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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-25
BRAVE SPIRITS BROKEN.

How often women wake up in the
morning cheerful and happy, deter
mined to do SO much before the day
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

1t is no surprise to find that Eugene
Field left his family Of young children
unprovided for. Lovable and gifted as
he was, his friends, who comprise all tho
people Of this country, must regret that
he never could save any money. He was
certainly one of the best paid writer's in
America and mad been for years before
his death, yet now fund must be raised
by subscription tt educate his children.
To spend every cent one has as fast as il
comes in is simply crazy folly. If he
can look back now from the world of
spirits, Mr.. Field must see that his lay
ish generosity was not really generosity
at all. 1t was actually giving to others
what rightfully belonged to his chill
dren. 1t is a satisfaction, however, to
know that the children of the children s
poet will be amply cared for By strass
gers.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18
What Will Have to Be Done.

Obviously, if the powers hit the Otto
man Empire too hard, it will brake to
pieces under their eyes, and the general
scramble will begin. But if they are to
be paralyzed by fear of breaking it to
pieces, then Turky will have a free hand
to slaughter the Christians into silence.
II the Kurds should kill few Americans
or even one British Consul, there would
be quick stop put to all this dilly- daily
ing. But so long as it Is only Armenians
who are being butchered, the risk of &C.
ton is deemed too great. Sooner or
later the Sultan will perhaps be told in
plain terms that he must stop all this
bloody work or be deposed; and when he
is deposed the Ottoman Empire may be
administered, as it's public debt is at
present, by an international commission.
A paper Sultan might. be conveniently
installed as the fgrre-head of the COM
mission, which would do all it's business
in his name. and which las ittwould have
cash to pay it's troops) would probably
be obeyed. If only the powers could
trust each other for five years, every one
would be astonished to find how simple
a problem this Eastern Question
might prove to be. But there would
have to be, first, self-denying ordinance
binding all the powers to seek no private
ends and to respect the integrity of the
Ottoman dominions; and secondly the
governing Turk would have to be re-
duced to his proper position as Constable
Tor Europe instead of being allowed to
forget all bounds of moderation in the |
belief that he is the "Shadow of God."-
From 'The Progress of the World" in
the January Review of Reviews.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

1t is next April that the great revival
OF the ancient Olympic games Of Greece
takes place in the valley of Mount by.
mettus, near Athens. Something like
80, 100000 has been raised, partly an.
propriated by the government, partly
donated by (. generous Greek mezchan.
named Averof, to meet expenses. The
scene will be novel and very pictur-
esque one, combining as it does ancient
Greek wrestling and running matches
with modern bicycle races and high
sounding ancient Greek choruses and
tragedy by S0phocles with Wagner's
opera of "Lchengrin. " Most interesting
OF all, however, and not wholly in a
satisfactory way either, will be the COM
par1son of the modern Greek physique
with that Of the classic day, as present
ed in the beautiful sculptures which are
all that is left to us Of the most perfect
race physically that ever existed. It can
hardly be fattering to modern vanity
to contrast the narrow chested, thin
legged, Weakling specimens of today
with the marbles showing what the
splendid fellows of those times must
have been. They must have been, be-
cause the sculptors copied from models
precisely as the sculptors of today do
and ought to do still more It was high
time for the modern revival Of physical
culture.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18
Our opinion of Harvard COLLAGE mr.

Our opinion of Harvard College prof
essors has dropped obout 100 per cent
since one of them-Charles F. Norton
in public speech on the Venezuelan
matter uttered the following tommy-rot:
THE next four months are fraught with
the destiny of America. In these
months the responsiveness, the moral
integrity, the righteousness of our
people is to be tested and the
fate of Americans to be sealed. )"
What pity it is that while the sealing
is gong on it could not be made to
include the mouths of fools, educated
and otherwise.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18
THE ST. PAUL WEEKLY GLOBE
Contains all the News.
Read It!

Under the present management the
Globe is taking great strides forward in
every line-accuracy, enterprise, ability.
Its editorial page will rank with the
great newspapers Of the country. You
ought to take the Globe.
If you subscribe for the Globe, and
this paper also, it won't cost you much.
,cThis applies only to new subscribers of
the Globe.l We offer the following sur
prising clubbing'rate.
Globe. one year, regular price. -. 81 90
This paper, one year regular price l 90
50 90
Globe and this paper. one year, $3.50
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

Those who object to the precipitate
manner in which the House disposes of
important legislation will probably find
that the Senate will be slow enough to
more than balance things.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

The silver men evidently mean bus
mess, as they have consolidated the three
organizations which have been working
independently of each other into the
American Bimetallic Union, and have
arranged for conference at Washington
on January 22nd.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

The Emma Abbott kiss, with which
Jimmy" Morrisey coined money for the
late Emma Abbott, has been revived for
the benefit of another actress, an English
woman who had failed to score in New
York until her maneger put her on to
this little trick.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

The private who made his prisoners
walk the plank was saint compared
with the thug who starts panic in
crowded building to enable him to steal
without detection,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

One Of Washington's police judges
sent young woman to the work house
for fifteen days for smoking cigarette
on Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington
is getting entirely too good, we fear.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

Mayor Swift, Of Chicago made a
bullseye when he charged that "prom-
inent citizens" who offered the brides
we're responsible for the corruptness of
the council of that city. And the same
charge holds good elsewhere. The man
who gives bride is more dangerous
criminal than the one who occepts it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

We notice that the johnson family is all
the time doing something in Congress to
make talk In that sort of thing "Grove''
Johnson, of California, seems to be a
worthy successor of Tom johnson, Of
Ohio, who was left at home at the last
election.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

So far Speaker Reed has held his team
we'll in hand, but the strain has been
hard at times and something may break
and cause disastrous runaway any time.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

Some explanations that explain are in
order concerning that bond bill. If the
administration doesn't want it and the
republican leaders are opposed to it, as
we are now told, how in Ihunderation
did the bill pass the House by majority
Of 23
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

If Mckinley ever becomes President
and doesn't make Congressman Johnson,
of California, a member of his cabinet,
he will be charged with ingrat1tude.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

The anxiety of Venezuela to pitch in
and lick the boots off John Bull is about
the most amusing feature of the situa-
ton.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

If the Hawaiians really want another
queen, what's the matter, with Miss
Kate Field, who is now WISHING the
island.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

Here's one for the editorial fraternity
Why does the advertising agent make
money than the editor?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18

The Cubaps may not have licked the
Spanlards, but they seem to have had
control of the telegraph news for awhile
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18
Statement.

Annual statement Of receipts and pay
ments of Cook County, Minnesota, from
January LIST. 1896, t1~ December 3lsts
1895, inclusive. .eE.
->-@
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18
Oh yes, battles glory
Reads good in a story;
But in a battle.
Ones bones often rattle.

What effect will the naming Of 8 bal:
tleship Kentucky have upon ITS sailors.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-01-18
EXPENDITURES

Treasurer's Salary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s.
Judge Of Probate's Salary ............... /
County Attorney Salary. =. 2
.Ianitor Salary o.
The Press., 1896-06-04
DON'T LEAN OUT OF PLUMB.

D., you ever obacr'', in yu'ir rnmbles about
 political sc rs Of tl" lay .-oy: Lftuu rCfOrh,rs Cngti UT GouoC By their overpuhctilious way2 Their censorship always r' minds me Of those Who beneath my inspection have come, Attempting to strike magnificent pose, Have o'erdone it to lean out of plumb. They lean too far back, and, in fact, become
 bent
 Most foolish the posture they take And instead of expressing their upright intent They lead you to fear they may break. They wish you to feel that thcy'r honest and
 wise
 And not at ali crooked or dumb, Yet thcro they will stand with their eyes to
 tho skies
 And unconsciously lean out of plumb. In trado or religion, in politics, too, If our rcctitudc we would disclose, Stand mod, stly forth to the popular view And don't try 10 strut or to pose. For ofttimes our Cagerness may Nc too grcof- At least it has happened to some And our effort: to tower i'll matters Of state Dwarf all chance we lean out of plumb
 Harry O. Dowd in New York Sun.
The Press., 1896-06-04
One Way of Catching Fiddler Crabs.

There are various ways of catching fiddler crabs. One way of catching the black or mud fiddler, the one that bOres into meadow banks along salt creeks, is with two boards so placed as to form deep sided letter V. The fisherman seeks a spot where there is 8 little strip of sand at low water, between the base of the mud bank and the waters edge. The crabs come out of their holes and go down to the edge of the water, often in great numbers. The fisherman comes over the meadow with his boards, which he sets up on edge as quietly as he can on the sand, with the opening of the V toward the water. Then he alarms the crabs, and they come scurrying up the little beach in multitudes, bound for their holes As they come they carry their big claw a1oft, somewhat as the soldier carries his gun. It is from this habit that the fiddler crab gets the name of soldier crab, by which it is also known. Those crabs that are opposite the opening in the V hustle with the rest of the line, but when they strike the board sides they are thrown more and more together, until they converge ill a mass at the point The fisherman, sitting outside, takes them out by the hAndful.-New York Sun.
The Press., 1896-06-04
PlCkPOCkETS.
They Must Have Nerves of Steel to Be
 Successful Operators.

Successful Operators.
 Because il mun is pickpocket 1t does not necessarily follow that he Is not we'll educated nor close observer of his fellow mortals. The latter trait might be said to be an absolute requirement to a successful purloiner of pocketbooks. One of the gentry who possessed both characteristics expressed himself the oth- er day to an Enquirer reporter at police headquarters:
 "There is no class of artists who in their calling are as dexterous as pick pockets. This is due to a double incen- tive Not only do we find a bait for effort and exertion ill success, but have the added spur of a fear of failure. Success means as much to piokpocket as to any man, and failure means great deal more.
 "A vocation in which the slightest slip means a loss of liberty and perhaps of life will ever be apt to have a degree of expertness in its followers not present in moro reputable and safer avenues of trade.
 "Pickpockets, like poets and other people, are born, not made. Their nerves must be iron and yet as sensitive as ln- stinct. Their hands must be as com- plete in make up and accomplishment as Hermann s, the magician, and strong as steel, while light as down. Out of the vast army of humanity who are soldiers of the shadows only one-fourth of per cent can or do become pickpockets.
 "These form the nobility of thieves and are reverenced by the burglar as of a higher class than they. The practice of pickpocket while not really at work | is as constant as that of some famed 1 professor of the violin or harp. He keeps pace with the profession. No sooner does some jeweler invent new fastening for diamond pins or studs than these men of finest touch devise the motion which evades it's purpose.
 "The chief object of picpkocket, after certainty, is speed. He cannot 3alIy with his victim by the hour. NEat he does is to be over ill a flash. Speaking of pins and studs, there has never been a fastening so complex but the expert thieves could defeat it i'll motion. They do in their business as fine work as any Hindoo, and the thief himself could not analyze or explain it's detail. His powers of execution have gone far beyond his powers of reception or relation.
 "A pickpocket consults his own nerv- ous condition constantly. No fine lady ever has such a time with her nerves as this aristocrat of the outlaws. If he does not feel right, he won't work. |" Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Press., 1896-06-04
SUGAR MAKING IN CUBA.
The Crude Methods That Were In Use
 Twenty Years Ago.

The Crude Methods That Were In Use
 Twenty Years Ago.
 Twenty years ago, in those times of slavery and high prices, but little atten- tion was given to machinery or engi- neering. Planters were content to get what tonnage of cane they could from an acre of land.
 The cane was brought to the sugar house, where the laborers slowly put it on the carrier, passing it to the mill, where 1t was rolled or ground between the rolls of three roller mill to extract the juice, getting an extraction of 55 per cent out of possible 85 or 88tpef cent of the whole weight in the cane.
 The cane was brought to the sugar house "train, which was set of four or five kettles set in brickwork, having strong fire under the smallest or "strike'' kettle. The flames passed un- der and around all the kettles, t4,e un- consumed gases escaping through a chimney. The combustion was so imper- feet that at night flames could be seen many feet high, coming from the top of the chimney.
 The largest of these kettles received the raw juice, and there it was Timed and skinned as the impurities rose. It was then ladled to the next kettle in succession, each time being thickened in density and reduced in bulk by evapora- tion until it arrived at the "strike" kettle, where a skilled attendant knew the exact point at which to stop the fire and ladle out the mass into the crystal lizing pans, in which it was allowed to cool.
 In few days it was firm enough to be taken out, placed in hogsheads and allowed to drain in the storehouses, losing at least one-sixth in dripping mo- lasses. The hogsheads were then repack- ed and placed on carts and drawn many miles to the railroad for shipment to the merchants stores at the seacoast, where they were again allowed to drain, were repacked, reweighed and sold, thus piling up an expense account that made the profits look slim; but, as sugar was selling at a high rate, these expenses could be borne. A. w. Colwell in Gas sier's Magazine.
The Press., 1896-06-04
SAND AS AN UNDERSTUDY.
It Caused the Wrath of 8 Tragedian
 Doomed to Hang.

It Caused the Wrath of 8 Tragedian
 Doomed to Hang.
 Jack Moynihan, known chiefly to fame from the fact that he managed play called "The Scarecrow," which was written by Chicago newspaper man, and which ran one consecutive night in St. Louis, tells of the only actor he ever knew as being legally executed.
 On the day before the execution the condemned man called the sheriff to his cell
 "Are we going to have good house2" he inquired of the official.
 "Fairly good, guess, 7" was the reas- suring answer.
 "Have you papered the town pretty well?'
 "Two hundred tickets to the sad event have been issued."
 "Worked up any fake about confession and previous crimes to rouse interest and give free advertising?'
 ''I think tho newspaper men have been pretty Agilant.
 'Do you think you care to rehearse the thing so as to get your lines?"
 ''I don't believe it will be necessary. Everything has been designed pretty we'll. We tested the gallows and rope with 400 pound sack of sand just an hour ago."
 Sand? Sand? The thunder you say Do you mean to tell me, a man who has gone on with Forrest and Kean, that you are using all internal dumpy sack of sand for my understudy, and that you depend on your rehearsal with it to see you through? Here you've gone and got packed house just on the strength of my star part, and yet you insult the dignity of the profession by running on sack of sand to rehearse the leads with. We'll, I'll warn you of one thing-if your rehearsal fails of effect, and you find you've forgotten your lines, you needn't expect me to invent a lot of business at the trying time and to make a gag talk just to fill in a stage wait I'm game sport, but my dignity has been stepped on by you and your sack of sand "-ChiCaQO Record.
The Press., 1896-06-04
A FLOOD REMlNIscENCE.
How 8 Young English Engineer Saved
 Lowell From Destruction.

How Young EnRIEh LnRlueeE S@NoU
 Lowell From Destruction.
 The city of Lowell was saved from destruction in 1852 by tho foresight of one young man. About 1885 ;t Lowell antiquarian named Uriah A. Boyden devoted much attention to invC st gatlng a tradition of great flood ill tho Mcrrl- mac in 1795 and found all old man who remembered that his father marked the height of the water by driving a spike in all apple tree. MT. Bcyden persevered in his search until he found the tree in Tyngsboro, several miles above Lowell. It's trunk was hollow, and entering it from below he discovered tho spike, its head wholly concealed by the bark, at considerable distance above the ground. It showed that in 1785 tho water had risen to a point 131a feet higher than the top of the dam at tho mouth of the canal, which furnished tho Lowell wa ter power ill 1885.
 /. The engineer in charge of this power was James B. Francis, young English man, who urged the directors of the corporation to provide against the rccur- renee of such rise of water. His argu- ments prevailed, and he was allowed to construct two immense wing walls of masonry, diverging from the canal lock and inclosing the entire country between the canal and the river. Over the water way he hung an immensely strong gate, weighing 20 tons, which was suspended by wrought iron chain. A sledgo and cold chisel were placed ill the care of the watchman for use when needed. The work was finished in 1850, and for two years was laughed at as "Francis' folly.
 On the morning of April 22, 1852, the waters rose so high that the city of Lowell was threatened with destruction, and the young engineer was sent for. He rode to the dam without a saddle and hurricdly cut the chain, releasing tho great gate. His work stood bravely, and tho Boston Advertiser, five days later, said that if it had not been con- structed "ovcry vestige of the old guard gates would have been carried away and a mighty and uncomfortable river would havc swept through the heart of Low ell, destroying everything in it's course. ' A service of plate was presented to MT. Francis, and during the remainder of his life, which ended only recently, he was one of Lowell's most honored citi- zens. For more than 40 years he was agent of the corporation controlling the water power. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Press., 1896-06-04
What tho Alabnrn Did.

Ill tl.o war bctwctA tE' theTn aud soutL' Fl states, which r2G >l-- Allcl-ca during 18G1-5, We have the only in- stance in which steam cruisers have been employed on any scale to harry commerce The south had no commerce to be attacked, but the north had large and prosperous merchant marine. From first to last the south sent II steam cruisers and small sailing cruis- CTS to sea- These captured between them 9 steamers and 261 sailing ships-not very heavy bill of loss, one would think. Yet this loss practically drove the United States flag from the seas. To prove this, will quote from the case of the United States, as pre- scented to the Geneva arbitrators, the following facts: "In 1860 two-thirds of the commerce of New York was carried on in American bottoms In 1868 three fourths was carried on in foreign bot toms' And the transfers from the United States to the British flag were 1o,.cro
The Press., 1896-06-04
Leonardo da Vinci.

Leonardo da Vinci, being great architect and engineer, as we'll as painter and sculptor, left notebooks proving that he had studied the flight of birds and had planned flying machines to be driven by wings or by screw propellers But as Leonardo was good at figures he seems to have abandoned his plans after finding out how much force would be needed.-TudOr Jenks in St. Nicholas.
 An amusing little story was told a good many years ago in connection with Governor Mattox of Vermont At one time he was chairman of the committee appointed to examine candidates for ad- mission to the bar of Caledonia county.
 He reported that one of the candidates was, ill his opinion, unqualified, having answered cOrrC ctly but one of the ques- tions put to him.
 "Only one? We'll, what was that?'' asked the presiding judge.
 II asked him what freehold estate is, replied Mattox.
 Important question, said the judge And what was his reply?"
 ''He made it without the least hesita- tion," said the chairman, with twin kle ill his eye. ''Of course that fact is in his favor. ''
 ''Well, what did he say?" asked the judge, with some impatience.
 "He said,'' returned the chairman, 'that he didn t know ''-Youth's Com panion.