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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
LIVING IN FRANCE,
1t Does Not Como Up to Our Americas
Ideas of Comfort -

1t Does Not Como Up to Our Americas
Ideas of Comfort. ~
We exaggerate in our minds the lux
ury OF life on the continent. No hotel.
there equals any of the f1rst-class ho-
tells in our great cities. The first thing
to disappoint us is the lift-what we
deliberately call the elevator. It Is q
poor piece of machinery abroad, always
stopping and always out of order, says
Harper's Bazaar. In the best hotel In
Paris, the Continental, one gets lug
ury, comfort and even splendor, but,
never ones cards or notes. There Is
fatal gulf for these One is num-
Der, not an individuality. The table u.s.
however, very luxurious. It is a clean
and well-ordered caravansary AS for
the comfort of warmth in winter. they
do not know the meaning of the word.
We are justly accused of exaggerating
the heat of our rooms in America; the
furnace is denounced; but after freez-
ing to death in Paris, one of the cold
est of cities, very far north, cursed
with an abominable winter climate,
one returns willingly to the heated
rooms Of America. We exaggerate the
excellence of the French bed There
is no such thing in France as that COM /
Portable, broad, low thing which we
call French bed. A high, hard, mar.
row shelf is the apology for it. We ex-
aggerate our comforts by having gas
in our sleeping-rooms, and hot and
cold water in our stationary washbowls
and bathrooms. They never exagger-
ate comfort in France. You have as
many candles as you will pay for, and
no bath, unless you order it, when men
laboriously bring you tub filled with
hot and cold water, and take it away
after you have bathed. We exaggerate
very much the supposed good living In
France. To go to hotel in Paris to 3
live we must expect out of the season
very little good food, very little that
is sustaining and nourishing. It Is
"all sauce" There are no good joints &
of mutton, no good American desserts
There is an especial discomfort to &
the sick, who never get good toast,
good custard, good tapioca pudding moi
oysters that they like.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
AGGREGATE MAN AS q WALKER
he Takes & stron Of "a, 200 Miles Every
s5.5$s ETs Second.

lie Takes s Stroll Of 10000 Miles Every
st Second.
From the London Mail: II the av-s
serage old man Of comparatively seden
tary habits were told that during his
life he had walked as many miles aslS
would compass the earth at the equator
six times he would probably be much
surprised. And yet such a pedestrianI
effort only represents an average walk
Of six miles day for a period OF,
sixty-eight years. Similarly, the man
who is content with the daily average
walk of four miles will consider him
self an athlete on learning that every
year he walks a distance equal to a
trip from London to Athens. Wheni5
one considers the aggregate walking
records OF the world, the figures are
even more surprising. Assuming that
each individual averages a four-mile,
walk day land this cannot be con-
sidered an extravagant estimate when
one remembers that Thomas Phippsi
of bingham has walked 100000 miles,
on postal duty alone), the startling
conclusion is arrived at that the world
covers journey of 69,444 miles every
time the clock ticks, night and day.
This means that the worlds walking
record for a second of time is equal
to two trips around the equator and
more than thirteen taunts between
London and Naples. Every minute
the aggregate man walks a distance
equal to eight return trips to the noon,
supplemented by over fifteen walks
around the earth's waist, In an hour
he could walk as far as the sun and
back again, take trip to the moon
(from the earth) 40 times, while still
leaving himself stroll of 100000 miles
to finish the cigar he lit at the COM
mencement of his journey of sixty min
utes. But considering the rate of his
progress, it is probable that even a.
slow smoker might require a second
cigar before finishing the walk. In a
single year the aggregate man walks
distance of 2,190,0oo,o 10000 miles.
which, after all, inconceivab1y great
as it is, would take him less than one
eleventh part of the way to the nearest
fixed star. It is we'll for the aggregate
mans excheQuer that he walks these
distances instead of covering them by
rail. At the rate of penny mile, the
worlds annual walk would cost f9, 1885,
100000, Or ten times as much gold as
is current throughout the entire world.
To purchase a ticket for this distance
1t would be necessary to mortgage the
entire United Kingdom to three-fourths
Of it's full value.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
The Mapnlicher Rifle.

The power of the Mannlicher riffs
was recently demonstrated in an acct.
dent near Prague. Two gendarmes ems.
tered a room in an inn and closed the
door, putting their rifles in the corner.
One rifle fell and discharged itself,
the bullet going through the door intos
the next room where a party was
dancing. It passed through the body
of musician, killing him, and then
through the bodies of five of the men,
all Of whom were dangerously
wounded.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Klpllns,s GIFT to HIS Physician.

Dr.. James Conland OF BrattlebornI
Vt, feels himself to be the richest man
in his part Of the country. He "a
the Kipling family physician, and ha
accompanied Mr.. Kipling In his varits,
GUS trips to the Great Banks when thu
famous author was getting informa-
ton for his Captains Courageous
The other day Mr.. Kipling made his
doctor a present Of the original manu-
script. s5Ss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Not Qualified to JUDGE.

Benedict have about decided to 70
to Mexico for the summer. Bachelor
Why, that's the hottest place on the
face of the earth. observation-disclosures
me; but you're not married.-Rich.
mond Dispatch.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

Ex-King Milan has Of late aged very
much and his hair is quite white at
the temples. The cigarette hardly ever
leaves his lips; still, there is something
regal in his bearing, and his voice is
full and sonorous with the ring of COM
mand in it. His glance is quick and
searching, and any one whom he ad-
dresses feels that the ex-king is no Or
binary individual. The Servian Off
GERS, whose commander-in-chief ex-
King Milan now is, are attached to him
in spite of his brusque and rather su-
percilious bearing, for he is good
cOmrade-in-arms.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Hat Worth Having.

Sir Jung Bahadur, the prime minis
ter to the king Of Nepaul, has hat
made Of diamonds worth over $780,
600. and perched on top is a single
ruby Of incalculable value.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Don't Need Another.

Lady Traveller ALLOW me to detain
you one moment, sir. I have here a
neat and pretty little letter-opener-
very handy. Gent (interrupting)-so
have lat home. I'm a married man,
you see! @
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

At the table King Alexander is serv-
ed first, then his father, to whose flu
ent conversation the king pays great
attention. At dessert King Alexander
consumes prodigious quantities of
large Strawberries and bananas. He
very rarely smokes. He is never seen
without his eyeglasses, as, if they fall
OFF, he cannot see. He is neither par
ticularly like his father nor his mother,
it is blending Of the two faces.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Put salt Under Baking Tin

Salt in the oven under baking tins will
prevent their scorching on the bot
tom. .s. Pa
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

Man is an initiative creature, and
whoever is foremost leads the herd
Schiller .|s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

To know how to dissemble is the
knowledge Of Nngs.-Richelieu.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
SERVlAN RULERS.

One we'll acquainted with King AL
exander of Servia and his father
throws a little light on their misjudg-
ed characters. King Alexander has a
reflective and studious look; he is
fond Of the pleasures of the table-an
inheritance, no doubt, from his bon
vivant father.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Must Learn q Trade.

Every boy in Germany, from the.
Grown Prince to the meanest subject,
is obliged to learn some useful trade.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

a Deadly Insult.
To salute with the left hand is
deadly insult to Mohammedans in thu
East.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
The Theater In ChInn.

The dresses are magnificent, as be-
wilderingly curious as any stage man.
ager at home ever conceived. All the
talking is in strained falsetto, and
there is yelling and posturing and wall
ing and confusion. Suddenly the band
breaks in with an awful crash-such a
marvellous band, five drums and ten
pairs of cymbals-such dcafening
smashing and banging! With hoarse
screams dozens of imps, green faced
and yellow-eyed and horned, rush on
the stage and gyrate and tlout banners,
and draw up in lines, and swing part
ners, and set to places. An ochre-faced,
villainous chief demon, n heap of fam
tasticalness, twirls like n tectotum,
and there is more banging and jump
ing and swinging, and mad pande-
monium, and the cymbals and the
drums rend the air. 1t is terrific. At
it again, with mighty clattcr and heav-
ings, spinning, fagwaving, contortion-
ing-it is the accumulated uproars of
the world all pressed into one Chinese
theater.
You sit tight with fixed gaze wait
ing for the drums of your ears to crack.
And when the top of your head is about
to fly off there is one awful thundcrous
bang, and the demon king, chorus, or
chestra, the whole crowd fall. flop, and
the act is over.-Travel
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
SURGEON TALKS OF DEWEY.
DIR. Crawford, of the Navy, Tells of
Scenes in the Battle of
Manila.

Millard II. Crawford, senior surgeon
in the navy, who has been ordered to
the local recruiting station as exam
ining physician, witnessed the battle
of Manila from the deck of the un-
armored cruiser Boston. The Boston
was stationed on the coast of Corea
for the protection of American mission
aries, when the order came to join the
Asiatic squadron at Hong-Kong.
When Admiral Dewey was told to de-
stroy the Spanish feet Capt. Wildes,
of the Boston, was detailed to recon-
noiter in the bay of Subig, where it
was understood the Spanish fleet was
concealed. Failing to discover the en-
emy, the Boston rejoined the fleet, and
on the battle of May day was stationed
in the rear because Capt. Wildes, as
senior officer of the fleet, would have
had to take hold of the squadron in case
the admiral was killed or disabled.
DIR. Crawford says that the concus-
sion from the guns of the Boston tore
the boats on it's deck into splinters,
not one being left to establish COM
munication with the rest of the fleet.
Nobody on board was hurt. After the
battle of Manila bay the Boston was
sent on a cruise to Panay, Talienwan
and other points on the coast to search
for filibusters.
During his stay at Manila DR.. Craw-
ford saw much of Dewey, and tells of
the high regard in which the admiral
is held by all the officers. In the mat
ter of dress, he says, Dewey is very
particular, and not only appears al
ways in faultless attire himself, but
insists on his officers doing the same.
good story. The paymaster of the
Boston on one occasion made a visit
to the Olympia attired more for COM
fort than in accordance with the regu-
lations. He wore Chinese headgear
to protect him from the rays of the
sun, and his canvas coat was not i'm
maculate. Admiral Dewey saw him
coming aboard the flagship and sent
for him at once. "How dare you, sir"
he said, come ON board the flagship
with such clothes? You're drunk, sir.
Go back to your captain, sir, and tell
him that he is to hold you until you
are in fit condition and decently
You're drunk, man." The unfortunate
paymaster was member of a strict
Quaker family and had never tasted
liquor in his life.
DIR. Crawford was detached from the
service last November, the time of his
three years cruise having expired.
After period of leave of absence he
was appointed to the local naval re-
cruiting station. He is a native of Vir-
ginia, and was made assistant surgeon
in the navy in 1876, since which time
he has seen much service in the east
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14

like those in ordinary use. Words
spoken into it could be distinctly heard
by person with the tubes of the re-
ceiver in his ears, so feet away. 1t is
believed that the heat ray is the me-
dunn of communication. The parabolic
mirror at the receiving station, with
mouth Is or 20 feet in diameter, focuses
the incoming radiance so as to fall on
the tiny inclosed bulb. The fluctuations
in heat intensity are turned into sound
waves by the carbonized fiber.
1t is said that by this method mes
sages have been transmitted distance
of two miles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
Forty-TyvO Tons Pressure.

An experiment was recently made in
Vienna to test the resistance under
pressure of steel and the hardest stone.
Small cubes of corundum and of the
finest steel were tested. The corun-
dunn broke under six tons, but the steel
resisted up to AZ tons. The steel split
with noise like the report of gun,
breaking into powder and sending
sparks in every direction, which bored
their way into the machine like shot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
LONDON'S LAZY CLUB.
Observance of It's Rules Calls for q
Good Deal of Determination
of Character.

London contains many societies, from
the Christmas Goose club to that for
the Worshipers of Omar the Tent
maker, but apparently there is another
which has hitherto escaped notice, says
the London Telegraph. 1t is called the
"Lazy society,"" and, no doubt, in the
metropolis there are many people who
are eligible for membership. Idle per-
sons, however, had better not enroll
themselves rashly, or they may find
that the rules demand too much deter
mination of character. Absolute lazi-
ness is a task in itself, and requires a
good deal of living up to, besides in
volving one in unpleasant situations.
Mr.. Reason is one of the members of
this curious community, and so in ear
nest is he that he informed Mr.. Mar
sham at Westminster that no punish
ment would induce him to break stones
or pick oakum. He was charged by the
master of the workhouse with refusing
to do any work, and he even carried his
principles so far as to decline to wash
or undress himself. He had been pun
ished in every possible way (ominous
phrase), but all to no account. He re-
mained, in spite of all temptation, an
obstinate member of the Lazy soci
ety." The jailer asked the defendant to
give some explanation and he answered,
with great deliberation, that work was
too hard and against his principles.
The magistrate decided that he must
suffer for his convictions, and sentenced
him to 2l days hard labor. The martyr
left the dock very quietly and slowly
and with beautiful smile on his face.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14

new remedy for seasickness comes
from Germany. The discoverer says
that seasicllness is due to lack of blood
in the brain, and wearing red glasses
will send the blood to the brain with a
rush, and so relieve the condition. He
ascribes such benefit as may follow
the use of champagne and other stimu-
lants, as well as the relief given by ly-
ing down, to the congestion of the
brain produced, and asserts that the
red glasses act more quickly and eff
GENTLY,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
WIRELESS TELEPHONE.
Beam of Radiance from an Electric
Search-Ldght Is Substituted
for Wires.

The success of telegraphy without
wires has set experimenters busily at
work along the lines of wireless tele-
phony. In New York short time since
some successful results were obtained
by substituting beam of radiance
from an electric search-light for wires.
An are light with a search-lght mir
ror behind it projected a beam an
eighth of a mile away, where a receiver,
bell-shaped vessel with highly pol
ished lining, was placed. In the bell
was fastened a tiny glass bulb at the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
FISHES IN THE CONGO.
Collections of the Finny Tribes That
Are Found In the Largest of
African Rivers.

Probably no man in the world has
more profound knowledge of fishes
than Mr.. Boulanger, the curator of the
fish collections in the British museum.
Nothing attracted more attention in
the Congo State section of the Belgian
exposition of 1897 than the large col
lection of fishes that explorers had been
sending to Brussels for years from all
parts of the Congo basin. A great va
riety of fishes live in the Congo and its
tributaries. Some of them when sent
to Europe were found to be new to sci
ence, and quite number of specimens
excited considerable popular interest
because of their unusual appearance.
Mr.. Boulanger, employed by the Congo
State to classify and arrange for mu-
scum purposes all the fish received
from the great river, has had occasion
to visit Brussels several times to as
sign to their proper places the new col
lections arriving from Africa. Early in
April he paid his last visit to the Bel
gian capital to take care of the most
recent fish arrivals. These collections
vueren museum, and are said to be the
largest and most complete representa-
tion in the world of the finny tribes in
habiting q tropical river.
English biologists are now going to
do for the ichthyology of the Nile what
the Belgians have done for the Congo.
The Egyptian government has agreed
to defray the cost of a thorough survey
of the Nile with the object of determin-
ing the species of fishes inhabiting it's
waters. The fishes collected are to be
sent to London to be studied, deter
mined and classified by Mr.. Boulanger.
Special drawings of the forms of fish
sculptured on the ancient monuments
of Egypt are being made, and it is pos
sible that some of them may assist in
the Identification of the species now
existing in the river.-N Y. Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
MARTHA.
EH-Me1

Martha was a model woman,
Wife of Moses Jacob Brown,
Finest cook in all the country,
Best housekeeper in town;
But she died and went to Heaven,
There to wear martyrs crown.
Moses B. had kline and cattle,
Sheep and horses fair to see,
But a woman's help was needed,
Hiring much too dear would be;
So he came twelVe-month later,
Courted, won and married me.
Now at breakfast time he tells me
How she used the cakes to bake,
Dinner comes and still he praises
Soups and stews she used to make.
While for tea l hear laudations-
OF her ounce preserves and cake.
Now, a woman's only human,
And a pretty girl when wed
For her golden curls and dimples,
For her laughing lips SO red,
Sometimes tires of endless lectures,
Each extollihg one that dead.
So I fancy some fine morning,
Ere my temper's quite subdued,
shall tell him, what a pity
He of course may think me rude
That he isn't up In Heaven
Eating Martha's ''angel food"
--Lalia Mitchell. in What to Eat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
Down the Road.

AS you went down the road, dear,
AS you went down the road
How chill the breeze began to blow,
My heart took up its load;
The skies that had been blue and bright
How fast they darkened into night!
And will you ne'er turn back, dear?
And shall we never meet?
Do no glad cries come up the road?
No swift returning feet?
Half way to meet you l would run,
Though long the way and set the sun.
Alas! the days go on, dear;
How dulled the daylight seems
Since you went down the road, dear,
And left me to my dreams.
Left me to bear my weary load
AS | toll after, down the road.
-Danske cambridge. in N. Y. Independent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14

The temperature of the human body
rises at a quick rate from six a. m. to
ten or eleven a. M, increases at a slower
rate from that time to six p. m. and then
falls. reaching the minimum point at
about four a. IN. At this hour, too, the
tissue changes are reduced to a mini
mum. The pulsations of the engine are,
in word, at their feeblest. The brain
becomes paler, the appearance of even
the ruddest people crows more pallid,
the resemblance to death is more ap-
parent.-Chicago Chronicle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14

focus of the parabola. Inside was a
tuft of fiber charred without breaking.
From the bulb containing the fiber a
slender tube extended back through the
metal mirror to an ear-piece like those
used in phonograph. There was no
electrical equipment at this receiving
end.
Short wires ran from the two main
wires supplying current to the arc to a
closed telephone booth. Inside the lat
ter was transmitter which appeared
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
Cheering Him Up.

"It very seldom happens" said Mr..
Stormington Barnes, that we are per-
mitted to adopt the career for which
we are ambitious in youth. always
wanted to be a comedian and make peo-
pie laugh"
''Dear me-" said the sympathetic
young girl; you ought not to be SO
disappointed. I'm sure you make peo-
pie laugh very often as it is"
There is a time for all things. The
time to take DeWitt's Little Early Risers
is when you are suffering from consipa-
ton, biliousness, sick headache, indiges-
ton or other stomach or liver troubles.
Hi 7. Reynolds.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
Tha. a. ,,,s.a. IL 80. - a.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14

At cafe a group of gentlemen were
discussing politics. A young fellow en-
tered and joined in the conversation,
but his argument did not please the
others and one of them said to him:
"Be quiet! At your age 1 was an ass
myself" "You are wonderfully well
preserved, SIR" was the immediate and
crushing reply.-Chicago Chronicle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14

"There ought to have been woman
jury in that canned beef inquiry"
"Why, Maud?"
because men are so used to finding
fault with beef that they couldn't view
the evidence without prejudice.-De-
troit Free Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14

Bickers-Women are such illogical
creatures!
Morgan-Grantcd; but what's tho
trouble this time?
Bickers-My wife threatens to sue a
young widow down our way for alienat-
ing my affections, and she has al
ways declared | never had an affection
for hcr.-Boston Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
Don't Neglect Your Liver,

Liver troubles quickly result in serious
Implications, and the man who neglects his
liver has little regard for health. A bottle
of Browns Iron Bitters taken now and then
will keep the liver in perfect order. If the
disease has developed, Browns Iron Bitters
vitality will always follow its use.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on tb,
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring il
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: r. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14
No Data.

"What do you think of your new
neighbors, Mrs. Chubb?"
II don't know; they haven't had a
washing out yet, and when they moved
In l was down town and didn't get to
see their furniture. Chicago Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1899-07-14

Thomas Thurman, deputy sheriff of
Troy, Mo, says if everyone in the United
States should discover the virtue of De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve for piles, rectal
troubles and skin diseases, the demand
could not be supplied. Eli T. REYNOLDS.