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The daily sentinel., 1899-12-13

No one hears a word from VOL.
colt, regarding the republican posi-
ton on bmetallism. He will doubt
less eat his own words, as crow is
not a diet foreign to his taste.
The daily sentinel., 1899-12-13

At Christmas or thsrsabouts, in the
state Of Nebraska there will be a union Of
the destinies of two young people which
is OF interest to the residents OF this city.
The Young man who is to be one Of the
two parties concerned, is U. q. Ramsy,
very we'll known in business and social
circles. Mr.. Ramey will leave the nrst
of next week for the east and whom he
returns he will bring his bride with him
to this city where they will make their
home. He has erected handsome two
story residence on Rood street which
they will occupy. He has the congratu-
lations OF many friends.
Headquarters for Holi-
day goods at the Grand
Junction Book Store.
Sam Block OF New York, one Of the
great commercial tourists of the west is
in the city.
The daily sentinel., 1899-12-13
Reduced Rates For Holidave.

The Nickls Plato road will sell ticksts
December q. "a. Is, 30, 81, 1899, aad
January 1, 1900 at rate Of fare and
third for the round trip 70 any point ls-
oatsd in Central Passenger Aseosiasisa
tsrritory, COED returning t. and inclad-
ing January 2. 1900. Address General
Agent, Ill Adams street, Ohicags, for
particulars. Depot Van Bursn Street
and Pacific Avsnus. % Elevated Lisp
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
ROLLERBOAI USED D PREVENT SEA SICKNESS.

An Englishman of title, Sir Roderlck
.Henshaw, has in his workshop work
ing model Of roller-boat which is to
carry the queens devoted subjects
across the English channel without the
taste of sea-sickness.
1t is a roller-boat, so operated that
the center remains always On a hori-
zontal, although the outside rolls with
every motion of the waves. Outwardly
the ship is typical ocean steamship,
with nothing to attract special atten-
tion beyond a few minor changes,
which might easily be found elsewhere
but when you behold a cross section
of the ship you change your mind and
decide that it is entirely out of the
ordinary.
The secret of the boat and it's action
is pivotal one. The outside is mere
shell, inside Of which the great boat
itself, with all it's living apartments, is
hung. The outside is light, and con-
tains only the necessary machinery,
but the inside is great, heavy mass,
In which live and move the boats crew
and passengers.
When this boat was first explained
to party of English gentlemen they
laughed at the idea, but Sir Roderick,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
NEW FAD.
HOW the Up-to-Date Girl SCOTS No.
Letters.

How the Up-to-Date Girl Seals Ha,
Letters. -:
MY lazy mas new fad about her ma
peterle which this time has nothing to
40 with the size or shape of the en-
Velope or the tint of the paner The
lad has just begun to gain a hold on
New York society girls, but it is seen
often enough for the letter carriers tn
nave noticed it, and if you carefully
inspect envelopes the fair sex have
used that come to your notice Won will
soon see what it is. When she seals
her letters now the up-to-date cir, M
longer puts the seal in the apex of the
triangle made by the flap of the en-
velope' but carefully sets it about two
inches to the left, as the enyelone lies
address side down, on her writing ta-
bic. Just what the reason for this is
or what the origin of it was none Of
the fair ones who are following the
fad seems to be exactly sure. cts so
novel, though one of them explained
land the seal really looks much more
artistic off to one side than planted
right in the center" Rumor has it
that the fad started from a letter re-
ceived from New York girl now in
Paris who has quite a reputation
among her friends for doing original
things. AS SO many of the STYLES and
fads come from the capital of France
that seems as good an, explanation az
any. =. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
ABOUT WOMEN,

The Prohibitionists of Akron, O..
have nominated DR.. Katherine Kurt
for member of the board of education,
There is a movement now in prog
ress to erect a monument to Mrs. Mar
tina ]. Lamb, the former editor of the
Magazine of American History, and
the author of 'The History of the City
of New York.
The Woman'ss College of Baltimore
Nd, will receive 100000 in accordance
with the will of George r. Berry. in
which he directs that all the residue of
his, estate after certain legacies are
paid sh; lie turned over to the trus-
tees Of the college.
(: he committee on fellowships of the
American school at Athens announces
the appointment. of Miss Harriet A
Boyd, of Ithaca, N. Y, at present
student in Athens, to the Agnes Hop
pin memorial fellowship for the year
1S99-1900. This fellowship is open tc
women graduates of all American col:
leges, and yields $1,000 year.
Miss Sarah Cooper Hewitt, daughter
OF former Mayor Abram S. Hewitt of
New York, and granddaughter of the
late Peter Cooper, has just been re-
elected a member of the board oil
school trustees in Pompton, N. j. Miss
Hewitt was first elected a member Of
the school board; in March. 1895, and
IS IS the he only woman who has ever served
on it. Il. ssssz5=
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BEST OF 1 ONION TiT-BITs.

Dolly The man marry must be
handsome, brave and clever Fitz-s
Bones: Dear me! How fortunate we
have met. z II
He: That fellow over there cheated
me out Of a cool million She: How
i cold that be?"#s5 He: wouldn't let
me marry his daughter @
Mamma, I saw a dog today, that
had only three legs weren't you
awfully sorry for him." Nom; he
had one more leg than have" s.
Jules: Suppose you heard Wave
/ ley's insolvent?''r Venus" No.. What
swamped him Jules: "Milliners'
bills. He married the two-headed
girl 49,. =.
First Man Ito man who has just
bumped against him in the street,:
"Blitherihg idiot!"' Second Man:
That's your name, is it? MY name
is Dobbs.''
The Manager: what was all that
trouble amongst the freaks about this
morning?" why, the two-headed
man got into quarrel with himself
as to which of him should get shaved
first
inquirer: When is the next train
10 Leamlngton?' Stationmaster:
Twelve O'Clock, SIR" Inquirer: What,
isn't there one before that?" Station
master: mo, sir; we never run one
before the next
Student Ito visitor, as they settle
down for a chat: II am extremely
satisfied with my apartments. I have
dining room, a drawing room,
study, smoking room, and bedroom,
and just think how convenient-all in
one!"
Papa: $50 Emily stands at the head
of her class in French?" Mamma:
Yes. She and another girl were ex-
actly even in the written examinations,
but it. was decided that Emily shrug-
ged her shoulders more correctly like
the French"
Can dogs find their way home from
dlstance?'' is question frequently
asked. It's according to the dog. If
it's one you want to get rid of he can
find his way back from Africa. If it's
a good one he's apt to get lost if he
goes round the corner
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ed his small ship in a big tank of wa
ter and on the upper deck he set a
glass of water. The tank was then
violently agitated until the little boat
rocked as though pitched by the salt
waves. But make a commotion violent
as they would they could not disturb
the glass of water, which seemed some
how to be moved by a hidden force,
upon which the force of the water had
no effect.
And so it was; the great inside was
fastened to the big outside shell by a
big pivot in such a way as to allow
it to maintain its center of gravity in
spite of outside upheavals. The great
pivot by which it hung acted as a
pin upon which was suspended the in
side ship. No matter how the outside
turned, it could not affect the inside,
which, being Independent of it, still
hung perfectly straight.
To illustrate this to your own salts
faction take the pendulum of clock
which is not wound up. Take the
clock in your hands and move it from
side to side. The pendulum, you will
find, will always hang vertically, and
in spite Of the most rapid movements
of the clock, will always regain it's
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
PERSONALS.

Senator Hoar has denied the reports.
concerning his failing health, and says
he feels as well as he ever did in his
life.
Mrs. Miles, wife of the general, is a
niece of Senator Sherman, between
whom and her there has ALWAYS exist
ed the Warmest sympathy.
Rear Admiral John G. Watson has
made a formal application for com
mand of the Asiatic squadron in case
Admiral Dewey decides to return home.
Tesla says that negroes live to an
advanced age because they sleep so
much. He believes that a man has
just SO many hours to be awake. and
that the more of them he uses I'D in
a day the shorter his life will be. IT,
Mr.. Borkedal of Norway announces
that the sun is burning out more rapid
~ than is usually believed, and that
unless something interferes our grand
children will see it's extinction. Mr..
Mohn, also of Norway, has. checked
Mr.. Borkedal's calculations, and finds
them correct
Charles Revere Curtis, who died at
Rockland, Mass, at the age of SO years,
was the eldest descendant of Paul Re-
we're, being son of Sally Revere, the
revolutionary hero's granddaughter.
He was identified with the anti-slaverv
cause when it was not altogether pop
ular even in Massachusetts.
Nine. Sarah Bernhadt has now final
ly decided that one of the next plays
she will produce at her new theater is
to be new translation of Hamlet
1t is the work of MN. Eugene Morand
and Marcel Schwoh. The version is
in prose-, and every effort has been
made to make it absolutely literal.
Hamlet will be played, of course, by
Nine. Sarah Bernhard herself.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
WHERE THE fIIlST MINT VAS SETUP.

in the latter year steam was intro
duced for, operating the, presses. j Dur
ing the yellow fever that devastated
Philadelphia in l797-99 and again in
1923 the work of the mint was sus-
pended. David Rittenhouse,. the first
director, was generally liked and re-
spected. And although the establish
ment under his care was of a most
primitive nature, it was conducted
with great care and judicious manage
ment. ,.. For forty years the old build
ing on Seventh street was used; for
the purpose of the mint It was only
after. the marvellous increase in the
population of the country had rendered
it absolutely necessary that better
quarters should be obtained that the
secretary. of the treasury and the pres
ident seriously considered the matter
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Fond Of TobaceO.

''I have been an inveterate user OF
tobacco in some form for the past 40
years, and during that time have had
much to do with all sorts OF wild
beasts, which l. have found are, nearly
all, more or less, partial to the smell
or taste of the weed" observed an old
and experienced animal trainer to a
Star reporter. For instance, the COM
mon brown bear is so fond of the
fumes of tobacco that if you blow
smoke through the bars of it's cage it
will, with evident delight, push for
ward and rub it's back and head
against the iron bars over which the
smoke passes. This is invariable. Not
long ago I blew through a hollow
stick "a pinch of snuff into the nose of
sleeping lion. The brute shortly at
ter awoke, sat up straight, sneezed
violently and then lay down to- sleep
very contentedly again. All goats,
deer, Qlamas and so on will chew and
eat tobacco and snuff with great eager
ness. Monkeys and big balloons also
breathe with great satisfaction the
smoke from cigars. I once made a
very vicious llama, belonging to- a cir
Gus, my friend by feeding it daily with
a small quantity of snuff. One day
when the show was in Brooklyn, N. Y,
several. men-o'-warsmen came to see
our exhibit of tame and wild animals.
When the men got to the Enclosure
where the llama was kept, one Of the
company commenced teasing the beast,
By way of protest the llama suddenly
spat at the offending sailor, and the
latter. with a very astonished look, ex-
claimed, Holy Moses, how hts breath
smells Of snuff, boys : s=.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
It Was in Philadelphia 3nd Was Uncle Sans
First Prperty.
First II PROPERTY,

> The first piece of property owned by
Uncle SAN and the first United States
mint was nearly destroyed recently by
a fierce fire, which broke out IN the
basement of this interesting and his
toric old building, which is situated at
81 and 80 North Seventh street.; Phil
ade1phia. -. - 49,
Fortunately the tiremen were near at
aaand and by their prompt response to
the alarm and untiring efforts the old
historic building was saved from CON-
plete destruction and might yet be re-
stored and placed in such a condition
that it would be a splendid object les
son not only to the present, but also to
the coming generation, illustrating the
wonderful growth of the wealth of the
republic frGm very small and modest
beginning.
1t seems incredible that almost with
In the recollection of living men this
plain old structure represented the en-
tire personal holdings and real estate
security of our national government
The history of the first mine OF the
United States began with the passage
by congress of an act looking to the
formation of such a necessary institu-
ton. The initial step to put this act
In operation was naturally the appoint
ment of the officers of the institution,
who SHOULD have charge of the estab-
l1shment. For the director of the mint
Washington selected David Ritten-
house, the astronomer, who received
his appointment and accepted the posi-
ton on July 1, 1892.
Henry Weight, matchmaker, was
appointed chief coiner, and Tristram
Dalton was made treasurer. In the
succeeding year Albion Cox was :ap-
pointed chief assayer, and Robert Scott
'engraver. The officers having been
selected, the next important matter
was to obtain a proper building for the
accommodation of the machinery of
the mint and the officers With this
OBJECT in view, lot On the east side of
Seventh street, north of Farmers al
ley, now Filbert street, was purchased.
There was an old stil1house and other
buildings upon the property. These
structures were quickly removed, and
ION the 31st of July, 1892, the corner
stone was laid by Washington, "a dis
tinguished gathering of the leading
men of the day being present.
The foundation stone in place, work
was commenced on the building at
once. So rapidly for that period was
the work pushed that the Foundation
was ready for the superstrncture on
the 25th of August. The framework
was raised on the. afternoon of that
sday. p. ! 4. $s..:-. g
!: A few days later, on the 10th of
September, six pounds of old copper
were bought for the mint by Ritten-
house, at the rate Of 1 shilling 3
pence per ounce, this metal being the
first ever purchased for the coinage
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position at once. SO with the ship The
inside acts as the pendulum; the OUT
side corresponds to the clock case.
The value Of this: invention to an
Englishman can hardly be appreciated
on this side Of the water The Eng
lish channel is the toughest body Of
water IN the world, and an Englishman.
WHO has to cross 1t is sure to DreDare
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Uso Both Hands.

Left-handed facility among the
echool children is a subject that is re-
ceiving much serious attention from
the school authorities in Germany,
with view to developing both hands
and arms equally while the children
are young. They argue that the right
hand has been SO excessively degel-
oped that many efforts which misht
easily be delegated to tie left hand
are undertaken by the right. The
smallest objects, as rule, are picked
up by the right hand, Such one-sided
movements, repeated constantly, have
their influence on the entire system,
and are not conducive to the symmetry
of the body. The habit OF people to
Garry children on the left arm, 80 as
to have the fight hand free. tends to
make the left shoulder higher than
the right: IN such cases the cuve must
date from childhood. II s.hs boys,
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himself for the trip by a course Of
medicine, or he will suffer desperate
~ from seasickness. Even ENGLISH
women who cross frequently never out
gro" their dread of the trip.
AS an assistant to transatlantic
travel the roller-boat must not he nm
oerestlmated, but even its great USE
1ulness to the steamship companies
grows small compared to the need that
exists for it upon the English chan
mel.
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after the opening of the mint not only
half dimes, but also dimes and coppers
in "a sufficient quantity to meet the
pressing needs of the country had been.
coined.
In 1894 the first silver dollars and
half dollars were coined and in the
next year the first gold eagles and half
eagles were produced. Up to the year
1916 the work of coinage at the mint
was done by hand or horse power, but
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-10
Adaptibility' of the Rat.

Let's take a look at our 'uuwe1come
guest, the rat. Does he reason? I'm
sure he does. Laying aside the more
or less probable yarns about his get
ting molasses from jug with his tail
and other stories. here are some facts:
Modern builders and ihouseholders
have fought the rat and tried to de
prive him of food and shelter in the
land where he was born and where he
may consider that he has some rights
to life, liberty, and the pursuit OF hap
piness.
They have put instructions lin the
way of the rat that might have dis
couraged our feeble native black fell
low, who was driven Ito the wilderness
years ago by the formidable brown
NORWAY" rat, which is now a resident
in every land where ships go. He is
the "f1ttest," and he eft" all other
rats out of business. He lis sagacious
and can reason; living example OF
physical courage and brain power. He
knows no instructive routine life, such
as a bee leads and rats rise superior
to their environment at any time when
the environment proves to Ibesa misf1t,
says writer in Forest and Stream.
The brown rat, like the 'ol1 sailor;
has adapted himself to steel ships and
is at home in them, but 1T is in the
cities that he gets in his fine work on
gas fittings, lead pipe, cement floors,
and brick drains. He chews cement
floors in the weakest places land taps
lead pipe for water. 'eSewer rats"
have achieved a reputation on parallel
lines with sanitary plumbing, and I'M
der the New York end of the Brook
lyn bridge rats are earning "a frigid
living in the cold storage warehouses
and sharpening their teeth ON frozen
fish and game where a mans breath
will turn to snow on a summers day.
He is enough of a philosopher to take
life as he finds it; he lis "a genuine
imam of the world"
AS the burglar keeps abreast of the
shoemaker, so the intelligent rat steps
Ito the march of civilization and cold
storage. This is not ~instinct;;" it is
the result of thought, and thought i'm
plies reason.
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81 the United States. Three coinage
posses imported from England arrived
81 the 25th Of September, and were put
if operation about the list of October. "
/ In his message to congress Novem-
pr 6, 1892 President Washington
made the gratifying statement that a
small coinage Of half dimes had been
completed, the want of small coins in
circulation calling the first attention to
item" Before the end of the first year
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- - -
mechanical departments Ii the German
schools much OF the work Is done by
the left hand under compulsion. The
boys are taught2to, saw; plane and ham
mer With the left hand as we'll as the
right. In all trades and professions
involving heavy hand work the i'm
portance Of being able to use both
hands equally well IS being Impressed
on the students As example, the case
OF a bronze worker is cited. He could
work as effectively with his left hand
as with his right. That made it pos
sible for him to change about when
his right hand became tired, and con-
sequently he got: through cunsld erably.
more work than those who could use
only the right. hand. The preference
given to the right arm has been ex-
planned physiologica1ly by the con-
struction Of the veins and nerves that
enter the arms, those of the right arm
being the more prominent. The re-
verso is the case in the few who are
naturally left~handed. Many in
SIdACtS are VA EcCUIu VI 4UcA "0O
could use both hands with equal facil-
ity. Among them are two renowned
painters, Mcneil and Klimsch, who
practiced the :ambidextrous habit in
the days OF their youth.
Exercises that require the effort OF
the entire arms are urged by the Ger
man educational officials. Large cir
/ cles are drawn by the scholars ON the
blackboards, first with the one hand
and then with the other, without brac-
ing the hand, so that the entire arm is
in action. The superiority ct Japan
csc drawing can probably be traced to
the custom of that land to make the
children practice painting and draw
ing without the use of any stick 'or
supporting device for the hand. They
are taught to draw at the same time
they are taught to write the letters
of their alphabet, and they are taught
to use both hands equally in the task,
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Saving His Regard.

sulby-That was mean of you to re
fuse to lend me that $40 I wanted the
other day. Dafney,----I'd rather, have
you regard me as too mean to lend i:
than to be obliged to regard you as too
mean to return it.--Ro1bury Gazette
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the inventor, challenged them to an IN
vestigation. On an appointed day they
had meeting, at which were present
the noted ship builders of England, to
whom the workings of the roller-boat
were explained. It seemed to be all
right, but they could hardly believe
that it would work.
Prepared for this, the inventor plac-
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BY the will of the late John F
Hates, prominent merchant of Phil.
adelphia, who died there few months
ago and who was at the time of his
death the owner of the old min,
building, he bequeathed the. corner
stone and all it's contents to the His.
torlcal Society of Pennsylvania. Sc
this portion of the historic old building
will at least be forever properly pre-
served.
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2 CONDENSED WIsDoha

Art may make. a suit Of q thes but
nature attn rnust produce a M ll.---9s4 urne.
Behold I come n e quickly, and NY re-.
ward wards IS with me - Yelation %:
AZ ag fnifi can not be cheap. for
What is.ch heap can lot be magnif t.
iaanson.
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was Indeficate Language.

MT. Blanque-H Have you spoken with
the Herr professor yet, Miss Waldo?
Miss Waldo-No; the German gut
turais are SO decollete that they offend
my ears, Mr.. Blanqu decollete?
Hiss Waido--Yes $50 low IN the neck,
you W.-Harlem Life.
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Twenty Years Not Accounted For.

9 & = "0HOy Estss -0o5 ACCOUNT ed For.
Captain Arch Horner, who is wide
~ known as one of Kentucky's most
picturesque characters, is seriously i'll. =
says a Vanceburg (Ky.) paper. HE
claims to have been drunk for fifty
years. and is now 70.'' 5