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Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
WEST POINT EXAMINATIONS.

West Point, June 4.-Of the fifty physically Tor admission to the mili- tary academy, only three were re- jected. Martin and Warrick of Ala bama, and Merritt, at large. Merritt is a nephew of General Wesley Merit He was rejected on account of his eyes, but will probably be given an- other examination There are about 175 candidates yet to be examined for fitness.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
CANADIAN EIGHT-HOUR LAW.

Vancouver, B. C., June 4-The eight-hour law comes into effect in British Columbia June F. Sensaticn- al telegrams arc being sent cut as to trouble arising from the fact that the Nelson and Slocum mine owners have notified the men that the pay hereafter will be s per day of eight hours instead of $3.55 per day of ten hours. The mines are snid to have shut dCwR because of trouble. They arc merely closed as usual at this season of the year because Of too much water.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
JOHNNY WASN'T KIDNAPPED.
Item Showing That It's Dangerous to
 Carry d Baby Nowadays.

New York, June Airs. Mary Buckingham of 225 West F"ifty-third street went out to do some shopping g last night and took her 2-year-cld boy Jcknny in his carriage. When she returned to her home Mrs. BuckinS- ham left Johnny in the carriage at the door while she went upstairs. When she came down again the car riage was empty.
 Where is my Johnny?" she cried, as she ran up to a group of small boys who were playing at Fifty-third street and Broadway.
 "Gee," said one of the boys, Ines stolen fer fair. I just seen Q woman goin' up Broadway with a little feller in her arms
 Mrs. Buckingham ran up Broadway with a crowd of boys behind her At Fifty-sixth street she met Thomas Cunningham, a watchman for the Third Avenue Railroad company
 Did 1 see your boy?" asked Gun ningham in response to the woman's frantic questions. "Ill bet my sal ary I did. I just saw two women go- ing down the street, and one of them had a little boy half hidden under her cape They were hurrying, too.''
 This excited Mrs. Buckingham more than ever, and, accompanied by the watchman and the boys, she ran down
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05

below the figures of last year. Even | in provisions there has been a marked | increase in exportation, despite the fear that the events of the past few
 months might render certain classes
 of our provisions unpopular in for
 eign markets, the total value of pro- visions exported amounting in the ten
 months of 1899 to S145, ,736,969, against
 S137, ,407 ,366 in the corresponding
 months of 1898, and s114, ,1OS,725 in the
 corresponding months of 1897, while in
 canned beef alone the exports of the
 year show a slight gain over the cor responding months of last year, and
 in the month of April the exports of
 canned beef were more than 300,00O
 pounds in excess of those of April, 1898.
 The singe class of our exportations
 which shows a marked falling off is. as has already been Opinted out, agri- cultural products, and this reduction is due almost entirely to reduction in values, not quantities. While the value of wheat exported in the ten months of 1899 was but s92. .117,976, against S114 695, ,339 in the correspond
 ing months of the preceding fiscal year, the number of bushels exported in the ten months of 1899 is actually greater than that of the corresponding months Of 1898, being for the ten months of 1899 123, ,55S, ,959, against 122. .SO7 967 in the ten months of 1898. rvI,o concentrations of corn have fallen off about 20,000,0 ,000 bushels, showing that foreign countries still draw upon us for corn only in proportion to the scarcity of ether breadstuffs in their own markets, though the fact that in the face of the ample supply of bread stuffs abroad our sales of corn in the past ten months have amounted to Al, ,O0O poo bushels shows that this class of our productions has gained permanent foothold< abroad, and es- pecially in Europe which took 120,- 00O,0 ,000 of the Al 00O, 900 bushels ex- ported during that time.
 In imports there has been an in- crease of $54,0OO,OO0, or about 10 per cent over last year. Of this increase. $20.OO0,000 is in sugar, of which the 1898 imports were abnormally light by reason of the over-supply brought in prior to the enactment of the Dingley law in 1897, while about $20, 100000 of the increase is shown in manufactured articles, and $10,000,OOO in luxuries, articles manufactured for use in the mechanic arts showing a reduction of about $1O,O00,0 GOO as compared with the ten months of the preceding year. Ar ticles in crude condition for use in the domestic industries show an in- crease of about S11 1000, 900 and is pret- ty evenly distributed among rubber, tin, ibers and hides, all of which are articles required by the busy manu- lecturers who, after supplying the con stantly increasing home markets, have, as already indicated, increased their exportation IT per cent, and will make the 1899 figures of export of far larger than those of any preceding year.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
RECEIVED 200 LOVE LETTERS.
Annoyed by an Unauthorized Adver- tiSement in a Matrimonial Journal.

Annoye1 by an Unauthorized Adver-
 tisement in a Matrimonial Journal.
 BlnghamtOn, N. Y, June 4-The office department as an emissary of Cupid has caused untold annoyance to Miss T. A Roberts of Rush. Pa. who is receiving basketsful of letter by every mail containing proposals of marriage in answer to an unauthoriz- ed advertisement placed in a Mill waukee matrimonial journal announc- ing that she was a maiden worth s2O- 900 who was desirous of getting a hus- band. Her good points were enumer- ated and gentlemen wishing wives were urged to give her case consider ation. Miss Roberts knew nothing of this until the proposals began to pour in. She was first mystified and then annoyed by the daily increasing number of love letters. When the number reached 200 the post office de- pertinent took a hand in the matter Complaint had been made by the writers of the letters that the publish CT of the paper, a man elf the name of Rowan, was using the mails for fraudulent purposes, they having been notified that Miss Roberts was not an advertiser in the journal. Miss Rob erts and her father have been sum- moned to Milwaukee, where the ac. ton is now pending.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEAI1ERs

Buffalo, June 4-United States at torney Close put in the rest of his evil dence against the Christian Science healers yesterday afternoon and Com missioner Robinson then adjourned the hearing until Wednesday, when the defendants will have an opportun- ity to present their case The physic- ians who testified today agreed that Ralph Saunders could have been cured of pneumonia had he received medical care.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
SMOTHERBD IN A DRIFT.

Aspen, Colo, June IA fire in the shaft house of the Park Regent mine on Smuggler mountain caused the death Of B. A. Headman, who was working in a drift of the mine. A number Of miners were overcome by smoke and gas and taken out in an unconscious condition. All recovered but Headman, who leaves a widow and five children.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
SIGNIFICANT CONFERENCE.

Washington, June 4.-Acting SecTe- t2ry Of War Meiklejohn and Adjutant- General Coribin had a conference with the president after midnight tonight They had been summoned by the pres ident What the nature of the result of the conference was cannot be con jectured and the parties to it decline to discuss it.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
DIED EIGHT YEARS AFTER.

New York, June Ajax Suesskind. 27 years old, waiter. who lived at 225 Sixth street, died in St. Marks hospital today Suesskind told the doctors that he had been shot in the abdomen by a woman eight years ago in Chicago. The wound began to trouble him lately, and he went to the hospital, where he was operated on. The bullet was found in the abdomen, but Suesskind never rallied from the effects of the operation.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
SAILED FOR MANILA.

San Francisco, June 1.-The little schooner rigged boat Coke, about thirty feet long, and of only five tons measurement, sailed for Manila today Captain Freitsch, the sole occupant Of the vessel, proposes to make tour of the world in his apparently frail cockleshelI, which was constructed with his own hands.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05
THEY ARE sTAKED OUT.

Omaha, Neb., June "A special 10 the Bee from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: Three of the men who dynamited and robbed the U. F. train have been To- cated and it is believed they will be captured.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-05

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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
To Keep the Hair Curly.

In case the government weather
breeder continues to give us this hor-
rid, sticky weather that would take
the kink out of poodle's hair" said a
clever girl, "Ill tell you a secret which
will keep the curl in the most hope
lessly straight hair. But it involves a
return to the barbaric curl paper, I
warn you. Well, first of all the hair
must be thoroughly shampooed, and,
by the way, this should not be done
oftener than once in three weeks, even
in summer. It not only Injuries
woman's crowning glory, but also
makes it unmanageable. At night,
when retiring, that part Of the hair
which is worn waved or curled should
be wet in water in which little borax
has been dissolved, and then rolled up
on curl papers. Care should be taken
not to have the hair too wet. Next
morning there is a natural-looking,
light, dry, fluffy cuH in the hair which
defies even this sticky, muggy, curl-de-
structivetweather. Even this, with the
intense heat, will not. change the curls
into strin before it is time to confine
them into papers again. Z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
WORLDS OLDEST ENGINE.
1t Was Constructed In 1917 and Has
Boon In Service Until Recently.

1t Was Constructed In 1917 and Has
Boon In Service Until Recently.
The Oldest engine in the world is in
the possession of the Birmingham
Canal Navigations, this engine having
been constructed by Boulton & Watt
In the year 1777. The order is entered
In the firms books in that year as a
single-acting beam engine, with chains
at each end of wood beam, and hav-
ing the steam cylinder 80 inches in
diameter, with a stroke of feet, and
erected at the canal company's pump
Ing station at Rolfe street, Smethwick.
During the present year (1S98) this re-
markable old engine, which has been
regularly at work from the time Of
its erection to the current year, a pc
riod of, say, 120 years, was removed
to the canal company's station at
Ocker Hill, Upton, there to be re-
erected and preserved as a relic of
what can be done by good management
when dealing with machinery of un-
doubted quality. It is worthy of note
that the Birmingham Canal Navi-
cations favored Boulton & Watt in
1777 with the orde for this engine,
and in 1898, or 120 years afterward,
the company has intrusted the same
firm, James Watt & Co., Soho, Smeth-
wick, with the manufacture of two of
their modern triple-expansion vertical
engines, to be erected at the Walsall
pumping station having 240 horse
power and pumping capacity Of
1918, 800 gallons per day.-London
Engineering.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
( The Risk Of Being Murdered.

About 1000 murders occurred in
England and Wales during the last
period Of five years for which facts
are available. There were, during the
same time. nearly 16O,oo0,OoO persons
of all ages exposed to the risk Of being
murdered, that is 80, 1000, 900 in any one
year. The yearly risk Of being mur-
#dered is, therefore, only the very
small degree Of probability expressed
by the odds Of one to 10000, and if
"a lifetime be counted as 100 years, the
chance Of being murdered some time
lis only one In / 500.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
OF Infinite Patience.

Some men are great in silence, some
are grand in talk. The Pennsylvania
Railroad company has man in charge
Of it's bureau of information in Jersey
City who answers on an average 10000
questions a day, and the person does
not live who has seen his feathers
rumpled. Remarkable man! The
travelling public can ask more fool
questions than any other public on
earth; but to interrogate stupidity,
foolishly, idiotically or otherwise Mr..
R. B. Caldwell is to discover reversal
of the Biblical injunction to answer a
thick wit according to his asininity.
Over 300 trains go and come daily at
the Pennsylvania station, and all these
Caldwell must have at his tongues
end, as we'll as complete map of the
universe.
Caldwell is every ones main depend
ence. I have heard people inquire
after It 1' lost parcels. ! have heard others
ask 8 :s Have You seen a man around
here looking as If he expected to meet
some one?' 'Did a long, thin chap
with eyeglasses leave message here
for me?' did young woman with a
child tell you she expected her hus-
band to arrive on the Chicago limited
I'm the man. Caldwell knows at sight
every politician that travels, every
prominent man in public life, every
regular and nearly every Irregular pa
tron OF his road. Being man of var
led knowledge he is in demand among
his fellows when arguments wax hot,
In political forecasts he has an unbeat-
en- record.-New York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
- : ) - : = = ,
Medieval.

"The more I think" observed the
studious grandee, "about our great
national hero, Don Quixote, the less do
I regard him as true type of Spanish
chivalry."
your words are almost heresy," re-
piled another grandee. But why do
you think thus?''
"Well, for instance, he was defeated
in his gallant attack on the windmill,
and yet though the windmill was una
BILE to write Or give it's own version of
the affair, we have no record that the
immortal Quixote ever celebrated the
victory.''-New York World.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
A Honeymoon on a Tree Ton

A honeymoon on a. tree-top! This
is the strange freak Of a bridal cou-
pie in California. In that state the ia
nous redwood tree grows to height
Of 200 feet. 1t is bare of branches for
more than half its height. The TOP,
however, is crowned by beautiful fol-
liage, and on the highest branch of
one of these forest monarchs a roman
tic couple are spending their honey
moon. The only means Of reaching
'"The Cuckoo's Nest" as they call their
retreat, is by rope ladder, which is
drawn up when they are at home, so
that no prying visitor can disturb their
sweet solitude. 'Our home is dream,
says the romantic bride. "What could
be more peaceful and romantic than
to recline high above earth on a thin
couch, piled high with innumerable
cushions filled with all sorts of frag-
rant herbs, pine needles, balsam and
new-mown hay? We have plenty OF
reading matter, and hour after hour
is spent in that most delightful spot.
Our moonlight nights are grand, and
campers come from all parts of the val
ley to catch a glimpse of the pictur-
esque canon from our home. Our
housekeeping is done On a very small
scale, and doubtless. a good Old house
keeper would look with horror upon
our primitive stove, table and dishes,
and wonder how We could possibly.
keep them clean while the schoolgirls
greet all this with. Isn't this an ideal
Slife?'" .SS* a 6;ss.s ss.ss. %. 5 II
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
Girls Tattooed for S15,

An Urewera tohunga who has been
engaged in tattooing the Maori girls in
the Bay of Plenty district during the
last lew weeks has shifted his resi-
dence to Otuawhaia, a settlement near
Matipihi. He is still kept busy, and
on this account has raised his price
all around to SIS head. AS rule,
the Maori girls are. not flush of cash.,
but, like their European sisters, when
it comes to question of adornment,
the money is found somehow.-Auck-
land Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
The Army Mule and His Driver.


Inc management of the regular army
IN the field is almost sordidly business
like, but in the end it makes for the
picturesque. The baggage train, for
example, as it tolls down the high
way, is superb. The wagons are of a,
faded blue color and a bit battered
but they are like those veterans Won
sometimes see at encampments. The
OLD army overcoat they have resur-
rected for the occasion has faded to
the palest of blues, and the wearer is
a bit battered. He is sound at the
core, though. and so are those lumber
ing caravans that have come all the
way from Fort Reno and farther.
They lurch through the sand and over
the rocks Of the Florida highway, and
nothing gives. They are piled high
with tents and greasy camp equipage
and boxes of ammunition. Six mules
draw them, and the mules are admon-
lshed increasingly in profane mono
tone by powerful person, who has
learned to drive with one rein. The
most poetic ard seductive names ap-
pear With wnat might at first blush
seem startling irrelevancy, considering
the general context Of the drivers re-
marks. One is surprised to hear him
couple the names Of Lena, Paulina and
Sadie with his frantic cxhortations as
to the rights of the road and the proper
conduct of an army mule. Still, I see
no reason why even an army mule
should not be graced with a romantic
name. Life at best can hold SO little
for an army mule.-Chicago Journal. ,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL
Ms II. AND SELECTED. ~.
R1etsam and Jetsam from the Tide Of
Tun--Up to Date Jokes and Satire
Original and selected-Good Laughs
from the Joke Papers. ~.
The School Girl Abroad.

The School Girl Abroad.
.>. From Punch.
Dear girl, who profit as you ought
When scientifically taught
By able teachers,
When OFT your holidays you go,
Nature, to your. trained eyes will show
'@.-' undreamt-ef features. I
While on some bank Of moss or fern
Your sisters idle glances turn,
Then idly press on, :,
Ihat self-same spot, by you If seen.
Yields to your observation keen
..- An object LESSON
You give NO vulgar admiration
10 Wallhower, lily or carnation
That decks the border;
Each flower you skilfully dissect
10 Wrest its secrets and detect
Its class and order
Beside the river bank (poor boy!):
your brother, with a puerile JOY
That never varies,
A primrose plucks-a flower to him
10 you, dear child, it is Prim-
ula vulgaris
80 not an Incident or sight
Snail meet your gaze from morn to night,
But dexterous turning
Inere1rom occasions will procure
VI showing on to- others your
Superior learning.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
Satfated.

Mrs. Bizler-"Charles, don't think we
will go to starfish Beach, after all. I
hear that Mrs. Dibble is going to be
there
Mr.. Bizler-t*What of that? There,l
be room enough for both of you"
Mrs. Bizler-"Charles Bizler, I've met
that woman at the beach three sum-
mers, and am not going to be brought
in contact with that tambour work of
hers again. I'm tired and sick of the
sight of it.''-Boston Transcript.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
Novel Way to Clean Machinery.

The practice of cleaning machinery
by means Of blotting paper has been
established in German workshops. The
German workman formerly received on
an average $50 grams of cotton waste,
one new sponge cloth. and one or two
renovated ones per week; now he is
supplied with $50 grams of cotton
waste and eight to ten sheets Of blot
ting paper, at a cost of ~ cents in
stead Of as formerly, GA cents. The
paper is not only cheaper, but it can
not soil the machine with f1bers and
dust, like sponge cloth and wooden ref
use, and it is far preferable to cotton
waste. Beyond this. tits not SO COM
bust.ble Is other cleaning materials.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
UMBRELLA A SIGN OF DIGNITY

In Siam a magnate's dignity and
power are reckoned according to the
number of umbrellas he possesses. One
OF these magnates is proud to begin his
titles with, Lord of Thirty-seven Um-
brellas." Among certain African tribes
the grandeur of the individual increas-
ses with i the size not. with the number
OF umbrellas he possesses. An African
chief determining to surpass all his
rivals in this respect, made up his
mind to procure the largest umbrella
in the world, and got the article made
to order in London. Its ribs were for
ty feet long, and other parts in propor-
ton.
When distended it's effect, was sub
lime, the machine resembling a green
g1ngham circus-tent. In China the
four highest ranks of mandarin are en-
titled to red silk umbrella with three
founces-the smaller nobility being al
lowed two. Gentleman-commoner of
the two highest ranks have red state
umbrella surmounted by gourd-shap-
ed knob Of block-tin.
The two next degrees have the knob
OF wood only, though painted red,
Then comes the fifth rank, with UNI
brellas of blue cloth, with red-painted
wooden knobs at the top, and only two
t1ounces. The governor-generals of a.
Chinese province is heralded by two
great red silk umbrellas. In Turkey
no one is supposed to use an umbrella
except the sultan, while in Morocco
only members of the royal family claim
this peculiar honor as their own.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
Advantage Of Being . Kaiscr.

'.Vaterlandlose Geselin, : 9 fellows
without q country, 8 the phrase used by
the kaiser to designate the social dem.
ccrats q few years ago, has been ad-.
Judged libelous by a Prussian court if
used by a less ex..lted person. The
phrase was applied in the late cleo.
ton BY conservative candidate to.
some electors who voted for his Polish
opponent, and he. has been condemned.
to ray for Ii.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
A "GIve Away.o

Madame has gone out, sir, but she
left message for you" ~.-
'sWhat was the message?"
..She wished that you-O, dear, I've
forgotten! just wait a minute, please,
and TIL go and ask her!"-Der Floh.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
Els Last Resort.

why is it that Deputy Gradouble al
ways takes his wife along when he at
tends the sessions of the chambers?"
20, it's the only way in which he can
make her listen to him when he's
speaking without her answering
back! k!'-Polichinelle r. ..%s..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15
sIFTED AND W1NNoWRp.
Denmark slaughters !. 100000 hog1
every year. .'s-s. ~,.s 3.

The earliest pottery with printed de-
signs OF American subjects was made
at Liverpool at the end OF the eight
eenth century. " 49, 5Esi
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-04-15


The flesh of the young giraffe, espe-
c1ally that of a young cow, is extremely
good, somewhat like veal, with game
like flavor. The tongue, from 1S to 20
inches long, is also very good. But
the marrow bones afford the greatest
luxury to the South African hunter.
The most magnificent tomb in the
world is deemed to be the palace OF
karnak, occupying space of nine
acres, or twice that of st. Peters at
Rome. The temple space is a poets
dream of gigantic columns. beautiful
courts and wondrous avenues OF
sphinxes.
Out of the "a women admitted to the
st. Louis Insane asylum last year, 68
were from domestic service. The rest
Of the list comprised one clerk. one
factory hand, one music teacher. one
salesWoman, two seamstresses, one to-
bacco stemmer, six without occupation
and three unknown.
ne recently completed tower at New
Brighton, the top of which is $40 feet
above the level of the old dock sill at
Liverpool, is the highest structure in
England. The tower itself is $40 feet
In height. The similar structure at
Blackpool measures but 51S feet, leav-
Ing It's new rival with an advantage OF
50 feet.
Denmark makes a clear distinction
between the thriftless and the respect
able poor. The former are treated like
English paupers. The latter never
cross workhouse Threshold. If des-
titute they receive a. pension ranging
from $14 to $S4 year, or if too feeble
to look after themselves they are placed
in an old-age home.