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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20
PRESIDENTS PLEASANTRlES.
Little Touches Which Show His
Ready and Happy Wit.

AS specimens of the pleasantries
which enliven the ordinary conversa-
ton of President Roosevelt the fol-
lowing are taken from Washington re-
ports:
The first is apropos to the report
that Secretary Taft is to succeed
Chief Justice Fuller on the supreme
bench, should vacancy occur there.
The president and the members of the
cabinet were passing out of the din
ing room one day, when they were
guests Of the chief justice. The presi-
dent stopped a moment to look at
new and very striking portrait Of their.
host. Turning to Secretary Taft, Mr..
Roosevelt said: = :
Taft, just look at that! Did you
ever see such vigor and health?"
All understood the reference and
broke into smiles. IL z,s:.. s>.-..s.
Passing one day through the throng
at a reception given by the vice presi-
dent, Mr.. Roosevelt was stopped by a
lady who wished to bring herself par
ticularly to his remembrance, and she
said: y 5#s. .SS%555 $50 y u q ~ =
I am Mrs. s.; -, wife Of the gray
haired congressman from -. . -
amy congressman CALAMITY re-
piled the presid lent, whose wife has
such pretty brown hair. as yours can;
have q as 81 much gray hair as he pleases.
*--or. he need not. have any hair. :" s
Worlds Events Magazine. s..ssz q
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20

quill temperament is the one that puts
on the pounds.
when l reduce people l insist that
they exercise, diet and also endeavor
to become thin. Unless a woman
wants to get thin she will never do so.
1t is largely a question Ct will power,
like any other physical condition"
There are salt baths that bring
down the weight. But the woman who
tries them should have a set of scales
in her bath room. The trouble is that
she may reduce too rapidly. Scales
cost only a few dollars and they are
of great use to the woman who is get.
ting thin. She can tell daily what she
is losing and, thus, guard against los.
ing the flesh too fast.
There is a beauty bath which re.
! duces the weight. It is prepared by
taking some squares of ammonia and
covering them with oil of rose gerani-
, UNI. The whole is now placed in a
tub and the hot water is turned on.
The too f1eshy beauty seeker is soak
ed in this hot, sweet aromatic bath,
after which she takes a dip in benzoi.
mated water to tighten the skin and
keep it from falling in folds as the fat
drifts away.
The queen of Portugal has a bath
which is a wonderful thing for the
| woman who wants to keep her shape.
1t is trif1e vigorous for the beginner,
but admirable for the one who is
tn hot iC IL r.
mixing alcohol and sweet herbs until
there is a lovely perfumed mixture.
Lavender flowers, sweet clover and
rose leaves are covered with alcohol
and spirits of cologne, half and half.
Half a pint of this is thrown into a
bathtub and the hot water is drawn.
This is done the night before and in
+ the morning the bath is ready. 1t is
cold, yet only as cold as the room; it.
should not chill the skim. This bath
is excellent for the lady gymnast or
for the walker or swimmer. Queen
Amelia finds it a great preservative Of
her youthful lines. ?
The 2czar1na has a bath which she
considers the best of all things for the
/ tired woman. It is also fine for the
fat woman, and the czarina, fearing
fat. takes it~alnost daily. It is called
the bath Of the empress. Yet it is a
bath which any woman might take,
for it is not costly: It is a very hot
bath, hot enough to take off the flesh.
But one must not stay in it too long,
=. "A pint of orange flower water is
! made milky with benzoin. The tub is
filled with water, and the milky mix
ture is stirred ill., Itl makes a very
+ sweet smelling: bath: Fat Russian
+ ladies-and one does find. fat ladies
F in beauty-lovingg ! Russia--7keep$ this
bath hot by steadily adding boiling
| water to it.
The electric bath is one of the new
est things for reducing the weight. It
Lis quite different from the medicinal
baths of the same name, and is cleo.
/ trio only. in. that the water is heated
with an electric coil. A tub of COM
Emon water is drawn and i some am
,monia is poured into it. s.!:: 5vs:**,|, iii
II. The electric coil is thrown into the
| tub and the water is cheated IN: this
mi amer. The advantage of. this cleo
trio coil is that the water can be kept
lat an even tempe ture. hen i too
hot the current IS turned 81, and when
I5it Isl getting. Eit can Be turned n
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20
IN WASHINGTON.

We first met thirty years ago,
He went to school at night;
For he was reading law, you know,
And he was very bright.
He wanted much to make his way,
Among the great to shine,
$50 when I finish school, he'd say,
I'm going to resign"
left the good old city then,
Some 20 years or more
Rolled by ere went back again
To seek my chums of yore.
My former friend aside me led
And put his hand in mine,
Il won't be here next year," he said>
I'm going to resign"
Last week I saw the dear old chap,
He was little bent,
But gave my back a hearty slap
That almost left a dent.
His pale cheek grew a trifle red;
He stiffened up his spine,
Il won't be here next year, he said,
I'm going to resign"
louisville Courier-Journal.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20

customed to the water, it was gradual
ly made hotter, In this way she be-
came heated through and through. In
half an hour of this temperature: the
patient found that she was perspiring
freely. And following this, she took
some violent gymnastic exercises.
Her weight went down half a pound a
day. IT,
When reducing the proper amount
to lose is half pound a day. Any
more than this is injurious. But one
does not feel the falling away of half
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20
Copy right by J. 3. Bowles.)

Miss Elizabeth G. Jordan, editor of
Harpers Bazaar, formerly held a promi-
nent position the staff of New York
newspaper. She is the author Of a num-
Der of popular books including Tales of
the Cloister' and May lverson, Her
Eook.' She was born in Milwau kee.)
In reading from month to month
the great mass Of material on the
subject OF women which appears in
the various periodicals the writer of
this paper has been struck by one ex-
traordinary fact. The topic of health
most important to women and of
vital interest to them-is rarely
touched upon. Women's achieve
ments in every line of art and indus
try are admiringly set forth. Ex-
Of their professions and ambitions,
but rarely does a great doctor lift his
voice in the friendly warning so many
of them need.
~. Every one knows that the ideal
physical life is the life lived out Of
doors in the sunshine and fresh air.
But women who work need a compro.
mise between this ideal system and
the dull routine into which they so
readily fall. Every woman needs to
know, not What is the best hygienic
system for me to follow" but, What
is the best system to which I can
adapt my daily life, with it's exactions
in the way of indoor confinement and
sedentary occupations? How can I
get myself and keep myself in such
condition that nerves and body are
more than equal to the strain must
put upon them?" For women should
have more than the power to endure
grimly. They should have the robust
health, the cool and steady nerves
that give zest to mere physical ex-
istence.
To begin, then, with the morning
bath-the function with which every
woman should begin her day as reg
ularly as she leaves her bed. More
nonsense has been written about the
bath than about any other hygienic
topic. Women have been advised to
take ice-cold baths, cold sprays, hot
plunges and cold packs. Again, some
doctors have protested against the
bath habit, urging women to confine
themselves to one bath a week and
thus avoid the drain on the vitality
which daily bath entails. In an
swer to all this hear the words of one
OF the greatest physicians in Ger
many when distinguished American
woman consulted him:
MADAM said he, after the history
of her nervous breakdown had been
modestly related, you do not battle
enough. Do not be indignant; the fail
ing is national one. The Americans
talk great deal about their baths,
but they do not take them daily. Ey-
cry human being who is up and about
should get into bathtub once a day
and stay there ten minutes. Take
your bath in the morning, Immediate
~ after rising. Have the temperature
of the water SO degrees exactly
neither more nor less. This is the
normal temperature Of the blood.
See that the temperature of the room
is the same. Never got into a cold
bath on rising. Cold baths have
killed thousands. Lie in your bath
of SO degrees; get down into the tub:
immense the body thoroughly: the
warm water on the surface of the
body has an excellent effect on the
mucous membrane throughout. Then,
little by little, lower the temperature
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20

a pound. It can be continued steadily
until one is. down very nearly to the
normal. &c. -~~ >"..
There is a reduction specialist Who
makes point Of getting the fat start
ed within a week from the time the
reduction methods are begun "The
most important pound is the first
pound,'' he says, "afterward it is large
ly a question of perseverance"
II find" continued he, that it is not
a question of eating, nor question of
drinking, nor yet question of exer-
else. 1t is a combination Of all of
these. No one thing will reduce the
weight. 1t is also question of tenn
permanent. The woman who nags is
generally very thin. The easy, tran
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20

be added, has a taste for Japanese tea,
and sprig of mint is an indispensa-
BILE part Of perfect brew; but there
are fears that the White House men
may put the mint to other and less
mild uses than that of favoring tea.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20
Still Living in Washington.

+ A :well-known character in Wash
ington is Stephen VAIL, son Of Alfred
Vail, who cooperated with Morse and
Henry in the invention of: the. tele-
graph, and built the first steam engine
that ever propelled a ship across the
ocean. : -. III :, IT. :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20
Health Hints
for
Women
BY Elizabeth Jordon

by En1aDeIn JOf0O1
Present Pace Too Fast for
Average Woman's Physique -
Famous German Authority Ad-
vises Daily Ten Minute Bath
Two Mile Walk Every Day
Should Keep One in Condition.
Red Meat Only Twice a Week
Little Ncurishment in Bread
and Potatoes-Drink Two Quarts
of Water a Day.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-07-20
81: go! ::
Marital: Happiness.

Love, sense and patience: 4. ThoseI
are the three important. elements nee:
essary e happiness in marriage, says
Ella cox. III .S1s5 5 ;s
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81 The wobble of q good mans word
=is 5H. one Of the worst \ ot earth.
quakes.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
How to Clean Brass.

First clean the brass in the ordinary
way either with OF Q of the ready-made
polishes, or with paraff,n and finely
powdered bathbrick mixed to a rather
soft consistency. Polish with dry, fine
ly powdered bathbrick, then rub
quickly over with a little petrol, and
afterward polish with dry whitening
and leather, using a brush for any
parts Into which the leather will not
go.
Be sure that all stains are removed
before you begin polishing. Stains OF
long STANDING, that bought ready,made
polishes will not move, will always
yield to vigorous treatment with
bathbrick and paraiIin; in fact, this,
applied with rather stiff nailbrush,
is what dealers use to clean old brass
that has become absolutely black
through lyiIg by.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Add alum to the paste used in scrap
books and it will keep the moths out
of them.
Rub the backs of old paintings with
oil of cedar to protect them from in
jury by insects.
Add a pinch Of soda in water in
which fresh-cut flowers are put and
they will keep longer.
Do not stretch table linen, but iron
while damp, and press until quite dry;
otherwise 1t will be too limp.
There is no better filling for needle
and pin cushions than sleeps wool, as
its oily qualities prevent the needles
from rusting.
After the carpet is tackled down, If
1t is literally sprinkled with salt and
swept with clean broom the colors
will be frightened wonderfully.
Cut stale bread into the thinnest
possible slices and brown 1t in the
oven. Then crush it with a rolling
pin, and you will have bread crumbs
for browning outlets, friend oysters
and the like.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
BABE IN INCUBATOR.
Weighed Two Pounds at Birth, Four
Months Before Time.

Elma, Wash.-There was born to
the wife of Milton Sturgeon the other
day child which weighed at birth
but two pounds. So light and frail
was the tiny piece of humanity when
it was born that DR.. Blair, of Elma
the attending physician, in the alb
sence of better facilities, ordered a
chicken incubator Immediately pro-
vided for the newborn babe, and that
the child be placed in 1t at once and
the temperature kept at blood heat
With careful watching and attention
the child has continued to live; it is
kept drapped in a finest and softest
of batting.
Although the child was prematurely
born, four months before its time,
it now gives every promise of living
1t is not longer than foot rule, and
Is just able to make noise when 1t
cries. Its little hands, clinched, are
not larger than ordinary marbles.
It's breating is perceptible and reg
ular, the high temperature that Ia
maintained causes the little thing to
perspire freely. The father and
mother of the child are living on a
farm about three miles from Elma;
the babe is their firstborn and Is a
girl.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
Old poa Slaned His Win

New Augusta, Miss The first case
on record in this state of dog max.
ing its own will, and of it being
offered for probate, is reported here.
Fifteen years ago DOC" McAllister.
the largest planter in this section.
died, leaving pet hound. In his will
he set aside $3.50 for the care of the
dog until death. Ford McAllister, the
eldest son of the deceased. was given
control.
"Tobe," the hound. died recently,
leaving numerous progeny, of which
young McAllister is very fond. De-
string to preserve the bequest for the
benefit of the pups, when the old
hound was attacked by sickness. the
boy drew up will in proper form
witnessed by two citizens, and placing
a pen between the claws of the aged
dog, the animal made its cross mark
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
VERONA, ME-, ONCE KNOWN AS
ORPHANS ISLAND.
intended as New England Metropo.
lis, But Plan Of Promoters Failed
Mo Church or Post Of
flee In Village.

Verona Me.-The intensely Yankee
Gown of Verona, with its intensely
Italian name, was born out of spite.
Long before the English feet sailed
up the Penobscot river in the autumn
Of 1914 and laid Bangor under heavy
tribute, the present town was known
as Orphans Island, and had been sur.
veyed and mapped out as the future
metropolis Of New England.
A long bridge, costing many thou.
sands of dollars, was built to connect
the island with Bucksport and paid
for from the sales of few choice
lots near the center of the unborn
city.
The Wetmores and Heaths and
Bowdoins and Bridgeses, who were
interested in the plan, looked down on
old John Jacob Aston as an amateur
in finance, and thought the rich men
at Boston were beggars.
Later on ii was discovered that the
drawing of expensive maps and the
making of elaborate plans would not
insure an immediate sale of real es.
tate. The promoters ran short OF
money and became plunged in debt.
They appealed to Bucksport for help
in repairing the great bridge.
When their prayers were not grant
ed, out of spite they asked the legis-
lature for a town charter, and were
made joyful when the new town of
Verona was born.
The decline of weir fishing and
shipbuilding nearly depopulated the
island after the civil war, but recovery
has followed slowly through close at
tention to agriculture.
Though the town is seven miles
long and nearly three miles wide at its
bulge, though several of the residents
are. wealthy, neither as Orphans island
nor as Verona has there ever been a
settled clergyman or lawyer or doctor
on it's area.
There is no church, and when a
citizen dies he has to be taken across
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
LONDON YOUTHS WANT Boards
Revulsion Against Clean Shaver Faces
Now Growing.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the ex-
ample of the American whisker takers
and their admirers here, 1t Is contend
ed that revulsion against clean
shaver face is gradually growing
among fashionable Londoners.
An observer claims to have noticed
a tendency on the part OF the gilded
youth of club land and the stock ex-
change to grow nice little curly
boards, which give them quite a poeti-
cal appearance"
A fashionable hairdresser in Bond
street said boards are slowly but GER
tainly coming into favor among the
young men desiring to be fashionable.
They have found boards, especially
fair ones, harmonize' excellently with a
sunburned skin. The most fashion
able cut is a close chopped beard part.
ed in the middle which gives distin'
guished appearance.
The Russians, and latterly some
Americans, affect 1t considerably.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
Youth Supposed to Be Fatally Shot
Amazes Surgeons by Recovery.

New York.-With eight perfora-
lions in his intestines and the
chance for life 100 to one against
him, Frank Garrison, 10 years old,
walked a mile to hospital, submitted
to an operation from which there was
virtually no hope Of his emerging
alive, and finally amazed the ply
sicians who attended him by walking
out of the hospital the other day ap-
parently as sound and sturdy as he
had ever been in his life. The sur
geons say his is one of the most re-
markable recoveries on record
Young Garrison, who lives on West
One Hundred and Thirty-sixth street.
went hunting dock rats in the neigh
borhood Of One Hundred and Twenty
first street and the Hudson river. He
was examining a gun when 1t was dis
charged and it's entire load lodged in
his abdomen.
Strangely enough, the lad did not
lose consciousness, but realizing that
he needed medical attention without
delay, he shouldered his gun and
picked his way painfully to hospital,
at One Hundred and Thirty-frst
street and Amsterdam avenue, a good
miles distance,
For several days afterward the
boys condition was desperate and the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
TOWN BORN OF SPITE.

the bridge to find burial In a cemetery.
There has never been murder or
any serious crime committed on the
island since its first settlement.
No post office has ever been placed
on the charmed ground by a benevo-
lent and paternal nation.
No sheriffs ever cross the bridge to
serve legal Instruments
No minister drops in to take supper
with worshipful parishioners.
When a doctor from Bucksport rides
through the neighborhood it creates
as much of sensation as a circus
parade.
II undertakers relied upon Verona
for patronage they would go into in.
solvency.
1t is a place where no BARRIERS pole
hangs out TO allure customers.
No book agent ever calls.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
This Is Why You Cough.

Vienna.-Heinrich Albrecnt, pIua e.
sor of pathological anatomy in the
University OF Vienna, has discovered
a cough bacillus. From this bacillus
the professor has produced a serum
which, when injucted into rabbits,
causes acute inflammation Of the
heart, thus showing why 1t is that In
fuenza exerts so Injurious an effect
upon the human heart. Physicians
believe that Prof. Albrecht's discovery
will prove exceedingly valuable in i'm
proving the serum treatment OF infu.
enza and coughs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23


"Thenk ye." the painter returned
Tiff ye're no otherwise engaged"
he stammered, II wud be rale prood
to be yer-yer best man. I've had nae
experience, but"
Are we in earnest, Joseph
"Ay. I'm in earnest!"
"Ha'e we no heard what the folh
says ABBOTT me?"
I'm no carin' a SNUFF for public
opeenion," returned Mr.. Redhorn
stoutly.
II believe we're a man. Joseph Rid.
horn" he said. Listen, an I'll tell ye
something. To begin wi, what dae
We think O. me for savin money a
thae years?"
II never thocht ABBOTT 1t till the
ither day, and then l thocht ye wud
haze a guild reason for the savin'."
"Aweel, I'm gaun to tell We. Mind,
it's atween oorsel's. Listen! I lost
ma arm when l was three an twinty.
was coortin lass at the time. But
we Gamma keep a wife, an maybe
weans, on the wark o yin arm, an
that the left yin. At least, l couldn't
An 1t came to pass that the lass mer
rit anither man. An the next year
ma fayther's brither deed an left me
near three thousand pound. / had o
brither, but he got naethin' left him
the reason for that / dinna ken. He
was clever lad. He MIGHT haze been
chancellor O. the exchequer II he had
gotten the RIGHT chance. So l gi'ed
him the three thousan' pound, an he
was to pay me five per cent. But he
never managed to pay mair nor yin
an quarter. 1t wasna his fault
Things was aye against him. Hoover
he peyed that regular for near thirty
vear, but it didna leave me muckle for
;iein' away to furrin missions an the
ike. l stoppit gaun to the kirk, seem
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
; JOHN FERGUS MARRIAGE
BY J. j. BELL


Copyright. by Joseph B. BowlesJ
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23
Many camels Named Roosevelt.

Washington.-W. w. Newell and
s. Truesdale of Broome county, New
York, who have been recently travel
ing in Europe and Africa and else
where, were among the presidents
visitors recently, They told the presi.
dent that he was the bestknown man
in the world and that in Egypt they
found at least 10000 camels named
after him.