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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
srHE CHICK DEE.

ssWere 1t not for me, 4
Said q scl1ickadee. S8s Ss335
Not q single flower on earth would be-
For under the ground they soundly sleep
And never venture an upward peep, -8
Till they hear from me,
sChickadee-dee! tSA5 81 38
81 tell Jack Frost when tits time to go
And carry away the ice and snow; .5
And then hint to the jolly Eold sun, 4.
"a little spring work. sir. should be done
And he smiles around s ssg
On the frozen ground.
And j keep up my cherry, CHEEKY sound
Till echo declares in glee, in glee,
0 tbs he! It's he!
/, The chickadee-dee! If .I.5
''And then waken the birds Of spring
sHo, no! tits time to be on the wing.
They tril and twitter and soar aloft
And Isend the winds to whisper soft,
Down by the little fiower-beds, Il.
Saying, Come, show your pretty heads!
The spring is coming, you see, you see!
For so sings he, s.GS
The chickadee-dee! 81 81 |.$&a% w T&s
The sun he smiled: and the early flow
q 49, erS - =. F5-st s,. Sax ~ #Ei ss.f H4zs' 5.
Bloomed to brighten the blithesome
II hours, #"t Mt %.&
And song-birds gathered in bush and
tree; %&E% ~l
But the wind he laughed right merrily,
AS the saucy mite of a snowbird he
Chirped away, 'Do you see, see, see?
I did it all! - .,... 3. ..5..sa. s.
@'Chickadee-deen f. ..s>EG.s b. ~
/. Sidney Dayre
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{ INVENTION or PRINTING

The Chinese developed the Art Cent
uriGs Before Gutenberg. .5s
FenE Tao "a. .. 88l- 954) ~ best
known to the Chinese as . versatile pol
\ ittcian who served, first and last, un-
der no less than ten enperors Of four
different houses. and gave himself q
sobriquet which finds its best English
equivalent In the Vicar of Bray. 8#58s5
In his history of Chinese Litera-
4 turo. !" published by the ppletons. Dr..
Giles tells how Tao presented himself
at the court Of the second emperor Of
the Lao dynasty, and positively asked
Tor post. He said he had no home.
mo money, and very little brains; q
statement which appears to have ap-
oealed forcibly to the Tartar monarch.
who at once appointed him grand tu-
aor 60 the heir apparent
BY Foreigners, on the other hand, he
Will be chiefly remembered as the in
ventor Of the art Of block-printing. It
aeexns probable. indeed, that some
aFude form OF this invention had al
sssady been known in the Tang dy-
,aAssyl but until the date Of the Feng
TAO. It was certainly not applied to the
production Of books. Six years after
Ais death the ''dre-led'' house Of Sung
vas finally tablished on the throne.
and tlBenceforward the printing of
books from blocks became a familiar
handiara9t with the Chinese people.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
she was always shy and never seemed
to believe him. rs

she was always shy and never seemed
to believe him.
Suddenly his heart beat, paper
lay in his lap and on it were some lines
in Marian S Writin g, still so familiar:
4 " Marcus, dear. T found this once
among your college. souvenirs. do
not think you ever saw what IS hidden
between the leaves OF this blotter. It
lis best that you do not see it as long
as I live. Notone ever loved you more
than do $50 I have kept the secret.
What did Marian. mean He y took
up the blotter with a dizzy surging Of
the blood. Between the leaves? He
fumbled with mans aWkwardless
over each one and rubbed them. Be-
tween the chamois leaf rustled some
thing like paper. Why. two leaves
were laced together to form one.
There was something between, mes
sage come down to him unread through
the years, come down from the very
springtime of his life. .3. @s I
He stood up, drawing deep breaths.
He must think first. Where was the
girl who would be the woman Of to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
TRADE IN PLAYING CARDS.
Twelve Million Pack Are. Used ia the
United states Animal. :. " III

Twelve Million Packs Are. Used ia the
United states Annually.
he number Of playing cards used
in3the United States is something won
derful, there being as many as 12,-
80Oo, 900 packs sold throughout the
country last year, Z remarked a large
manufactures "a the other day. These
cards ga t1 We're made in some thirty-fiye
factories, fourteen Of which are locat-
ed ia New York The latter city i
the econd, If not the greatest. card
center in the world The rivalry be-
tween y's It and London is very close.
London ING on produces about 4 200, 900 packs
! an; and New York about 8, $50, 1000 packs
annually. The cards made in the Unit
ed States, especially in New York, are
the handsomest, the most durable and
convenient known in the trade. The
Europ 9's'as makers are satisfied with old
styles and methods. The average pack
OF cards In London, Paris. Madrid,
Vienna and Berlin is very much the
same today as it was in the beginning
OF the last century. Those made in
TINS country show slight Improvement
from year to year. American manu-,
facturers were the first to introduce
the rounded corners and the squeezer.
and also the deliberately designed card
backs and the elastic satin glaze
which makes new cards SO handsome
and increases their durability. The
material used for making the best
cards is the finest linen paper, while
Tor the cheapest grades wood pulp is
used. All the cards are printed and
cut on rapid-running machines, and
costly printing ink, dye and gold and
silver leaf are used to color and dec
crate the faces and backs of the goods.
Playing cards range in price from 10
cents to 81 and more per pack. The
American market is curious one.
Very few people care to buy the cheap
est kind Of cards. It is the rs and SO
cent; qualities which sell the best.
There is a limited but constant de-
mand for, very handsome cards, espe-
cially when they are intended as
present or holiday gift. There is a.
heavy tax or tariff on cards in every
European country, which prevents our
invading their markets. Otherwise I
think we could undersell them at least
30 per cent. In this country the prod
uct is large source of revenue to the
government, as there is a tax of 2
cents collected on every pack sold
here.''
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Hoodoo Hook and Ladder.

Firemen are not more superstitious
as a class, than other men. But the
firemen Of New York have long believ-
ed that hook and ladder truck No. 2
was a hoodoo. 1t has been in many
collisions, and a number of firemen
have been injured on it, But it will
not hurt any one else. It was smash
ed to pieces recently in a collision with
a street car, and is only good for kindl-
ing wood. Unfortunately, in Destroy
ing itself it took man with it. John
Geary, a fireman, who was riding on
the truck, was thrown under it in the
smash-up and killed almost Instantly.
All the other firemen on the truck were
thrown into the air, and the motornan
on the street car was pitched out on
his head. The fremen mourn the
death Of. a popular comrade, for such
John Geary was, but they have the
consolation that the unruly truck will
not kill any more good men. &. ..=5 u.
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Mrs. Selma Tanner. r.
MIR. L. O. Marble, of Geneva, Neb.,
writes: -
II do believe that my catarrh is en-
tirely cured. have not had any trouble
with my stomach for a long time. am
as well as one Of my age could expect
(seventy years.. I have had the ca
tarrh ever since I was young man,
and have doctored for it for years and
got very little better, but thanks to you
and your Peruna and Manalin believe
I am well Of 1t. can eat anything now
and it doesn't hurt me, and Peruna is
the only thing have ever found that
will cure the catarrh. believe it is the
only cure for catarrh, and hope every
one troubled with catarrh will try Pc
runa and be cured. IL O. Marble.
Il you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use OF PEI
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to- give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address Or. Hartman, president OF
the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
1rDnAx s1sss1oNAaY,s STORY.

Years Of Toilsome Ministry Among
" ;etst% tile Choctaws.
Little York, Ind, April 1.-(SpeciaD.-
twenty-five years ago the Rev. G. II.
Thompson left Indiana. For q time he
preached in Arkansas, afterwards en-
sering on the regular missionary work
among the Choctaw Indians.
For FIVE years he lived and labored
among the full-bloods Of the Western
pralries, until, on April 9Th, 1886, hav-
lag lost his wife, he left the circuit on
which he had preached: SO long, and
commenced travelling missionary work
among the Indians OF the various tribes
scattered in the West. .%s
This Irregular work involved a great
deai OF travel over the prairies. The
drinking OF so much alkali water
AreMght on kidney troubles which ter
Rainated In Diabetes. S. 5.--
Finally, while laboringe among the
Creek Indians at Wagner. Indian Ter
ritory, this noble man was stricken
DOWN completely. A, Chicago special
ut was summoned, and after careful
examination decla1 ed that there was
oct the slightest chance Of his recov-
cry Besides the prescriptions Of the
aeotors, he tried many other medicines,
out all to no avail. He says:
II had concluded that my days were
Craving to close, when picked up
an aln1anac telling Of the cures of D1a-
betes by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
( sent for two boxes. gained strength
and spirits from the time commenced
10 use them, and SO sent for more. 1
am now completely cured, and have not
the slightest symptom Of my old trou-
Die.
Il am ss years Of age. tell every
body OF the wonders Dodd's Kidney
PiIls have done for mo. I can certainly
endorse them heartily, and vouch that
they are all that is claimed for them
Ehey have certainly been a God-send
20 me- '',t
Dodd,s Kidney Pills are the only rem
ely that has ever cured Brtght's Dis
ease, Diabetes or Dropsy. and they
never fail. s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-04
LUNCHEON ON WHEELS
Distributing Kitchens Now Supply the
Wants of Busy Londonerx

Distributing Kitchens Now Supply the
Wants of Busy Londoners
Thls is an age of luxury. The tDis-
tributing Kitchens, Limited has
made it possible for the busy city man
or his typist-or both-to sit down in
the office to luxurious luncheon, or for
the budding barrister to give ban
quet in his own chambers. That is, if
the lunchers are prepared to be salts
lied with an entirely vegetarian meal.
Busy men and women" says the
prospectus, insinuatingly, "who do
not wish to leave their office, can have
dainty, light luncheons sent to them in
well-appointed trays, in which cutlery,
tablecloths, etc., are included. Dwell
lers in flats who find a difficulty in
procuring good cooks will find a solu-
ton in the system herein advocated"
Suppose that you have chambers at
Charing Cross or Westminster, or any
where within four-mile circle of Vic
toria street. Your maiden aunt has
come up from the country, or a friend
has looked in. The day is wet, and
you do not wish to go out. Drop an
order form, filled in, to the company
You can order "a la carte,' or YOU can
trust to the establishment and call for
table d'hote;" the price list comprises
a choice Of over a thousand dishes.
In any case, at the time appointed a.
conspicuous yellow cart will drive up
to your door. At the rear end of the
van is stove, heated by trays of char
coal. From the interior of the van
the atteidant will draw forth spotless
napery of the most attractive kind,
dishes and cutlery of electroplate, and
your luncheon or dinner carefully re-
posing in it's component parts in
dishes placed in black tin case COW
cred with green baize. The man will
call back for the dishes later in the
day.-London Daily Mail.
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Love and a BIotter. .

BY ELIZABETH CHERRY WALTZ.
copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
1t was not quite year after the
death of Marcus O'Neale's wife that his
interest in life had a resurrection. 1t
may have been the fact that it was
the springtime and the season of re-
generations, but it is far more likely
that it was because it was the time of
j house cleanings and the sight of it
about him filled him with an inexpress-
ible longing for things as they were of
yore and deep and undying disgust
for the present The present, be it IN
derstood, was represented by a careless
housekeeper and by dust on every
piece of furniture in sight.
Il don't really believe I am over
fastidious," remarked Marcus O'Neale,
''but really when it comes to this"
This was a cup of muddy coffee
and cold storage egg. Sometimes very
practical things are regenerating in
these influences.
1t was of no use to say anything.
He had often spoken his mind, but had
also become convinced that the thun-
ders of Jove would be. useless to re-
store order p
II must do something," he thought
with decision, this cannot go on. 1t
is parody on life"
He left the breakfast almost untast-
ed and went upstairs. 1t was a pref
ty house still with all it's sad traces
of neglect. He had not wished to leave
it. Why should he? The happiness of
his life had been there and although
The grieved sorely, why grieve so NOR
Ebidly as to shut away all traces of the
dear girl that had gone away?
Rather stay with the memories, cher
7ish them and believe that she smiled
down upon him and wished him to be
happy" Had she not said to him, 81
hope to be happy-and so must you.
do not let it spoil your life, Marcus,
but live it out well. If you do not
wish to live it alone, remember that 1
Fwish first for your happiness"
But who could replace such a sweet
ssoul? Was there in all the world such
another unselish creature? No, she
alone was fit to be among the angels
whittier she had gone.
He went into her pretty room, her
dainty room with its brass bed, it's
chintz draperies, bamboo chairs and
all the pictures she had loved in her
,girlhood. All was as she had left
1T and it gave him poignant pang to
see 1t as it was, to feel that it must be
dismantled If he left his home.
! Aimlessly he opened the desk, the
little drawers, the large ones. In the
very back of one was sealed pack
age, the red wax brown with the air,
1t had been sealed long time.
Il wonder what this is" he thought
this unmarked thing-it is strange
that never saw it before-but I did
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not really look-things seemed too
sacred to disturb" IT. --E.
He sat at the window where the soft
air blew his dark hair from his tenn
pies. He slit open the package with
his penknife. A curious thing dropped
something from "a past remote
a past when Marian knew him not.
About the thing still clung a faint
smell OF violets, of springtime.
f.. A little foolish thing it was in
= deed. A blotter of one chamois leaf
and one Of dark maroon cloth quite
thick and caught curiously with silk
en- stitches. There was a celluloid
cover tied on with a noW-faded ribbon
and on it was painted an improbable
bird sitting impossibly upon a spray
Of flowers. He remembered itNat once,
a girl had sent it to him as valen-
tine, a girl he mad once thought him
self madly in love with in those old
college days Wnen the heart was rot
ously young. He believed he had told
her so a half dozen times but She
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A. ONGRESSMAN %BOTtklN is one or
H. the most influential and best
~ known men in the State of Kan
sas. Whatever he may say on any
subject will be accepted by the people
as the truth. So famous a remedy as
Peruna could not have well escaped the
attention Of so famous q man. He not
only has heard Of the remedy, but he
has used it and was relieved OF an af-
Fiction Of twenty-five years standing.
Peruna is the one internal remedy that
cures chronic catarrh. It cures catarrh
wherever located. This is fact that
the people are rapidly finding out, but
there are still a large multitude who
need to know 1t. 49, ~
Mr.. Frank Richter, Of Winona,
Mimi, says in a letter to The Peruna
Medicine Company:
"As remedy for catarrh I take
pleasure in recommending Peruna for
catarrh Of the stomach. know what it
is to be afflicted with this awful dis
ease and consider it my duty to say
q word in behalf Of the remedy which
gave me such relief. Peruna cured me,
and I know it will cure any one else
who suffers from this disease. It gives
me great pleasure to testify to the cur
alive effects Of this medicine. .Peruna
is a well tested and frequently used
remedy, and for catarrh OF the stom-
ach 1t is unsurpassed. ~.
"My catarrh was principally located
in my head and stomach. I tried many
remedies without success. I tried sew
eral doctors but they were unable to
cure me. I read Of Peruna in the pa
pers and five bottles cured me."-
Frank Richter. +. S.
The gastric juice is secreted by the
mucous fo1licles of the stomach. When
this juice is normal it digests (dis-
solves) the food without producing any
disturbance whatever. If, however, the
gastric juice is not normal, digestion
causes many disagreeable symptoms.
This condition is known as indigestion.
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h Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness. ana tha5 Is oy eonsti-
infamed condition OF the mucus lining OF the
Eustaehian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the infiamna ton can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's normal
nine cases out OF ten are caused by eatarrh
which is nothing but an inf1amed condition OF
the mucus surfaces.
3 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness (caused by catarrh1 that cannot
be cured by Halls CataPrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, roc. SIS US
Halls Family Pills are the best
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PATENTS.

List of Patents Issued Last Week
to Northwestern Inventors.
Andrew H Anderson, Minneapolis,
Mimi, sewing machine: Delbert 3.
Barton, Minneapolis, Mimi, cultivator;
Budd Reeve, Buxton, n. D., portable
Schultz, Albany, Mimi, band cutter for
threshing machines; August Swanson,
Red Wing, Mimi, seeurable garment
pin; Howard A. Turner, Minneapolis,
Mimi, car for stock or other freight;
Oscar II. Uvaas, Lanberton, Mimi,
wrench: Johannes Wee, Oak Park,
Mimi, manure distributing Machine.
& 9l2 Pioneer Press Bldg, st. Paul, MINI.
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mrias Mason to Be a Lawyer.

Miss Ruth F.. Mason, daughter Of
Senator Mason. proposes to join her
father and brother in the law business.
gho Will be graduated by the National
university law department In June. and
10 making preparations to begin gen.
eral practice. Senator Mason says his
daughter will make a good lawyer, and
ao approves her ambition to begin
practice in this city.-Chicago Inter
Ocean. d Ss- -.'.,s Pc: ~ I'm @}-a
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. Fashion,s Decree IN Flowers,

{. There are fashions in flowers as well
as fashions in dress. The English pa
pers tell us that it has, been decided
by the leaders Of floral taste, that the
incurved chrysanthem has to go.
Truly, there was no great beauty in
flowers that simply showed the back
Of their heads instead of their faces;
but novelties are generally welcome,
though uncouth they be. G1unton's
Magazine. 81
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History Repeatinx Itself.

A. Cape Town dispatch says that the
British generals in South Africa regard
DeVKet as demented. -
The defeated Austrian generals. after
Napoleon's first campaign, wrote the
Austrian emperor: -
"TIais young soldier is crazy; he ig-
aores the established rules Of war; ne
nghts In the winter time, and turns up
In all sorts Of places"
Gen. Banks wrote the secretary OF
war in the early part of 1882:
''To my mind, my opponent. Jackson,
d oraRy."-Denver Times.
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Joke ON an Irisnman.

An freshman, who was INDUCING in
the intellectual feast of reading news
paper and sucking raw eggs, CHANGED
to swallow q chicken. It chirruped as
it slid down his throat, and the Irish
man politely observed: 1sI feel sorry
for you, but yez spoke too late. Elk
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"y SAAAAS AVA
your kind advice.
I never once
thought I had Ca
tarrh Of the sto-
mach. I COM
menced taking
Peruna as you
directed. My sto-
mach continued
to hurt me for
about two weeks
after I began the
medicine an d
then it stopped. I
now have q good
appetite W b / | 9
before I W q. 8
nearly starved"
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I'm half an hour? Very good"
day? Then, with a rush of recollec-
ton, he recalled the last time he had
seen her, here in the city and some two
years ago. She was in the street car
with her married sister and he had
greeted her without any sensation save
one of pleasure at meeting with an old
acquaintance. Marian had had his
whole heart-but now? - 81
Something was coming to him from
the past. It was coming with a rush.
But he must not be too sure. Suppose
she was now the wife Of another
well, the message should never be read
by him, that was all-he was sure of
that
He went down stairs to the tele-
phone. He thrust the blotter into
the pocket of his house coat. He found
the number of the sisters telephone
nervously and waited long time be-
fore he could get any answer. Then a
maid with an unmistakab1e Irish &C.
cent asked:
whats wantin'?'
81 wish to speak to Mrs. Stark
"Sure, she's ill-has bit O. the grip,
Sor. Will Miss Eve do, her sister,
Sor?" -, .~~.~s .,'1 >
"Who?"
Mrs. Stark's sister, Sor.'
81 think she will
He had to be glad. It was so long
since he had cared or dared to be glad.
And he listened.
Presently, it seemed an eternity, a
gentle voice said:
"Yes-what is it?'
Marcus O'Neale, Miss Eve-or is it
still Miss Ever
There was a low laugh.
1T is still Miss Eve I have just
arrived, that is, came yesterday. And
l was sorry to hear, some long time af-
ter it happened, of your great loss.
We were ABROAD"
"We?"
Papa and !. I am the only one left
at home, you know"
Marcus was suddenly COMPOUNDED,
He did not know what to say next as
he had not read the message. Present.
ly he recovered his wits.
''I suppose I may call while you are
here?" $780,,
"Why, yes-if you care to. Was there
any message for sister?"
"No-not if she is i'll. I hope she
will soon be better. I will certainly
call, Miss Eve
Then he hung up the receiver and
went up the stairs. He closed the door
and locked it. Slowly he cut the lac
ings between the two chamois leaves.
| Something as soft and shiny as a
/ baby's hair fell out, and thin paper.
He picked it up most reverently. It
was a wavy tress of EYES d shining
! hair as when she was a girl and tied
| with a white silk thread. He took it
| in one hand and with the other held
| up the thin paper. 1t read H.
Darling Marcus, you have asked me
so often to say that I loved you. But
waited until st. Valentines day when
maids may choose their lovers. You
will always have my heart EVE"
And ten years had gone by? He had
always had her heart.
Half an hour later the telephone bell
rang again. The housekeeper, making
a pretense at arranging the dining
room, listened and heard
miss Eve, it is Marcus O'Neale
I. again. have something to explain to
/ you. Could you see me about fifteen
minutes? I'll come over on my. way
up town il you can. know it's a great
i favor to ask but really it can't be
postponed. In half an hour very
+. good--I'll be there, thank YOU
i Then Marcus O'Neale hung up the
receiver and Whistled for the frs
time since his Wife's death as he
sprang up the stairs to make himself
fit. a fl
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High Praise.

Penelope-That was a fine nasquer-
ade ball, wasn't it? s@,.@ s
Perita-Wasn't it? I never saw you
look SO well in my 1ife?-Detroit Free
Press. rig y
Ohio State Journal. 55