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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
THE CORPSE DEFIED TIME.
Kept in Good State of Preservation
Thirty Years.

Kept in a Good State of Preservation
Thirty Years.
The grave of Capt. Jacob King, at
Marietta, O., who died in the army 33
years ago, was lately opened in order to
make room for his wife, who has just
passed away, says an exchange: Capt.
King was buried in a steel casket, sealed
and perfectly air-tight. In consequence
of this fact there was quite a crowd of
relatives and friends Of the family pres
.ent when the coffin was exhuned to
view the remains. When the plate over
the glass was removed and the remains
exposed to. view the whole of Capt.
Kings features were plainly visible.
His face had not even blackened to a
great extent, and one of his grandchil-
dren who had never seen him in life
declared that he could recognize him
from the picture he had left. Capt.
King was buried in full uniform, which
was as fresh-looking as the day it was
inferred. The buttons had lost none of
their. brightness, and even the cotton
on which his head rested was not dis
colored in the least.
The only part Of the face that showed
the. ravages Of time and decay were
his eyes, which were gone entirely
The glass was broken and the effect of
the air on the corpse was not ascer-
tanned. Capt. King was a mason and his
badge was plainly visible. He was ly-
ing in Mound cemetery, whose soil is
quite sandy, but whether this had amy
thing g to do with his preservation is
unknown. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
GOLD IN TIE RIVERS.
Europe's Streams Are Filled with Pre-
-. c;ous Metal.

Europe's Streams Are Filled with Pre-
;. cious Metal.
In the River Seine small quantity
Of gold exists in a. state of division so
fine as to be, Invisible to the unaided eve,
and it is said that when the sand of the
river near Paris is used in making glass,
the crucibles in which it is melted are
Frequently found to be gilded over at
the bottom. In former times, in fact,
says the New York Sun, sort Of mining
was in vogue on the Seine at Paris, car
ried on by men who would buy francs
worth Of quicksilver, and, after passing
the sand of the river over it all day,
would sell it in the evening for six or
seven francs-a kind of work which.
however, for some reason was discon-
tinued. Almost all the rivers of Europe
carry small quantities of gold in their
sands, such as the Rhine, the Seine,
the Aar, the Reuse, the Danube and 9th
ers; also the Clyde and many. other
streams in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and
Cornwall; and, though one ton of sand
from the bed Of the Rhine, for. instance,
yields only eh grains Of gold, or one
fifth OF an ounce, yet the total amount
of the yellow metal in that one river
is belieVedsto be immense. T. has been
found, indeed, by careful scientific ex-
animation and calculation, that that
part of the River Rhine alone which
flows through what was formerly q
portion of French territory contains no
less: than $4,000 tons of pure gold.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
A RAINES LAW SANDWICH
Tne es Absent l Minded Nan Ate the Past

the Absent-hdinded Ran Ate the Paste
.% 81 board. b .-s;> s ! =
The absen t-Ininded man took his seat
at the restaurant table and, as usual,
buried his face at once III a. newspaper,
says the Hotel Mail. A waiter placed a
bill of fare, a napkin and a knife and
fork in front of him and stood two or
three minutes unnoticed before ask
ing: .s's r..
What shall I bring you, sir % !.
What's that?"' said the ahsen t-mind-
ed man, starting. up suddenly, not re-
membering What 1t was all about.
What do you want for lunch, sir ?''
the waiter asked again.
ooh, yes said the absent minde,l,
trying to collect his wits. ssBring me
a cup Of coffee and a ham DIV <
'fhe waiter supplied the order and
put a large pastsboard check for 1t
down on the table, the absent inded
man coaltinu ing to read his paper. The
waiter We went away to attend to the
wants of other people. and about is min
utes later came back. ss#
ID you wish any thing NOR rep be
asked, politely
sss es,,''sssia tapped he absen nded
mar, some hat Vi iously &C aud get
me q fresh ham sand be one
yyo1t fbroIa 81 s. as dry as a BONE
.'9sg hereis the sandy Oh brought t,
sir said he waiter tt plate
toward him. have eaten the
check /. /. Us
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
SUES TlTlJTEs FOR BULLETS.
Nuggets of Gold and Wr-Ilen Slngs Used
s by Hunters in Emergencies.

Nuggets of Gold and wv c-1ien Slngs Used
by Hunters in Tsrnerg encies.
hen a hunter IN the old d. lost
all his bullets or hadn' any to shoot
with he usual devised substitutes that.
on occasion served the purpose well.
All sorts Of things have been fired at
game or Indians, as the case nigh be.
Old Hank Ellison, living up in Jefferson
county, n J. ), told to his dying day how
he was cooped up by Indians out west
once, with a little lead. lots Of powder,
a belt full Of gold nuggets, a fine rifle
and a bullet mold. It was on the top of
a knoll where his log cabin had been
built, and he had a barrel of water and
a lot of wood for emergencies. The In
dams kept just out Of range, dashing
in once in awhile to draw his fire. He
soon used his bullets up, and then used
the gold. He fired nearly half his for
tune at the redskins before they left
him. $50
Many a hunter has used a pebble in
the hope of getting close deadly shot.
Jackknives and ramrods have served
their time as missiles. Forest and
Stream tells about hunter who had
only a single bullet, but lots of powder.
The bullet shot the horn of a big buck
off, and the buck charged the man, who
took to a tree top. lie spent half an
hour whiting off two-inch lengths Of
branches and putting them into his
rife. Then he rammed them down on
the powder and fired at the maddened
deer. His partner came along after
awhile with a belt full of bullets, and,
making run for the tree, gave bull
let to the shooter, who quickly killed
the deer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
PRESENT DAY RARBARlANs.

French African Expedition Said to BE
Guilty OF Astoniahing Cruelty.
A grewsome, account of the conduct
OF the French expedition which has lust
made it's way to the Nileis given by one
of its members in a private letter, says
the Boston Transcript. .Ee says they
impressed all their native porters and
other help by force; in brief, seized and
made slaves Of them. Then, if any. of
them tried to escape, they shot or
hanged them. When they came upon a
village and found it deserted they set
it afire, whereupon the Inhabitants, who
were hiding near BY, would come back
and try to extinguish the flames, thus.
giving the French an opportunity to.
seize some of them to replenish their
slave train. The French would seize
the chief and tie him up until he fur
nished the required number of slaves.
# they did not succeed in calling any OF
the natives within reach by incendiar-
ism or other means they simply looted
the village. At night they kept as
close watch upon the slaves as pos
sible, abut they would now and then ali
run away together. and it was not easy
to kill the whole lot - . i55f# 8.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
q BOGUS RELIC,


Amusing Instance Of We IN Witch
i Mus ennas Are Imp Uron.
J. very amusing instance Of the5Wa
u (which museums are imposed upon
has just come to light, says the st.
James Gazette. At3the French revolu-
ton, when the Cathedral OF st.#Denis
was SO mutilated, the figures which or
namented the beautiful Gothic tomb
of Dagobert was thrown down, and for
the most part destroyed, all that re-
NAMED being the body of his Queen
Nantilde and the head Of his son Clovis.
When the restorers stepped in sub
sequently they made the best they
could of the bits, putting the sons head
on the mothers body and calling it the
RENE Nantilde. Not long ago more in.
telligent restorers put an end to this
absurdity, and there are now to be seen
at st. Denis two statues on which the
original proportions of each are pre-
served. But meanwhile casts Of the
hybrid were taken, and they still ex-
ist in the collection Of the Beaux Arts
in Paris and in the National Bavarian
museum at Munich as examples to stu
dents of all that is best in Gothic art.
But this, is not all. In the great mu-
scum at Berlin, in the sculpture de-
partment, there is small statuette of
stone, with various cracks and flaws
which give it an antique appearance,
which is nothing less than a smaller
and very imprudently made counterfeit
of the hybrid. The forger felt the diff
ficulty which might be raised to plac-
ing mans head above a. woman's bust,
and so has modified both to a small ex-
tent; but there is not shadow of doubt
that he has succeeded in palming off a
most unexpected imposition where he
could little expect to.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
r. TOLD His CLAM STORY.
How a Funny Detroit nInn Won His
~E~ Case With the Jury. s~sg

LOW a ruNHy H0lFO1t H1Hn ven Ills
~<~ Case With the Jury.
Marshall P. Wilder, the funny little
man, is charged with having with
malice aforethought and evil intent
sprung few Of his tales on a jury and
thereby turned their verdict in his di-
rection, says the Detroit Journal.
A few weeks ago Marshall came to
town and in the circuit court sued DR..
Hercules Sanche on a promissory note
for $1,000. He won the case, and now
the counsel for the defense has applied
for new trial Oh the ground that the
jury was improperly Influenced.
The lawyer says that during a recess
Marshall went out into the hall and
told the jurymen a lot of funny stories,
including that, one about the New Jer-
sey clam digger who fed his family on
CLANS SO long that their stomachs rose
and fell with the tide. That settled it.
the Sanche lawyer says, and the man
who laughs was solid as boarding
house biscuit with the jury. They went
into court, he says, and chuckled out
verdict in his favor.
The counsel for the defense SAYS
Wilder's jokes would win a favorable
verdict from jury of pine stumps,
hence the application for a new trial.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
new WAR SONGS AND MUSIC.

y Two Of the most popular pieces Of
music arranged for piano and organ
have just been issued by the Popular
Music Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Bring
Our Heroes Home" dedicated to the
Heroes of the q. S. Battleship Maine
is one Of. the finest national sorgs
ever written .,.-~ The, music stirring and
the words ring with patriotism. "Dewey's
Battle Of Manila March, rTwo-Step' is a
fine Instrumental piece and will live
forever as a souvenir Of the greatest
naval event il the worlds history.
Either one Of these pieces and Popular
Music Roll containing 10 pages full
sheet music sent on receipt OF % cents.
Address, POPULAR Music Co.
Indianapolis Ird
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
A&<:a IN 7 s WyANTE=:D
FOR TIE LIFE OF
Nm. Z. GLADSTONE,
By JOHN CLARK RIDPATu. II. y.

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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
Furniture from Factory to Fireslde.

'urniture from Factory to Fires1de.
ISL Being the only extensive anufacturers
OF furniture in the world selling direct
from maker to user, We save our custom
.ers the enormous expenses and profits of
the jobbers and retailers Of Household
Furniture, at 20 to SO per cent under
retail value. QuAKAR VALLEY MANU-
FEATURING Co, 355 West Harrison ST.,
Chicago. NJ:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16

: <,
When Indian Agent Campbell was
here recently heleft the following orders
which prohibit the indians from dispos-
ing OF the tools issued them by the gov
eminent:
ssJohn Morrison is directed to issue
government tools in such manner that
only one implement will be received by
each family and the balance to be dis
tributed according to his best judgmen !.
Mr.. Morrison will take the receipt Of the
indians for the supplies and the indians
will be held accountable to him for the
farming tools received, and will be ex-
pected to produce the same if called
for By me at any future time, unless
they have been worn. out ID service.
w. CAMPBELL,
u. s.. Ind1an Agent
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
Beauty Is Flood Deem.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring UP the lazy. liver and driving all i'm
Danish pinples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and an that sickly bilious complexion by taking
sCascarets,- beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, Zoe, 25c, soc. :.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
Portrait Of AZ airal Dewey

CA fine 1.-the graphic port raft 81. miral
llewTey, the Hero Of. Manila 12z16 incnas,
has Just been issued by EPsbplla lar Publish
ing o., of Indiana polls, Ind GENTS
wanted. Send u cents IN postage for
sanipl mailed securel
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16
Car PIN, s, !,

y aluable discoveries Of amber have
recently been made ii Brit fish Colun bia,
which il is aimed will be able Is snip
ply the pipema1S Of the world with
amber for anot her un,dred years.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16

est blessing Of my life
DR.. Miles Remedies
are sold by al drug
gists under a positive
guarantee. first bottle
benefits Or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases Of the heart and
nerves free. Address,
:. DR.. MILES. MEDICA
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-16

I'VE know Of no review published, in this
country or in Europe, which combines so SUCCESS
fully as the AMERICAN MONTHLY the alertness
timeliness, and energy of Journalism with the
sound Judgment, carefully weighed opinion, exact
knowledge. and well-chosen English Of the purely
; literary periodical. THE Outlook.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-14
CRIMINAL CASES ATEL RENO
List iGrOund Out This Week, and to
BE Sentenced Saturday

FL Reno. o. T, Dec. IS-(SpeciaI.)-
Judge Tarsney is keeping the lawyers
and court officers on the jump for the
past four or five days. Night sessions
are all the go with his honor. He says
# there is anything that will make a
married lawyer appreciate a warm fire.
side at home it is to make him spend
half the night in the court room and then
wander out in the cold night
The following criminal cases have been
disposed of so far this week:
w. II. Draper, for the murder of Jim
Davis. was found guilty of manslaughter
IN the first degree.
Ellis Keller. a young man from Boston.
Mass, was convicted of burglary in the
second degree. Ellis will take trip to
Lansing.
Quinn Fort, Is years old, was convicted
Of entering a school house in quest Of
knowledge. When he left the building
he took with him books valued at 81.
The judge gave him lecture and thirty
days in Sheriff Canon's hotel The lee
ture was wors than the thirty days in
jail
Fred and Ike Walters pleaded guilty to
burglary. although there was no posi-
tive proof against them, except that a
few old rags OF clothes and a few Irish
and sweet potatoes were found in their
ootton-p-ckng stacks. Both boys are ig-
noraBt.
Oliver CulP pleaded guilty 10 stealing
Ed Young's horse and buggy and taking
them TO Texas. Oliver made a mistake
when he pleaded guilty.
Charles Andrews IS another sslf-cori-
vjcted burglar
=. N and james Reinhart were ar
rested fer stealing a set Of gears" from
Old Man Neal The jury has the case.
Fred 3. Jones. who shot Policeman
George w. Jackson. at Oklahoma City,
January is. from the effects of which he
died April 12, a fun account of which
was published in the Bagle at the time,
has been granted new trial and change
of venue. His trisI viii come up before
Judge Tarsney on the 29d
The parties who have pleaded guilty and
who have been found guilty VIII receive
sentence next Saturday
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-14
MEXICO OPENS HER DOORS
Offers Discharged spanish soldiers a
Chance for n Living

/ New York. Dec. 13.-A special from
/ Washington says:
The Mexican government has submitted
a colonization project 70 the Spanish au-
/ thorfties In Havana by which II proposes
not only TO aid the Spanish government.
/ but 10 give great assistance as we'll 20 the
| Spanish soldiers who have served in Gu
ban warfare and are soon 10 eyacuafe
| Cuba The proposition OF the Mexican
government Is 10 organize bands among
the Spanish soldiers and provide them
with free passage TO Mexico. where tools.
seeds and implements for agricultural
work Will be furnished. and In addhion
oxen and small houses VIII De given 70 the
immigrants and a certain tract OF the
public lands OF Mexico win be provided
for colonization purposes. The govern
ment in turn is 70 take a lien upon the
products and exact return OF 20 per cent
year until the supplies are paid FOR by
the colonists, after which the lands will
become eheir own.
For those who do not care to accept the
proposition arrangements have been made
by the government OF Mexico 20 supply
large number Of the Spanish soldiers
with labor on the public works and in The
mines at the rate Of SIS a month The
government viii be able 70 provide FOR
several thousand and can furnish suita-
BILE tracts Of land 20 all who desire 60 20
to Mexico under the onditi0ns named.
To accomplish this protest the govern
ment has sent a commissiOuer % Havana
10 confer with thu Spanish au-Hori'ies and
through the assistance Of Senior Paio-
mino. the Mexican consul az Havana ne
prOjpect Is being carried forward with
success
The Spanish soldiers. VINO have recess ci
no salaries for months. and even year..
81 many Instances see no hope for them
selves in returning 20 Spain. where they
cannot get employment ard whore many
o. them mus starve. az others have done
and hundreds are ready 20 aCs-ept the
proposition % rho Mexican eovernmEnt
IS soon a. they are allowed % do 80.
The Spanish authorities in general hrs
in favor OF the proposition. FOR tae sr-
pense OF transportation - thus saved ~
well as the necessity az caring in sssEUe
manner FOR me soldiers on their return
20 their native country J., - a.so c1n-
tended nat besides dong a generous aet F.
the SfeItcsn government viii faeif -
benefited. for its population VIII br iD-
crsa ed by pe-eons of s1e same rare iarFs- +
IS and large sections 81 fAe puoic lands .
viii D. utilized ~ q ssbsr4nsls! sgrlc8i- 4
ttlral class
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-14
DELAWARE DOCTORS TESTIFY
Cross by the Defense
kattIes the Old brethren

San Francisco, Dec 13.-The Botkin case
is proceeding with great rapidfty. The
cross-examination of the witnesses who
have already appeared has been gone
through with rapidly and the attorneys
for the defense have not been at all Sc
we're in their questioning. II is presun-
ed that their great effort will be made
when it comes To the connecting of the
person with their client. Mrs. Botkin ap-
pears TO be getting more nervous under
the strain. She has repeatedly declined
invitations to question witnesses.
John B. Pennington, father of Mrs.
John P. Dunning and Mrs. Joshua Deane.
was the first witness called at today s
session of the court His testimony was
unimportant today.
DR.. L. p. Bishop, who attended Mrs
Dunning and Mrs. Deane during their ill
ness. testified to the symptoms of the vic
Tins and his treatment of them He ad-
mitted that he did not know what had
caused the death of his patients until af-
ter a chemical analysis of the candy had
been made and that his first impression
as to the cause of the trouble was pto-
maine poisoning. He described the suffer
ings of the patients during the early hours
and said they We're exactly similar.
The witness suffered at the hands OF
Lawyer Knight, who questioned him on
his knowledge of poisons and their symp-
toms. He admitted that he did not know
the nature of the illness of Mrs. Dunning
or Mrs. Deane and that he did not know
until two days later that they had eaten
candy.
DR.. Downs Of Dover. who also attended
Mrs. Dunning and Mrs. Desne. gave tes-
timony similar to that given by the pre-
ceding witness.
DR.. Wolf, the analytical chemist who
analysed some of the candy sent Mrs.
Dunning. testified that he analysed three
pieces of the candy and found about half
a grain of porcelain arsenic in the three
pieces. He identified some OF the candy
but could not identify the box. His tes-
timony was OF an expert nature.
The supreme court has disposed OF the
contention OF one Harper that the super
ior court lacked jurisdiction in the case Of
Mrs. B0tkin. In answer to the petition
of Harper. that the supreme court pass
upon the question, the supreme court
wrote across the back OF the petition:
The within petition is denied.-McFsr-
land, Chief Justice"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-14
Poultry show at st. Louis

St Louis, Mo, Dec. 13-The fifth annual
pigeon and poultry exhibition of the St.
Louis Fanciers' association is now open
and will be the center of interest among
poultry lovers until it closes, December 16.
The largest display of birds in the associa-
TONS history is offered. Every state in
the Mississippi valley is represented and
the competition between exhibitors is live
". One Of the most striking features of
the show is the exhibit of pigeons. which
contains over loo birds. Many varieties
of chickens are shown. but the games are
attracting more attention than any other
breed. The display of these is remarkably
good. Turkeys. geese and ducks are a,so
shown in greata numbers. One turkey in
the Mammoth Bronze collection weighs
forty-three pounds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-14
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land " 18th Their ~ ares

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