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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

Now, this is a tale of I, soudly man, who
died in his weight OF years,
And winged his flight to the portals
bright with nothing of doubt or
fears
Sober and stern was the life he'd led: his
record from sin was free.
So boldly he knocked ere the gates TN
locked, and loudly and clear said he:
"rnen the gates. for I've earned my rest
in the city of endless day.
| have. kept the law with the light I saw
and followed the harrow way:
have not stolen. I have not killed, nor
cheated. nor sworn, nor lied.
So open the gates for a pilgrim waits to
enter his home with pride"
The angel looked at the, anxious man;
looked long with a shaking head.
"EOW tarry and sit by my side a bit,
while | look at the book he said.
Then he turned away to the shining book
and looked at it's pages fair.
And this was the score as he read it DER
to the mali who was waiting there:
"A thousand eyes that have looked in
vain for kindness left undone:
OF hearts that have bled from the words
you've said, thousand, score and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

, ID III
Some thoughtful man might say that
~ what you manufacture has merit,
once you get trade established peo-
PIE will continue to purchase, even II
the advertising is stopped. but to act
on that conclusion would be- fatal
mistake, for there are always bright
men on the lookout to steal your ap-
ples' and if you give them the chance
they will come in and take the fruit,
sure Right here let us drive a nail,
not single nail but forty penny
spike. Your article must have merit,
Tar and away beyond the ordinary un-
advertised thing. It should be the
very best that human intelligence and
ingenuity can produce. Then you have
foundation to build upon that will
not slip out from under when the
building grows heavy. There are per-
sons ignorant enough to believe that
poor article can be advertised into
success. It cannot and any one WHO
tries the experiment will pay heavily
for his experience. Critically examine
any we'll known and advertised article
that has been years on the market and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
Happy Ahasuerus.

"When I went to sea- said an old
yarn spinner. Il was very handy aloft,
and answered to the convenient name
of Jack 1 was so willing and handy
that the officers were always calling
on me. 1t was Jack, do this or Jack,
do that On one voyage the mates
called on Jack so much that I was
well-nigh worn out; determined to be
Jack no more. After arriving in Liv-
erpool and remaining there few
days, l went to the shipping commits
sioner's Office for a new job. He said
he wanted man for a captain who
was even then waiting in the office.
and requested me to sign my name.
"T cannot write said.
"'Then tell me your name he said.
"Ahasuerus Wiz Van Duzendorff,'
said J.
"'What?
"'Ahasuerus Wiz Van Duzendorf.'
"'HowI in thunder do you spell it?'
Ell don't know
"'Here, captain said the commits.
sioner, turning to the waiting captain.
this man seems all right, but for his
confounded name
"'That's all right" said the captain;
and was shipped. And I will tell you
I had peace and comfort on that voy-
age. Whenever the mate wanted me
to do anything he. would start on my,
name, break out swearing, and then
tell another man to do the work.
think they rather suspected something
wrong about the name, but they never
caught me-"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
Money for Ticket Seller

the door do not correspond with, the
cash on hand, he makes good. u
"The West is the rich field for the
ticket seller. Out at Cripple Creek
twenty-dollar gold pieces are. more
plentiful than dollars, and there have
been times in that region when the
wallzaway money samOunted to as
much as $3.50 day. i >..t s,~s~ ~ !
1.-The miners all turn out to show;
and they all pay in gold. A man will
come up, slap down twenty-dollar
gold piece and walk away without
his change, because his attention is
momentarily attracted by a conversa-
tion or call from friend. One or
two come back to make a yelp, and
their money is promptly handed out
to them.
with big show the rakeoff from
this source will run up to an average
of nearly $50 day. If a man comes
around and puts up a kick about being
short changed he cannot get up en-
argument with the ticket seller His
orders are that as long as he has any
walkaway money in sight he is to
shell out
"Of course, if there has been none
left behind at that particular perform
ance the kicker gets turned down, be-
cause he is known to be liar, but as
a. general proposition man who
wants to lie for half a dollar can
make it pay by backing up to a ticket
seller after lively rush for tickets. -
New York Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
BENEDICT ARNOLD RELIC.
An Anchor Recovered From Quebec
Expedition.

Those of us interested in early
American history, whether absorbed
at school or acquired by maturer read
ing, recall Benedict Arnold, his bril-
liancy and treason, perhaps more WV
idly than almost any prominent figure
of the Revolution.
The students of those times recall
that Washington sent him with LOO
soldiers on the Inflated expedition to
Quebec in Its, by the way of tho
Kennebec and through the forests of
Maine Two miles below Gardiner, in
Colburn's yard, his command halted
long enough to construct 200 bateaux,
with which he proposed to transport
troops and supplies through the north
ern waters.
A week ago J. Rafter and Abbot
Lord, Gardiner business men that fish
the river for sport, brought up in their
great sturgeon net, directly opposite
where the batteaux were built, an
anchor, or grapnel, which is undoubt-
eddy genSline Arnold relic The stock
is some four feet long, and carries five
curved arms welded to its base. It
was evidently fashioned of wrought
iron over an anvil.
These anchors were thrown out
ahead of the bateaux, by which means
they were pulled through rapids and
swift water. For 1923 years the anchor
remained in the waters of thee Kenne-
bee, to now come to light, a mute but
eloquent reminder of the man who be-
trayed his country.-Lewiston Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
SAFEST FOOD.

In Any Time Of Trouble Is Grape-Nuts.
Food to rebuild the strength and
that is predigested must be selected
when one is convalescent. At this
time there is nothing so valuable as
Grape Nuts, for the reason that this
food is all nourishment and is also all
digestible nourishment. A woman who
used it says:
Some time ago I was very ill with
typhoid fever, so i'll everyone thought
| would die, even myself. 1t left me
so weak I could not properly digest
food of any kind and I also had much
bowel trouble which left me a weak,
helpless wreck.
II needed nourishment as badly as
anyone could, but none of the tonics
helped me until finally tried Grape
Nuts food morning and evening. This
not only supplied food that 1 thought
delicious as could be, but it also made
me perfectly we'll and strong again
so can do all my housework, sleep
we'll, can eat anything without any
trace of bowel trouble, and for that
reason alone Grape-Nuts food is worth
it's wei ght in gold.'' Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Typhoid fever, like some other dis
eases, attacks the bowels and fire.
quently sets up bleeding and makes
them for months incapable of digesting
the starches and therefore pre-digested
Grape Nuts is invaluable for the we'll
known reason that in Grape-Nuts all
the starches have been transformed
into grape sugar. This means that the
first stage of digestion has been me-
chanically accomplished in Grape-Nuts
food at the factories and therefore
anyone, no matter how weak the stom-
ach, can handle it and grow strong. for
all the nourishment is still there. 81
There's a sound reason and 10 days
trial proves. +: 81. s.a @$szg
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
1--WE END"

Pretty Harvesting Customs in Devon
shire, England.
Formerly in Devonshire the reapers,
when they had finished, would weave
a ring of wheat. Holding to this, the
harvesters would form a circle and
shout together, 1--WE cent" 1--WE end),
after which one bore the ring to the
house and had the privilege of kiss
ing the first maid he met. That curl
Gus practice has passed, and others as
gentle with it. Nevertheless, there is
still the harvest dinner, where the
squire, be he gentleman or noble, sits
down with his Hands and drinks
from the same ale jug. That custom
shows no sign Of decay.-Everybody's
Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

it will be found to possess exceptional
merit.
In ancient days newspaper publish
erS considered an advertisement an
evil but necessary evil, and that it
should be hidden away as carefully
as possible, so that no one would dis
cover that the paper was trying to
make little money by inserting pub.
lie announcements. "A paper run that
way today would fail.
The most successful opponents OF
tie new plan of doing business with
lEE and paper are using every posi-
be means to make the announcements
attractive and sought after by the
reiders.
It is safe to say that thousands OF
women read the newspaper-not the
telegraphic page, but the pages con-
tanning announcements of bargains in
Stockings, skirts, hats, gloves, pianos,
furniture, food for the table. etc.
You have been invited to visit Bat
tie Greek for the purpose of viewing
one. of the most unique advertising
buildings in the world, also to look
over large business built up, sus.
tailed, nourished and kept active by
sunshine, and, at the same time, have
an, opportunity to see one OF the most
thrifty. active and prosperous towns
OF it's size in the world, built up large
ly by the same kind of sunshine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
An E vening Call.

II called upon Perkins last evening".
remarked Mr.. Brown.
did you have pleasant time?" in
quired Mrs. Brown.
Very. Perkins was beating his wife
when l went in"
WHAT"
II say Perkins was beating his wife,
but, of course, he stopped when I en-
tered"
well, should hope sol"
II begged him to go on, but he said
some other time would do just as
WELL"
"You begged him to go on?"
*Why, yes. I didn't want to spoil
the fun, you know"
ooh, you brute!"
"Eh?"
"Do you mean to say that you could
have looked calmly on while he beat
his wife?'
Certainly. Why not?"
II thought you had at least spark
of manhood left. l suppose you will
be beating me next?'
eyes, l think I could if you would
play cribbage with me-"
"Play cribbage?"
Eyes; that is what Perkins and his
wife were doing"
"You horrid thing!"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

THE best snap with any show ;;
that of selling rlckets,'' said the vet
eran circus man. t:Give me the walk
away money of any good sized show,
and l care not, who get the big sal
aries.
"The walkaway money is the vary
ing pile of coin that is left behind by
the hasty men who forget about hav-
ing change coming to them, and it
amounts to many dollars in the
course OF a month. With even the
smallest shows it amounts to consid-
cradle, and with the big ones it will
go as high as $25 performance some
times
ION nearly every occasion when a
show is in town some fellow will go
home sore and charge that he was
short changed, when the fact is he
was at fault himself. There is always
rush at the wagon, and when man
SUCKS dollar inside the window he
is in hurry to get inside the big tent
and see the animals.
1e Will eltner SraD the change at
the same time he gets his ticket or
ne will walk away and leave it be-
hind. If he doesn't return with a hol-
Ter the money is showed to one side in
the walkaway pile, and goes into the
ticket mans pocket after the sale is
over.
The rakeoff is perquisite of the
ticket seller. because when there is
any shortage, when the tickets at
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
One Mile of Ladd e r

crybodys Magazine the deepest cop
Der mine in the world, writes:
Under the law it is necessary to
maintain ladders in all mines, how
ever deep, SO that in case of accident
to the hosting machinery the miners
may be able to climb up.
These ladders, in a mine a mile
deep, were distinctly awesome. The
shaft was covered, but the trap-door
was removed so that l could peer
down the hole The first few rungs
quickly succeeded one another into
darkness, but a moving light far be-
low showed that they continued on
down below the limit of vision. The
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

light came from a lamp in the hat of
workman probably making repairs,
but whether it was 100 or 1000 feet
down was impossible to determine. 1t
was not exactly a reassurtng sight.
The idea that the man was climbing
ladder a mile high, and the posi-
biiity of his encountering loose rungs
in the darkness, invited ny perturbed
comment. 2
"'Oh, that is nothing remarked a
workman. 1t is not one ladder, but
a succession of ladders, and there are
plenty of levels to rest upon. Why,
the roller boys in the incline-shafts
often slide down the cables to save
time" - g" -. .'A.s'" r. g.. :. !
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

ney Pills for an attack of kidney trou-
BILE that was mostly. backache, and
they fixed me up fine. There Is no
mistake about that, and if l should
ever be troubled again, would get
them first thing,!as know what, they
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
NY.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
SoreIy Perpiexed.

what a beautiful luncheon" said
the guest. -:
eyes" answered Mr.. Cumrox, moth
er and the girls say it's all right. But
you aren't enjoying it, =, - ~
"No; I'm a little embarrassed. I've
been standing over here trying to
make out which are the edibles and
which are the decorations. Chicago
journal. .s}s.s i Il. !. If + sz..5. :. S
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
Don't Need Moss.

Lady-Why don't you go to work?
Don't you know that rolling stone
gathers no moss? 49, +
The Tramp-Madam, not to evade
your question at all, but merely to OBJ,
tain information, may I ask what par,
ticular utility moss is to a man in my
condition? ~ ~ >4@.==> g%. 4. !z}E
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

which have cured.
thousands. y 81 FL
Capt. s. D. Hum
ter, Of Engine No.
IA, Pittsburg, Pa
F Fire Department.
and residing at:
272s Wylie Ave.
says: .
1T was three.
years ago that I
used DOan'S Kid.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
Help.

Foreign gue3i-The young girls Of
this country are charming; but why
have the<married women such a drag
ged-out look?
Host-Well, you see, some of them
are worked to death because they have
no servants, and the rest Of them are
worried to death because they have.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

The woman with baby and the
woman without one are always sorry
for each other.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR1A,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that it
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24
Manv ChiI3ren Are sick,v

Many Children Are SickIy.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's
Home, New York, cure Summer Complaint,
Feverishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders and Destroy Worms. At
all Druggists, Csc. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

If a man has a worthless dog and a
frivolous wife he can at least poison
the dog.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-12-24

"IWent Home to Die from Gravel Trouble.
Doctors failed David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
cured me-" Mrs. c. W. Brown, Petersburg, N. Z. !
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
HARRoLD.

. &
John Summerside was in Blunt the
fore part of the week on business,
Frank Whaley is visiting at Pierre
this week.
Geo. Place who broke his log last
was' tskenlto:P Pierre Friday, to ss.,Ma-
rvs Hospital rsAmes Wiley accompa.
|nied him and remained over night to
transact business.
Mrs. Carter, county superintendent,
10 visiting the schools In, this part of
the county this week.
f. D. Calkins Of Holabird was call.
or In town Monday.
A grand ball is to be given here Apr.
9th. Peck's orchestra of Pierre is to
furnish thelmusic.
III. E..Woodruff and ohm Latta re-
turned from Faulkton and other towns
In the vicinity docking after a.couple
Of boys sswho had ESCAPED, y from the
Pierre. Indian school. but did not cap.
ture them.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
BLUNT


The Giddings post office has been
moved from Harrison's to Elihu Ship
.ley's. Mrs. Shipiey has received the ap.
pointment as post.mistress. The office
will be supplied temporarily from Har
rold.
David Sharp of southeastern Neb
raska is here visiting his cousins, the
Howard Bros.
The hose cart for the fire department
is now ready and practice will soon
begin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granger entertained
number of their friends at dinner Mon
day evening. Such palate ticklers as
lettuce, young onions, cucumbers,
5radishes and Strawberries were served.
After dinner very exciting gams OF,
parlor bowling was played. Those
present were Mesdames Elchholtz,
Irwin, Greer, Sheldon, HOLSTER and
Ely; Messrs. Eichholtz, Erwin, Greer,
Sheldon, Hollister, Downing and Lii.
,iibridge.
Mrs. Sarah A. Eyert who has been
lying sick at Mrs. Bushnells the last
two months with kidney difficulty,
died Sunday morning at $3.50 o'clock.
She had been i'll since September. Mr..
Evert left Monday afternoon accom-
panied by his daughter Mrs. Lang to
take the body to- Dekalb, IlI., for burial
beside Mrs. Eyer'ts father. and mother
Deceased had lived in the family home
sixteen miles northeast of Onida. since
1884.
The Maccabees. initiated sixteen
candidates Monday night. After the
initiation was over the lodge served a
lunch. State Commander Haw was
present and aided the lodgein properly
exemplifying the work.
Otto Johnson when in to pay his sub.
scription the other day, stated that he
would crop 100 acres mostly to corn,
but some millet. Corn gives good
yield, and there is more latitude in the
TIME in'which IL must be cared for than |
there is with wheat. 4;
George Farmar,e one OF the native
born sons of Sally county, who is living |
with his mother in Pipestone, Mimi. is
visiting friends here.
Nj and Mrs. Potter's daughter Olive
is quite sick. DR.. HOLSTER is attending
her.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
Republican Mass Convention.

A republican mass convention is
hereby called for Hughes county to
meet at the court house III Pierre on
Saturday, April 9th, at ESQ O'Clock p.
M, for the purpose Of selecting ten
delegates to the republican state con-
vention to be held in Sioux Falls, S. D.,
on the 4th day of May, 1904.
Dated, Pierre, May Is, 1904.
H. E. CUTTING,
F.S. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
Secretary,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24

Sully county republicans elected a
delegation to the state convention and
instructed for Crawford for governor,
endorsed Roosevelt, and agreed to vote
for those who are entitled to another
term, on the state ticket, and to vote as
unit. The delegates are David Hall,
chairman; c. r. Garner Md. Haverly,
w. H. Green, VIM. Floyd. j. H. Crop
engeiser. Alternates, John Jane, NJ.
Leon French, J. S. Walker, r. j. Court
neY, Thos. Crawford, Claude Garner.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
E.caped ~ Awful FAC

H. Haggins of Melbourne, Fla, writes
my doctor told me I had consumption
and nothing could be done for me. I
was given up to die. The offer Of =
free trial bottle of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for consumption induced me to
try it,, Results were startling. I am
now on the road to recovery and owe
all to DR.. Kings New Discovery. It
surely saved my life." This great euro
a AM ed i by NJ. J. Schubert, druggist.
Price SO cents and 500. Trial bottles
free.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
BETTER, Than Gold

81 was troubled for several wears
with chronic indication and indigestion
and nervous debility" writes +. j.
Green of Lancaster, n. III. "No RENE
dy helped me until began using Elec-
trio Bitters, which did me more good
than all the medicines l ever used.
They have also kept my wife In excel.
lent health for years. She says Electric
Bitters are just splendid for female
troubles, that they are grand tonic
and invigorator for weak, run. down
women. No other medicine can take
Its place in our family" Try them.
Only SO cents. Satisfaction guaranteed
BY Schubert, druggist.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
0A9TozIA,
Beam the Tho Kind You Haze Always BGagH
. { &1H2Zztzx

Lawrence county republican central
COMMITTEES endorsed Congressman E..
w. Martin for denomination to succeed
himself, which indicates how the coun-
ty convention will go. Mr.. Martin is a
man the state cannot afford to lose, and
surely his county can see it.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24

The L. o. T. NJ. social last night
at Kemp's hall was well attended
and a great success. The popular
games constituted a prominent
feature of the evening after which.
a fine lunch was served and all
had most enjoyable time.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
The Black Hills.

The Richest Hundred Square Miles in
the World.
The Black Hills, in the southwestern
part of the state of South Dakota pro-
duce one third of the gold found in the
United States, and are said to be the
richest one hundred miles square in
the world. A new booklet on the Blk
Hills has been issued BY the North
Western Line, with fine detailed map
of this wonderful region. Send 4 cents
in stamps for copy of the booklet to
w. B. Kniskern, r. T. M Chicago &
North w estern R'y, Chicago, III.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Notice is hereby given that The
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween G. Z. Besancon and J. w. Rash.
under the firm name of Besancon &
Rash, Publishers Of the PIERRE FREE
PRESS, has this day been dissolved by
mutual consent, j. w. Rash retiring.
The business will in future be con.
Quoted by G. E. Besancon who assumes
all Indebtedness Of the firm, and to
whom all bills due the firm are to be
paid.
Dated at Pierre, s. D., March s, 1904.
c. E. BBsANcoN,
j. W. Rash.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
EGGS FOR SETTING.

Choice Barred Plymouth Rock eggs
from matured stock, SO cts for Is eggs.
Win make special terms to incubator
men for quantities. t:5'
f. G. kINs.t
Phone IS F. d. Pierre, s. D.. I,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24

lady of very pleasing manner who will
be much missed here by her many
friends. She left Monday for her home
in Bloomfield, N. J.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24

Birds work for man from the frat glim-
mer of light;
Rocky Mountain tea works for man
kind both day and night.
That's why 1t is famous the world Ger
and DER,
II will not let you turn over and take
another snore.
MI. Schnbert.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24

1t isn't how much cold cream won
an puts on her face but how much
Rocky Mountain Tea she takes inside
that brings out real beauty. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea compilations
stay. 35 cents. Tea or tablets. NJ. r..
Schubert.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-24
Mys,eriou. Clrcumstanee

One was pale and sallow and the 9th
er fresh and rosy. Whence the differ
ence? She who is blushing with health
uses DR.. Kings New Life Pills to main
tain it. BY gently arousing The lazy
organs they compel good digestion and
head off constipation. Try them. On
ly Is cents at Schubert's drug store.