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The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

It's grand said wee little wom-
an, but I thought all this springs
hats were trimmed. Yours hasn't a
thing on it,. -.
"'Oh, yes, it has, I said, and l bent
down so she could see the $40 worth
Of trimming on top.
"'Well, nobody will ever see it up
there said she. 1t looks like a per-
fectly plain hat
And everybody agreed with ner
that it did. I was heartbrOken.
took the hat back to the milliner next
day and had all that lovely trimming 8
taken off ad put under the brim. The
hat is spoiled, but I was bound the
trimming should show somehow.
Nobody ever sees the top of my
hat, and might as we'll have none
at all. I wish to goodness I had lived
where there were giants in the land.
There is nothing in town can sympa-
thize understandings with me but the
monument, and the monument doesn t
wear hats"
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
Life Given Dead Nerves

Nerve splicing, or restoring dead
nerves to life, is one Of the latest
achievements of surgery. And though
the process is still in it's infancy, it is
believed in medical circles that the
operation will one day become as COM
mon as trepanning. Three cases have
already resulted in perfect success.
The cure of paralysis and palsy is
brought about by means of this pro-
cess. In the case of young children
palsy is brought about by some acci-
dent of birth which congresses the
nerves which radiate from the spinal
ccrd, and if in the upper part of the
body produces paralysis in the arms.
The technical name for this disease is
birth palsy"
Paralysis in old people or those ad-
vancing in years is sometimes due to
this accident, though it more usually
comes from the decay of the principal
nerve.
Two children victims of birth palsy
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
If Your Ship Came In.

If your ship came in to-day
If the ship for which you ycarn
When the sea at dawn is gray.
When the waves at sunset burn.
If it swung to harbor now
With it's sails dropped wearywise--
Would the sea not lose, somehow
Half its glory to your eyes?
# your ship no more should sail
Up and down the distant deeps,
Racing with the rushing gale
Where the jade green billow leaps,
If it should no longer drift
Where the calm sea stretches blue
And the dim horizons lift
Would the sea seem fair to youo
Ho! Your ship-if it came in
All majestic. full of grace,
And you heard the haWser spin
AS the anchor sank to place.
If its voyaging were done
And the cargo all We're yours
Would the sea. by moon or sun,
Hold for you it's hopes and lures?
If your ship came in to-day
And You knew that all you drcame
Now at last in harbor lay
All as perfect as it seemed,
You would envy those who wait
Ready for the joyous hail,
Those who watch with hearts elate
For the flashing of q sail.
Chicago Tribune.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

stepped in. He saluted in most
humble manner and then told why he
had come. "Have you it in writing?"
inquired Adam, severely. NO." STAN
mered the visitor, and, frightened, he
returned to his heavenly abode.
Then the Lord sent Michael the
German angel. Adam and Eve at
once set to work preparing even a
richer meal than had been served Ga
briel, thinking they might induce Mi
chael to be lenient. So the very best
things were served, and there was no
scarcity of beer and good sausages.
Michael ate until he could hardly even
wheeze. Then he arose and, draw
ing his sword, said, Now you get out
Of this!" Adam and Eve tried all
their little tricks to stay; they ap-
pealed to his mercy and implored him
to consider how nicely they had treat
ed him; but all in vain. Michael re-
mained firm, merely saying, "It must
be-" And he drove them out.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

have been experimental upon with
such success that the patients are as
we'll as the most anxious mother could
wish. DR.. Clark, one of the operating
physicians, has recently explained be-
fore an audience of medical men ex-
actly how the operation is performed
The nerves which supply motion to
the affected limbs are severed from
as close to the spinal cord as possible
and then grated to the nearest trunk
line. If the delicate threads unite and
the paralyzed parts take on fresh life
Naturally the operation is exceedingly
difficult, because the nerves which ra-
diate from the upper part of the
spinal cord are so great in number
and cross and recross each other in
so complex manner. Another diff
Guilty lies in the fact that anaesthetics
must be used sparingly, for the longer
the patient is under their influence the
harder it is to follow the nerve
threads. New York Herald
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
Over the Hawks Mes {

We checked our paee, the red road
sharply rOundin8:# T.
We heard the troubled flow ~
OF the dark olive depths of pines re-
A thousand iH%nalni feet below. -
Above the tumult of the canon lifted
The gray hawk breathless hung,
Or on the hill winged shadow drifted
Where furZe and thorn-bush clung;
Or where halfway the mountain-side
was furrowed
With many a seam and scar; 49,.
Or some abandoned tunnel dimfy bur
A moie-hill % seen so far.
We looked in silence down across the
distant ).
Unfathomable reach:
A silence broken by the guides con-
sistent
And realistic speech;
walker Of Murphy's blew q hole
through Peters
For telling him he lied;
Then up up and busted out of South Horn
Across the Long Divide.
1--WE ran him out of strong's, and up
through Eden,
And cross the ford below.
And up this canon CPeter's brother lead
And me and Clark and Joe.
'He fOu't us game: somehow r disre.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
Artistic Menu Stands.

Artistic menu stands are always &C.
ceptable novelties, and some little JAP
anese ones greatly admired at lunch
con the other day could easily be
copied and made at home by clever
fingers. These consisted of the ordi-
nary plain cardboard stands surmount-
ed by small Japanese tissue paper cov-
cred hoops. These hoops had burst
to allow the passage of the head and
shoulders Of the daintiest little Japa-
aese dolls. A little thin wire had
been put inside one sleeve, so that
thus stiffened it could project. In
some cases the little people held tiny
branches of almond blossom, some
times miniature lanterns on the small
est of sticks, or else little fans were
used. All the body below the waist
was cut off to avoid clumsy and
top-heavy effect, and the edges of the
dress were neatly gummed behind at
the back of the stand. They were
charming.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
g.. NOT "A MATTER OF HABIT.
One Case Of Suicide Generally Suffi.
cient for All Time. '~@z.- .%s~%z&


cient for All Time. - S>%%=s@ S>%=@
There recently visited Washington
an Englishman, who at home is more!
Or less known for his newspaper:
leaders" on matters sociological. The
Briton was introduced to Clifford
Pinchot, who is at the head of the di-..
vision of forestry of the Department Of
Agriculture.
In conversation with Mr. Pinchot,
the foreigner soon Initiated discus
sion OF his favorite topic, and, in con-
nectlon with some statistics of suicide
In this country, observed to Mr. Pin
chot that he rather fancied that in
proportion to the population of the two
countries that there were more cases
of self-destruction here than in the
United Kingdom.
Il am inclined to Think oracularly
remarked the Britisher, "that one Ct
the prime causes that make for sui
eide in the United States is the great
nervous strain under which you race
through everything. l should say, you
know, that in the case of the English
man, he doesn't commit suicide so
often, you know!"
And yet," said Mr.. Pinchot, musing-
ly, II never heard of an American kill
ing himself more than once, have
?"-New York Times.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

!, member * ~ N &4.'
Jest how the thing KEN round: :,
Some say twas wadding, some a scat
3lIG tered ember E..bR
From the fires on the ground
"But, in one minute all the hill below
! Was just one sheet Of flame;
Guardin' the crest, Sam Clark and I
Y called to him, i:
And-well, the dog was game!
''T1e made no sign; the fires Of hell were
The pit of hell below,
We sat and waited, but we never found
And then we turned to go.
"And then-you see that rock that's
grown so bristly
With chapparal and tan?
Suthin' crep out; it might hev been q
1t Eight gdii2htsh hev been a man;
"suthin' that hoYled,- and gnashed it's
In smoke and dust and flame:
Suthin' that sprang into the depths
about it,
Grizzly or man-but game!
'That's all! Well. yes, it does look
And kinder makes one queer
And 1Sh7ziyu Gi7zy looking down. A drop Of
Aint T";sAS BAD thing right here!"
Bret Harte
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
Drew Up Mans Rights 81

Etienne Dumont, the Genevese who
was the real author Of many of Mira
beau's speeches, has an interesting
story of how the famous declaration
of the rights of man was composed
during the French revolution. He
wrote: 1T was an American idea and
there was hardly any one who did not
consider such a declaration an indis-
pensable preliminary. I well recall
this long debate, which lasted for
weeks, as time of appalling dullness,
useless discussions over words, meta
physical clap-trap, overwhelming gar
rulity. After rejecting several sug-
gestions a committee of five was
charged to draw up new project.
Mirabeau, one of the five, with his
usual generosity, undertook the work
and then gave the job to one of his
friends.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
DISPENSING Justice,

This story is related of an old-time
Judge in Sullivan county, Pa:
During a session of court there was
so much talking and laughter going
on that the Judge, becoming angry
and confused, shouted in great wrath !:
"Silence, here! We have decided
half dozen cases this morning, and
I have not heard a word of one of
themi"
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
He Didn't Know 1t All.

He understood philosophy, theosophy and
art;
OF poets S he HI had every one, from Homer
He understood the languages, from
ChocktaW to Chinese;
He understood the chemists art of turn
ing chalk to cheese:
He understood his business and the ways
Of making money:
He understood the meaning of joke
When it was funny;
in fact. until he put the wedding ring
upon her hand
He thought that there was nothing much
ne did not understand.
But now he knows-alas, alack!-that sur
mise was absurd.
He's told Of twenty things a day Of
which he never heard;
OF things he never dreamed could be in
this peculiar land:
OF things he never understood and ne'er
Will understand.
He ne'cr had understood before u razors
many uses
other strange abuses.
He did not nderstand-indeed, this man
had never known
The purpose Of q pipe-rack when you
turn it upside down.
And when it came TO shopping such a
stupid soul was he,
He did not even understand that true
economy
Is. paying double price for things to get
q trading stamp,
For twenty pounds of which YOU get Il
thirtynine cent lamp.
He did not understand the wondrcus
things the baby said,
Nor why it made him happy to be dang
led on his knee.
lie did not understand But there! The
man was only human!
And what men ever dreamed of under
standing any woman?
New York Press
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
USE OF ODD MOMENTS.
I9lts
Practical Woman Explains How She.
Has Time for Everything. :


Il don't know how you manage it,
said one woman to another, you al
ways seem to know what is going on
in the world, and to be able to read
the newest books, and to keep up
your music, while / never have time
for anything but my children and my
housekeeping.
|. Ihe other woman smiled. Il can't
see why you don't have time,' she
replied, your family is smaller than
nine and We both have housemaiu
and cook. Suppose We talk it over
1t turned out in the discussion that
ensued that one woman got her fam
lily OF young people up bright and
early, so that at breakfast time the
conversation could be about topics Of
Worldwide intere't, and then after
wards when the family had dispersed
until lunch, and the mornings work
was done, she could take quiet hour
and read or practice. In fact, as re-
CARDS her reading, she was never
without book or magazine at hand
ready to be picked up if even for
moment, curing the day.
In the evening, after the last meal
OF the day she gathered together her
young people and read the most i'm
portant news and this was followed
by an informal discussion. This took
but short time and the family thus
kept in touch with the doings of the
great world. This woman realized
truth that does not come to every
one, namely, that a good newspaper
is the connecting-rod between provin
cialism and cosmopolitanism, and
that, even if one live in small place.
one need not be ignorant of the game
Of the nations.
Another line of conduct of this
wise woman was to have lying around
books of vital importance, new books
Of note.
But books cost so much" cried the
other, 1--WE never can afford them. We
depend upon the lending libraries.'
But dozen books from library
never take the place of one standard
work, always at hand when some
thing is needed, always there when
one is inclined to browse.
When the wise woman heard that
remark she smiled. What did you
pay for that Doulton vase you showed
me last week? The price of that
would cover the books I buy for six
months. Of course we cannot afford
all the new and expensive books, but
there are an extraordinary number
OF books everyone should know, pub
lished at a price within the reach of
ell of us. We do enjoy so much set
tling what we shall have and all the
children have their own ideas on the
subject
"But your general knowledge,"' pur-
sued the other. Il do not see how
you can know about such diverse sub
jects as radium and Botticelli's paint.
ings.''
"Odd moments, odd moments was
the answer. That's the mystery.
utilize all the wasteends of .,tinlc---
the five minutes before dinner. the
time spent waiting for others. Tie
motive power, the determination not
to let my family outgrow me mental
]y, suggests the means to make use
OF all the stray moments CT fe''-
Montreal Herald.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
JOYS 5OF EXPLORING x. ! j Il I |.
THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN AN
Ss#.s. b ~., ANTARCTIC sQUALL. #s
Temperature at572 Degrees Of Frost,
With Raw Meat the Principal Arti-
Gle Of Diet-Tent Entirely Buried
in Drift Snow. - '>-@

Suddenly the mist lifted, and the
temperature, w hich generally rose
during gale, by this time had fallen
to u degrees Of frost. The first suuall
brought drift snow, and we suffered
greatly from frost bites while secur
Ing our little camp. Our reindeer
sleeping bags, while warm from pre-
vious use, had been packed on the
sledge, where they became quite fiat
and frozen hard, so that when the
gale surprised us we had to thaw our
selves gradually into the bags Later
on we used the dogs to thaw out the
bags for US. They always liked to roll
upon anything that was not snow or
ice, even were it but a thrown away
mltten; and they would turn round
and round over it, imagining that they
were warmer there than on the snow
When later we threw our frozen bags
on the snow, the dogs generally clus-
tered together on them at once, and
soon after we could get into them.
by this time the gale was over us
in earnest, and we took refuge in our
sleeping bags in the tent, from which
we were not able to extricate our
selves for the next three nights and
days, in which time we expected the
icy floor beneath US to break up at
any moment. Our silk tent rapidly
filed with a dense fog, both from our
breath and from the heat given out
by the lantern; a thick layer of frost
soon covered the inner walls of the
tent, and beautiful snow crystals
shone down on us through the ventila-
tion hole in the bag. The drift snow
buried the tent, and the SNOW pressure
left us just enough space for our
sleeping bags. The dark little spot
which we formed on those vast white
fields was blotted out. Men, dogs and
sledges all disappeared, and the ant
arctic gale as it ragged over us found
nothing but cold white solitude.
For three nights and three days we
had to take turns in standing on all
tours to prevent being smothered by
the pressure of the snow From time
to time the Laps joined in melancholy
native hymns, the monotony of which
seemed in a remarkable degree to
harmonic with the rage of the bliz-
zard over our heads. We had brought
a small aluminium cooking stove with
us into the tent, and with difficulty
we prepared warm meal. But in the
cold the metal stuck to our fingers
and IT. was NOT n1aacent tn bo1o o,o-c
turn at cooking. We roasted the heart
OF a seal, but other parts we ate raw.
The dogs were completely showed
under. Some of them had eaten the
straps of their harness in order to
free themselves; but they were still
unable to move, being frozen to the
ice.-The Century.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
FIeischman.

Fleischman.
He did not pay big salaries to investigate
the poor;
That's why his light above the rest
shines like a Kohnoor-
Remembering, in simplicity, just what
the Master said,
He simply found the hungry, and he SIM
ply gave them bread.
He did not help to raise the pile of
granite SO much priced
BY those who think that Charity's a sin
mot organized';
And why man was starving didn't
much disturb his head,
He simply found the hungry and he
simply gave them bread.
He did not pour more Sall on Want with
myriad questionings,
Or hire other folks to do such question:
able things,
But, ere the famished mortals here were
altogether dead,
He simply found ..lc hungry and he SIM
ply gave them bread
All, we'll, the experts call his course "un-
scientific, quite,''
And since they built this science up, Of
course they must be right:
"TWould hurt them should his notions-or
Chrlst's-too freely spread;
He simply found the hungry and he SIM
ply gave them bread.
-BrOOklyn Easle
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
Bostonian Diversion.

On a trip to Boston, native o1
Iowa was entertained by a Boston
mother, and during the visit he was
asked one day:
Wont you please amuse the baby
about five minutes?"
I'm afraid I don't know how" re-
piled the 1Owan.
"Oh, just talk little" said the
cheerful Boston woman; "she always
finds your Western grammatical pc
culiarities SO amusing"
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
Who Kicks?

It was peaceful English afternoon.
Not a ripple disturbed the placid
BOSOM of the sleeping river. and, seat
I'd on the shaven lawn which led down
% it, Mr.. Roger Pimpernel felt that it
was, indeed, good to be alive and at
peace with the world.
Suddenly scream from one of the
arbors broke on the quiet air, and lit
lie Mabel, his favorite daughter, ap-
3eared in tears.
"Oh, daddy, daddy" she cried,
Leonard kicked me-"
what do you mean, you young
;coundrel, by kicking a girl?" he
cared at his delinquent son. Don't
,ou know it's cowardly, and that only
lonkeys kick? If it occurs again I'll
lick you myself
And the, dear old fellow proceeded
o comfort little Mabel. utterly un-
conscious of having said anything at
Ill peculiar.-London Tit-Bits. ~
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

The house of an editor in Shelbina
Mo-, was struck by lightning three
times in one night during a recent
storm. But his house may have been
so large and palatial that the light.
ming struck it in three different
places.-Exchange. ="
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

An Asheville hen scratched up In
the potiltry yard a diamond worth ST.
00o that had been lost two years. Be
kind and considerate to your hens; it
may be worth while.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
A LuckIess Pair.

Did you ever ask your husband
not to bet on the races?"
"Once," answered Mrs. Torkins.
Didn't it do any good?"
Il should say it didn't. That was
the only day he ever got tip on a
horse that actually WON"
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

The Senate committee finds that the
Chickasaw and Creek Indians are sell,
ing their valuable lands for a song.
The worst of it is that they immedi.
ately pass the bars Of music over the
other kind.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17
A Hint.

She archly)-Violets are only
twenty-five cents to-day.
He-I know it dear, and if I could
get bunch of money as cheap as I
could get a bunch of violets I'd buy
you whole wagon load of flowers
Detroit Free Press ~ -. .-~e: :.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

Mr.. Harry Lehr, whose latest flash
Of genius is the invention of tea par.
ties for dogs; is SAID to object to
newspaper notoriety. We should think
6e would.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

Surgeons lately relieved an Ohio
young woman of fifty-one needles tnat
were scattered through various parts
of her anatomy. She must have been
a girl with many fine points about her.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

Mr.. Joseph Jefferson has announced
his purpose to retire forever and en-.
Joy that long vacation to which he has
looked forward for so many years.
Everybody hopes that he will have
plenty of time and opportunity to act
the part.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

churches are uniting at a great
rate. Is the religious world becoming
superdenominationalistically inclined {?
Whew!
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

Experts are discussing the question
as to what shall be done with our
idiots. Really it isn't necessary to
do anything with them so long as
they do nothing worse than lake
straw votes.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

A blue book Of the cat aristocrats
OF America has been published. All
cats look alike from the bedroom
window.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

The small stockholders in the ST.
100000 New Jersey corporation which
has been sold out. for 5000 hereafter
will believe just one ten-thousandtb
of what prospectuses say.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

WI fing-fang, who is to revisit the
United States, will be surprised on
his return to find out how we'll this
country has managed to worry along
without his counsel and advice.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

The loss sustained by the University
OF Minnesota by reason of the recent
ire is not SO great as at first report
ed. They saved the gridiron.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

President Butler wants $2,O00,00
for Columbia university. DR.. Harper
may be able to furnish him with a
prescription, but he will have to look
for his own apothecary
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

Chicago teachers are going to make
a careful study of that city. Incident
ally the hospitals are preparing to In.
crease their facilities for caring for
persons suffering from nervous pros
tratiOn.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

How would 1t do, for instance, to try
the recently discovered and much
talked OF sour milk elixir of life on the
frequently slaughtered Kurds.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

William Waldorf Astor is still able
to tolerate America as a financial in.
vestment, but nothing more than that,
mark you, must be expected of him.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

The Parisians are now engaging in
1alconry in automobiles. BY my hall
dom, messieurs, mediaevalism up to
date is really hot stuff.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

IN his new novel entitled "Automo-
oollsme' it is thought that Jules
Verne will considerably lower his for
mer record of eighty days.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

There is nothing to show, however,
that the Harry Lehr dogs try to un-
dog themselves, SO to speak, when
they attend one of his parties.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

Those lamas who pray even for the
microbes they swallow might save
time by following our example and
boiling the water.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

The worlds fair air ship race was a
hzzle. Still, it is worthy of praise for
one thing. It didn't result in the kill
ing Of anybody.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

Dr. Gunsaulus says that the day Of
the boy orator is gone Sure. The
boy orator has grown to a man and
quit the habit.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

Inc college young man, if desired,
Will cheerfully look after the goods.
Chicago Tribune.
Rubber?
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

The Radcliffe girls have been eau
toned not ito look at the boys" in
their travels in Cambridge. It's a. slow
girl that can't see the boys without
looking.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-17

For wearing dress with a low
neck on the street Mrs. Pat Campbell
was annoyed by a lot Of rubbernecks.