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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-02-04

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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
Irreverencc in the Quaker City.

An uptown church has recently
undergone great alterations, and:
during the course of the work a.
great lot of old wood was accumu-
lated which was perfectly good for
kindling purposes but was not Of
much account for anything else. The;
superintendent of the building, think
ing to have the wood removed at the
least possible cost. started about to
dispose of it BY SALE Accordingly.
picking ont a nice, smoota board, he
inscribed it as follows; ..Wood for
sale by the load The board had
been exposed only a short time when
some wag saw the chance fol a good
joke and changed the letter '.a" in
the word ..loadn to an ..r,'' and for
days the sign stood out in front of
the church reading: Wood for sale
By the Lord" "-Philadelphia Record
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
Telephones III a Storm.

A celebrated English oculist warns
the public against the use of the
telephone during thunderstorm,
and relates an incident that occurred
to friend of his who went to the
telephone for the purpose of ac-
quainting the central exchange at a
distant city that a storm was ap-
preaching and the instrument would
not be available until it was over
The moment he put his ear to the
telephone a fash occurred, and he
received blow of such severity that
he was sent across the small cham
Der against the opposite wall Other
wise-beyond the temporary but very
rude shock, which he described as a.
severe box on the ear-he was un-
hurt. In this respect he was more
fortunate than an artilleryman. who,
while using the telephone in the.
field during some recent military
maneuvres, was struck dead by a.
powerful current of electricity which
passed over the telephone. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat. ..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16

sons. A Philadelphia lady who
rented the place for a summer home,
could not keep a servant after the
first night They would appear in
the morning declaring that money
would not induce them to spend
another night there. She gave up
the place in disgust.
The theory OF ghosts is secuted by
some of the neighbors, and after the
!Gilsons left the premises two brave
young men, who were not afraid of
ghosts. went there to spend night
and lay the spooks. They returned
to their homes, however, long before
the night was over, and as they re-
fuse to say anything whatever of
what they saw or heard, those in
clined to superstition are strength
ened in their belief that "the house
is haunted.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
BUILT BY a JEALOUS MAN.
The Story of Mount yernon's Strange
Police Station.

Police Station.
Probably no town in the country
that boasts police force has so odd
looking a police headquarters as
Mount Vernon. It is an architec-
tural wonder to the old settlers and
strangers alike.
The building is about twenty-five
feet long and twenty feet high and
about fifteen feet deep. It sets back
eff the roadway about thirty feet, in
the center of a pretty grass-green
yard A little picket fence runs
across the yard at the sidewalk line,
and there is gas-pipe arch at the
entrance, from which hangs the red
police lamp, says the New York Sun.
The house is of brick, with latticed
windows, and walls of unusual thick
ness. 1t is two stories high, with
three low-ceilinged rooms on each
floor. The entrance doors are in the
middle of the building. The entrance
on the ground floor leads to several
cells on either side of the middle
room. The Offices of the chief of po-
lice are on the second floor, reached
W q LIZ AV VI WOOuSA SGdlFSs 1uty
are cosey, but far from roomy. The
chief has a desk and sofa for furni-
ture, and telephone behind his
back.
Chief Foley was asked the other
day how the town happened to
possess such a singuIar-looking
police headquarters.
1xWo11 it,c f,,nnu thine Ia ro
piled. '"They leased this place be-
cause somehow Or other the residents
got to be superstitious about it. It
is about quarter of a century old
and was built by New York en-
graver, who died years ago, who
gave his eccentric fancy full play in
designing it. He had a wife and
! daughter and was jealous of both,
and would not permit them to receive
male visitors. He built wooden
fence nine feet high where that fence
out there stands, which completely
| shut the house out from the view of
the neighbors. The wife and
| daughter were virtual prisoners in
| this queer house during his lifetime.
"A little pata ran diagonally back
of the house to another cottage occu-
| pied by another New York engraver-
The two used to have what seemed
to be mysterious consultations, which
gave rise to the story that counter
feiting was being done in this
| fenceG-in residence. But that was
mere town gossip.sNVe never dis
i covered any foundation for it.
1.-The eugraver used the ground
floor for a kitchen, dining-room and
| pantry. This center room on the
second floor was the parlor, with two
sleeping rooms off it. I venture the
assertion that you can go the coun-
try over and not find another house
SO oddly arranged. It reminds me
of a big dolls house. However, when
the town gets ready to build a new
headquarters this will be a frst-class
site, and that's what the aldermen
thought, probably, when they.
bought it,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
ABoRlo1NEs AND COPPER.
An Interesting Discovery OF Tools i
# tho Keweenah Copper Mines.

An Interesting Discovery OF Tools In
tho Keweenah Copper Mines.
. A peninsula called Keweenah
point, jutting into Lake Superior
from the southern shore toward the
northeast Is famous as the center of
vast copper mining industry. Last
year the mines produced no less than
51O5, $50, 900 pounds of refined copper,
and it is estimated that during the
next year production will be in
creased by at least 20 per cent. Mr..
E. B. Hinsdale. who contributes to
the latest bulletin OF the American
Geographical society an article on
the subject, has much to say about
the numerous prehistoric mines
which have been found in this region
. The Scientific American believes
these ancient mines, Judging from
their extent. must have been worked
for centuries. Who the workers
were no one can tell. They seem to
have known nothing of the smelling
of copper, for there are no traces OF
molten copper. What they sought
were pieces that could be fashioned
by cold hammering into useful arti-
cles and ornaments. They under
stood the use OF fire in softening the
rocks to enable them to break away
the rock from the masses of copper.
They could not drill, but used the
stone-hammer freely. =:
More than ten cart loads of stone
hammers were found in. the neigh
borhood of the Minnesota mine. In
one place the excavation was about
fifty feet deep, and at the bottom
were found timbers forming scat
folding, and q large sheet of copper
was discovered there. In another
place, in one of the old pits was
found a mass of copper weighing
forty-six tons. At another place the
excavation was twenty-six feet deep.
I'm another opening at the depth OF
eighteen feet, mass of copper
weighing over six tons was found,
raised about five teet from it's native
bed by the aneients, and secured on
oaken props. Every projecting point
had been taken off SO that the ex-
the workers may have been, many
centuries. must have passed since
their mines were abandoned Ihe
trenches and openings have been
filled up, or NEARLY so Monstrous
trees have grown over their work
and fallen to decay, other genera
tions of trees springing up. When
the mines We're rediseovered, de-
cayed trunks of large trees were ly-
ing over the works, while a heavy
growth of live timber stood on the
.eirOmlad
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
Tho aIatlle matte. OF It.

Now, :" said the prosecuting at
torney, Il think about twenty years
would fit your clients case y
Twenty years" echoed the law.
yer. why I'd rathe:. have him
sentenced for life.''
..Why?''
because his health is SO bad he
couldn't live fifteen years; and if he
EM he'd still be five years ahead y
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16

sentenced to be hanged. Standing on
the galloWs he expressed his hatred
and contempt for every one in the
crowd, and declared he would haunt
Murray and others to their dying
day. With him died outlawry in the
Sputhwest.-Sa Francisco Examiner.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16

The fmpress'veness OF tho Occult.
Fortune Teller-You are soon to be
married to the man you love.
Miss Calculate lis he blondP
"Yes."
'.Is his name Harry?''
"Yes.''
''Will he give me ring with tur-
quoise and two diamonds ?''
s.Yes."
''Are we going to Europe on our
wedding journey?''
..Yes. y
Miss Calculate, to friend, Isn't it
wonderful?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
Islam's Purxatory,

The pnrgatory of the Islamites is
called AL Araf. and it is supposed to
be located half way between hell and
paradise Mohammed is believed by
the whole sect OF Islam to be the
only person who has ever gone to
paradise without being forced to
go through q preparatory course at
al Araf.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
The Escape of Prisoners.

Abundant evidence is daily forth
coming that prisons are not by any
means to be relied on for the safe
keeping of those whose liberty has
been temporarily restricted by the
pronouneement of the law. Given a
certain amount of patience, ingenu-
ity, alertness and nerve, and the
chances Of a criminals eventual
escape from enforced confinement be-
come in many cases quite appreci-
able. Should. however, the latest
improvement in prison construction
be adopted, this possibility would be
reduced to a minimum. 1t is pro-
posed to build cells of iron or steel
intercommunicating pipes in which
water would be maintained under
pressure. The theory of the inven-
tor is THAT an attempt to break out
OF a dungeon thus constructed would
result in damage to the tell-tale
tubes, the smallest pnncture in which
would eause.a leak. of which quick
notice would be transmitted to the
warders by the reduction of pressure,
and the consequent sounding of an
alarm. The idea is ingenious, and
whether Or not it should prove to be-
practicable. it may form the nucleus
OF feasible plan of increasing the
safety of prisons.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
Uniform. for Soliliers.

SUITS OF q uniform color and pattern
for soldiers in the British army date
from 1914. when the foot guards were
clad in gray. The introduction Of a
regular un, form for sailors dates from
174S. when the ..blue jacket became
customary.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16
Rough on RxsllbOy,

Mr.. Rashboy How much you re-
semble your sister, Miss Elderly; /
would take you for her.
Miss Elderly W-welI. Mr.. Rash
boy this is sudden, but you may ask
p a Texas Siftings. .57.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16

A Narrow Escspe for tho Townsman.
= "silas.' - said Mrs. Begosh. '.they's
q hull lot o mushrooms out in the
field-or maybe they's toadstools."
well, they amt no good to us
zlong's we don't know the difference.
The only way fur us to tell is to get
somebody to eat 'em. -.>s5
''Will they keep?'' +
.'Not very long
''Wen,.ye might as well throw 'em
avs: They won't be no summer
boarders here for month yir -
Washington Star.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-11-16

mon, with now increased number.
who took. away the dcspotic powers
King Kalakaua in 1887 and crushe
the Wilcox revolt in 1899.
sssThe.~ gathered at the armory wit,
their rifles in hand which were in
creased by other arms openly carried
from a gun store, with only three me-,
in oharga. The only government that
existed or could exist was the provis-
tnnal government Whoever denies this
Las no other basis for his denial thai.
pcrjurod afidavits, hundreds of which
are obtainable in Honolulu. An effort
wes made to damage my recognition OF
the provisional government By dis
puto !. 20 the hour Of the clock with
which gave recognition.
This is Of no essential importance, fc.'
IN fact all resistance to the forme ito:
OF new government pra cticnll-. ceased
more than two days before. The con-
nittoc on public safety ind the pre-
visioral government constituted tho
only Hawaiian government: existing.
for twcnty-four hours previous TO M
recognition. the morarchinl govern
mcnt having completely collapsed sew
e.al days before; ell unjust importation
on Capt Wilt and inyself will vania:,
into nothing, after attempting TO crusn
out the supporters CT Hawaiian pro
visions. gorernmcnt will stand ont ii
relief Of America 8 shame
JOHN l. S7XTEN5
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-11-16
A REVELATION.
Yo1 Can Give Bribe hut eau Not Taho
One La West Virginia.

Yo1 Can Give n Bribe But eau Not Taho
One Ia We.t Virginia.
PAnxEHsBuRG, ". Va, Nov. 10, Judge
Boreman's ecision In tho Writ COUNTY
court that there Is no law against q.
person giving = brite for yoto, IL
though the person receiving tie Ealne
is liable to indictment" liz q revelation
and hns created consdera bio excite
ulent, az /, proves tllat the bribery law
is very loosely drawn.
The cn5e That brought forth this &c"
c;sion il Tie indictment OF L. Il. Ora
ham, Of Eliza beth Writ county. who
was charged with Conveying certain
real estate to about twenty different
persons on condition thrt tboy wou!!
vote for Stephen Merrill for mayor an
Z. Y. Dot.on, I. x. Clinton and Ec-
ward Seitilet for the city council. The
indictment was found under sector
s, chapter ) Of tho code, ans-
the decision was made on a motor
bv the Gcfnndent's counsel rowing
to quash tho indictment. Judge
Foreman held that while the i"dict-
uent itself was in good form thr sec
ton under which it WAS drawn did no.
make it m oftense TO give bribc
although it Gid make it IN cEcnse t.
receive one, snd on tbs ground h.
granted the notion Ho added tha'
there was casus o!:issrs il the law y,
not providing puni :hnlrnt 10" tho
bribor a. we'll rs the one bribod. jugs
Foreman is ono Of the most careful
peinst. king judges in tae state, and 9.
decision from him carries great weight
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-11-16
a REVOLUTION

Breaks ONT In the Prsrircs OF Santa Cl&1-,
Cuna-Gcr. EseuIerro's Bard q Insn--
{ goats luggage In so7cral Fights.
KsYWEsr, Eln, Gov 1l--N.ws brought
BY steamer FROM Esvana has choercl
The hearts Of the Cuban revolmtionintA
here, who declare that their caese hEA
received fresh iinpc:ua
The present movement in Cuba IS or
identity tho outyroHth OF PLAYS hatche-i
by tie leaders here. who ha"o been
since the last faseo, cndsavcrin9 TO Il
elite another insurroction.
Cnr Of the emissar;es recently sont /,
Cuba returned Thursday night He *
rort, that an uprising took plnce
Saturday night in tho Jurisdiction
Cicntuoyo.. provinces Of Santa Clara
About a6 mon under the leaGerxl!-.
of Gen. Es1uierrc raised The cry: 'Cus:
libre." nenr the town OF Las Cruea.
whore they lad al engagement with
the civil guards
The revolutionists took possession o!
the suardhouse. capturing more than =
hundred stands OF anna They the
DEt)3uICkl Iti1NCo sLtA tJi'NNS' -V>@ w -
to,rn CT pacctan. Being rein forced u
several hundred men.
Several engagements have taken
place between the insurgents and til"
government troops, and Il number OF
men have boen killed on both sides
Havana papers received here confirm
the story OF the outbreak. and while "a
tachlng little Importance to the upri;'-
Ing, show that tho authorities arc tai
ing active measures TO suppress it b.
concentrating I'LL their avuiluble force
In that loca ETY..
Communication was seriously Into
yupted by the insurgents cutting 81
telegra ph and telephone wires. but =
hiss b.on restored.
Lato reports SHOW that several leac-
ers, including Esquierre, with tho :!
followers, have surrendered, sakia'.
amnesty. Others have reiterated to TIA
mountains TO avoid capture.
1t If evident the present uprising wiz
have an ending similar 70 that Of Les
spring.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-11-16
MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
CSty of JuareI Excited. Fearing An Attach
The Inourroctiou Movement OroxinR.

CITY of JuareI Excited. Fearing an Attack
The In0urroctiou Movement Groxing.
Et1. PAao, Tex, Nov. 19.--Ihc city O.
Juarex, Mexico, is in tho greutcst cI-
citelaont, and the military AVID civil au-
thorit;es are busily engaged arinin2'
the citizens with all the wcapons OBJ
tainablc. The cauee of the excitement;
In due TO information received b. TIN
military commander Of the trontie.
customs guards that the city, ond PSI
ticularly the custom house, will te at
tackled Sunday night By the revolt
ticn!sts, a detachment OF whom car
tu-ed the custom house at Las Pnit.
mas twonty miles west here, Thurs.
day.
The revolutiorists, as they arr
termed, several days since i:sred pre-
nrnciamonto ag9inst the Mex:cEn GOV.
arnment and distributed it along tn,
border to the south. This fact LecErn =,
known to the government but 10 u.
tont;on was paid to the matter until
the attack and capture OF the osu
tom house at Las Ealomas. which wa 4
Il complete surprise
The authorities have intormat:o0
that tho reyolutiorists are now on thci:
wsY from Juarex from Palomas nrd ara
about six hundred strong, while othe'
small parties are continually joinin:'
them from the mountains to the aout!.
and west The fighting force at Juar-i
Sunday night consists Of three cavalr..
troops, sixty-fve mounted custom.
guards and something over three hun
dr.d deputy policemen, I'LL under thu
command Of Col. Zuber.,erski. OF tha
eleventh regiment Of cavalry.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-11-16
Up TO PAP VALUE
FAY Be tko Circulation ora Bond Deposit
-Freba BILE Aetisn Of the Eouse Com zci:'
zee ON banking and Currency.

Gay Be Tko Circulation Bond Deposit
Probable Aetlsn Of the House Comni..
tee ON Ranking and Currency.
WARRINGTON, Nov. II. There Is ever7
Indication that Par value of Circulation
upon bonds deposited ss security Will
be given netional banks in tho Gr-E
currency or bank law enacted at tbs
approaching session Of congrosa Th-s
statement Is made 81 the bo.t
Judgment OF the members OF tia
house committee on Banking aE.l
currency, the aenete Finance Co.'S
.aittee and others VINO are here irt:--
est,d aud ere in pos; ion to know NO:
upon the subject This impression y
THAT leads nationsl bankers TO i:-
crease their e!rcula sion as It IL no
being increased It may be that tie
general bank RAd currency measu;3
whic;l Chairman Springer proposes -
repc:t from the banking and cu--
rency committee to the house shor: !!
after the beginning OF the session net
month will not contain prOrlo:t
Increasing national bank Circulation
to Tie extent OF ten Per cent upon d.
posted bonds but one of ttr best j.
tcrmod mem bers of the senate tuaE'
co1aMtttee expressed the opinion }
your correspondent Friday that ii &:
senate will promptly add the proviaio !
and stand by It firmly even at the ha
srd Of the orig NAL measure. The Nv
lihool OF e new bond issue is. howeve',
the prime cause of tie depression IN tfe
bond n1crket.
1t can now be stutad positively tfMt
the subcommittee Oh internal revenue,
W''.o arc preparing that important fea:-
ure Of the tAr::n bill, have Determined
20 increase the tariff en- malt liquors }
60 a barrel, and to raise the tax Cn
whisky 10 cents 8 gallon.
Although unprecedcntedly sweeping,
the repu Dlican victory OF Tuesday viii
not chanrc the complexion OF ttc
Un:tod States se.N.te Wherever y
United States scna or is 10 be clec.cI
By the legislature chosen on TuSsda.
the ro.:tic-l color Of that 'odY Is no +
tile Same as when the sitting rs
ntor was elected The nearest D
proach to influence upon a senatorl's
election Is in New Jersey, where IL
hol:cvcr members OF Inc upper bran,
Of the legislature who will vote re
Senator Mcphcrson's suc>cs*cr are now
moro lsrfel, republican than DOM
cratic, but there are 80 few state sen@-
tors In tic New jersey legislature th;.s
Tic chau.:es wrought on luesday VIII
probatly rave no material influence ia
the scnat crial ole1tion year houcc-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-11-16
THE COLD SHOULDER.
The Quilted Stotc3 Refuses 10 Eecocni1s
Admiral MoIlo AS q Beil!ccrcnt.

The Quilted Stot-s I:efuse. 10 Eococnizs
Admiral Mollo AS Be,IiScrcnt.
WAsNlNGroN, Nov. 1l.-Sccretar;
Gresham has received dispatch fro'a
Minister Thompson at RIO &c JaneiIo
stating that no had received L circoll":
from Admiral Mclin the insu"Sers
leader, asking that the United ;tal,j
recognize his rights Rs tc.l.go:c.
lIlnister Thoinreon asked for instru =
t!ors.
After 3 conference between 'eorctsN +
Gresham and tE- president. on! '>'--
tor was instructed to Soy 70 .i:'',:.- !:
Mello that IN the opinion OF th;> < :
ernmen: he had no, tcer able to - -
lisa either = political 81 military q. =
zat!on which entit.o.i him 20 ;!.- -
nition he asked and that i. wcc, = - .
be granted. Secretary tt:osa-r, - r.
that the noai.ion Of the C..i.r; -.v.
IN the present controversy KS. t--1i =,
an impartial observer.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-11-16
CARTER hARRlSCh'S WILL.
Nearly All lila EAtnts Of One Million d.
yided Among H. -Four Children.

Nearly all lila EHtHtp or one itlllioh Dl-
yided Among H; -Four Children.
CHICAGO. Nov. 1.-THE text Of thu
will of the late Carter Harrison "cs
made public Friday. The value OF TIC
personal estste is given at 800, 0co, sci
that OF real estate at 5000, c0o, and tho
whole value OF property bcqneathed
does not exceed $3.50, COO Til. sam SIG
O0O is to be divided between two or more
charita bic institutions in Chicago fer
the purpose Of endowing funds" IN
porpctuty in such Institutions in tts
name of his wife, Sophanisbee Preston
Harrison. The estate is to be Kept t;-
gethcr ana managed IS whole for two
years. At tho expiration OF TIA: .;ocic 1
the estate Is 70 be devidcd ia four ecu |
shares and distributed among his four
children. Carter H. Harrison, jY,
William Preston Harrison. Mrs Caro-
line Dudley Owslcy and Sophia Harr'-
son The executors arc Carter Fl. Ha:-
rison, jr, William Preston Harriscu
and Mrs Caroline Dudley Owsley.