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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Nat Goodwin's Bicycle Boomers.

In wide flowing boomers, such as
many feminine bicyclists affect, belted
blouse and nobby cap, Nat c. Goodwin
sailed down Michigan avenue on a
wheel yesterday as if in training for
the coming road race, says the Chi
cago Tribune. BY reason of his pecul-
lar "get-up' he attracted more atten-
ton than any Of the scores of riders
who went flying along the broad,
smooth boulevard before, behind, and
all around him. At first glance specta
tors generally exclaimed:
Look at that funny woman!'
Then, as they caught sight at closer
range of the comedians face and
recognized him, they were both
surprised and amused. Goodwin on a
wheel and in boomers ought to be
fairly familiar to the people of Chi
cago by this time. During his recent
engagement at Hooley's he was out rid
ing every morning and afternoon.
There is not more enthusiast bicyclist
in the country. It has become his sole
hobby. Whether in the lobby, cafe,
parlor, barroom, bedroom or dining
room, his friends say he talks Of moth
ing else. He owns bicycle, and car
ries 1t around the country with him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Scotch HumOr.

An artist is busy at his easel by the
wayside. A rustic is looking over his
shoulder in the free manner of the in.
dependent Scot. A brother rustic is in
field near by with his hands in his
pockets. He is uncertain whether it is
worth while to take the trouble to
mount the dixie for the uncertain pleas
ure Of looking at the picture. "What
is he doing, Jock?" asks he in the field
Of his better situated mate. "Drawin'
wi pent!' returns Jock, over his Shout
der. "1s It bonny| again asks the son
of toll in the field. "Ocht but bonnyw
comes back the prompt and decided an
swer Of the critic. OF considerations
for the artists feelings there is not a
trace. Yet both Of these rustics will
appreciatively relate the incident on
coming in from the field and washing
themselves, with this rider: can he
didna look over weel pleased, can tell
We! Did he, Joek?'-The Contempt.
rary Review.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Taking . Bath I'm Japan.

We made our host understand what
we wanted and soon all hands were
busy bringing wooden pals of water
into the yard. We noticed that with
each pail arrived half dozen inquisi-
overlooking natives, who had evident
ly scented some novelty in the air. At
last the water was ready and we were
told that we could have our bath.
But what about all these people?" we
asked, pointing to the crowd Of women
and children assembled in the yard.
"Oh, they've come to see,'' was the re-
ply. Now, Englishmen, as rule, are
modest beings, and fancy that most
men would feel certain amount of
bashfulness ii called upon to stand up
and battle in the presence Of fifty
women and children; so M. whispered
to me: "I'm going to bed dirty to-
night, unless those people clear out"
T told him he must not think Of such
base conduct, and I reminded him Of
the story in the "Pink Wedding" of
the gentleman who refused his bath
in the presence of the moOZmi attend
ant; how she went out and told her
friends that the poor man was pos
sessed of caudal appendage, and how
he had to flee the village to prevent
maltreatment as an agent Of the devil.
My friend was persuaded, and we
stripped to the buff" AS each gar
ment came off the crowd closed in, and
the women strove among themselves
for the pleasure Of pouring the water
down our backs.-The Gentleman's
Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
sHA1kEsPEARE AND VIRGINIA.
The COlonists ut Jamestown wef>
the Poets Contemporaries.

The COl0n1sts ut JamestoWn Were
the Poets Contemporaries.
The first permanent English settle.
ment In America was at Jamestown,
Va, In 1907. William Shakespeare
died nine years later. in 1916. In Au.
gust, 1920, negro slu ses " ere first in.
troduced into Virginia. From 1907 on
the colonization of Virginia from Eng.
land proceeded steadily, and briskly,
too, for that age, it being especially
noteworthy that this colonization fair
~ represented tall England, and was
not restricted to any class or sect.
Moreover, the England of that dee
was Shakespeare's England-the Eng
land from which he drew his charac.
ters, manners, speech, proverbs, and
particularly all those traits and
touches that give definite date and To-
cality to bis works. They wera
Shakespeare's contemporaries who
came over with Capt. John Smith and
his successors-the very men and
women whom he knew and drew 50
well, some of them also knowing him,
not only as dramatist ard actor, but
also personally. There Is tradiaion,
not fully verified, nor yet wholly dis
credited, that among these early colo
nists was one of the executors of
Shakespeare will, who lived and died
at Fredericksburg-it being commonly
understood and accepted that, until
the late war, fragments Ct the tomb-
stone of this executor could still be
seen in an old cemetery of that town.
From 1920 the African settlement Of
the colony and its English settlement
proceeded together, rari rassu. The
negro colonists, of Course, as slaves
and harbarians, were put at the lowest
and coarsest labor. and there. working
side by side with English Hodge, from
him they learned such English and
English folklore as they acquired.
Later, Hodge and the negro separated,
and it was not long before the latter
was practically segregated, Hodge
progressing more or less. with some
exceptions, while Sambo. black and a
slave, was rapidly hedged about by
strict laws and customs that set him
apart and kept him stationary. To
educate him was crime; but Hitter
ate and barbarous as he was, tie first
civilization al d education he recei 7ed
were English, fresh from the soil of
Shakespeare's England, and to this
day he legibly retains Shakespeare's
mark as originally impressed uptll
him. OF course, even in slavery, there
were freedmen, house and town SER
wants, and few other negroes from
whom this impress was partially re-
moved by their opportunities and asso-
Citations, and many more have lost it
since emancipation and the fee school
have come; but the mass of rural ne
groes, with some whites who have
been subjected to very similar condo
tfons, still remind one Of the great
dramatist by their doings and sayings,
their proverbs, omens, signs and pecu-
liarities Of speech. They sometimes
exhibit an apparent familiarity with
Shakespeare in their words and
phrases but they do not know him at
all-never heard Of Eim.-Lippincott's
for June.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Housekeeping ut Samoa.

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson save
that housekeeping in Samoa was not
so idyllic as it might seem. Her sup
plies came from New Zealand or Aus
tralia once a month. So that if she
wanted bottle of bluing or a bag Of
-four, for instance, she had to send
half-across the Pacific to get it. The
native diet was all we'll enough for a
few weeks, but as it consisted almost
solely of fruit and fish it began to
pail on European palates. House
keeping in this South sea paradise (of
romancers) had other drawbacks, par
ticularly in the matter Of expense,
which was fully six or seven times as
great, Mrs. Stevenson says, as living
on corresponding scale in San Fran
cisco. AS for society, there's more Of
it to the square inch in Samoa than in
any other place I know" says Mrs.
Stevenson, but it appears to be largely
of the living picture kind.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
TO SPARE HIS DOG.
Being a Brief Account Of Why Mr..
Gos1ington Took Up German.

Being Brief Account of Why Mr.
Goslington Took Up German.
1T will by no means do to assume"
said Mr.. Goslington, chat because
dumb creatures do not respond prompt
ly to our kindness they are insensible
to it. This truth was brought home
strikingly to me once in the case of a
dog I once owned. That this dog was
not impervious to gentle treatment
was clearly shown by the fact that when
you patted it on the head it would wag
its tail; thereby showing that it not
only understood the kind treatment but
that it was pleased with it all through.
But I observed that when I spoke to
the dog when it was not looking at me,
it paid no attention. This was surpris-
ing, and at first rather disturbing, but
the dog seemed in other respects so
kindly that did nothing about it.
Zone day when a German friend Of
mine was visiting me, and when I had
called the dog with the usual result,
I asked my friend to call him to see if
he would mind him any better. He did
call, and naturally enough, being a
German, he called in German To our
great surprise the dog turned and came
joyously bounding toward us. The
simple fact was that the dog under
stood the universal kindness of touch
and eye, but the only spoken language
he knew was German, from which
country, as I subsequently learned, he
had been imported only about ten days
before bought him.
"The only question now was whether
1 should teach the dog English or
whether should learn German. I
thought it would be easier for me to
learn new language than for the
dog, and that is how I came to take
up the study of German."- York
Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
A HOME INCIDENT.
Showing How Critical Children So

Showing How Critical Children Some
timos Become as They Grow Older.
II used to have some credit in my
own household" said Mr.. Jorgleton, cas-
a judge of character by minor indica-
tions; by handwriting and that sort Of
letters from friends and acquaintances
and show me the superscription on the
envelope and say: Papa, what sort
of person would you think this WASP
and then T would take the envelope
and look at it carefully and presently
begin: We'll, the writer of this is a
person Of and then would go ahead
and describe his or her characteristics,
and I am bound to say that generally
got it pretty near right, as the children
acknowledged willingly and with won
dering admiration.
"Well, hadn't heard of anything of
that for some time-for two or three
years. Then one day my eldest daugh-
ter, now grown to be quite tall young
lady, brought me an envelope to de-
cipher. Honored by this visit after
that lapse Of time, gave an elaborate
and careful diagnosis.
"'What do you think of this one?'
she sa4u, handing me another, and I
described that, too, and also third
which she handed me, and when I had
finished and returned that last one to
her, instead of thanking me with the
wondering admiration of former years,
she began to shout for her brother,
youth grown lofty with the lapse of
time, and when he had come they
laughed and laughed and laughed.
Whence these laughter?' I said, en-
deavoring to be funny, though I really
didn't see any fun in it, and she finally
managed to tell me that the three sup
descriptions whose features I had so
carefully described as indicating three
persons of widely varying character
istics were really written all by one
person. Hal ha! ha! and then they
laughed again with great delight.
81 tried to explain that a young per-
sons handwriting, the not wholly
formed and settled handwriting, might
easily, on one day and another, really
reveal all the characteristics I had de-
scribed, but they only laughed at this;
it was enough for them that I had
described as the work of three persons
the handwriting of one; but why they
should rejoice over the slight incident
7 cannot imagine, unless they had come
to think, as children sometimes do, that
they are smarter than their parents"-
Elk.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Saved His Master.

1.-The most remarkable anecdote of
this nature" said Uncle Joshua, ais
that regarding Swiss channels hum
ter's dog. This ANIMAL being on the
glaciers with an English gentleman
and his master, observed the former
approaching one of those awful crew
ices in the ice to look down into it.
He began to slide toward the edge.
His guide, with a view to save him,
caught his coat, and both slid onward,
till the dog seized his masters clothes
and arrested them in their course to
an inevitable death. Both were saved
by the timely aid of the dog and the
gentleman showed his gratitude for
the act by leaving the dog pension
Tor life"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
A MaEnffyinS Store Window.

There is suggestion for the Ameri-
can fruit merchant, which possibly
may be turned to account in the story
Of the device for attracting custom re-
sorted to by fruiterer in a midland
town in England. Instead of an or
binary plate glass a large number of
magnifying lenses formed the win
dow. Seen through one Of these an
orange looked as large as a modest
pumpkin, and cherries were as large
as apples. The only drawback to this
novel plan was that at the distance Of
a few yards from the window it was
impossible to see into the store. Every
body knows that to see anything
through a magnifying glass you must
hold it close to the eyes. Neverthe-
less, the English countryfolk enjoyed
the sight Of californian fruit and the
enterprising proprietor did a roaring
business
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Tips in Germany.

Everybody who has ever travelled in
Germany or the rest Of Europe de-
nounces the 'trinkgeld" or "pourboire''
nuisance. Many people in Germany
denounce it, too, but the habit is
deeply rooted. Yesterday the associa-
ton of German hotel-keperS, about
1000 strong, were in convention here
and discussed this very question,
many desiring the organization to put
it's foot down on it. But the merry
waiter and his ''trinkgeld" proved too
strong. The association decided not
to NEEDLE with the time-honored Gus
tom. Thus when next you go to Ger
many you'll find the waiter in his
swallowtail as usual, smiling and with
an itching palm.-New York Adver.
tiSer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Adopt a Signature.

A young girl went to bank not long
ago and tried to draw out money she
had deposited. She wrote her name,
but was astonished to have the sigma.
ture disputed. Her indignant protest
was met by the statement that the
name she had ujst signed bore no re-
semblance to that written when the
money was brought to the bank. Fort
unately, she was able to prove her
identity, but the person who testified
in her favor said frankly that he
would have refused payment on such
contradictory signatures. LET me give
you a piece Of advice" said he, "alter
your writing if you choose, but adopt
signature which can always be rec
ognized. It is often Of the greatest
Importance to a. man or Woman."-'
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
NEW TRANSPARENT CURTAINS.
From Within You Can Look RICH,
Through Them.

through Them.
A new invention for the production
of a fabric for window blinds Is re-
ported from Yorkshire, England. The
material and apparatus employed and
PROCESS adopted in the manufacture
give fabric that is transparent from
the room, but Opaque from without.
The fabric contains linen, aluminium.
iSinglasS, bOraX, talloW, etc. The ap-
paratus contains cylinder filed with
a patent classifying compound, IN
which bobbins Of linen yarn are
placed. The yarn is saturated and
coated with this compound as it is
wound off the bobbins, and drawn
through an opening at the top of the
cylinder; it is then passed over a
roller situated above this opening, and
down to a series of heating and dry
ing plates; then around another roller.
to the reminding arrangement of the
apparatus, where the yarLs are wound
upon the bobbins again, and are thcn
ready for a knitting machine.
The Inventor claims that this blind
is so flexible that it can be easily
rolled up and down; that it is SO trans
parent that a room is not darkened
when it is drawn: that while those
inside a room can see through the
blind almost as perfectly as though it
were glass, those outside cannot see
inside the room, unless the latter is
lighted most brilliantly and darkness
prevails outside; ard that it is ar
tistic and therefore pleasing to the
eye. The blinds shown are hand
painted, but it is expected that in the
future it will be possible to print
them by machinery and thus reduce
the c>l cls.. of production. so that the
cost CT fitting windows VIII: IT, t be
much greater than that incurred bv
ordinary blinds.-The Upholsterer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
A LIVING SHADOW.
REMARKABLE TRANSFORMED
TON OF A NORTH CARO-
LIMA MAN
Strange, but True, Story from the Lums
Dor Regions Of a Southern State.

(From the Greenville, ". c., Refractory
The following interview has just been
given our reporter by Mr.. G. A. Baker,
the overseer at the farm Of Col. Isaac a.
est any one who has ever had typhoid
fever. Mr.. Baker said in part:
Il was living In Beaufort county, and
on the I'd day of October 1893 I was
stricken down with typhoid fever. G
had the best physicians to attend me
and on the 18th day Of January, 1894, I
was allowed to get up. was emaciated,
weak and had no appetite. could only
drag along for a short distance and
would be compelled to sit down and
rest. This continued for some time and
! began to give up hope of ever getting
well. lost my position in Beaufort
county and having secured one in Pitt
county, clerking in a store, undertook
1t. but was so weak I could not do the
work and had to give it up. The disease
settled IN my knees, legs and feet.
was taking first one kind of medicine
and then another, but nothing did me
any good. was mighty low-spirited.
l moved out to Col. Sugg's about four
or hye months ago and commenced TAX
ing Or. Williams Pills. I took three
regain my appetite in weeks time,
and then my weakness began to disap-
pear, and hope sprung up with bless
edness that is beyond all telling. At the
expiration OF tAree months was entire
ly cured and could take my ak and 20 in
the woods and do as good a days work
as any man. was troubled with dys-
pepsia and that has disappeared. It Is
also splendid tonic for weak people.
l say, Mr.. Editor, God, bless DR.. WILL
Jams may he live for long time, I
know he will go up yonder to reap his
reward. Tell everybody that asks you
about DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People that if they will co ne to me
can certainly satisfy them as to their
merits. I always carry a box of pills
with me and when ever feel bad I take
one"
We were forcibly struck with the
earnestness Of Mr.. Baker and his state
ments may be relied on.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain in a
condensed form all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are an unfailing specific for such
diseases as 1ocomOtoc ataxia, partial
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neu-
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache,
the after effects Of la grippe, palpitation
Of the heart, pale and sallow complex
Ions, all forms of weakness either in
male or female and all diseases result
Ing from vitiated humors in the blood
Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will
be sent postpaid on receipt of price, 60
cents a box, or six boxes for s2.5O) by
| addressing Dr.. Williams Medicine Co.
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13

Closing Air-Tight Compartments.
It will be remembered that the cause
of the disaster to the British battle
ship Victoria was the failure to Sc
cure speedy closing of the alright
compartments from which the flood
Of water should have been excluded.
The sad lesson has not been, lost, and
the naval authorities at Washington
are now testing device, to be work
ed by electricity, by which the officer
of the deck or the man in the coming
tower of vessel can close every door
instantaneously by pulling a lever in
case of an impending ramming or col
lision. The sounding Of whistle or
a bell for a specific number Of seconds
warns the men below to escape to the
deck or get out Of the way Of the
doors.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
BLOOD Circulation.

The mileage of the blood circulation
reveals some astonishing facts in our
personal history. Thus it has been cal
culated that, assuming the heart to
beat sixty-nine times a minute at Or
binary heart pressure, the blood goes
at the rate Of POI yards in the minute,
or seven niles per hour, 1853 miles per
day, and $3.50 miles per year. If a
man 81 years of age could have one
single blood corpuscle floating in his
blood all his life, it would have trav-
xsed In th2s same tina 5.150.aO8 miles
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Getting Back at Him.

"What do you hear from Hiram ~
said Mrs. Sunup. SLOWS he DOM at
college?" .,..s. Il: (.
ri amt heard nothin' direct" was
the reply, "but 1t comes to me in a
round about sort O. way that he's
sowin' good deal of wild oats.'' !.
ssWhat air ye goin' ter do?'' .@.* i.
''Hev i'm come home / wrote i'm
that if he was so dead sot on agrfcul-
ture, he might ez wen stick to the
farm.-EXchange. 5@s$a. n 5s|
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Tobacco Users Sore Throat.

It's so common that every tobacco user has an
serious condition frequently consumption and
it's the kind Of a sore throat that never gets
we'll as long ss you use tobacco. The tobacco
habit sore throat, and lost manhood cured py
No-To.Bac. Sold and guaranteed to cure by
Druggists everywhere. Book, titled Don't
Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away free.
Address Sterling Remedy Co.. New York City
or Chicago
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
A Protest.

A Protest.
Bobby had been served with very
small share of pastry and he was do
ing his best to smother his resentment
at the discrimination.
II am very much afraid" his mother
said, that this pie needs more shorten
ing"
"Mamma," said the boy, in an audi
BILE undertone, that isn't what my
piece needs
"No'm. My piece needs lengthen'
ng."-Washington Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
Stands There for a Hint.

Stands There for a Hint.
Crimsonbeak-I see Boardman, the
proprietor of the Seaside hotel, has
placed statue Of the Venus de Milo
in front of the house.
Yeast-It must look we'll.
Crimsonbeak-On the contrary, it
looks very much out of place. Imagine
a female at a summer resort hotel
never having any arms about her.
Yonkers Statesman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
And Still the Patient Lived.

Speaking from the point Of view Of
numbers, the largest medical consulta-
ton ever held, was that recently
convened in China, around the bedside
Of member Of the imperial family.
There were 324 physicians present: but
the patient lived, after all.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13

1t Sticketh Closer than n Brother.
Does the rheumatism. Cut off all relation
ship with it by the aid Of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters which sewers the bond without
loss Of time, If you use it promptly and
persistently. No testimony is more positive
and concurrent than that which establishes
its efficacy in this obstinate disease. Use
1T with assurance Of good results for ma
larial, dyspeptic and nervous trouble. con-
Stipation and biliousness.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
The Ladies.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the Cali
fornia liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs,
under all conditions, makes it their
favorite remedy. To get the true and
genuine article, look for the name of the
California Fig Syrup Co., printed near
the bottom Of the package.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-07-13
New Cuffs and Collars.
Convenience.

''Nothin'," said Meandering Mike,
illustrates the grand economy of ma
ture like shad."
cts purity bony fish, though" re-
piled Flooding Pete.
'"That's jes' it. When We sit down to
the fish there it is full O. toothpicks
waitin' fur ye when we've finished yer
dinner" -Washington Star