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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
when Patti Was a Little Girl.


Patti lived and went to school in Mt.
Vernon, n. J. She was so fond of
music. even then that she used the
school piano so much that complaints
were made to the school trustee that
"the little italian girl'' played the
piano so much that no other children
could get a chance. She had sister,
Carlotta, who was a beautiful singer,
tOO
:''The Patti girls are very nice" their
classmates used to say of them.
Another girl who used to go to
school with her said that often when
the whole school was singing together,
the other children would stop and let
Adelina go on alone. When the teach
er asked why they stopped, they would
say they couldn't help it''--they
stopped to hear Adelina."
This did not seem to make the little
girl proud at all; she was very good
natured big-hearted little girl, and full
Of sympathy for anybody who was in
trouble, just as she is now.
But she grew very angry once, when
some of the bad boys annoyed her by
calling out to her "Patty-cake, patty
cake bakers man, ETC."
She turned and faced them pouring
out her wrath in pure Italian. Nobody
knew what she said; but the boys
turned pale with surprise and fright to
hear her, and never called her that
again.
She was also very brave little girl.
Once when she was playing with the
other children near pool. one of the
little girls slipped and fell into the
water. Patti kept her presence Of
mind perfectly. She sprang into the
water, caught the struggling girl and
swan with her to a log, where they
clung together for a half-hour till they
were rescued.
The first time Patti ever sang be-
fore an audience she was only thirteen
years old. She made great success,
and carried everybody by storm. The
musician who played with her was so
delighted that he caught her up when
she left the stage. exclaiming. Bravo!
Zee grand leetle diva"' This has prov
ed true prophecy.-Primary Educa
ton.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26

near her. So she can dispose of him
and then she can get the house clean
and swept, and something cooked up
all ready for me and ZeZedee by next
Friday week. Have some good toast
made, and some of them green gage
preserves Of hern, for l shall be ready
for bite Of something when l get
there, about 6. Have her look sharp
now
It was this condition that had driv-
en- all sweetness from the flowers and
all brightness from the sky, and caus-
ed Sarah to sit shivering, in the door
step, with Jackie by her side and the
tears streaming down her face. ooh!
Jackie, Jackie" she cried, ''N lat shall
1 do? My poor doggie! l can't give you
up I can't. If 1 could only go with
you: if could-Oh! Jackie, Jackie!"
He was conscious that something
allied his mistress what, he did not
know He could only throw himself
upon her in transport Of affection
and lap her face with his great soft
tongue and gaze upon her with mild,
besecching eyes while she made her
moan. Failing to rouse her as she sat
weeping, he became frantic, and dash
ing to the woodpile, brought her q
splinter and threw it at her feet in
vain endeayOr to rouse her to play.
Even that made no change, and so
he sat upon his launches and lifted
up his voice in one long piteous howl
which made the echoes ring back
again from the hedges on the hills and
scared the little fishes in the brook
and a runaway chipmunk on tree
back to the homes Of their mothers.
1t made Sarah look up from her apron
and throw her arms about Iackie's
neck for a long embrace
The next two nights We're sleepless
ones to Sarah Over ard over again
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
ANOTHER HYMN TO APOLLO.
French ArchncoloSists Make an I'M
pOrtant Find at Delphi.


In the course of their excavations at
Delphi the French have unearthed the
building that Pausanias describes as
the "Treasury of the Athenians;;" and
here they have discovered the remains
Of two large slabs of stone inscribed
with words and music In their first
seasons work they found fourteen
fra gments Of various sizes Of which
Four of these fragments were distin-
guished from the other ten by differ
ence in the notation of the music; and
these four made up the piece that was
introduced TO the public as 'The
Hymn to Apollo Fortunately, in the
second seasons work, the French
have found another large fragment, to
which the remaining ten can be adj
justed with tolerable certainty; and
now we have a second hymn. The
decipherment has been intrusted, as
before, to NM. Henri We'll and Theo-
dore Reinach, and their version is
about to be published in the Bulletin
dc Correspondence Uellenique.
The last line of the new hymn is
followed by the first line of a decree,
and this shows how these compost
tions can be inscribed on stone. The
people OF Delphi had passed DEGREES
in honor of the authors, and had or
dered the hymns to be set out with the
DEGREES when these were put on rec
ord And as the authors were Athen-
ians, the inscriptions were placed in
the Athenian Treasury.
The purport of both the hymns is
substantially the same. After an in
vocation of the Masses the poet gives
various legends Of Apollo's life and
works, ending with the slaughter of
the Gauls at Delphi in 279 B. c., and
then implores the gods protection for
Delphi and Athens and the govern
ment at Rome. The date is therefore
after 146 B. c., when the Romans took
possession of Greece. Apart from the
music, the hymns are not particularly
interesting.
The dura ton Of the musical notes is
| indicated by the syllables that were
sung with them. Thus, for example
where three notes are attached to a
word of one long syllable followed by
| two short syllables they must answer
roughly to a crochet followed by two
| quavers. The pitch of the notes is in
dicated by various letters of the al
| phabet. In the first LYNN the letters
We're those that the Greeks prescribed
for use with voices; but in this SECOND
| hymn they are those that were pre-
scribed for use with instruments. A
the Delphians would hardly have
written down the accompaniment anG
omitted the song itself, we must sup
| pose that the instruments and voices
were here in unison.
| NJ. Reinach has Transcribed the music
into the ordinary modern notation, al
though this only provides for twelve
notes where the Greeks had twenty
one. The result is that he had beer
obliged to raise the pitch of some OF
the notes, lower the pitch of others
and occasionally to make one note
serve for two. 1t would, perhaps, have
been better to give no transcript at al
than to give one that can only be mis-
leading Correspondence of the Lon
don Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
A Dropping Coin.

Bend q common match in the middle
Now place it at an acute angle on the
mouth of an empty bottle, and ask
somebody how you may succeed in get
ting the coin to drop into the bottle
without touching or breathing upon it.
It is not likely that anybody will tell
you, but you may easily perform the
trick. Dip your finger into glass of
water and let few drops fall from it
on the broken part of the match.
Swollen by the moisture. the wood-fi-
oers will tend to straighten themselves
and little by little you will see the
angle Of the match growing larger
Ind larger until, no longer supporting
he coin, they will let it drop into the
bottle.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
Only the Tune at Fault.

The Boston Traveller tells of a house
painter who sat on the ladder abreast
of the third story Of brick house on
fremont street and piled the brush
with majestic strokes, keeping time
to the inspiring music of 'My Country
IT'S of Thee" n squat little German,
dressed in an overalls, came along He
took in the situations at a glance.
The slow and graceful motions of his
journeyman did not appeal to his sor-
did soul, for he shouted: Say Charley
[ don't make me no kigk on dot wishing
ven you are working, but, Gott in Him
mel, sdrike up a livelier tune The
few passers-by roared with laughter.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
A Northern Annie

Among the varieties Of apples which
will flourish in the Northwest the Hi
bernal is strongly recommended by the
superintendent of one of the stations
in Minnesota. The trees are robust
and in good condition after having
been set. eight years; the fruit is large
and ripens we'll together on the tree;
it is equal to the Gutenberg for all cul-
mary purposes, and in the proper sea-
son Is relished as a dessert apple. The
tree also has a great value as stock to
be top-worked with more tender va
rieties, as it makes a smooth union
with many kinds and is inclined to
push them into early bearing-Garden
and Forest.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
JAG KIE.

Far distant from the city's roar and
strife there winds a little valley, and
through it murmuring river flows.
A shallow brook leaps down the West
ern hills and joins it in it's race to
greater river Beside the brook. on
rolling fern-fringed terrace, is perch
ed a little red house, old and time
stained and battered. Behind the
house is a semi-circle of tree-croWned
hills, which protect it from all save
southern winds. A narrow, grass
grown country road pases by in front,
crosses the little brook over a low
plank bridge, and climbs the hills be-
Aond;
brilliant peonies, larkSpur and yel-
foW lilies make the little terrace bril-
liant, and the heavy breath of thou
sand lilacs floats in at the open win
dow this cloudless day in June.
On the doorstep sits a wan and de-
jected little figure, and wonders va
&uely why nature should be so beauti-
full and she should be so sad The
brook sings merrily to her as it
splashes down the slope, but she sees
no Deduty III uOWeiS Oi LuSlC Ill Tue
purling stream.
Here in this quiet spot Jacob Whel-
den lives for many years, and supplied
his frugal needs by tilling his 1neaser
acres. His wife, Mariana, had died
years and years ago, and his house
and himself had been cared for by
Sarah Ludlow whom the childless cou-
pie had taken from the poOrhOuse.
Sarah was weak and infrm; a spinal
disease had set it's mark upon her
puny frame, but she had done her fee
BILE best to care for Jacob and had sue
,ceeded well.
Besides Jacob and Sarah a beautiful
collie dog, "Jackie," was included in
the family, and had become by his af-
'fection and fidelity the idol of both.
"Jackie'' was 4 'ploughman's collie"
"A rhyming, ranting rowing billie,
He was cash and faithful tyke,
AS ever lap sheugh or dyke.
His honest sonsie, baws'nt face,
Aye sat him friends in ilka place
His breast was white, his torlzie back
Weel clad wi coat O. glossy black;
His gaucie tail, wi upward curl,
Hung DER his hurdles WI a swirl.
J2ckle' guarded the place IN the In
frequent absences of Jacob and Sarah.
and his joyous noisy bark welcomed
them home. No roaming woodchuck
or cunning fox dared enter his domain.
He kept the COWS, the hens and the
sheep in perfect order, and his playful
gambols were the solace Of Jacobs
resting time and his presence relief
to timid Sarah.
Now Jacob had succumbed to years,
laid his burden down and gone to
join Mariana. The farm, through Jac-
obs neglecting to make will, now
belonged to Lucinda Larcom, an an
cient shrewish maiden lady and Sarah
was left perfectly destitute and inca
pable of earning her living. She had
known of no way to do, of no place to
go to. until the neighbors, pitying her
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
'*l SHALL SEE HEIl PAss.s'
Once mere through the. path that
gtrays

Once mere through the. path that
gtrays
On the low fields tangled edge;
By murmurous waterways,
BY blossoming thicllet and hedge;
Once mere with her tilmy gown
Bending tle soft. new gross,
Her radiant eyes cast down.
q soon shall see her pass!
For to-day in the sweet spring wood
The silken-tasseled wood
In the sunlit wake of a shower
And fresh from the dewy mold,
I saw her own loved flower
The tender frail Wind-flOWcr-
Lifting beneath it's haad
A welcoming eye of gold.
And straight within my breast
A slunlhering gladness woke;
And the spell of a deep unrest,
Of lingering sadness, broke;
For although Eor love nor bliss
My heart hath found alas!
Yet fate doth yield me this;
I shall once more see her pass!
Midland Monthly.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
Typographical Freak.

Even in the metropolitan newspaper
offices the compositor and proof-read-
er nod occasionally. The other day
Mr.. Smalley undertook to say in the
Herald that Queen Victoria consider
ed her son, the duke of Connaught, "a
heaven-born warrior'' What he was
made to say was that she considered
the duke "a beaver-born warrior."-
Hartford COurant.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
Great Consolation.

~.''We are ruined,'' said the devoted
husband, mopping his haggard brow.
IT don't know but that am g:ad Of
it." said the devoted wife. cat last l
can move in a sphere of society where
I will not be afraid to express my real
opinion Of Wagner and the old mas.
ters. rs.'-Gttpclnnati Enquirer. .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26

AS a matter of useful information it
may be stated that whenever a cook
ing receipt calls for a baking powder
the Royal should be used. The, re-
ceipt will be found to work better and
surer, and the bread, biscuit, rolls,
cakes, dumplings, crusts, puddings,
crullers or whatever made, will be
:sWeeter, lighter, iner-favofed more
dainty, palatable and wholesome.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
The Turtle Always Points to the
Hour.

Within, however, is concealed clock
work placed horizontally, revolving
once every twelve hours and carrying
a small disk, which is strongly mag
netized. The turtle, carved Of cork
and painted in colors, contains a small
magnetized needle placed lengthwise
within it's body. The explanation of
the mystery is very easy, as wherever
in dish the turtle is placed it will
always float to where the magnetic
disk below indicates the right time,
and stay there. moving with it.-Phil<
adelphia Record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26
CURIOUS OLD TIMEPIECEs.
A Fan Clock Which. UnfoIds as the
Hours Pass By.

=
Hours Pass By.
Among the reconstructions Of his
toric clocks left by Mr.. Fardoll there
is a. fan-like clock, which not only
keeps correct time, but is a work Of
art from decorat tive standpoint as
we'll. The time is shown by the blades
Of fan opening progressively, which,
when all have spread, close upon
completion Of the twelfth hour. The
time covered is from 6 to 6, thirteen
blades being necessary to show the
twelve hours. The movement is bulky
but very simple, and is hidden behind
the cushion of red plush upon which
the fan apparently rests. At o'clock
the fan is entirely closed; as time pro-
crosses the first blade moves slowly
upward, uncoyering the next, until at
7 o'clock the second blade is entirely
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26

The health authorities of number
Of States have recently made exhaust
i've examinations of the baking pow
ders with the uniform result of finding
the Royal superior to all Others
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26

The authorities of Canada have been
making an elaborate study of the
baking powders sold there. The official
analyst Of Ontario says as the result
Of his Investigation that he finds the
Royal Baking Powder far superior to
the Others and goes so far as to rec
ommend its use in preference to any
other.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26

staIy Poor Dosgie! Can't Give You
J. Up"
forlorn condition, had interceded for
her and had obtained the following
offer: s ...& ....~s H..
Said Lucinda to the deputy: 81 al
ways told Jacob he was fool to take
her from the poorhouse, but he was
always against listening to me.
hain't got much myself, and hadn't
ought to do it. It's robbin' my sisters
children, but have the rheumatic a
good deal and I can't get around much
80 if she Wantser she can stop where
she is and do what she can do for her
board and clothes on one condition,
and that is that she gets rid Of that
dog Of hern. / can't stand no pesky
dogs round eatin' their heads off, and
my cat. zebedee. couldn't stand him
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-26

The Royal Baking Powder is the
create of the modern time helps to
perfect cooking and every receipt re-
quiring raising ingredient should
emDOdy it.
The record-union., 1895-02-08

same breath there is expressed fear that
there will be too much legislation. too
much overhauling of the statutes and
tinkering of the laws.
Now, as matter of fact if little legisla-
ton, the minimum consistent with pub
lie need is desired, then the press should
be thankful that the houses do not sit
more frequently. If strong and whole
some and needful laws are wanted as the
result of such legislation as is under
taken, then the work of committees in
calm and in plenty of time ought to be
encouraged. since it is only in long re-
cesses of the houses that unhastened COM
mittee work will be done. It is replied
that if the houses sat oftener they could
work more rapidly, and adjourning
earlier thus serve economy. Perhaps,
but our observation has been that haste
In Legislation is not, as rule. good for
the State. What we want is short ses-
sions assuredly, and little legislation, but
rather long session than ill-digested and
hasty legislation.
Then, too. the body is certain to sit out
the full legal term, so that because the
houses are not continually in session, is
not to say that necessarily more money
is expended. When the work of the
body is completed and the people come to
examine it as whole, there can be clear
seeing as to whether there has been benefit
compensating for the cost. But in the
name OF good legislation let neither press
nor people complain that long time is
given to the committees to examine bills
and advise the houses concerning them.
The record-union., 1895-02-08
ANOTHER CRANKY NOTION.

scheme is on foot to raise money to
pay the cost of transporting the Liberty
bell, first rung at the Worlds Fair. to
Jerusalem and there hang it in a tower
to be erected for that purpose; then on
the eve of the new century to have the
bell rung at the conclusion of elaborate
ceremonial. The proponents go on to say
for their scheme:
The committee having in charge the ceIe-
bration has invited the Peace Bell Sommittae
to meet in the Holy Land Christmas fve
1899 on the spot where the shepherds re-
ceiyed the message "Glory to God in the High
est" TIE cornerstone of the great temple 10
be erected in the Holy Land will be laid at
the same time. 1t is proposed to have the
bell connected with the cables reaching to all
parts of the earth. Congregations IN C6risten-
dom will be assembled In their places OF yyor
ship, and when the bell is rung the message
Peace on earth'' will be flashed over the
world at the same moment.
Is there any fool thing that American
cranks will fail to propose? This whole
bell-Jerusalem plan is idiotic. There is
neither rhyme nor reason in it. The
Savior of the world was not heraIded bv
any pretentious clamor by men, nor did
he 60 about preaching the gospel of
peace, mercy and love with a band of
horn blowers to the front. Christmas
1899 will mean no more, no less, than
Christmas in any other year of the CEN
tury; the Liberty bell will not more
proclaim the glory of Christs ministry
than does the influence of life of Him
who walked unshod over the hills of
Palestine having no place to lay his head.
Use the money that it would cost to carry
out this bell-ringing and hallelujah-
shouting programme, to relieve the suf-
fering, succor the helpless, comfort the
orphan and practice the charity He
preached, and the twentieth century will
usher itself into the halls of time with
more of credit to man than if all the bells
in Christendom rang and the lip service
of gloriication engaged all men. There
is neither propriety nor timeliness in the
suggestion of the bell-ringers.
The record-union., 1895-02-08

a WAR has developed the fact that the
internal economy of China is rotten to
the core; that her officers have been rob-
bing her for years right and left, and that
when she turned out her army it had onlv
tin spears and a host of condemned arms
to outfit it, the officials of the empire
having cheated the Government all these
years to that extent. In fact, the utter
poverty of the nation in means of de-
fense by land was something unprece-
dented in history. Now it is reported as
not unlikely that Russia is in something
of the same fix. Her internal adminis
tration is said to be one vast hive of rob-
bers. The lesser officials, those below
the grade of the Cabinet, and the imme-
diate household and staff of the Gar, are
said to be so corrupt that they have not
been known to do an honest act for ten
years. They rob and terrorize the peas
antry, squeeze that last cent out of tax
payers, and do not invest as ordered,
one-half of the funds intrusted to them
by their superiors. Worse than all that,
the Emperor and his immediate officials
are powerless to correct these abuses, so
strong are the official robbers. While
The record-union., 1895-02-08
HOW THE MOLE TUNNELS
With His Gimlet-pointed Nose i
BoreS q Foot in Three Minutes.

With His Gimlet-Tointed Nose He
BoreS Foot in Three Minutes.
Place the wriggling and restive little
creature upon the ground, on q spot
where the ground is not unreaSonably
hard, so that he may have a fair chance
for disappearing, and see what he Will do
The instant he touches the earth, down
goes his noes, feeling nervously here and
there for a place to start his drill. In
about one second he has found a suitable
spot. Ills nose sinks into the soil as If it
were brad-awl, with hait-boring and
half-pushing motion, and in an instant
half your moles head is buried from
view. Now watch sharply, or he will be
out of sight before you see how he does
IL. Up comes his powerful right foot
sliding close along the side of his head,
straight forward to the end OF his nose.
His tive-pointed chisel cuts the earth ver-
tically until it reaches as far forward as
his short reach will let it go; then, with
quick motion, he prizes the earth Sidewise
from his nose, and SO makes quite an
opening. Instantly the left foot does the
same thing on the other side, and mean
While the gimlet-polnted nose has gone
right on boring. In five seconds, by the
watch, his body is entirely out of sight,
and only his funny little tail can be seen,
lu thhee minutes he will tunnel a foot, if
be Is at eli in hurry to get on in the
world.
Desiring to learn just how much tun-
nellng mole can do in known num-
Der OF hours, we caught good large
specimen, and Immediately turned it
loose in the middle OF a fiye-acre field of
clover. The grass was so thin and
Wlnter-kllled that the ground was practi-
cally bare, but not loose like the ground
OF cultivated field. Five seconds after
The mole received its freedom it had bur-
rowed out OF sight. This may seem past
belief. but the fact is vouched for by the
official timekeeper. Sticking a stake at
the starting point we retired and left the
digger hard at work.
The start was made at IL A. NJ, and the
direction taken was eastward. By P. NJ.
the mole had dug % feet in Zigzag line,
but keeping the same general direction
all the time, and without digging any
galleries. By IL A. NJ. of the follow
ing day the tunnel had been driven 81
feet farther, with numerous side-galler-
les. and feet had been added at the end
next to the starting point. In another
hour IL feet had been added at the eX-
tremity. making 6S feet OF main line and
Jo3 feet OF branches, or total of 10i9 feet
OF tunnels dug in % hours. The bottom
OF the tunnels ran very evenly about t
inches below the surface. Sometimes the
hole was elliptical in shape, measuring Il
inches IN width by inches in hight, and
sometimes 1t was triangular, measuring
: inches each way. The surface of the
ground was usually cracked, and raised
about an inch along the tunnel.-W. 7.
HOrnaday in st. Nicholas.