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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
A MEDICAL STORY.
The The Singular Revival Of asnfan who
Was to All Appearances
Perfectly Dead.

It has been remarked by people who
have noted the wonderful advance
made in. surgery within the last ten
years that the science of medicine has
not improved with equal rapidity. The
average medical man cannot effect
much where disease has once appeared.
He may keep it in check to certain
extent, he may prevent the patient from
being badly nursed, but almost he can
put assist nature to the best of his
power. Be opinion what it will, and the
sense of confidence has much to do with
the matter, the story told in Mem
cries of the Late Henry Reeve, C. B.,
d. c. L. is worth repeating, says the
Kansas City Star.
Sir Matthew Tierney was summoned
to the duke of Newcastle, who was
dangerously i'll with typhus fever. 1t
was about the year 1928, and although
he travelled as fast as post horses per-
mitted Tierney was informed on ar
irving that the duke had been dead for
two hours. At the first glance al the
body. which was already laid out, he
thought life was extinct. At the Sec
ond he doubted, and at the end of the
third he cried out: Bring me up a
bucket of brandy" They tore the
clothes off the body and swathed it
in sheet saturated with brandy, and
then resorted to friction with brandy.
In rather more than an hour symptoms
OF life began to manifest themselves,
and in two hours the duke was able to
swallow. He recovered and lived Is
years a3terward. The story reads like
fiction, but doctors who are not afraid
to try experiments in desperate cases
frequently effect what may be termed
miracles
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
"A MISFIT ASSIGNMENT,
An Engineer Whose Engine-Room
Doors Were OF Much Too
~ Limited Capacity.

A well-known chief engineer of the
navy who doesn't have to take any dust
from Gen. Shafter in the matter of av-
MISUNDERSTANDING the scales, as he
does. at trifle more than 800 pounds
was recently ordered to take charge CT
the mechanical department Of one OF
the smaller gunboats On the Pacific sta
ton Post, didn't particularly like the
assignment, but it didn't worry him to
the point of suicide. He simply sat
down and made sketch of the exceed
ingiy narrow doors that lead into the
engine rooms of the gunboat to which
he was ordered, marking the dimen-
sions Of the doors in figures OF the
SKETCH, Below mis- drawing Of one Of
the engine-roo1n doors this jolly chief
engineer made neat sketch of him
self, full figure, not exaggerating his
Eaistaffian paunch a trihe. lie at
tached his own dimensions to feet and
inches, circumferentially, to this sketch
Of himself. Then he put the sketches
in an envelope and Respectfully sub
1nitted" them to the bureau Of nayiga-
ten. It was sort. Of document that
occasionally makes a hit. The infer
ence to be drawn from the sketches
was so obvious-the inposibility Of the
chief engineers passage through the
engine-room doors of the ship to which
he was ordered was so apparent-that
the assignment was recalled, and the
|aconic chief engineer is liable to get a
flagship when the next batch Of steam
engineering assignments is made.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
=ssMARKED DO1VN =
The Wise shopper ISnoyvs Just I'D,
to Take AIvan tage Of This
Il Situation. ~

The phrase "marked down" has great
fascination for women. This is not dis
creditable to. their hearts, for while
one-tenth may hunt bargains, hopingto
shine thereby in fnery they could not
afford at first cost, the other nine
tenths are merely straining their
nerves little more in the effort to
make their husbands earnings go even
further, and provide yet1m literally
for him, home and the children, saws
the Gentlewoman. :.
But women's hearts often play sorry
tricks with their heads. #
There are many kinds Of bargains
/ Some are real. Many are spurious. p.
Merchants are human and therefore
fallible. They are in business to make
money for themselves, not for your ben
eft or mine. Just remember this when
you go bargain hunting.
Discriminate. -.
Take advantage of the mark down on
goods you need that are worth buying.
Let all others alone, if you truly wish to
be economical. The greatest reductions
IN price generally are on pronounced
styles that are rapidly going out of
fashion and will soon be noticeably odd
and out of date. ~..5--<
Buy as cheaply always as you can
buy good qualities. But don't be mis-
led by grandiloquent statements into
buying poor goods at any price, and
when a tremendous mark down.
stares you in the face. be sure there is
some excellent reason for the drop in
price. Perhaps the reason does not pre-
vent the article being a good bargain
for you. Often the reason of the reduc-
ton is one that makes the article no
bargain for anyone. :,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
BAZIN'S ROLLER SHIP.
LOST over One Hundred Thousand
Dollars to Disprove a New Idea
in Navigation.

Bazin's roller ship, which cost over
100000 to test an entirely new idea in
navigation, has recently been sold at
Hull, England, and will be dismantled
and broken up, according to the Sketch.
Bazi1i's central idea of facilitating the
ships progress by rolling over the Wa
ter instead of forcing-a passage through
it was just one Of those problems which
can be solved only by full-sized trial,
and the maritime world is indebted to
him for definitely setting at rest for
all time the impossibility of attaining
any notable improvement in speed or
stability by the adoption of the roller
principle. The six hollow rollers are
about IS feet in diameter and IL feet
thick; the shape closely resembles two
saucers having the edges joined to-
gether. About one~quarter of each
roller is submerged; no part of the
hull of the vessel touches the water.
The deck, about 1870 feet long and a
feet wide, is elevated considerably
above the water line and carries the
superstructure devoted to passenger
accommodation and machinery spaces.
The method Of propulsion is the usual
screw, rotating in an inclined position
between the rollers and driven by a
500-horse power engine; the rollers
also possess independent motive power
in the form OF a smaller engine con-
nected to each pair. Unfortunately, on
trial the ship hardly realized. half the
speed anticipated.
Colony Of Outlaws.
Writers of fiction have frequently
pictured the idea of an unknown, tropic-
al paradise being turned into a general
asylum for outlaws and criminals, says
the Western Morning News. In the.
BONN isles, not far from5J Japan, such a
refuge has actually been discovered q
Men of every nationalify who have
made civilization too warm for the M
selves, have deeamped to this idealren D
devious, leaving the police to record the
unsat isfactory result Of their iinvestl-:
CATIONS as gone abroad q. & NJ rates II.
taxes have to be paid, and government
seems to be entirely dispensed with
The discovery was made by a Japanese
vessel which called at he islan nd. In
future the aliens vi Al have less freed ON
and consequently less happiness, for
the japanese dominion wi have ia be
recognized. Their dream is over s.5
~ s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
BENEVOLENCE IN ANIMALS.
Instances which illustrate This QuGl-
ity as Existing in Domesti-
Gated Quadrupeds.

We have seen small pig, stuck in
paling through which it had tried to
squeeze. assisted by an elder one inside.
Attracted by: its cries, it took the small
pigs head in it's mouth and tried to pull
it through, in doing which it almost
pulled the sufferers head off. In anoth-
er case a cat deliberately fetched its
owner to assist another cat which was
lying helpless in a fit. Moreover, do
E,esticated animals are to some extent
progressive and have realized then3-
ton Of common good among other crea-
lures than their own stock, says the
London Spectator.
There is a good deal of service and
tenevolence among very different do
1nesticated animals, especially in the
form of protection, sharing of food and
1crbearance. Specialized instances in
which dogs or cats have taken food to
others could doubtless be authenti-
Gated, though the writer has not wit
Messed case. But there is the strangest
of all evidence that they have tend
eucy to perform these and other serv-
ices to other animals, because the de-
Eesticated creatures voluntarily offer
these services of benevolence to man.
How can anyone doubt tn at animals lin
domestication) are willing to feed each
other, when there are cats all over Eng
land and Scotland which delight in
bringing food as presents to their own
ers? We need not go back to the his
toric cat which caught pigeon every
day and brought it to it's master when
prisoner in the tower.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
LUCKY DEUCE OF SPADES.
80
A Remarkable Rum of Luck, Dut
1t Was All for the Other
Man, ..'

One by one the old superstitions are
being torn from us. People nowadays
walk ostentatiously under ladders and
suffer no evil consequences. Friday is
quite popular day for the commence
ment OF long journey, and sitting
down 13 at dinner is frequently unat-
tended with untoward results. A deep
~ rooted superstition among card play
ers is belief in the lucky properties Of
the two of spades. The present writer's
faith, however, was severely shaken by
a phenomenal coincidence which oc-
Cured only few days ago, says the
London Mail
Sitting down to a game of whist, he
thoroughly shufHed both packs of
cards, and happened to notice that the
two Of spades was the bottom card of
one of the packs.
"This ought to bring me luck" he re-
marked to his friends.
He then took up the second pack, and
was astonished to find that the two of
spades was also at the bottom of that.
Words failed to express his amazement
when, in drawing for partners and deal
the cards had been shuf]ed again-he
once more drew the two of spades.
The odds against this triple event oc-
curing must be enormous, but more
was to follow. The deal fell to the writ
er, and the turn-up card was the in
evitable two of spades!
After this the dealer felt justified in
believing he was in for good evening.
AS matter Of fact, he lost six rubbers
in Succession.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
LOTS OF WAR WIDOWS.
fens1on REPORT Shows Renaarl1a bl e
Facts in Regard to Lon
gevity.

One of the curiosities of the United
States pension service is the astonish-
ing survival of war widows. The re-
port OF the United States commissioner
OF pensions, just issued, shows some re-
markable and interesting facts in re-
gard to the longevity of he widows of
soldiers. For instance, while there is
not single soldier Of the war OF the
revolution alive to-day, there are still
II widows and daughters of soldiers Of
the revolution. OF the war of 1912
there are onl y three soldiers still alive.
but OF their widows there are still sur
wing and drawing pensions the aston
ishing number OF 2,4o7, says the New
Orleans Picayune.
The. war Of the revolution closed in
1888, and a period Of 115 years has
elapsed, and, while there are no male
survivors, there are still some Of their
widows alive. This state Of affairs can
only be possible On the ground that
some Of the soldiers, after they had at
tanned old age, married young wives.
The war Of 1924 closed with the bat
tie OF New Orleans on January g. 1915.
SO years ago. supposing that the
youngest soldiers were Is years old,
period of 10l years has elapsed since
the birth of such soldier. Evidently
many Of them, after they were DID, mar
ried young women, SO that: although
all the men but three are dead, they
have left behind more than 1900 wild
ows. By the same rule of procedure it
is plain that there will be widows Of sol
diers of the civil war on the pension
rolls in 1880, and even a few in the year
1000, more than century hence, forif
a soldier of 1861 should marry when he
has reached the age of so years in 1923.
girl Is years old, she might hope to
live II years longer, or to the age Of 93,
which would bring her up to the year
1000. Of course, it is not likely there
will be many such, but there will, in all
probability, be some.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
SOCIETY IN sITKA..
Strange as II May Seem, Dress SUITS
Are Important Requisites at zs:.
Social Functions. s.

That dress suits should be consid cred
important requisites in Sitka is a some
what startling anomaly, says the San
francisco Chronicle. The fact remains.
however, that the most rigid social rules
prevail Whether it be ball, a tea
fight or a muffin struggle, evening dress.
is. imperative. Dinner parties of ten
and twelve courses are frequently OF
the taps, and, since none Of the officials
+ come prepared to entertain on lavish
scale, every prospective hostess Dor
rows from her neighbors. All the dav
long preceding an important function
a more Or less intermittent procession
OF men, women and children and hand
carts may be seen carrying lamps and
furniture, punchbowls, crockery, glass
and silverware and other para phernaha
to the scene of festivity.
Everybody lives in small, GRAINED
quarters, and when an entertainment
OF unusual scope is desirable vacant
store or other unoccupied building is
appropriated. Sometimes the court
room is denuded of its cum brous furn
ture, the walls decorated with flags.
punches of scarlet elderberry, festoons
OF spruce and cedar, moss and ferns.
and behold an attractive ballroom. A
guitar and concertina, or perhaps 2
couple of banjos and flute, compose
the more or less tuneful orchestra.
sandwiches Of cucumbers or nastur
tlum leaves and blossoms are among the
surprises of the refreshment table.
The courtroom is over the jail, and
the rhythmic tread of the dancers and
enllvening strains of music are vastly
enjoyed by the prisoners. In fact, they
look forward to these festive occasions
with quite as much pleasurab bic antici
patton as the invited guests. The court
room is also used for divers other enter
talnments, the inmates of the jail draw
ing the line at amateur concerts. They
think that they have already suffered
enough, and that it is taking an unfair
advantage of their limited sphere of &C.
ton.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
Contest Notice.

Department Of the Interior, United States Land
Once, Duluth Mimi, December q, 1883.
A sufficient contest affidavit having cen filed
in this Office by J.; D. Ecry, con:estaat against
the e. Of neM anu e1a of sell Of section Is. town,
ship ii north. range4 west. by Louis II. Rrochon,
contestee in which # is alleged that ''sid Louis
n. -Brochon has failed to reside on, cultivate
and improve said tract for more then two years,
last past said parties are hereby notified to
appear: respond and offer evidence touching said
allegation at 10 O'CLOCK a. III: February FL,
1899, before che Register and Receiver at the
United States Land Office in Duluth MINI.
The said contestant having. in proper afh-
davit filed October 81 1898, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence. personal service
of this notice can not be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
1871 Vim. E, Culkin Register;
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
ALI Women May be Pretty.

The April Ladies' Home Journal will
contain the first article of series telling
GLOW to be Pretty Though Plain. )"
The author, who has verified all her
statements, insists that it is within easy
possibility for the plainest woman to be
pretty, and she thinksit not an unworthy
ambition. Good common-sense forms
the basis of this authors advice to all
women who wish to be pretty.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
SWORD In A WINDOW.
How Rear Admiral Sehley Saw His
Philadelphia Present Ahead
of Time.

Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley
was walking down the avenue with an
old friend, also a naval officer, and they
were looking in the shop windows in a
very democratic manner, when the adj
miral happened to glance in the VIM
dow Of a well-known jewelry firm and
his attention was attracted to a mag
niicent gold sword, says a philadelphia
paper. ,..::@
The two gentlemen stopped and
looked in the window at the sword for a
few minutes and read the card which
was near it announcing that this
sword is to be presented to Rear Ad-
miral Schley in Philadelphia on the goth
inst"
''Let US go in and see it," said Schley.
And in they went. The jeweler was
near the door and he recognized the
hero Of Santiago at once. The sword
and case were taken out of the window
and placed on top of showcase. where
the admiral could examine it closely.
His face was beaming with delight as
he handled it, and outside there was
gathering a large crowd of men, wo1n-
en- and children, whose faces were also
bea1ning, but they were not looking at
the sword. They were studying every
move and change of expression in
Schley's face. He did not seem to no
tice them, and after examining the
sword and accom- anying belt carefully
for about Is minutes he and his naval
friend walked off, with a great crowd
following closely. II !. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
Wanted to Bottle the Baby,

The naturalist's wife had gone out
for few minutes and left the baby in
charge of her absent-minded husband.
When she returned she was not little
disturbed to discover the baby crying
dismally, and it's father, with collec-
ton Of his largest bottles of alcohol be-
fore him, evidently at his wits end.
why, David, David" cried the good
woman, snatching up the child, "what
is the matter?" SWELL, my DEAR" re-
sponded the great naturalist, simply,
gazing at the baby, t'it's very strange,
but can't find bottle large enough to
hold him anywhere" .... e
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
Contest Notice.

Department of the Interior, United States Land
Office, Duluth Mimi, December %, 1898.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been Aed
against Homestead entry No, 9461 made Sept. 4,
1894, for the VIZ OF nw14 and VIZ OF swA of Sec
ton "A, township fl north, range 4 west, by
Maggie Johnston, contestee, in which it is
alleged that said Maggie Johnston has
failed to establish her residence on said land
since making said entry"
: said parties are hereby notified to appear, re-
spond and offer evidence touching said allegs-
t ion at 10 o'clock a. m. on February 81, 1899
before the Register and Receiver at the United
States Land, Office in Duluth MINI,
The said contestant having in proper sfffidavit.
fled Octocer n. 1893, set forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal service Of this
notice can not be made, it is hereby ordered and
directed that such notice be given by due and
proper publication. j.; 80
,I2I VIM. E. CuIkin. Register.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
Terms, 81. co a Year in Advance.
GRAND MARAIs. MINI. MARCH Is, 1899.
The White Mans Burden.

& E--fH- . .
The New York Times February Is
printed yet another veraion of 9Th,
White Mans Burden y from the pen 0
Mr.. Ernest H. Crosby: r. =.
Take up the White Mans burden;
Send forth your sturdy sons,
And load them down with whisky
: And Testaments and guns. =,
Throw in a few diseases
10 spread in tropic climes,
For there the healthy nlggers
Are quite behind the times.
And don't forget the factories.
On those benighted shores
They have no cheerful iron-mills
Nor exc department stores.
They never work twelve hours day,
: And live il strange content,
=. Although they never have to pay
A single cent for rent.
Take up the White Mans burden,
And teach the Philippines
What interest and taxes are
And what a mortgage means.
Give them elect1ocution chairs,
And prisons, too, galore,
And if they seem inclined to kick,
Then spill their heathen gore.
They need our labor question, too,
And politics and fraud,
We've made a pretty mess at home;
Let's make mess abroad.
And letus ever humbly pray
The Lord of Hosts may deign
To stir our feeble memories,
Lest we forget-the Maine.
Take up the White Mans burden;
To you who thus succeed
In clvilizing savage hordes
They owe debt, indeed;
Concessions, pensions, salaries,
And privilege and right,
With outstretched hands you raise to
bless
Grab everything in sight.
Take up the White Mans burden,
And il you write in verse,
Flatter your Nations vices
And strive to make them worse.
Then learn that if with p1ous words
You ornament each phrase,
In world Of canting hypocrites
This kind of business pays.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
LAMPS HELD MAGNETS.
An Old Conjurer,s Trick That II Now
Put to Good Use In the Ma
chine Shop. 38 ss.@

To hold down to a lecture platform a
light iron object by means Of an cleo
,ro-magnet underneath, out Of sight,
md thus appear to multiply its weight
many times over at will--to make it
impossible even to lift the object in
question, providing the magnet be pow
arful enough--is an old conjurer's trick
which has served on many occasions to
mystify the public, says Casters Maya
zine.
Its principle, however, has been ap-
Piled to several more useful purposes,
and one Of these, of recent date, is en-
bodied in a magnetic chuck for mis-
cellaneous work, for surface grinding,
principally, but adapted also for the
planer Or the lathe.
The magnetic effect in this chuck is
produced by an electro current circulat-
ing in coil in the interior of the de-
vice, and, as this coil is wound, pref
erably, for 10 volts, the needed cur
rent can be taken: from any regular
electric lighting main in or about a
shop. The convenience of the device,
especially for small work, is obvious.
A magnetic holder for an electric
incandescent lamp is another electric
shop convenience, The holder is Sim
ply a lamp socket containing small
electric magnet, which will make the
whole contrivance stick to any piece of
iron or steel with which it may be
brought in contact.
The coil through which the magnet
is energized is within the base of the
holder, and the lamp current supply
ing the energy passes through it on it's
WAN to the La mn
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
Eraahar,rasgIad

The princess Of Wales never carries
any money alb ut itth her It was not
50 long ago that the princess, on at
tempting to en- ter an entertain in
cognito, found herself without the two
shillings required to pay the entrance.
3as.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-03-25
Timber Land, "A ct June 3, 1S7S.-Notice for Pub
hcation.-- S. Land Office, Duluth, Mimi,

Timber Land, Act June 8, 1s7s.-Notice for Pub
hcation.-U. S. Land Office, Duluth, Mimi,
December 80 1885, $:. {: &;
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions of the act of Congress of une 3,
1875 entitled act for the sale Of timber lands
il il the states Of California, Oregon Nevada and
Washington Territory. Z as extended to- all the
public land states by act Of August 1922,
9Sharles Rehnstrand, Of Harding. county OF st.
Louis, state Of Minnesota, has this day filed in
this office his sworn statement No. 1926. for the
purchase Of lots II and = of sela section
4. township 90, ran ga3 west, and viii offer proof
to show tilatthe land ought more valuable for
purposes.and to establish his claim to eaid land
%Eefore the Register aud Receiver of this oficeat
. lo s. y inn, on Thursday, the 23rd day OF
March, 1886. IS s 81 ..I#
y He names as witnesses
- GORGE r., Signal ess, Sam Anderson and i
J y, :, tsaIee Of West Wis. and Albert
Y. Gross, Fred Il. Gross, And rev r. #Bestu1 and
Patrick McCoy of Duluth III NJ. ssS3@8 Il {sg42
any.and Al 8 persons claiming adversely the
March S99. ss $50 s8f ri
" n q Guikin Register.
B y ohnson. Al y.