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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25
N UABE[;'R Is.

SKurds live in the mountains, and ara
not precisely the kind Of people one
would care to set about reforming.
Some say there are an even million Of
them !; others say there are over two
mill lions. They keep the sultan in per-
petual hot water, being very bad
Moslems. But they are very enter
prising, chiefly in Staying Armenians
and stealing their neighbors' goods.
When not thus engaged they rear cat
tie, sheep and goats; and they differ In
no way from their ancestors as de-
scribed by Kenophon. Armenia was
portion OF western Asia, between the
| Caspian sea and Asia Minor, but it
has suffered the fate of Poland, and
the Armenians are now almost as scat
tered as the Jews. They number about
two and q half millions, and are in
telligent people with a particular tai
ent for trade and banking. The Se-5
mitic race has many families in Tur-
key There are the Jews who, perse-
cuted everywhere, took refuge in Tur-3
Key; the Greek church Maronites, who
are the deadly foes of their neighbors,
the Druses; the Druses, of the Moham-
medan faith, brave and temperate men,
who take neither wine nor tobacco and
who detest the Maronites; the Chal-s
deans, who are Christians Of sort;
the Arabs, Of whom there are four or
tive millions, and who, though holding
the same religious view as the sultan,
are his inveterate enemies, and the Sy-
rians. Then there is the fine race OF
C1rcassians, who are differentiated
from most Of the other inhabitants by
the fact that they work for living:
the Lazes and the Gypsies.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25
THE sULTAN,s SUBJECTS.

ExtraordinarY Variety of Races Over
Which the Sultan Rules.
The Sultan of Turkey may be a very
Inefficient ruler, but when we blame
him tllt for not carrying out the promised
reforms without hitch or delay we do
not treat him with that fair play of
which L we are SO proud as a nation.
Owing to the extraord dinary variety of
races and creeds over which he rules,
his difficulties are almost insurmount-
able, and it is doubtful whether he or
any one else will ever succeed in max
ing Turkey a land Of peace and har-
mony. There are no fewer than seven
main divisions Of races in the Eu-
ropean and Asian provinces. In Eu-
rope both the Greeks and Albanians
are as numerous as the Ottoman
Turks, each contingent numbering
about 1,300, 900, according to the best
authorities. Constantinople itself has
just as diversified a mixture as the
kindom generally. and only 3S5,O0 Of
its $4,000 inhabitants are Mussul-
mans, the Greeks numbering $4,000.
( But in Asia there are twice as many
Ottomans as all other races put to-
gether. The Turks proper consist of
Ottomans, Yurouks and Turkomans.
The names have something terrible
in their very sound to us, but travel
ers unite in describing the Ottomans
as honorable and humane men, al
though they can fight when it comes
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25

TO blows. The Turkomans live a mas
toral life, while the Yurouks are no.
madlc & and therefore not easily sub
Jcted to law. Although the Greeks and
tne AiDan1ans are regarded as belong
Ing to the same Graeco-L Latin race tha
latter are for the most part Muss,,1.
mans. Some OF the Albanians arc
Roman I'm Catholics and others are of the
creek church, rch and the two slightly di-
Vergent sects hate each other, Rnts
whatever the form of faith, they prefer
robbery as a means of livelihood to
any other il industry. At the same time
i they the are OF fine physical type and
make max splendid soldiers; but they treat
their women like oxen, and, altboneh
they dress in rich clothes Of the 70
shion of the Scottish Highlands thay
have a horror Of soap. In fact il i
said that they put on their c1othos
once for all and never take them off
The Greeks have not penetrated vor,
far inland, but have scattered then,.
selves along the coast Of both n,
ropean and Asiastic Turkey. wbara
they are always on the lookout Is n,,t
money in their purse. Together with
the Jews and the Armenians, thev d
nearly all the trading and bankino -
the country, and make a very good
thing out Of it. Armenians and their
exterminators, the Kurds, are both
sprung from a Persian stock. The
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25
THE MONITOR MoNADNoCK.

tic squadron could be brought to the
Pacific coast in short time to rein
force the Pacific squadron now on duty
near the coast, which the English
writer expects to see "ravaged." The
Pacific squadron consists of the Ore
5 gon, Philadelphia, Monadnock, Mon
L terey, Alert, Bennington and Marion.
The Oregon is coast line battle
ship, and is a sister ship Of the In
diana and Massachusetts,; She was
+ launched in 1898, and is able to take
and keep the seas in an emergency,
and to cope with powerfully armed
vessels. She has a coal capacity of
Il 1900 TONS Her general features are
length, 348; breadth of beam, 6911 " feet;
draught, "a feet; displacement, 10,200
tons, and her hull is Of steel, protected
with belt of armor 711z feet wide
and 18 inches thick, of which 4 feet
are below the water line. She is armed
with four 13-inch 35-ca1ibre breech-
loading rifles, eight 8-incn breech-
loading rifle, four 6-inch breech-
loading rifles, six 4-inch rapid firing,
twenty 6-pound and four 1-pcund rapid
guns, four Gatling guns and six torpe-
do tubes.
The Philadelphia is Rear-Admiral.
Lester A. Beardslee's flagship. She is
also a formidable steel l-protected yes
sci. She is now at Honolulu In the.
Monadnock different class of vessel
is represented. She is Of the twin -tur-.
reted monitor style, and we'll calcu-
lated for harbor defense The Monad-,
mock is at present at Portland, Ore,5
where the Monterey, also a double tur-
reted twin screw arnored coast de-
Tense vessel, is stationed. The Monte
rey was designed to afford floating
defense Of the highest character for
tie harbor of San Francisco. She is
constructed entirely Of steel, and has
double bottom throughout, with 10
water tight compartments IN her hull
that can be readily filled with water,
3sllbmerging the vessel until about one
fcot@of her sides shows above the sur
face Of the water.
The twin screw gunboat Benni1lg-
ton is at Mare Island, Cal. where the
Alert will soon arrive from Sitka. The
Alert is gunboat Of the old style,
built IN 1873 but she is not as old as
the Marion, a wooden steam sloop Of
war. This vessel was once q training
ship, on which naval apprentices re-
Iceived Instructions. She was so thor
ID11rh1v ssrnnairn5 81 .ynf IN 3 Snf +ha8
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25

A real blooded Chinese dog, such as,
it is said has never before been with
out the walls Of the palace Of the en-
@peror @ e OF China, arrived at Tacoma on
the steamer Pelican from Tien-tsin
China. The dog is of the species known
as the Pekin pug, which is kept ex-
I'c'l'usiyely '':' within the emperor's harem
at at Pekin ts7Al IT was brought at Tien-tsin
( several weeks ago from a Chinese sery-
5ane, who stole it from the royal par
Sdens. The. dog is q natural pet and al
ideal house Z 8 canine q It's body is long il
proportion to its legs. The legs ap-
pear to be double-j ointed at the knees.
1T Il is said that were it known where the
dog dog has gone the man who stole it
t would surely lose his head San Fran
cisco Chronicle
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25
SPANIEL THAT.,.DIvES.
Its Owner Stated That the Dog Coul,

Its Owner Stated That the Dog Could
Go Down Eighteen Feet.
A remarkable diving dog was owned
by. S. H. Ives of Detroit, Mich, says
the Journal of that city. When q.
sightless puppy it was given to Mr.
Ives by Charles Boston, the whirlwind
of the River Rouge, who afterward
described it as follows: Dash was
the most knowing dog that ever lived.
You ought to see him dive. By gosh!
Turn over on his back and dive! j
saw that dog go down in eighteen feet
of water and bring up a stone. He
would bring up the right stone nine
times out of ten. If he couldn't get
the right stone he would bring one
that looked like it. All, by gosh! you
would give up twenty-five cents to
see that dog any time Up at the
{ Flats have seen I'm dive IN clear
water know how clear the water
is up there sometimes. You can see
the bottom. I have seen that dog
hunting around on the bottom looking
for the stone Mr.. Ives threw in fol
him." Dash was a field spaniel aot
ordinary size. He was spotted blacl
and white, and was as pretty a dos
as one would wish to see. Mr.. Ives
trained him to dive by throwing stones
first at the edge of the water and then
further out until the dog would finally
go down in water of any reasonable
depth. He was wonderfully persistent
in his search for stones under water.
and would never rise without bring
ing something if he could not find the
right stone. Boston swears with his
right hand up that he held the watch
on the dog when he remained under
water a full minute searching for the
stone his master had thrown .Wheu
Brighton Beach was resort Mr.. Ives
took the dog over there very often,'.
said he, "and I have seen hundreds of
people standing on the bank watching
Dash dive for stones. 1t was pretty
sight. He would swim out to where
the ripples Of the water showed the
spot where the stone had gone down /.
then gracefully turn over on his back
and dive as prettily as a boy could do
If - 55ss Ia $=sa III
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25

doing tonne on the Islam, I'm think
in =. Ez
said !. # all men and women
were as good as he was the Island
could be used for better purposes. See
to it that you keep off the Island your
sell, my boy
Il hates the Islam was all he said
in reply. RI.
How do you get along while your
father and mother are away p
shtay wild me gran mother. sor.
It's she that owns the fruit-shtand for
ninst the bridge, between Kelly's sa-
loon and the post office / sells papers
an such loike. Barrin' the coal and
the rint, sor, I'd not}Sbe comm here at
all, at all. I'll not be .afther comm
again, 7, don't think
5 But he did come again about Six
weeks later. i was again alone when ne
appeared at the little opening in the
door. Instead Of the cap, he wore 4
stiff black hat. probably found in some
refuse barrel. There was a band Of
coarse black Grape around the crown 81
the hat, and his eyes were not quite
so bright as they had been before. #
Veil, Patsy s. said you have been
having trouble. haven't you?
Yis, sor. He took off his hat and
began smoothing out the Grape with
his finger.
Who is the Grape Tor, Patsy %
Ne gran other. It wan wake this
day she's dead. S
His blue eyes filled with tears and
his lips trembled, as he added I She
was the best friend 4 iver had, granny
twas. She niver bate me in me loife
IAN she's saved me NANNY batin,
from me father an mither &
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25

.stanoh and faithful little soldier for
the right himself and to him, more
than to any one else, was due the final ]
reformation OF Mr.. and Mrs Noonan.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25

that only his two shining blue eyes
and his freckled pug nose were visible
az the little opening in the door OF the
room in which sat. "a ragged cap
rested lightly on the back Of his curly
red head. Eight dirty little fingers
sclutched at the shelf in front OF the
window, and / knew that Patsy was
standing on his tiptoes.
Affairs had been going wrong all the
morning in the bureau and felt
little cross, but no one could feel cross
long in the light Of Patsy's laughing
eyes, so said pleasantly:
Well, what do you want. little fell
low?
rs It here ye give things? Z" he said.
Yes, we do have things to give
away sometimes. What do you want y
We'll, do be wantin' more Inln
yell be givin' away" he replied. with
his eyes twinkling. Il want all thin
Vanderbilts has, but if We cauld lave
me have pair Of breeches the day, sor.
mebbe I could wait a bit for the rist."
opened the door and told him to
come in. He did so without any sign
of embarrassment, and vet his manner
was not bold. His need Of the "bree-
ches" was evident. Those he had on
were nothing but rags and patches His
stockings had holes IN them, and his
shoes were on the point OF dissolution.
Where do you live ?''
In Finney's coor-r-t, sor.''
knew the locality. Only the poor
est Of the poor live there.
What is your name ?.
Patsy Noonan.' q s@ s1
Have you father?''
Yes, sor." f
Is he at work ?''
He is, sor-on the ISLAM
needed no. further information re-
garding the character or occupation OF
Patsy's father. On the Island" were
the city's reformatory institutions, and
Z, if Mr.. Noonan was there it was for a
misd Of some sort, and it was
not necessary to embarrass Patsy by
pressing him for further details, so I
( sail
:. And have you a mother, too p
Indade have. =
What does she do?'
She's dom tonne on the Islam
along wild me father, now, sor.''
Patsy's eyes caught sight Of little
plaster cast Of Peter Cooper which
stood upon the. mantle / told him Of
Mr.. Cooper's Kindness to the poor.
He looks 1t, sor,'' said Patsy. It's
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25

S..Pop, what is humidity ?" BOILED
air. my son. Judge.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25

4 sfarbor Of nolulu, with her improved
machinery, 2 "a perfect armament and adj
d1tional size in length and beam, the
Marion Ma Of generation ago.
It will 'lI 'be seen that the Pacific squad
ron includes the latest and best de-
signs IN naval architecture and several
examples of modernized old vessels.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25
TEL e HE PIN G. HAND.

Z acquaintance
with Patsy began
at a time when I
had charge Of the
distributing bureau
! of q Helping Hand a j q
Aid. Society Patsy
appeared at the
] bureau one cold
and snowy mid
winter morning.
Ho yyaa en- small
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25
N @ e. s Y r o r j A Pan. !.
THE PACIFIC SQUADRON ABLE
TO GIVE A FIGHT.
Warships That Would Make It Little
3 Difioult 'iI to ".Isavage'' the Coast --.
Facts That English Writers Might
4 Ponder. Z. #lS . n.

T. .
HE Il: reports as to-
the objections on
the part Of Japan
to to any steps which
N might J lead to the
annexation of the
Hawaiian ][E'.'Wl islands
by the United
j States, and to- the
effect 1lft9 g that in case
Of trouble between 81
. . 80
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1897-09-25
Better Than a RelI.

a postof6ce clerk in Sydney, Austria
liza, emits an electric fashlight LASTING
five seconds every hour during tht
night, thus enabling those living miles
away to ascertain the exact time.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

The first severe sDo wstorm OF the sea-
son ia over and the weather this morning
was exactly what will suit most every
body, and business men in particular.
Although the thermometer IL lower than
it was yesterday. il is a still cold with
no wind and il IL not felt nearly as much
as with the ct ong wind blowing. The
recent storm has fully convinced people
chat winter is reality and there will be
a good business in winter garments at
the stores today. The storm brought
down plenty of snow and the sidewalks
were badly blocked this morning until
the street commissioner got out with a
force OF men and the scraper and cleared
a pathway.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18
kraternn1 Societies.

Members OF the local lodge of the A. o
U. W. order are considerably interested
In the question which has been botherinp
the order all over the country. and which
has come up at every grand lodge meet
ing for several years, but which is stil
unsettled. The next annual meeting oil
the grand lodge will be held at Lansing,
the latter part OF February, when the
matter will come up for settlement one
way or the other. The question ia
whether the lo'ge will adopt the CLASH
fed plan OF assessments or 20 on in the
old way OF assessing all members alike,
1t is understood that nearly all the
young men holding memberships in the
lodge favor the adoption OF the new
plan, Many OF the older men also favor
it, although some OF them will have to
pay more for their insurance than they
now pay. Should the classified plan be
adopted, the young men OF the order will
have an advantage over the older ones
go far az the rate Of insurance gose,
nevertheless many of the older members
favor the adoption of the new plan.
realizing that it would be a good thing
for the order.
1t is well known that during the past
few years the order has not advanced as
rapidly as il did in previous years, prnci-
pally on account OF the assessment plan.
The young men who intended going into
society OF that kind saw that so many
Others offered the same thing at 40 much
cheaper rates than did the Work men, and
naturally have gone into the other orders.
Although the present plan has become
IN M asure unpopular, the order has
held its own wonderfully well during the
past FIVE years or more, in spite OF the
competition Of other similar organiza
tons which have entered the field. 1t
stands today at the head OF the fraternal
societies in he United States.
The Modern Woodmen comes second
and judging from the relative progress
being made by the tw o societies il ia EVIL
dent that the Woodmen will soon be in
the lead in point OF membership u less
the Workmen adopt the ella sified assess
ment plan SION. The Woodmen has
been increasing it's membership at the
rate OF from 5000 to 5000 month dur
ing the past year.
The standing OF Red Jacket Lodge on
the classified assessment plan is not
known, but the delegate that represents
the lodge at the gr md lodge meeting will
be given instructions IA to how to vote
on the question and express the wishes
OF the lodge.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

particulars Of the death OF his brother
William in Idaho. When the news OF hi
death was first received none Of the par
ticulars were given and Mr.. SatterIy
feared that some misfortune had befalleu
him and his fears were realized yester
day when a brief note was received giving
full particulars.
The accident happened at a mine near
Warner and a rock weighing about 600
pounds fell on the deceased. striking him
in the neck and crushing him to the
ground. The rock fell about eight feet.
The remains were taken to Central City,
Colorado, where they were to be inferred
today.
The deceased has many friends in this
vicinity who will learn with deep regret
OF his unfortunate death. He way 20
years OF age instead of % as previously.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18
The Fire Department
City Council Decides
That We Require
More Hose.
For Better Fire Protection.
40 Arise In witch It Would
Prove Beneficial.


Although the Red Jacket fire depar
is alb ut as well equipped as any depart
ment In a town OF this size there ia on
thing in which an improvement can b,
made and the city has decided to invest
the money for the betterment OF the sys
TEN.
This is the matter OF hose. The coun.
Gil has decided to order more hose 30 as
to have about as much on baud at all
times as there is being used. Thedepart-
ment is now well equipped as far as it
goes, but all the hose is taken out to
every fire and in case a second alarm
should ever be turned in about the same
time they would be at loss as to what
to do.
The aldermen argued that If the de-
partment should be called by an alarm
60 fire on the mine location or in Laur-
ium and take all their hose with them,
which they always do, and another
alarm should be turned in from Red
jacket while they were at the first fire it
would be exceedingly difficult for them to
pick up their hose and get back to Red
jacket with any degree of speed. Where
as, il they had an extra lot OF hose at
the engineh ouse this could be pressed |
into the service in short order. Toe Gaze
referred TO would certainly be one in a |
thousand, but the council thought that
the unexpected very often happens and
il would be better to be on the safe eide.
City Clerk Ellis Is corresponding with
several firms as to the prices and quality
OF the hose so as to report at the next
meeting.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

| wish to pub'icIy show my apprecia-
ton oil the courteous manner in which
the Ancient Order OF Hibernians allowed
the death bsneit on account OF my late
brother John Doyle and by acknowledge
ing receipt of $1,000 for which they
have my thanks. MARGARET DOYLE,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18
Tax Notice.

For the convenience OF the tax payers
and in order to prevent too much crowd.
ing, l will attend at the Merchants 4
Miners bank Monday. Tuesday, W.dnes-
day and Thursday Of next week for the
purpose OF receiving taxes.
VIM. WALLS. Township Treasurer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18
The new Restaurant.

Having opened my new restaurant op-
posite Wilmers' Hall on Sixth street,
hope TO have share OF the public pat
ronage. Have accommodation for eight
steadv boarders. FRANK OLLINGER,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18
Mortality In nouxhton County

During the month OF November there
were Al deaths in this county, of which
were in Red JAG, ct. 2 in Laurium and Ii
in the other parts OF Calumet township,
making 23 In the township which, ac-
cording to the census of 1894, contained
16 COS persons, Four of the deaths in
Calumet township we're from diphtheria.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

The person who took the white silk
mufflsr from a satchel in the hall OF Mr..
Dinglsy's house at Tamarack is known
and unless it is returned at once proceed
ings will be commenced
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

II it is a question as to what you
should get your children for a holiday
git, don't forget nothing would please
them more than an Eastman camera.
Prices from 81 to $25.
FRANK VAsTBINDER.
At the City Drug Store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

For SALE CHEAP-A fifty acre farm in
the fruit belt of Michigan, near South
Haven. Apply to James Perry, near
Osceola store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18
turkey .hont.

There will be a turkey shoot on New
Years Day, january 1. 1898, at 8 a. m,
at Calumet Rod and Gun club grounds,
at 2OOyard range. Same rules govern
shoot as last years contest.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18
Calumet Carriage Works.

Manufacturer and dealer OF carriages,
wagons, cutters and sleighs. Repainting
and repairing OF all kinds on short no.
tice. First-class work guaranteed and
prices reasonable. Give me call.
JOSEPH HEBERT,
Corner Hecla and Lake Linden Avenue,
Lanrium.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

Lessons in penmanship OF any descrip::
ton by Professor Richard Raey at the
Y. N. G. A. tonight. All classes free to
members.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

Eastman Kodaks and supplies for
Christmas gifts. FRANK VAsTBlNDER,
At the City Drug Store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

Miss Mcleod. the trained nurse, can he
found at 1859 Calumet avenue until
further not &c,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

FONDA lap robe. Owner can hav,
same by applying at this office and pay
in for this ad.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

All the new styles in fancy slippers ant
shoes for ladies and gents at Hoskin,
x Co.'s.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18

Two organs left, must 60 Monday a,
Borwell 4 Sanford closing ont sale.