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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-05-22

The London Times says: ''England Is {.
peace-maker." So Is bull In q china shor
q piece-maker.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-05-22

Providence business men, alarmed by
NE numerous hold-ups of late, have pc
httoned the city council for permission to
carry revolvers and use the same against
aho highwaymen.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-05-22

IL YOU WANT 10 BUY A ZINE FARM
d good fruit country. warn. climate. improved,
e16. 900 to $50. 90 per acre. write to j. w. Car.
penter, Bolivar, Polk Go. Missouri
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-05-22

London society journals say that skat-
ng en- the new bicycle skates is to be
tho fashionable craze during the coming
summer in England.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-05-22

There are net less than 1000 900 dog,
IN the British isiGs
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
WHITE TOPAZ.
Beautiful Stones to Be Seen at the
Diamond Palace.

Beautiful Stones to Be Seen at the
Diamond Palace.
Every day in the week and every
hour in the day n can see crowds
around the show windows of THE
CHICAGO DIAMOND PALACE. The
cause of it all is the now widely known
White Topaz. The White Topaz, or
c%arbonated diamonds, have come to be
recognized as the nearest thing on
earth to genuine diamonds, SO near in
deed is it that the proprietors of the
DIAMOND PALACE do not hesitate to
place real diamonds in their windows
amidst their display of White Topaz,
and allow the public to pick them out
at the selling price of the Topaz.
The latter stones have all the lovely
brilliancy of the diamonds, sparkling
steadily and with wonderful fire. The
thousands of these stones in the win
dows forms one of the most gorgeous
displays and has proven an attraction
which is one of the features of Chi
cago.
In order to find out the advertising
medium best suited to their business,
this enterprising concern offers to send
a genuine White Topaz to all those
who will cut out and send them their
advertisement, which appears else
where in this paper, together with 25c
in stamps.
THE DIAMOND PALACE, like all
successful institutions, has many iml-
tators, who endeavor to sell CHEAP
rhinestones and other pastes claiming
they are topaz. We caution the pup
lie to be careful, as THE DIAMOND
PALACE, American Express building
Chicago, are the sole importers of these
stones.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
Carving Out Instructions.

If oAp
There was a young man whose So
cial education had been somewhat neg
lected, and it CHANGED that he received
an invitation to a church wedding.
The morning Of the ceremony found
him quite excited, and he started for
the church some time before, as he
would have said, "the show was billed
to come Off"
Under his arm he carried a small
bundle, and before he had proceeded
far he met a friend.
Hello" said the friend, land where
are you going all dressed up at this
time in the morning."
"Wedding,' answered the young man
briefly and proudly. y
Indeed? Going to do some errands
on the way?"
Certainly not"
But you are not going to a wedding
with a bundle under your arm?"
"Of course 1 am. That's my pres
emit"
Present! But you don't take your
present with you, Ia You BEND it
beforehand"
That's all you know about it. I've
got a card right here in my pocket,
and the card says: Present at the
church. boston Budget.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
GREED PROVES HIS RUIN.
Unsuitable Appetite of the Goldfish Makes
Him an EASY Prev.

Unsuitable Appetite of the Goldfish Makes
Him an Easy Prey.
A Goldfish is never more happy than
when he is hung to a line. He will
travel 100 marine leagues If he hears
that some man in a little fishing dory
mas a hook out, says the Boston Tran
script. He never learns that the dainty,
juicy morsel swinging to and fro thir-
W or forty fathoms down in the sea
conceals a steel barb. His ancestors
have successfully gone on making the
same objectionable mistake ever since
the waters of the great deep were gath
cred together. Other creatures, in the
llgnt OF a dreadful experience, have
PICK up an instinct that there is
danger in a hook, but the cod does moi
and is pulled in. And his family of
youngsters-he leaves behind 1000 of
tnem-sooner or later will follow him
into a cask. So the chap in the dory
drlrt1ng quietly over the bank watches
his TWO lines and awaits the inevitable
jerk which tells of the presence of the
Voracious fish. He knows that if the
signal nibble does not come oon that
o has other fish to fry, because it is
always eating or going to eat. 1t is
the marine personification of famine
and starves with it's stomach full of
Old fishers say that a cod will
gulp down a baited hook with his
mouth filled with a salmon he has Just
caught. There have been several cases
where this gourmand of the seas has
managed to get away with a hook,
sinker and several fathoms of heavy
line, to be caught a few minutes later
by a e fishing tackle.
notwithstanding the fearful mortal
ity among this fish, so anxious to get
caught that only the most remarkable
error on its part can save it's life, it de-
mes determination. It spawns and
swarms and thickens the sea with it.
self. 1t has been said that if the Gods
many enemies ceased working on him
and II he himself did not die from
overeating he and the different mem
bers of his family would soon fill the
ocean from bottom to surface and from
shore to shore. In fact, there would be
no more sea. Being a juicy, delectable
morsel is not the only good thing that
q; be said of this fish of the genus
gadus. He has an Unsuitable appetite
for scientific research, and an e. plora-
ton within his almost unfathomable
stomach has revealed the flora and
fauna of life existing far down in the
soundless deep. While he is discuss
ing a breakfast of mussels with seaweed
on the side he is laboring in the cause
of science, and when some scientist
hooks him out of his great watery din
ing he will be the means of add
ing much to roster of the vegetable and
animal kingdom of the sea.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
Work OF the Honey Bees.

To secure a pound of honey, which is
equivalent to something like 5000 cells,
would take a bee several years. In fine
weather the bee makes calls upon fifty
to eighty flowers in a days outings.
During this time it collects what is
equivalent to a grain of nectar, which
is a thin syrup and has to be evaporated
to maxi honey. The bee, after work
ing all day, spends the greater part of
the night tanning the nectar with its
wings to evaporate the surplus water.
In this way it shortens it's life by wear
ing out its wings. Langstroth says that
a bee at the height of the working sea-
son lives about three working weeks
and then dies. Bees frequently perish
on the way home, because their wings
are so shattered and splintered that
they refuse to support the body. If a
disabled bee reaches the hive alive it
spends the remainder of its days as
nurse, ho~usekeeper and in general utili-
ty work. A good and fertile queen bee
keeps the hive full of bees during the
season. When the honey flow stops she
ceases laying at once, then the work
ers kill all of the drones and manifest
other symptoms of a consuming desire
for retrenchment.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

List Of patents issued last week 70
Northwestern inventors:
Magnus p. Elgen. st. Paul, Mimi,
rotary engine; Herbert H. Freeman,
Pierre, s. d., bottle cleaner; William
Ill. Goddard, Putney, s. D., potato
planter; John Hoffman. New Ulm,
Mimi, mattress; Rudolphe G. Krusch-
Ike, Duluth, Mimi, fishing reel; Erick
Lindfors, Minneapolis, Mimi, plane
guide; Lewis f. Musson, Winona,
Mimi, seal for packages, ETC.; John
Farkhill. Rochester, Mimi, ROOT franz
ing tool; Robert Seeger, st. Paul,
Mimi, vapor burner; Robert Seeger,
st. Paul, Mimi, street lamp; William
A. Wilkinson. Minneapolis, Mimi,
steam lumber transfer; Johnston Mea-
ley, Howard, Mimi, buckle design;
Frances Nj. Shepherd, Minneapolis,
Mimi. bracket (design.)
T. d. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, $40
Pioneer Press Building, ST. Paul, MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
The Corpse Spoke TIP.


One of the most useful functionarles
of the Long Island college hospital in
Brooklyn is Billy" the janitor. At
tendance at clinics and operations for
many years has given the ancient serv-
itor some acquaintance with practical
surgery.
In an emergency he has been known
to perform operations himself. But
with all his acquired science Billy" is
still superstitious.
In the operating roo the other day
he was engaged in removing from pine
collins some new material" that had
just been received from the morgue. AS
he was opening the lid a se%pulchral
voice seemed to come from the interior
of the coffin and say: Let me out.
Let me out"
The janitor dropped his hammer and
ran in terror from the ROOM He said
he had seen an eye TO- as the words
were uttered.
1t was only after Billy had DELHI
erately considered the number of stu
dents in the apartment and the slim
chance any ordinary ghost would have
in the presence of so many living men
hat he would consent to return.
'Sure,I ever thought that a corpse
manlike. 1 should suppose he would
be dead" said the j%anftor.
BILLY" does not know that Student
Hall and his chum were ventriloquists,
New York World.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
Climbing High Attitudes.

All persons who have climbed great
heights are aware hat respiration be-
m more or less difficult, the heart
beats either very irregularly or with
great rapidity, and nausea, exhaustion
and other unpleasant sensations are ex-
perienced. Just what is the highest
limit to which man can ascend and live
has frequently been questioned. A sci
enlist reached Is, 900 feet above sea lev
ell without great trouble. The idea sug-
gested itself-could he not create a
rarefied atmosphere by a mechanical
process? He prepared a very large
pneumatic air chamber and rugged it
with all the necessary appliances. He
shut himself in, when the air was rare
fled to a degree which would probably
be found at the height of $4,000 feet
above sea level, then he became so dis
tressed that the experiment had to
stop. AS Mt. Everest is a mile higher
than this simulated altitude, we may
naturally conclude that unless there are
means for providing for assisting res
piration, feet will tread the
height on this globe.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

through friction in the transmission by
belts and shafting. These observations
were made in sixteen factories each en-
gagged in a different kind Of work. He
records the most startling loss to have
been found in a bridge material factory,
where the shops were spread over a lot
of ground, 80 per cent, of the engines
power was lost in the shafting there.
In a planning mill the loss was 70 per
cent, and in a sewing machine factory
1t was nearly 70 per cent; 1t was n per
cent in a stamping mill and 65 per cent
in a boiler and machine works. The
average loss for heavy machine shops
was a little in excess of 81 per cent;
the average for light machine work was
about IS per cent.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

DR.. Koch, whose name is familiar to
all intelligent people as an eminent
bacteriologist, has been studying the
cattle plague in Africa, and announces
the discovery of a new serum which
will, he confidently hopes, be effective
in diminishing the mortality among
the cattle of that section. The rinder-
pest has played such havoc in South
Africa that this is a most welcome bit
of news. The doctor does not as yet
authorize the statement that he will
be able to prevent animals from being
infected with this disease. He has
discovered that dogs, monkeys and ro-
dents will not contract the disease,
sheep and horned cattle being its chos'
en- victims.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
the elements. The illustration shows
how an ordinary man will compare in
size with this monster flag.
The Eyes of the Eagle.

Inc Eyes OF Cne Eagle
That the eagle has a most wonderful
power of vision is shown from the
fact that it flies in almost a straight
line for n object which it desires
to secure. Baby eagles also possess
this far-sightedness. Long before hui
man eyes can discern them, their gaze
is fixed on distance, and their cries of
welcome to their parents are shrill and
continuous. The structure of their
yes makes them peculiarly strong.
The brightest glare of sunlight does
not affect them. Eagles do not fly as
high in the air as some other birds,
but their flight is very long and steady.
A popularity about eagles is that they
are constant to their mates, not chang
ing every season, as most birds do.
Sometimes the same pair of eagles will
return to the same nest year after
year. They seem to become acquainted
with the locality, and, if they are not
disturbed, are regular tenants.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
A Bird That Works,

In the bird store at 240 Sixth avenue,
New York, there is a tiny bird, a Mexi-
can siskin, that has to work for it's liv-
ing. 1t is a very intelligent bird, and
it seems to be fond of hard labor. One
thing is very pleasant about the work
the bird does, and that is that it can
never get hungry while performing it.
The work, indeed, consists of eating
and drinking. When the siskin wants
to drink, he cannot reach the water
holder like any other Gagged bird. He
has to draw water from a we'll by
NEAR of a tiny oaken bucket, and
then, planting his feet upon the slack
of the bucket cord, he holds the buck
ct in place SO that he can drink. And
when he wants to get at the seeds
which are housed temptingly in a lit
tie wagon outside of his cage, the sis
kin has learned to pull the wagon up
an inclined plane to the bars of his
cage. He keeps his feet on the cord
until he has had his fill, and then he
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
buttons Made from Milk.

buttons uI8ue IFOHh MihAs
The fact is well known that for a
long time buttons and various other ar
ticles, for which bone is generally used,
have been made from CONCEALED blood
purchased at the slaughter houses, the
blood being treated with some sub
stance that hardens it to the required
consistency. The same articles, it ap-
pears, are now made from milk, by a
process invented by an Englishman-
name and location not mentioned-the
material used being ordinary skim
milk. The process of turning this Ii
quid into buttons, pool balls, combs,
backs Of hair brushes and similar ar
ticles, consists in mixing it with a sub
stance the ingredients Of which are
known only by the inventor, and then
COMPRISING it; at the end of three days
the substance is as solid as celluloid,
and ready to be cut and shaped in any
way the manufacturer desires. But
tons are among the chief articles into
which this peculiar material is fash
toned, and they differ very little in APP
pearance from ordinary bone buttons,
and, though of creamy white, can be
colored black or red, or any other tint
desired, by simply mixing the coloring
matter with the milk before the harden
ing process begins; they are said to
possess advantages over those made of
bone or celluloid in being less brittle
and less liable to chip. For the pro-
duction of combs the milk substance is
remarked al being especially well
adapted, as it is smooth and delicate to
the touch, and derives from it's creamy
origin a glossy surface.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

1t was the beautiful Empress Eu-
genie in the days Of her splendor and
popularity who named the 'Marechal
Mel" rose, and the Argonaut tells the
following pretty story about it: When
General Mel returned from the scene
OF his achievements in the Franco-Aus-
TRAN war, a poor man gave him a
basket of lovely pale yellow-roses. AS
a remembrance of his gift, the Gen
eral had a cutting struck from one of
h Moons, and when a charming rose
tree had grown up, took the plant to
Empress Eugene. She was delighted
both with the gift and gallant donor,
but was surprised to learn that the
rose had no name. 'Ah!' she said. 4
will give it a name; it shall be the
'Marechal Niel'-thus informing the
gallant soldier of his elevation to the
coveted office of Marshal of France"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

Word has been received from settlements of
Minnesotians and Dakotans who have located
in the Canadian Northwest, and they report the
utmost satisfaction with their new homes.
They enjoy the advantages of responsible gov
eminent, and with free, non-sectarian schools,
church privileges in all districts, they feel
happy and contented. The land which they
have selected is considered to be better than
that that they left in Minnesota and Dakota,
and the results are apparent in the large crops
which they have been able to grow and sell at
prices often higher than that realized on this
side of the line. Many of them have selected
districts where diversified farming can be car
ried on with ease and profit. During the past
season, in one section of the Northwest, over
$40, 900 was paid out for cattle, while a large
exporting firm has purchased in another dis
trict upwards Of 5000, 900 worth. 1t will thus
be seen that farming in the Canadian North
west is a pleasure, and can be done with profit,
while social and climatic conditions are all
that can be desired. In several districts
ere are in full operation, and 1t is not
an unusual thing for the revenue from this to
keep the family in groceries and clothing, as
well as apply on farm payment that it may
be necessary to make.
Free homesteads can be had. All informal
ton and publications forwarded on application
to r.
Emigration Agent, WATERFOWL, S. d.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

known on this subject. OF course
the processes are as yet a
secret, but cannot long remain so, as
so many photographers are seeking for
them: "A negative is taken on an
ordinary gelatine plate which has been
prepared by treatment with a solu-
ton, the ingredients of which are I'M
known. The negative thus obtained
shows no trace of color, and appears
In all respects like any other photo
graphic negative. From 1t a print is
taken on ordinary albumenized silver
paper, which has been treated with the
before mentioned solution; or, II a
transparency is desired, on a gelatine
plate prepared in the same manner as
that which was used for the negative.
This print shows no trace OF color
either by reflected or transmitted light.
The print when dry is washed over
with the solution, and Is afterward
treated successfully with three colored
solutions-blue, green and red-the
operation being conducted in a bright
light. AS the solutions are applied the
print gradually takes up it's appropri-
ate colors, the intermediate tints be-
ing, 1t is supposed, produced by a mix
ture or combination Of the three prim-
aries.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12
WORKERS.,

A spring safety valve for beer casks
has just been patented.
A new spring seat-post for bicycles
has an air chamber inside the tubing,
into which the saddle-post projects.
Skates that are locked on the feet by
pressing the heel Of the shoe into the
heel-plate of the skate have just been
patented.
One of the latest designs in mean
descent lamps is formed by placing the
wire between two sheets of glass set in
a fiat frame.
A handy heater for curling-irons can
be attached to a %gas-burner and has an
opening surrounded by jet orifices into
which the iron is thrust.
Detachable hardened steel points for
picks, recently patented, will not wear
out as quickly as the usual points and
can be removed for sharpening.
A newly patented car brake consists
of a steel shoe fastened to the car
above the wheel so that the weight of
the car helps to apply the brake to the
wheel.
A handy device for lifting a burning
stick of wood or coal is a shovel with
a projecting prong over the blade to be
pressed down by the hand and hold the
coal In place.
To protect the trousers from wearing
by contact with the shoes a cloth-cov-
cred metal guard is attached to the
shoe inside the upper and projects down
around the outside of the shoe.
A removable tire for bicycles to be
used on the ice, recently patented, has
metal teeth or corrugations on its run
ming surface and clamps to fasten it
around the tire and rim of the wheel.
To prevent the trousers from becom-
ing caught in the pedals or chain Of
a bicycle a wire loop is attached to the
pedal and extends up high enough to
old the pants away from the machine.
A pneumatic bell mechanism for BIZ
,vclss has the pump in the rubber
handle, operated by squeezing the hand
over it, the air being forced into the
small motor to which the bell is at
tached.
Fer use in stretching gloves a new
device consists of a skeleton spring
frame formed of loops on which the
glove is fastened, there being a loop
to 90 inside of each finger and the
thumb.
A handy bottle for dropping liquids
has a crescent-shaped glass web at
z4l> - 1sIN - to- a a~t.- ~,4
with a small opening next to the bottle
rim, through which the liquid runs
slowly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-08-12

"Ah!" murmured the %soubrette, nib
bling thoughtfully with her store teeth
on the edge of her handkerchief, how
dear to my heart are the scenes of my
childhood"
well, by thunder" remarked the
heavy villain, sourly, 81 thought our
stuff was pretty old, but l didn't mag
inc the scenery dated back that far"
Some men can never rise superior to
shop talk or understand the true poetry
OF the feminine mind.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.