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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
Progressive Peanut Party.

A progressive peanut party is con-
Quoted after the manner of Jack
Straws. For this purpose small tables
are arranged at different points of the
room, according to the number of
guests invited, allowing each table to
four players. In the center of eachare
piled up pint of peanuts, and bysits
side a pair OF bonbon tongs; which can
be purchased for few cents each. At
a given. signal, or. BY the sounding of a
gong, the game is begun and played on
the same principle precisely as the
old-fashioned Jack Straws, the peanuts
taking the place of the straws, while
the tongs take that of the hook Time
is called, and the scores kept similar
to any progressive game, when the
winner for each table mounts up to
the next, and another game is begun
At the conclusion of the allotted time
scores are compared and prizes award
ed to the lucky ones, the same regular
ity being preserved as in cards.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

Il. The device referred to obviates
this SO easily that one wonders why.
nobody ever thoughts Of It before. Il
is Just a band Of silk elastic sewed to
the bottom Of the corset The elastic
should be fully an Inch or more wide.
It must be stretched while being sewed
on, placed, Of course, on the outline Of
the corset and stitched with the CEN
ter Of the band exactly covering the
corset edge. In this way the elastic
extends half an inch below the corset
and completely grasses the outline. #
Ball robes are gorgeous IN heavy
satin embroid ered with small spangles,
but the embroidery may not be heavy.
The spangles are Of the finest and
worked in a graceful tracing--lnot in
solid mass The style is somewhat
after the empire.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
FRANCES MARVELLOUS. RAPID-fIRE Guns.
No Smoke, no Noise, B,
E, But Awful Destruction
Made to Keep the Matter a Secret.

n France has new rapid-fire artillery
gun that marks the climax of field
weapons in modern warfare. = 2.,s .....
4 1t gives no smoke, no fash of fame,
and, strangest of all, it makes no noise.
I Yet this silent gun. that can be
neither seen nor heard, can shoot TWEEN
ty times minute and each time hurl
a three-inch projectile containing ESQ
separate bullets.
In December, 1897, the Journal de-
scr1bed the first experiments with
no1seless gun by it's inventor, Colonel
Guilbert Humbert. Last October the
French rapid-fire cannon was illus
trated. Now these two devices have
oeen united in weapon that chal-
lenges and defies the world.
This gun, with it's mysterious DOW
er, is the direct outgrowth of the late
Spanish-American war.
There were two wonderful things in
the Santiago campaign. One was the
smokeless powder guns of the Span
1ards on land. They placed our army
at the mercy of an invisible foe.
The other marvel of that campaign
belonged to the. American side. It was
the almost noise1ess guns of the dyn-
amlte cruiser Vesuvius.
The spaniards in Santiago said it
"coughed'' earthquakes. Without any
warning report it threw bombs that
lald waste acres of forts, houses and
lntrenchments wherever each one fell.
The Spaniards feared this more than
all the rest of the blockading fleet.
The French artillerymen who ac-
companied the American army and
navy went back to their home govern
ment and reported the success of these
two most destructive forces of this
modern Wharf.-The guns that shot with
out noise and those that shot without
smoke
The French inventor, Colonel Gull
bert Humbcrt, has already made
nolseless gun. He again set to work.
improved it and applied it to the new
French field cannon. That government
adopted his invention.
The leading organ of the French ar
tlllery service, the Revue d'Artillerie,
from it's secret sources of information
gives an account Of the performances
OF Colonel Humbert's new weapon. It
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
Wonderful Tow Carrfa

Louis XIV. was fond of toys AMI
childish amusements throughout his
life. One Of his favorite mechanical
toys has just been discovered in
patent bureau in Gorlitz with an ar
ticle telling of it's qualities and re-
markable construction. It is NINA
ture coach, built in the style of the day
(seventeenth century,, and drawn by
two horses. It was manipulated on
long table in the palace. It's works are
similar to those Of modern toys. the
power being supplied by spring
wound up by a shaft and key, When
the carriage was wound up and start
ed at the bottom of the table the wee
coachman snapped his whip and the
horses Sc broke into a gallop. Arriving
at the head Of the table where the king
sal, the horses stopped and the coach
man Jumped from the box and onened
the door Of the carriage. "A handsome
~ dressed woman stepped ont and
handed the king tiny document She
bowed and returned to the carriage,
The l coachman closed the door resum-
ed his proper place and the horses
drew the carriage back to the lower
end Of the table at q lively pace. Every
detail Of the toy is automatic The
article preserved with it says that the
king and most Of the court ladies found
more MOI amusement in the miniature car.
e rage than mar IN any other feature Of roy
al entertainment. Pa ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

upon silk lining and edged with imi-
tation jeweled passementerie. Be-
low the tabs will be two full rufles Of
plated sapphire liberty silk, and I'M
der the silk rufles will be another set
of white ruf1les made of soft, flmy
chiffon. i
The skirt will be shirred almost to
the knees, giving the figure an atten-
uated appearance. The bodice will be
tight fitting with asvest of white sat-
in and revers trimmed with the passe-
menterle. A hat of blue velvet with
white crown will be worn, trimmed
with blue bird wings and white rib
bon.-Helen Grey-Page.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

declares that recent experiments show
hat the gun gives no flash or sign of
ire. It is practically noiseless, and it's
Explosive gases are made to counteract
he recoil.
Yet this wonderful sound-destroying
dvice is so small that it can be put
d to the end of any modern gun as
esily as a sewing machine bobbin
III be slipped into it's place.
1.-The French artillery experts have
$plied it to their new rapid-fring field
I'm. By this: combination they have
tie most perfect and destructive gun
the world
This noise and fame destroying at
lchment is very simple. It is a tube,
hitch is screwed on to the muzzle of
|gun. There is but one piece Of NOV
BILE mechanism in it, a hinge valve.
then the gun is fired and the projec-
he leaves the muzzle, the outward
ksh of gases makes this valve close.
bis stops the escape of the gases in
lat direction, but. they find an outlet
| the two little passages in the upper
krt of the tube. The gases rush out
trough these with such force as to
lake recoil which offsets the recoll
! the shot. The flash takes place in
le interior passages Of the attached
lbe, and is thus completely hooded.
+ When Colonel Guilbert Humbert, a.
tired officer, first brought his inven-
: pn to the notice of the French ord
lnce experts, over a year ago, they
|clined to even test it. Even Colonel
hmDert's reputation for honorable
Fvice in the Franco-Prussian and
frican wars failed to secure him CON.
Iteration. <fz " %.,.:
pt was thought to be an old mans
y. In formally declining it for army
|e he was politely but ironically given
Permission to patent it and make it
lblic. - .s. .@=s {: 49,. s5ts r
PIE did that and made test Of his
IN. His first trial was on 11h-inch
Ptchkiss gun. It worked almost per-
ftly. The firing produced no flame
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

and only slight Kissing sound from
the discharge of the gas through the
small holes. The recoil was also less
ened. = Z: -. ~5@,;~~4-sg-@ = .
The French ministry of war at once
acquired the right to adopt Colonel
Humbert's invention. -..
The Spanish-American war showed
the immense advantage of rapid-flre
smokeless powder guns. This sug-
gested to the French committee of ar
tillery to apply Colonel Humbert's at
tachment to their new rapid-fire
smokelesa powder cannon. The result
is the present matchless artillery piece.
An effort is being made to keep the
matter secret, and all French army
officers are jealousy guarding it. But
1t had already become known by the
mistake of first refusing the invention
and allowing Colonel Humbert to get a.
public patent of it..
When Colonel Humbert first set him
self to solve the problem of noise and
flame in gun he considered the
causes of these things.
The noise is due to the sudden expul-
sion Of the gases Of the exploded gun
powder following the bullet and the
return of the air to the barrel.
The flame is due to the gases being
set fire to by the heat If the barrel
could be closed at the moment the pro-
, jectile left it there could be no noise.
This is just what his invention accom-
plished by its valve arrangement. The
flame which came from the mouth Of
the gun occurred inside the passages Of
the tube, making it invisible.
The device can also be used on
rifle. 1t is mere nut that can be
screwed on the muzzle in a minute,
But in this case it is ball instead of
valve that rises and prevents the
escape of the gas. Rifles equipped in
this way are intended for sharpshoot-
erS.
The effect of a battery of noiseless,
f1ameless and smokeless field guns and
company OF sharpshooters with rifles
Of the same sort would be as demoral-
izing to an enemy for the panic they
would be likely to create as for their
destructiveness.
Soldiers are trained to fight an en-
envy they can see and their blood is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

fired by the roar of cannon and crash
of rifle volleys
But the silent moving down with
nothing in sight to fight against would
be an uncanny conflict that no army
in the WORLD is trained for.
Imagine it's effects upon the ignorant
and superstitious wild men that the
United States is now fighting in the
Philippines.
Practical experiments have lately
been made by the French artillerists at
Chalons with this new gun. It has
been proved that it could destroy an
intrenched regiment or battery in one
minute at a distance of four miles.
The gun is loaded with shrapnel
shells containing ESQ shots each.
Twenty of these shots can be fired
in minute. This is an unheard of
rate in a field gun. The explosive
charge which scatters these bullets is
melinite, like. dynamite in strength. In
one minute this gun throws 5000 bull
lets. Each one Of these can kill more
than one man at distance of four
miles.
The test which the French officers
made Of this gun was by setting up
dummy regiment at this distance. In
a single minute almost every one Of
the thousand wooden figures was shot
through in some part. ..
A battery Of old guns was placed at.
a distance of three miles, with wooden
posts for artillerymen A single shot
from the silent gun. disabled all the
guns and blew the wooden posts to
pieces. I'll : =. ~ {. n. "a. s. 3
The new gun was trained on a bal.
loon half mile high and nearly two
miles distant. It took three shots to
get the range, and the fourth shot blew
the balloon to pieces. It foated down
in mere shreds. n g. s.ez .ts :.
In order to more perfectly obscure
the gun it was painted greenish tint.
Another bail loon, was sent up to try. to
discover its location while this firing
was going on. But even at an .eleya-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

his body was found a week afterward
in the stream, which was a kind Of
natural sewer, under a shop which
then stood at Third and D streets on
which the drug store is now located,
The water had carried it there from
the corner Of Fifth and F streets. This
was not the only case of drowning in
connection with the stream, but
thlnk 1t was the one which caused the
biggest sensation from the cir2um
stances and mystery surrounding it."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
Tongue Salad.

Boil, skin and trim a tongue, cut in
dice and add the whites of six hard
boiled eggs, cut in similar pieces. Cut
fine the white stalks of three heads Of
celery, and mix with the tongue and
eggs. Make a dressing as follows:
Beat together four eggs,six tablespoon
fuls of vinegar, five of melted butter,
one of prepared mustard, one of sugar
and two-thirds of cup of cream. Put
over the fire in double boiler and
cook until as thick as boiled custard.
Set aside to cool, season with salt and
cayenne, thin with lemon juice, mix
with, the tongue and other ingredients
and serve.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
OF BALKAN BIRSCH.
Fifty Years Ago 1t Was the Sensation
of the Day.

Of the Day.
1.-THE mystery of Balaam Birch was
a sensation in the early forties," vol
unteered an old resident to a Wash
ington Star reporter, "and though it
was cleared up in a week or so, it
proved to be very lively one as long
as it lasted. Balaam Birch was a we'll
the corner of Fifth and F streets one
afternoon during heavy rainstorm.
From that moment all traces of him
were removed as completely as if he
was swallowed up in the ground.
Hundreds engaged in the search for
him, and all kinds of stories were put
into circulation as to his disappear
ance. Every house and yard in that
part of the city was thoroughly
searched, without result, citizens gen
orally joining the local police force IN
the search. He was seen by several on
Fifth street at different points between
Louisiana avenue and G street, though
last seen, according to a comparison Of
time, near the corner of Fifth and F
streets. The mystery was how he
could so suddenly disappear in broad
daylight. During that time, and for
many years after, stream of water
ran through Judiciary square, which
connected with Tiber creek, which was
very materially increased by sudden
transforms, and though the SUPPOSE
ton most generally INDUCED in was
that he had fallen in the stream and
had been taken down to Tiber creek,
and from there to the canal, it took a
search of week to prove it. It proved
to be the correct theory, however, for
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

goods for it. A dark red background
with irregular brown designs scattered
through it or brown with red distrib-
uted in the same way makes a Charm
ing costume The skirt should be about
even with the shoe tops-some have it
a little shorter-and trimmed around
the bottom with wide braid put on
plain or in decorative design. The
braid can match either the background
or the figures. sss@
Have a waist Of flannel, usually the
color Of the design Of the goods, and
"a short Elton Jacket Of the goods 1t
SELF The revers are Of flannel trim
med with narrow braid. High bicycle
shoes and a jaunty Tam O'Shanter
complete the costume.He1e Grey
Page.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

u 5A -
The Easter cape is q marvel Of love-I
liness. It 70 ! relief, too, from the
graduated rnf1e affairs which were
carried to tie extreme during theSwin-
ter season. From q d conf tort giving
point Of view the. Easter cape. ii not
much, but II beauty be the only COM
sideration 1t is everything. 81
The Easter cape matches the Easter
gown In color and in fabric. Velvet
VIII be very popular and one sees it
IA II the e shops at extremely low prices
The Easter girl will wear a charm
Ing toilet Of sapphire blue velvet. It
will be lined with a brilliant color six,
probably Roman silk. The cape will
be a series Of Ions; narrow tabs sewea
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

ton almost directly over the gum not
the slightest vapor nor fash could be.
detected. Only when it was wheeled
over an open stretch of ground and
away from all foliage could the gun
itself be seen. -. . Z
Similar firing tests have been made
before on dummy figures and balloons
at Cha1ons. But nothing bas ever
equaled the destroying power of this
new quick-fring gun that can neither
be seen nor heard.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

Now is the time when every woman
who can is getting ready for her spring
cycling suit. March is the first spring
month, and though che weather is
often too Indictment for wheeling the
fair eyclienne puts in her time design
ing a becoming outfit, for this season
promises many innovations in bicycle
costumes. IT. n. + -.
All bicycle suitings are light weight
this year and the necessary weight is
added by braided trimmings. Brown,
navy blue, plum and bottle green are
the colors most in vogue-when plain
colors are used-but mixed suitings
will be employed in the building OF the
most fashionable costumes. s5y ! s...@.
II you have not yet made your 81.
cycle suit choose some pretty mingled
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
Guarantee Fulfilled.

Miss Hojack Ito the milkman)-
Look here, Mr.: Chawk, you warranted
your milk pure, and the 1actometer
shows water in it.
Mr.. Chawk--Well, nam, I guarantee
that the lactometer shows that the
water is pure if it says anything about
it. New York World. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
To Make Baby's Hair Curl.

Every morning after the baby's hair
has been washed and we'll brushed, do
not leave it nice and smooth and tidy,
but with the tips Of the fingers, rub
the head all over, very gently, with a
short, circular motion from right to
left. This causes the roots of the hair
to twist, and curly hair will be the
result.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
His Choice.

Ramsey-Mighty poor judgment tina,
Tompkins has, eh?
Dumsey-What's the latest?
Rumsey-Went to a pound party the
other night, and what you s'pose he
took? .& 4
"Give it up -.
Rumsey-Pound Of mustard. Said
he thought it might come in handy for
plasters so much grip around.-New
York World. : =.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
) A Good Subiect.

do you think there is anything in
the saying that the fish is a brain
food?' . ~
IT don't know. But It won't do you
any harm to try the experiment.
Philadelphia North American. 5es
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
Marguerite.

What aileth pretty Marguerite? =sa~sss..5
Such April moods about her meet!
She signs, and yet she is not sad;
i, glad. .s III, ST. &A.-l.. ~,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
Tho Tight Skirts.

Skirts arc growing tighter and tight
er and all manner of little exped1ents
are being resorted to do away with the
least superfuous wrinkles. Under
clothes, in accordance with the cut OF
the gown, are made extremely narrow,
but one petticoat is worn, and that is
fitted with a glove-tight, bell-shaped
top, and corsets are worn over all the
underclothes. This scheme of wearing
the corsets over the underskirt is one
that has been advocated by modistes
for some time. What is entirely an in
novation, though, is little device, too
simple to patent, but that will be easily
recognized as boon. The tight dress
skirt II Of smooth cloth invariably
shows the outline Of the corset beneath
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20
FOR WOMAN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
/, AND MATRONS.

Marguerite = The Easter SCapo--spring
Cycling suit-The Tight skirts:--Pro-
sressive Peanut Party the Latest -
Tongue Salad. II
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-20

- ! !
A thousand fitting fancies chase
The sun and shadow on her face:
The wind IL not more light than she,
Nor deeper the unsounded sea.
What aileth pretty Marguerite?
Doth none discern her secret sweet?
Yet earth and air may have a sign
The heart Of maiden to divine.
In budding leaf and building nest
Lie kindred mysteries half contest;
And whose hath the gift of sight
May Natures riddle read Alright.
Not all at once the lily's heart
Is kissed by wooingl waves apart:
Not In a day the lavish May
Filings all her choicest flowers away.
Fair child! shall potent Love alone
Forget to send his heralds on?
Alb, happy lips, that dare repeat
What aileth pretty Marguerite!
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-26
APPROPRIATED HIS CLOTHES
But the Soldiers Gave Them -Baek
and Cheered for the Young
COPreunOudeNk,

Here is one to the credit of Richard
Harding Davis. After the battle q
heavy travelling bag or trunk was found
with no owner at hand to claim 1t, says
Nashville American correspondent.
Several negroes of the Tenth cavalry
regulars opened it and found variety
OF fancy shirts, trousers, stockings and
such like. These they immediately con-
fscated and began to bedeck them
selves with.
Shortly after Richard Harding Davis
came upon the scene from another part
Ut the field. He saw he had been de-
spoiled, but entered no complaint. An
officer of the regiment, however. began
to make inquiries. He asked where
the clothes came from and was told.
Turning to Mr.. Davis he inquired:
"Are these your clothes?" Mr.. Davis
bowed in the affirmative. "Then, men,
you should be doubly ashamed of your
conduct. You not only did wrong in
opening the trunk ut oil, but you have
made brave man your victim. When
we were fred upon from ambush by
the spaniards Davis here was right in
front OF our column pointing out tho
spaniards for US to shoot at. A sol
der was shot down by his side. he
picked up the gun and began firing Inn
mediately. He has just returned from
the pursuit. Take off those garments.
Mr.. Davis, In behalf Of my soldiers, !
apologize for their thoughtless con-
duct"
There WIS a cheer given for Richard
Harding Davis, which the big. broad
shouldered war correspondent 40
knowledged with smile, and the in-
cident was ended.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-01-26
sNoBB1sHNEss.
fined to Any One Set
Of People,

A lady living in an uniashonable
street invited gentleman Of leisurely
life TO her home, because in her Em.
pucity she thought he seemed lonely,
says an exchange. He came and at the
close Of the evening remarked to heri
II had no idea I should meet so many
distinguished people at your house" h1a
voice unconsciously emphasizing the
pronoun. In little book, "About Peo-
pie" Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells gives the
following instance Of lack Of good
manners,
"Snobbishness is not confined to ono
set Of people. Emphasized by fashion
or literary pretensions, 1t spreads from
village to city. It exists in sardine fac
tories and In palatial mansions; it -
met with at picnics and dances, as we'll
~ at dinners or conversation parties.
The links are close.
Zone OF Bostonb Oldest families gave
reception. Two soions of other old
families attended, to whom the host
saids I'll introduce you to those ladies'
opposite and he moved toward them.
Excuse u.s. said one Of the men,
the ladies are of peasant style Of
beauty, 1t il hardly worth while
1.-THE host bowed low in recognition
OF their far-seeing power, adding, Yes,
they are my nieces from the country,
but I will not trouble YOU
mo apology would he receive, though
one was eagerly offered"