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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
THE INDIANS MADE FOR THE ROCKS

rocks, Of course, but not half of them
escaped that way. The main crowd
was picked up and thrown down and
trampled over by the 400 hoofs, and
that was also the fate OF about twenty
five ponies. When daylight came we
advanced our train, and we found nine
dead Indians in the pass. There were
others who had dragged themselves
away, and we had to clear the way OF
dead ponies before we could 60 on.
We found the herd with only two or
three missing, in q valley six miles
beyond, and many Of them had blood
stains on their legs and horns. "a
month later I met Roman Nose and
gave him a 'HoWdy' and asked il the
@cloudburst at Badger pass had come
upon him unexpecte He looked at
me in q doubtful, puzzled way for. a
minute, and then sulkily replied
.s CHG Maybe cloud bursts have horns and
shoofs and tails and walk folks into the
earth. and maybe Col. Childers is one
big liar Of a white man ' IS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
Why 1900 Is Not q Leap Year.


The year 1900 will not be counted
among the leap years. The year is 365
days, five hours and forty-nine minutes
long; eleven minutes are taken every
year to make the year 1854 days long,
and every fourth year we have an ex-
ira day. This was Julius Caesars ar
rangement. Where do those eleven
minutes come from? They come from
the future, and are paid by emitting a
leap year every one hundred years.
But if leap year is omitted regularly
every one hundred years it is found
that the eleven minutes taken each
year will not only have been paid back,
but whole day will have been given
up. So Pope Gregory ILL.,, who i'm
proved on Caesars calendar in 1882,
decreed that every fourth centurial
year should be a leap year after all.
So we borrow eleven minutes every
year, more than paying our borrowings
back by emitting three leap years in
three centurial years, and square mat
tiers by having leap year in the
fourth centurial year. Pope Gregory's
arrangement is so exact, and the bor-
rowing and paying back balances so
closely, that we borrow more than we
pay back to the extent of one day in
1886 years.-New York Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
The CostlieSt Machine.

There has been presented to the Sib-
ley College of Engineering of Cornell
University a piece of machinery that
cost 100000. 1t is the original Paige
typesetting machine, comprises $4,000
separate parts, is controlled by key
board, and, with ordinary type; sets,
justihes, leads and distributes. AL
though the machine operates perfectly
in all it's parts, it Is so complicated
that it's construction would be entirely
too costly for commercial sale. 1t is,
therefore, valueless in a money point
of view, but as mechanical produc-
ton it is one of the most remarkable
mechanisms in existence. The larger
part of the great cost of this machine
was expended in the incessant chang
ing and remaking, in which years were
spent. 1t occupies floor space of a
little over eleven by three feet, and is
six and a half feet in extreme hight
and it weighs little less than $500
pounds. 49, ~-'- I:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
yellow mousseline de sole. A knot and
iabot OF mousseline finishes the clos
ing.-Chicago Inter Ocean. i :7.y
81 st. F'rs. ...-,. = -
Homo Bookhindtng.


To be able to bind a magazine nicely
one needs practice. The first two at
tempts probably, won't be everything
one could desire, but "practice makes
perfect" It is best to try first maya
Zine without many leaves; lay four
papers evenly together and, with
q fine shoemaker's awl or a strong
darning needle and Il strong linen
thread, sew firmly together. Do the
the year Is complete; then sew the
twenty -four together by putting the The.
thread through the holes and crossing
on the back. After all are firmly sew '
ed together, paste strong piece 6. OF
muslin over the back, and on one side
of cover one eighth OF an inch; allow
the muslin on either side about one "
half inch, using, bookbind er's paste.
Let dry thoroughly before working on
It. Have the covers cut about one
fourth inch larger than the leaves;
paste the covers firmly to the :one- half
inch OF muslin left from the back.
When this Is dry, cover the back and
outside with canvas or silesia, turning
the edges neatly to the inside; have 9
pices Of paper to At covers to give { g
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
HERE is SIXTEEN TO ONE.
That Number of daughters Call Thoma,
Norman Father"

AAa' Nu"per OF daughters Call Thomas
Norman Father"
Thomas H. Norman is a colored
man employed as a laborer in the gen.
eral postof11ce at Washington. He is
not remarkable for that, however, but
for being able. to announce himself at
the age of 81 years the proud father
of sixteen girls. The eldest daughter
is nearly rs, while the youngest is
barely - months. The sixteen girls
are not "all the daughters of their ia
theirs house," but the sons as well,
for the large family has never been
enlivened by the presence of a boy
The father is very youthful-looking
man and his wife is only 43 and both
are light quadroons, with a decidedly
Caucasian cast of countenance. Con-
trary to the usual laws of heredity,
several of the children are much dark
er than the parents and all have
strongly marked African features.
Formerly the large family lived in the
small mountain settlement of Mont
gomery, w. Va, where the members
were regarded as one of the sights Of
the village. Since their removal to the
capital interest has increased rather
than diminished and the laborer in the
postof1ce is frequently pointed out to
inquisitive visitors. In fact part of
his daily revenue is derived from the
sale of a family photograph to the
curious throngs that wander through
the great public institution, money,
which, added to his salary Of $55 a
month, manages to support his MAN.
moth collection Of girls.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
A Day of 1859 Hours.

At Berlin and London the longest
day has sixteen hours and half; at
Stockholm, the longest day eighteen
hours and half;at Hamburg,the long
est day has seventeen hours, and the
shortest seven; at St. Petersburg, the
longest day has nineteen, and the
shortest five hours; at Torena, in Fin
land, the longest day has twenty -one
hours and half and the shortest two
hours and q half; at Wanderhus, in
Norway, the day lasts from the 21st
Of May to the .22d Of July, without in
terruption; and at Spitzbergen. the
longest day is three months and half.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
Pink and White Outing Costume.


Among the most dainty of summer
fabrics are the light colored jeans.
Like the popular pique this material
may be obtained in the very deep
shades of bright colors as we'll as the
white and medium shades. Black
jeans is a summer novelty which is
scarcely like to prove as popular as
black pique, because Of the brownish
tint which is always seen upon it, even
while new. In the lighter shades of
gray, blue, rose pink and reds the
satiny finish becomes an especial at
traction. Our design taken from Har-
per's Bazaar and for which cut patterns
are furnished is described as follows:
The skirt has a gored front breadth
and two side cores. There is an al
lowance at the bottom of this garment
for six-inch hem. The position for
the trimming, which consists Of double
folds of dotted jeans stitched at the
upper edge of the skirt, is marked up
on the pattern. The folds have fur
Their finish of white cotton braid
stitched fat upon the edges. Where
desired this trimming scheme may be
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

BADGER pass" continued the colonel,
1T found old Roman Nose and sew
enty of his men camped on the
trail, Our way was blocked, I
tried a key OF whisky and ton
|of tlattery, but it was no go. |
mustered and threatened, and the OLD
reptile got on his war paint. Then !
,gchemed to buy him of, but he want
ed $500 in cash to let my train pass.
! wouldn't pay any such sum, Of course rs
After delay Of three days I got mad % %
and determined to teach the autocratic
redskin lesson in manners.
4 ssI left my wagons on each side Of
the roadway, sent the mules to the rear
and then began to work up the herd
of cattle. II mean By this that we left
them without food or water all day
and the men annoyed them and made
khem nervous. n. III
IL When night came we poured gum
powder on the ground here and there,
threw stones and clubs among the
herd, and about 8 o'clock were ready
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
saw HOW: IL WORKED.
Gable woman Only I.sft rhen Is Dosb.
iis ffsss = Nom On 3Ss4

Gable woman Only I.sft rhena Il Dosh,
S= : Nom ont.
scientific demonstration which
caused some amusement is described
ii q recent number Of the Criterion:
"A certain physician had q large
Toepler-H machine which gave j
spark like a young streak OF lightning.
His wife was much interested Ia It
and watched the doctor manipulate 1t
until she fancied herself master 81 the
apparatus. One day party Of friends
called when the doctor was out, and
the good wife seized the opportunity
Of paralyzing them with her knows.
edge Of science. She was very Dig
nified woman OF portly presence, and
after leading them into the office, she
began her explanation with all the
impressiveness of lecturer. She
spoke briefly Of the preliminary la
n1pulation of the machine. i And them
she said, laying her hand upon one
connection, the electricity goes from
here to here whereupon an angry
white spark leaped out from the brass
ball indicated, with report like a
horse pistol. and smote her upon the
extended finger, causing her to sit
upon the floor with violence that
shook the window panes. The guests
stood around in expectant attitudes.
looking at their fallen hostess in par
donable surprise. Only for moment
did that capable woman leave them in
doubt. sThere!' said she, in the most
matter-of-fact manner, as though
events had simply followed the usual
course, You see how it works. Now
let's go into the garden and look at the
chrysanthemums!'
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
THE COOKING SCHOOL,
Rice Pancakes.

Mix two ounces of ground rice with
two ounces of flour: mix smoothly
with two eggs and half a pint of
milk. Keep the batter very smooth
and beat it we'll, grease a small fry
ing pan well, pour in about teaspoon
full of the batter; run it quickly over
the bottom of the pan and fry a
golden brown on both; sides. Spread
with some nice jam and roll up; re-
peat until the batter is used up.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
The Inventor of. Spectacla. I,

The Medical Journal says that the in
ventlon OF spectacles is often attrib-
uted to Roger Bacon, who died in 1894
Further research, however, has shown
that in 1885 Savrino degli Armati. a
Florentine, worked glass into the form
of lens as help to vision. For him
therefore, may justly be claimed the
honor Of having invented spectacles.
He died in Florence in 1917 and was
buried in the Church Of Santa Maria
Maggioro. On his stone is the follow
ing inscription: Here lies Savrino
degli Armati, inventor of spectae.es.
May God forgive him his sins, A. D.
1877" ,r
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
MAN rs "a BR DAD.
UBIQUITOUS AMERICAN PER
SON ALL OVER.
We Hear Of Him from Toe ana Tropics
Here Is One Who Says Hello
from Paraguay and Says He Il Well
-Farming Prospects Down There.

In almost every corner of the world
these days one will find an American
colonist. Mr.. Finch, the United States
minister to Uruguay, has sent to the
( state department a letter from a Yam
kee who has settled in Paraguay. A
part of the letter is summarized as
follows:
"The climate of Paraguay is delight
full, the heat during the warmest sea-
son not being oppressive. An evidence
OF the purity of the air is the fact
that fresh meat can be kept for several
days during summer without becoming
putr1d. The soil in the southeastern
part is fertile and capable of producing
In abundance corn, sugar cane, alfalfa
and root crops of all kinds. Near
the Paraguay river the land is not so
good. Each colonist receives about
s1xtg-tWo acres of land, implements,
ana an allowance of money on which
TO live for seven months, all to be
paid for in ten years without interest.
Inc implements consist Of hoes, shov-
els axes, saws, etc., for hand labor.
SEEDS for the first year are also fur
n1shed and charged in the same way.
A yoke OF oxen is loaned free when
necessary.
NO cultivation of the land by ma
cnlnery appears to have been attempt
ed. Very little of the ground is free
1rom stumps, and the horses Of the
country are not strong enough to pull
a ploW. It is impracticable to use
oxen for this purpose, as the cattle
are only half domesticated. The woods
are heavy and hard and the grain
twisted; they do not adapt themselves
readily to building purposes. The ty-
plcal Paraguayan farm house is built
In the following manner: Posts are set
nrmly in the GROUND, upon which beams
OF round or square timber are laid:
the roof is made of native straw, and
the walls are combination of upright
SUCKS lnterlaced with sort of lattice
work and plastered over with mud.
Sometimes shingles (made with a
hatcheD are used for the roof. instead
or the straw. A fair-sized house can
De built complete for about s140 in
United States currency. Coffee costs
about 40 cents pound; sugar, eight
cents; tea, $1.1o, and flour, So per bar
rel. Butter can not be had. Lard and
pork costs about 10 cents pound, Beef
is cheap--2A cents pound-and is
fairly good"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
Dead material & one "a Z. waste.

'You seem deeply affected, my friend.
May ask what you are reading II
am not reading. am looking at this
sad picture Of the soldiers burying q
lot OF dead Filiptnos. : Have you
friends or relatives among the the ma
tives?" .sMe? OF course not. : hen
what are you weeping for .Inuuests
and fees, my boy. IN the coroner
of the county 8 Cleveland Plain
Dealer 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
Tot,Cook Quail.

A simple way of cooking quail in the
chatting dish is to split the birds in
two lengthwise, then put in the chat
ing dish, in which two tablespoonfuls
of butter have been melted and are
just beginning to color. Cover the
birds and cook five minutes longer.
Add a half cup Of seasoned broth or
stock, heaping tablespoonful of cur
rant jelly, q tablespoonful Of mush-
room .catsup, 9, half tablespoonful
onion juice, and celery salt and white.
pepper paprika to taste. Many advise:
the addition, also Of a gill of port or.
claret, but that is matter of taste.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
TRICKED OLD ROMAN NOSE,

for the grand coup. The guards were
withdrawn from the front, the powder
heaps flashed off, and then that hun
dred of half-crazy cattle started off like
cyclone. They had half a mile to go
before they struck the Indians. The
pass was about fifty feet wide and a
mile long, and Roman Nose didn't
have two minutes warming. It takes
something out of the ordinary to sur
prise an Indian: but they got it good
and strong that time.''
What happened?" was asked.
well, the Indians made for thu
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

Written for the Chicago Daily News:
Zone of the best fighters in time of war
and one of the meanest redskins in
time of peace was old Roman Nose"
said Col. Childers, as "reminiscences
}were in order. GAS freighter for
three different forts he had many op-
|portunities to annoy me. My instruc-
tions from the government were to
put up with his nonsense and do moth
ing to provoke him, and knowing this
he would DO many aggravating things.
If he camped down on my road with a
hundred of his fighting bucks I had
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
She Stuns Dates.

4SAAO oCOAB O6t0Ds
"a st. Louis girl, Miss Catherine
Deny, who found about a year ago that
she would need to hustle around and
take care Of herself, hit on a plan that
was easy, needed little capital and has
proved enormously successful. Years
ago a friend Of her mothers brought
from India the receipt for the stuffed
dates prepared for the Rajah of the
city where she had resided. The re-
ceipt was often used by the family, and
Miss Denny at her mothers request
conluded to sell the dainty CONNECTION.
She went to retail dealer in the city,
who referred her to wholesaler, who
had been inquiring for just such sweet
meats. He proposed that Miss Denny
supply him with dates stuffed with
English walnuts, and gave her imme-
diately all the work she could do;
In TACT, more than she could do alone.
The little building was fitted up and
the work done on large scale. There
are in the house three rooms, in which
now work the seeders, suffers and
packers. The dates, which come in
large boxes, are unpacked, the seeds
removed, and in the "stuf1ng room a
quarter of walnut is placed in each
date. Powdered sugar is then sifted
over and the dates placed in boxes
ready for transportation.
Last year Miss Denny made 5000
pounds, and this year 10000. She has
made as many as 74O hounds in dav
and when one remembers that it is all
hand work some idea may be gained
OF the labor involved. An interesting
thing in connection with the business
is that all the seeds are burned in the.
stove instead of coal, and the fire they
make is quite hot and all the dirt
of coal is avoided.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
A Kiss for a Bidder.

A well-known and beautiful English
actress having heard of the exploit of
an American sister of the stage in Of
fering a kiss at auction, and being
asked to assist at a charity, says a
Paris dispatch, announced that car
ess from her own rosy lips would be
given to the male willing to pay most
for it.
The bidding was brisk, and had ad-
vanced to thirty guineas, when the
sum Of eight hundred pounds was offer
ed. This put all other amorous COM
petitors out of the race, and the blush
ing actress turned to the purchaser, the
colonel of one of the British line regi-
ments, came forward, but instead
OF slipping the sweetness himself pre-
sented his little five-year-old grandson,
explaining that he had purchased the
kiss as birthday present for him.
The actress took the child in her arms,
and discharged the debt with inter
est, and the charity, in which the col
onel was interested, was richer by
eight hundred pounds for the grand
dads whim. It is said though, that the
gallant colonel did kiss her after all.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

Flat trimmings will be used i'll
abundance on spring and summer
gowns. Straps of cloth and velvet
ribbon will be considered smart for
street gowns and on the mere elab-
crate toilettes black laces with a de-
cided flower design will be used. When
the lace is applied to the gown a bit
Of colored taffeta will be supplied I'M
der the flower and a new and very
happy effect will be obtained. Medal
lions of lace bordered with narrow
ruchings of tulle will be used to trim
light colored voiles and crepons. A
gown of tourterelle, which is the fash
ionable name for delicate shade of
gray, is made with shield-shape trim
ming of white broad-cloth on the front
of the bodice. This is cut out in me-
dallions. Ecru lace is inset over rose
colored taffeta and each medallion is
tulle. The effect is extremely good.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

to turn back, buy
him off, or wait I'M
It'll he was tired
tout. I finally de-
|termined that I had
had about enough
sof his nonsense,
land I didn't have
long to wait for a
climax. I was haul
ing supplies up to
Fort Chadwick, and
lon a. certain trip
I'VE had a drove of
"a hundred cattle
behind us. Some
}were for the post
land some for the
miners, and they
were a. wild lot.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
CAMERON DWARFS.

eygmy Tribe with True Negro Charac-
teristlcs.
Although reports of a race of small
stature in the interior of the Gamer
pons have been current for some years,
no traveller had until last year been
able to verify the rumor by his own
observation. Quoting from "Allgemeine
Wissenschaftliche Berichte," the
Deutsche Rundschau announces that
the first accurate information respect
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

terial, and care should be exercised
70 fitting the points In back and front
OF the gown and Of the collar. The
skirt is finished with two single pleatss
u the back which meet in the center.
The bodice IL 9 kind of blouse and
belted Elton. -Harper's Bazaar.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
Place to Search.

Mr.. Mann-Wher In hades can that
COMPOUNDED collar button be? His III
tie daughter-Have you looked where
you'd never think Of finding 1t, papa?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
FOR MAY MORNING.

nnlsh. II one is neat with the brush,
the title may be printed on it. OF
the larger magazines such as Harper's,
century, etc., remove all the pages
used for advertisements, and sew each
number separately. With these few
hints and book to look at, one need
not be afraid to try her hand at book
binding.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
Why the Minister Sfgha.1.

#S Jings " hat did the minister sal1
when the plate came II? Kings
said he Wouldn' mind so much it the
buttons were all alike.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

Bookbinder's Paste or Glue.-Take
piece of common glue, two inches
square; dissolve it in water, adding as
much pulverized alum, in weight, as
glue; mix one-half teaspoonful Of -four
in little water; stir it in and boil.
When nearly cool stir in two teaspoon
fuls of oil of lavender. This will
keep a long time if covered tightly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
FOR WOMEN AND. HOME,
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.
A Woman Who Stuffs Dates for Living
Home Neutrality-suspicious. Fashion
Hints-Qur Cooking school-Kiss for
= Bidder.
A European Hint.

Handsome spring wrap, by Rouff.
The cape is of "primevere'' yellow silk,
with founces Of spangled lace and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17
Charlotte Eggs.

Take a fiat fireproof dish suitable for
eggs and grease it liberally with but
ter; on this lay some very thin slices:
OF bread. Cover the bread with thin
slices Of soft, mild cheese, scatter a.
few finely powdered herbs with pep-#
per and salt over all Then break
some eggs and drop very carefully,
side BY side, on the cheese till all un-
derneath Is covered. Put the dish on
the stove and let It's contents cook
steadily until the eggs are quite set.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-06-17

Be checked for silence, but never
taxed for speech Shakespeare.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-10-21

g. Flanagan, offered this mine
on very easy terms TO any
responsible party for the sum
of $4,000. II was inspected by
all OF the principal companies
and turned down. When Mr..
Roberts came home from the
West last summer he started
work at the mine and imme.
dlately he was beseiged by iron
men for options on the property.
He gave option after option
raising the price 100000 each
time an option expired until
finally he began mining ore
when he refused 10 give any fur
ther option. When Mr.. Sell
wood was here last week the
two got together on a PROPOSE
ton and the niue changed
hands. Mr.. Roberts will retain
the management