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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
In the Wrong Berth
Politician Makes Serious Mistake While Searching
$500. for Necessary Sustenance.

For week or two past r F.. Combs,
secretary Of the Jefferson club of St.
Louis, has been fneekly buying cigars
and other things for his friends, hop
ing thereby to keep them from worry
ing him about a mistake he made
while travelling on a railroad train. He
and about a score of. other st. Louis
politicians went to St. Joseph on what
was called fishing trip, making the
journey at hight. BILLY" Flynn, one
of the party, had brought with him, by
the merest chance. bottle of 5-year-
old whisky. 1t is not believed to have
been the only bottle on the train. 1t
happened that when Flynn produced
this bottle. and gave a nip to- one or
two Of those present, Combs was in
the smoking car and when he returned
to the sleeper Flynn had gone to bed.
Somebody. told Combs of the fine
liquor and he at once asked what berth
Flynn had f.: e. Il $5' *'
Lower, No. H. said one of the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10


being and comfort in sthise style of
dress which is not to be gainsaid. It
also offers such unlimited scope for
many variations of toilette, and in
this way appeals to us more particu-
larly when our desires do not coincide
with the limitations of dress has
ket. The pretty blouse sketched is
Of printed muslin, trimmed with lace
and tucked. The design is a very
charming one, and Is becoming to any
figure. The collarless blouse is I'M
square cut lace yoke stopping short at
the throat line. "A lace collar should
be worn, finished at the top by a,
narrow piping of the same material as
the blouse itself. =. Narrow turnover
muslin collars, with a dainty stock
cravat, look we'll for wear with morn
ing blouses.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

Third Coupon Identifies the Owner.
to give the owner Of the parcel or
baggage third coupon, to be given
up as means Of identification upon
delivery of the goods.
The tag is to be useo in the follow
ing manner: On each of the three
parts appears the same number and
if the baggage Is to be transferred
from the station Of deposit, then the
parts will also have the name of the
station of departure and destination.
The two detachable coupons are, given
to the owner of the baggage and the
third is placed on the goods. When
the owner arrives at his or her des.
tination and desires the delivery of
the baggage one of the coupons may
be given to the delivery man., enabl
ing him to secure the goods, the re:
naming coupon being given up when
the delivery is made, thus identifying
the owner and at the same time pro.
viding receipt to prove the proper
delivery has been made. s.-@sav.' 4 : = d
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
I u11nel d eeded
AlLLand Route from New 81 York 70 Paris Too
* $Sz z.: Tedious Is Be Popular. >.' -. i.

Explorer De Windt seems very
much impressed with the idea that:
1t is commercially as well as mechan-
ically possible to establish an all
rail route between Paris and. New
York. He has been over the ground
at considerable expenditure of time
and an immense amount of discomfort
and hardship. The proposition to
bridge Bering. straits he ridicules as
the absurd dream Of certain vission-
aries in Paris, but he believes that a
tunnel could be- built beneath those
waters and that the rest Of: the all
rail scheme presents no particular
engineering difficulties, reports the
Brooklyn Eagle. Well, supposing the
tunnel were constructed and the
necessary rail connections made
through Alaska and British Columbia
with the Canadian Pacific on the one
side and with the Transsiberian rail.
way on the other, what would be the
use OF the five or six thousand miles
of track thus created? =
We are. now distant less than a
week from Paris and not much more
greatly. removed from most, of the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
The Newest .JeWeIry.

The newest jewelry is essentially
artistic both in design and in the
exquisite shadings of gold which are
the most sought-after effects Of the
moment. Flowers are popular motifs
and lend their graceful forms and
lovely hues with artistic adaptability
to- brooches and buckles. The BIOS
som itself frequently forms the cen
ter, the stem and leaves being twisted
round to- give the outline.
Sometimes the stalk forms the
greater part of the design, with
cluster of the chosen fiowers-lilies
of the valley, sweet pea, hyacinth,
clematis COR forget-me-nots-at one
side. ~ e
Beautiful heads, or complete female
figures, often stracge and weird de-
signs, appear in nany of the larger
ornaments. .,:,-s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

party, mentioning number at haz.
ard. -
Combs went to the number indicat.
ed, peeped in and dimly saw a bottle
lying on the cover. "Ah, ha! Billy's
going to take~.a night-cap all by his
lonely" thought Combs. He jerked
aside the curtain, grabbed the bottle
with Here, you've had enough, Bill
ly,:'' and made off. Just then an in.
fant set up a howl and we heard q
woman's voice say, in angry tones,
What did you mean, .sir?" Combs
glanced at his bottle: = =
It was half full Of milk and had a
rubber attachment. He threw it into a
berth on the opposite side of the aisle,
made dash for another car, and kept
himself quiet as he could until the
train reached St. Joseph. Then he be
gan. to buy things for his friends, and
he has been at it more or less in.
dustriously ever since Chicago
Chronicle >. =,.. ~ -. r..
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In the new frivols of fashion there:
may be noted these things: :: p.
Street coats with three little capes.s
= The little lace cap, very close on
the shoulders, .s>3s 3. ...s =. .=. ~ 4
% Lace dresses with silk Innings and
silk underslips OF all acolors.s :&
The tpeef eater hat with straps OF
stitched cloth on the crown. sS@ sS@si: "a.
% The Cleopatra hat brim, turned up
and: embroidered on the outside.
Street sleeves with capes at the
shoulder and capes at the hand.
The very low necked evening
gown with three caps for the sleeves.
Wide scarfs that come from the
sides Of the hat and tie under the.
chin.
h The skirt trimmed with three.
founces, each third depth Of the
skirt. =.' 4sz.a..7
The gowns OF point d,esprit with de-
lightful rufness trimmed with narrow
blue velvet
Flounces Of black insertion with 1
bands Of. green ribbon trimming On !
the upper part. IS
The military hat turned up at the
sides and back, but pulled down @ s
sharp point 81 front, either trimmed
sor unit trimmed.
fIats made very elegant with droop-
Ing Dlack ostrich feather put 81 6 /
each side with the most classic regu-
larity and meeting the mid d..a cf tie
front under Bis round
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
New Kind of Nickel Steel

hew Kind of Nickel Steel. 49,
Metallrgists have long been aware
that the addition c. certain percent
age of nickel to harden steel makes
an alloy Of especial hardness. Advan-
tage is taken of that discovery In the
manufacture of armor plate for war
vessels. Nickel steel possesses other
: well known virtues, such as suscepti-
Dility to high polish and q loss OF cor
possibility. A Frenchman named Gull
Iaumy now declares that he has found
new. trait of much Importance. He
Gays that he gets rid Of expansion
with temperature, thus adapting his
alloy to many useful purposes, such
as the construction Of boiler tubes,
whose varying length tends to impair
their connections and create leaks.
Presumably the proportions Id which
the iron and nickel are combined ri
'this product are different from those
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
Wonderful Chinese LANGUAGE.

* IL &SSVu0SEt0l 0l%OHtneSSt Sean9UaQe.% %4st-
# Chinese is an Geographic language
It conveys the idea and not the word
for a thing, as the. figure srepresents
the idea and not the word. The Chi.
Snese have invented more than &C, 900
marks q q for their writing, but 1t res
quires only about 8, 900 marks for mer-
camille correspondence, andsit Is said
to be easier to learn them than the
words Of an ordinary foreign Lam
2guage. Russian is more difficult for
Americans than Chinese. It takes
much longer tn learn the spoken Ian
5gnage, beca,ise of the variety Of sdia-
'aects, but anyone can learn enough Of
the q writings to answer ordinary pur-
poses Is few months and have his
.knloWlle 81 3 y dges perfected by linguist
within shout q year. Exact instruc;
stions in.one off the Chinese languages
! can lE only be given by= 8 Ghinaman.
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Triplicate Baggage Check.

1t is "a subject of common knowl-
edge, among travellers especially, that
much confusion and annoyance result
from the present duplicate system of
checking articles in parcel rooms,
railroad stations, etc., mistakes in
delivery often occurring because there
is no means OF identifying the owner
should the article be delivered at the
wrong address. u.
The object sought to be attained by
William F. Connor Of New York city
by the use of the triplicate check is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
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Perfumed Writing Paper.


: I have just learned most clever
way Of perfuming ones writing paper,
which every fashionable woman
wants to ha I'VE suggest delicate frag-
rance: The: same method, find, is
excellent for handkerchiefs and wells,
and even gloves, at the same time
preserving them admirably. A thick
<blotting pad is ali thatsis required, all
the blotting paper of which has been
carefully moistened with ones favor
ite perfume and allowed to dry: Then
ones letter. paper, ones wells, hand
kerchiefs, and gloves are slipped in
between the pages, from which is
transmitted a most delicate odor. 1t
is not necessary to have a large pad,
as to preserve the fragrance It should
be kept in an air tight bog, and one
may even use several Of the small
square pads, one Tor each article. and
Wlaieh st in 25.]
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
>Screen to Protect the Face.

The discomfort occasioned by the
hair falling on the face as it is being
cut from the head by the barber is an
unpleasant experience, which the
majority of men are called upon 10
pass through at frequent intervals,
and it has occurred to German in
ventor that the annoyance could
easily be done away with by provid-
ing some sort of face screen to
catch the cuttings as they are clipped
from the head. How the idea has
been carried out is shown in the ac-
companying drawing, the device con-
sisting of screen to protect the
face, together with a trough to pre-
vent the hair from falling on the
clothing The device is preferably
transparent, in order that the custom
er's view may not be obstructed,
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Raspberry Red,


One of the new fancies are rasp-
berry reds in pale tones, in dotted
swiss and batiSte and are considered
extremely smart for forenoon wear.
They are almost invariably trimmed
with: black laces marked over with
white floss and just a little gold
thread, and are transparently inset
, in long lines upon the skirt and bod
ice. The effect over white silk under:
drapery is most delightful. Black
lace hats and roses to match, or, a
wreath of raspberries with foliage,
are a charming harmony, and as this
color has not been hackneyed it car.
ries a decided eclat. Geranium red
hats and parasols add great possibili.
ties to the pongee, biscuit and white
Casino gowns, making them more
sought after than ever. -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

Shoe Horn With Clamp Attachment.
The shoe horn is an almost indis-
pensable article to persons who are
wearing low shoes in the summer
time, as it is next to impossible to
make the shoe conform to the shape
OF the heel and still be large enough
to pull on freely. With horn Of the
ordinary construction it is necessary
to press the shoe against the floor or
other surface to aid in forcing the foot
into it.. George Schneider of Balti-
more, Md, has just patented a shoe
horn having the prime advantage of
enabling the user to stand in an up
right position while putting on his
snoes.> The improvement consists in
mounting a gripping jaw pivotally on
lug on the convex face Of the horn,
with a lever p1yoted on second lug
to close the jaw and clamp the
leather tightly when the end of the
horn and the lever are grasped III the
hand. The facesof the jaw. is covered
With corrugated rubber, which affords
q firm grasp without injury sto tie
Leather With the clamp iins sspositioIl
and being grippeds :byz tie hand pull
ION The two members Will 2dra the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

For Use in Cutting or Shampooing
the Hair.
and it may be made out of celluloid,
gelatin paper, waxed linen or glass;
The upper edge of the screen is
adapted to fit snugly around the fore
head, for the purpose of preventing
anything from passing underneath,
and this enables it to be used in
shampooing the hair to catch the
water and lather which might other
wise run down the face. The pincipal
advantage of thu arrangement in
practical use is the greater freedom
it sives the barber in his work. thus
saving time for his customer and. him
self. The inventor is Maximilian Gal
ley of Hanover, Germany. :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
shoe on the foot without pressing it
against any surface.
New College Course.

New College Course.
One of the New England colleges
has recently established what is
called a School Of Administration and
Finance. It's purpose is to give young
men such instruction as will silence
tae old objection tha> a college edu-
cation units a man for business. The
course has been fixed at two years,
and has for it's principal topics pri,
vate banking, brokerage and invest
ment, railroad and steamship service
and foreign trade. There is also In.
struction in the general principles OF
manufacturing and the relations be.
tween employer and employed. Jour.
nalism, consular work and general
administration are also taught.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

II should think that you would be
happy that you are pastor of SO old q
church, and not one of those new Gre
:ations,Y said the woman from the city.
to the rector of one of the oldest SUBJ
urban churches about here. It must
you to know that : you are
carrying on & work begun: 200 years
ago. s 81 ssg : ~ - 4, :zss': & - r. :
Tie age of the church does add
dignity to. the work. said the rector,
.s.but hr1ngsssa flood Of trouble to
me. 1,
..ss..Y % mean hat the income from
can spend z? 6 she asked. ssss.
9 tNot at all,'' he answered. There
is a mistaken idea :afloat about the
reetor's salary; but was not referring
to that. An old church is supposed to-
have, generally does have, records.
Records are invaluable to some per-
sons, especially to those who are
working out a family tree. They come
to see me about them, they write to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

There was a pause and then Provi.
dence said -. =: :: III It'll u ~ =.
Mr. Blank says he wants Mr.. Dash
to get him a 1902 cent which has
never been&used.,' S5 81 4! ~ g,as ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
Ice Cream Desse

/ Here is:a recipe for something that
is nice to serve Win ice cream: Beat
the white Of one egg, very light, then
beat in half cup Of powdered sugar,
next, add one cup chopped peanuts.
Spread this on but.ored thin crackers
and put in the oven long enough to
brown slightly This will make twelve
or fifteen.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
1MlAN
a E||lI:RzA1Mo Al,
!. NUN n! ! l:]l]':l BER ]. ] l|;' Sc
442 Vi zN ft; ~. S -,

White: Isl preferred, although with q
light gray gown or a very light tan It
is fad of this season to. have the
gloves Of the same shade To wear
with tailor gowns or for the ordinary
street gown, a heavy tan kid is consid-
cred quite the best and smartest.
Gloves. are worn 1arger than they
were, fashion especially adapted to
warm weather, but also practical for
the heavier kinds.-Harpers Bazaar. r
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

Crepe de Chine Waist.
i Full, gathered, blouse Of pastel lilac
crepe de chine, trimmed with motifs
Of Irish lace, of which the yoke is also
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10
- GRAND dARIAs dINNEsoTA JANUARY 10 1903
POPULAR SCIENCE

commonly: observed Otherwise It lis
likely that the disappearance Of the
usual effect of heat on solids would
have been noticed before. ~ >:.S - = q
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

The coal miner kicks because he is
kept down in the world.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

M, Maud, dear, you can't fill a
pokaFs hand with an: ash tray. s~:.s .
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Electricity for Plants.

: Electricity for Plants.
An important paper has recently
been published by DR.. Selim Lem
strom of Helsingfors, on the use of
electricity as a plant fertilizer. His
experiments show that. for plants
growing on arabl, land of medium
quality an inucrease of 45 per cent in
the' crops is obtainable, the. better
the field is titled the greater the in.
crease; lon poor soil the effect is
trihing. Certain rlants, such as peas,
cabbages and turnips do not respond
to electrical treatment, until after
being watered. Electricity applied
when the sun is shining strongly is
almost invariably Injurious .. -. :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-01-10

-. Pretty Blouse of Simple Design.
During the holiday season the every
day usefulness of the blouse and
skirt costume is more than ever real
lied, fol; there is sense of we'll
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
RACE HATRED: 4 PROBLEN.

f. L.. in The London Spectator.
In the North, i'll the North, in the white and
wintry North,
Where the men they hated stayed, where the
they loved went forth
I was King; was Lord; never Court SO thrOnged
mine.
bent and blasted pine.
Yet a day when it crumbled; / van
ished in my wrath
From the North from the North. from the
white inconstant North
In the South. in the South. in the red and war
torn South.
I was King 1 was Lord; loud my praise in
every mouth;
For the war drums beat my glory, the big guns
sang my fame
From the kopje, from the veld from the heca-
tombS of slain
Yet the hearts of men rang hollow, though my
in their mouth.
And my throne shakes like a shadow in the big
inconstant South.
In the West in the West. in the small tenacious
West,
I am King STILL I am Lord; there my throne
is founded best,
For the centuries approve me, L am fixed, en-
cased, secure,
While the hearts Of men burn hotly, while the
thoughts of wrong endure.
What is written? Will it fail me? Will it van
ish like the rest?
Or I King forever in the green tenacious
West?
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
WIEN NY SNIP CONES HOME FROM SEA

EY MRS ]. L. KIPLING.
Oh. a golden comb for golden hair
And mIlk-Whte pearls for neck fair;
And silver chains, and all for me
The day my ship comes home from seal
.. silken 'broideries green and blue
And wrought with crimson thro' and thro',
With coral and amber: all for me,
The day my ship comes home from sea.
That brings these brave things safely home?
And by what name do you hail her free,
And who is her captain the sea?
My snip comes sailing from the West
And her name is called The Sailors Rest
And the bravest man of all her crew,
Her captain, is my lover true.
o, never will that ship come home,
Wherever she be sailing from;
l warmed my hands beneath the stars
By a fire made of her broken sparS-
And three days dead the captain lay,
But how he died no man may say;
l laid him out by the pale moon-rise.
And made Il shrOud of the 'broderieS-
With coral and gold I weighted him.
And still he light enough to swim,
With silver chains | bound him down,
There never corpse hard to drown
His black hair lines eagles nest
On a Sea-girt cliff in the lonesome west;
Now jet for coral there must be
And instead of amber, ebony,
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

the galleries Of the Fine Art Society In shops
silver is generally given a blue background bur
Mr.. Macquoid. who has arranged this show baa
chosen as a lining for the cases a rose-pink
watered silk. while Mr.. Whistler. who has ent
his plate for exhibition, has set Il out on whits
damask Mr.. MacquOid contends that the rOse-
pink adds richness OF color to the silver surface
and that white makes it seem leaden and dark
The contrast between his cases and Mr. Whist
Ier's certainly seems to support his contention
AS silver plate is so much used for table decora-
tion this little conflict OF artistic taste viii no
doubt interest visitors to the exhibition.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
THE GOLDEN AGE.

rom Punch.
o, for the days of long ago,
OF blessed old B. c.,
When it was possible to know
The OnHe Scibile
When all in everything excelled,
Nor specialized at college,
And one small celebellum held
The sum of human knowledge.
There were no libraries as yet
Of huge ungainly size
For students emulous to get
The wisdom of the wise;
You did not gaze on rows and rows
OF Volumes half-demented,
For poetry was rare, and prose
Had hardly been invented.
Philosophy was simple; men
Had not begun to rant
About their apperceptiOn then
And tranScendental cant.
They knew what souls were made Of too.
For in those days so distant
No metaphysics worried you,
For they were non-existent.
Then language was a problem small
In golden long ago:
You talked in Greek, and that was an
There really was to know.
Linguistic incapacity
Itself could then deter none
From learning modern tongues you see,
Because, of course, there were none.
AS for geography, a chap
Had only got to
Anaximander's little map
And none knew more than he.
You knew what history there was,
And law and medicine. Many
Knew all the sciences, because.
You see, they hadn't any.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
| tonate sympathy for a race and its Joys and

tionate sympathy for race and its joys and
troubles. The many characters in the book are
skilfully drawn, and they make amusing COM
pany. The depletion of certain conditions In
Ireland is plainly the authors first business, but
she does not forget that she is under obligations
to tell story and to that it is supplied with
some romantic elements.
The best stories in Miss Daskam's collection,
Whom the Gods Destroyed" those in which
she deals with the artistic temperament and the
ups and downs to which it is liable The open
ing tale which gives the book its title is capital
in its portrayal of a curious type and in it's
lightly touched exhibition of striking situation
"A Wind Flower though less persuasive in its
central motive, is equally appealing in spirit
Among the other stories we have noted with
special satisfaction the clever one about a child
"A Little Brother of the Books"
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15
A BACKGROUND FOR SILVER.

From The London Globe.
curious controversy to what colored sur
rounding will best show OFF the beauty OF silver
has been started over the exhibition of plate in
New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

The first volume Of NJ. HanOtaux's Historic
Contemporaries" is almost ready for publication
1t begins with the origins of the Third Empire
and il is full of picturesque anecdotes and brill
liant portraits. Some Of his most interesting
anecdotes illustrate Thierss desire 70 palm him
self off as a universal genius.