The Cook County herald. [volume], December 05, 1896, Image 4

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Ringing
Koises in lie ears, sometitaes a roaring, buss
zins sound, or snapping like the report of al
pLuol, aro
causod fay catarrh, that exceedingly
disagreeable and very common disease. Losd
smell or hearing also results from catarrh.
Hood's Sarsaparilla, tho great blood purifier,
is a peculiarly successful remedy for t.hid
^.disease, which it cures by purifying thd
1\'|rblood. If you suffer from catarrh, try1
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
fhe Best—in fact the One True Blood l»arlfler,
HnnH1c faille are the best after-dinner
I1UUU fills pills, cure headache. 26a
Comfort* of the Guests.
The night-table is_the autocrat of the
guest chamber. Upon it one should
find a little frame containing a card
giving hours of meals, mail (hours, etc.,
a candle with its match box, a cracker
-or biscuit jar with a dainty collection
of crackers, and a jug of water. No
room is habitable without the com­
panionship of books, and no room is
comfortable without a writing-table oi
some kind. The desks that are foun
in toy stores for children are often!
large enough for grown people, and
when enamelled and otherwise taste­
fully decorated they make delightful
little tables for the scribblers. Do not
forget a waste-paper basket and a
footstool!
Too Much Faitli l»y Far.
Plugwinch—How did your Theosophi
cal society come to break up?
Beeswax—Oh, over the doctrine of re­
incarnation.
Plugwinch—Couldn't swallow it, I
suppose?
Beeswax—Oh, yes. The trouble was
they believed it too strongly. We had
three incarnated Cleopatras and two
Platos, and, of course, they couldn't
agree.—Truth.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
ty
local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
»niy one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
eaused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets inflamed you have
-rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored to
Its normal condition, hearing will be de­
stroyed forever nine cases out of ten are
:aused by catarrh, which is nothing buti
inflamed condition of the mucous sur­
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness (caused by catarrh)!
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY, & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Circumstances Alter Cases.
Sister—Stick out you tongue and
take your powder, like a good girl.
You never hear me complaining about
such a little thing.
Flossie—Neither would I, if I could
take it on my face, like you do.—Brook­
lyn Life.
Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowles. Never sicken, weaken or gripe.
A Paris shoe dealer is the authority for
the statement that Madrid ladies have the
smallest feet, while the women of Sweden
have the most shapely ones.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure: 25o
The robin and the wren are the only
birds that sing all the year. All the other
birds have periodical fits of silence.
Just try a 10c box of Cascarets, the. finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Maids of honor may retain their posts
In the royal household of England so Ions
)as they remain unmarried. There is no
fixed age at which they are obliged to
Retire.
|Hegeman*s Camphor Ice "wltti Glycerine.
The original and only genuine. Cores Chapped Hand!
and Face, Cold Sores, &c. C. G. Clark Co., N. Haven.
Ct,
Governesses in families of the nobility
seldom, if ever, dine with the heads of the
establishment. They take .their meals along
or with younger members.'
Gladness Comes
With
PACTS ABOUT PEARL.
LI HUNG CHANG'S STATEMENT
t** AROUSED THE JEWELER. ,V&
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Where
tie
Finp Specimens Are foiad
—Remarkable Belief of Many Intelli­
gent Europeans—-Cocoanut Pearls Aire
Reality—Effect of Roentgen Rays.
y.-* .v
MONG the obiter
dicta recorded of Li
Hung Chang was
a statement that
pearls are more val­
ued than diamonds
in his country. En­
terprising jewelers
made a note, prob­
ably. They com­
mand their own
price for a fine ex­
ample inTSurope and America, but pos­
sibly they might double it in China
and still find buyers. And then the
celestial, clever as he is, does not know
everything—he is not yet acquainted
•with the Roentgen rays, which have
caused a panic in pearl factories. Hith­
erto, says the London Standard, there
was no means of detecting a counter­
feit of the best class without damaging
a genuine article submitted to the trial
—that is, the fraud could not be
proved. But the mysterious light iden­
tifies it in an instant. False pearls of
the highest quality may be bought
cheap in consequence and there is a
brisk market for them. At the same
time fraudulent speculators had best go
cautiously to work. If the Chinaman
be unacquainted with the Roentgen
rays he has a vast store of curious
and useful knowledge. Those familiar
with him always incline to expect that
he will produce some ancient "dodge"
to confound the too ingenious Euro­
pean who would fain pass off an adul­
terated article. Chinese civilization is
so old and Chinese swindlers so clever!
For 4,000 years at least the latter have
been devising tricks and the former
has been studying means to circum­
vent them. Without any information
on the subject we vfenture to say that
the manufacture of false pearls has not
been overlooked.
In fact, the Chinese discovered the
nature of the precious things in some
Immemorial age and turned the secret
to account by placing small objects
within the shell which the offended
mollusk covered with nacre. But In
Europe, so late as the time of Izaak
Walton, it was believed that the oys­
ter rose to the surface at full moon,
opened its "mouth" and patiently
awaited a drop of dew, which some­
how was transformed into a pearl, a3
Benjamin of Judela described the proc­
ess five centuries before. And the "In­
dians of the Red Sea," whoever they
may have been, were still accused of
extracting the juice from oysters and
with that liquid fabricating an article
which could scarcely be' distinguished
from the real. It is probable that the
finest specimens extant would be found
among the jewels of the Chinese em­
peror. No one has seen that collection,
but many of the Tartar princes wear
pearls of extraordinary size and beauty.
Li himself displayed a sample. Marco
Polo says that the emperor of his day
took measures to keep up the value.
There was a large salt lake in the prov­
ince of Caindu, where they abounded—
ttot of good shape generally, but white.
Bo many were put upon the market
that the price fell and Kublai Khan
sn acted that no man should fish there
without his express license on pain of
ieath. These were not the fresh-water
variety, but a lake in Thibet must be as
sffectually landlocked as' possible.
Doubtless they were extracted from
mussels. The reminiscence suggests
aur native product.
Substantial articles, if net books, have
been written on British pearls, and
therefore we must not deal with that
interesting matter at length. Perhaps
:he statement that Julius Caesar was
empted to invade the island by rumors
of its wealth in that commodity was
scandal, but he thought a good deal of
British pearls, and he was a judge.
After his triumph Julius presented a
shield adorned with them to the temple
pf Venus Genetrix, his "ancestress," as
tie professed to believe, and a gift of­
fered to her must surely have been
handsome. It is rather puzzling, for in
historic time the mussels of England
have furnished none of perceptible
value. An explanation may be suggest­
ed, however. Possibly the pearls Caesar
collected were Scotch of origin, which
had been accumulating in the wealthier
south for an indefinite number of ages.
For it is to be observed that the re­
nown of British pearls did not last. A
century afterward Pliny wrote that
they were worthless. In that time the
hereditary store of Scotch pearls would
a better understanding of the I he exhausted and the current supply
transient nature of the many phys- I would by no means keep pace with the
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- demand.
forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— At long intervals, which indeed, be
rightly directed. There is comfort in I
Fitha better understanding of the
cleanliness' without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene­
ficial effects, to note when you pur­
chase, that you have the genuine arti­
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali­
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in- the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. II
may
come
sickness are not aue to any actual dis- *1 ...
ease, but simply to a constipated condi- and brooks those of Aberdeenshire
tion of the system, which the pleasant especially. The authenticity of the
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- most famous is guaranteed by the privy
ly removes. That is why it is the only..: council records. It was found in Killie
remedy_with millions of families, and is burn and Sir Thomas Menziee," provost
who^lu? gSd WtlT Itf beneficial Aberdeen, got .pfcweHion of it. He
effects are due to the fact, that it is the thought it a present for a king and
one remedy which promotes internal in 1620 carried. it to London. James,
afflicted with any actual disease, one ,,
be commended to the most skillful ^t t$e natural result was a "bobm"
physicians,-but if in need of a laxative, and the crown perceived an opening for
one chould have the best, and with the profit. Next year fishing wps limited
weli-informed everywhere, Syrup oi by proclamation to the months of July
stands highest and ismostlargelj and August and gentlemen of estate in
,'lised and gives most general satisfaction.
neisbboI
.bood
were appo
longer and longer, a really good
1 a S
delighted, gave him "twelve or four­
teen chaddar of victuals about Drum
ferline"—we can throw no light on this
mysterious statement. But an addi­
tional reward needs no explanatiorf. Sir
Thomas also received "th'e customs of
merchants' goods in Aberdeen" during
his life. The pearl itself was set in
the apex of the Scottish crown—
whether it be there now we cannot tell.
watch the streams and to buy all pearls
discovered "at a reasonable price"—-the
best to be reserved for the king. One
of these procurators had charge ot
Sutherland, another of Ross and a third
of the Ythan and Don vin Aberdeen­
shire, which were and are by far the
most productive rivulets. Forthwith
Robert Buchan, merchant of Aberdeen,
applied for a "patent," a monopoly and
secured it. He did very well. The privy
council report says that Buchan "hath
not only taken divers pearls of good
value, but hath found some in divers
waters whence none were expected,"
Parliament suppressed his patent.^.'
4
TORN BY AVALANCHES.
Great Changes Are Taking Place on
's Mount Tacoma.
Great changes have taken place
around the base of Mount Tacoma this
year, notably among which are the
widening of crevasses, the breaking
away, of several big ledges of rock
heretofore crossed in making the as­
cent, and the enlargement of mountain
streams as a result of snow fields ex­
tending a mile farther down the moun­
tain side than usual. Terrific ava­
lanches have thundered down the
mountain, carrying destruction before
them. This week a large Tacoma party
came very near being swept away by
one. The party included Judge Dil­
lon, Prof. Dewey, Olof Bull, Robert
Newell, Messrs. Wood and Johps. They
were half way around Gibraltar rock,
at an altitude of about 1,000 feet, when
a deafening noise was heard. The
next moment a tremendous avalanche
dropped down, the edge of the frozen
mass being only a few hundred feet
away. It seemed as though the moun­
tain was tumbling down bodily. In­
vestigation showed that an ice mass
300 feet long, 150 feet wide and 200
feet thick, estimated to weigh 200,000
tons, had fallen over a mile -into the
Nisqually glacier. Undaunted, the
climbers kept on. They found that a
ledge of rocks known as the "Camp of
the Stars," on the east side of Gibral­
tar, had fallen off into Cowlitz glacier.
On the south side another big piece of
Gibraltar had fallen, leaving only a
narrow ledge, so that climbers must
use ropes stretched from rocks at eith­
er end. Most climbers must now spend
the night at Camp Misery, near the
top. This consists of a rocky ledge, six
feet wide and nine feet long, protect-,
ed by a reef ten feet high. Frequently
six or ten campers sleep, or try to
sleep here, the rocks protecting them
somewhat from mountain winds, which
have a velocity of sixty to eighty miles
an hour. After spending the night here
the campers press on early in the morn­
ing, and on reaching the craters,
breakfast is prepared by making soup
and coffee over steam, jets issuing from
the interior. The increased width of
crevasses has made climbing more
dangerous than ever. Last week Henry
Bergh fell into a blind crevasse, nar­
rowly missing a fall of hundreds ot"
feet. A compensating feature -is the
fact that mountain goats are becoming
more plentiful, the Dillon party last
week counting forty-three in one herd,
of which they secured six. Two streams
instead of one now issue from the Nis­
qually glacier, and a side stream has
cut an ice tunnel 500 feet long, through
which climbers can pass.—San Fran­
cisco Chronicle.
EM1N PASHA'S PARROT.
Dies of Consumption After Entertaining
Batavia Fifteen Years.
Dr. E. E. Snow of Batavia is mourn­
ing the loss of the most remarkable
pet that has been brought to this part
of the country for along time. Tt was
a parrot and had a past, as well7as a
wonderful personality. When the doc­
tor was in Egypt in the days of Emin
Pasha he made the acquaintance of
that potentate, and on leaving for
home said he would like to take with
him one of the small gray parrou
that are peculiar to the Nile country,
especially on account of their intelli­
gence. So the viceroy sent out an at­
tendant, who soon returned with one.
He was called Pasha, in honor of
Emin, and was all that has been re­
puted of its species.
Pasha could talk, especially swear,
in the best Arabic, and though he iioon
learned English enough to hold a con­
versation equal to some people, he/nev­
er learned to swear in English. When
any one was to -be gone over in the
bird's best style of vituperation it was
the language of the Nile that was
adopted for the purpose. Pasha liked
America, and lived here fifteen years.
The bird was a good friend when ac­
quaintance was once formed, but a cas­
ual visitor was his special aversion,
and he made use of the strongest notes
of disapproval when subjected to any
intrusion. His vocabulary was large,
and he knew how to use it as some
people, even, Could not.
But he was so unfortunate as to take
into close friendship a man of the fam
ily who had consumption, and caught
tho disease from him. A violent hem
orrhage ended Pasha's life.—Buffalo
correspondence of New York Press.
Following Instructions.
"Here," roared the statesman to his
new private secretary, "where are you
going with all that mail?" ., V-' jA
"Ovei to the express office.' Tor
told me you wanted all' your letters
properly and Carefully expressed/'
A SUverite's Weddlnir*
"You will be married at high tidon
I suppose?" said ..Tensjpo^to^his free
silver friend.
"I shall be married-, at 16 minutes tc
1," replied the white metal man.
^Ssmuf riift&iCopldn't'
inted
to
Carry
How is it with yon
You are suffering from
ffi&eXure
WILL CURE YOU.
rxr vr-
It
"How in the world did old Filibuster
manage to leave Cuba?
"Because he couldn't devise any way
of bringing it with
hlmi:
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DISEASE DOES NOT
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tamp
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till-
Every one is either growing better
or worse.
KIDNEY, LIVER
OR
URINARY TROUBLES.
Have tried doctors and medicine with­
out avail, and have become disgusted.
DON'T GIVE UPS
Thousands now well, but once like you,
say bo. Give an honest medicine an aon
est chance.
large bottle or new style smaller one
at your druggist's. Write for free treat­
ment blank to-day. Warner's Safe Cure
Co., Rochester, N. Y.
Good Enough for Him.
"I suppose," said the facetious friend
the returning traveler, "that you stop­
ped at the Hotel de Ville while in
Paris?"
"No we didn't stop at the Hotel de
Yea,. We stopped at the Hotel de
Ham and Eggs."—Harper's Bazar.
His Reason.
Boastey—I had a half mind to thrash
him.
Osbin—Why didn't you?
Boastey—Because I never do things
by halves.
Mind Reading1.
You can read a happy mind in a happy
countenance without much penetration.
This is the sort of countenance that the
quondam bilious sufferer or dyspeptic re­
lieved by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
wears. You will meet many such. The
great stomachic and alterative also provides
happiness for the malarious, the rheumatie,
the weak, and those troubled with inaction
of the kidneys and bladder.
She'll Never Barn tlie Title.
"I don't mind riding the bicycle and
wearing the costume, but I should hate
to be called a wheelwoman."
"Don't worry, dear. Nobody will ever
call you that."—Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. "VV
in glow's Soothing Syrup
For cluUl ren teathinj, softens thegums. reduces inflam­
mation, allays pain, curee wind colic.
25
cents a bottle.
As It Ought to Be.
First Pugilist—How's business with
you?
Second Pugilist—Well, it's sluggish.—
Puds.
America has over 5,000 islands round its
coasts.
i. '/The Old Soldier's Favorite."
•^.4 Patents I««ne9.
List of patents issued las$ &k to
Northwestern inventors:
William D. Bates, Grafton, Nt D.,
manifold sales book Ole^Clausson, Nas­
sau, Minn., fracture apparatus Oliver
Crosby, St. Paul, Minn., sectional der­
rick Herbert H. Freeman, Pierre, S.
D., safe alarm Frank A. Harvey, Min­
neapolis, Minn., boxing glove Daniel
F. Humphreys, Milton, N. D., anti
freezing pump attachment George
Mehl, St. Paul, Minn., sash ^fastener
Daniel N. Nester, St. Paul, Minn., pneu­
matic stacker Arthur E. Pratt, Ando
ver, S. D., feeder for threshing ma­
chines George A. Reichard, Minneap­
olis, Minn.,, condenser Hans A. Skre
berg, Milan., bag holder
T. D. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 910,
911 and 912 Pioneer Press Building, St.
Paul, Minn.
An Early Graduation.
"Is your daughter still taking music
lessons?"
"On the pianny, do you mane?"
"Yes."
"Lord love ye, no. She only took
sivin lessons. Sure, she's tachin' now!"
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The gipsies preserve their family color
in every part of Europe, and the Hebrews
retain the same complexion, though dis­
persed for 2,000 years over the world.
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoka Your Life Away
If you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever, regain lost manhood, be made
well, strong, magnetic, full of new life and
vigor, take No-To-Bac, the wonder-worker
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds in ten days. Over 400,000 cured.
Buy No-To-Bac from your druggist, who
will guarantee a cure. Booklets and sam­
ple mailed free. Ad. Sterling Remedy Co.,
Chicago or New York.
Some very interesting statistics have been
published which show that Great Britain's
expenditure per head on her navy is nearly
double that of any other nation.
A Cluince for Work.
Persons who buy forty acres of land at
from $5 to $S an acre will be given work at
$1.50 a day so as to provide the necessa­
ries of life. Land is located in Mason
county, Washington, and will produce
fruits and all staple crops. Land also for
sale at low prices and easy terms on Whid
by island, Washington. One free railway
ticket to each purchaser of forty acres.
Address R. E. Werkman, Grand Central
hotel, St. Paul, Minn.
Generally.
Nannette—How can you tell a person
that is insane from one who is merely
eccentric?
Cyrille—Consult Bradstreet. Insanity
ends and eccentricity begins at one
million.—Up-to-date.
I never used to quick a cure as Piso's
Cure for. Consumption.—J. B. Palmer, Box
1171, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 25, 1895.
A Matter of Disposition.
"My wife was rather worried when
I left her this morning."
"What was the trouble?"
"Well, she had been worrying about
something or other last night, and this
morning she couldn't remember what
it was."—Puck.
Some Polynesian languages have only
seven consonants.
The Sanskrit language Is said to have
about 500 root words.
2^3 I A NEW WAY TO
iSmp YOUR
INSTEAD
H'H CARR 6c CO."Bcmoleo?""'
A
GRAIN.!
of selling your grain at home send It to oa
and save middleman's profit. We have Saved
Other Farmers Tbooiandi of Dollars. Why
don't YOU try it! Address for full particulars,
JS1"
A little bit of pension goes a long
way if y^uvichew' "Battle Ax/'
The biggest piece of really high-
grade tobacco ever sold for 5 cents
almost twice as large as the other
ieflowV infmor brandJ^SfSS
A Little Child
With a Little Cold.
That's all!
What of it?
Little colds when neglected
grow to large diseases and
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
CURES COLDS.
Extravagant AwnJcana.
It is passing strange to the French
why this, the year of great depression
in America, isn't felt more by th«
Americans who are traveling. It is al­
ways the Americans, who travel first
class they who stop at the first-class
hotels, and it is for them that the shop­
keepers deck their windows out in their
rarest treasures.
And now that the season of American,
shopping is nearly over, the shopkeep­
ers declare that they have had mor®
than a usually successful year.
As
for the couturieres, they have
their own private opinion of the de­
pressed state of finances in America,
and it would take a great deal to con­
vince them that Americans hadn't more
money than they knew what to do
with.—Globe-Democrat.
Agents Wanted.
The Home Life Insurance company of
New York issues the most attractive poli­
cies of any old line company. The caste
value and loaning privileges each year are
plainly guaranteed in the policy. An ener
getic, live man, well acquainted, is desired
as a local agent Special territory and
liberal contract will be given. Reference*
required. Address vr call on Fred F.
Loomls, general manager, 306-9 Pioneer
Press building, St. PanU
The Eternal Feminine.
"Your Majesty," said the savage war­
rior, "the Amazons refuse to march ia
front of the regular troops."
Clearly nothing else was to be expect­
ed, since the new uniforms of th»
Amazons fitted atrociously in the back.
—New York Press.
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Bought and sold for future delivery, 2c to 6c per bu.
deposit. Sample sales a specialty. Correspondence and'
consignments ||J(Cfl|i DDflC MS Van Bam Street,
solicited inHalM DllUOt Chiearo, III.
MEMBERS CHICACO BOARD OF TRADE*
Habit Cured. Est. in 1871. Thousand*
cured. Cheapest and best cure.
FREB TKUX»
State case. Da. MAHSH,Quincy, Mich.
STORM SASH.
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Best Cough Byrup. Tastes Good. Use
in time. Sold by druggists.