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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
She Was Cautious.

Here is an example of woman as a
diplomatist. Mrs. A. had gone away
from home for days visit. During
her absence her fellow townswoman,
Mrs. B., decided, after the pleasant,
rural, self-inviting fashion, that she
would spend the night with Mrs. A.
In spite of Mrs. AS absence the thing
was easy to accomplish, for the latch
keys Of the two houses were alike.
Mrs. B. therefore effected an entrance
and found the house deserted "Oh,
well, I'll just wait till Mrs. a. gets
home," she said to herself. Night
came. Still no Mrs. n. II won't light
a lamp" philosophical Mrs. B., lie
cause seeing a light in the house might
scare Mrs. A. clear out of her senses"
So the unexpected guest sat in the
dark awaiting the arrival Of her host
ess. At last the rattle of Mrs. A. S key
was heard in the door latch. She en-
tered the house and slowly made her
way to the ''sitting room," of course
human being within breathing range.
Don't be frighter ed, Mrs. A. sud-
denly spoke a voice from the dark
ness. "It's only I, Mrs. B. didn't
light lamp for fear you'd be scared,
you know, and" But the diplomatic
Mrs. B. never finished her sentence,
for just here Mrs. A. fell on the floor
in a dead faint. "It was queer she
should have been so scared" said Mrs.
3. afterward, ''for I took every pre-
caution not to frighten her."-New
York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
Pebble Paper-Weights.

paperweights of round, smooth peb-
bles are useful gifts, and can be made
very artistic if one wields brush to
sketch some view. One seen lately
had a flock of birds sailing over a
beach, and the words beneath: ''When
the swallows homeward" fly" The
large white clam shells found on the
south side of Long Island, make con-
venient pin trays, and are very pretty
painted with a marine view or a pen
and-ink sketch of some quaint little
figures, such as. two sun-bonneted
children, pail and shovel in hand, and
the line "What are the wild waves
saying?" A pebble paperweight for
1papa's Office desk could have a sketch
of a rocky shore with the verse,
'tPreak, break, break, en- thy cold
gray shores, o sea..--=NcW York
Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
Can XOu Shoot:

A correspondent of the American
Field sends that paper the following
rules, which if carefully observed by
those carrying weapons will avoid
many sad accidents:
l. Never under any circumstances
point your gun toward a human being.
2. Never carry it so that if it were
accidentally discharged it would even
endanger the life of Il dog.
3. Always think which way your
gun is pointed. and if a companion is
in the field with you no matter how
near or how tempting the game ap-
pears, do not shoot until you know
where he is; a stray shot may be suf-
ficient to destroy an eye forever
4. Never carry Il loaded gun in 4
wagon.
s. Never carry Il loaded gun over i
fence; put it through and then get
over.
6. Always carry a gun ut half-cock; !;
if a breechloader. never let the ham,
mer rest on the plungers.
Z. Never get in front of Il gun; if you
are falling, drop it so that the muzzle
will he from you.
8. If the cartridge sticks, the stout
blade of q knife will probably extra ct
it.; if not, take out the other cartridges
cut a straight stick and poke it out
from the muZzle; even then do not get
in front Of the gun.
8. After firing one barrel, take the
cartridge out Of the other and examine
the wad to see that it is not loosened,
as it sometimes is after a heavy re-
COIL for, should it get into the barrel
it is liable to burst the gun.
10. Never take hold Of the muzzle
of a gun to draw it toward you.
II. Never set gun up so that if it
should fall the muzzle would be to-
ward you.
-. Never keep loaded gun in the
house.
Follow these rules. be self-possessed,
and the fields will afford you sport
without danger
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
SEs0CLD HAVE A MONUMENT.
Thomas White. of the Boston 1'e
Party, Buried near WOOdvnle.

Ehemas White. of the Boston 1'e:,
Party, Buried near WoOdvnle.
In the Evans church yard. in Broad
Top Township, Bedford county. Pa.
lie the remains Of one, Thomas White,
born in Ireland, March 10, 1880, and
who died at the Settles place. ear
the present site of Woodyale Park.
Huntingdon county, Pa, September
13, 1920. On July /, It'll. he married
Elizabeth Jones, who was born June
24. 1854, and died February ?, 1914.
From this union twcnty-one children
were born; several of the sturdy sons
were found in the American ranks
lighting for our country in the war Of
1872. That Thomas White was one Of
the fifty men disguised as Indians and
helped to break open the three hun
dred and forty chests Of tea, and pour
cd the contents into the sea, there is
no room for doubt. The writer's grand
mother, born February, 1902, was Il
daughter of Thomas White and often
heard her father speak of his being
one of that party. 1t is said that he
carried some Of the tea in his shoes
for several days. My father is still
living, and he it was who chseled the
rude letters on the rough mountain
stones, that by the side of Thomas
White marked the last resting place
of Elizabeth White, wife of Thomas
White. But the grave Of Thomas
White is marked by two unlettered
mountain stones.-Huntingdo Pa,
local News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
RELIC WITH A HISTORY
An Old Bronze Cannon of Spani
Make Going to Destruction

An Old Bronze Cannon of Spanish,
Make Going to Destruction
An old bronze cannon of Spanish
make lies OF the beach at Alameda
Point half sunken in the sand. It's
cumbersome carriage has been stolen
or has rotted away. The tide buries
it continually deeper, and soon, if left
there to the effacement of the sea, it
will be lost to sight and to memory.
and yet this particular cannan, with
out doubt, was one of the two that
rang out across the bay the first artil-
lery salute that bay ever heard. This
salvO was fired in September, 1176,
precisely 119 years ago. It was to
celebrate the completion of Preside,
Oh which the soldiers of Moraga had
been working nearly year. Just be-
yond the point was anchored the ship
Son Carlos-frst to enter between the
pillared gates of San Francisco Bay
and her guns answered the uproar
from the land.
The San Carlos brought along with
the supplies from Preside at Mon
terey two cannons. These were plac-
ed on the ramparts of the fort that
lay. next to our present Preside on
the western side. Later the San Car
los brought six more guns Of larger
caliber. These were for the Castillo
de San Joaquin, and they now occupy
prominent places at Fort Mason,
where the old relics stand pointing
across the water like veterans in old
dotage. They would be useless for de-
fense, but they are martial and pic
turesque monuments of the old Span
ish days. They are the marks OF the
foundation stone of San Francisco's
history.
In the Presidio there is now only one
piece Of Spanish ordnance It's COM
I panlOn is across the bay in a wood
pile, where the high tide covers it.
When and how the gun was taken
from it's old stand is a matter of specu-
! lation. 1t is thought, however, that
several years ago Capt. Zalinski, who
was then evolving designs for his dy-
Mantle gun, had it taken from one of
the forts to Alameda Point and used
| it for experimental purposes. Guns
beside which it stood 100 years ago
now occupy places of honor. It is for.
gotten. The North Pacific coast runs
within 20 feet of the place where il
! lies, and the labor Of transferring it tc
the place from which it was taken
would be very slight.-San Francisco
i Call. -.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
CHINA's GREAT BELL,
The Largest and Most Perfect in u
in the World

The Largest and Most Perfect in Use
in the World.
When the first announcement Of the
mission Of the United States bell Of
liberty to the Atlanta. exposition ap-
peared in the press, in April last,
there rung out, far away in the Celes-
tial Empire, the advent of peace and
liberation from her foreign foes,
Chinas bell of liberty at Pekin, the
capital
For the last 400 years-that is, ever
since the discovery of the New World
this bell, the largest and most finish
ed on the globe, raised it's tongue Of
peace and prayer in China. The IA
nous bells at Moscow and Mandalay
are both unhung, the former being
fractured and otherwise defective, but
the Pekin bell is ringing on, suspend
ed by it's wooden beam and sheltered
beneath the roof Of an open fan. still
as bright and sound as when it left
its matrix.
China's bell of liberty is in many re-
spects the finest work of art in China.
a product of native skill, which could
probably not be duplicated by the
highest ability of resources of western
foundries. 1t weighs 10000 pounds,
stands II feet high with a circumfer-
ence Of 34 feet and nearly 1 foot in
thickness. Without a flaw or defect.
it is completely covered, in relief, both
inside and out, with myriads Of Chin
ese characters, each one an inch in
size. They form prayful extracts from
Ruddhistic classics.
1t is one of the vagaries Of Budd-
llisn that it's prayers Of the faithful
may be infinitely and acceptably re-
peated by mechanical helps, as, for
Instance, by revolving wheels. So
here, when the lips Of this mighty and
| eloquent bell are moved by fitting ton
sue, they breath forth in deep, sweet,
prolonged and wonderful vibratOry
voice these prayers to Buddha, and
call, as we'll, all devotees to worship.
One of tn chrOniclecs of the fifteenth
century states that it was a period of
supreme suspense in Pekin among all
lovers of art and religion, from Elm
1,
the day and hour approached for pour
ing the molten metal into that myriad
| lettered matrix. and for producing Ia
Chung, the noblest bell in all the world
and no doubt the other day an almost
equal interest was awakened when it
rung out the advent Of peace with
Japan and the restored liberty of the
empire 49,. .~.-.-.--..--. ....-. .-
The artists who successfully accom-
| plished the lnolding and casting Of this
great bell were not only congratulated
| by Buddhistic ecclesiastics and theil
Followers but they were enobled by
the emperor, while their work itself
amid changing creeds and dynasties
is imperishable, being as clear cut and
perfect to-day as when it first came
forth from the crumbling mold of
sand.-Baltimore Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
The Bicycle In Future Wars,

Military authorities have come 10
the conclusion that the bicycle will
play an Indispensable part in the wars
Of the future. Its sphere, at least in
it's early military stages, will be that
Of the uhlan Of the 1870 war. The
cyclist, in preliminary operations, will
act as an impenetrable advance cloud
or screen for the army, pushing far
ahead into the enemy's theater Of op-
erations, making his power felt long
before the enemies have a chance to
come together, paralyzing the enemy's
communications, making descents now
here, now there, often raShly and
often making mistakes. In spite Of
this, he will always be able to obtain
information for headquarters better
than any other form of scouting, feel
ing the enemy retiring before him
when outnumbered, but contestlng the
ground whenever there is chance for
contest. He will, in fact, pursue ex-
actly the course followed by the Prus-
sian cavalry in the early days Of the
Franco-Prussian war; always acting
in company with light horse artillery,
with the gunners mounted on bicycles,
NAN AAO1 >~N>oAuAAo W I11C ~ CoCAL OuI-
OF date system, on caissons With
these and the flying cyclists, it is be.
lieyed that the modern army has an
offensive combination such as has nev-
er been equaled. The cyclist will be
crack shot with the rifle, and that will
be his only weapon. He has one de-
cided advantage over the cavalryman,
In that he is not bothered by the
question Of forage. On poor roads and
IN poor weather the cavalryman has
everything in his favor, and this will
make the conservative soldier view
the bicycle with suspicion Against
this radical disadvantage is placed the
fact that under moderately fair con-
dition tthe cyclist can outmarch the
cavalryman two to one, or 100 per
cent, and under almost the worst con-
dltlons he can do the same with in
fantry. Another important duty the
cyclist may have to perform in the
next war is to act as the anvil for the
main army to hammer the enemy
against, to reach the enemys rear, to
get on his communications, take up a
defensive position and wait for his at
tack. This could only be practica BILE
with heavy force Of artillery. The
value Of the cyclist as a messenger or
in guarding trains and supplies is oh.
viOuS.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
II HOOd'S
SarsaparilIa
The One True Blood Purifier.
Hoods Pills iamiS fha ni'ssd1apae esshapticp p c and
DIN OF BATTLE WASN'T IN IT.
Grent Excitement Coming in tho
Very Near Future

Grent Excitement Coming in tho
Very Near Future.
It was q critical moment! The en-
scattered it to the winds Dynamite
bombs fell like rain from the airships
above. The four leading generals Of
the Reds were lying face down on the
field dead. 1t looked as if the Blues
were going to win the day with untold
defeat. They rushed in solid ranks
upon the ramparts, and though moved
down in tens of thousands. still they
ress were white hot with rapid firing,
and their ammunition was mOmen-
tarily growing scarcer.
On and on the Blues advanced, un-
dismayed, confident of victory. On
and on they clambered over their dead
comrades mountain high. They heard
the roar Of the guns growing fainter
and fainter. They saw the inevitable
downfall of the fortress if they per-
sisted. On they plunged, needing
nothing. The volleys from the guns
now killed but a handful compared to
the devastation they had wrought all
day long, and it was plain that the
Reds We're reduced to the very last ex-
tremities Of battle.
Suddenly the gums ceased firing.
Their ammunition had given out.
"Up, guards, and at emp shrieked
the. general in command. "Victory is
ours!' Forty thousand men advanced.
1t was all that was left of the two
million brave soldiers who had gone
into the battle that morning. On they
swept like mad. They were almost
upon the ramparts When
Good heavens! what was that which
caused those forty thousand men to
stop short, stand trembling there one
hard and terrible moment, and then
turn on their heels and fly in dismay?
Oh. heavens! what was that more
deadly than the roar of cannons, more
devastating than shot and shell, more
death-dealing than dynamite?
See! on the ramparts stand in a solid
phalanX one hundred college men, all
waving their colors, and each split
ting the air With his fayorite college
yell.
Earthquakes aren't in it. The impe-
rial guard breaks and retreats in mad
dismay.
The Napoleon of the future is rout-
ed.-New York World.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
FRANKS OF, SCOTTISH FAIRIES.
-The HiEhlanders Still Hold to Their
Belief in the Fair Folk.

~The HiEh1anders Still Hold to Their
Belief in the Fair Folk.
There still fingers a widespread E7
lief in the north of Scotland that tho
fair folk" or ''gweed neebors,' as the
as the fairies are called, have a cray
ing for human milk, and during the
first days of convalescence mother
must be zealously guarded lest one OF
the ''wee people, come and rob the
child of it's nourishment. Sometimes
they succeed in carrying off mother.
Tradition tells of the wife of a farmer
who was spirited tot the palace Of the
fairies in a large cave on 4 remote
part of the Caithness coast. NotWith-
standing the kindness Of the fair folk,
the woman pined for her home, and
offered as a ransom the finest milk
cow in her gweed mans byre; she
was permitted to return to the home
stead and the COW was led to the fairy
hillock. 1t disappeared. but, later, re-
turned eel and weak. On occasions,
too, the child is stolen, for have not
the fairies one in every seven years to
pay 1.-THE teind to hell?' They then en-
.deavor to sacrifice a human babe rath-
er than one of their own number,
A north country fisher had Il fine
child One evening heggar woman
entered the hut and went up to the
cradle to gaze into the eyes of the
babe. From that time good health left
it, a strange look came into it's face,
and the mother was troubled. An old
man begging for food passed that
way. When he caught sight of the
child, he cried: ''That's nae a bairn;
it's an image, and the gweed folk has
stoun his speerit.' Thereupon he set
to work to recall the fishers bairn. A
peat fire was. heaped high on the
hearth and black hen held over it at
such 4 distance that it was singed and
not killed. After some struggling the
hen escaped up the lum. A few mo-
ments elapsed. and then the parents
we're gladdened by the sight of hap
py expression once more Cn the child's
face. 1t throve from that day fol:
ward. .--Scottish Review
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30

AS may be seen in the cut, there are
handles at different heights on oppo-
site sides of the chair, making it very
easy for two persons to carry it up or
down stairs, while the patient remains
in an upright position. y
Another advantage is that the chair
may be placed upon the edge Of the
bed and the patient moved upon it or
from it with perfect ease.
When not in use the chair may be
folded into a small, compact bundle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
Her Sinsine.

Papa" she said, as she knelt beside
the detected figure and fondly kissed
the dropping head, papa, can I not
keep the wolf from-the door with nv
singlng?'
He was without hope, although he
smiled.
my child,' he sighed, 'your sing
ing would keep almost anybody else
from the door, but the wolf is pretty
nervy, you know"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
He Who Fights and Rims

1t was said that a militia company
was organized just before the war at
Rungtown, Ohio. It was called the
Bungtown Riflemen, and the bylaws
consisted Of two sections, namely:
s.Article First-This company shall
be known as the Bungtown Rifles.
'Article Second-In case Of war this
comrany shall be Immediately dis
banded. II louisville Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
EnsurinE COnsumDtives.

Cincinnati, Oct. 21.-Special.--Rc-
ports say that leading life insurance
company is accepting risks to the
amount of 100000 on lives of con-
sumptives taking the Amick Chemical
Treatment for lung disease. The
Amick Chemical Co. Of Cincinnati is
actually paying the premiums on this
insurance and presenting policies to
their patients. This company claims
to have the most complete statistics on
consumption in the world, and that
these risks are good; providing the pa
tic1nts take q course Of the 4Amick
treatment.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
heputed Remedy for Hav Fever

Reputed Remedy for Hay Fever,
Martyrs to hay fever will learn with
interest the experience of Dr.. Fuber
OF Hamburg who suffered great deal
from hay fever during several sum-
mers. He noticed that in winter a
coryza was accompanied with hot ears,
which regained their normal tempera-
ture when the discharge from the nose
was established. He tried a reverse
order of things on the hay fever and
rubbed his ears until they became red
hot. He can now lead an endurab BILE
existence. AS soon as there is the
least amount of fullness in the nose,
the ears are noticeably pale. A thor
ough rubbing of the ears has always
succeeded in freeing the nasal mu-
cous membrane from congestion. The
rubbing must be thorough and re-
peated
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
Combined Brake and Bell for Troll
ley Cars.

An electrical engineer, who has just
returned from Germany, speaks Of
the attractive appearance presented
by the street cars in Dresden, which
Is largely due to the fine dark colors
in which they are painted. Many Of
the cars are American; but there is
room for plenty more, and American
manufacturers who desire to push
business in Dresden are advised to
correspond entirely in the German
language. The Dresden car drivers
use peculiar bell for warning pedes-
trians. The bell is fixed on the top Of
the level handle, and even while
braking, the motorman can sound the
alarm by simply raising and lowering
the tube on the brake handle
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
A Clean of Intelligence.

81 thought you said this horse you
sold me was an intelligent reliable ami
NAL"
1T isl
why, it tries to get over the ence
every time it sees a girl in bloomers."
''Yes. That's what shows it's intelIi-
gence Washington Star
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30

Pure baking powders are one of the
chief aids to the cook in preparing per-
feet and wholesome food. While those
are to be obtained of well-established
reputation, like the Royal Of whose
purity there has never been ques.
ton, it is proper to avoid all others.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30

In every receipt calling for baking
powder better results and more whole
some food will be obtained by the use
of Royal than any other, because Of
it's greater leavening strength and alb.
Solute purity.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30

The United States Government Re-
port on baking powders shows Royal
superior to all others. 1t is pure, made
from wholesome ingredients, and
greatest in leavening strength. 1t is
the only baking powder for those de-
string the finest, most wholesome food.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30
"A NEW INVALJD'S CHAIN.

For Conveniently sind Comfortably,
Moving Il Patient in an Upright
Position. f~g
The device here illustrated is one Of
the best chairs for invalids yet In
vented. One Of it's greatest merits is
it's simplicity, with no complicated
parts to be adjusted, and no likelihood
|f it's getting out of order. {
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30

Prof. Haines. Chemist to the Chicago
Board OF Health, says he has found
the Royal Baking Powder the purest
and strongest, and superior to all 9th.
ers in every respect.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-11-30

I There is certainly no baking powder
SO we'll known and generally used as
the Royal. Its perfect purity, as we'll
as it's superiority in leavening power.
are matters of fact no longer disputed
by honest dealers or makers of other
brands. Its virtues are so we'll known
to every housekeeper that the slanders
of the dishonest makers Of the cheap.
CT goods fail to touch it,