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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
Origin Of Laying C0rner.stoncs.

OSsWsu VI 10y uU8 SOruors6vOOC0s
The custom Of laying the corner
stone Of public building with cere.
monies was practiced by the ancients.
At the laying Of the corner stone when
the capitol Of Rome was rebuilt q pro.
cession Of vcstal virgins. rObed In
white, surrounded the stone and conse.
Grated It with libations Of water. A
prayer to the gods followed and then
the magistrates. priests, senator's and
knights laid hold Of the ropes and
moved the mighty stone to Its proper
position. In a hollow cut In tho stone
were placed ingots of gold. silver and
other metals which had not been melted
In any furnace. With the Jews the
corner stone was considered an emblem
Of power, and they also performed cerc.
monies at Its laying. In medieval
times the rite was taken up ~ tho or
der Of Free Masons and has by them
been brought down to modern days.
The Masonic ceremony Of laying a cor.
ner-stone Is symbolical. The form Of
the stone, square on the surface and
perfect cube. Its place. at the north.
east corner of the structure; the test.
ing 1t with a square. level and plumb,
and the pouring Of libatlOns Of corn.
wine and oil over it-all have their
hidden meaning. The custom, of laying
the cornerstone with ceremonies 10
usually observed at the commencement
of any public building, when coins OF
the current year, newspapers and i'm.
portant documents are placed within
the stone to serve as valuable historical
relics when the building shall be de-
GfrOyed
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
He Got Even.

A Washington man who had some
business before one Of the smaller
courts In Virginia county went down
there on n recent Saturday to attend to
It. He found the Judge before whom
the matter came, and rs II was q mere
~ pro forma proceeding he had no IN.
ticipatlon Of trouble In getting Il done.
When tho matter was presented the
Judge said:
mo. sab; n transact that business
for you will have to open cot. and I
will not open cot for any Washington
man on Saturday"
"Why not?" asked the astonished
capital city man.
Because, sab. I went down to Wash.
ington on Saturday not long ago and
not q single Judge was sitting In the
cot. I nm IN attorney. sah, IN attor.
ney admitted to practice In Washing.
ton cots, and yet because It was Q
Saturday ] was not allowed to practice
there. sab. when I had some vital points
to make, SAIL" ..
swell. I am not blamed for that"
said tho man from Washington. "you
ought not to hold mo responsible for
what the judges do or do not DO"
1T make no difference, sab. you are
. part Of the system, a devillsh had
system. sab. and you must help to re.
form It, sab. and you are the first man
J have had opportunity to impress my
views upon. and am going to make
them felt. Go homo and reform your
system Of Saturday cots, and then
come to me, sah."
And Virginia got even with Wash.
ingtOn In one case.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
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The Roberts Keynote series il to b
augmented by Marie e. Balfour'0
"Maris Stella" and Claude Nicholson'o
ugly Idol"
The complete edition Of Kipling 10 -
be In eleven volumes, each with .
frontisplece by the authors father,
Lockwood Kipling.
Charles q. u. Roberts, the Canadian
scholar and poet. has undertaken 10
write school history Of Canada. 1t 10
sure to be a good one.
Prof. Woodrow Wilson's sympa thetic
and dignlfied magazine articles ON
George Washington are about to b
published In book form.
The general verdict appears to be
that Max Nordau's volume of stories
called "soap Bubbles must have taxed
to the utmost bis powers Of dizziness.
The poems Of Johanna Ambrosius.
the German peasant pOetess over
whom the critics have been so wide
eyed, are to be published In English.
The translation Ii made by Mary j.
Stafford.
Sir Richard Temples autobiography.
"1'he Story Of My Life," soon to appear
In two volumes. covers an active public
career Of nearly half a century. Sir
Richard spent twenty-nine years In
administrative work in India. and dur
Ing his membership in the House Of
Commons took part In 5000 divisions.
J. X. Huysmans, who is to be an H.
lustri0us member Of the new Gonc0urt
Academy Of Ten, has about completed
work called ia Cathedrale." in
which he will continue the train Of
thought started in En- Route and
eventually to be completed In
"LOblat." He prefaces his new book
with some nattering words from Mr..
Gladstone.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
Esit the Blue jacket.

A proportion Of the blue Jackets Of
any full.rigged ship were necessarily
athletes. The upper yardmen" in n
line Of battle ship or frigate were ex-
ceptional men In this way. and much
more 80. perhaps just about the time
that sail power was receiving Its death
warrant than ever before. These
young men had to race aloft to nearly
the highest points, at top speed eight or
ten times q week wheE the ship was
In harbor. to keep their heads and main
tain their breath while holding ON by
"thcir eyelids," as the phrase goes. and
manipulating with careful and meas
ured order of action the various and
intricate arrangements for Crossing
or "sending down" the royal and top,
gallant yards. 1t was all done Mt full
speed. for 1t was universally held that
the upper yardmen gave a character
to the whole ship: and that one which
was foremost in this exercise was ever
considered the smartest ship In the
feet. The upper yardmen were always
the coming men. They had the most
opportunities for distinguishing them
selves, were the best known. and were
most under the eye Of the authorities.
They developed great muscular power
In chest, shoulders and arms. Their
lower cxtrcmlties suffered. and one
always knew the men who had been
upper yardmen by their tadpole.like ap-
pearauce when they were bathing.
hut In the modern steam line.of- battle
ship and frigates these extremely ath.
letic specimens formed O very small
minority Of the ships company, and
none Of them could lose his turn Mt
being upper yardmen 80 long as the
ships reputation depended on the speed
with which the upper yards were cross
ed and sent down. In harbor the rest
Of the blue Jackets had the handling
Of yards and sails for exercise once or
twice a week, but ut sea the use OF
sails for propulsion grew less and less
important, and most Of the work aloft
was more Of IN exercise and less Of q
necessity.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
DRIVING DEER TO CAMP.
Auuters DO Not Shoot Their Game y
Dlstnnce from Home.

AUuters DO Not Shoot Their Game st
Distnnce from Home.
Tired hunters long way from home,
with wounded deer in front Of them,
have sometimes been able to drive their
deer toward camp to save themselves
the labor Of carrying It. John Jones,
Of Northwood, N. j., has such story.
which he tells when sitting before the
camp fire or as he pumps the bellows
In his blacksmith shop.
When he was young man the deer
were plenty across the creek q half
mile from his fathers house. He used
to 60 over there hunting, and seldom
failed to get deer. One fall, very
late In the season, he was wading
through foot Of snow, still hunting.
He had no luck til along about the
middle of the afternoon, when he was
on his way down stream through the
woods.
While going across a gully high up
on log he saw little oval spot four
rods away in clump Of brush. Only
Q still hunter would have seen II. He
got his rife ready and said "sh-hy'
The spot leaped up. and a full.grown
buck made dash up the gully bank,
but q bullet hit II in the hips and al.
most disabled II. He saw that It was
badly hurt, and 20 was in no hurry to
kill II, for the deer was headed in the
direction he wanted to 60. The deer
grew 30 weak that the hunter got up
to Il and made II run on. lie cut q
birch switch and succeeded In driving
the poor beast clear down to the clip
banks where he killed and dressed II.
Charles Albertson writes TO Recrea.
ton telling how he failed to drive n
deer that lie had wounded. He had
got shot, breaking forward leg Of
the deer, and his dog, after long
chase, had brought It to bay. Then
Albertson conceived the idea Of driv.
Ing II to camp. He tied a rope about ID
horns. and with n switch endeavored
to force II along. But the deer, cor
nered and wounded, was desperate
It lowered Its horns and made for the
man. The man lodged and was hit
by the animals breast and knocked
sideways for rod. In spite Of that
he tried again. and again got attacked
Then he killed the deer and carried Il
to camp.-New York Sun.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
A MtlliOnaires' Corner.

Where Fifty-seventh street crosses
Fifth avenue In New York City ia the
millionaires' corner. On one corner u
the new mansion Of Herman Oelrichs.
Directly across the avenue IL the pala-
tial town house of Cornelius Wander
bilt. Diagonally opposite dwells Sec
rotary William G. Whitney, while the
big gray stone, chateau-like residence
of railroad magnate Coils T.. Hunting
ton occupies the remaining corner. A
moderate estimate of the combined
wealth OF the men who carry the latch
keys of these four residences mounts up
to $225,O00,00O.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
An Exceptional Case.
'Ou know old John GOOdner?"

EYES,"
"Never called anything but 'Honese
John for forty years"
"Um."
County treasurer for twenty-eight
years and guardian for half the orphans
In the country trusted BY every
body"
"Yep."
dead three weeks and experts have
gone over his books"
"Well?"
"They found that he was honest In
every way"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
A Nav yeraiOn.

Little Miss Mutfett sat on tuffet
Eating ice-cream and cake,
While the young man with her was all Of
a SILVER
To think of the cash 1t would take. I
Law Bulletin.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
One Inst Remark.

Judge-Have You anything to say be-
fore the judgment of the court is passed
upon you?
Tough Prisoner-Beggin' yer hOnOrs
pardon; hev ye heard the score, judge2
Philadelphia Record.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
No Lack OF Tone.

she-What object to In a boarding
house 10 the lack Of tone.
He-Oh, ha! You haven't heard the
girl In the next room sing "When Sum.
Rse Comes Again."-Judy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07

Brown-Does your wife ever threaten
to 60 home to her mother? J0nes-No,
that's the worst Of 1t! Her mother
boards with us.-Puck
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
Tcachcr,a Saving.

"More pie, Johnny? Why, child, you
can't possibly hold another mouthfui."
"But, ma, our teacher says there's al
ways room ut the top"-.New York
Tribune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-11-07
The Ka,ser,s Artistic Efforts.

Kaiser Wilhelm's artistic cOllabora.
ton with Prof. Knackfuss continues.
The next result of 1t will be a picture
representing the holy Roman emperor
of the middle ages on italian soil.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15

Mr.. Thurston said the last year the
Republican party was in power was ..the
most prosperous year in American his
tory" He must think the people have
short memories. It was year Of de-
pressed business and was filed with
labor strikes as result Of the reduction
OF wages by manufacturers whose bust
:n a had been curtailed. In 1892, the
year in question, occurred the great
Homestead strike when workingmen were
shot down by Pinkerton thugs in cold
blood. There we're during that year
10, 344 failures, with total liabilities OF
$l14, OLA ,167, and following year, when
Mckinley tariff law was still in force
there were 1920 failures, With liabilities
aggregating $346, 779,ss9. Z 49, 9
Mr.. Thurston should not forget that
the workingmen have as good memories
as the United States senators, or railway
corporation lawyers, and they know well
that 1892 was not prosperous year for
them Duluth Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15

Judge Morris was too busy with his
official duties to begin 2 joint debate
with Ohas. A. Towne until after Septem-
Der l, but somehow he finds time to go
to several places and make speeches.
Re has been speaking almost continuous
~ since receiving the nomination.
Time was when the Judge expressed the
opinion that it was beneath the dignity
Of q man on the bench to make stump
speeches. But the Republican bosses
taught him better. -Biwabik Range.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15
!. RUINED BY a CONTRACT.
An Iron Founder Und ertakes Something
Outside Of His Line. :

An IRON FOUNDER. Undertakes Something
Outside Of His Line.
Fhe founder OF the Yendome column
in Paris met with financial ruin in his
contract. The French government,
when it decided to erect the notable
column, entered into contract with an
iron founder, says the Philadelphia
Record. He knew nothing whatever of
modelling or casting in bronze. The
government agreed to supply him WITH
cannon captured from the Rnssian,s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15
National Binaesalisn.

The following from Che lon Finan-
oials News was written Tor English
readers ana ID one 81 the best arguments
ever madein favor Of independ dent tb;iner-
allism; BY the United States:
There is plain moral ID the remark
that if the Omitted States would venture
to cut herself adrift from Europe and
take outright to silver she would have
all America and Asia at her back and the
command Of the markets OF both coun-
tries. The barrier OF gold would be more
fatal than any barrier OF q custom house.
The bond Of silver would be stronger
than any bond OF free trade. There can
be no doubt about it that if the United
States were to adopt a silver basis to-
morrow British trade would be ruined
before the year was out. Every Ameri-
can would be protected not only at home
but III every other market. OF course,
the United States would suffer to s
certain extent through having to pay
her obligations abroad in gold, but the
loss Of exchange under this head would
be q mere drop in the bucket as compar-
ed to the profit to be reaped from the
MARKETS of South America and Asia to
say nothing Of Europe. The marvel is
that the United States have not long
ago seized the opportunity. It has been
apiece of luck that it has never occurred
to the Americans to scoop us out Of the
worlds markets by going on silver
basis, and it might serve us right If irrit-
ated by the contemplate apathy Of our
government towards the silver problem,
the Americans retal1ated BY freezing out
the gold. Tt could be easily done,''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15
! WHISPERS IT from il Il u He ~ SEA.


Something ConceinIne the Formation al
4 Curious Marine Grosvt 3
There is a maiyelous murine growth
called sertulariaa 55Whicch has the appear.
,ance Of q delicate bush, although its
slender stalks or fbers are built up by
thousands Of minute animals, some
thing as the coral polyp builds up the
coral. 1T is found, says the New y rk
Sun, in clumps and punches. on wreck
age and stones and elsewhere. and
sometimes it is torn loose ID storms and
driven ashore. The many thousands
of tiny creatures which have built it
up and inhabit It die, and the dead bush
/ is called 8 skeleton. It's fbers shrink
some now and they are even finer than
they they were. They may be q foot in
length; sometimes nearly two feet.
They are brown, some punches being.
dark and some Of a lighter shade.
AS the children OF the carpenter
adorn themselves with shavings from
their fathers workbench, SO do the
children Of the fishermen with the ser
tularia cast up from the sea. Its 6besr.s
are pretty nearly straight, so they can
not be made to serve as ringlets, as
curly shavinga do, but the girls take
the longer, finer punches, which are us
7ually the fighter in shade, and make Of
them long brown tresses. The boys
make great mustaches Of the sertu-
laria, and flowing Dund rearY whiskers
and sober boards. In wandering along
the shore one might come upon
9 stranded boat hauled high above the
tide with her side stove in, perhaps, SO
that she would not float, but occupied
by adrea ming youth in sertularia beard
and mustache, who ina ined her a gal
liant ship and himself her bearded com
mander. 81 js, ?. :. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15

To. the Defendants above named
You and each Of you are hereby notified that
the property effected by this action. in which the
above and foregoing summons is issued is stu
ated IN Cook County, Minnesota, and described
as follows, to-Wit; The undivided half interest
IN the southeast u of southwest n of section
seventeen east half of southwest Il and lot four
IN section eighteen, lot one and northeast n
Of northeast a of section nineteen, north half
Of northwest of section twenty, all in town
ship three north Of range three east, also
southwest n of southeast a Of section twelve.
northwest OF northeast n and east half of north
west 4 Of section thirteen, in township sixty
three north of range two east, in the County of
COOK. State of Minnesota. That the object of
said action is to obtain Judgment decreeing that
none Of the defendants above named have any
title, estate, lien OF interest in the real estate
above described and for such further relief as to
the court may seem just; that no personal claim
is made against any of the defendants in said
Dated, July 9Th, 1895.
81. FL. HOYT. -
Plaintiffs Attorney,
40 Chamber of Commerce,
t-llt3 Duluth, MINI.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15
Terms, s1.ooa Year. in Advance
a. Remedy Needed.

a Kennedy Needed.
As reported by the daily papers sena-
FOR Thurston's speech ID Duluth last
Saturday night must have been disap-
pointing to those who went there iii
search Of facts to appeaseS their intellect
pal hunger. He told them that Duluth
was especially interested il this political
controversy because the greater the pros
'perity Of the Union the greater Will be
the demand tor iron and lumber, but he
advanced no argument to convince his
hearers that the retention Of the gold
standard would bring about such pros
'perity;' s. 4
+ What the people want to know is how
to bring about this prosperity. We do.
not pretend to know, positively, that free
SILVER is the thing; and the only thing, this
country needs to make it prosperous,
but when weIsee millions 81 honest hard
WORKING men, il every walk ot:lite, who
are'barely able to exc ont an existence,
We know there ii something WRONG.
Take, for instance, the farmersbf Mime
sofa who are tilling the richest soil on
earth. The farmer, with his wife and
children, works from sunrise till late
into the night and still il is only by the.
practice Of the stricteat eneonomy that
ahey are able to make asliv7ing, if at ali.
With the natural advantages and the
improved machinery now in use the
farmers should be the most prosperous
class Of people il. the country, and would
be il there wasn't something wrong.
: The people want this thing remedied
and they are not going to as Mr.. Thur
iston ggested-leave it to the railway
owner, the mine owner or the mill man.
The American people have got apast that
IF the Republican campaign orators
will advise the people Of some new kink
whereby, by the maintenance OF the gold
standard, they are going to make this
country, prosperous and give the poor
man All equal show with the rich, they
will have I'D trouble in winning out in
November. Protection Will never .doit.
for this country has been protected to
death and the voters know it. :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15
B N johnson, Atty.
Timber Land. Act June 3, 1s7S.-Notice for Pub
llcation. y. S. Land Office, Duluth, MINI,


. Notice Is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions OF the act of congress Of June 8.
1878 entitled IAN act for the sale of timber lands
Washington Territory as amended BY act of
August 4, 1892, Anna Peterson of Duluth. county
Of st. Louis, state Of Minnesota, has this day filed
purchase Of the VIZ of swh and So Of nwL Of
section q, township 65l north, range 5 west 4th
P. m, and will offer proof to show that the land
sought Is more valuable for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, aud to establish
his claim to said land before the register and re-
Ge1yer Of this office at Duluth, MINI, On Friday
the 28th day of August, 1895. y - =. J q
He names as witnesses:
Tellof Olson and John 3 Ross of Grand Marais
MINI, and William Bassett and Hiram Chad
wick of Duluth Mimi. u s. 3. q ~ s
z Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on OF before said 28th day Of
August, 1896. :. = s.. .:.-.,&l Z II : :,
go -: A Taylor, Register
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15
& STATE y g4 e OF MINNESOTA, Il n
|0SUsrIls q LAKE AND Eeoor. y 8 8
DI ts 4 OF ooURI 81
1th Judicial District.

deEDerts b. doyt, S ~
Plaintiff.
John Lightbody, e. Berlingame.
John Currie. and all Other Per. s.,8
sons or PARTIES Unknown
claiming any Right, Title, Es- 2@s
tate, Lien or Interest in the 49, @
Is Real Estate Described IN the ass
Complaint Herein, s d
sssf Defendants.
PENDANTS. s; - -
asYou are hereby summoned and required to
ansWerthe complaint of the plaintiff in the above
entitled astioR which is fled s. the office Of ths
District u and for the counties pf Lake ana Cook
and state q minnesota, and to serve copy of
your answer to the said complaint on the sub
soribsE Ct hig Office il Duluth ST. Louis
summons upon you. exclusive Of tie: day Of such
service; and Y you fail to answer the said COM
glalnt within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff ii
this action Twill apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in the comp laint.
1 Dated. Duluth. Mimi, June both, 1895
IF. 81. HQYT,
Il @ Plaintiffs Attorney. M
BIO Chamber Of Commerce,
Duluth, MINI
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15

Some s. e enemies Of the Prince Of Wales
have again started the story that the
Queen would shortly abdicate in his
favor, but "W alesey" has probably been
fooled SO often that he has ceased to
swallow that story.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15

The Sharkey may or may not be much
Of fighter, but his talk indicates that
he appreciates the value Of free adyer-
tising, and his trip east that he knows
how to take advantage Of their advertise
ing while the froth is still on it. 7.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15

The official ceremony of crowning the
present emperor of Germany was omit
ted because of it's great cost, but Billy
seems to have experienced no difficulty
in running the machine without a
formal coronation.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15
NOTICE for 2 ublication.

Land Office at Duluth Mimi 8 fully is, 1895.
q Notice is hereby given that the fol lowing
named settler has fled notice Of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Register
and Receiver of the Q. 8. land Office at9Duluth
Mimi. on septemb Der 81, 1895, viz Gustaf King,
who made homestead entry No. 5i87 for the
seq Of section 8 township 81 north rangeI east
h He names the following witnesses to prove his
said land, sviz:s SIS,
Oharles:J Johnson g CSMonkers Andrew Sven
son and Wi lain Fisher all Of Grand Marais.
Mimi
US Taylor Register.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-08-15

Tom Watson has red hair on the, out
side Of his head, but it is beginning to
dawn on the minds Of some people that
he doesn't carry aawddust on the inside
Of It. y ..5