, and the
fish soon yie1ded.-Louisville Courier
Journal. 49, @
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-27
:sTx DAYS IN A TRANCE.
Alfred WOottOn Was Put to Sleep by
n HypnOtizer and Watched by Doc.
ss tors. -1, ~. .~g%5- ~. 10

Alfred Wootton Was Put to Sleep by
q Hypn other and Watched by Doc.
|S5 tors. @..' H. .J5555- ~. .
n. a dramatic illustration Of hypnotism
accompanied by many grewsome fea-
tures has been given in London by
Prof. Morritt, who seems to possess ex-
traOrdinary powers of q mysterious
nature, says the New York World.
He put man to sleep in cofin-shap-
ed glass case and kept him there near
" a week and at the end of that time
awakened him in the presence of a
large number of witnesses.
The victim Of this achievement, one
Alfred Wootton, is a stained-glass
worker, 35 years of age. During the
whole Of the time he was asleep or
ia a trance he was exhibited in pub
lie hall When the experiment was
ready to begin on Monday he had
readily climbed into the coft1n-shaped
case, and many people warrched the
his mysterious power.
Holding Wootton by the forehead
and chin, the hypnotizer gSzed stead
lily into the eyes. He then made few
/ downward passes from above the eyes
along the side of the face, from time
toatime examining the pupils of the
eyes: The man, it was found, had by
this time become rigid. One minute
after the experiment began the hypno-
tier asked DR.. Forbes Winslow to
examine the man.
He was found to be thoroughly un-
conscious. His pulse was 96, the ex-
act number Of beats it registered be-
fore he became unconscious. His res
piration was about 16, the breathing
chiefly abdominal. Temperature was
9S!2, or normal. The pupils of the
eyes: were contracted almost to disap-
pearance.
During the following days the res
piration, temperature and pulse chang
ed Slightly, but the man remained in
| az4trance condition. His beard con-
tinued to grow. Vixen he was awok-
ened by Prof. Morritt the following
Saturday evening he could not be con-
WINGED that he had been in a hypnotic
trance for nearly q week until he felt
the thick growth of beard on his face.
HeSsaid it seemed to him that he had
only been asleep for few minutes.
1t did not take longer than a minute
to wake him up. The professor made
a: few passes of his hand across the
mans face and lifted his head and
shoulders from the coffin-shaped case.
Wootton opened his eyes and instantly
recognized friends in the crowd about
hl,ll,sW him with whom he began to converse.
The only notable sensation he expert
enoed upon waking. he said, was that
OF hunger. A short time after being
awakened he put on his overcoat and
walked out of the building with his
! friends. He had een-constantlH=w =wa teh
fHf dnring the whole time leswas in
the trance and evinced much interest
in the records of the doctors.
Prof. M brritt had previously tried a.
similar experiment with one Henry
Nolan but the doctors who We're
watching his case expressed the opin-
ion that Nolan was not physically
strong enough to undergo the ordeal,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-27
The Gunmaker Of IIiont
JEFFERSON M. CLOUGH RES
FUSES A TEMPTING OFFER
FROM THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT.
Els Health Was Too Poor to Admit At.
tentiOn to Busineaa.

F'rom the Springfield, Mass, Union.y
There isn't gun manufacturer in the
United States, who does not know JEFF
feFson M. Clough. He has been intimate
y associated all his life with the de-
Yelopment Of the Remington and
Winchester rifles. For years he was su-
per1ntendent Of the e. Remington g.
Sons great factory at Ilion, N. 7.
After leaving there he refused a tempt
Ing offer Of the Chinese government to-
go to China to superintend their gov
eminent factories@and accepted in
stead the superintendency Of the Win
chester Arms Co., at New Haven, at a
salary of 81, 800 year.
It was after this long term Of active
labor as business man that he found
himself incapacitated for further service
by the embargo which rheumatism had
laid upon him and resigned his position
more than two years ago, and returned
to Belchertown, Mass, where he now
lives and owns the Phelps farm.
Being man Of means he did not
spare the cost and was treated by lead
Ing physicians and by baths Of cele-
brated springs without receiving any
benefit worth notice. During the sum-
mer Of 1893 and the winter of 1894 Mr..
Clough was confined to his house in
Belchertown, being unable to rise from
his bed without assistance, and suffer-
Ing continually with acute pains and
with no taste or desire for food, nor was
he able to obtain sufficient sleep.
Early in the year 1894 Mr. Clough
heard Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People He began taking these
pills about the first Of March, 1894, and
continued to do so until the first part Of
September following. The first effect
noticed was a better appetite and he
began to note more ability to help him.
self on the bed and to be better gen.
orally. Last August elS94) he was able
to go alone to his summer residence and
farm OF 1853 acres on Grenadier island,
among the Thousand islands, in the
R1ver st. Lawrence, where from the
highest land of his farm he commands a
view for thirteen miles down the river,
and sixty of the Thousand islands can
be seen.
Instead of being confined to his bed
Mr.. Clough is now and has been for
some time able to be about the farm to
direct the men employed there and he is
thankful for what DR.. Williams Pink
Illls have done for him.
These pills are manufactured by the
DR.. Williams Medicine company, Sche-
nectady. N. Y, and are sold only in
boxes bearing the firms trade mark and
wrapper, at so cents a box or six boxes
for $3.50 and are never sold In bulk.
They may be had Of all druggists or
direct by mail from DR.. Williams Med1-
ine company.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-27
CAN THE HEART BREAK.
Many Instances Of Death Being Due
to Grief, Dissatpcintment and

Many Instances Of Death Being Due
to Grief, DissatpCintment and
Fezr. -,
G:ief does not kill, and it is, indeed,
very seldom that heavy sorrow causes
deatl" to any one when in a healthy
condition, saye the Buffalo Times. 1t
Is, however, very often the indirect
cause of death, either by bringing
disease to climax or by rendering the
sufferer more liable to it's attack. If a
man is convinced that his grief Is more
than he can bear those who have
studied the matter agree that through
the force of his own Imagination the
man will actually die Of a "broken
heart
The great Napoleon was killed by an
internal disease, but it is supposed
that it would not have been fatal had
not his spirits been so depressed
through exile and defeat. William
Pitt, the orator, is said to have died of
''broken heart" caused by his great
grief at the failure of his cherished
hopes and plans. And there have been
many other such instances in the his
tory of the country. When plaques
are raging in a town statistics show
that as many die from fright and i'm
aginary causes as from the real cpl
demic, so great hold has the fear of
death on some people.
If a man is condemned to be shot it
has often occurred that on the word
"fre" he has dropped lifeless, al
though, through accident or design, no
bullet has in reality left the gun.
There is a queer case on record con-
corning the daughter of a celebrated
French novelist, who was deeply inter
ested in one of her fathers stories. It
appeared in installments, and the hero
inc was suffering from consumption.
AS the girl brooded over the sad fate
Of the heroine she, too, suddenly mani
tested the same symptoms. A physi-
clan recommended her father to re-
store the heroine to health, which he
did few chapters on, and at the same
time as the girl in the novel recovered
SO also did his too-sentimental daugh-
ter
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-27
NEW WAYS TO CATCH FISH.

Imitation of a Tiger Trap and Elec-
trio Light Devices.
Some novelties in the way Of fishing
devices are being tried on this years
run Of weakfish. One of the most
st,dlzinn Of tha.aa 10 l7no to -INilliar,a r
Lamb, of East Greenwich, r.. +, an Old
fisherman who has for many years
had the idea that more fish are to be
caught by scheming than by real hard
work and broiling in the hot sun. His
invention is adapted from the tiger
trap of India, The latter consists of a
large cage in which is placed mirror,
and beneath the mirror the body of
a freshly-killed goat. The tiger is at
tracted BY the smell of the fresh blood
and sees himself in the mirror: and
thinking it is another tiger trying to
get ahead Of him leaps into the cage.
Then down comes the heavy lid and
he is trapped. Mr.. Lamb takes mir
ror. preferably oval in form, and
about Is inches long, which is attach
ed to the line by means of ring in
the frame. A horizontal arm extends
a little distance on each side of the
mirror, and has at each end ring to
receive an auxiliary line with a hook
attached SO as to hang down to about
the center Of the mirror. A fish COM
ing up catches sight Of it's reflection,
and the theory is that it will dash at
the bait, and hook itself all the faster
in the attempt to get ahead Of the 9TH
er fish. The inventor says that he has
already tried this scheme successful
ly. He proposes to experiment with
three sided mirrors with view Of still
further increasing it's efficacy.
The electric light is likely to play
big part in the fishing Of the future.
A Mr.. Trouse, Of Albany, has in pre-
paraticn a net which is operated with
an electric light. The light is placed
in position and the rets are set either
to seaward Of it or around it, fiat upon
the bottom. When the fish are attract
ed to the light rubber tube, which
runs along the top Of the net, is iG-
fated by pump in the beat, and the
upper edge of the net will rise to the
surface, the lower edge being held
down by suitable sinker3
Another novelty is a very taking
weakflsh rig, evidently modelled on the
sun rig Of three seasons ago. 1t is a
pinch bar with swivel in the center
and at each end is another swivel
which Is made to work easily by a
tiny glass bead. This will keep the
two hooks well separated, and is a
good 1Oc worth. Still, another item is
'sthe fishe.man's friend,'' pair Of
large grab scissors, intended to grasp
an eel, to hold the head of an ugly and
awkwardly hooked blufish, to avoid
the spines of a sea bass or perch, to
open clam shells, and last, but by no
means least, to lift pots and pans off
the camp fire. Then there is bait
box, which slips on the belt and fits
the body. Rubber finger: covers are
prepared for the tender-skinned city
man who goes bluefishing and does
not want to get his fingers all cut to
pieces in the tinsGeonored style.-New
York Sun. * sE-s