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The divisions Of the Baltimore e
Ohio Railroad west Of the Ohio river
are to receive the same sort of inn
provements that have been made on
the lines east of the Ohio. Not only
are the grades to be reduced wherever
it is practicable, but very much heav-
ier motive power is to be introduced.
In order to carry the additional weight
the bridges On all the divisions are be-
ing replaced with heavier structures
and the track relaid with heavier steel
rail. 1t has been demonstrated by act
ual experiment that these changes will
result in an increase in train loading
in some places Of more than so per
cent, the average being about ~ per
cent.
It is the hope of the receivers that
within the next two years the Balti-
more &, Ohio Railroad will be an eight
een-foot grade road from Chicago to
Baltimre, with the exception Of that
portion of it which passes over the
mountains, where helping engines will
have to be used.
. A great many Of the estimates for
the different portions Of the work have
been made, and those who have seen
the plans state that the work can be-
done at a surprisingly low cost, con-
sidering the return.
It is understood that the policy of re-
habilitation adopted by the receivers
two years ago, will be continued by
the new company after the reorganiza,
tiOn..
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|sides, their total length being twenty
one miles, and they are twenty-five feet
| wide at the base.
Pekin comprises three separate cities,
| each hemmed in by it's wall, each dis
tinct from the others. These are the
Chinese City, the Manchu,s or Tartar
City, and the innermost, or Purple For
bidden City, two and a quarter miles
in circuit, constituting the imperial
demesne of the Emperor and his court.
The walls between the Chinese and
Manchu cities are even stronger than
those already passed, being fifty feet
high and proportionately broad. Along
the top of such portions as have not
fallen into decay is a promenade some
thirty feet wide, and over one Of the
gateways is the famous observatory,
where the Chinese have succeeded in
taking a variety of astronomical OBJ
servations with the aid Of most &C.
centric collection of apparatus.
The best view Of Pekin is obtained
from the summit of the King Shang, or
Prospect Hill, in the center Of the
Manchu city. This mound is $50 feet
high and accommodates five different
Buddhist temples. The general aspect
Of the official quarter can be seen from
the avenue close to the observatory,
where are placed the officers Of the six
boards, as well as the great examina-
ton halls, where some thousands of
students are every year examined for
the degree OF mandarin.
The European portion Of the capital,
where, are the various consulates and
Legations, is situated sin the inner city,
where the buildings are ranged on an
ill-nlade roadway running along the
hanks Of . canal There are no pave
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ments and the roads are so uneven as
to make walking extremely difi1ci1}t

ments and the roads are 80 uneven as
to make walking extremely dih1cult,
The aspect of the Manchu city is
tolerably animated. The main streets,
are wide and the buildings low. The
shops are for the most part gaily
decked, and signs with flying arches
across the pathway are frequent. The
aspect Of the public buildings is how
ever, like that Of the walls, tumble
down, and their exterior outlined, like
every other place in this city of corrup-
tion, with filth. And the people are
we'll accorded to their surroundings.
1t Is indeed doubtful whether, except
ing IN Canton, a dirtier set of human
beings exists. And there are more
than a million of them, all exhibiting a
great contempt for the white man,
which they do not hesitate to show, al
ways provided there is only one or two
of him in sight. -. - 3
On account of it's extreme antiquity,
Pekin is interesting. But as a show
place, Pekin is disappointing.
In the struggle of Europe for COM
mercial supremacy in China the
wealthy city of Shanghai will play a
leading part 1t stands at the mouth of
the Yang -Kiang, the valley. of
| which for three thousand miles inland
is, the richest territory in China. The
illimitable commercial possibilities OF
the Yang-tseKiang have been little
more than tapped: They have yet to be
| developed, and the present reconstruc-
tion of affairs may lead to this.
Shanghai has long been the center OF
commercial interests on the coast OF
China. It is the metropolis of the far
East. It's harbor teens with merchant
ships, sometimes 800 at time, mostly
British. Stately buildings along the
quays are the branches of British
commercial houses. There are French
and German compounds, but the Brit
| ish settlement predominates.
/ The foreign settlement is governed
by a municipal council, which consists
chiefly of British merchants. They are
elected by the 5000 European residents
but control a total population Of $780,
900 within their jurisdiction. The
council has been the means Of greatly
improving the sanitary condition of the
city! The organization carried on re
minds one Of the municipal work in ar
English city.
There are municipal gas and water
supplies, electric light, gardens, public
parks, public markets, drill hall and
well-organized police service. Hospi.
. tails. have been provided for the. treat.
j naent Of Infectious diseases. ,Shangha
was a pioneer in the matter Of e1ectri,
lighting. Arc lamps were introduced
in 1882, long before the light had beer
used in many towns in England. Nov
it is proposed to construct electric
tramways. One should not forget te
mention that there is an efficient f1rt
brigade, and that the business-likt
municipality has it's own workshop:
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ern Capital" which has remained the
imperial city to the present day, but
which, rumor says, is destined to be
shortly evacuated in favor of Si-gnan-
fu, because of the inroads of Russia.
The first appearance of the city is dis
appointing. Nothing meets the eye but
a suggestion Of battlements with loop
/ sholed walls, walls, which ,.4 as they are an
:proached, take form as a grim gate WITH
a wonderful superstructure.
The first impression caused by the
exterior Of the city is one Of magnifi-
cence. Everything is on 50 big a scale.
The walls are fully thirty feet high,
and the highest roof of the attendant
gateway twice as much. They extend
as far as the eye can reach on both
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for making drain pipes and other san

for making drain pipes and other san
itary appliances :: ..~
The municipal council of Shanghai is
altogether a remarkable organization
which does much to preserve good Or
der, protect public health and generally
promote the well-being Of a strangely
mixed community of over a quarter of
a million. Shanghai is by no means
. the biggest port in China in point of
population, but it's trade is enormously
ahead of the others, and thus the or
ganization which the municipal coun-
Gil enforces is Of the utmost impor-
tance. The excellent state. in which
Shanghai finds itself only shows what
Western methods can do for Eastern
civilization. %~-~ y
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servance. The room is not half big
enough to accommodate the ministers
and their suites, numbers of whom
have to wait in the hall. To fortify
them against the trying ordeal await
ing them, tea is served in cups of dirty
china, and Japanese cigarettes are dis
tributed. While waiting here the min
listers are visited by the chief officers
of state, the commanding figure Of Ii
Hung Chang being conspicuously
prominent as he passes from one group
to another, indulging in that species
OF mental horse-play for which he is
so noted, and greeting everyone with
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a genial smile. Rival ministers, for
getting for the nonce national jeal-
ousies, mingle as freely as the consular
students at the club, and all seem to
bear up bravely in face of the impend-
ing strain upon their nerves.
Prince Kung, the emperor's uncle, in
short time announces that the re-
|Iceptions is about to take place; cigar
cites are thrown away, white kid.
gloves are put on, and, headed by the
ministers, the entire body emerge into
the open air, whence, through a pas
age between lines of blue tents, they
proceed to the audience chamber,
yellow tiled building with a courtyard
in front. The emperor is seated be-
hind a small table, which is covered
with yellow silk, upon platform a
few feet higher than the floor of the
hall. The princes of the blood stand
near him.
The Manchu King, the ruler Of over
40O,00O,0O0 people, looks more like a
sick1y youth than man of twenty
eight. He is a poor, miserable, in
vertebrate creature, whose lack-lustre
eyes, hollow cheeks and general ap-
pearance of .weariness furnish incon-
trovertible evidence of his feebleness
Of character, and no surprise is felt
that such weakling should be made
the willing tool of the ignorant and
prejudiced princes who surround him.
Col. DENLY, the venerable American
minister and doyen of the Pekin diplo-
matte corps, stands in the centre of
the eight minister's, the English rep
resentative being on his right and the
French minister on his left. The min
listers all bow simultaneously when
about fifteen feet from the throne, the
| crowd of attaches behind indulging in
marionette-like bobbing Of heads
which detracts considerably from the
dignity of the occasion and gives rise
to smothered laughter on the part of
! the younger diplomatists
Colonel DENLY reads a brief speech
| of congratulation of less than two
minutes duration, which is interpreted
into Chinese by M. Popoff, of the Rus
sian Legation, the senior Interpreter
present. Prince Kung then advances
| to the platform on the emperor's left
and, kneeling, renders the message into
Manchu (the language of the COURT.
The emperor lazily acknowledges it
| in a brief speech of a dozen sentences,
which are punctuated by apostrophic
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-11-05
How to Judge Machinery.

Engineers judge of the condition OF
their machinery by. the tone it gives
out while running. Every engine,
whether stationary or locomotive, has
a particular tone Of its own; the en-
gineer becomes accustomed to that
and any departure from it at once ex-
cites a suspicion that all is not right.
D The engineer may not know what. is
the matter, he may have no ear for
music, but the change in the tone OF
his machine will be at once percep-
$tible, will be instantly recognized and
will start him on an immediate tour Of
Investigation.
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&1OO Reward. 900.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all It's
stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to tbs
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send for list OF
Testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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GOWNS FOR k KLoNDIkE BELLIES
Sells Silks, Flmy Laces and Lingerie
stS ytE5-& at Fabulous PrIces. ~ B..

at Fabulous Prices. @ S.:
"A solid little fortune with simmer
ing silks, flmy. laces and dainty lin
gerie for its basis, the result Of thirty
days spent in Dawson last summer, is
the modest boast of Mrs. Nellie
Humphrey, pretty, black-eyed young
woman who has been in Seattle prepar-
ing for another trip into the metropolis
of the far north. .%@s.
It was the quick wit, business sagac-
ity, and, last but not least, the pluck of
Mrs. Humphrey that enabled the fair
sex Of Dawson to revel again after
months of deprivation in the frills and
fancies of dress SO dear to the femin-
inc heart. That masculine pocket
books were quick to open in response
to such demands was evidenced by the
way in which Mrs. Humphreys stock
in trade disappeared. It melted away
as did the SHOWS in the arctic sun
shine. Mrs. Humphrey says she is
really ashamed to tell what her goods
brought her-that it would be ridicu-
lous. But it is a fact that her entire
capital risked on the one lucky venture
did not exceed $4,000. She sailed from
Seattle last Wednesday with far larg-
er stock of the finest goods of the kind
mentioned. Her faith in the gold fields
is evidenced by the fact that she says
she will stay in Dawson but four
months, and intends to bring back to
Seattle just S65,000. Dawson's bellies
simply went crazy over Mrs. Humph-
rey's stock, and. asked the price Of
nothing. Here is the way the latter
tells about it: 'tThe prices I got for
some of my goods were simply shame
full; so exorbitant that I can't bear to
tell Of them. But what else could you
expect when fatirons were selling for
$65 a pair, brooms for SIG each, and
moose-steak cut as thin as bridal veil
for 81 an invisible pound? I was al
most forced to sell the very clothes off
my back. One old habit I had almost
worn out sold for $500. Several hats
brought as high as $125 each. Ladies'
shoes sold for $50 a pair. Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
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The Cheerful Idiot,

"The minister and the policeman"
said the young and cynical boarder,
''are inseparable adjuncts Of civiliza-
tion."
'They are very much alike" said
the Cheeful Idiot zone is a pairer
and the other is a peeler."-
lis Journal.
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PATENTS.
List of PATENTS Issued Inst Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

List OF f0ientS Issued Inst week To-
Northwestern Inventors.
Wilhelm Aab, New Ulm, Minn.>
clother wringer; julius D. Brainerd..
st. Paul, M1nn., currycomb; Horace s..
Breeder, Minneapolis, Mimi, duplex
pen; Torger r. Hetland, Minneapolis,
Minn., machine for composing printed
matter; Caroline Louis, Pine City,
Minn., wash boiler; Benjamin f..
Strange: Corvallis, Mont, stock yard
gate; Minneapolis Plow Works, Min
neapQlis, MINI, ploW / 4 ;. 35s..
Merw1n, Lofhrop iaEs Johnson, Patent s.Attorea
neys 910 Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul.
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How to Prevent Hog Cholera.

y. How to Prevent Hog Cholera.
. HOG CHOLERA is caused by indiges-
~ tion and can be prevented by feeding
E*#aaS@H> cooked feed. We advise our read
NPa>a ers to write the EMPIRE MFG. Co.
MzA 62o Hampshire ST., Quincy, Ill,
MAsMN14&%#,>, for Catalogue OF FEED COOKERS.
M::%g gEeMaaa These Cookers save at least one
##@RysasSses third the feed put stockin healthy
MMMIY condition, save your hogs and will more.
U.s. than pay for themselves in one weeks usa
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HOW FEvER1S SPREAD

Typhoid fever is generally regarded
at the present day, along with cholera
and some other diseases, as belonging
to the class of "water-borne'' affec-
tions. In other words, it is believed
that the germs Of such diseases are
carried, and perhaps propagated, in
water. There is little doubt that this
theory of typhoid fever is correct, and
that in tracing any extended epidemic
of the disease to it's source we must
first of all examine into the condition
of the water supply.
Drinking water has been proved to
be the cause Of the spread of typhoid
fever in many epidemics in this coun-
try and England; but there Is little
comfort in this for those who habit
ually drink something stronger than
water, because, although during an
epidemic the drinking water may be
made safe by boiling, this is not
enough.
If the water is contaminated, the
germs may be introduced into the body
while brushing the teeth or washing
the face. Or again, salads and fruits
which are eaten raw may be contain
mated by the water in which they are
washed. Typhoid fever has sometimes
been spread in city whose water. sup
ply was above reproach by means of
milk or ice.
Milk need not be watered in order
to become vehicle for tyi hold germs;
the germs may be introduced into cans
and bottles while these are being
washed in water drawn from a con-
taminated we'll or brook at the dairy.
Although destroyeds by boiling typhoid
germs will resist freezing tempera-
ture for a long time, and have been
found in ice cut from a pond poisoned
with sewage containing the bacilli of
this disease
/ Another means of the spread of :ty-
phoid has recently been discovered in
oysters. Oystermen frequently place
oysters in brackish water near the
mouth of a creek or river in. order to
fatten them before they are brought
to market. If this place happens to
be near the mouth of sewer contain
ing typhoid poison, or if the creek wa
ter be contaminated, the oysters will
take the%virus within their shells, and
$50 revenge themselves on those who
eat them raw. ,.. s az.
In some puzzling cases of typhoid it
has been supposed that the food was
infected by flies, which had carried
the germs a long distance on their feet
"a strong argument for the proper
care of food in the fly season. !:
These are only q few OF the WAYS in
which this disease may be spread, but
they are enough to show that, SO far
from feeling surprise that the disorder
should be SO common we may rather
wonder that we are not all it's victims.
szS
Why.
HaYerly Doesn't t Enpec believe ii
il central form Of government q Aus
5tiY-tshJn. h q m ,.,.ind 8, .,.., q
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Gross earnings of the Chicago Great
Western Railway for third week Of
September, show an increase of $685.
OS8.76 over corresponding week in Sep
tember, 1897. - l..
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Oppressed

Benevolent Party (cheerfully.)-T
see Mr.. Edison expects to cure blind
ness by electricity.
Blind Man (gloomily. .)-Yes, these in
ventions are always driving some poor
man out of business.
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Supplies From Home.

Dear JULIA" wrote the man in camp:
>."Your photographs are sweet;
But send me some tobacco-please-
y And something good to eat"
49,. Detroit Free Press
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IT is said that men who never drink,
smoke or stay out late at night live to
ripe old age. Perhaps that's the pun
ishment. q Chicago News. ~n. @
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Don't Tobacco SPIT and Smoke Your Life Away. n
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nettc, full Of life, nerve ana vigor, take No-To-
strong. All druggists, soc. or 81. Cure guaran-s
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
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. Whenever some husbands and wives
agree it is to the effect that they made
a serious mistake IN marrying.
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Why.

HaVerly Doesn' t Enpec believe ia
ascentral form OF government r Aus
tin No; he married q telephone girl'
New York Evening Journal. Is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-11-05

Before marriage a man promises to
his wife nothing; after marriage, thai
is about what the poor woman gets.
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When q man 10 brainless there's al
ways room at the top.
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These are only q few OF theSways in
which this disease may be spread, but
they are enough to show that, SO far
from feeling surprise that the disorder
should she be SO common, we may rather
wonder that we are not all its victims.
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Every Action

And every thought requires an expendi-
ture Of vitality which must be restored by
means OF the blood flowing to the brain
and other organs. This blood must be
pure, rich and nourishing. It is made so
by Hoods Sarsaparilla which is thus the
great strength-giving medicine, the cure
for weak nerves, scrofula, catarrh, and ALI
diseases caused by poor, impure blood. ~
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Is Americas Greatest Medicine. 81; six for s5.
Hoods Pills cure indigestion. 25 cents.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-04-06
PERSONAL CHATS.

Miss Lucy Wheelock of Boston has
been reelected president of the Interna-
tional kindergarten union.
Rev. James j. Dolliver, father of the
representative from Iowa. was recently
invited to deliver the opening prayer
before the house.
The late Archbishop Cleary of Kings
ton, Cenada, was the first person to re-
ceive degree from the Catholic Uni
vorsity of Ireland
The attraction of extremes for each
other IL exhibited in the friendship that
exists between two Kansas men. Mr..
Fivecoats of Anderson county and Mr..
Fewclose of Cowley county.
Professor Ablwardt. the famous or
ientalist, has, after "a years of contin-
uous labor completed his task of cata-
loguiug and describing all the Arabic
manuscripts in the Berlin library.
General Joe Wheeler, the representa-.
tive from Alabama, is nearly 81 years
of age, but he recently astonished the
visitors to the capitol by running a race
with friend who was ON bicycle.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson says
that when Wendell Phillips was speak
ing more tamely than rSaal the young
abolitionists used to slip to the back Of
the room and start hiss, which never
failed to arouse him.
Paderewski was formerly great con-
sumer of sweetmeats, but when this
amiable weakness became known to his
admirers he received such overwhelm-
ing supplies of honhons and so ON that
the liking fer confectionery quite left
him.
Mark s. Brewer. recently appointed
member of the civil service commits
sion, is native of Michigan and is a
son of one of the pioneers of that state.
He was reared on "a farm, is self edu-
Gated and is generally regarded in his
state as an exceptionally able man.
Senator Allen of Nebraska caused
considerable amusement recently when
he was jokinply referred TO as a pluto
crat by jumping to his feet and saying:
II want it to go on record that am not
plutocrat. | bear, probably justly, u
good many burdens, but this one is too
big even for me-"
The archbishop of Canterbury. DR..
Temple, is said to be unexoolled in the
Church of England as button sewer
and stocking darner. His successor in the
see of London, Bishop Creighton, makes
it his boast that he sews on his own co.
clesiastical buttons and once dexterously
mended a lady's glove.
Miss Nellie l. Taylor and Paul d.
Quiggs of Fargo were engaged and Mel
lie was out of town for a few days.
They exchanged the following telegrams
and thoughtlessly signed them by their
initials only: "Dear Nellie-Come
home to me, p. d O." Dear Paul
Am coming, my love. N. I. L. +"
Mnry. Ida and Nettie Ward of Phil
lips county, Kan, are sisters, but their
family relationship has hecome very
much entangled. Mary married wild
over named Wilson and Ida became the
wife of his son Charles. Nettie married
a nephew of the elder Wilson, named
William Benton. All have children.