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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30

These are the days when the yelling maze
OF the Indian summer softly lays
On wood and fen, and the partridge
brown
Rustles the leaves that are fallen down
And flies from the hunter who comes
from town.
These are the days when, above in the
haze,
The goose flies high on wing that flays
The crisping air, and his honking call
Is a warning safe of the flight of fall,
And winter that comes with her wither-
ing pail.
These are the days when eyes are ablaze
And Cupid refuses to listen to nays,
And promises summer in hearts all
aglow
With love- and he'll bring it, I verify
trow;
And that is the reason my ,paean of
praise
I sound for the fall with its Jewels of
days.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
KING OF SIAM,
Why He Brought His Brothers With

Why He Brought His Brothers With
Him.
The King of Siam might give lessons
IN pollteness to some European poten-
tates, says London Truth. We expect
ed to see an umbrella or a parasol in
corner of his carriage, not to hide
MIN from the sun, but from the gaze
OF the bystanders. Instead of this he
went about unshaded. Do you not
think it unpardonably rude when
lleges have stood five or six hours to
see an august parsonage only to be
shown parasol or umbrella? The
liking of Siam has a singularly winning
smile and manner. He is free from all
tlncture of consciousness, and can
say smart things. One of his sayings
was very oriental in it's significance.
The brother next in rank to him is lis
foreign minister. There is nobody to
replace him at Bangkok; at any rate,
for the transaction of great affairs.
When, therefore, the king was pressed
!. by M. Hanotaux to make some cOnces-
sion to France, he asked how could he,
he and his foreign minister were too
long absent to be we'll up in current
affairs. 'But why, then, did you bring
your brother to Europe?" asked the
minister. "For a very good reason.
Had I left him behind I should on my
return have found him on my throne"
why not have left, then, as foreign
minister your other brother who is
with your" For stronger reason.
He is both ambitious and ferocious.
The eldest would not have beheaded
me If I went back, but the second
might"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
Clocks for the Deaf.


One of the interesting items Of the
state expense charges for July, says
the st. Paul Globe, appears in the cur
rent lists of the state school for the
deaf at Faribault. 1t is an item of
1852 for clock, which is remarkable
in more elements than in that Of it's
expensive character. But this me-
chanism is certainly wonder, for it is
so arranged that it calls the pupils
attention hourly to the school program
and the calendar, in spite of the fact
that they are all deaf and the usual
alarms do not affect them in the least.
OF course one clock would not be WIS.,
ible to all the pupils, so there are ten
secondary clocks, with 12-inch dials,
which tell the teachers and scholars
who cannot see the main clock what
class in mathematics is now due to
count up fractions on its fingers, or
when the scholars in English grammar
will write their lesson leaflets. The
secondary clocks are included in the
original item Of 1852, as are five-inch
f1re-gongs, the utility of which in a
school for the deaf has aroused the
curiosity of some Of the state depart
ments, which fear that the precedent
thus established may result in the es-
tablishment Of the purchase of Meis-
soniers and Bouguereaus for the dormi-
tory in the school for the blind, and
standard works on the integral calculus
in the school-for-th e-feeble-m minded Ii
brary.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30

minutes, nor would we be able to
mount hill except by painful crawl
ing. Il the year were twice as long as
It. is it is doubtful II we could raise
food enough in the summer to carry
us through the winter or IL we could
survive the accumulated cold. In every
way our earth lies just at the meeting
point Of two kinds Of death, which ION
this bank and shoal Of time" we must
fight with either hand. It makes no
difference whether we have fitted our
selves to the earth through long
series Of evolution or whether it was
fitted to us; as far as we know it is the
only habttable spot in the. universe
and the chances are almost infinite
that no other is so favorably located.
Let us make the most we can of it. "
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
The Appreciated Party.

Mr.. Boullion-Yes, sir, I am a pro-
fessional cook, and it gives me pleasure
to think that I belong to a profession
that is fully appreciated. When a par
ticularly palatable dish is set before
you, your gratitude goes out to the
cook, does it not? Mr.. Blinks Wei.
to tell the truth, my gratitude generally
goes out to the waiter. sss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
vEALY coURTsHIPs..
Why Minors Should Not He Allowed TO
Rent Postomce Boxes.

Rent P0stOnhce Boxes.
It has been properly decided that
minors cannot rent letter boxes in the
postofhces, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
"a general order from Washington has
gone forth to that effect. The reason
given for this action Is that the gov
eminent does not wish to be a patty
to the secret correspondence OF calloW
youths and maidens that might be car
ried on in the safety of a letter box.
Several cases of harm have been re-
ported as result OF such correspond
ence. The postmaster can hardly con-
tract with minor in any case unless
the latter has the sanction of his par
ents, and certainly the Office cannot
afford to lend itself to any scheme for
the advancement Of love affairs be-
TWEEN the designing youth and silly
girls. There is too much of this vealy
courtship in evidence as it is. Too
many youngsters of school age are al
lowed to parade the streets at night, to
make acquaintance that cannot result
to the advantage of anybody and to ac-
quire troubles that one is not easily
freed from. It is, well for boys and
girls to associate together, but it
should be in the open freedom of the
home, the playground and the school
rather than in the streets. And par
ents need to discourage the idea of for
wardness in the girla and impudence
in the boys. Many youngsters who
are still in knickerbockers conceive
that they have arrived at discretionary
years when they can tramp the side
walks unattended, smoke fetid cigar
cites and address insulting remarks to
girls and young women whom they
pass. They are nuisance and they
require not merely a restraint of post
| al privileges, but the warm parental
hand.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
,7o 1.-Two on . Marrow Marr,n.

\ very small change in the present
condition of our earth would imme-
diately kill every living being upon
its surface. An eastern writer COM
ments on the fact that we live on a
very narrow margin. A little more
heat or a little more cold. and we die.
Our existence depends on keeping
changes Of temperature within q range
OF 4 per cent Of what we know as pos
sible extremes. II the moon were
very much larger the tidal wave would
carry the entire ocean twice a day over
the surface Of the earth. IL the earth
were much smaller we would lose our ~
atmosphere: Il It were much larger: We
could not stand upright more than ava
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
"A Great Time fer Discoveries.

Thomas A. Edison was asked the
other day what he thought of those
Chicago men who claim to be manu-
featuring gold from the baser metals.
The inventor did not reply categori-
cally to the question, but he smiled sig
nificantly and picked up from his desk
a cablegram which had just been re-
ceived from Italy. The dispatch read:
ITO Edison, Orange, N. j.: Have in
vented perpetual motion. Will you help
me perfect it," "You will notice.. he
said, with a far away look, that a
great many remarkable discoveries are
being made this year. ri
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
A South African Snake Story.

There is more than one way of fight
where lives the deadly mamba SER
pent, party of fifty or sixty Kaffirs
were building road. In the course of
their work they came to a huge stone,
under which dwelt a large black man.
ba, well known to the neighboring in
habitants as being very fierce and
venomous. The superintendent antici-
pated trouble with the rock and so he
offered a reward to the Kafir that
would bring him the snakes skin. For
a time none of them dared make the
attack, but slim youth finally saun-
tered forward, and amid the jeers and
|protestations of the rest declared him.
lself equal to the task. He took from
his neck what looked like bit of
.shriveled stick, chewed it, swallowed
some of it, spat out the rest on his
hands, and proceeded to rub his glisten-
ling brown body and limbs all over.
Then, taking up his stick, and chant
ing song of defiance, he advanced
with great confidence and swagger to
the boulder. There he reused up the
1namba, who in great fury at being dis
tureed bit u hm in the lqh hottie Of the
bite, but broke the snakes back with
mis- stick and bringing him to his mas
tier asked for the reward, obtaining
which he went back to his work, and
the bite of the reptile had no effect on
him whatever.
go No bride, not even that of COW (bet-
ter than any gold in the eyes of KAT
hr). would induce this native to dis
close the secret of his antidote, which.
he said, had been handed down in his
family for generations. The snake was
very long one, and so old that it had
a name. It is a well-known fact that
certain Of the Zulus have antidotes for
the more deadly snake poisons, which
they preserve as a secret within their
own families.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
Quiet missionary work.

Literary Critic Qaying down new
book wish every maid, wife and
mother in the country could read that
book. Able Editor Well, run IN a line
to the. effect that that book is one which
no woman should be allowed to see.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
She Stole Pines.

The French have produced the most
remarkable kleptomaniac on record.
This is an old lady named Bide, whose
passion for smoking has impelled her
to Pilfer pipes from Partisan shops
with such industry that no fewer than
$500 We're found in her lodi ings. All
were meerschaums and thirty nine
were colored. Exchange
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
Sweet Rava,, 90

81. The Bride latter passing through
the 1T t1 y ne some one kissed
me ts5 on my right cheek just as you
kissed me on the left. The Groom
Well, just tell me whom you suspect
and Fiji The Bride Thrash hime
The Groom NoIn Just tell him
we're married. 5SsSS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
Her Chief Recon- n AZ ia &c..


81 Mrs. Aynue-H Have you ever had
really good maid !? Mrs Hylife on.
yes. one. couldn' have had het-
ter. Mrs Avnue---IIay you still got
her? Mrs. Hylife Oh, no, she ran Of Of
with my husband. S. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
IN THE ODD CORNER.
SOME STRANGE. QUEER AND
CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE.
South African Snake story-supor-
stition About the Number Thirteen
Wonderful Boomerang Feat-We
Live ON Narrow Margin.
A Song to the Autu N,

dESE are tho Gays
! when the slant
ing rays (
OF the sun are soft
and the copse
displays
It's topaz and gar
net and emerald
hues
That garnish the
hills; and the
sapphire blues
Dance in the waves
of the lakes and
bays.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
No Wonder

Irate Customer This chicken IS
quite cold. Polite Waiter hat else:
could monsieur expect The poor bird
has been dead three weeks.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
Reasonsd Out,

S Pauline Do you believes me. when 4
say that 4 am only twenty: Chapleish
Why Of course I do. Pauline han
you are younger than am.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
Strange.

Mrs. Lakeside-Is Mrs. Murray Hill
at home? The Maid She begs to be
excused. She is engaged. Mrs. Lake
side-You don't say. Why didn't
even know that she had been divorced
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30

The man. who knows how, to live well
will not have to learn how to de wei w,eiI
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
Three Is 4 Crowd,

Pauline Could you hold two girls in
your lap at the same time? Jack Dash
ing Yes--I could, but l wouldn't.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
HOW THE FEAT WAS ACCOM-
PLISHED.
A Glass-Eyed Tiger.

The birds head was as neatly cut from
the body as if a knife had slashed it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-30
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Dlstinctlons

.Dlstinctions.
Pcrdita-M flancee is no snr;p J
chicken. Penelope he is ! due 5 s :
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Nebraska Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Watson and chill
dren spent Sunday at Fryburg with Mrs.
WIS parents.
Danne Small, who is not much larger
than a big fish himself, caught trout
Saturday that was twelve inches long
and two and one -halfincbes wide.
The Epworth League of this place, a
chapter of SO members, will celebrate the
ninth anniversary of the League on the
evening of May 18th. Everybody invit-
ed to be present.
Nebraska Tent No. 29S, Knights of the
Maccahees, has reduced its initiation fee
from $500 to $3.50 during the months OF
May and June, giving those i terested a
chance to join at very low figure.
Geo, Klinestiver, Jr., spent Sunday
with his parents at this place. George
has good position at Buck Mills as yard
boss.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Roddy visited
friends at Golinzs Saturday and Sunday.
Since the war the daily papers are in
great demand. AS they reach Tionesta
too late for our mail, our enterprising
agent sometimes walks to Tionssta and
back to get them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Forest COunty's First Recruit.

A personal letter from our patriotic
young friend, George Birtcil, states that
when he reported at League Island Navy
Yard for enlistment last week he was in
formed that he would have to take his
place on the receiving ship and await or
ders; that it was not likely he would get
away from there for a month or two.
This was too slow for George, and he re-
turned to Mt. Gretna and enlisted with
the N. G.P. boys who expect to be called
out at any moment. or his experience
thus far in camp, George says:
81 was out on drill for the first time TO-
day, the 9th. 1t rained very hard all of
yesterday, and the camp being located
on large bed of bogg-ore everything was
as red as our battlefield will be after we
get through with the Dons. If any of our
boys could have seen our camp yester-
day they would doubtless have felt like
staying at home. 1t was a very gloomy
camp. There are quite number of the
boys in the hospital. Letters addressed
as follows will reach me Co. !, 18th
Reg't, Camp Hastings, Mt. Gretna, Pa.
Regards to all.
&, A. BIRTCIL"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
A GrueSOme Find.
Secretary.

DR.. Detar, of Kellettville notified Coro-
ner j. w. Morrow on "Wednesday OF last
week, of the discovery of the dead body
of an infant in an unoccupied building at
Porkey, about mile above Balltown,
Howe township. The Coroner authorized
Squire r. u. Gillespie of Kellettville, to
make legal investigation of the case.
If an inquest was held the acting cor
oner has not yet filed the jury's report
with the clerk of the courts. The with
cred body of the child is understood to
have been found in a box inside of an old
trunk on which was piled quantity of
corn fodder. Whether the body had ever
had life or not is not at present known,
but this may be developed later. The
gruesome find has caused considerable
wonder among the people of that section.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
Memorial Day Program Of Berlin Post.

Eli Berlin Post of Hickory have made
ample provision for observance of Deco
ration day at Wing Hill this year. Other
cemeteries will be visited in the early
morning by details from the Post. Post
and friends will meet at the M. Il. church
at 8 o'clock a. m. sharp, and march to
the cemetery, where the G. A. r. service
will be held in memory of eur honored
dead. On returning TO the camp at the
church the following program will be
carried out, being interspersed with songs
and music by the choir and band:
Addresses will be made by Reys. Buz-
"a of Tionesta, Hillard of East Hickory
and Vain of Wing Hill; followed by rec
itations and other patriotic efforts. A
lunch will be enjoyed on the grounds at
the proper time. A cordial invitation is
extended to the different societies and
Sabbath schools to join us in celebrating
the 30th day of May. Let US join in hon
oring our hero dead, while our guns are
smoking under our glorious stars and
stripes. Come all. BY the Post,
W. Il. WITHEKELL,
j. ALBAUGH,
Committee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
The Late DR.. 4. ID. Dunn.

DIR. Thomas d. Dunn, we'll known to
many of our citizens, died in West Ches-
ter, Pa, May 6, 1898. His death was
the result of injuries received from being
thrown from his carriage some two
months ago. His sufierings were intense.
Last Sabbath DR.. Martin, of the lst Regt.,
Philadelphia, stationed at MI. Grstna,
having been summoned, he, with others,
performed an operation which was only
satisfactory as concerning the cause.
His life could not be saved and he ling
cred until Friday noon, when he passed
away, leaving a wife and daughter, and a
large connection of his own to mourn his
departure. He died beloved by all who
knew him. He bad very extensive
practice and was SO kind and sympathet-
ic to all. His funeral took place on Mon
day afternoon of this week. His wife
will be remembered as Kate Coob, who
lived in this place from childhood until
her marriage. He was cousin of Mrs.
IRWIN of this place. He was aged about
43 years. M.T.I.
The following additional information
respecting this sad death is gathered from
the West Chester daily NewS:
All West Chester felt the shock when
it came to be known on Saturday even
ing that DR.. Thomas d. Dunn, one of
West Chsster's leading physicians and
surgeons, had been taken to the Chester
County Hospital for the performance of
an operation which his critical condi-
ton rendered necessary, and the outcome
of which was very doubtful. There was
feeling of dependency on the part of
his many friends, for it seemed that his
case was desperate. Their fears were
strengthened when in response to in
quiries on Sunday evening it was learned
that the surgeons in attendance had little
hope that he would pull through the
night. He did, however, linger through
the night, and for long time afterwards,
as is now we'll known. But death came
at last, and his sufferings are now ended.
DR.. Dunn was son of Rev. Thomas H.
and Diantha M. (Curtisl Dunn and was
born in Crawford county, Pa, Jan. 80,
1856. He was consequently in his 44th
year, and but for a sad accident which
occurred about two months ago might
now be in good health. DIR. Dunn
was united In marriage on November 2s,
1888, with Miss Kate e.. Cobb, daughter
of 4. B. Cobb, of Tionesta, Forest county,
child, a daughter, named Rachel, who
was born April 4th, 1885, and who with
her mother survives the deceased.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-05-11
NEwSY NOTES.

The State treasurer has paid out all the
public school appropriations for 1897.
The payments for 1898 will be commenced
in June. The appropriation amounts to
$780, 900 per year.
Hats at SOC head at Miles & Arm
strong's. 1t
AS naval powers Great Britain ranks
first, France second, Russia third, Italy
fourth, United States fifth, Germany
sixth, Spain seventh, Japan eighth, Aus
tria ninth and Netherlands tenth.
-Breeches of promise only $500 at
Miles & Armstrong;. 1t
The city of Manila is made up of low
buildings, as the people are in constant
dread of earthquakes. One OF these con-
vulsions killed 300 people, and the last
one, in 1880, wrecked most of the town.
There are six daily papers, three banks,
mint, and complete electric light and
telephone plants. Luzon, the island on
which Manila is situated, has a popula-
tion of 5,0OO,OOO, and in area is somewhat
larger than New York and Massachusetts
com bined.
It. H. Lawry, great commander Of the
Knights of the Maccabees, has by special
dispensation guaranteed full protection
to all members of the order engaging in
the services of the United States during
the impending conflict with Spain. Such
enlistment and service will i'm no wise
prejudice, change or injure any members
certificate or standing in the Great Camp
OF the Maccabees, He says: "One of the
cardinal principles of our organization is
loyalty to our country's laws"
A late fiat of fashion, as reported by
New York paper, decress that there shall
be no more gold in teeth. Gold in the
midst of a "row of pearls" the leaders
say, is too conspicuous to be in good
form; that none of the yellow metal
should show when a society bell or beau
laughs. In place of gold the fashionable
dentists are now using white metal
that hardens very quickly and when
hard looks precisely like the tooth itself.
Gold may still be used where it doesn't
show.
Not one person in thousand in
reading the dispatches from the Philip
pines gives thought as to how the news
comes to New York distance by cables
and land of 14,3ll miles. The message
goes from Manila to Hong Kong; from
Hong Kong to Saigon, Cochin China;
from Saigon to Singa ore; from SiRga-
pore to the Island of Penang on tho west
coast of lower Siam; from Penang to
Madras; from Madras by land TO Bom-
bay; from Bombay to Alden, on the gulf
of Alden; from Alden to Suez; from Susz
by land to Alexandria; from Alexandria
TO the Island of Malta from Malta to
Gibralter; from Gibralter TO Carcavol-
las near Lisbon; from Lisbon to Porth-
curno the cable station at Lands End,
England; from Lands End to Dover
Bay, Nova Scotia, and from there to New
York. And yet in thirty five minutes
actual time after the operator at Manila
opened his key the news was at New
York.