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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
Design by Nav MantOn.

Design by May MantOn.
made with one upper skirt, so allow
ing renewal of the soiled portion with
the minimum of labor The quantity
of material required for the medium
sizes is, for skirt IN yards 81 or 11@
yards 36 inches wide, for flounce 6h
yards 81 or 355s yards sc inches wide.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
Curling Ostrich Tips.

To curl ostrich tips dip the feathers
in water in which little borax has
been dissolved. Then curl in the
usual amateur fashion; that is, by
stretching three or four strands of the
plumage at time over the blade of
dull knife until dry. This gives a
fine and lasting curl
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
Two "Stunts."

See If you can do the following
two stunts, boys.
Take a dollar, stand it upright on
the table, take pin in each hand,
and, catching the dollar firmly be-
tween the two pin points, lift it up
in the air and keep it balanced there
for half a minute at a time. sst = :.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
An AMUSING Picnic Game.

New and novel is the picnic game.
To begin with, only one should be let
into the secret, as, if all knew, it
would be no fun. Suppose the hostess
is the one familiar with the game
She then commences by announcing
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-08-20
How to Make a Box Kite.

Boys and girls, and even grown-ups,
have learned that there is fun at kite
flying from early spring until late
fall. One thing that has helped them
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14
wEALrH OF The WORLD.
Four Hundred Billion Dollars Is Es-
timated Total.

Four Hundred Billion Dollars Is Es-
timated Total.
The total wealth of the world, while
not exactly known, has been estimated
at s4oO. 600. 100000 says Gunton's mag
azine This is probably an underes-
innate OF the actual amount Of money
and property in civilized and semi
civilized lands. OF this total the
greater part is owned by Americans
and Europeans. The United States
has somewhere near 100000 600 900,
or about oneffourth Of the whole. The
United Kingdom is the richest country
Of Europe, its wealth being estimated
at eli S06.000,0 900. or G302 per capita.
or the total England's share was
el0,062 100000: Scotland's. G1,094,
100000; Ireland's, e650,000,00. In
American money lat s4.S pound sterl-
ingl Great Britain's wealth in 1895 was
s56. .66S 100000 A recent estimate
makes it $4,000 .00O, 600, or SLAP per
capita lin 1921 The annual income
OF England's population is said to be
IS 600 100000 while the yearly saw
ing is s1.94S.000.OOO It should be
remembered that large amount of
British capital is also invested in the
colonies of the empire and in foreign
lands.
France is the next richest nation Of
Europe Mulhall estimated its wealth
in 1895 at G9.690, 600 600. or e252
per capita. A recent estimate Of
Frances wealth makes 1t $4,000, ,000.-
600, or sl.257 per capita (1s0l). Ac-
cording to Mulhall, Germany's wealth
in 1895 was es,052. 900, 600 or else
per capita. Prussias share was more
than half CASIO. 900 .000) Bayaria's.
e94e, 100000; Saxony's, e456.O00. 900:
wurtemberg's. G3TO 100000 while the
smaller German States had e1,337..
100000. According to more recent
estimate. Germany's wealth is s40.-
0O0, 900 900, or sos per capita (lSO1).
German money loaned or invested
abroad amounts to sS,000,0O0 900 or
more. Russia's wealth in 1895, as Null
hall estimated It, amounted to e6.425.-
600 900 ore61 per capita. A recent
estimate places Russia's wealth at
$32 .000, 900 900. or about S296 per cap
ita estimating the population in 1901
at i0S,0o0OOol.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14

"Monkeys-wild monkeys be
made to work in India" said a mis-
sionary Some little ingenuity is re-
quired TO start them, but once they
are got going they peg away like good
fellows
They are often put to harvesting
the pepper The natives. aware that
they are watching with a profound
curiosity, gather the pepper and pile
it up carefully in mounds then, as
though suddenly revolted, as though
suddenly weary of foolish game they
go away and leave the pepper.
The monkeys watch all this. It
absorbs them AS soon as evening
comes they begin to play the new
game themselves. They, too. gather
the pepper carefully They, too. stack
It up in mounds. Then. at the end.
they. too, as though suddenly tired
and bored, go away.
What is the result? The result is
that the monkeys have harvested the
pepper. Philadelphia Record.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14

An article appeared in last Sundays
Post giving the details Of how a local
animal dealers arm was nearly brok-
en- in handling a boa constructor, which
suddenly wrapped itself twice around
his arm when he was not looking. The
dealer has since given a Post reporter
some further details regarding this
particular boa.
This reptile" he said, appears to
have had bad reputation. | did not
know it at the time. but l learned
afterward that he was sold to me by
persons who had had some experience
OF his evil ways and were anxious to
get rid Of him. Had | known this at
the time / bought the snake I could
havs purchased it for about half Of
what actually paid. The next expert
ence which | had with him did not
arouse my suspicious, as all boas are
more or less tricky and dangerous, but
now il appears that he is a downright
dangerous reptile.
Il sold the snake to a small travel
ing circus, in which one Of the women
was a snake charmer, as they are
advertised and / have just received
a letter from the manager of this show
in one of the Western cities saying
that the snake charmer' had trouble
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14


Here, dear. is that IS | promised
you," and his thumb and index finger
went down into the lower pocket on
the right side Of his waistcoat. and he
laid a IS bill on the bureau.
Mrs. Toggs murmured her thanks
between stified sobs. but refrained
from touching the sacred testimonial
OF his dying love. For. surely. Mr..
Toggs was nearing the end Of his
earthly career, and his ayowed i'm
provement was only delusion. She
gazed upon him in helpless abandon
ment to the inevitable.
Mr.. Toggs proceeded with his toilet,
and when it was completed he turned
suddenly toward the bureau and. pick
ing up the money he had shortly be-
fore laid there, said in his old way:
Il think. Mrs. Toggs. you saved this
much on me In household expenses,
for | have not partaken Of a single
meal while have been sick. may
as well pay Elizabeth with It."
And he FASTENED to find Elizabeth
AS Mr.. Toggs left the room. his
wife experienced a sensation of Joy.
Mr.. Toggs was better. He was his old
self again. She was relieved Of the
dread that hung over her and she was
happy
Here's the five dollars promised
you" Mr. Toggs said to Elizabeth, who
was busy preparing the morning meal.
He laid the bill upon the sideboard in
the diningroom and strobe away.
Mrs. Toggs and Elizabeth were SO
happy that they could only gaze in
admiration at Mr. Toggs as they sat
al the table, while he ate sparingIy
Of the morning repast.
Happy Mrs. Toggs stood with Mr.
Toggs' lustrous hightop hat IN her
hand when Nr. Toggs appeared ready
to leave for his office. After he had
taken a last reassuring look at himself
in the hall mirror. he went to the din
ingroom, and said to Elizabeth, as he
took the IS bill from the sideboard:
Il think your board has been worth
this much for the time you have been
with us as our guest
Mrs Toggs never qestioned her hus
bands intentions. It was enough that
he was well once more, and she was
happy
What Elizabeth thought and said as
she journeyed homeward would not
be complimentary as an epitaph.
All that day Mr.. Toggs countenance
was lighted with complacent smile
He was a man well satisfied with him
self.-Franls Z. Graf in Boston Globe
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14
Washington as a Letter Writer,
Father of His Country Left Behind Him Some Ten Thousand
Missfves, Covering An Conceivable Subjects SinpLI
city, Dignity and Grace Their Characteristics

In a recent Grafton on the life and
character of Washington, delivered
before the University of Pennsyl-
vania, DIR. S. Weir Mitchell. the ia
nous physician and man of letters.
made some statements in regard to
our first President which, we dare
say, will be new even to many who
have supposed themselves to be thor
oughly familiar with the facts OF his
life. These statements refer to
Washington's remarkable productiy-
ity as a letter writer and also TO
the character and range Of his CORE
spondence. There are some 10000
letters in existence written by Wash
ington, we are informed by DR.. Nit
chell, 1000 of them being in one
collection. And such letters. None
are hasty scrawls, ncne mere trifies,
none have that clipped, telegraphic
style so common in this rapid and
feverish age. All are beautifully and
carefully written, with never a sign
OF haste, Fervousness or passion.
They range over every conceivable
subject from the care Of his slaves,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14
Rugged Her Much Too Tight
Boa Constructor Pet Of Snake Charn1er Too DeonsaVe
Ia His Showing of Aaechon-He Is Now Due a
Present 10 Geological Garden of Some City.

with Ia reptile from the outset. and
that last week, while she was perform
ing and had the boa wrapped about
her waist, he tightened his coils. and.
despite the efforts Of three able-bodied
circus roustabouts to remove the
snake, he broke three Of her ribs. She
is now in a hospital. The accident
produced an immense sensation. The.
woman's screams were heard a block
away, and the spectators left their
seats and crowded into the ring. The
pain must have been intense, for the
woman was removed to a hospital "a
a dead faint
The end Of such a reptile Is not
difficult to foresee. He will be given
as a present from the generous and
publie-spirited Snowman to some zoo.
After an elephant has killed several
keepers or a tiger makes a meal of his
trainer, then the Snowman becomes
very liberal. Whenever you see an
elephant. lion or large snake in zoo
cage labeled, Presented by Faque &
Dozens Consolidated. World-Renown-
ed Aggregation of Three Shows In
One. you may rest assured that the
animals record is like that Of Jesse
James or Cole Younger. Washington
Post
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14


Torgs, as he turned a look OF intense
longing upon his unfailing wife and
noted her anxious face. won't you
send for Elizabeth to come and assist
youg You are OVERRIDING yourself"
Poor Mrs. Toggs could scarcely re-
strain herself until she hastened from
the room, when she burst into food
or tears. Mr.. Toggs was certainly
mortally ill In all their twenty-three
years Of conjugal relations. he had
never before applied to her SO pre-
cious an epithet. and for the first time
he seemed concerned about her per-
sonal comfort And he bad broken his
oft-declared law that there would be
no visiting relations Of either side
allowed In his home.
Elizabeth had a reputation for being
an exceptional nurse. and an expert
in the knowledge Of family remedies.
So upon her arrival there was a re-
sumption, or rather addition. OF opera
tons. The Indigestion loosened its
hold somewhat. and Mr.. Toggs was
grateful.
"clarissa. dear" he said assuringly.
as he lay bolstered up in large rock
er, 4 feel much better. and IL con-
tinue to improve, and am well to-
morrow, III give You IS for your nurs.
ing and care OF me"
Mrs. Toggs fastened from the room
the picture OF despair. She was sure
he was dying, and when she returned
10 his side. closely followed by the
faithful Elizabeth. she manifested
no sign OF JOY at her husbands asser-
ton of marked improvement
Elizabeth and Mr. Toggs voice
grew stronger. "Tll give you IS, too.
ii J am well tomorrow"
Then Mrs Toggs had a presentiment
by a rafting in the chest that he was
marked for death. and her little body
stopped in anticipation Of the crushing
blow.
By noon Mr.. Toggs declared that he
felt well enough to so out for walk
about the block AS he was adjusting
his lustrous high-top hat, he said. If
you'll give me the money lll settle the
account for the medicines at the drug
glst'sr
Mr. Toggs never liked bills 10 hang.
Mrs. Toggs handed her departing
lord and master q shining gold eagle
IA part of her weeks allowance for
az household expenses.
The druggist claimed half Of the
gold, and Mr Toggs tucked the
change in his lower right-side waist
coat pocket. But feeling q suspicious
sensation that prophesied return oi
the tortures, he hastened home and
calmly submitted to the untiring ef
forts OF his faithful nurses for relief
That night Mr. roggs fell into .
refreshing sleep and awoke in the
morning completely delivered man
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14

dogs and horses and the planting OF
crops to the most weighty matters OF
state, and are addressed to all classes
and ranks of people, from the over
seers of his plantation and his loving
nephews and nieces to generals In
the field and diplomats in foreign
courts. For all alike there is sim
plicity. dignity and grace. Reticence
in regard to matters of the heart was
characteristic of Washington, and is
illustrated by the fact that in all
this vast number Of letters which he
left behind there are but two ad-
dressed to his wife. 1t is certain that
ne wrote many such, for he was an
affeetionate husband, and whether
they were destroyed by her at his
direction cannot be known. but it 10
reasonable to suppose that such was
the case, for Washington was a far
sighted man. and nothing could have
been more repugnant to his spirit
than the thought Of having such let
ters, with the tender sentiments ex-
pressed. dragged out to public view in
after years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14
Mr.. Toggs' Generosity

Mr. Toggs was peculiar; but every
one is peculiar who is assertive and
does not think in all things just as we
do.
Mr.. Toggs was not considered 4 gen
erous man; but then the standard for
generosity varies 50 that we cannot
always accept even the judgment OF
friends
Mr. Toggs was generous with him
self This was unquestioningly con-
ceded. In dress he was generous to
prodieality. The appearance OF his
well-developed G feet Of physical
manhood. from the luster Of his high
top hat and immaculate linen to the
sheen OF his No. los was faultIess.
Il was in his family relations that
Madam Gossip charged him most I'M
sparingly. She said that he kept no
servant for his wife; that he never
wes her family to visit her on
ac, It OF the added expense that
'''..6 be Incurred that while he was
0FtIed faultlessly. abe was-but why
i+gnld we be rummaging Ia other
<lks closets TO display their family
skeletons. when the very thought
starts commotion In dark recesses
nearer home.
Remember. Mrs Toggs never COM
planned: not she Had she not prom
ised at the sacred altar TO love, wor-
ship-cherish. mean-and obeyg And
she did 1t SO thoroughly that all inde-
pendence OF thought and action was
lost IN her devotion to her overtower-
ing spouse.
Mr.. Toggs fell m. He had been ex-
ceedineiy generous with himself. and
had indulged In late banque, at the
Ego club. He awakened early In the
morning with most pronounced at
tack Of indigestion
Mr.. ToRgs declared that he had
swallowed the larger part Of mill
stone. and that II lay with It's crush
ing weight just below his diaphragm.
Then he felt IKE the Spartan youth
who concealed the stolen fox under
his toga, and he experienced the burn
ings Of a thousand pitiless flames as
they ate their way into his vitals.
During the first hours torture Mr..
Toges groaned and moaned and ex-
pressed himself IN language that was
as forcible as the conditions de.
manded.
Mrs. Toggs, without any undue dis
play Of alarm, gave him the full ser.
vice Of her devoted nature He had
been sick once with rheumatism. and
abe had Witnessed a display OF the
lack OF all Christian graces in the
nature OF Mr.. Toggs when sick. SO she
was not apprehensiye.
Indigestion may effect complete
transformation IN It's victim. It will
make either a saint or a demon Of the
worst or best OF men, or change a
lion into a lamb. Mr.. Toggs. after a
few hours torture. became a lamb
He uncompiainingly swallowed quarts
OF scalding hot water. He chewed pep
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14
IN AND oF aEvANeELINE."
Beautiful Bayou Teehe Country Ap-
peals to Every Visitor.


peals to Every Visitor.
The "Teche country" How often
one hears the country Of southern
Louisiana spoken of and so few really
have seen the beauties Of it, and still
it lies in a most convenient locality,
with several important little cities
and many magnificent plantations on
its banks Then again, Longfellow
immorialized the ancient river in his
''Eyangeline" There is a certain some
thing. say, dreaminess. which takes
hold of one, and enthralled by the haze
Of the sunshine and mist you look
upon the commonplace as sunshine.
At st. Martinsvile the widespread
ing "Eyangeline oak" is near the
bridge. and one can almost see the
cove into which the skin was drawn
as Gabriel passed up the stream, each
wandering in search of the other, and
the thick underground Of palms and
vines obscuring the gaze from the
passer-by. The town itself seems to
have changed but little, a settlement
more or less. The creole French is
spoken In shops and market. Narrow
brick pavements. shaded by galleries,
are built out to the curb. pavements
always spoken Of as "banquettes. The
white chapel with its graveyard, with
two brick oven graves. claimed to be
those of the two romantic lovers. adds
greatly to the impression that you
cfa s.f hA ri
for a time and cannot realize that
somewhere electric cars are dashing
through streets or imagine trafic
stopped to allow some scurrying pc
destrian to edge to crossing.
Here the dust is undisturbed ana
the bayou flows peacefully on. on past
some roomy, wide plantation house.
on to the sugar house, with its tower
ing chimneys. sheds and machinery.
Then cabins, like rows Of dusty sugar
loaves, add to the characteristic pan
Drama The mammoth trees, with
their dropping moss, hanging low to
the waters edge, intermingled with
shiny palms and luxuriant ferns,
stamp the scene as tropical If drop
ped from the clouds you would never
hesitate to name the place as way
down south"
The thriving town of New Iberia is
fast gaining prominence. Then Jean
erette, quite lumber center. claims
recognition. The timberland and lum-
bering facilities are fast developing
attention. all through the waters OF
the long neglected, sleepy, unused
Teche.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14
WOULDN'T sTop TO LISTEN.
Conversation Natural Result OF Meet
lnu Of Two Women.

Conversation Natural Result Of Meet
ing Of TWO Women.
They met down on Twenty-third
street the other morning, Each had
a bundle and each looked happy. At
ter a few Introductory remarks, just
enough to impress each other that
they were glad they had met, this
conversation ensued:
Yes. Mollie is down with"
"Oh, you don't say so?"
she was taken with"
The poor girl!n
"As | was going to say, Moliie is"
''And she always was delicate.
Yes; but as was going to say"
Give her my love and tell her
hope she viii soon be out"
Pardon me- my dear; but as l was
going to say
Who's your doctor?"
Pardon me again; but as | started
to say"
"Oh. you did start to say some
thing; beg your pardon
AS l started TO say, Mollie is down
with her aeit in Hackensack. She
was taken with a desire to get to the
country, and went yesterday"
And then both went back to the
bargain counters.-New York Times
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14
OLD sEAux ARE DELIGHTED.

One Woman Who Has Not ReIegated
Their Virtues to the Musty Garret
AS a rule when a woman gets mar
ried she tries to pluck from her re-
membrance all thoughts of those who
once paid court to her Yet she can
have kindly feeling for them
without in the slightest degree being
untrue to the man who finally won
her
Il love my old beaux," says the wom-
an who is bound to be cheerful. They
comfort me and make me forget un-
pIeasantnesses. An old beau is very
nice if he's at all presentable. My
husband says hateful things, to the
effect that I'm ruinously extrayagant,
always wanting things and he inti-
mates that only an angel Of his own
magnitude could manage to get along
with me at ALL Not so my old beaux.
They say he's the luckiest of men
and intimate that they would have
been better men had Providence been
thus kind to them. Even the married
ones aren't so bad. When their wives
sue for divorce or their babies get the
measles they look volumes which seem
to say that all would have been differ
ent had not an undeserving one borne
of the prize. These unsolicited tes-
timonials ar as stimulating to me as
old wine. 1t isn't the slightest use
to repeat them to my husband. how
ever. He simply reminds me that
women are so easy that they're tire
some and that those nincompoops
don't have to pay the bills"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14
Things a Yankee Can Do,
Vital Difference Between Americans and EngEshen rointeo
OUt BY Writer ia Harpers Magazine Why the
Former Is by Far the Better Workman

The Englishman has none of that
all-around mental activity which dis
tinguishes the American. He knows
only one thing-that by which he
earns his living, and he does not de-
sire to know anything else; far less is
he ashamed of not knowing it. A Lon
don policeman, if you ask him about
some distant street or building Of i'm
portance. will reply civilly. but una
Dashed, Il can't tell you. sir; that is
not in my beat" An American police
man would know the fact. and if he
did not know it he would feel called
upon to apologize for his ignorance.
In a remote Maine village there was
recently some occasion for plumber,
and very good one was forthwith
improvised from carpenter. Such a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-14
The skYIark.

Bird OF the wilderness.
Blithesome and cumberless.
Sweet be thy matin Ger moorland and
leal
Emblem OF happiness
Biest is thy dwelling place
o to abide in the desert with theel
Wild is thy lay and loud
Far in the downy cloud
Love gives It energy. love gave it birth.
Where. on thy dewy wing.
Where art thou journeying2
Thy lay is on heaven, thy love is on
earth.
Ger fell and fountain sheen.
Ger moor and mountain green.
Ger the red streamer that heralds the
day,
Over the cloudlet dim
Over the rainbows rim.
Musical cherub. soar, singing away!
Then when the gloaming comes,
Low in the heather blooms,
Sweet Will thy welcome and bed Of love
be.
Emblem OF happiness
Blest by thy dwelling place
o 10 abide in the desert with thee,
-James Hogg.
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succeeded each other until five revolu-
tions Of the earth on its axis had been
completed. and Mr. Toggs ayowed that
the milestone was growing heavier.
the fox was unwearied in his endeay-
ors 20 claw out his vitals. and the mex
tlnguishable fires burned with increas-
Ing fury, and in the face Of all he was
growing more and more lamblilKe. Mrs.
Toggs became correspondingly more
alarmed. This complete change could
presage only one thing-the coming
end.
"Dear," gasped the tortured Mr.