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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-16

WHEN A WOMAN FEELS OLD
It's when Her Growing Grandson
First Pays Her Fare on ~ ::
the Cars, ~. p, =:

Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith met on an
Illinois Central suburban train, home
ward bound from morning of shop
ping. Mrs. Jones is IS and q mother;
Mrs. Smith IS and a grandmother, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean. "
my dear Mrs. Smith," said Mrs.
Jones, show well you are looking.
declare, you are the youngest-looHng
woman for your age know. It seems
that you have taken of several years
every time I meet you. Have you dis
covered the magic fountain?"
my DEAR" replied Mrs. Smith, '.you
mean well and I'm obliged to you, but
I feel an old, old woman to-day
'Why do you emphasize to-day7'
"Well, it's this way: I started to
come down town this morning feeling
AZ gay as a girl of 20. At the station
I met my grandson. He's only Is, but
he's as big as some men. I suppose the
sight of him should have sobered me
and made me realize what a landmark
I am, but it didn't. And kept on feel
ing young and frisly until the con-
ductor came along"
what on earth did the conductor
have to do with it7'
''Why, that boy pulled out his COM
mutation ticket, handed it to the con-
ductor, and said, as a matter of course:
Two Goodness knows I felt old
enough when my eldest son paid my
fare for the first time. but when a
woman gets 80 aged that her grandson
pays her fare she's ancient. sure
enough"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-16

Sea Water for Street sprinkling.
The Merchants association of San
Francisco, says the Popular Science
Monthly, has been trying the expert
ment of sprinkling street with sea
water, and finds that such water binds
the dirt together between the paving
stones, SO that when it is dry no loose
dust is formed to be raised by the wind;
that sea water"does not dry so quickly
as fresh water, SO that it has been
claimed when salt water has been used
that one load of it is equal to three
loads Of fresh water. The salt water
which is deposited On the street alb
serbs moisture from the air during the
night, whereby the street il thoroughly
moist during. the early morning and
has the appearance Of being freshly
sprinkled. = e - 8 =: :. =,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-16

ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED EVERY
Awhere for The Story of the Philippines by
Murat Halls cad. commissioned by tie Govern
ment as Official Historian to the War Depart
ment. The book was written in army camps at
San Franciso. on the Pacific with General Mrritt.
IN the hospitals at Honolulu, in Hong Kong, in
the American trenches at Manila. in the insur-
gent camps with Aguinaldo. on the deck of the
Olympia with Dewey. and in the roar of battle
at the fall of Manila. Bonanza for agents
Brimful of original pictures taken by govern
ment photographers on the spot. Large book.
given. Drop all trashy unofficial war books.
Outfit free Address, F. T. Barber, Star In
urance Bldg, Chicago.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-16
Contract Awarded.

The Lake County commissioners, at a
meeting of Sept. 9Th, let the contract for
building a road from Beaver Bay to
Little Marais to Charles Eklund for
$240O, work is to be started at once
Tho auditor was instructed to advertise
for bids for balance of road. We hope
that the contractors will be successful
in getting the work done in time for use
this winter, if they do they will have to
hustle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-09-16
A Small Ala~.

a Sma1I Sal01y.
The smallest salary paid to the head
of civilized government is three
pounds sterling year-to the presi-
dent of the republic of Andorra, in the
Pyrenees.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
Ghurkhax and Fixing Fish.

Three men of the Fifth Ghurkas
were trained by experienced Swiss
guides-one with Lieut.. Bruce in the
early '9Os, and the others with Sir Mar
tin Conway in 1894. Good-tempered,
cheerful, keen and full of fun, they be-
came general favorites wherever they
went. They, on their part, thorough
ly appreciated the kindness with
which they were treated, and their
wonderful and delightful experiences
in Europe still afford an endless topic
of conversation. The little Himalay-
ans were intensely interested in every
thing they saw, the sea and the ships
proving a source of great delight. Fly
ing fish, however, they could not at all
understand. To such great wielders OF
the rod this mode of piscine locomotion
seemed most improper. One of these
fish having fallen IN board the ship,
was Immediately pounced upon by
karbir and Amar Sing. Being asked
what their friends in the regiment
would think when told that fish could
fly, the Ghurkas naively replied that
they hadn't the slightest intention of
mentioning the fact, as their reputa-
ions for veracity were at present good,
and, should they try their comrades
credulity with this travellers tale, no
one would believe a word they might
say for the rest of their SERVICE
Blackwood's.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05

thought ever came that she had hurt
our feelings. he it ever so little. how
pcnitent she was and how humble.
You could not forget how red her lips
were. how her eyes sparkled and
danced with a thousand lights. or how
her golden tresses fiOated on the breeze
as she kept pace with us and u logs
in the chaseS of youth.
We used to compete for her smiles
and swap bets as to whose wife she
would become. But you went away.
and though / missed your companion
ship. a great load was lifted from my
heart for | had never knOwn an hour
when | did not love little Pearl and
plan for our future happiness together.
and | felt safe from any rival after you
were gone.
But into each life some rain must
fall. and a blow came to me which has
Slapped life of all its meaning.
There settled in the village a grad
uate of the dental college at C. He
was handsome. dressed faultlessly, was
an accomplished musician and pos
sessed of some means.
'One day my Pearl met him. l vas
the fool that introduced them. Fondly
dreaming myself safely ensconced in
her love as she was in mine l never
scented danger.
And, foolish in my faith, | saw no
harm in his occasional calls o in his
teaching her to ride the bicycle her in
dnloent father mad given her. But all
too soon the veil before my eyes was
torn away. Loving chances will not
be hidden, and when from suspicion /
passed Il remonstrance the GOODNESS in
her answci froze the hopes within my
breast.
They were married a few weeks ago,
and live in the little cottage up there
on the hill
As he ceased speaking, footsteps
sounded on the board walk outside and
the handsome young dentist passed
along. whistling merrily as though he
had not a cart in the world.
Curse him. 1 would give all l am
worth to see him dead at my feet for
robbing my life of its joy" said Tom,
with clenched fists and blazing eyes.
Voices sounded at the side door, and
We turned to see two sturdy farmers
holding q risky colt and cycling Tom
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
THE LIAR
An American Travellers Encounter
with One of the Worst of
the Species.

Zone encounters some a~Stonishingly
nblc-bodied liars in travelling" said Il
lawyer who WAS abroad last season.
.WhiIe wa at MarScilleS during my
first visit TO France. | was seated one
evening in the Cafe Richie. in the heart
of the city. when my attention was at"
tracted by the LOUD talk of Il black
bearded man at the adj Joining table.
He appeared to be Il Hungarian, and
was telling some French officers of an
adventure at New Orleans. OF course.
| pricked up my ears and heard his
whole story. which was substantially
this: He was taking dinner ut the
principal hotel. he said, when a negro
waiter spilled Il plate Of soup on a
woman'S dress. Instantly the guests
decided that the culprit should be
lynched. but the landlord begged the
director of the party-think of a di-
rector of a lynching bee.-to defer
the ceremony until after the meal. as
he was very short of help. This was
courteously agreed to. and the pros
pectivc victim assisted in serving the
repast. praying eloquently between
courses. After coffee he WIS taken out
and strung up to ii stately tree on the
boulevard in front of the hotel.
the woman whose gown had suffered
giving the word from the gallery.
This astonishing balderdash was
told seriously and WA interrupted by
frequent ordinations of horror. What
bruteS.' What pig-dogs.' What o
~sters,' | could hardly believe my ears.
Pardon me. monsieur | said i'll
French. but in what year did the in
cident which you have narrated occur?'
Last year he replied. calmly,
when ! was on a visit to the states
Il wanted to tell him he was all kinds
of a liar. but | didn't. To begin with.
l wouldn't have been believed. and.
moreover, | would probably have got
into Il serious row. So ! said nothing
and sawed wood. Next day ] was in
troduced to one of the same French
officers as a visitor from New Orleans.
"'.Nh.' he exclaimed. and did you
witness the hanging of that negro who
spilled soup on Il woman's dress last
year:
No. sir I replied. 1 was busy kill
ing the French chef at the time for put
ting mustard in the blanc mango
Ills head stuck out of his head.
What an extraordinary country!'
he gasped."-N. o. Times-Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
THE STITCH IN TIME.
Always Receive Prompt
Attention.

System in homework depends upon
promptness in doing that which is 10
be done. Like the tangled web of the
careless knitter. the work will all go
hopelessly awry if any stitch is
dropped. Home work. the task of sew
ing and the various tasks of serving
those VT love. whether in cooking
dainty. wholesome food for them, or in
preparing clothing that will keep them
warm. are tasks that only vulgar wom-
en- deSpiSe. There must be something
essentially vulgar in any oma what
ever opportunities of culture she has
had. who does despise such tasks, which
lighted in.
This home work is made of small de-
tails, trivial in themselves. something
which frivolous persons would be apt
to Sneer at. but which wise women re-
spect. as stitches in the great web of
home life and home happiness. These
home tasks are the highest of all. be-
cause wholesome, healtkful existence
depends upon them, and therefore all
healthy. able work. of whatever kind
or degree. depends upon it.
When we investigate the work OF
great scientists. great poets oil states
men of eminence in the annals of the
world. we usually find patient. loving
mothers, wives or sisters helping and
sustaining them by making their homes
Ravens of rest from outside cares and
trials. Il PharoS on the stormy sea"
Therein have some of the best of wom-
en- found their greatness, and the wiSest
of women have never scorned these
tasks. The coral insect is but a trivial
mite to the eyes of the unframed. but
the scientist recognizes Il power that
builds up gigantic rocks and islands.
against which the ocean beats without
moving them. Nothing is too trivial to be
despised because of its apparent size.
No duty we are called on TO do is of
too little consequence to be done 'as
by Gods law"
1t is impossible to tell how far the
dcmoralizing effect of the neglect of
what appears TO us Il trivial matter may
Ttdch. OF Nhdl inspiration announcer may
receive from the faithful performance
of the smallest task. well and faithfully
rendered to God. a. all work should be.
Some one has defined genius as the
power of persistence. 1t might he
called. also. the power of distinguishing
between the essential tasks of life and
those which. however pretentiOus they
appear. after they are truly measured
are nonessential-tritiing things, mag
nitied by the miStS of Imagination.
Fortunate will we all be if we know
when to take the stitch in time in our
home work. or in any task that has
been given us To do. The power TO
keep the web of our TASKS moving for
ward. in a systematic. orderly way,
without tangle or stop. is a rare gift,
Steady. even work. without nervous
breaks and spasms. is what is needed
everywhere, and especially in the
household.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
HUMOROUS

Bill-'Gill wouldn't think c. fishing
IN Sunday" JiIl-"No; but he'll sit
around and lie about it, al the same"
-Ionkers Statesman.
do you believe in second sight?" Il
do now. l fell in love at first sight and
now l wish Id waited for a second.'-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
doctor, my husband says that black
and red spots appear before his eyes
every night. What do you adviser" Il
advise that he stop playing poker
Chicago Daily News.
Trotting Thomas-''I wish l could
turn myself into q rumor for a few mo-
ments." Walking William-"NNhat
for?" I. T.-"SVhy, they say a inc
gains currency."-Yonkers Statesman.
Frau Any husband is very uncul-
tivated and constantly confuses Il and
me" Frau B-'My husband is still
more uncultivated, and he is all the
time confusing me and my house
maid."-Das kleine Witzblatt.
Uncle" said Billy Gazlay's nephew,
who IS just beginning 10 study history,
why weren't kings and queens Always
good?." BECAUSE" said Billy, absent
mindedly, maybe the other fellow held
three aces."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
HoaX-"Guzzler has at last found a
sure remedy for insomnia" Joax-
What is it, why, he sets his alarm
clock to go off five minutes after he
has retired. and when he hears it, turns
over and goes right to sleep."-Phila-
delphia Record.
. Uncle George-'No, Tommy isn't so
bad. He's what l call n good boy.
When he asks liberty to go out to play
and it is refused him he never makes
any fuss. Aunt Iianna-"And sits
right down in the house," Uncle
George-"Oh. no; he goes right out and
has his fun, just the same as if he had
been given permission.'-Boston Tran
script.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
w M ~.
! My Debt to an Iron Horse :
. By ". Vincent Jones. y
CATHER is dying: come at once,

LNAIHER is dying: come at once,
i 1t was this message that called
me In the summer of 80, to the village
OF my boyhOod's home. After the
funeral | decided to remain a Jew DAYS
with my mother and sister, they be-
ing left entirely alone.
During my stay | looked up some of
my old friends and schoolmates, now
grown and settled in life. One dav [
dropped into a village smithy and
slapped my old play-fellow, Tom Kelly,
on the shoulder. The next moment /
wished L had greeted him differently.
for he turned upon me with the sad
dcst face l have ever seen.
My heart bled, for no friends had
ever been closer than we in the sweet,
dim days. Our very infirmities, for
thus we then deemed our freckIes, red
hair and bashfulness, drew us away
from he other boys and cemented a
bond between us that was like ada
mant. We were dubbed 1.-The twins"
by the entire village, for in face. form
and manner, each was the others
double.
In time l had drifted away into the
vorld-currents of life and he. as his
father before him had done, slipped
quietly and naturally into his little Sc
questered pool of usefulness, the vii
la-e smithy.
We had heard from each other but
seldom.
When his brown eyes, sorrow
frei"hted. looked into mine. something
cold as ice gripped my heart and wrung
il until | trembled.
Then as | pressed his horny hands
and waited he shook as a strong oak
does in a hurricane blast. But the next
moment the storm passed and the oak
stood. firm-rooted. with only the CRATE
full rain to speak of its passing, in the
tear courses on his cheek.
This was the story he fold me Of how
he had loved-and lost:
You remember little Pearl; dear.
teasing. rougish little Pearl. who was
our constant companion. and shared
our childish sports. You know how
She used to play pranks and jokes upon
us and scream with laughter at II
discontinue or anger. But if the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
THE BLIND WEAVER.

The great wheel turns. and through my
hands
! feel the swift threads u n
My signifies eyes can never see
In warp and woof of tapestry
The tissue Fate has spun:
I know not what 1 blin6iy weave,
And yet I dumbly pray
That when the shadows closer creep
Some bit of beauty / may keep
For all the toiling day.
Sometimes the thread is silken soft
AS thistledown afield;
l tremble-is it Love at hstf
A light for vision overcast
And has my heart a shield?
The wheel waits not, and l toll on
Along the vast design;
From coarse to fine the woof-threads
range
. All. foolish one. they shall not change
For wish nor prayer of thine!
The night draws near. My tired soul
Is rent with sudden fears;
The wheel is still-the broken thread
That through my weary fingers sped
Is rough, and stained with tears.
My bleeding hands. l know, ave srasped
a web Of somber hue
Pass not the sightless weaver by!
o Master, chide me not. for I
Have done as best l knew!
Myrtle Reed, in Outlook.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
Possible Contingencies.

Uncle .Jedediah-I'm III favor of arbi-
tration as a means OF ~settIin' these here
international disputes: but yet | real
ize that there might be some ease where
our national honor would demand the
tribunal OF a
Uncle Hezekiah-What kind of u Ease
hight such re?
Uncle Jedediah-Cases where the ar
bitrators decided for the other side.-
Judge.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
3Iistnking the Operation.

A very short-sighted old gentleman
going into one of u large owns for
the first time, and coming from the
heart of the country. seeing a man dig
ging, went to him and said:
MY man, for whom biggest thou
this long and narrow grave?"
But the man took no notice. Going
closer. he remarked again:
my man. for whom biggest thou
this long and narrow grave?"
The nan looked up and said:
go on, you silly old fossil! I'm n.y.
ing gas pipes,"-London Answers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
4 Fair

The story is told of a country parson
who said TO the village tailor: when
L want a good coat l go to a London
tailor for it. That's the place. By the
way, do you ever go to church,
"Oh. yes. occasionally"
"Where do you go?'
"Well. when / want to hear a good
sermon l go TO London for it. That's
the place.'-Tit-Bits,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
A Very fearful Tale.

1t doesn't always pay to try to dodge
the assessor, declares the Kansas CITY
Star. In Pike county n man hid a $loV
dog in an upstairs o the day tns
assessor was there, and the dog Jumps
out of the window and broke its neck'
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
SNAKE STALKING.
The Sport Has Been Followed Many
Years in ut Least One Mary
land County.

81 read an item copied by the Sun.
from a Maryland paper the other day"
said an old-time Marylander, (which
new sport that had come into vogue
among The man who wrote
that item never lived in Anne Arundel
county or he would have known more.
Long, long ago the native sportsmen
of hat country discovered that along
IN the. spring of the year blacksnakes,
garter snakes and moccasins, Of all OF
which Ann Arundel county has 4 good
many to the acre, gathered in their an
nuaI love-making affairs in great nuEa-
bers. 1t was also discovered that the
snakes at that particular time of the
year were bold and fearless, and
would not hesitate to attack on
sight any intruder in their tryst-
ing places. This gave the idea that it
would be great sport to make targets
of the serpents, and such proving to be
the case the sport of snake stalking
came into existence, and has been a
branch of the art of cunning, in that
part of Maryland at least, for more than
so years. The moccasin snake and his
cousin, the cottonInoTth, are the two
snakes that the stalker particularly
loves to make his game.
The moccasin looks dull and rusty
on land, but his back lights up into
beautiful Kaleidoscope markings when
in the water. When the warm spring
sun casts its rays down on the pools in
which the moccasin lives and finds his
prey, he comes to the surface and
hangs on to a jutting bush or strong
weed. or crawls out upon the banks and
lies stretched at full length on the grass
or sand. He is shy and will hurry away
quickly at the approach of Il man, eX-
cept at mating time, aud then he will
show you a pretty fight. And you had
better not let him bite you. His bite
may not kill you, but it would be better
if a whole nest or hornets rested on
you and enjoyed themselves there than
hat one little water moccasin should
touch you with his fangs. But his
cousin, the cottonmouth, or stumptail
moccasin, will bring your last will and
testament into service as certainly as
cholera or yellow fever. The poison
tooth of the cottonmouth is as deadly as
the rattlesnake's, and when he hears
you coming he won't run away or warn
YOU like the rattlesnake. He will lie
low and wait for YOU. and plug venom
into you if he possibly can. There is
considerable fun in stalking Il stump
tail moccasin when he is absorbed in
his love-making. and YOU want TO make
sure of your aim when you draw a
bead on him.
The proper and spOrtsmanlike way
of cunning for snakes in Anne Arundel
county is to carry Il snake rifle and
shoot for the head. The sportsman
who doesn't bag his game by shooting
its head off isn't looked up to much.
The man who would go out after snakes
with n shotgun in Anne Arundel coun-
ty would be sadly talked about. The
favorite rifle is of 22-caliber. and 90
yards range is the least an expert
snake stalker asks. \ moccasin head
can be plainly seen at that distance,
and many shot among the snake hunt
ers doesn't brag any if he doesn't knock
off eight heads out of ten that show up
at that distance.'-N. Y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05

Emma - Charley asked me. to
marry him last evening. and l had to
refuse him, tn. dear fellow.
Ella-Iiow lid it haprer?
"Of course l like Charley, but as 70
marrying him"
Il mean how did it happen that he
asked you?"-Boston Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
Why Not u Mnn:

"What are you thinking about?" she
asked, during Il lapse in the conversa-
ton.
Il was wishing" he replied, draw
ing closer. that | might be turned
into a lip-biting bug for about five
months"
But why a bug" she inquired in
%nocently.
And, then. of course-.-Philadel-
phia North American.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
Had n Lively Time.

Watts-Have a good time yester-
day?
Llshforth-Good time? Old boy, q.
San taste it yet!-lndianapoiis Jorr-
al.
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