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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
COUNT ITO'S HEROIC WIFE:
Dragged by the Hair, She Would Not Be
tray Her Lover.

Dragged by the Hair, She Would Not Be-
tray Her Lover.
OF Count Ito, the distinguished Japa-
nese statesman, Sir Edwin Arnold gives
this interesting incident: ~ sat at table
with the ex-premier and his wife aud
children. The countess, quiet, gentle,
motherly and wearing spectacles, cary
ing the tai and the kamo with such
matronly serenity, had yet q history of
romance and devotion which could
make the widest fctionist S fortune
"Long ago in those dark and bloody
days when the minister was her lover
and fugitive from his enemies there
came a time when they had tracked
him to her house and had chosen a band
of Soshis to assassinate him. The noise
OF their clogs and the rafting Of their
scabbards were heard, and the count,
trapped like a stag in his mountain
pleasance, drew his Bizen blade and
prepared to die as Japanese lord should
amid a circle Of dead foes. But while
he murmured 'Saganore' and knitted
his fingers around the shark skin hilt Of
his sword that brave lady whose guest
I was whispered: DO not die. There is
hope stil1. Upon which she removed
the hibachi, or firebox, over which they
were sitting, and lifting up the mating
and planks beneath induced her lover to
conceal himself in the hollow space
which exists under the floor of all Jap
anese homes. The murderers broke into
the room, ferocious band, just as the
frebox had been replaced, and the
countess had assumed q position Of non
ohalance
"They demanded their victim, and
when she protested against their intru-
sion and babe them search if they
wanted Ito, the wretches dragged her
around the apartment by her long,
beautiful black hair, now touched with
silver, and grievously maltreated her,
but could not shake her resolute id city.
Thanks to this, Count Ito, the hero of
many another strange adventure, es-
capped from the chief peril of his career
and has lived to give his country new
constitution and to be one of the FORE
most and best respected statesmen of
modern JAPAN
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
Extraordinary Offer.

The premium supplement of the
Weekly Pioneer Press, just issued, con-
tains some Of the most liberal PROPOSE
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Send postal card for sample copy of
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
THE MYSTERIOUS t1AXesEo.
s8e Didn't Talk Much, but WSe4 H4 Did
He Frightened tho Crock

's6e Didn't Talk Much but wSe4 He DID
He Frightened tho Crock
Itwas while Tom Byrnes was super
:intendent of police that one day q mid
/ die aged man walked into popular
Greenwich treet:restaurant and called
for broi]ed beefsteak. Men do that ev-
cry day, but this particular man wore
long hair, which was brushed behind
his ears. and had a smooth face, save a
little tuft of chm whisker. He was
dressed in gray suit and carried a car
pet satchel.
There was no question that the man
was from the "rooral destrict,'' for one
!. could almost see the hayseed in'his un-
shorn locks, and his pockets were appar-
emily bullying with corn husks. The
stranger had no more than seated him
self when we'll dressed, smart looking
young man entered and took seat at
the same table. He also ordered a steak.
In due time they were served. The
countryman went to work industriously
and was soon enjoying his meal Not so
his vis-a-7is. The young man COM
planned that his meat was tough-tough
as sole leather.
Flows yours, stranger?" he asked.
mines all right" was the reply,
with nasal twang.
But try as he would the young fellow
couldn't induce the other to talk with
him. Finally he said it was shame tc
serve such steak. He declared he be.
ieved the cook had wiped the floor with
it, it was SO full Of grit.
The stranger looked up, and fixing a
piercing gray eye on the young man
quietly but significantly remarked:
IF Byrnes knew you were down
here, you would be eating worse steak
than that
The young fellow turned pale and
dropped his jaw, also his knife and fork.
His appetite seemed to have suddenly
left him. He called for his check, paid
it and left the restaurant in hurry.
It was Ike Vail, who was 'sent up
afterward for swindling a man with a
Confederate $50 bill
The mysterious strange man was none
other than-"but that S another story, -
as Kipling would remark New York
Journal
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
DON'T STOP TOBACCO.

Tho Tobacco habit grows on a man
until his nervous system is seriously af-
fected, impairing health, comfort and
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12

Gowns may add dignity to a judges
appearance, but they certainly add moth
ing to his knowledge or brain power.
Instead of making money out of the
fight, Texes will be shy tho cost of an
extra session of the legislature.
Notwithstanding newspaper gossip to
the contrary, Gen. Nelson A. Miles is
Commander of the U. s. army.
A little more prosecution OF the trusts,
by the administration, would be we'll
received by the country.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
Defense of a Purse Thief.

A delightful defense was rendered re
Gently to a charge Of stealing a purse
from a lady's pocket. "The prisoner
pleaded that he was tempted by the
purse protruding, % which justified him,
he seemed to think, in intruding.-
Westminster Gazette.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
A Good Plan.

The Rock Island railroad has adopted
an excellent plan to test the honesty Of it's
conductors. They were informed that
spoilers would no longer be employed
on the road, and that the money thus
saved would be applied to an increase
in the wages of the conductors The
plan is said to be working to the entire
satisfaction Of both the company and
those directly affected.-Philadelphis
Ledger.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12

Some of the best cooking in the Unit
ed States will be found this fall at the
negro restaurant of the Atlanta exposi-
tion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Z. bowman retqzned FROM Duluth
Sunday evening.
Treasurer johnson went to Dn]uth
Tuesday On business.
Special Agent :LeSeuer of the lad
departments in town.
Auditor and Mrs. Fisher left on the
Dixon, yesterday morning: for Duluth.
Alfred Nelson and A. W. Peers of
Iutsen where in town the first of the
week.
Fred Nelson came down from West
Superior Sunday to look after the crop
on his farm.
Headly Redmeyer came down from
Gross Riyer,Sunday evening and returned
home Tuesday morning.
Ole. J. Olson went down to Carlton
Peak yesterday morning to build a barn
for Commissioner Engelson.
Andrew Christianson and Mrs. Ole
Brunes and daughter of Hovlapd re-
turned from Duluth Sunday evening.
Mrs. Ole Gunderson came down on the
Dixon Sunday evening from Duluth to
visit her husband who is. fishing at Brule
point.
R. Paine and P. Graft came down on
the Dixon Sunday evening to harvest
IN h,;r 70 1r>+ Io
district.
John Erickson and family arrived here
On the Dixon Sunday evening. They
will make their home in Grand Marais
hereafter
Mrs. A. H. johnson arrived here on
the Dixon Wednesday evening to spend
the winter with the family of her son,
Her man HENDERSON.
County Commissioner Scott and son,
Benny, left on the Dixon Tuesday morn
ing for Crosse river, to build camps and
make preparations for the opening ofthe
two weeks.
County Commissioners Jackson. of
HOWARD, and Englson of Carlton Peck,
were in town few days the first of the
week. After attending the commls-
sioners' meeting they made a tour of
inspection through the settlements north
of town.
An eighteeE-year old girl, said to be
the doughter of wealthy St. Paul
clotheir, was found by her father and
the police last week living in Duluth
with a negro, who she says she married
before leaving St. Paul. The girl agreed
to leave the negro and return to her
home.
Two new bridges adorn our village
one over the creek west of II. Mayhew's
store and the other ever the creek north
of The HERALD Office. These bridges
will be great convenience as it was al
most impossible to cross either of the
creeks, at times, without getting ones
feet wet.
Either run a town with vim or sell
out and leave it, says CD exchange. Men
who are oil the time trying TO get out of
town will never build up the town of
their own business. One of the two
things must be done-run The town for
all it is worth, get up steam and keep it
up, or quit the whole thing, slide out
and let nature take it's course. Do you
want trade? Bid for it. Do you want
a prosperous town where people can
come who are disposed 10 make homes
Then do away with personal feelings,
bury from sight all spite work; work no
more for a few individuals, but all work
together for mutual benefit. Wake up
rub your eyes, roll up your sleeves and go
to work. Don't work with fear and
trembling, but take it for granted that
blood will tell Leave results to them
selves; borrow no truble, but all unite
to make the biggest kind of city.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
The Imperishable Fool.

It is curious fact that the supply of
foolish people never gives out, although
they are dying Of their folly every day.
Hartford Conrant.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12

The battleship Texas is the first big
vessel of the navy that the government
itself built.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12
Office of THE PIONEER PRESS COMPANY

Eureka and rig O., Lac Crosse
years nave smoked fifteen My
ERECTED
Iooco 'or he NoTo
weeks ago pepaion and to-day CONSIDER
horrible
every smoker fully has completely left con-
oer your wondefn fully
ytruly,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12

"a Z - !)nrO in nj its
refunded Price 81 90 box
ed cn W. For sail by all druggist will
price. SEND SIX TWO CENT STAMPS Bookle
proofs free. Chemic & M'Fo Co. Tao
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12

IT'S INJURIOUS TO STOP SUDDENLY
and cont b. imy+ost 4,ton,by sbuying a REM
edy that requiresynv to &c.so, as it Is moth
ing NOR than srbsti ute I'm .he ssadden
stoppage of tohaccn YIN mnst have same slim
ulant- BE- It opin:a, morphine or a'ther opiates
Leaves 4 far worse habit c'',tract.d. Ask your
druggist about BACO-CURO. It is purely
" ''e'"''. Y"u do not Lave TO stop nsipg to-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12

ac,o with BAGO-CJRO. It
i'll lofty Won when to stop ara
nlr Ceelr+ for tOllaeen p illeease
1nnr system will t,+- rs free from
icotlne AS the day iefore you
ok ,Onr frs, che e or smoke.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-10-12

II think my view Of the justice Of
the situation was right" said the Off
Ger a moment later, "but how could the
fellow get his money from man who
didn't have it? Anyhow, l saved rum
'>1'a - So be did-New York Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
What Whiskey Does.

1t clogs and befuddles the
brain and overworks the heart.
1t arrests digestion and causes
fatty degeneration of the kid
neys.
It creates and appetite which
IS only increased by being graft
fed
1t destroys the nerve force and
paralyzes the energy of man.
1t transmits disease to the third
and fourth generation by heredity
1t ruins the mental and phys,
zeal faculties, and wrecks the
moral powers as well.
1t demoralizes business, polls
tics and society.
1t degrades father and son
and blights the love Of wife and
mother, and chains womanhood
III a hell of chastity.
It blocks the wheels OF indus
try, close mines and mills, anc
cripples the markets.
1t causes strikes, ills jails anc
piles cost on county, State anc
nation.
It hinders honest Legislation
and creates laws which arc
stencil i'll i'll the nostrils of every
patriot.
And above all, it damns men
cternally and leaves them with
out hope i'll life or death.-Ex.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
Opening an I'm reIIa

mot infrequently' said a
stroller" you see peoplewith their
arms full Of bundles, making
hard work OF Opening all UNI
brella. There is very simple
and easy way of opening an um
brella with one hand, known to
many, but perhaps not to all.
You grasp the little cylinder
around the handle, to which he
lower ends Of the ribs are at
tached, plant the point Of the
umbrella against a lamp post,
and push until the little cylinder
catches Oh the upper catch, and
there You are, without the least
trouble in the world. New
York SM,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
Where Vanderbilt Got His
Idea.
New York Sun.

In the great outlay which
George Vanderbilt is making at
Biltnore in North Carolina, the
young millionaire has entered a
more serious purpose than IS
generally known. A great deal
has been written about the enor-
nous house, with its library,
chapel, scores of bedrooms, and
the army of servants which Will
be required to keep 1t up, but not
every one knows that Mr.. Vans
derbilt intends making his estate
Mecca for all those who are
seriously interested in the study
of forestry, scientific farming
and horticulture. He has land
enough to carry out any scheme
Of this sort, no matter how big It
may be, as he can go forty miles
in a direct line from his own
door without passing the confines
| or MS QO1lld'I II.
He proposes, therefore, to ere
ate neighborhood of his own on
this vast property, which IN
cludes, among other cultivated
and uncultivated tracts, one tor
est alone Of more than 100000
IaCres He will build a village
containing houses, stores, and {
picturesque inn, and apartment:
will be rented to all properly &C.
credited students who desire tt
laval themselves of the facilities
offered there for the study OF the
sciences which are his hobby
The farm will be conducted after
the most approved scientific
fashion, and forestry, which IS al
most unknown in America, anc
will become in a few years
science of the greatest lmpor
lance to us, will be carried on e.
perimentally and practically to
an extent never before attempted
in this country. Mr.. Vanderbilt
has lust returned to New York
!, from Biltlnore, where he ha'
been spending the summer i'll
completed wing Of his grea
mansion. He expects to have
the house finished in time for
Christmas house warming, the
guests at which will be chiefly
members of his own family
Edgar Poe wrote a story once
about a man whose income wa
SO large that landscape gardening
was the only hobby that coul(
make any serious inroads on it
and it may be that it was thu
} story that gave Mr.. Vanderbilt
his idea.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
HOW THINGS
HAVE CHANGED"
A Farmer Who Tied a Horse to
The Rear Of an Electric Car.
Baltimore Sun. |


When car 1l2, of the City aud
Suburban Railway Company,
stopped at the corner OF Forest
and Hillen streets yesterday on
its way out to the York road, a
farmer, who evidently had not
been in Baltimore for some years
past, boarded the car and tied to
the rear platform an old white
horse, which he had brought to
town to sell.
Conductor Duerback did not
notice that the man had tied the
horse to the platform until the
car had started again. His at
tention was attracted by the
farmer calling out "Come on
DOLL! and on looking around he
saw the old horse tied to the car.
He at once rang to stop the car
and turned upon the stranger
who had just gotten himself IL
all easy position for a long rlde
to Towson.
When conductor Duerback
told the farmer to detaCh the
horse from the car he was met
by a look of establishment anC
was told that the horse would &c
long all right and could go Gas
fast as the horses in the car
The conductor then remarked
that the car had running capac
ity Of 90 miles an hour. The
farmer quickly jumped off after
receiving this information ant
united the horse. He then stood
gazed at the fast disappearing Cal
and remarked to the crowd O
people had had gathered around
him:
"Gosh! How things have
changed?'
Then he walked away will
his horse.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
BYPUMS x ROADS.
Mr.. w. H. Irvine spent a few

Mr.. w. H. Irvine spent a few
day in Durant's Neck this week.
Mr.. ]. W. Evans has just
launched the finest boat ever
built on the ChoWan river. Mr..
Evans has been following the
sea for some years and Las now a
boat built to his own fancy. Mr..
r. D. Boyce was the builder.
We are glad to see Mr.. Elisha
w. Asbell out again after a brief
illness. Mr.. Asbell has been a
resident Of Perquimans county
for the past twenty years, but las
returned to make his home III old
Chowan again.
Miss Ida I. Dali spent Sunday
last with the family of Mr.. ], P
Byrum near Tyner.
Mr.. w. H. Griffin has rented a
large farm near Chapanoke, Per.
quimans county, where he will
soon remove to. We wish him
SUCCESS.
School has commenced
Grifin's School House, under
the management Of Miss Mary
Evans.
We learn that Mr.. J. G. WARD
is to take charge of a genera
agency for the World Bible
House, Of Philadelphia, Penn.
about December Ist We wish
him much success.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
Why Good Roads Are
Needed.

It is reasonable to predict that
the road improvement is de3tln-
ed to spread with great rapidity
in the next ten years, and that
capital, which heretofore built
railroads, will now seek invest
ment in fine macada1nized roads,
says the New York Post. The
first necessity for developing a
country Of the size of the United
States was a system of railroads
that would bind together the
widely separated points Of in
dustry and population, and the
construction of such stupendous
system absorbed most Of the ell
ergy and capital OF our hnanciers.
But the country now is better
supplied with railroads than any
other on the face of the globe,
and the limit to the extension
of long railroad lines is practi>
Cally reached i'll many parts of
the country. 1t is impossible to
have every small namiet and
village connected with the main
railroad lines by short branches,
but the transportation problem
cannot be said to be solved Until
, every small place and farm Of
any size is connected with the
great arteries of commerce by
means of fine macada1nized roads.
1t is necessity for building more
and better common roads that
makes the question such burn
ing one to-day. The next gen
Grafton must devote itself to the
construction and Improvement
of common roads, feeding the
railroads with the products of
the great agricultural regions.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
Ships Coa!ed by Women,

AtNagasaki, the great coaling
port i'll Japan, the ships are coal
ed entirely by little women in
pale blue cotton dresses and big
mushroom hats, tor all the world
like the baskets tull Of coal
which they pass from hand to
hand through a yawning port
especially made III the ships
side for the operation. The
baskets, even when loaded, are
comparatively light, but it is as
tonishing how quickly the swarm
of assiduous little women can
coal a great 3,ooo-ton steamer.
1t is a matter of a few hours
only.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
he Living Church.
[EXChange..

1t was a colored preacher who
said to his flock: owe have col
lection to make this morning
and, for the glory Of heaven,
whichever of you stole Mr. Jones
turkeys, don't put anything on
the plate" One who was there
says: "Every blessed uiggah i'll
de church came down wild de
rocks"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
a Witty Lawyer.
T lid Bits.


4 lawyer residing i'll the North
of England and noted for his la
comic style Of expression sent the
following terse and witty note to
a refractory client, who would
not succumb to his reiterated de-
mands for the payment of his
bill:
"Sir: Ifyou pay the enclosed
you will oblige me. If you do
not, I shall oblige you
Subscribers not receiving
their paper regularly will please
give notice at this Office.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22

We are glad to know that
Our correspondent from Byruns
X Roads has found time to write
again, and we wouldlike to hear
from Gliden, Rockahock, Tyner,
Ryland, Amboy, and Cisco
Editor +. & F.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
Philip Mcdonald.

Cleaning and Dying Clothes. Work
done in first class style and satisfaction
guaranteed or no pay. Call and see
him. Prices low.
Any work sent by mail will receive
prompt attention.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-22
NORTH CAROLINA
College Of Agriculture
Apd Mechanic Arts

The next session Of this Col
lege will begin September 5th.
Examinations at county seats
first Saturday i'll August. Young
men desiring technical educa-
ton at an unusually low cost will
do we'll to apply for catalogue to
A. Q. HOLIDAY, Pres,
Raleigh, N. c.