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selves. Uncle IL 80 generous. Won

selves. Uncle II so generous. Won't
you help us eat It up ?,'
The woman hesitated her face turn
ed red at first she seemed about to re-
fuse, then she altered her mind. s. gu
are very kind, Miss. she said. pat
5sey is a little pig, and never thought
sto bring more than asbit of bread. He'll
be- glad. of a cake, bless YOU, Then
Jennie smile Il and taking some paper
divided all the nice things into four
portions, and turned the chair so that
they could all use it for a table. The
boy ate as only a hungry boy could
At first the poor woman would not take
anything, but Jennie was so polite that
she took her share after a while, and
I said: It is really a refreshment, little
Miss and Master, and you're very kind
to offer it, and Patsey is as much oblig-
ed as ] am, though he doesn't say what
he ought" s~...... r: -.r -.
B Jennie was very glad she had taken
Jimmie's advice, and did not mind at
all when Sara Brown, girl she went
to school with, passed and looked at
them contemptuously, saying to her
sister, "How queer Of Jennie Bright to
pick UP such company. I shan't speak
to her. Why those folks are almost
beggars.'' >-sIs -... r..
IL When Uncle Jack came andttook the
children away, he said a civil word to
the woman, told her her boy was a
pretty little chap. and hoped the baby
would get well soon. Moreover, he
sent the waiter to her with cup of
coffee and a plate of clans. t'The sort
OF victuals she needs" he said to Jen-
ME- y-+ 49, Z.
When Jennie told Uncle Jack about
Sara Brown, he shook his head. "She's
a silly piece he said, "and remember,
my dear, as you sail on the voyage of
life, always answer a signal of distress
whenever you see one.''-New York
Ledger. $3.50 q
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Simple Directions.

Visitor-I would like to get you to
teach me to sail a boat. Boatman-
Sail a boat. Why, it's easy as swim
min Jest grasp the main sheet with
one hand an the tiller with the other,
an if 4 flaw strikes ease up or bring
E er to an loose the shalyards, but look
out fer the gait an boom or the hull
thing'l II be in the water an yell be up-
set; n but If the wind is steady y'r all
right, onless y'r too slow in luffin.. !.
cause then VI be upset sure. Jump in
AM try it; but, remember, whatever ye
do don't jibe!i
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This Dog Stops Running Horses.


{. A gentleman who makes his home at
the Hotel Berkeley is the possessor of
fine st. Bernard which deserves gold
medal. The dog has developed a
strong penchant for stopping runaway
horses, and the last time the stop was
accomplished just in time to save a
party of ladies from serious injury and
perhaps worse. His master was driv-
ing down Portland avenue last Satur-
day when he was startled by a cry Of
Look QUIT" He turned, and was just
in time to wheel his horse out of the
way of a runaway, which was tear
ing down the avenue. Just ahead there
was party of ladies who could not
possibly escape what seemed certain
death to some ofSthem, when the dog,
who had been following and who SEEM
ed by instinct to comprehend the i'm
pending tragedy, gave a leap and
caught the lines of the runaway be-
tween his teeth, his great weight
bringing the frightened animal to his
launches just as he was about to strike
one of the ladies, who seemed too ter
ritied to move.-Minneapoli Times.
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Those red-cheeked girls, with learned
IS books, s5'.S%. = :,
Are hocking back to school,, F. =
To fit themselves to break mems hearts
They break the whisper rule.
Writes Letters to Himself.

IL W IlboS AACbt0IS HIMSELF
John Beckwith, the warehouseman,
received letter the other day adj
dressed in a round business hand and
bearing the Oakland postmark. He
glanced at it, rubbed his forehead re-
fectively moment and then, without
opening the envelope, tore it into bits
why did you do that?"' asked his
partner That might have contained
something of important Z 55=
NO, it didn t. wrote it myself
BE Are you in the habit of writing let-
tiers to yourself = # s .55s'
sly es; / have to. Now, if L hadn't
written that yesterday and mailed it. /
would have forgotten that bunch Of
braid, two dozen pearl buttons and five
yards Of hair cloth that I've got to 20
up town and buy right now. Once.
though, wrote a letter. to myself about
something wanted to remember and
forgot to mai. It for two weeks. san
Francisco Postt. NJ
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-08
Hungry Higgins-"An' t. t'inkedat we
skipped dat free concert las night!''
Empty Edwin-"W'y?"
Hungry Higgins here paper
says de music was intoxicatin'." =
Explained,

Explained.
The stranger looked after the man
who had been pointed out to him and
then shook his head
"He doesn't look like a spendthrift
or high roller he said, at last.
Nevertheless, what I tell you is
true" replied the native. "He spent
not less than $4,000 for wines and IL
quors in single year.. - "a. 80
"A regular prodigal, suppose, in
spite of his looks?',a 20. 49,. 50
mo; a saloonkeeper.''@ 4
1t was a fortunate thing for the ma
tive that he could outrun the stranger.
or he would have had to engage room
at hospital for at least a month";
Chicago Post. ~ --.-
I,
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been protected and decorated. This is
photograph Of an ordinary pint hook
bottle, which had probably been
:hrown away BY some white men and
eagerly bounced upon by a native, who
land the whole countryside agreed with
aim) considered he had lighted upon a
real treasure The bottle was covered
I'm g very tasteful manner with hide
and plated strips Of vari-colored cane,
che latter being worked into zig-zag
pattern in panels from top to bottom.
even the cork did not fail to receive
attention, for it, too, was covered with
hide and colored a brilliant red. The
bottle was afterwards used as water
vessel by powerful chief. ~.
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Wad she be, my drap o dew?
~3.** al t.r.+E5 p MI T., ~ =
Yester-e'en her answer came -
Sweet and saucy, like my lass: :
In the way o. color, Rob, ,,...&
/ re are like a blade O. grass,
An ye're growing in my heart,
Where the cauld wind never blew!
Dlnna suffer lang WI thirst; u
Zone and take your drap o.. dew" +. .
-aatt1e e. Garfield in Ladies Home
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yellow leaves are falling now.
Jennie's Lunch Party.

Jennie's Lunch Party. -
Jimmie and Jennie were on the Co.
ney Island boat. Their Uncle Jack had
taken them for a treat. Uncle Jack al
ways took Jimmie and Jennie to lots
of places when he came from voyage
He was brown and bright-eyed and jol-
ly, and was always giving somebody
something. Second mate of the Lady
Cay sounded very fine to Jimmie, and
he always hoped to be a sailor himself
one day; "
"You must get some schooling, of
course" Uncle Jack said, "but now and
then you'll have a holiday and you
shall go to sea with me-" Jimmie was
sure he would like it all the time, but
Uncle Jack said no one knew how his
ideas might change as he grew up.
Well, as said, Jack and the chill
dren were on their way to Coney Is
land, and so were a lot more people.
Uncle Jack had carried three seats well
forwarded up into thea sharp point OF
the boat where the water seems so
close, and then he had gone to get a
nice chair with arms for poor look
ing woman with a sick baby in her
arms and little boy holding 10 ! her
dress. Then he set to work to make
the children what he called comfort
able. He called the boy with basket
of .tarts and bought a dozen. Then an
old man with a tray full of packages Of
candy, each warranted to contain q
prize, went around the boat, and Jim.
ME had lemon drops and Jennie had
gum drops, and they were wondering
what the prizes would be when the
orange and banana boy came up, an6
Uncle Jack bought fruit for them. Was
there any thing Uncle Jack did not
buy? They asked him if he was moi
afraid he would spend all his. money
and he answered that that was what he
came ashore for.
"A sailor does not get chance to buy
anything while he is on board his
ship" he said, 'sand he doesn't care tc
take his pay out with him. Why sup
pose he was to go down to the bottom
some stormy night, think of the good
money that would be wasted Jennie
began to cry over the idea of Uncle
Jack going to the bottom of the sea,
but he told her there was very little
danger, and asked her if she did not
know that there was a sweet little
cherub that sat up aloft to, keep watch
DER the life of poor Jack" s.
( Then the man with sandwiches came
up, and Jack bought a quantity of him
and sent for some glasses of lemonade
and then he went away to smoke a
cigar where there were not so many la
dies. "For ladies are apt not to like
smoke" he said, t'and it's not polite to
puff it where the wind may blow it in
their faces
AS soon as Uncle Jack was gone the
children put all the things he had
brought upon the chair they were keep
ing for. him. What pile of sandwiches
and tarts, cakes, candy, fruit, He had
told them to eat everything up, for he
was going to have some coffee and
clans, which he liked better. "But
really, Jennie said, I've never can
eat them all ourselves, we. ought to
have company. = s.s~s+ss. z
Just at that moment the pale little
boy who was with the poor woman for
whom Jack had brought the chair be-
gan to cry: Mamma, buy me cake
he said. Ate your bit Of bread, hon
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sr-0t a ;, 80 IS = 49, :!
Adjustable Hand.Mirror.

No longer need madame crane and
twist her neck to discover the condition
Of her back hair. No longer need she
pull the shoulder. Of a bodice out OF
shape trying to determine with the aid
of hand glass how her waist fits. The
latest and best hand glass does not re-
quire to be held in the hand at all. 1t
clasps the back of chair easily and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-08
The Ordeal OF a Watch.

Those Who own and carry good
watches are probably not aware Of the
tests through whichA fine watches 60 be-
fore they are sent out upon the mar
kets with the makers guarantee. Biz
mingham and Coventry are the two ,p,t,
great which factories Of England, and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-08
A Comfortable COMPANION.

A Comfortable Companion.
Doesn't your wife annoy you by
asking questions. at the base ball
gamer" zG @ d. -s<l.s. - 49,
+ Never; she is one of those women
who always like to let on that they
know all about everything. Detroit
Free Press. 49, E .s5* r. 5t55 =s%'.s I E
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.OMMON glass bot
ties are evidently
acquisitions of con-.
siderable r b. value in
the estimation Of
the natives Of West
Africa at any rate
Judging from the
careful and ingeni-.
GUS manner in
which the accompa-
- yirr erooipoor hos
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madame, seated before her dressing ta-
] BILE, is enabled to have one reflector be-
fore her and one behind her without
the least wearying Of her wrist.
To Convert Knots Into Miles.

Very frequently people want to
know the equivalent OF a ships run
in miles. This can be very easily done
by this simple formula: Multiply the
knots by ISIS and the result will be
miles. s ssgs$ .8s. 81 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-08

In holding two sections Of drain pipe
together while cen MT ng, a newly pat
ented core will be found useful, the
device being divided into three wedge
shaped sections. which force the pipes
to- align and can be withdrawn after
the cement hardens By means Of 8
handle OF cord. sssss 55ss
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Round and round me skipping7
Where to-day the mice at play
Are the only sounds I hear.
Where are all the little men, EMU
Where each little lady?
Some are in the sweet green flelda.
Some in woodlands shady. ;;s.~5
Some af1oat in painted boat
Glide along with easy notion, :Is
Some are building sandy towers s
BY the big, blue ocean. @fE
Ear away shouts at play
Y Are the only sounds I hear
yellow leaves are falling now,
Summer time is over; a "a
They will soon return to me-, s~z:s
Every little rover. ~
Girls and boys, with pleasant no1se r.:
+ Happy little voices humming, (,
They will gather round my door e.
Listen! they are coming! .@
Laughter sweet and hurrying feet
Are the merry sounds I hear" .S5 7
~ e. H. Z
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-08
FOB BOYS A ND GIRLS,
some GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS. 3
''Jennie's Lunch Party As You SAIL.
4 the voyage Of Life. Never Fan to.
81 Answer . Signal OF Distress when
ever You See One.
In the Holidays.

@OULl I'LL ;, the empty
sc h o Q / h on Sc
speak
Through the long
vacation,
This is what I
think 'twould say
L In its desolation:
Oh, dear me!
/ where can they.
;a be,
All the feet that
went stripping
In and out, and out
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-08

OUR BUD @ E + IJN,
SOME dooD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
The Effects Of Intoxicating nIusic--The
Trouble with Boston q Martyr to
N e 10 + y and Jetsam from
.he Tide. Js$ ,.s.: r
A ''Drap O, ID etw."

Haze aften heard it
said 81
Out my wording
may be new)
Ilka tiny blade o.
grass
Gets its ain. pure
drap O dew.
This aud saying /
did pen, s-1s
Asking Jeanne II
she knew ~
I was like a blade
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nurse in attendance. These lncuba-
tors are used as a means of saving the
lives of prematurely born or very
weakly infants. The incubator is COM
posed of a metal frame mounted on a
metal stand. The child rests on wire
hammock suspended from the four cor
:ners, and in front are two swinging
glass doors made to close tightly, while
at enc side is a glass window through
which the child may be seen. This box
is heated by air which is made moist
and agreeable by being passed through
"A small sheet of absorbent antiseptic
wool suspended in medicated water
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-08

More people over one hundred years.
Did are found IN mild climates than In.
the higher ATTITUDES.
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| Theory ss 3EEs
# Weary Watkins Ain t it funny some,
men cant work till they are full oil
booze
Dismal Dawson a on't see nothln'5
funny about 1t. Amt a man got to.
drown his misery :? nd annapolis Jour-
Il nal. -3s.
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Free Press.

ssh Fri Ky A--' ell, how are things in Ros-
ton? Have they named any new pie;
after Aristotle yet ~ ..i
Jinks..N $50. But i heard man
there ask for a Plato soup. .
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SCIENTIFIC POINTERS B,
CURRENT NOTES OF DIscov-
cry AND INVENTION.
Africsn Bottles Are objects OF Great
valas IN the Eyes OF the Natives a
Nsw 1saby Incubator "a Contrivance
for Fanning the Feeble spark Of Life.
Bottles In Africa, g..

OMMON glass bot
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-16
MISSOURI RIVER DRIED UP.
State of Affairs Never Before known
Exists Near Helena.

Helena, Mont, Feb. l0.-For the first
time in its history the upper Missouri
river, or that part of it below Canyon
Ferry, is dry. The incompleted portion
of the dam being built by the Helena Wa
ter and Electric Power Company, IL
miles north of Helena, was closed yester-
day, and although the river at that point
runs more than 1000 cubic feet per Sec
ond, according to government surveys,
it will take the river two days to rise the
five feet now remaining before it will flow
over the dam. A lake is being formed
by the backwaters of the dam, which ex-
tends seven miles up the river and covers
six square miles of territory. In the
meantime the river below the dam is prac
tically dry, child being able to ford it
without danger. Men are prospecting in
the river bed for gold, while Others have
taken out large catches of trout and
other fish that have been caught in the
pools formed in the river bed. The dam
is "a feet high, and has been built at
cost Of $450,000. In few weeks it will
be furnishing electrical power to this city.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-16
TERRoRIzES NEW MEXICO.
Black Jack, the Outlaw, and Some of
His Daring Deeds.

Black Jack, the Outlaw, and Some of
His Daring Deeds.
Black Jack, the hero of the Santa Fe
Pacific express robbery, is one of the
worst bad men that ever devastated
the Southwest. His habitat is Western
New Mexico. and his latest and most
desperate robbery was the holding up
Of the Santa Fe Pacific express train,
with the help of single companion.
He secured between $4,000 and $75,-
600 in gold, and has successfully elud-
ed pursuit. For months past Black
Jack and his band have held up stages
and trains and secured thousands of
dollars, and the railroad officials and
government officers have been unable
to stop their depredations.
Black Jacks real name is Howard
Mcdonald, and he is said to be Har-
ward graduate Of engaging appearance.
Black Jack has been at work in the
territory about two years, and already
many strange stories are told of him.
An express agent once spoke of his lack
Of fear of Black Jack. A few nights
afterward he received a visit from that
gentleman, who robbed the safe.
A man named James Shaw Informed
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-16
A LOOK ALL AROUND.
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
items Of InfOrmatio Gathered From
Wide Area-Political Happen
ings and Industrial Notes-Crimes
and Accidents.

Paul Kruger has been reelected presi-
dent Of the South African republic.
Orders have been sent to Captain Samp-
son, in command of the North Atlantic
squadron off Key West, to send the tor
pedo boat Cushing to Havana with stores
for the use of the Maine.
News comes of the murder of Mexican
in the placer district of Tenachi, 1917 miles
east of Hermosillo, Mexico, as the result
of which l3 Americans are in jail in Te-
pachi pending an investigation. The
names of the prisoners are not known.
General Prospero Morales, formerly
secretary of war under General Barrios
and late head of the unsuccessful rebel
lion, has been declared president of Gu
atemala.
The loss of life and destruction of prop
erty by fire at Thirteenth and Pike streets,
Pittsburg, was the greatest in the his
tory of the city. At least Is people were
killed, over score were injured and
property valued at million and half
was destroyed.
A memorial has been presented to Pres
ident Mckinley by delegation of New
York business men, representing large
number of well known firms in that city,
asking action be taken by this govern
ment looking to the re-establishment of
peace in Cuba.
Diplomatic relations between the Unit
ed States and Spain through Minister De
LONE are at an end and correspondence
III foI aynl,,,x,nI,y 4h,ny,.l,
Minister Woodford in Madrid until Spain
sends a new minister to Washington or
designates charge d'affaires
Michael Cudahy, the multi-million-
aire of Chicago, was in Los Angeles, Cal.
the other day. He is making tour of in
spection of his interests in southern Cali
fornia. He has under consideration the
advisability of Transforming the Nadeau
ranch of 5000 acres. which he owns near
Florence, into beet sugar farm and
erecting factory which will equal any
in southern California.
A new Office for advising the japanese
emperor and ministry in military and
naval affairs has been created, to be
known as the Gensui Flu, the members of
which will be chosen from among the ad-
mirals or field marshals who have rem
dered special services. Prince Komatsu,
Marquis Yamagata, Marquis Oyama and
Marquis Saigon have been appointed
members of the board and given the title
of generalissimo.
Adviees from the Orient report an as
sault by japanese artisans on Mr.. Sands,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-16
BANK DIRECTORS ON TRIAL.
Charged With Illegally Accepting n
Deposit.

Spokane, Wash, Feb. l0.--The trial of
A. A. Newbery, L. b. Hyde and w. j..
Dwyer, OF the failed Citizens National
bank, is in progress here. They are
charged with accepting deposit from
Postmaster Mallon after the institution
was in failing condition. Mayor E. D..
Olmsted ard D. F. Wetzel, defendants in
the same cas., elected to have separate
trial. A jury was secured without diff
Guilty from the regular panel. R. E. NJ.
Strickland, who was receiver of the bank
after its failure, was the only witness call
ed today, and he had only identified him
self when adjournment was taken until
tomorrow.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-16
TROOPS TO 90 TO ALASKA.
Part of a Regiment Ordered From
Fort Vancouver.

Portland, Ore, Feb. l0.-Orders have
been received at department headquarters
at Vancouver Barracks to send four COM
panies of United States troops to Dyea
and Skaguay as soon as possible. This
order is issued on account of the threat
ened lawlessness at the points mentioned.
Companies A, B, G and Fl of the Four
teenth infantry have therefore been Or
dered to take station at Skaguay and
Dyea and as soon as transportation can
be arranged they will be sent forward.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company
has chartered the steamship Australia,
one of the Pacific Mail fleet, and there is
a probability that she will be sent here
to transport the troops north.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-16
KLONDIKE.

our western country as any freezing cor
ner of Klondike. Twenty degrees below
zero is not an uncommon condition of
winter weather, and by reason of this in
tense cold rheumatism has its best chance
to grow painfully intense and chronic in
It's continuance. We need not, therefore,
borrow an idea of cold from Klondike.
What we want is the best cure for Rheu-
matism. and anywhere and everywhere.
whether In freezing cold or melting heat.
St. Jacobs Oil is known. valued and used
as the Master Cure of this universal
plague Of mankind. The proof of its eff
cacy can always be produced, and its eff
ficacy in the cure of the disease goes on
in all conditions of weather.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-16

the authorities that the gang had been
in the vicinity of Clifton, and they
swore to have his life for the death of
Ketchum, one of their number who had
been killed In fight with officers His
house was blown up with dynamite,
his horse was shot from under him in
the mountains. and finally he was muir
dered in Western Grant County while
following up Black Jack and his gang.
One Of Black jacks most daring ex-
ploits was to notify party Of II who
lived in one room at San Simon that
lie would call upon them. He held up
the entire u and got AWAY unframed.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-02-16
AN OPEN LErTes 70 MOTHERS

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use OF the word "CASrORIA," and
PITCHERS CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, Of Hyannis Massachusetts,
was the originator of" PITCHERS CAS- rORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear tho
facsimile signature of CHAs. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This Is the original PITCHERS
CASToRIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers Of America for over thirty years
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
The kind ,on hare aiaoays bought. and has the
signature of cHAS. II. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company uf which
chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 3, !S27. SAMUEL PITCHER, Md