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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
ORIENTAL NOTIONS SHOCKED.

Indian Who Found He Had to Talk
S$E up to Women.
What an educated inhabitant of In
dia thinks of modern women, her ways
and the ways of men outside the orient
toward her is told in an ingenious and
ediYerting book recently written.by an
Indian gentleman a fter.s his. first visit
to western Europe. In S London and
Paris Through Indian spectac1es," ;" by.
G. r. Pillai, B. A., of Madras, the au-
thor comes To the great woman ques-
tion in his own way. His visit to this
country increased his respect for wo-
men a hundredfold. In England you
have to talk up to the woman; in In
dia it is all talking down. But the
privilege has it's embarrassment for
the native. His embarrassments in
crease on reaching the drawing-room
and entering the presence of his
friends mother" She drops her hand
kerchief. What is he to do? Is it the
proper thing to pick it up? At home
you dare not do that. Then, in comes
your friends sister, and her "eagerness
to shake hands with you sends thrill
through your whole frame. Fancy
your friends sister being introduced to
you at home in India! Can anything
be more atrocious? But it is the GUS
tom in England" He is still far from
the end of his troubles: sAnd then,
the time for dinner arrives. And as
the chief guest of the evening, you are
asked to lead the lady of the house,
your friends mother, to the dining
room. You are more perplexed than
eyer! The idea of giving your arm to
a lady whom you respect as your own
mother! You never touched your own
mother-at least not after you became
a man. And how could you now touch
your friends mother? Secondly, what
is the proper thing to do? Are you
to give your right arm or your left arm
to your friends mother? But hardly
have you time to reflect on these things
when you are led away by the mother
into the dining room, followed by all.
others. And at the dining table your
perplexities multiply still further. You
are placed to the right of your friends
mother. That lis bad enough. But
what is worse, to your right you find
your friends sister" The only set-off
to all this is the shocking taste Of your
friends sisters hat. These decorative
vegetables and plants are all very we'll.
but they had better be grown in the
Kitchen garden-not on your friends
sisters head. u.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04

Z. x Il K, @EEaE~% The Broken Sled. ~, II.
There was little tad, who went unto
>51s5 his dad, I - q !. IN e 5=;~,is.
And begged that he would purchase
i s him a sled, sled, sled; III
So daddy went away and bought sled,
I.s5% they say, 49,. r. = =.
!. That was beautifully painted red,
= red, red. - ...,.-. ~. -, ~ s'. r.,
r"':Now, daddy, you, of course, will have
). ]sz> to be my horse" .,E r
Said the radiantly happy little tad,
tad, tad; : ~~t5.@ - !. ,a
And all that frosty day he rode up and
down the way. .=-->s, ~ ,.as.e,
: A-whooping and shurrahing at his
dad, dad, dad. $50: F.
Oh, it was the finest fun for that happy
little son, sf-
AS he sat, all warmly bundled, on his
f. sled, sled, sled; 7 ( %:a@,= ~
But poor old putting dad didn't seem
SO very sad ~ >~.<
When the runners broke-for he was
s nearly dead, dead, dead! T
cleveland Leader.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
TO THE LAND OF GOLD
SCENES AND. INCIDENTS OF A
VOYAGE. 4s#$ $I#s 2
As Told by the Correspondent of a New
I York Newspaper Most Pilgrims win
# Tell All About Themse1ves-The Man
Who Is Out for 'The stun"

Dyea, Alaska, Correspondence New
York Press: When the pilgrims of
madness put on a brave front
they do not in the least deceive
\ the agents of the three or four
tirst-class steamers that ply be-
tween Puget Sound and Alaska If
you offer an agent a deposit he spurns
It He is too busy, he says, to make
note of such details on his books. He
asks you either to pay for the ticket in
!, full or else he will reserve it for you
: on your word until three days before
sailing. If you do not appear then.
Why, there are others who will be glad
enough Of it. If you complain that the,
steamer is late, that you cannot afford
to spend a whole day waiting to have
your baggage checked, he scornfully
tells you to transfer your patronage to
=, other steamers, which demand large
deposits and never sail at ALL AS he
looks you fairly in the eye you know
that you are beaten, and you admit as
,much by your actions
Our steamer was billed to sail on
Wednesday,. BY Friday morning the
agent had written in pale chalk for the
J benefit of the passengers an announce
ment that she would sail on the NOR
row at 8 a. m. By daylight Seattle
was witnessing the customary sight of
800 passengers seated upon their lug
gage waiting for it to be checked Be-
hind them was a long row of teams
loaded with belated freight and sides
of beef. g..
At 8 o'clock two men began the work
of checking. They were energetic, but
independent, ordering that the long
canvas bags which the pilgrims use
SH Hinstead of trunks for the more personal
y portions Of their outfit be taken into
fheir staterooms. Well might fat
: passenger with five or six such bags
TX where he should sleep. The bag
bgeman did not take time to reply,
ut hurried away. After the baggage.
anne the dogs, led by or leading the.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04

IMPORTANT PASSENGERS.
pilgrims who owned them, and the
sides of beef, which were hung from
the ceilings Of the decks in such num-
bers as to impede the opening of the
stateroom' doors. Alaska must be fed,
and the fresh meat for its increasing
. white population is additional freight,
which the steamship companies care
for in an original manner. WILL. q.
Once all things animate and inani-
mate booked for passage were aboard,
the onlookers, who have come to the
pier out Of curiosity or for sadder rea-
sons, closed around the gangway. By
common accord the women, already
called "Klondike widows get into the
front rank. They look up into the
confident faces Of the men on the decks
(sabove, murmur "Good- -bye!" and watch
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04

II they labor as faithfully and energet-.
ically with pick and shovel In the
Klondike they deserve the reward
which they expect. 81. .ss
a great mining engineer was remind
ed that he was only common dirt, after
all, when an ex- -longshoreman ap-
preached and asked: Think you'l II do
your own %packin' over the summit or
hire one o. them derned Injuns 2" On.
board were two aYukoners" (men who
have been to the Klondike), and these
dispensed advice among the passengers
about what to wear, what to eat and
the value Of claims. Always the talk
was Of such things, and the recital Of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
! Blind People.

sss So far as the most recent statistics
go, the known oportio Oh Of blind peo-
pie is about one IN 1900, which would
give a total Of one million blind in
the world. he, largest proportion is
found in Russia, which has in Eu-.
rope 100000 blind in a population Of
596, 900, 900, or one in q $50. !. Most Of these
are found in the northern provinces Of
Finland, and the principal cause is
opht thai mia, due to bad ventilation Of
the huts of the peasantry and the in
adequate faeili tiles for treatment There
IS a great deal Of blindness in Egypt,
due to glowing sand.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
An Explanation.

*Look!" exclaimed lady to her
companion at the opera. There is
Mrs. Oldine in that box. Her hair is
jet black and I'm positive it was
streaked with gray the last time saw
her,
Every true, DEAR" replied the other,
"but you know her only brother died
three months ago."
Indeed! But what has that to do
with the color of her hair?'
"Why, don't you understand? She's
in mourning. g."-Chicago News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS,

AN OPEN <LETTER TO MOTHERS,
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use Of the word "CASTORIA," :" and
PITCHERS CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, OF Hyannis, Massa-
chusetts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S
CASTORIA," )" the same that has borne and does
now bear the facsimile signature of CHAS H.
FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the
original PITCHERS CASTORIA" which has
been used in the homes of The mothers of
America for over thirty years. Look carefully
at the wrapper and see that it is "the kind you
have always bought and has the signature of
CHAS H. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. No
one has authority from me to use my name ex-
cept The Centaur Company of which Chas II.
Fletcher is President.
March g. 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER. MD.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
Not So Unusual.

8 here's q man who has been in this
country thirty years, and still he can't
speak Eng glish. Nv ell, II know people.
who have been here all their lives and
are IN the same 'hiladel elphia|
North American
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04

The largest block of marble ever sent out
{ of Tennessee was shipped d&orer hesBalti-v
more & Ohio Railroad to New England
during the first week in March. It was
consigned to Norcross Bros, at East
Cambridge, Mass, and it weighed $4,000
pounds. 1t was quarried near Knoxville.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
Beauty Is Blood Deem,

Clean blood means a clean skim No
beuty without it. Cascarets. Candy Ca
thrtic cleans ., your blood and keeps it
driving all impurities from the body. Be-
gin to-day. to: Danish pimples, boils,
blotches, blackheads, and that sickly
bilious complexion by. taking Cascarets-
beauty for 10 cents. All druggists, salts
faction guaranteed. 10c, 25c. SOC.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
Ono Shade of Yellow,

Assistant This report lacks con-
frmation.
Editor-Put it in. We can issue an
other extra confirming it Puck
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
1t May Come to This.

= = It May Come to This. -.GE
First Enthusiastic Bicyclist-"I ran
into a pedestrian this afternoon and
knocked him down. @.29s, ~
Second Enthusiastic" Bicyclist-
what was the matter; wasn't he ring
ing his be1l?"'-Judge. #@E4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
Hoods Pills aEs yss ssantlss a sruggists 3st sss sss:
Cruel, but Correct

ri, #-, Cruel, but Correct
T.. Mrs. Spender-What will you do
when you have no little wife to look
after your clothes?
i Her Husband-Have money to buy
new ones.-Facts
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04

Among women in Germany, the American boot
Is such.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
willing.

"No, madam said Meandering Mike,
I'm sorry, but it's ag'in my principles.
I can't split no wood
"Well," she answered, there will be
a load of coal here this afternoon,
and
.sI'm sorry, ag'in, but I can't carry no
coal. But I'll tell you what I will do.
I'lf compromise. Eff you've got a gas
stove I'll turn on the gas fur ye."-
Washington Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
Where Ignorance Was Bliss.

Stout wonder what that kid is
srunnin' for q .g=s
Thinne nesoh, expect he's been
playing some April fool joke. -. =. r F, I
:Stout-"I'd like to see EN- play any
of their jokes on me" e"-Up-to-Date.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04

In cubic foot Of phosphorent sea water
there have been found 25, 900 living creatures
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04

There are go glaciers in the Alps, said to be
over five miles in length.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04

In proportion to population, exactly three
times much spirits is drunk in Scotland as
in England.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-06-04
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
. s=@ AND SELECTED. !. )

Where Ignorance Was Bliss He Wanted
7 to Know'---Flotsam and Jetsam from
the Tide of Humor-Jok Of Recent
.a Make. i =. 'L.,- sr's ~. -, &
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To Cure Consultation Forever,

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic.i 10c or 25t
II G. G. c. fail to cure. druggists refund money
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-03

hortest Line to Tampa "a Miles shortest
TIME TABLE "a 1888
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from Mortie Trumbull, saying. IF come
this evening, will you shout out, Not at
home from the second floor landing? Nj.
T. Please answer"
She took sheet of note paper and wrote.
NO r. E. gave il, TO the messenger,
closed the door, and did her Terpsichorean
exercise as before. left and right.
Mortie Trumbull had been thinking all
the week and had wondered why Maj.
jackson walked home from church with
Miss Exton, also why he himself never
enjoyed that privilege. also why he should
not. His thoughts about this matter, COM
blned with certain new views OF Euphro-
syne's personal charms-of which views
ne had not been quite conscious before
fermented and worked Next he saw a
deliberate design of the elder Extons to
thwart the course of 50 his-What?-Why,
true love, of course. And that was the
evolution of it,
But Maj. Jackson did without his little
music for another week. And Mortie
Trumbull came back that week-twice.
A third week passed. and the Major
neither came to cali nor accepted Mrs. En-
tons broad hint to walk home with them
after church on Sunday. On the fourth
Sunday the Major was not at church at
all.
After that Euphrosype went and sat by
ner mother and sighed.
What is the matter, daughter" her
mother asked
Mamma, I'm afraid l shall be an old
maid after an
You dear? What do you mean?"
Everybody seems to have given me up.
And my birthday comes in three weeks"
Everybody, Euphrosyne? Doesn't that
young Trumbull come here three times a
week?''
Yes, but he's only gan obstacle-and
donkey? Shall l tell him not to come so
often, mamma?"
Mrs. Exton looked thoughtful and, after
some moments. shook her head
No" she said. HE seems a good sort
of young fellow. They say he's getting
on. Why do you cali him a donkey?"
"Oh, he's all very well in way" Eu-
phrosyne answered indifferently.
She was standing in the parlor that very
night with Mortie, he holding her hand in
his. She laid her other hand on his Shout
der and said, "Mortie, I must confess one
thing to you; called you 'snipe' behind
your back. Do you mind? And l called
you an obstacle and donkey. Do you
forgive me?''
He said he did
When Mr.. and Mrs. Exton talked over
the matter Mrs. Exton said, II suppose
it's as well as Euphrosyne can do l don't
know what took possession of Maj. Jack
son. Young men don't grow on bushes
nowadays, and Euphrosyne isn't getting
any younger. But I don't understand"
And just at that moment Euphrosyne, in
her own chamber, changed from tiptoe on.
the right foot to tiptoe on the left, and
whirled round a second time. Then she
went again to the neat little telephone box
and communicated with her friend Alix.
That was her way.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-03

to return to. Spain around Scotland and
Ireland AS they rounded, another storm
struck them. They saw in this the hand
of their God and were overcome with great
fear But prayers awaited not Their ships
became lacerated by the wind and wave
Many of them were driven onto the west
coast of Ireland and there were ground to
pieces and swallowed UP by the sea. Their
soldiers and sailors and priests who escap-
ed the wet death of the ocean fell into the
hands of men who cut their threats
promptly and pleasantly, without benefit
of shrift. The others
Sank into thy yeast of waves which mar
Alike the Armada's pride of spoils of ira
falgar.
The armada returned to Spain o4be ex-
ecrated by its own people.
A full account of this, one of the great
est of naval incidents and certainly the
largest and most disastrous in the history
of Spain, is preserved in a book prepared
and published by King Philip just about
the time the great feet sailed. Lord Bur
leigh secured a copy of this work in May
1885, and thus England was given an OPP
portunity to prepare for the attack. This
book is now in the British Museum. and l
have seen it with my own eyes and hand
LED it with my own hands. NJ. A. Lane.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-03
EUPHR0SYNE'S WAY.
nv EVEN MACPHERSON.

..,Iy DEAR" said Mrs. Exton. speaking
,ritb her own particular accent of final
inv. Il am not going to let you go on en-
oonraging that young man one week long
o. NV mind is made up"
Bur. mamma" Euphrosyne answered,
GENEROUSLY twirling a long plat. and gaz-
;rs steadfastly into her mirror with an ex-
,,rsssion of sheer Indifference encourage
what? How am 1 to stop encouraging
him.
simply by begging 10 be excused when
he calls You needn't always be at home,
Won know. Five nights a week! Ora
ciousr
at is rather frequent isn't it, mamma ?
think I'll stick in two of these amethyst
things. What did you say? Oh, yes, l
bear. mamma. How does that look?''
DO YOU expect him to-night?" the anx-
ious mother went on, ignoring her daugh-
ter's amethyst experiment.
aHim? MIR. Trumbun? Let me see.
Monday. Tuesday. Thursday said Eu-
rbrosvne. counting on the dressing table
with the fingers of one hand. He skipped
Wednesday don't know whether he'll
skin tonight and come tomorrow or to-
rigbt and then come again on Sunday. II
he comes, 1 must excuse myself, eh?"
you don't care anything about him 90
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worldly prospects so hopeless as to fully
justify Mrs. Exton in regarding him as z n
obstacle to her daughters matrimonial
advancement He made light of his com
panions theory while they were present.
and then, when all by himself he rumina-
TED over It, And the longer he ruminated
the more probable did it appear TO him.
AS probable theory, it seemed worthy Of
has attention, and from an object of atten-
ton it became motive of action
Two days after Mortie Trumbull had re-
ceived his very direct snub at Euphrosy-
mes hands it was Sunday, and pleasant
spring Sunday at that Mrs Exton was
enjoying the satisfactory spectacle of her
daughter walking from church with a Ler-
tam Mr.. -, also called Major, for his
torical reasons-Caleb Jackson The Ma
Jor was a widower, financially interested
in coal, and in the opinion of Mrs. Exton,
otherwise interested in Euphrosyne. But
he was taciturn man. People said that
was because he weighed his words, like his
coal, see price on them, and thought of
cornerlng the market The Major was
! also known to be mis- late wife's principal
legatee.
| "Oh!' Euphrosyne suddenly exclaimed
| to her middle-aged escort. There goes
poor Mr.. Trumbullw
''Why?" said the Major
Il feel so sorry for him." she exclaimed.
of course you don't know about it, but
Well. mamma was rather hard on him last
week"
And here the young lady looked coyly at
| the ground
"Why?"
"Oh, you know, Major, he's been coming
calling quite often lately and-under the
circumstance Well, 1 was told to ask
to be excused, which, of course, 1 did"
! circumstances?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-03
5. think he's a goody sort of a

oh, yes. think he's goody sort of a
little snipe."
'snipe, child? What do you mean?
Where did you pick up -
E1phrosyne was laughing wildly.
Well mamma, what did they call them
when you were a girl?--these young boys
Ike Morte Trumbull, who ran about after
Hrst one girl and then another. and take
them out on tandems-oh, you didn't have
tandems, did you?-and take them to the
theater, and-that's all. What did you
call them?"
And that's ALL, >" her mother repeat
ed. I'VE called them obstacles to a girls
marrying and-and young donkeys."
Fools. l see. 1 like 'snipe better.
There! 1 believe that's the Objectionable
Mortimer now. He has a little perky way
OF his own of ringing the bell"
by this time Euphrosyne was dressed
ana ready for evening parade Before her
mother knew what the girl was doing, she
mad run to the landing of the front stairs
and Mrs. Exton could hear:
Jane. jane! Is that Mr.. Trumbull?"
Then young mans voice was heard be-
low. And them
Wei, Jane, please ask Mr.. Trumbull
10 excuse me this evening.
Inc next moment Euphrosyne was back
AGAIN in her dressing room, radiant with
an expression of duty nobly done
mere mamma. Isn't that an ODE
uleut daughter? Now give me kiss"
me mother stood staring wide-eyed.
one was not only astonished at her daugh-
Ter obedience but shocked at her rude
ness. Between bewilderment and veXa-
uoh' the woman of an older and more
'eremonious generation found herself at
'oss Tor words She rose in silence from
,ile chalr, where she had been sitting by
h'r daughters dressing table, and left
,le room. Then Euphrosyne stood on
Cle toes of one foot, stuck out the other
loot daintily caught her skirt between
niger and thumb of either hand and
4 spun around once. And then she chang
81 TO the other foot and spun around
Sein IN the other direction. Then, look
"7 10 be sure her mothers door was
"sed' she rang up her dear friend Alix
I"H tod Alix the news up to date Alix
Lsjened and gave a little advice.
T., now, said Mortimer TrumbG.l an hour
,aFr' telling the story of his discontinue
~ ule hands of Euphrosyne Exton, there
''uEt De something in that you know"
gu didn't make her mad last night?"
t OF the other boys at the hotel sug-
Never made her mad in my life"
q now do you know that?" another ask
don't think it takes an extra pair of
o5efa glasses to see through r. said
,Iu. The old folks are going to head
y" Ar. Mortimer ere IL be too late
mats ii, Mortie." came from all
-ss' 1t was the unanimous opinion of
ial meeting that Mortimer Trumbull
81 regarded by the seniors OF the EXton
-,nIly as pretsnder to the hand of heir
aer daughter.
"orue blushed, and stammered, Snd was
7pPed on the back, and guyod without
IeF. He WINS nice boy. not really
o0ns enough or Insignificant enough 70
'e eassed as "snipe," nor were his