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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-10-12
BUSY TELEGRA OFFICE.
d j London oalce u $50 900 Telegrams

In q London ONCE 15O. 900 TeIegrans
Are Handled in b Day. gs
The Central Telegraph Office at St.
Martin Ne q 's-le-G Grand is the busiest spot
in London. Day and night, Sunday
and week day throug out the year, the
place is the scene Of great activity,
for the building is never closed At
this one telegraph Office between 1875.
900 and 150, 600 kilograms are handled
daily. The record number Of messages
received and despatched in one day is
&1s5 ILL, which was the number reached
on the a.a s. before the late Queens Dia-
#mond Jubilee in 1897 There are no
fewer than 1 ,226 telegraph instruments,
and a staff Of nearly A 500 persons is
employed. There are 2, 10 men tele-
graphists, about / 200 lady telegraph
lists, $50 messengers and fifty special
servants. It IS wonderful what the
little clicking machines are capable Of
accompi fishing and the variety to be
found in this immense building. There
are hundreds of duplex machines, which
signal two messages at the same time
over one wire in opposite directions.
{ More MOI wonderful still is the multiplex
machine, by which a clerk can dis
patch six messages at the same time
in different directions. For rapid
working the Wheat-stone apparatus is
called into play, whereby a speed Of
800 words a minute can be obtained: {.
indeed, the instrument has a record
Of 500 words a minute. When any.
thing important occurs the Central
Telegraph Office is exceedingly busy
sending reports across it's numerous
wires. Often as many as 100000 words.
are dispatched in the early hours Of
the morning of a famous parliament
ttary speech. When Mr.. Gladstone in.
trodueed his Home rule bill, in 1886,
over 100000 words were dispatched
over the wires from the head office.
rms is regarded as the Central Tele-
graph Office as a nights record. Mes
sages can be sent from this office to
all parts of the world. In addition to
the telegraph wires there are numer-
GUS telephones, one Of the most inter-
estlng being that from London to
Paris. As many as 300 persons have
used it in a single day, and charge
or shillings is made for every talk
OF three minutes duration or less. &
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nice nap, but had hardly shut Ills eyes

nice nap, but had hardly shut his eyes
when Flossie sat down on stool and
began to scream at the top of her
voice; her mother had told her to do,
something that she didn't want to do.
Bob raised his head and said Is eoW ~, & 3
He was 50 very sleepy, you see, and
Flossie was making such dreadful
noise. She knew " hat Bob meant, but
she did not care. People that let their
temper run away with them never do
care whom they hurt. So Flossie kept
on screaming as loud as ever. Bob bore
st as long as he could, and then he got
up and stood looking at her. What
happened next was so funny that Flos-
sizes mother had a good laugh over it.
She felt sorry to see her little girl so
naughty, and she intended to punish
her, but as she thought that Bob
would do it for her, she waited a little.
The cat walked over to Flossie and
rubbed his head against her knee, try
ing to coax her into a better humor
Let me alone = snapped Flossie. Then
Boo went back to his rug, and sat
down, looking sadly at his pIayfellow
]. -
In minute he stood up again, hav-
ing made up his mind what to do. He
started from the other side Of the
room at quick run, stood up on his
hind legs and actually boxed Flossie's
ears. Then he stepped back and Jump
ed right at her, landing on her Shout
'ders, and over she tumbled on the
floor. Flossie was not at all hurt, for
Bob had kept his claws shut up in his
soft paws, but she was the most as
tonished little girl that you ever saw.
She lay quite still for a minute or two,
as if she were trying to understand
it all; then she got up and looked at
her mother, and they both broke out
into a laugh SO loud and jolly, that
Bob fairly hoped around in delight.
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Tom and the Pic.

4 ION nad gust come to the tours of
the multiplication tables when he went
into the country for the summer. The
ones tWO's and three's were old famil-
lar friends, and he promised to know
the tours very soon; but somehow his
acquaintance with them did not pro-
gress very rapidly. There were so
many more important things to do
things that could not wait. There was
Wading in the lake, and the beach
must be searched daily for shells and
pretty stones, and when the wind blew
hard it took all ones time to watch
the waves trying to climb over the,
high rocks on the point, to say moth
ing of the great days when he went
fishing with papa; but these were all
too infrequent, for papa's friends were
pretty sure to be there, and then there
was no room in the boat for Tom.
There was the morning drive, past
fields crowded with buttercups anu
daisies, to the train which took his
father to town, and the greater excite
ment of meeting him in the afternoon,
perhaps bringing something from the
city. Oftener than not it proved to be
visitors, but there was always the pos
sibility that it might be candy. The
squirrels, too, were always calling Tom.
TO see their races in the woods, and
Just around the point was a bed of
wild strawberries to be looked after.
Between times there was Helen, who
was only three; but she did very well
when there as no one else, and on
rainy days Tom found it more pleas
ant to play with her than he cared to
own, even taking kindly to dolls, when
he was sure no one would see him. So
the days were very full, and Tom and
the tours were almost strangers when.
one morning, Uncle Jack made the
startling statement that the pig was
learning the multiplication table! In
all his seven years Tom had never
heard anything SO surprising. The pig
had never. been an object Of much in
terest to him. A few days later Uncle
Jack said that the pig was almost
through the tours, and showed Tom
"a most convincing picture of his pig.
ship sitting up, holding a book. That
{. 81 *
day Tom was seen with his arithmetic.
and short time after, when his uncle
said the pig could not remember four
times eight, Tom promptly gave the
right answer. Just how much Tom
believed in the education of the pig I
do not know. He said he did not be-
lieve it at all, and it is true that
Uncle Jack was a graVe-faepf1 i0ker.
but it is true, too, that Tom learned
the tours and was through the Fights
before it was time to go back to town.
And once he was seen standing close
to the pigsty listening to the pigs
.grunting recitation Of Ugh, ugh, ugh,
ugh, ugh! which Uncle Jack said
meant, -Four times one are four. -
Jennie Wells Matthews in Youths,
Companion.
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PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week to
NORTH stern Inxontors

List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
2 James Babcock, Fort Pierre, S. D.,
wheeled plow or cultivation; Roy l..
Braucht Minneapolis, Mimi, clamp
for leather stretching machines; Edwin
Houghton, Brainerd, Mimi, jewelers.
blast lamp; Joseph Jungbauer, ST.,
Paul, Mimi, fuel compound; George
Perkins, Cleveland, Mimi, railway
joint; Henry G.. Roth, Minneapolis,
Mimi, weighing scale; Joseph Schultz,
Minneapolis, Mimi, coffee compound
and making same; Claude Turner,
Minneapolis, Mimi, crystallizer.
Lothrop & Johnson, patent attorneys, Oil &
912 Pioneer Press Bldg, St. Paul, Mimi.
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FOR A NEGRO BUILDING.
Opportunity at st. Louis for an Erec-
= -. +. tive Exhibit. s. Il :

Opportunity at ST. Louis for an Effeo-
. tive Exhibit. II
Is The suggestion of negro building at
the St. Louis exposition is one of emf
nent appropriateness. The exposition
itself will be the first of it's scope COM
pairing with the Chicago worlds fair.
1t will commemorate the purchase Of
territory Including states which were
the distinctive home of the American
negro. And while the matter of geog-
raphy is purely incidental, and while
the exposition will not belong to the
north or south, the East or West, there
is something in the situation which
makes it peculiarly the first chance the
negro has had to show what he has
done during the past third of a cen
tury. He has made marvellous advances
IN that short space Of time. He should
be judged not by the heights to which
he has climbed, but by the depths from
which he started. The showing that he
could make at this time would be one
OF not merely great chronological inter
NV, 49, ~ 0pSSAe1A v c11tC Ill lSldGlOu 10
the solution of the race problem. The
problem is one which is unique in his
tory, and anything which throws light
upon it is to be encouraged. There is
special fitness in the suggestion that
all the work in connection with the
building should be done by negroes and
that the entire management Of the ne
gro exhibit be placed In charge Of
members OF that race. A building de-
signed by negro architects, erected by
negro workmen and containing com
prehensive and intelligent exposition
OF the life Of the race in America would
be in many respects one of the most
interesting features of the entire fair.
There is plenty of talent and material
to be used for such display, and the,
task would be taken up with an enthu-
siasm which would give a tremendous
impetus to negro progress. This in it.
self would be one Of the most import
ant considerations. 1t would have an
influence which would be felt many.
years after the exposition was a mem
DRY, possibly the greatest which has
ever been exerted upon the negro race
in this country. Kansas City Journal.
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An Up-to-Date YOUNG mann

Il ~. =
& Dick proposed to me last night"
confessed Madge to Elizabeth.
p Let me congratulate you, for, Of
course, you accepted him?' &. I: d
4 .No." %s5 aszis.s SD E#.
I you didn't reject hin? Pr
!. Yes" L E.* 1. rrz
( How did he take it p ,F@
7 ooh, he was perfectly lovely about it,
and I almost worship him for it. He
said he knew girls liked to have it to
say that they have had a great many
offers, and that he should not despair,
but he hoped that when had refused
enough offers to satisfy me I would in
innate the fact to him in some way,
and then he would propose again, and
we could be married quietly and settle,
down. Do you think 1t would be for
ward in me to let him know that I
have now refused all the offers I care
to?'-Leslie's Weekly. ~ - . . :
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The Joke Was ON the Rea5ter.

One day a peddler of tinware stopped
at a country house up in New Eng
! land and and n leaving his horse and wagon
at the gate, went to the door, where
a DIG woman, with a rather pleasant
lace, met him. He told her. what he
mad for sale, and succeeded in dispos-
ing or half "a dozen articles to her.
Then she said that she had not money
enough to buy more.
Well, ma'am," said the peddler, "I'1l
take rags, if you have amy"
I have none ito SELL answered the
woman 4s.
The peddler saw att least dozen
children, all small, about the house
and the yard, and he suddenly thought
OF a joke that he might play on the
woman.
You seem to have plenty of chill
dren, he said; maybe you might sell
me one Of them, and take the pay lin
tinware,'
What will you give?'' said the
woman
I'll give you ten dollars" said the
man., all in the best tinware." g.
We'll, sir said the woman, "ft's
bargain; take your pick of the lott
The peddler was surprised that his
I joke was working SO we'll, but he kept
very serious face, and selecting a
very bright-looking little fellow of six
years, he took him up and put him on
: the seat.of the wagon and then gave
the woman ten dollars worth of such
articles as she wanted. Never doubt
ing thatrthe mother would repent of
her bargain and give him, to redeem
the boy, ten dollars in money the min
ute she saw him starting off, he climb
ed up on the seat, touched up his
horse, off. He drove very slowly.
however, for he expected every second
to hear the woman call him back. for
how could he think for moment that
mother would sell her child for a
lot of tinware? But she did not call
him back, much to his amazement,
while, as for the boy, he was IN high
glee. FOR he was going to have drive.
Presently the peddler, fearing that the
joke had been turned on him, drove
back to the gate. Lifting the disap-
pointed little fellow down from the
wagon, he went with him to the door,
where he found that the woman had
just finished arranging her new tins
nicely ON her shelves. =.
@ IT think the boy will not do, after
all said the pedd1er, s:..ssand you had
better take him back and let me have
my TINS
No, sirp' cried the woman. "a
bargains a bargain, and you must
stick to Ttr'
why, ma'an,.' said the man, ..sure-
fy You wouldn't sell your little son for
a lot of finware!''
@Uh! answered the woman, IT have
no children mister The boys and
girls you see here are pauper children.
and as you seem to be good sort of
man, III sell you as many of lem as
yuu want for $40 apiece" The ped
dfer stared at her for a minute in
speech1ess amazement, and then,
turning uddenly towards his wagon.
ne drove away as fast as his horse
could take him. But he left his tins
behind him. sg5
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Tact In the Court Room.

N The court room was hotter than the
Soudan in sandstorm. The judge was
a wreck, the jury had wilted.
& our honor and gentlemen said
the attorney for the defense, nI will in
Sdu1ge in no heated argument, but pro-
coed at once to marsha the cold facts"
And he won his case. Cleveland
Plain Dealer. fs58
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Headed Off.

Hobb-What's the matter with Wind
pipe? He used to be always boring
people with advice, and now he says SO
little, and seems to be so thoughtful.
Nobbs-Yes; his wife conceived the
happy idea Of getting him into the
habit of writing letters. to the newspa-
pers, and now he's too busy to do any
thing else.-Harpers Bazaar.
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Willing to Share,

; Old Gent-My boy, I'm seventyfive
years old, and I never smoked cigar
in my life. 5..-.E r.
4 Boy-We1l, If yer likes ter foller me,
you can ave this butts when I'm done
with it.-Ally Sloper. s".'<
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you must have known better"
z. Halls Catarrh Cure Z,
Is taken internally. Price, TIC.
Jonah and the whale,

Patience-Is your preacher sensation
al? = # #t#
Patrice-I should say so! Why, he
preached a sermon last Sunday, and he
took for his subject, TITS Har to Keep
a Good Man Down."
z "Wel q, - a @# %:@.s.
'sOh, it was all about Jonah and the
Wha1e."-Yonkers Statesman.
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Al ChiId'g Good Intentions.

Papa was doing a little carpentry
work about the house, and he handed
the naii-s'cx to Susie, telling her to
pick out an the crooked ones. Pres
emily she brought him a double hand
full OF crooked ones, saying: This ii
ali could find. papa. Shall Il bend,
some more OF EN- for you y
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.rraveltng Exper1ence...

Mother-Sir, hope my little boy.
doesn't worry you by his fretting and
crying: he isn't well, or he wouldn't
act so. ~.
{ Mr.. Man-Oh, no; all children act
that way: I'm used to tin fact,
haven't seen q, we'll child in twenty
years. Chicago Record Herald.
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Extraordinary Man.

Mr.. Simpkins-Arabella, YOU are the
only woman I ever loved.
Arabella-There is only one man in
the world like you.
Mr.. Simpkins-How sweet Of you Ia
say that.
Arabella-Yes; you told THAI Smith
girl the very same thing, and I know
there is no other man living could do
it.-Ohio State Journal.
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For More Than a Quarter of q Century
The reputation of w. L. Douglas $500
and $3.50 shoes for style, comfort and
these prices. This excellent reputation has
been won by merit. alone. w. i. Douglas
shoes have to give better satisfaction than
reputation for the best $500 and $3.50
shoes must be maintained. The standard
has always been placed so high that tho
in the w. Il. Douglas SO 90 and $3.50
shoes than he can get elsewhere.
WI. Douglas sells more SO 90 and $3.50
shoes than any other two manufacturers
= w. 1. Douglas 81 90 Gilt Edge Lfne
cannot be eou0fied at ann price
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A Conscientious Explanation.

: IA CUWScHeNtfOWY EXDIN maf1OM.
7 Didn't you advertise mo mosqui-
toes?'>" inquired the summer boarder.
& WELL" answered Farmer Corntossel,
you see, there Is a scientific move
ment afoot to kill off the mosquitoes all
over the country. That wasn't put in
as an out-an' -out promise. It is jes' a
prophecy" -Washington Star. ..-
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EXclusiyenesN.

Mrs Purseproud-I see where sew
eral rnillionaires chartered a whole
steamboat in order to come across the
ocean. 49,.
Mr.. Purseproud-WeU, when we go
over we will lease the ocean for week.
Baltimore American.
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Fable.


One ne day the little red hen was peck
Ing about, and she found a grain Of
wheat.
oh!s See here. see here! she said:
Il u g have found some wheat. who Will
carry arr it to the mill to be ground ?
], Then We can nave a cake .55#
sss'Wno'll carry it to the mil? ''
Not 8 said the mouse; 81. s.
Not I +, said the grouse;
hen I'll carry it myself, =
Said the little red hem.
Who'll bring home the flour?'
Not I, ( said the mouse;
Not :, + said the grouse;
"a % hen en- II I'll do it myself, z =, =.s II
Said the little red hen. III ISL ".
Who'll be make the cake? pr
.5'N Not t. said the mouse, !. III
b Not / i said the grouse;
Then I'll mako it myself ?
!, Said the little red hen. ss:
Who'll bake the cake?''
Not ], said the mouse;
Not ]. Z said the grouse;
Then I'll do it myself %ss u
Said the little red hen. =@. &
Who'll eat the cake?'' #
Il will, Z said The mouse:
II will, !" said the grouse;
81 will eat it myself sSs
Said the little red hen. sr Ill.,
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Those Dear Girls.

4 Madge-she was in collision, and
had all the enamel scraped off her
wheel. 5s ~
DollyHow lucky she was! IL she'd
taken header, she'd have had the en-
amel scraped off her face. Judge.
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Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething softens the gums, reduces IN
aammation aays pain cures wind coiic. 25c bottle
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Snow Zine at EnT,afs,,,.

Fifteen thousand two hundred ana
sixty feet is the height Of the snow
line on the equator. It Is about 5. 900
feet IN the latitude Of London.
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One ~ Hnnaa,

Mrs. HappyWed-I never saw an ed,l-s
Gated bear; did you
Patient Wife Z es, indeed s: we have
one come over some afternoon when
he issat home. Ohio State Journal.
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FOR 30 Us a. N ID g iris.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS

a Pedaler who Buys BOY FOR q
II Lot Of rlnvvare and Repenss Of His
Bargain Finds That He rs the
Loser. s33s s}s'
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Good word for Ham

Banks-Dumleigh is not such Ounce
as they make him out. He gets off q
good thing once in a while. y
Hill-But It isn't original.
4 Banks Still, it's bright in him to re-
member it.-Boston Transcript.
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Close Distinction.


Didn't you tell me you had no rea-
son to distrust that MANI. asked the
indignant visitor. r.
. II believe did," answered Senator
Sorghum. ! 's,
+ you must have known better"
:''Not at all. He hasn't q cent of my
money in his hands, and don't pro-
pose that he shall have. 7 never said
that you had no reason to distrust
him. w ashington Star. =
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Pfso's Cure for Consumption 10 an infallfbls
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W. SAMuHI.
Ocean Grove, n. J.. Feb. II. 1900
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For frost-bite, chilblains, sore and
lame joints. stiffness OF muscles, try
Wizard Oil. 1t won't disappoint you.
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Never speak of a man in his own
presence. It is always indicate, and
may be offensive.
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.Agafnst Her RuIe.

"Choily Dinsmore proposed to me last
night confded Miss Bunting to Miss
Ki1duff. 81 z;s & z% IS
{ did you ask him If he could support
you in the style to which you have been
accustoned?''
/ Oh, dear, no. never ask men who
propose to me that question. nd Detroit
Free Press. :
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A Picnic Incident.

&. EITHER that young fellow down there
with his girl is a liar or I'm nothing"
remarked the adventurous caterpillar,
as he proceeded to lower himself on his
silken thread. .',..
what do you mean?" inquired the
tree toad.
II just heard him tell her that moth
ing, she might be sure, would ever
come between them."-Phila delphia
Press. .a% IN IF. -. \ s...,<'
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> PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are as
easy to use as soap. No muss or failures.
loo per package. Sold by druggists.
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Not a Congenial Pursuit.

And will you devote your SON to
art?'
s'sNo. He has TOD good an Appetite
Cleveland Plain Dealer. a..= t
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The SubStifufe.

Irate Passenger (having caught the
car on the dead run)-Suppose had
missed my footing and had a leg cut
off? ., a %
Conductor-You wouldn't have had to
run no more: we got orders to stop for
cripples.-Boston Journal.
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p. ANT IN The FALL.

PAINT IN Tho FALL
Fall painting is best; the
paint gets well seasoned be-
fore the hot sun gets busy.
You want your paint to
last, and to prot ct your prop
erty. # you use Deyoe ready
paint, you'1 have both.
Lasts longer than lead and.
oil; costs less. Devoe is a safe
name II paint things.
Ask your dealer for Devoe; don't be
satisfied with less. Send for our pan-
ph1et about paint and painting; free;
things you ough to know.
sGOOD-PAINT DEVoE CHICAGO.
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FastidiOns.

"Jane Meadows was almost drowned
in the latest Staten Island ferry COLI
sion" 1sl1%E.%<
E s%. How was that - :.sse- go, AZ so
"She said the life-preserver didn't
match that new shirt waist of hers
Cleveland Plain Dealer. .,t ~.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-03-22
The wildwood Saloon Murder.

Leavenworth, March 15.-Georgc
Turner, John Wiburn, Andy Wilson
and Son Thornburg were bound over
in the city court for trial for the muir
der of Mrs. Hudson in the Wildwood
saloon. Warrants are out for two more
of the mob, James Kelsey and John
Cummings, but both have left the
county. The testimony showed that
about fifteen men were in the raid and
that while two temperance men took
part most of the others were inspired
by spite work against John Hudson,
husband of the murdered woman.