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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
WATCHING THE AUTOMOBILE.

Owner and Chauffeur Have Anxious Mo-
nents While in a Restaurant.
The man who drove up to the res
taurant in an automobile brought his
chauffeur in with him to eat. They
stood around for several minutes,
while the walters posed at tables all
about.
Il want a seat from which can
watch my car" said the owner, when
the head waiter approached to find out
why the hesitation. ''You know that
there have been so many cases recent
ly of cars being stolen from in front
of restaurants and hotels that do
not want to take any chances"
They got their seats all right within
easy range of the automobile, one Of
the American made machines of the
$4,000 type. It is safe to say that the
worry incidental to that meal caused
a not inconsiderable amount of indi-
gestion. Either master or man had an
eye on the automobile throughout the
entire meal
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
DEPARTMENT STORE THEFTs.

Due Half to Outsiders and Half to
Dishonest Employees.
Writing on the modern department
store in the September Everybody's.
Hartley Davis says:
The fixed charges of a department
store must cover the loss of breakage
and general destruction, the failure of
goods to sell and theft. The cheaper
stores suffer more seriously from
th1evlng than the higher-priced ones.
because their employees are less trust
worthy. For years the proprietors es-
tlmated that their theft losses were
due half to their dishonest EMPLOYEES
and half to outsiders, but not one of
them would venture to estimate the
total. There is curious standard of
ethics among some employees. They
do not regard taking articles for their
>own use as theft. whereas to take
them for some one else, even mem
Der OF the family, is plain robbery: A.
most never are these guilty ones
prosecuted. even if they are detected
and the proof is conclusive: They are
discharged, of COURSE, and notice il
posted in the dressing room explaining
the reason. But when an employe
steals goods to sell aud is caught, ar
rest follows. 81,
Professional shoplifters have been
largely eliminated, owing to-. syste-
matte prosecutions. By far the great.
est number of thefts committed by out
siders are traced to- women, usually
reputable, who yield to sudden tenpta-
ton. Incidentally the .newspaper
never name the store in which a per.
son lis arrested for. shoplifting, for the
simple reason that it would brighten
away customers: A retail store on
Broadway that did "a large business
was actually ruined$by the publication
OF the details of several arrests within
its doors."' ~: .xs.%.' -. *.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
la SEGGFOR POS ThIAST [lll.
=. -I n TI'EET. = ": ~ T7.I.5
SMART DUCK GETS Mail EVERY
I. \ ST. = II DAY AND AYssTHE:s5 II W.: !
4 / & I'LL POSTMASTER !, I. :I$ ii / :
EorThree Years, Rain Or Shine, the
Faithful, Duck Performed;lt Duties,
Always Returning With Something
Tor. Its Master. r.: : ';"~s e r.

James r. Tinsley :of Silkestown,
fancy county, Missouri, who is called
the most eccentric man in his home,
passed through Denver to-day en- route
to Boulder, where he will be the guest
of relatives near that city. Mr.. Tins
ley. first attracted attention. through
: the peculiar names he gave his four
children. The youngest, a son, was
called lit; a daughter Nothing, an
other son Something and then evil
dencing his complete contempt for the
bubbles shown by the weaker sex
concerning their age, he called the
oldest daughter Eighty-one, In honor
of the year of her birth. a.: =.
I There are many other odd actions
credited to him, but perhaps the one
tina thas attracted the most attention
was a recent lawsuit he had with a.
neighbour.
Sikestown can scarcely be desig-
mated 'white station" as it is far
from the railroad and boasts of pop
ulation that numbers in the fifties.
There is a general store, and it also
embodied the postoflce at one time.
Mr.. Tinsley's home is across.the creek
from this store and to reach it he
had to walk several hundred yards to
bridge. AS a labor saver he took
duck, and after some little time
taught the fowl to daily cross the
stream and go to the shore, where
the postmaster would tie the Tinsley
mail upon its back and start it home.
For three years, rain or shine, the
faithful duck performed it's duties, al
ways returning home with something
for its master. Two years ago the
rural free delivery was installed and
the mail brought to the door of the
Tinsley home. The duck continued
to so to the general store for the mail
and return each day with a paper.
This led it's master to suspect some
thing, so tn efollowing day he quietly
took position outside of the store,
wheer he could watch the duck when
it entered. The bird came, walked in
and sat. down on the floor near the
proprietor, where after a short time,
it arose and left a new white egg in
it's place. Then the proprietor tied
an old paper to its back and started
it home
Upon inquiry Mr.. Tinsley found that
this had been going on for over a
year, and the eggs that should have
been his were taken by another. He
Immediately filed suit in the fancy
county circuit court to recover dam
ages for some thirty dozen duck eggs
that he claims should have been his.
The defense states that the proprietor
Of the store could not keep the fowl
from laying the eggs, as the first time
1t occurred the duck found no mail
awaiting it, so sat on the floor and
laid the egg, pushing it towards the
proprietor as if in exchange for let
ter. He found that he could not get
rid OF II any other way, so gave it a
paper and it. left satisfied.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
SPAlN'S CANNY RAILROADS

Visitors Have to Pay for a Ticket
Merely to Go on the Platform.
In Spain the railroads do not lose a
chance to make little profit, even in
the case of the non-travelers. When
you see somebody off in that country
you must pay for the privilege
The railroads all sell billetes de an.
ten, which are good for the platform
only. These cost generally five cen
limos, equivalent to a cent in Ameri.
can money.
Just why this is done it is hard to
see, because persons entering train
cannot very well avoid the conductor,
who is always making trips to inspect
the carriages. If person attempted
to steal ride in a carriage ne would
have small chance Of getting away
with it. If caught he would have tt
pay a penalty of just twice the fare
between the point where he was dis
covered and the point where tickets
last were inspected.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
His Word Not Good.

John and Jim agreed to settle a diff.
ference by fighting it out. It was I'm.
derstood that whoever wanted to quit
should cry 'nough!" John had Jim
down and was hammering him sound.
ly when Jim cried Thought" But
John paid no attention to his cry and
kept on pounding him. Again and
again Jim called out "'nough!" But
John paid no heed and kept busy with
his fists. A boy standing near asked
''Why don't you let the Teller up:
He's yelled thought"
But he's such a liar you can't be-
lieve him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
ELLEN TERRY'S STAGE FRIGHT.

Even Now, When She Plays New
Parts, Her Nerves Dance Jiqs.
According to Ellen Terry stage
fright is like nothing else in the world.
You are standing on the stage ap-
parently quite we'll and in your right
mind" she says in McClure's Maya
zine, when. suddenly you feel as if
your tongue had been dlslocated and
was lying powerless in your mouth.
Gold shivers begin to creep down.
ward from the snape of your neck and
all up you at the same time, until they
seem to meet in the small of your
back
"About this time you feel as if a
centipede, all of whose feet have been
carefully iced, has begun to run about
in the roots of your hair. The next
agreeable sensation is the breaking
out of cold sweat all over.
Then you are certain that some
one has cut the muscles at the back
OF your knees. Your mouth begins to
open slowly, without giving utterance
to single sound, and your eyes seem
inclined to jump out of your head over
the footlights. At this point it is we'll
to get off the stage as quickly as you
can, for you are far beyond human
help.
Whether everybody suffers in this
way or not, cannot say, but. it exact
ly describes the tortured went through
in The Governors Wife had just
enough strength and sense to drag my
self off the stage and seize hold of a
book, with which, after few minutes,
I reappeared and .ignominiously read
my part; Whether Nine. de. Rhona
boxed m years or not I can't remem-
Der, but I think it is very likely she
did, for she was very quick tempered.
! I'm later years have not suffered
: from the fearsome malady, but. even
now, after fifty years of stage life, I
never play a new part without being
overcome by a terrible. nervousness
and torturing' dread Of forgetting
my. lines. Every nerve in my body
seems to be dancing an Independent
Jig on its own account" 49,: < l..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
BICYCLE ! {, I i !! IS RUN |. BY CROWS
On rs 'N.NrI u
Bolt NATU Z ~ kerr TELLS
Il !: 5* :3 Most tl . Remarkable y. : II"
j! @AI". - t'.-.. iYAnN. =. .'.''f ~ =.
Students 81: Nature Who Doubt the
: :. story WIN y " .se shown 10 the: Wheel
4: and Its cyclometer, Also the Own.
er's Farm. -.

Last week while out at a farm near
the metropolis of Peapack, N. j., one
afternoon, 1 was behind the barn
cleaning my bicycle. In the nearby
meadow is a, clump of scrub were
used as resting place by a flock OF
crows. Evidently the dry weather
and lack Of food had made them
bolder than usual, for when I threw
down a few crumbs of my lunch they
flew down and devoured it greedily. My
wheel had reversed-resting it on
it's handle bars and saddle the better
to get at the spokes, etc. Having
finished the cleaning I left it as it
was throwing the remainder of my
lunch on the ground, and went into
the barn. AS entered I glanced be-
hind me and was surprised to observe
one of the crows (almost Immediately
followed by another) swoop down
toward the bicycle, evidently intent
upon getting the remains of my lunch.
He "1it" on. the right pedal of the
machine, which happened to be up,
but his weight was such that he
caused it to make a half turn, and at
that very instant the other crow '1it"
on the left pedal, which was now up
and his impetus was such that he
now also made half turn, tbs bring
one then launched" himself in his
endeavor. to fly off, but this very
s'hunch' was sufficient to cause his
pedal to sink down. This operation
was then repeated by the left ped y
crow in turn, and so they kept the
wheel revolving and seemingly were
unable to leave it. I watched them
for half hour, and when I returned
at shutdown they were still at it.
I dislike to see any one work too
hard, so 1 stopped the wheel by
grasping the tire. The two birds
were so exhausted that they fell to
the gronud, and I easily picked them
up, but after giving them a little food
and water they appeared as well as
ever. There were some leg bands in
the barn, and, after marking one of
the Roosevelt" and the other CDR.
Long, | fastened one to each of the
/. birds and let them fly Upon look
Ing at the cycl0meter which was at
tached to the rear wheel, I saw it
registered thirty-two and a half miles
more than when I last noted it. Now.
some students of nature may doubt
the above, but to convince them I
shall be pleased to show them the
wheel and its cyclometer; also, Pea
pack, the farm, the barn, the meadow,
and the clump of oaks. The birds, of
course, have flown away, but, no
doubt, with little salt they could be
recaptured.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
Their Only Chance.

A party of local volunteers were
taken to the shooting range for the
first time. The men first, fired at =
target 800 yards away, but no one
hit it. They were next tried at a tar.
get 200 yards away, and still every
one missed They were at last tried
at just 100 yards away, but without
result. !:
attention.! Fix bayonets! Charge!
It's your only chance!"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23

u, DDS, has not made itself more ridicu-
lous than any comment of ours could
make it.
| Does Golfers expect to regain any
! self-inficted loss of prestige by de-
| monstrating thru suits for damages,
that it can be more artful in evading
liability for libels than the humble
| but resentful victims of it's defamation,
| or does it hope for starting campaign
| OF libel suits to silence the popular in
| dignation, reproach and resentment
which it has aroused.
Golfers can not dodge this public
controversy by private law suits. It
can not postpone the public judgment
against it. That great jury, the Pub
lie, will hardly blame us for not wait
ing until we get petit jury in court
| room, before denouncing this prod
igal detractor of institutions founded
and fostered either by individuals or
by the public, itself.
No announcements during our entire
business career were ever made
claiming medicinal Effects for either
Postum or Grape-Nuts. Medicinal ef-
fects are results obtained from the
use of medicines.
Thousands of visitors go thru our
entire works each month and see for
+ themselves that Grape-Nuts contains
absolutely nothing but wheat, barley
and a little salt; Postum absolutely
nothing but wheat and about ten per-
cent of New Orleans Molasses. The
art of preparing these simple ele-
ments in scientific manner to obtain
the best food value and flavor, re-
quired some work and experience to
acquire.
Now, when any publication goes far
enough out Of<its way to attack us be-
cause our advertising is medical" it
simply offers remarkable exhibition
of ignorance or worse.
We do claim physiological or bodily
results of favorable character follow
ing the adoption of our suggestions re-
garding the discOntlnuance of coffee
and foods which may not be keeping
the. individual in good health. We
have. no advice to offer the perfectly
healthful person. His or her health
Is evidence in itself that the bever-
ages and foods used exactly fit that
| person. Therefore, why change? ~
But to the man or woman who is
ailing, we have something to say as a
result Of an unusually wide experience
in food and the result Of proper feed
ing - IT. '5;* s.s a.
In the palpably ignorant attack on
us in Golfers, appeared >th1s state
ment, ---"One widely circulated para
graph labors to induce the impression
that Grape Nuts will obviate the ne
).cessitys Of an operation in appendi-
.citis. q. This is lying and potentially
deadly lying n # SI..s. { &
IL /. In reply TO- this exhibition of-well
:let.the reader name 1t, the Postum Co.,
says: & .s +. sz os. ~
Let it be :und ersto God that Appendix
cttis| results from long con inued dis
sturbancex ii the. intestines, caused pri-
I1mar1ly by undi gested starchy food,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
Presidents Clipping Bureau.

In the White House there is a clerk
who has also quite a peculiar occu.
patton for government clerk. He
is the official clipper and scrap book
paster Of the president. AS is well
known, the president, as we'll as his
predecessors, has everything concern
ing himself or his policies clipped from
the leading papers and pasted in a
scrap book. These are sometimes lef,
in the archives of the White House
and there are no end of these bulky
volumes now filed away in the attic
or cellar of the White House. 1t has
been suggested that in view of the
wide newspaper notoriety the presi
dent is receiving these days the Of
fetal paster must be working owe,
time. = * a. s.'<>:-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
"tBOO-HOO"
Shouts a Spanked Baby.

A Doctor of Divinity, now Editor of
a well-known Religious paper, has
written regarding the controversy be.
tween Golfers Weekly and the Re.
ligious Press of the Country and 9TH
ers, including ourselves Also regard.
ing suits for libel brought by Golfers
against us for commenting upon it's
methods.
These are his sentiments, with some
very emphatic words left out.
'The religious Press owes you a
debt of gratitude for your courage in
showing up Golfers Weekly as the
"Yell-Oh Man." Would you care to
use the inclosed article on the boo
Hoo Baby as the "Yell-Oh Mans
successor?"
"A contemporary remarks that Col
lier's has finally run against a solid
hickory "Post" and been damaged in
its own estimation to the tune of
$750,000.00."
Here is a publication which has, in
utmost disregard of the facts, spread
broadcast damaging statements about
the Religious Press and others and
has suffered those false statements to
60 uncontradicted until, not satisfied
after finding the Religious Press too
quiet, and peaceful, to resent the in
suits, it makes the mistake of wander
ing into fresh field and butts it's rat
tied head against this Post and all the
World laughs. Even Christians smile,
as the Post suddenly turns and gives
1t back dose Of it's own medicine"
1T is mistake to say all the World
laughs. No CHEEKY laugh comes from
Golfers, but it cries and boo hoos like
a spanked baby and wants $3.50, 100000
to soothe its tender, slacerated feel
ings." >.S.<
THANK Heaven it has at last struck
a man with back bone enough to call
a spade Spade" and who believes in
telling the whole truth without fear or
favor" :: -
; Perhaps Golfers with it's utmost
disregard for the facts" may say no
such letter exists. Nevertheless it is
on file in our Office and is only one of
a mass of letters and other data, news
paper comments, etc. denouncing the
yellow" methods Of Golfers This
volume is so large that "a man could
not we'll go thru it. under half a days
steady work. The letters come from
various parts of America. y $**.. !. i =. = {
Usually q private controversy is not
interesting to the public, but this is a
public controversy. T. - SlHzFE >>,>a.' !
!, Golfers has been using the yellow.
methods to attract attention to itself,
!. but jumping in the air, cracking heels
together and yelling ut ook at me-
wouldn't suffice, so it started out on a
...Holier Than TIL u'' attack on the Re
ligious Press and on med icine. + e.: 81 ].
: We leave It to the public now, as We
did when we first resented Golfers
attacks, to say whether, in a craving
for sensatio and circulat ion, its at
lacks do not amount tel q systematic
.mercenary hound ing 3: We likewise
leave IS to TIL. public IT'D say whether
Golfers byH It's own Hey and meth
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
New Use for, Hubbv

my DEAR said Mrs. strongmind,
Il want you. to accompany me to: the
town hall tomorrow evening"" :. p r
What for?" queried the meek and
lowly other half of the combine. -. !.
Il am to lecture on the Dark Side
of Married Life, explained Mrs. S..
"and want you$to sit on the platform
and pose as one Of. the Illustrations, :"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
Not - Sure Thinu.

, Two t.gemmen"&of '..cullah'' were
coming up city Hall alley yesterday
afternoon. They wore toys that for
local: color had anything the rainbow
attempted beaten a dozen furlongs.
Know wat Um's gwine and done?"
asked one. ~
*'No, wat 'tis?" responded the other.
Hes g'wan bought a razzer."
Dat hain't so worse said his
friend "A razzer's handy sometimes.' -
YAH" answered the other in tones
of deep contempt, "but dis yere fool
Jim g'wan bought safety razzer."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
Alcohol From Beets,

Kansas is to have large share in
the manufacture of denatured alcohol
in wholesale quantities in few years,
the material for it's manufacture beina
the waste products from the beet SUI.
gar refneries. The tops of the beets
and the portion Of the upper part usu
ally cut off and discarded are to be
used in the manufacture of alcohol
and capitalists are interested in the
erection of refineries at Garden City.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
Metals and Metaphors.

TT is most amazing,'' said a metal
lurgist, chow the world relies on met
ais for it's metaphors and SMILES.
Thus an orator is silver tongued or
golden-mouthed An explorer is bronz-
ed by African suns. A resolute chap
has an iron will. A sluggard moves
with leaden feet An ostrich has a
copper-lined stomach. A millionaire
has tin. A swindler is as slippery as
quicksilver. A borrower has BRASS"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23

such as white bread, potatoes, rice,
partly cooked cereals and such.
Starchy food is not digested in the
upper stomach but passes on into the
duOdenum, or lower stomach and in
testines, where, in healthy individ-
ual, the transformation of the starch
into form of sugar is completed and
then the food absorbed by the blood.
But if the powers of digestion are
weakened, a part of the starchy food
will lie in the warmth and moisture OF
the body and decay, generating gases
and Irritating the mucous surfaces un-
til under such conditions the whole
lower part Of the alimentary canal, in
Guiding the colon and the appendix,
becomes involved. Disease sets up
and at times takes the form known as
appendicitis.
When the symptoms of the trouble
make their appearance, would it not
be good, practical, common sense, to
discontinue the starchy food which is
causing the trouble and take food
in which the starch has been trans.
formed into a form of sugar in the
process of manufacture?
This is identically the same form Of
sugar found in the human body after
starch has been perfectly digested.
Now, human food is made up very
largely of starch and is required by
the body for energy and warmth.
Naturally, therefore, its use should be
continued, If possible, and for the rea-
sons given above it is made possible
In the manufacture of Grape-Nuts.
In connection with this change of
food to bring relief. from physical dis
turbances, we have suggested washing
out the intestines to get rid of the i'm
mediate causeso Of the disturbance.
Naturally, there are cases where the
disease has lain dormant and the
abuse continued too long, until ap-
parently only the knife will avail. But
1t Is a well-established fact among the
best physicians who are acquainted
with the details. above recited, that
preventative measures are far and
away the best. ".
- Are we to be condemned for suggest
! ing a way to prevent disease by fol-
lowing natural methods and for per-
fect1ng a food that contains no "medi-
cine and produces no medicinal eff
fects but. which has guided literally
: thousands of persons from sickness to
health? We have received during the
years past upwards OF rs 900 letters
from people who have been either
helped or made entirely we'll BY fol-.
lowing our suggestions, and they are:
simple. iss5.. 4 ts... i. :4sSE + =zS5z
e. l.. II coffee disagrees and causes any
OF the ailments common to some cof-
fee users quit It and take on Postum.
s # white bread, potatoes, rice and.
#other starch. foods make trouble, quit.
and use Grape Nuts food which is
largely pred1gested and will digest,
nourish and strengt hen, when other.
forms 1'c Of L food do not. It's Just plain
old common sense issz.ssz
- There's 2 Reason for Postum and.
! GrapeNuts 5s.5= s.. s2s 8 81 z.l
Postum Cereal Co. Ltd
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23
Circumstantiai Evidence.

The crushed tragedian smiled sadly
as he lodged with agility scarcely to
be expected from one of his ripe gent
us, the various tributes of natures ma
ture, production which were making a
great hit with him.
From the way antique eggs are
coming this way" he muttered, 81
imagine that most foul conspiracy is
being Matched against mel"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-11-23

spells. For ten years I could not do
Homework, and for two years did not
get out of the house.. The Kidney Sc
cretions were irregular, and doctors
were not helping me. Doan's Kidney
Pills brought me quick relief, and
finally cured me. They saved my life"
Sold by all Dealers so cents box.
Foster-Millburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.