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The herald., 1896-01-15
Burglar Arraigned

F. G. Burnett, the man charged with
burglarizing the store of A. S. Gray & Co.,
at Downey, was yesterday arraigned before
Township Justice Young and his bail fixed
at $1,000, in default of which he went to
iail
The herald., 1896-01-15
New Citizens

Benjamin Hernis and Robert Benzie, ma
tives of Great Britain, were yesterday adj
mitted to citizenship on renouncing allie
glance of Queen Victoria. Judge Smith
passed on both cases.
The herald., 1896-01-15
The Grand Jury Appears Before
Judge Smith
UNSATISFACTORY SHOWING
The Report Suppressed Pending an Ex-
animation by His Honor
tiles on Charge of Sending Obscene 7at-
ter Through the MaiIs-Court Notes

Yesterday afternoon about 8 80 o'clock
the grand jury, headed by Foreman Storrs
and attended by their special deputy AL.
Graham, filed into department one. There
was no one in the courtroom, but Judge
Smith had evidently been notified and was
on the bench to receive the inquisitors.
On the jurymen being seated Foreman
Storrs stepped up to the bench and handed
to his honor voluminous typewriter doc
ument. Judge Smith hurriedly turned
over the pages, calling out as he went
along, ''county auditor,' "county clerk"
otc. He then remarked to the jurymen
that the report did not go sufficiently into
detail, and remarking that he supposed
that the report was intended not only for
publication but for the information of the
court, announced that he would take the
into the report further before allowing it to
be made public. He then asked the fore
man if he had anything further to report,
and on being answered in the negative his
honor asked Mr.. Storrs to step into his
chambers, which he did, and a conference
of an hour or two followed.
Neither Foreman Storrs nor Judge
Smith would give out anything for publica-
tion as to the report, his honor saying that
it was not yet ready, and that as soon as it
was, copies would be provided for the press.
AS near as could be ascertained, the doc
ument presented was partial report COW
ering the operations of the county offices,
their expenditures, etc. The figures, 1T,
would seem, from Judge Smiths remarks
were given in totals, and not itemiZed, as
his honor thought they should be. At any
rate, the report was "hung up'' pending it's
examination by Judge Smith. If he should
complete his work today, and the neces-
sary changes made, as suggested, it may be
presented this afternoon.
From remarks made by one or two of the
jurymen, it is believed that the matter of
expenses has been gone into quite thor
oughly. One juror remarked that a short
hand reporter in one of the lower courts
had drawn some $1,000 in a comparatively
short time, and from this it is believed that
some of the offices have been criticized for
the extravagant manner in which they
have been conducted.
The full report will, however, be made
public in a very short time, when it is just
barely possible that there will be some
very interesting reading.
The herald., 1896-01-15
Charged With Insanity

Mrs. Mary Marcoux yesterday swore to
a complaint charging Mrs. Kate Bouton
with insanity. Mrs. Bouton is one of the
characters of the city. She is the widow of
a Union veteran and as such draws PEN
sion. She is terrible drunkard and ne yer
fails to celebrate ''pension day. by getting
on big drunk. OF late the old woman's
mind shows signs of weakening, and she
has developed such destructive mania
that she is dangerous to be at large. She
will probably be examined today and sent
up to the asylum at Highlands.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14

having travelled over the rich prairies of
 Illinois and Iowa and through the pie
 turesque valleys of New York my hear.
 almost bled when, for the first time.
 my eyes beheld mile after mile If coun-
 try covered with nothing but rank
 grass, sand and stumps. Where few
 years ago stately hemlocks and giant
 pines had invited man to worship bis
 Creator nothing remained but decay.
 ing roots and here and there Q leaning
 trunk scorched by forest fires. Every
 thing else man, in his greed for gold and
 without thought for posterity, had de-
 stroyed. Towns which once contained
 hundreds of busy inhabitants, stores
 and dance houses, were deserted, save by the few who had not the means to get away. The busy sawmills were moved to other points where the work of de- struction promised fresh returns to con- scienceless capital. Occasionally small potato patch in the sand, laboriously
 cultivated around gigantic stumps, bore testimony to the industry of the few remaining inhabitants of these deserted villages, but otherwise all was desola- tion-a picture of want, sermon on the thoughtlessness of man and the shortsightedness of greed. Where hum dreds could have dweiled in affluencs for generations, had the stock of 1um- Der been husbanded, a few now struggle
 along on the borderland of starva ton. The lumberman became millionaire in year or two, the paupers are paupers
 still, and the farmer has to spend years
 in clearing land which, after all, prom | ises but lean returns for his hard toiL
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14
TALK WITHOUT A STING.
Some Things Seen and Heard in
 Northern Michigan.
An Unprejudiced Estimate Of Our Jew- ish Fellow-Citixens Economical Potato Planting - Landscapes
 That Hurt the Eye.
Especial Letter.I

Usually the first man 1 meet when
 away from home is Jew. But as l
 have great admiration for the Hebrew
 race these meetings are by no means disagreeable. l admire the Jews be- cause they possess the knack of adapt
 ing themselves to conditions and cir cumstances, and because they know how to live. Several years ago l be- came convert to their theory that a mans food influences his mental and moral condition. And observation has strengthened my faith in this doe Urine. The Jews eat the choicest food, as soon us they have the means to buy it. Note the result. Instead of having remain in bondage and mere workers for wages they have become the prime movers in magnificent enterprises and give employment to tens of thousands of gentiles. While l admit that native shrewdness has had much to do with Jewish success here and abroad, yet am firm in the belief that good cooking and the wise selection of food products has been quite as important factor
 Still another cause of the phenomenal progress made by the Hebrew race since it's emancipation from bondage is it's love of travel. A Jew never stagnates
 either commercially or socially. When business is dull in one town he moves to another. When the society of his abiding place tires him he takes his family to g. summer or winter resort
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14
A NnyeI PincnshIon.

The principal article needed is small, jointed doll, not more than seven inches high. One can he bought for 15 cents. Almost any scraps of silk may be used as dress. After attending to the un- dergarments, make the dress skirt double, like a childs old-fashioncd creeper. Before sewing it to the doll, stuff (not too fulD with lambs wool. A few stitches to the underskirt will hold it in place. Make the puff sleeves of the bodice very full, after the pre- vailing style, stuffing them also. One sleeve may hold common pins, the other black pins. while the skirt can be used for the fancy sticlpins so much worn. --Good Housekeeping.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14

for library books and other contingent expenses, which are necessarily inci- i dent to his office, and in no sense per sonal to himself.
 One of the best presidential per quisites is the steam yacht which is placed at the disposal of the president by the secretary of the navy. For many years the Dispatch has been used by | presidents for recreationary trips, but President Cleveland prefers the light house tender Violet, little boat which cannot only traverse the Atlantic coast. but can run mto shallow creeks and bayous where good hunting abounds. President Arthur and President Harri- son often used the Dispatch for cruises around Chesapeake bay, and occasional ly for trips to New York and the New England coast. The Tallapoosa was a swift sloop which was often used by President Hayes; but the Tallapoosa was sunk in collision with a Yankee fishing smack off the Massachusetts coast, and the Dispatch has been the official yacht for the presidents ever since.
 Do you remember that when Harrison was president he had grandson named
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14

stand this little household irregularity, you must understand that 1t takes live minutes or more to go from the busi- ness part of the mansion to the dining room, and sometimes the president has not five minutes to spare in the middle of the day. It does not often happen, but when it does occur, the lunch must be served wherever the president wants it served. The housekeeper also sees to it that the linen is aired, the beds made and rugs shaken, and the carpets kept perfectly clean. lnasmuch as she is obliged to look after the red parior, blue parlor, east room and other DOT lions of the official and public part of the white house, as well as the resi- dence portion, the housekeeper IS pretty busy woman, and earns her sal ary.
 The congress maHes an annual appro- priatjon of Ss,0oo for the stationery, teIegrams and other contingent ex- nenses: and that is seldom a sufficient sum for the payment of all contingen' expenses, so that sometimes the pres'- dent is obliged to use his private funds
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14

five o'clock all his seed had been pIBnted and all the beer had been consumed. But do you think" said I, when he had told me his story, ''it was hospita- bic to make your guests work like slaves?" "H'm," responded Sven: "'f dey ben fool enough to do de work. Ale yust ben fool enough to spend tres dollar for beer" Now I contend thaE this Swedish peasant has not ouly lots of humor in his makeup, but enough shrewdness to accumulate a compe- tency, no matter how discouraging con. ditions and circumstances might be.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14

dreds of representative Hebrew fam flies, hailing from Chicago, Cincinnati, Los,isville, New Orleans and other southern points. In some hostelrics they formed the majority of guests, notably in one inn at Petoskey where genuinely American face was hard to discover. Coming down in the train from Charlevoix 1 overheard convcr- sation between two clothing manufac- turers from Cincinnati, one of whom had been to Petoskey, which, although a trife ancient, hit the nail exactly on the head. "vell, Israel" said one, "how's things at the Blank hotel at Pedoskey?" "All right, Ikey," re- sponded the other ''only dere's too many Christians there. l met four of dem in de corridor yesterday morning !" The first time heard this story it was applied to Long Branch, but as it fits the Blank hotel at Petoskey equally we'll, we will let it go without further com ment.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14
Economical Potato Planting.

Once upon a time I read that Scots and Swedes were exactly alike in one re- spect--a total lack of the sense of hu- nor. The man who originated this statement must have been a dull ob- server sadeed, for some of the brightest wittici4ms have heard were of Scotch origin, and Gus Heege, in his clever Swedish-Arnerican plays, has succeeded in proving that Swedish humor is worth at least a smile. Ole Olson has done more than his share to convert Michi- gan's great wilderness of stumps into . huge potato patch, and ono of the fam fly at least has used his wit to great pecuniary advantage this summer Sven struck Mecesta county some time in April and made arrangements with q land ovsner to plant large fieid of po- tatoes lon shares" He was to furnish half the seed and all the work. The seed cost him eight cents bushel, and drew heavily on his savings; but when he looked at the large extent of soil to be worked his heart almost failed him. However, instead of giving up in despair, he studied Mecosta county na- ture, and then proceeded to invite all of his neighbors to meet him on his patch" on certain Monday morning for the purpose of partaking of some liquid refreshments. His guests ar rived on time, and so did three kegs of beer and ? lot of agricultural imple- mepts. Sven asked his neighbors to hitch their horses to the machine and riva him a "lift" with his Dofatoes be- fore indulgiEg in the amber fluid. By
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14

swer his question, but Sven remarked. sententiopsly: '.Ef Ae ben earning tree dollar seventy fiji cents a day for ten yare, Ale not have to stay here an ben catch bullhead to keep from starv- in'." Sven took the words out of my mouth. Any workingman who earns as much as this man had earned, and has not enough good American sense t9 make himself comparatively independ- ent in 12 years, is not worthy object for sympathy, although We may pity his wife and helpless children.
 C. W WTIPPIERT-
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14
Too Many Christians by Four.

The oft-repeated statement that half of our pleasure resorts would have to be closed should the Jewish population withhold it's patronage received con- vincing emphasis in my mind during a summer trip through northern Michi- gan, a section of the country which has developed into a veritable Mecca for recreation seekers. The large hotels at Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Mackinaw and Maclinac island entertained hum
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14
Stranded in a Deserted Town.

Sven, the Swede whose potato plant ing experience testifies most signifi- cantly to his thrift, accompanied me to one of these deserted lumber towns, lo- cated on the shores of beautiful lake. The first man we met was middle aged native mechanic who, in the palmy days, had had charge of an engine in the woods. His tale of woe was pathetic. in a way. He had worked at "lumber- ing" for many years. Work was al- ways plenty" said he; "for 12 years never earned less than $3.75 day and for year or more 1 got $7.50 day. But lumbering is dead now. l can't get any work and haven't enough money to get away. Don't you think that's rather hard lines?" l didn't ans
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14
Pickled Caulinower.

Select close, white caulifiowers, cut them into small punches and let them lie on platter for 24 hours covered with fine salt. Boil in weak vinegar un- til the stems can be pierced with a fork. Take one gallon of vinegar, one eupful of sugar, one pound each or white mustard seed and celery seed and one tablespoonful of white pepper. Boil this pickle for ten minutes and pour over the caulifiower, which should be placed in stone jar. The pickle will 1e ready for use in two weeks.--Good Housekeeping.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14

The nests of South American hor- nets are being used by the natives as baskets, being light, strong and so eght as to be waterproof. They nre sieaned of the partitions and cells in the anterior, and, with handles affixed. make useful domestic utensils.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14
Ther All Do 1t.

"I wonder why she screamed when I kissed her."
 Force of habit. I suppose. .'--Tew Topics.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14
Where Nature IS in Mourning.

An artist in search of landscape de- picting "Desolation" could find plenty of material in northern Michigan. After
The Mena weekly star., 1896-10-14

The only knife the average man a, keep will not sharpen lead pencil.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-16
Saved EXPENSES.

Sol Smith Russell in the Philadelphia
Times relates an amusing experience he
once had in a small New Hampshire vii
lage, where he and Oliver Optic APP
peared for the purpose of giving dual
lecture and entertainment. When the
performance was ready to begin a com
mitteeman called and said: ''Wantin
to save expenses on printin' programs,
I'll announce the pieces eff you'll tell me
how they come in" L explained that
Optic and myself would alternate in our
readings Optic to begin, | to end with
my sketches Of character. He stood at
the side Of the stage and said: ooh!
yez, Oh! yez. The entertainment for the
benefit of Dodge post will begin by read
in an original story by Oliver Optic
otherwise William t. Adams. Ice cream
at the back of the hall, 10 cents a dish"
After the reading the committee said
1--WE will now have Mr.. Sol Smith Rus
sell in his comic doin's. You hev all
heerd of comical Brown, but Mr.. Rus
sell lays over Brown on the comic" and
while the audience were laughing over
my efforts the committee came to my
dressing room and said: They're takin
off their rubbers.'' And so he announced
each selection on our programme. saying
just before the closing piece: ooh! yez,
Oh! yez. Thankin' the audience on be-
half of the Dodge post for their liberal
patronage, the lecture for this evenin'
will conclude with Mr. Russell in some
more comics. Ice cream at the back Of
the hall reduced to cents a DISH.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-16

don't know about the silver question
and whether the insurgents are going to
win in Cuba,' put in.
What does it mean?" she asked, with
tremble in her voice.
1T MEANS" l said, "that you have
married man instead Of an archangel.
You needn't cry about it, added. bru-
tally; you probably wouldn't have found
an angel very congenial, but, you have
got to come down to a realization that
the man who told you that he would
make your life dream Of bliss, filed
he ever said it, and expects you to for
get Furthermore, he wants his dinner
on time, and his house to be as well
and economically managed as if he had
married Mary Smith or any other of the
domestic and homely girls he never
looked at.
Doesn't he love me still:" asked the
little bride, desperately.
Surely" | made answer; ''neverthe-
less, / advise you to read the papers
and buy a good cook book. Dorothy
Dix, New Orleans Picayune.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-16
THE PRECISE MAN.
He Advises His Son as to the Manner of
Putting Postage Stamp.


Putting on a Postage Stamp.
"When you put postage stamp on
an envelope said precise man to his
son, you should put it on square and
true, in the upper right hand corner, and
as near as possible to the margin of the
enevelope. You put it on at the right
hand corner for the convenience of the
stampers in the postoffice, so that it
may be uniform in location with the
stamps on other envelopes and so more
conveniently and eXpeditiously stamped;
you should study the comfort of others
as we'll as yourself. You should put it
as near the corner, so that the cancelling
stamp will be less likely to deface and
so perhaps to obscure the address on
the envelope.
''You should put it on square and true
because that is the methodical and
proper way to do. Many persons are
disturbed by the appearance of a stamp
put on in careless and slipshod manner
And [ can easily imagine that such a
practice might work positive injury to
you. You might have occasion to write
to a man on a matter of business that
compose and write this letter with faith
full care and set forth what you had to
say with commendable clearness and
precision, and yet upset it all by slap
ping on stamp carelessly; the recipient
might judge you by the one slight act
done naturally rather than by the studied
work done with q purpose.
my son, don't do it; put the stamp
on where it belongs, so that the little
touch of color will grace the envelope
and not deface it."-New York Sun.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-16
NA-NA'S REVENGE.
Indians Reason for the Great Inland
Lakes Receding.

Indians Reason for the Great Inland
Lakes Receding.
Indians of the Harbor Springs region
have strange belief as to why the water
in the great lakes is constantly receding
In former times they say, it kept rising,
but their great spirit, Mana bo-sho, (the
Algonquin name for Hiawatha), of whom
Longfellow has sung in verse, changed
this order of things. AS he was walking
along the shores of Lake Michigan one
day in search of food, he came to a patch
of a certain kind of sea weed that he
greatly relished. He gorged himself on
his favorite dish and lay down to rest.
He slept for a long time, until the water
by it's gradual movement had nearly SUBJ
merged him, and he aWoke just in time
to save himself from Watery grave
He was highly incensed at this freak Of
nature, and, rising to his full height, he
extended his hands over the mother Of
waters and said: Hereafter that you
may fool none of my people in this man
ner, / shall cause thee to become smaller
and smaller, until thou shalt be as a
draught of water in the palm of my
hand.'
Since that time the water in the great
lakes has receded, and the Indians in this
region firmly believe that the day will
come when nothing but the great sea
basins will remain to show where the
lakes eXisted.-Detroit Evening News.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-16
A SALT WATER WELL.

Sunk for the Supply of Pools and Tanks at
the New York Aquarium.
The salt water pools and tanks of the
New York aquarium at Battery park are
now supplied from well sunk on the
premises. The aquarium's salt water
supply was originally drawn direct from
the bay through an intake pipe carried
out near the bottom from the Battery
sea wall The water thus taken was Ill
tered in the usual manner before deliver
ing it into the pools. This source OF sup
ply was continued until the completion
of the salt water well.
The Castle Garden structure, In which
the aquarium is located, is built on made
ground; the tide was known to rise and
fall under some parts of the building.
There is a cellar under that part of the
building which fronts on Battery park,
and there an excavation was made with
a view to the sinking of salt water
we'll This excavation was carried down
to a point below tide level, seven feet
below the cellar and thirteen feet below
the floor of the aquarium, through made
ground found to consist OF number OF
feet of stone and gravel, filed in on top
of two tiers of logs laid crosswise and
resting upon stone thrown in on the bot
tom. In this excavation, which was
about $50 feet inland from the Battery
sea wall, the tide rose and fell about one
hour later than it's rise and fail in the
open waters adjacent to the Battery.
The tests of this temporary well as to
supply and characteristics being salts
factory, work was begun upon the per-
manent plant now in use.
The we'll was carried down to a depth
of seventeen feet. and a perforated iron
tube was sunk in it, within which was
placed the suction pipe of the pump that
is attached to it. The water is drawn
through a wrought-iron galvanized pipe
seven inches in diameter and POI feet in
length, which, with a number of easy
bends, follows along inside the wall of
a section of the nearly circular building
from the well to the pump, which is To-
Gated near the boiler room and the aqua
RUINS supply tanks. The capacity of
the pump is 600 gallons a minute; it has
been tested to the full capacity of the
delivery pipe, with the result of showing
ample supply in the well. The require
ments of the aquarium, however, are less
than this.
The water from the well is of the same
density as that taken from the open bay.
1t is ten degrees warmer in winter and
about ten degrees cooler in summer. 1t
is drawn throught what is in effect a
great natural filter, and it is beautifully
clear. This supply is desirable for the
aquarium stock, and it's economy is OBJ
vious, doing away, as it does, with the
use of artificial filters and the need for
the material required in operating them.
There is, so far as DR.. Bean of the
aquarium is informed, no other aquarium
in the world with like source of salt
water supply.-NeW York Sun.