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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27
WOMEN AND MORPHINE USAGE
Increasing Prevalence of the Narcotic
Habit.

Habit
The use of narcotics is growing
alarmingly frequent among the rest
less, nervous members of the gentler
sex. THE amount of morphine used
by women is increasing at an alarm
ing rate said physician. Il do not
give the drug at all, save in extreme
cases, for I believe we doctors are
largely responsible for the spread Of
the evil. It seems such an easy, mer-
ciful thing to relieve acute suffering
by a dose of morphine, and it would be
all right if the patients couldn't get
the drug themselves. They can get
it. There's the trouble I was called
to see one of my patients last week.
She is a wealthy woman. She devel-
oped the morphine habit two years
ago, when she had serious illness.
Since then she has had periodical
sprees with morphine, in spite of all we
could do to prevent her. She always
says that the deplorable state she gets
into is due to other causes; but can
tell as soon as I see her whether she
has been taking morphine. Last week,
when I went to see her. she was a
nervous wreck and said she had been
agonizing with rheumatism. Rheuma-
tism is handy thing. A doctor
can't swear that patient hasn't got it.
I accused the woman of having been
on a morphine spree. She denied it.
/ appealed to her husband. He
searched her bureau and chiffonier and
found 200 morphine pills. She had
bought them all at one time, but
wouldn't tell who sold them to her. Of
course there's a law against selling
morphine except on a prescription, but
morphine fend can always get it if
he is persistent, and generally he is so.
Any physician can tell habitual NOR
phine taker at a glance. So can a
druggist. The latter reads the unmis-
taxable signs in a mans face, and if he
hasn't conscience will sell the NOR
phine victim what he wants. The
druggist knows that the purchaser will
guard the secret quite as closely as he
could. But if a person with no symp-
toms of the morphine habit wants to
buy the drug he will probably have
great difficulty in getting it. No phar-
macist, even if not particularly reputa-
BILE, wants to take the chances of being
hauled up for a breach of the law"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27
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Nashville, and has since become a
Mecca for patriotic Americans, like
Mount Vernon and other hallowed
spots in our history. The tomb itself,
as may be seen from the accompany
ing illustration consists Of shaft, over
which IS a dome imported on pillars
The whole structure has been sur
rounded by. a tall iron fence to Keep off
the sacrileg ious hands Of the ever
present souvenir fiend !, who would not
allow even the last resting place Of
suchsa man to be safe from his touch.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27

Andrew :rl1re Jackson, seventh president
OF the United States, was born in the
Waxhaw Settlement, North Carolina,
March Is, 1857. He died at The Herrmi-
tage, near Nashville, Tenn. Oh June 8,
1916. The state Of Tennessee s.plur-
chased The Hermitage and The tomb
and twenty-five rounding acres Is
improve and preserve in lasting me en- 1a
iory Of the hero Of New or cans. he
place was VI s assigned to the care Of the
ladies OF The Hermitage Associa ton Of
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27
TolemAchus,

s. - - s. rxJf.E y
Old Rome in it's worst days was a
sink of iniQuity. The people became
degraded and brutal. One Of their chief
delights was to witness the combats Of
men, called sgladiators, with each
other. At these displays the rule was
the more slain the merrier. At last
the heroism of one man led to these
uEseemly exhibitions being stopped.
This was a Christian monk Of Asia.
named Telemachus. During the
games with which Emperor Honorius
"a. D. 1929 signalized the retreat Of
the Goths, a combat between these
trained fighting men was going for
ward. Aghast at the cruel sight, Tele-
machus leaped into the arena and tried
to part the combatants. The enraged
onlookers grew mad at this effort to
deprive them of their cherished sport,
and hurled stones at the monk, who
fell dead beneath the shower. But
when the fury of their fever fell the
people began to feel both the heroism
OF the man and repentance for their
dastardly conduct, and in the end they
accepted the laws which forbade these
bloody spectacles. It is a blot upon
the civilization of Spain that bull
fights have survived in that country to
the present day.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27
cHARMlno R1sTFul WOMAN n,


Repose g : Very Attractive Feminine.
Quality.
The reposeful woman is as inyigorat-
ing as a tonic in this age when women
generally live at pressure that rem
ders them dizzy" Among the most.
attractive qualities that any woman
can possess is the charm of repose.
The reverse of this is so generally
\ true-women are nearly always so
hdgety, so nervous, so hurried, that to-.
find one who moves about quietly and
assuredly, without excitement, and
with a tranquility mistaken by the:
little events of life, is as refreshing as
the quiet OF the dusk after the turmoil
or the day, and gives to US something
OF the same restful feeling. So many
women, in their desire to gain admira-
ton, feel that they must be contin-
ually doing something to attract at,
tention to themselves. They laugh
and giggle until we feel like crying out
with the harassed hero OF Tennyson's.
poem, "Prithee, weep, May Lillian"
they futter about room, they talk
ceaselessly and exclaim and calculate.
over every trivial happening; they
tdget with a fan or their ornaments.
until they have exhausted their own
nervous force as well as ours with
meaningless movements Nothing:
could be greater fallacy than to i'm.
agine this wins admiration, especially
from men. Pettish, fussy and cratic
ways are amusing enough when a girl
is under 20, and the man very little
more, but after that the grown man
wants peace Of mind and body, and he,
turns to the woman who can rise above.
the petty annoyances of life and who.
does not demand too much of his en-
thusiasm. There is a great passage.
IN one of To1stoi's novels, where the
young wife of an old man goes to her
husband with all the pent-up story of
her struggles and temptations and
emotions. He listens to it, and then
gives her only the smile of man anx-.
lous not to be disturbed. There are.
many times when every woman feels.
the same thing. We get, in time, to.
dread those of our friends who are,
intense, who are always either in alb
surdly high spirits or preternaturally:
blue. They make too great drafts on,
our sympathy, for they demand that:
we shall feel as they do about every
thing, and it is relief to turn to the
placid woman who gives us nothing
but the sense of rest and peace. An
other argument, if it were needed, in.
favor Of cultivating purposes, is that
1t does more to keep one young than
all the cosmetics ever invented Irrita-
bility makes wrinkles, worrying is the
sure forerunner of gray hairs, excite
ment shortens life. 1t is the quiet
woman of reposeful manners that the
years pass by without leaving mark.
Another thing is that the woman who
can keep calm is always the one who
succeeds. She is always master Of
herself, and any situation, and she
never knows those awful hours with
which most of us are too sadly famil-
lar, when she has to repent in -sacl-
cloth and ashes the thing she did and
said in the moment of excitement In
nature and human nature it is the
great silent forces that are irresistible,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27


awful bass voice. What then, was the
CONSERVATION Of his father when, on
the second day, he discovered his hope
full son through the fence. and stand
ing right IN front Of the big fellow,
and gently rocking his head from side
to side by q firm grasp on 9 horn In
either chubby hand! The animal stood
with his head hung low, apparently too.
astonished to demonstrate. There was
a vault over the fence worthy Of a
banderillero BY the parent, 9 precip-
itate rescue, and a GREATNESS demand
as to what the child was thinking Of.
J Why he said, stoutly, II heard
you telling mamma this morning that.
the best way was to take the bull by
the horns, and I was just trying it.
Don't see why you should make such
a fuss about the matter-he did not
mind!" j." ~ Z 81 }s>:E|' ~. r. n.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27
The Hit of the PLAY.

First Actor quilting the trigger Of a
revolver six times)-Die, you miserable
villain? Second Actor-Your pistol has
missed fire, Sir Rudolph; but I am
smitten with remorse for my many
crimes, and will die, according to your
wish. Then he rolled on the stage in
agony, while the curtain slowly de-
scended, amid the cheers and laughter
Of the audience.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27
Papa's Words.

& Frank is chubby small boy OF some
s or years, whose father is an artist.
Last summer he went with his parents
to spend some time on farm while
his father was engaged in sketching.
On arriving he was duly and Impress
lively warned against venturing too
near the. cattle in q nelghbo ring past
ure, and especially pointed out were
the terrors Of that big fellow with the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27
when He Had To.

$50 old Yabsley is dead, Ell? Well,
we'll! Did he leave any thing ~ es.s
It broke his heart to do it, but he left.
every hing. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27

At staunton, for seventy -tWo
hours Charles Armen trout had a spell
Of ahiccough Ching which his ciansS
could not relieve. 5Ts
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27

A man in Ware county, Georgia,
struck the funny bone of his arm
against wagon tire and since then
has been speeches. from paralysis.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27
During the Worlds Fair.

Miss CUSHION, captain, we're you
ever boarded by pirate? Capt
Storms-Y he charged me SO a day
for bedroom on the fourth floor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-05-27

The largest building is the Coliseum
at Rome. 1t is 615 feet in greatest q;
ameter and 100 feet high.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07
Fascinating Room Slippers.

Elegant shops are displaying some
very fascinating Turkish slippers just
now at greatly reduced prices" The
prettiest and most popular of the selec-
ton are those in white and silver, and
when they are taken in connection
with dressing gown of cream French
flannel, with silver girdle they are
positively bewitching. Another very
stylish pair of these slippers was made
Of heavy gismOnda pink satin-a very
pale embroidered with cowslips
in raised design. The flowers had deep
yellow centers capped with the tiniest
speck of vermilion. The effect was
very pretty indeed. Women who de-
light in fancy work can decorate their
own bedroom slippers, having previous
ly purchased pair made of plain sat-
in. These elegant bits of footwear also
make delightful and appropriate pres
ents.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07
Dainty EOOtgear.

For full dress wear the very daintest
of footgear is again in fashion-slip-
pers made in all the light shades, and
in gold and silver as we'll. Patent
leather will be worn more this winter
both by men and women than ever be-
fore, and is made up in the three fore
going styles, and considered as appro-
pirate for the street as for the ball.
room. Imitation tips are quite the
fashion; that is. on the patent leather
shoe there is no tip, but a double row
OF stitching or perforations to simulate
one. Kid and calfskin shoes are all
most invariably made with the imita-
ton tip, although occasionally a pat
ent leather tip is seen on a kid boot
or shoe. Tan calfskin boots will be
worn during the winter months again
for bad weather, those carrying the
absurdly elaborate trimmings of per-
forations being most in fashion.-Phil.
adelphia Inquirer.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07
Why She II Popular.

"A charming and popular woman Is
the greatest blessing of humanity" re-
marked an observing man the other
day. But popular woman will never
disclose the secret Of her popularity
that others may benefit by it and the
world thus be made brighter. Would
you object to telling me the secret OF
your popularity" said he. turning to
a society woman nearby. She replied:
Il think the secret is due to the TACT
that I write notes. When l hear OF
young woman's coming marriage or
her engagement is announced l write
q few lines of congratulation. II
friend is Ill l write a note OF sympa-
thy. II there is death in the family
I write a letter OF coincidence. II a
woman has any Joy or sorrow come to
her I remember 1t with few words on
q sheet of paper. 1t really takes very
little time il kept up properly. and is
so heartily appreciated, you know"
Thank you." said the man. you
have explained why you are favorite
with women. Now. will you tell me
Why men find you so charming?" "A
man is a very sensitive creature, but
women, as rule, overlook this fact.
A man does not like to be reminded
Of his shortcomings any more than
woman does. l always try to talk to
every man as he talks to me. and l
treat young men as if they were old
and old men as if they were young. l
can think of no other reasons for nv
popularity" said she.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07
A PERILOUS REMEDY.
Free Trade Would Smash Industries
but Would Not Smash the Trusts.

Free Trade Would Smash Industries
but Would Not Smash the Trusts.
The fact that trusts are already in
ternatiOnal and hence that the removal
of protective duties would aggravate
rather than remedy the evils COM
planned of at the hand of trusts, was
fOrcibly presented in the remarks of
Hon. Henry W. Blair. ex-United States
senator from New Hampshire, deliv-
cred at the Chicago Trust conference
Of September, 1899. That portion OF
Mr.. Blair's contribution to the DELHI
tariff and trusts is printed in the cur
rent issue of the American Economist.
Clearly it is pointed out that as con-
sequence of the abolition of our pro-
tective system the trusts and all other
employers of labor in industrial en-
terprises would be forced to transfer
their field of operation to countries
where labor is cheaper than in the
United States. Either they must do
this or else they must lower the Amer
lean standard Of wages and of living
down to point where they can sue
cessfully compete with the cheaper
payrOlls of Europe and Asia, and, as
Mr. Blair suggests. later on. of Africa
and the Oceanic islands, whose inhab-
itants may easily be taught the use of
the machinery which now does nine
tenths of the worlds work.
ANY man." says Mr.. Blair, can
take a million-dOllar plant of cotton.
wooden. sugar. or any other product of
manufacture. to England. Russia.
China, Japan or the Philippines, in his
pocket, or in his check book, while the
thousand laborers who have lived by
working that plant for half their lives
in this country are obliged to remain
and starve. unless they choose to work
for foreign pay" The ease and celer-
ity with which capital can always
adapt itself to new conditions, while
labor must remain rooted to the soil
of its birth or adoption, is tersely illus
trated in the sentence just quoted. It
is point of vital value in the discus
sion of the trust question, and ex-Sen-
ator Blair has done well to bring 1t
into view in connection with his in
teresting survey Of the perils possibly
attendant upon the removal Of protec-
tive duties for the purpose of smash
ing the trusts
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07
HOR WOMEN AND HOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.
O1uoaty to DauGhters-An Unkindness
- Guard Them Too Zealousiy from
Household DrudSery - Why She L.
Rop1lsr-Our Cooking School


Love and Death.
Two. from the Heights of Quiet.
Come. one day. to men:
Two. Love and Death, come hither.
Come once. and not again.
turned. looked every whittier,
Nothing could 1 see:
But as the High God liveth,
One came from Him to me.
She came with touch and odor
OF summer breath,
Came as shall come the other,
The second angel, Death.
Swiftly my soul unfolded;
Flashed, and reached awide:
1t drank the pouring glory
OF Heavens Summertide.
] reckon not the seasons,
The years that fall and flow:
Life filled her cup and spilled It,
That hour long. long ago.
Since. none has met me seeking
Up and down the ways:
Love comes no more forever
In all the coming days:
And. surely. he shall find me.
Whether rest or roam,
The other-kindly ANGEL
Come to take me home.
-Harper's Magazine.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07
Cruelty to Daughters.

It would probably astonish the ma
jority of mothers who guard their
daughters so zealously from all house
hold "drudgery" to be accused Of cruel
ty, and yet it has been very justly
claimed that there can hardly be a
more mistaken kindness, in reality
greater cruelty, on the part OF
mother toward a daughter than for her
to relieve the daughter from all active
participation in home duties. 70 keep
their hands fair and delicate, to spare
them all care and trouble-th's Will
WORK very we'll for few months or
years, but what is the after conse-
quence? asks the conscientious mother.
Your silken-haired little girl-what a
sweet, attractive little creature she Is.
And you bring her up like playthinS,
as 1: she were live doll; but all your
fondness and tenderness and devotion
will not keep the years back. and she
soon grows to be a woman. 1t IS power
greater than yours-it is the Creator
Limself-who has imposed upon her .
destiny from which it is impossible for
you to withhold her il you would.says
the Philadelphia North American. The
fairest child cannot always remain
child in age or in stature. Will you
have her continue only a child in prac-
teal knowledge. ignorant Of the labo-s
that inevitably devOlve upon woman?
She may be Graded in the lap of lux
81 nd IL hot
to have a wish unfulflled that money
could crafty: she may marry Just
the incest husband in the world" her
bridal presents may be unsurpassed in
costliness and splendor: her tour OF
Europe and her year of boarding are
completed: her housekeeping and her
misery. and the misery of her husband
and household now begin. And why
their misery? Because for this most
important function in domestic econ
omy you, in your ill-judged tender
ness, have left her wholly uneducated.
No hired help can ever make up for
the lack OF knowledge and qualifica-
tons in the mistress Of household. A
mother who has allowed her daughter
to grow up uninstructed in the mystic
ries Of housekeeping has been guilty OF
an unkindness toward her own child
which will be life lasting in its unhap-
py influences. Many mothers will be
ready to meet this argument. Of course.
with the excuse that there will be plen-
ty OF time later" for the study Of
housekeeping: but the later" is very
apt to prove too late for the thorough
knowledge that will insure home hap
piness.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07

atine or of milk should always be kept
covered, as both milk and gelatine are
literal scavengers OF the air. and abb
sorb not only odors, but germs. Neither
cheese, cabbage, fish nor baked beans
should ever be put into the refrigera-
tor. They all have an odor Of which it
is difficult to rid the refrigerator, and
they also flavor the food. Butter
should be kept in a tightly closed jar.
If any is left over on plate it should
be covered.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07

An Object Lesson for Kentucky.
"'Way down in old Kentucky" they
are feeling the difference between
keeping the American market for our
selves, in supplying the demands Of
the American people with American
products. in keeping American money
at home and in attracting the gold Of
other countries to the United States
the difference between all that and the
giving up freely to foreigners all the
advantages of the American market.
Mr.. George Braden, president of the
Globe Fertilizing company Of Louis
vile, recently spoke as follows:
In Kentucky the general business
conditions are better than they have
been since 1893, and in some respects
they are better than they have ever
been since l can remember. Manufac
turers are very busy, and concerns are
paying better dividends than they have
paid for a long time. In addition. a
goodly number of new industries have
sprung into existence, and there is.
therefore, plenty of work at good pay
for all. Money Is easy, and we have
Eel: no stringency whatever"
This sort of thing ought to swing
Kentucky over permanently 70 the
party which makes its fundamental
principle Of faith the protection of
American interests.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07

Sam Jones. the picturesque exhorter.
occasionally stops his talks on religion
long enough to speak little on world
ly affairs. A few days ago he was
preaching in a town in Georgia, and.
dipping into politics. got OF the fol-
lowing:
THE biggest fool in the world Is
the one who stands up and argues
against facts. l was talking to one Of
those old free-silver looms a few days
ago and called his attention to the
great prosperity which has come upon
our country, mills and shops running
on full time. and said truly prosper
ity has come to our land again. He
said: Il amt struck me yet said:
It's mighty hard to hit nothing
Bozeman (Mont.) Avant-Courier.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-12-07
CHANCE FOR FREE-rRApERa.

To Get Up N Industrial Census Sh0vlnD
There II No Prosperity.
The figures of the industrial census
Of the American Protective Tariff
league for 1899. showing. by COMPARE
son with March. 1895, in free-trade
tariff times, gain Of 1886 per cent in
the number of hands employed, gain
Of 54.09 per cent in the gross sum Of
wages paid, and a gain of 1919 per
cent in the average rate Of wages per
capita. lead the Press of Paterson, N.
J., to ask:
rs it any wonder that Mr.. Bryan
wants the American workers to shut
their eyes to this state OF affairs and
prefers to get his calamity issues sew
eral thousand miles away in the Phil
ippines?"
Free trade stump-speakers and free
trade editors fight shy Of the facts Of
Dingley tariff prosperity. They get as
far away from them as possible. Thir-
teen thousand miles away. in the Phil
ippines, is none too far for them. II
they could raise some sor. of an issue
on the planet Mars they would well
come the opportunity to divert atten-
ton from the truth regarding protec-
ton and prosperity. They are dis
gruntled at President McKinley's
Thanksgiving proclamation because it
so convincingly sets forth the greatly
improved condition Of things. Some
Of them call the proclamation "a Re-
publican stump speech" while one
ardent journalistic exponent OF Bryan
ism has gone so far as 20 mutilate the
proclamation by emitting from its
rescript the statement that I'm all
branches Of industry and trade there
has been an uneQualed degree Of pros
perity."
The industrial census Of the Ameri-
can Protective Tariff league does not
please the Bryanites and the free trad
ers. Not one Of them has referred to
1t in any way. 1t is not agreeable
reading fer them. 1t does not fit in
with their scheme Of politics. The way
to make hit with Mr.. Bryan and his
free-trade friends is to get up an in
dustrial census that will show pre-
cisely the opposite Of that which is
shown in the tariff leagues statistics
one that will show depression. disas-
ter, desOlatiOn and ruin in place of
enormously increased payments OF
wages to American work people. Here
is chance which the New England
Free Trade league ought not to over
look.