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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

the doors of locked iron safe with
my bare hands.
Il had clasp knife, and, drawing
this out, I attempted to cut the
muscle which held the shells together.
But l couldn't quite reach it, and
every time I made a stab the shells
would close tighter than ever. l
have sailed the seas a good many
years and been in bad places before
but never one where things looked
so hopeless as they did then There
was no use in calling for help, al
though of course, did, for l had wan
dered up the beach nearly a mile
from where the rest were.
"But what at first looked like nv
greatest peril proved my salvation
in the end. The tide was coming in,
and unless 1 could escape from this
living trap I would be drowned, |
thought. So I redoubled my efforts
with the knife. They were useless.
The tide kept creeping up. Then it
finally reached the part of the giant
clam where was the muscle which
contracts and expands the two Shells
To my surprise and joy, when the
water reached this muscle it relaxed
only little. to be sure, but enough
so that l could manage to pull out my
leg. 1t was the highest squeeze I
was ever in, you may believe"
We all know the clam-eating man,
but this is the first heard of a man.
eating clam.-New York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
THoUGHTzHE WAIT.
Being tho Story Of a Very Absent.
j. -, tM}aAAA AAAN

Being tho Story Of a Very Absent.
E. Minded Man.
Archibald McFoo is an absent-mind-
ed lawyer. He's absent-minded out
side of his profession only, however.
which Is some consolation.
The other day, being called away at
an unusual hour, he placed a sign on
his door: "Will be back soon. Walk
in"
He was out for half an hour or 50.
When he returned he was going to
open the door when he CHANGED to see
the sign. He read it carefully and then
bit his lip.
That's AWKWARD" he said ''Wonder
how long before he'll be back. Says
Walk in SO I might as we'll, and
wait"
When he walked in, he asked a
clerk:
How long before the lawyer re-
turns?"
whats your business with him %
asked the clerk, smartly.
1--WE forgotten that" said McFoo,
and went out doors.
Later he returned to his Office in his
right senses and fired the clerk.-New
York Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
Jv,T L,ks Or4ER Mn

It is not often that Mr.. Fletcher
buys a new hat two days in success
sion. He wouldn't have had to buy
them this time if he had not been
such coward. At any rate, Mrs.
Fletcher claims that was the reason,
although Fletcher holds that he was
guiltless of cowardice and that nine
out of ten self-respecting men would
have behaved just as he did.
It all came about as a result of
Fletcher's New Years resolution The
resolution was not really his, but his
wife's. She cut it out of magazine
and gave it to him to paste in his hat.
Fletcher had just bought new derby
hat that day, and he objected to de-
facing it's crown.
But YOU can paste it on the inside"
argued Mrs. Fletcher.
YES" said Fletcher '*That's where
I think it will go if paste it in at all.
1t would be rather conspicuous on the
outside. But don't want it anywhere.
1t won't do me any good to make a
resolution. I'll break it right away.
I always do"
But you really ought to try to keep
this, she urged. "Just read it and
see what it is about"
Fletcher took up the clipping she
had laid on the table and read it
aloud:
Resolved, That I will do all in my
power the coming year to please my
wife,
Mrs. Fletcher nodded ENCOURAGING
ly.
"Well," said her husband presently.
u don't see why you want to label me
with that. It isn't in the least appro-
pirate. always try to please you,
and, besides, I'd feel beastly uncom-
Portable going around with a CODY
book quotation of that kind stuck in
my hat. Surprising my hat should
blow off some time and give the fel.
lows chance to see the clipping?"
IN the end, however, Fletcher's ar
guments proved unavailing, and the
resolution to promote domestic felic-
lty was pasted in the crown of his new
derby hat. The day after his capitula-
ton was bad one for hats. Mr..
Fletcher's derby came in for it's share
OF buffeting. Twice it was lifted from
his head and blown into the faces Of
passersby, who caught it and returned
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
Value Of STYLE In Fruit.

value OF Style IN Fruit.
Benjamin Newhall, a Chicago fruit
commission merchant, in a paper con-
trlouted to the last session Of the
Illinois state horticulturists, said:
quality pays; style pays still bet
ter; and both together best of all. You
growers, know this, but probably we
dealers realize 1t even more fully.
FOR instance, recently we received a
carload of apples most of which sold
at 81 per barrel, but in that car we're
some that sold at $3.50 per barrel.
Both were called No. 1, but the 50 ap-
pies were high in flavor and color
ana perfect as to shape, put up in an
attractive package and finely packed
The $l.5O apples were sound, but were
dull and uninviting in color. of moor
flavor and put up in a slovenly look.
ing package and were poorly packed.
We sold Seckel pears at So and 50
per barrel this fall on the same dav
and we got full price on both, It was
quality and style that made the differ
ence. Not once, but many times we
have sold Jonathans, sound and fresh
ly received the same day at 81 and
$40 per barrel. In fact, this very
thing is one of the chief annoyances
Of our trade. Few shippers realize the
value of just little of Natures tint
ing on the skin of an apple or how
slight difference in this line will
mean difference of from so cents to
$1.00 per barrel in the price.
"You say you sold John Jones ap-
pies at SIS straight and for mine you
got only 81, both packed by the same
man on the same day, the orchards
within a mile Of each other How is
this?" What hopeless task to reply
to such a question! my apples were
just as good as his, just as large, Just
as smooth, just as carefully packed,
with just as good cooperage." All
this is true, my friend, but they were
worth $1.00 per barrel less in our mar
ket just the same and are harder to
sell at the difference. And why? It
is excellence set off by style. That is
why the fruit from sunny valleys of
the far west outsells the best selec-
lions of the middle west. It may not
have more intrinsic merit, but it has
style.
Quality pays. Choose your varieties
wisely; take pains with your orchard
treatment. Study the market needs:
but above all cultivate style in fruit
packing and package, and when to
this style you add quality, you have a
combination that will sell your fruit
at prices that will often surprise you.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

to the clover family, has this same
tendency to put forth an extra leaf oc-
casionally. That is for the botanists
to answer. But it will certainly be no
breach of scientific etiquette for Sir
Thomas Upton to send over boat
which will suggest the .four-leaved
clover, even though he may be going
counter to the tradition of the Irish
plant. He is certainly entitled to all
the good luck running, and no one will
blame him for stretching a point Of
fact just trifle if he decides to build
a new Shamrock. ~ #.@ X =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

other symptoms of kidney trouble
which had annoyed me for months. I
think cold was responsible for the
whole trouble. It seemed to settle in
my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills
rooted it out. 1t is several months
since I used them, and up to date
there has been no recurrence of the
trouble
Doans Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, so cents per box. Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
The Enolish "Crab."

A recent report Of the Virginia sta.
ton says: "This variety is only a
small form of the common apple. Tree
hardy but slow grower; upright,
forming roundish head. Trunk meas
ures 1874 inches at base and about IL
inches at head. Planted in 1891 Thus
for has not shown susceptibility to
disease. First bloom noted in 1895.
and trees bore a small crop that year.
Small crops produced again in 1897.
1899 and 1901. At no time has this
variety borne heavy crop. Fruit
larger than ordinory crabs, dull red
in color and of excellent quality fol-
eating out of hand. This is a winter
variety and will keep till January ID
storage conditions are favorable. It
has value for amateurs, but we do not
recommend it for general planting.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
The Wonderful Cream senar.tor

The Wonderful Cream Separator.
Does it's work in thirty minutes and
leaves less than per cent butter fat.
The price is ridiculously low, accord
ing to size, s2.75 to $500 each, and
when you have one you would not part
Herewith for fifty times it's cost.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE
with &c stamps for/postage to the John
A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, and
get their big catalog, fully describing
this remarkable Cream Separator, and
hundreds of other tools and farm seeds
used by the farmer. CIV. N. U.)
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
A Mistake.

III you only knew it," said the pa
tron to the cigar man, that wooden
Indian is a mistake.''
"How sop
why, it indicates that you cater to
the Indian trade, and any old plug to-
bacco will satisfy an Indian. Why
don't you put out sign that will catch
the discriminating smoker?"
1--WE thought of that" replied the
cigar man. II thought of putting the
figure OF real swell out there, but the
darned fashions change so often that
ne wouldn't beia swell more than two
weeks. That's where the Indian has
the advantage as a sign" -Chicago
Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
John Daniels, Minneapolis, Mimi,
gopher trap; Charles Foglesong, St.
Paul, Mimi, electric blanket; Hollis
Granger, ST. Paul, Mimi, shaft straight
ener; Robert Hunter, Minneapolis,
Mimi, fishing rod; Joseph Ley, Kel-
logg, Mimi, pneumatic stacker; Caesar
Wilson, Greenleaf, Mimi, seat for farm
machinery; Arthur Dixon, Rolla, N. D.
self-cleaning harrow.
Lothrop & Johnson. patent lawyers Oil
and 9l2 Pioneer Press Bldg. ST. Paul.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
The Four Leaved Shamrock.

The Four Leaved Shamrock.
The New York Tribune thus re-
marks:
"A shamrock is trefoil. How can
there be Shamrock 1Ve
Here in this country when gentle
maiden plucks -four leafed clover
she tucks it into her shoe and devout-
ly believes that the first man she
walks with will be her future husband.
Some men will never pass one of these
specimens. because they believe they
are lucky" It is barely possible that
the shamrock. which is closely allied
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Considering that warships are as
sembling and getting ready to dis
charge their murderous projectiles
only about 10000 miles away, Boston
is showing cool and courageous calm
that compels admiration.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

A Jersey City man named
Schmidt has made teapot about the
size of pea, with a capacity Of two
drops of water and an alcohol lamp
small enough to go under the pot. All
the tea that he drinks out of it won't
hurt him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

The Chicago Business Women's club
has decided against dances in which
it is necessary for the gentleman to
put his arm around the lady. II that
kind of dancing is to be barred the
dancing teachers may as well look
around for new jobs.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
PIIl L.

The doctor was sanguine
Were going to pull you through"
quoth he.
'By the Lego" ENORMOUSLY demanded
the patient, a sordid man, whose soul,
even in that extreme moment, brooded
on the question of expense.-Puck.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

The fashion editor says all the new
pocketbooks for women have leather
handles. Chilled steel chain and pad
locks would be safer, in view of the
way most women carry their pocket
books.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
Catarrh Cannot Re Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach
the seat Of the disease Catarrh is blood consti
tuonai disease and In order to 1t you take
ternay, and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medt
cine ltwas prescribed by Of the best physicians
IN mis- country for years and regular prescription
1t IS composed of the best tonfcs known, combined
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination Of the
Two Is what Produces such wonderful re.
FL CHENEY g. CO. 20 iP sons Taisd nee e
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. ~
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

John l.. Sullivan, who philosophers
entertainingly on current topics, has
some hard words for the automobile
The water wagon is good enough for
John.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
In Kansas.

We found the native taking great
strides toward the cyclone cellar.
"Why are you going in there?" we
asked.
my wife is coming" he gasped.
'She isn't cyclone.'
Isn't she, now? You don't know
my wife. '-Chicago News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
CONSTANT ACHING.
Back aches all

.. DICK dCa0S al =.
the time: Spells
your, appetite:
wearies the body:
worries the mind.
Kidneys cause
It all. and Doan's
Kidney Pills re-
lieve and cure it.
H. B. McCarver,
Of POI Cherry st..
Portland, Oregon,
/ n S p ector of
freight for the
Trans Continent
tai Co., says: Il
used Doan's Kid
n e y Pills for
b ack ach e and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Jean-Maud says she's going to mar
ry that actor despite the opposition of
her entire family
Ethel wonder why her folks OBJ
1ect so strenuously to the marriage?
1t wouldn't last long, anyway
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

DIR. Parl1hurst said that after Jan. 1
New York would be hell with the lid
off, and other New Workers say now
that the city seems about the same as
ever. Maybe both are right.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

A scientist now tells us that there
is fungus in sugar; another, that there
is good deal of arsenic in every egg.
And yet the only thing that keeps US
from eating eg8s is the price,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

For saying damn" man has been
sentenced at Jamaica, L. l., to five
days in Jail. Well, he probably de-
served it-unless he said it because
he hit his thumb with a hammer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Russian ruble is about as much
larger than yen as a Russian is larg-
err than Japanese. This is not i'm
portant, but it is as interesting as
the other war news.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

A Paris dispatch says sympathy is
turning to Russia. But it isn't likely
that sympathy will win the coming
conflict any more than it did in the
BOer war;
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

So ex-Mayor Ames of Minneapolis,
now serving a six years sentence in
the state prison, is writing a book
dealing with municipal graft. 1t ought
to be the leading authority on the sub
ject.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

The old year certainly ought to be
ashamed of the position in which it
left Japan and Russia. What a job
for new and inexperienced year to
taclzle!-Houston Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
Neighbours.

The neighbors called forthwith.
"You and your husband have differ
ences?" they suggested, tentatively.
None worth talking about" replied
the woman.
The neighbors knit their brows.
"That is for us to decide" said they.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
A Way She Has.

Morton-1s Mrs. Styles much of
talker?
Norton-Much Of a talker? should
say so! 1t is impossible for her to play
solitaire intelligently-she has so much
to say to herself, you know.-Boston
Transcript.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Joan of Arc is to be canonized. It
is with saints good deal as it is with
poets. Their honors come after they
get past the point where they might
enjoy them.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

If Montana thinks it can keep out
the Chinese by building barb wire
fence along the Canadian border Mon
tana is entitled to several more
guesses.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

A prominent citizen of Tacoma,
Wash, drank seventeen beers and fell
dead. What kind of beer do they have
out in Tacoma?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Servant girls Of Orange, N. j., want
IN elght-hour day. Breakfast will no
longer be permitted on the short-order
plan.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Pussy people are beginning to worry
because the automobiles will in less
than three months from now be ex.
ceeding the speed limit.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Alfred Austin is going to write for
an English magazine a series of pa
pers entitled "A Poets Diary" 1t WILL
of course, be purely a work of fiction.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Poet Laureate Austin continues to
demonstrate that an author with suf-
ficient influence can manage to get on
without inspiration.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Herbert Spencer was supposed 60 be
a very wise man. Yet he left a will
that Is tree columns long.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Conjeotures upon why Alfred Austin
wrote that New Years poem may be
set at rest. The London cables say
it was challenge to the car.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

Russell Sage, at the age of eighty
seven is gradually withdrawing from
Wall street, but it is still easy for out
siders to lose their money there.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

The Mad Mullah must be getting
madden and madden as his lines waver
before the English troops.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

All the world loves a lover. But
when he's converted into a benedict,
CAD, how quickly it's affection wanes!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

l believe more in the goodness OF
bad people than do in the badness of
good people.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

A German newspaper thinks Ger
vera was the real hero of the Spanish
war. How about the Matanzas mule:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
Advice.

Ode man dat kin profit by good adj
vice." says Uncle Eben, has to be
about TO- times as smart as de man dat
gives t."-Washington Star.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

1t Is reported that the car has in
somnia. This would seem to indicate
that the car is no fool.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
Quit Coughing.

Why cough, when for Csc and this
notice you get rs doses of an abso-
lutely guaranteed cough cure in tablet
form, postpaid. WIS. DRUG CO.,
LA CROSSE, WIS. wv. N. W
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

A woman will always boil over il her
husband will refrain from getting hot
when she begins to roast him. ]
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
How 1t Was.

Dauber-Has your family been done
in oil?
Putandcall-No; steel-New York
Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04
A Doubling Dreamer.

@0s1I19 Ut 0d1VGTs
She-Do you believe in dreams?
He-Not always. Sometimes I'm
quite skeptical in them-especially
when they are of woman's constancv.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1905-02-04

A bride who doesn't enjoy church
wedding is as rare as a bridegroom
who does.
The Washington times., 1905-01-16
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

1-SS A M--Local for Harrisonburg, Warren
ton. Danville. and way stations.
1o;al A NJ DA1LY-Wasnington and Florida
Limited First-ciass coaches and sleeper to
Columbia. Savannah. and Jacksonville Din
ing Car Service H-
II :l5 A NJ. DAILY-United States Fast Nyat,
Ftrst-class coaches and drawing room
sleeper TO New Orleans Dining car seryJca
l:o1 p M WEEK DAYS-LocaI for Hsrre sIce
sonburg and way stations on Manassas
4:55 p. M DAILY-Local for warrenton On,
Charlottesville. "iio
Limited. Club. Observation. Library Dr. s,.ii
Ing Room, Stateroom SIeepers New YorIr g
Jacksonville and st Augustine T)ra,.>t,St
Room. Stateroom Sleeper New York -
Aiken and Augusta Southern Ry DinJno
7.20 P. M DAILY-New York and AtI.,..
Express. F,irst-class coach to AtIant'
sleeper to Columbus. Ga. via Atlanta: W.,
days SLEEPER to Pinehurst. n. c Sunsat
Route Tourist Sleeper Washington To c."
francisco Mondays. Wednesdays. and Eri-
$3.50 p M.-New York and Florida EX
prezz Through Coaches and Sfeepers =
Columbia, Savannah. and JacksonviIIa
Sleeper to Augusta and Port Tampa Dtnin
Car Service a Ia Carte
10 90 p. NJ. DAILY-New York and Ma,,rht
Limited tvia Lynchburrl. First-class c6ab
and sleeping car to Roanoke. KnoxyIIia
Chattanooga. and Memphis: sleeper 10 W..
Orleans; Dining Car service. "
western Limited All Pullman train. cb,h
and observation to Atlanta ana ~.
con: sieepers TO Nashville, Atlanta Iacor
Memphis. New Orleans. Dining Car SER
ts=e.
CH. ACRERT, General MANAGE,
Jan 9Th S. r. HARDWICK. Pass Traf Mer
1905 W. II. TAYLOE. Gen. Pass Agent
l. s. Brown. General Agent
The Washington times., 1905-01-16
HOT SPRINGS LOTS.

SALE OF LOTS in the Hot Springs
Decentralization Springs, Arkansas.
December 15, .19o4-Notice is hereby given
that pursuant to instructions and in ac-
cordanee with the directions of the Sec
retary of the Interior, under the acts
of Congress in such case made and pro-
yided the unsold lots in Hot Springs
Reservation. will be sold at the city of
Hot Springs Ark, at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash. but at
not less than the appraised value there
Of; commencing on TUESDAY, the 21Sf
DAY OF MARCH. 1906. at 10 A NJ, and
continuing from day to day thereafter.
Each lot will be sold separately. The
purchase money must be paid at the
time the lot is knocked down to pur-
chaser or the lot may be reofrered then
or thereafter. For cause deemed suf-
ficient by the officers acting for the
Government at the sale, approved by the
Secretary of the Interior, the sale may
be discontinued Or adjourned to another
date. HARRY II. MEYERS, Register;
JOHN z. BUSH, Receiver Approved,
e. A HITCHCOCK. Secretary
del9 ja2 is 30 febl3 81