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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
the outlines Of the mill and the afIfe s
portal to mark for us the breVity Of
human grandeur. 81 IA III
EXPORTING AMERICAN PAPER.
British Printers and Publishers Are Now
Buying Our Home Made Goods. $35

British Printers and Publishers Are Now
Buying Our Home Made Goods. '
We have from time to time sought to
Impress upon the paper-makers Of the
country the prime Importance Of build
ing up a good, export trade, says a pa
per trade journal. Few industries are
advancing with such rapid strides as
that 2 Of 4 paper-making. American
genius has equipped our mills with
machines of marvellous power and eff
ficiency, and improvements in this di-
rection are yet in progress. We have,
to be sure, a splendid home market
growing and expanding right along.
and there is cause for genuine satisfac-
tion in the fact that Americans are
: the most liberal consumers Of paper in
the world, and that, too, Of good stock,
it being notorious that there is small
er demand for the "cheap and nasty
in this country than in any other. coun-
try on the globe. Yet, with all our
wonderful powers of consumption, it
will become more and more difficult for
the home market to absorb the entire
paper product of the country. A mar.
ket for the surplus must be found as
condition necessary for a steady
business There are a great many non
paper-making countries which are COM
paratively new, and where the manu-
featuring spirit is only just beginning
to develop. These afford proper out
let for our surplus, their powers of abb
sorption expanding with our own in
creasing prcductiveness, so that there
need be no fear of a Diminishing de-
mand. 1t seems to us that it will be
much more >forehanded, so to speak, to
expend our energies in developing
fresh markets than to devote them all
to the far more difficult. task of get
ting a foothold in older countries It's
something to be proud of, certainly,
to be supplying paper to several Lon
don daily papers, because it so COM
pletely refutes the idea that high wages
mean dear products. Great Britain s
paper-making industry is we'll devel.
| oped, however, and any footing that We
may obtain in her home market has a
double satisfaction notefar to seek nor
difficult to understand, but getting it is
slow, and in the end may not produce
the results sought--a steady, growing
and lasting market for our surplus. We
are much more likely to realize such
tseolid itiens err mar ixets loeatedein
growing countries, such as those which
lie south of us. The significance Of an
English demand for American paper
lies in the fact that our high-priced,
Intelligent 5lab bor produces cheaply, and
lean, quality for quality, hold its own
in any market where we may choose to
act persistently and energetically. r..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
ABOUT 4 FU-J;NERAL.

sA Topeka Mans Precautions Aeainst
Mortnary Chestnuts. 5 III j5s
5sl Topeka man of practical turn Of
mind has made a will regulating his
own funeral says the Kansas City Star.
"A friend who is a, parson is to come
from a distance and say a pray An
other friend, who's not a parson, not
short talk. Another friend, who is a
woman, and a sweet singer, is to request
three musical l friends another Wo-
man and two men Ito join her in sing
ing anf,ropriate7 hymns, while. another
friend, a young fellow who learned the
Keyboard while t.on the road''ftfor a
music house, is to preside at the organ.
The undertaken is not to wear a plug
hat, or a big diamond stud, or a dressy
Prince Albert coat, or in any manner to
appear as he had snatched a moment
from a banquet to bury the dead. He is
to be modest and humble, giving the
corpse a chance for public attention
its last chance. The pall-bearers are
not to be labeled. They will be dis
stinguishable from the corpse by the
fact that they will be alive and their
duties will be understood without wear
ing a printed sign. They must be good
fellows, too, bright fellows, and they
We're requested to beguile the way to
the grave with cheerful anecdotes of
their dead friend. .fa sssla5 d b
l. None of them may wear gloyes-un-
sdertakers' gloves are so starchy and
I3stuffy-and a man whose hands sweat
is barred; it furnishes the handles OF
the coffin. Grips and signs, swords,
feathers and bands are prohibited. The
parson who shall say the first prayer
shall say the last, and 'ssprigs of myr-
tle' or s.acacia'' are forbidden The
pall-bearers are to line up and witness
the final closing of the grave. All the
funeral arrangements are to be in
charge of another friend, a woman, who
shall comfort the family and see that
chumps keep away from the house; thai
| brownies be not permitted to "sit up
with the corpse. "t% She shall receive
| flowers il any friends bring them in
return thanks for them in writing, and
request the newspapers MOTTO call them
| floral offerings She shall also detach
cards from these pretty remem brances
and preserve them for the family; the
Init shall not be called a .casket'
must not wear the. appearance Of q
floral bargain counter. That moss.
/ grown head, The Last Sad Rites
{ must tnotsap pear. oversthe newspaper :ac.
counts of the ffuner Al, and sdone
this last kind service IN fairly gooe
| English, and short. sentences, city edi.
tors are requested to turn again their
attention to life and the beautiful,
world, leaving the dead man to make
/ his own way across the dark river.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
GREAT, THOUGHTS.

When thou readest what here is writ,
Let thy best practice second it;
So twice each precept read shall be
First in ye booke, and nexte in thee. 4
Inscription found in an old Bible.
The closest walk with God is the
sweetest heaven that can be enjoyed on
earth. Brainard. ,s.1s ;s4
Method is like packing things in a
box; a good packer will get in half as
much again as a bad on Cecil
AZ great occasion is worth to a man
exactly what his antecedents have
enabled him to make Of it.-William
Matthews. # ji. u y .gs45 h
Prize inward exercises, griefs and
troubles; and let faith and patience
have their perfect work in them. -
.Pennin gton. s8 .5a sa q
5sRST chou art never at any time nearer to
God than when under tribulation; !;
which He permits for the purification
and beautifying Of thy soul IN olinos.
Evil, once manfully Sfronted, ceases
to beSeyil: there is al generous battle
hope inSplace OF dead, passive misery:
the evil itself has became a kind Of
good Carl yle. 85l8 $S sSs
Many a one can say 81 q am a man
that hath griefs. but the Spirit COM
forteth me- / am a man that oft know
eth not the way, but the Spirit leadeth
m. aBicknell.
The poet utters, the thinker medi-
Htates, the II ighteous acts; but he who
stands upon the borders Of the divine
world prays and his prayer is word.
thought. action, in one. alzac.
Fidelity il trifles and an earnest
seeking to please God ID little matters
is "a test OF real devotion and love.
Let your aim be to please our dear
Lord perfectly in little things and to
attain spirit Of chi 4 Ike simplicity
and dep pendence Jean Necolans Grou.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
Facial Expressions.

. Don't roll your eyes up into your head
as If they were marbles. A fine pair
of eyes will be utterly ruined by this
operation. The girl with pretty
mouth will purse it up into the prettiest
bouton and continue the habit until
many lines form about the lips and the
lovely mouth has to be put into the
hands of beauty doctor =; r5. SS
Nearly every woman bites or sucks
her lips. Others contract the broWs and
produce two burrows between the eyes.
Others wrinkle the forehead with
frowns. Others perpetually wear a tip
tilted nose. The true expressive face
doesn't consist Of a set of features hung
on strings or wires. Do cultivate placid
features.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat 4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
THE DEAD-LETTER. OFFICE.

A Falling-Of Off in the Number Of Pieces
OF Mail Misdirected. S&
Very few persons have any clear or
definite knowledge OF the extent of the
operations Of the dead letter Office Of
the 5ll3 postoffice department., says the New
York Sun. Is 1t is known in a general
way that misdirected letters are trans
mitted to the postofice depart It in
Washington and there are or d and
1T possible redirected either to the
sender or the addressee. The number
of letters and papers sent to the dead
letter office in a year is $500, 900. OF
these $500, 900 are what is called ordi-
nary claimed letters, 10000 foreign
letters misdirected by people in the
United States to persons abroad, and
about 80 900 letters written to fictitious
addresses, while 100000 letters in a
year are mailed by people in other
countries to incorrect addresses in the
United States I. .5s $5g5 .a.,s .s: +.s 4
According to the last postof1ce report
more than 10000 letters sent to the
dead-letter Office contained money to
the gross amount Of $50,000; 10000
other letters contained drafts, notes,
deeds and checks to the amount of more
than $1,500,000. A majority of the
money and the evidences of indebted
ness were returned to the owners, but
last year 100000 in checks and notes
and 10000 in cash remained unclaimed
| and undistributed. The number of
parcels sent to the dead-letter office is
mot large. More than $4,000 letters
finding their way to the dead-letter
office yearly contain photogr aphs. A
very large proportion of the matter
which reaches the office does so not be-
cause of any defects in the postof1ce
| system, but because Of want of care on
the part Of the patrons of the mails.
It would not be possible to state the
proportion in figures, because. the tech
nical distinctions ofs"held for postage
"misdirected," etc., include letters
which, while properly prepared and
i dispatched according to the addresses
1 still fail Of successful delivery by rea-
son of hasty and careless directions
confusion arising from Offices of the
same or similar names in different
states, and other causes. It is a pc
culiar fact that while many persons are
extremely careful Of their pen ennaanship ma
in inditing letters to persons who are
familiar with their. writing, they are
singularly negligent in addressing the
i envelope, which is to be read by per-
i sons unfamiliar with the writing YET
sEnpon .Mh lose sabllit to read It is depend.
ent the safe delivery Of the letter. s.5
The increase of the business of the
i dead-letterl Office which continued each
year until about three years ago has
recently ceased and there is a diminu-
ton in the volume Of misdirected mail
matter This improvement is ac-
counted for in part by the improved
management of. the postofice depart,
ment, but to a greater extent by the
general diffusion Of education among
Il T11CC1o. a
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
The Use OF NaDtha.

The greatest care should be observed
in the use of naptha, which, while
most valuable agent to clean delicate
laces, light silks and ribbons, is very
dangerous liquid. 1t is so extremely
volatile that ignition will take place
even when it is removed by the dis.
tance across room from light, and
it never should be used except in the
day time Articles cleansed by this
means should be promptly and thor
soughly aired. 1t is good plan, the
Commercial bulletin suggests, when the
weather permits, to do the cleaning out
Of doors, leaving even the thing cleansed
outside for a longer airing. The need
If this was recently emphasized to an
uptown woman, who washed a num-
Der of gloves, some laces and ribbons,
and fearing to leave them around the.
room, as she was called away before
they were aired, bundled them into ae
box, which she shut up in a trunk in a
closet. Later, she sent maid to get
them out, who took a lighted candle to
the closet for the search. When the
trunk was opened a slight explosion
followed almost Immediately Enough
Of the gas from the naptha had been
generated and held in the confined
space to ignite as the candle fame ap-s
preached. No serious results followed,
fortunately, but the warning remains.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
EAT TOO MUcH MEAT.
Americans too Prone to the consum mptios

Americans too Prone to the Consumption
s55$$5 iz OF Flesh and Fowl
i "We eat altogether too much meat
anyway, u said DR.. Cyrus Edison, the
health commissioner of New York the
other day. II venture to say that most
of the ills we are heir to come from
habitual eating of too much beef. IT
the present era Of high prices Of beef
will only compel people to choose other
foods, such as fish or a greater variety
OF vegetables, the beef combine as it
is called, will have been the uncon-
scious instrument Of doing a vast
amount Of good FISH is much better
food for city people than flesh raised
on land. It does not contain as great
proportion Of those stimulatiye nu-
trlents that do SO much to produce ner
vousness, indigestion, constipation and
the host of attendant disorders to the
human body for which the medical pro-
fession is so continually called upon to-
prescribe. Wage workers. who earn
their living by physical exertion farm
laborers, shovelers, ditch diggers, etc
require solid foods such as beef and
pork, but men and women who take lit
tie exercise, whose employment is se-s
dentary, calling for no continual ply
sical strain, fish is eminently more
satisfactory as a regular diet. Fish is
the coming food. Long after our land
has been denuded of those properties
| that nourish animal life in the field,
| the waters of the deep will be teeming
with fish. The scientific culture Of carp
has shown conclusively that one acre
Of water will produce more edible and
wholesome flesh than three acres Of
land, and some of these days we will
awaken to the Importance of preserving
our land sustained animals by the sys-
tematic and methodical cultivation of
| our fish. AS to the quantity of meat
that a man really needs the people
seem to be ignorant. The United States
government allows the soldiers but
i three-Guarters of a pound of meat a
day. How many New Workers., do you
suppose, get along with SO small a
| ration Of meat? The government,
I through its physicians, has learned
that soldiers, even. on the march, do
better on that seemingly small allow
ance than if they were permitted to
i gorge themselves indiscriminately on
the flesh Of steers and sheep. New York
city allows its hospital patients but one
i pound Of meat a day, and that pound is
untrimmed. When cooked and ready
a to be eaten that pound represents really
j army ion for able
4 bodied men. The average energetic,
Well-fed New Yorker consumes from
one and half to three pounds of meat
every day that he is able to eat. It is
altogether too much. No wonder that
nature rebels frequently and insists
that the man live on cruel for whole
days at time That is natures own
recourse That's when man is sick
when he can't eat meat
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
FFLOTSAM AND JETSAM.

The pain of bee-sting is at once
allayed by the application of the juice
of the white poppy 81 ,,52.:1. +.
The canned fruits Of California are
much admired in Bombay, and outrank
the best that go there from other coun-
tries.a a0,z@% b. II ~ z,s.fs,,.,g -sz,.4. ,g4
Amsterdam is intersectedt by canc's
which divide the city into about ninety
islands. Communication with them is
had by about 300 bridges, s@ ~ >s$r +
American travellers in Europe during
the three summer months, spend about
$100 ,000, 900. This expense must be met
by the expectation Of gold. 4a5 5,.
John and Richard McGriff, of Gen
eva, Ill, are a lively pair of twins, con-
sidering their age. They are in their
ninety first year, and never wore
glasses s5zs gs Est st: 5sz, 4 :s&s
To encourage the prompt payment Of
taxes, the sheriff of Madison county,
KY, announces that people who have
paid their taxes will be married by. him
without cost. s5*.gs 25s5s tSsts55s ss i s,a& Il
Mr.. Louis Coulon, a lawyer Of Mont.
lacOn, France, mas a DeardS elgntz 1eet
long. He began shaving at the age of
IL, and two years later his beard was
a foot in length. "A, n tss4 # 3z4 I. s
Severe injuries to III. Q. Armstrong,
Of Chippewa Falls, Wis., resulted from
somnambulistic performance. He
dreamed that he was swimming and
dived from his bed. 5sss
e. Hf%=S s VS.
a Brooklyn housekeeper compels her
female cook, when on duty, to array
herself in bloomers. She claims that
this innovation makes her more active
and tidy in the kitchen. Il 81,
q, The new Baltic canal has cost S40,--
OOO, 900 and is fifty mine miles long
AT nightit will be lighted from end to-
end with electric lights. sIs.. Il Il.
As small electric lampsi being used
instead Of a bell in some telephone ex-
changes IN England The call for CON.
lnection lights the lamp.
knowledge alWays desires increase;
| it is like fire, which must first be kin
Illed by some external agent, but which
will afterwards propagate itself. DR..
johnson. 3sss5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29

the continent in an engine cab It slS
the first time on record that a woman
has, made such "a Journey, and Mrs.
Booths letter Of description received at
the Fourteenth street aheadquar the
other ofthl day, caused no end of rejoicing.
Pr. Chauncey M. DepeW, who is a warm
friend II e1 Of the Salyationists made it pos
sible for Mrs. Booth to ride in the en-
gine cabs over the various trunk lines
to Frisco. .s N a.sss- ss s,Y5 q
She said: ".The run from Poughkeep-s
B sic to Albany would be. seventy-five
miles, and it would probably be the
rapidest run on that section of the road.
Both comfortably installed on the left
hand. land seat in the cab, we had "a lovely
and inspiring view. We were com
pletely surrounded with windows. So
that we scouid see; behind, to the side
and away ahead Our feet were warmed.
by the welcome heat from the exengine,,
While fresh breezes famed our faces
and played excitedly with our bonnet
strings. The rapid motion was exhilarz
atlng, the view was perfect. 3
Green lights, red lights, white lights.
waving lanterns, lights that changed.
at our approach, lights high up ana low
Gown. All was plain to the engineersas
A 3 G, and all producing their effect on
the great machine as his hand conveyed
to 1t the message it unquestionably
obeyed, yet that engine saw and s,ll-
derstood nothing, and paralyze the
head and hand that guided it and 3it
would be terrible monster Of destiru,c-
ton and ruin. *sS$5 :ss#
SS q received q mysterious telegram,
.Whie lead as TO lows meet YOU
with hack at watering tank beyond
| 4 platform 7 g It was dated Reno which
we learned was the next stopping pla Zee,
and was signed by ID. Il I Ames: Abso-i
lute beWilderment filed our mind we
We're going straight through to san
francisco. Why. should we be met with
mack? It was impossible to get our
baggage ready, and if we did prepare
our baggage, who was this E. 1. Anes?
We had left the engine and retired
for sleep. when through the window /
noticed glimEler Of electric light, and
snortly aIterWard our train slowed up
at the mysterious water tank. 0
"A few moments later manly voice
shouted: rs Mrs. Booth in this car? II
wondered for a moment whether it was
plan pll to hold us up at the water tank.
But epeering through our. curtains, in.
stead OF seeing masked despera does
with pistols in their belts, 10 and be-
hold! l'1!t the we'll known uniform of the
Salvation Army. +, :.,:t. I. .i2.5. @
1t was Captain Ames in charge of
the forces at the water tank .Ex-
plantations quickly followed as to how
| had not received q telegram sent to
me to New York asking us to stop off
and greet Captain Ames' corps. 1t was
too%late now to mend matters, and we
were soon speeding toward our jour
ney's end, San Francisco, which we
reached in good health ,.=4 5$ .5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
Geodetic Survey From Atlantic to Pacific
~ Ia T7fnichad, "--.-., '''-

Gecdetic Survey From Atlantic to Pacific
- =. Is Finished. .-' 4. -;
y Inc Sclentlhc measurement by the
United States coast and geodetic sur
yey of the distance from the Golden
Gate at San Francisco, CAL, to the
mouth j: Of the Chesapeake, along the
thirty-ninth parallel, has Just been
completed under the direction of Will
lam Elnbeck, who has been in charge
OF the work since it's inception, in 1873.
Every scientist in the world has been
waiting anxiously N for the completion
OF this survey, as upon it depends the
determination of the precise shape of
the earth and the accurate laying of
lines OF longitude, instead of the ap-
prox1mate ones that are now in use.
This line will be the basis for the re-
vision of all astronomical work in,
which accuracy is desired. 1T will take
a year to make the, computations
from the survey and such Notifications
as may be necessary. The work has
cost something over $500 The
chief object of the survey is to de-
termine the precise figure of the earth.
1t has already been determined by
north and south lines, but. this is the
only one of any extent running east
and west. There. are two. or three of
the north and south lines. Russia has
the longest meridian line ever run, go
ing from, the Black sea up to the north
ern limits of her territory There is
one in India, run by the British gov
ernment, that is the second in length,
while the third was run by England
and France from the most northern
point of Scotland down to the Balearic
islands. From these. lines the shape Of.
the earth has been determined north
and south, while it has been necessary,
in order to ascertain the exact shape,
to run a similar line east and west.
The United States is the only country
that has enough territory to accom-
plish this which is the greatest geo.
detic line ever measured in the world.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
Not Likely.

.stGt...,.z ..,@3s}s Not Likely. ,-- 4..,
II she-"Have you ever loved an
0ther?''. ....c,.> ~ 49, ..... $50.
He-"Yes, of course. Did you think
I'd practice on nice girl like your
Life. ~. f. .,1s,..- al. ..,.>4sy .,.s.-. ?E'.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
The Ruff Still de Rigueur.

#f#ts The Ruiz Still de ESigueur. stS5sg
Indeed, we never get any thing very
new. in Paris much before the end Of
September Or the first of October. The
prettiest thing for wear in these months.
will be the charming little costumes os.
mohair and alpaca that have been so
fashionable all the season, made with
coats a little longer, not quite SO many
godets as those worn up to now. With
these are always seen one of the pretty.
tours de cou that are more the rage
than ever. They are made generally
of white mousseline de sole or chiffon,
with great choux scattered here and
there, although Eve seen many made
of,taffeta to match the belt OF the gown
with which it was worn. "a charming
gown OF white alpaca had a jacket.
opening on front Of linen and lace
on a transparent ofsrose. The tour de-
#cou was Of lace and rose colored rib
5bons, and the hat. worn with it was a.
great black straw trimmed with a
wreath Of fleurs des eaux, interWined,
with English lace. y
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-02-29
ON A ]. LOCOMO { (. { 4 | { J! /. B: ! !.
MRS. BALLINGToN oTF
MAKES "a MOVE LIT RIP ].
From New York to, san Francisco g
the Engineers Cab Was .1et Fun Of Ex'
citeme mt ~ lives : Hraphlc DescripEi Eioi
III OF the Trip. 3E.s .fSz IS 80 5ssg
RS. S.BALLINGTON


!. :l7','l 3 9 i 9 J. ! 7 b, b, g conl-
mander al, ! Of the Sal
walton t L i Army q ~ in inl
America, has writ
II ten E from j, !. San Fran "a II
cisco to the nation
al hea dquarter ia
New York o. RI; d describ-
ing q remarkable rel q ar "a M
trip she has Just. us:
onrnr5otoT4 "a nrlcc