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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05
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I Food for the Beasts,

T Central Park has a Slaughter
house, says.the New York Morning
Journal and Henry Zier .presides
over it. There worn-out horses,
goats and sometimes other animals
are killed and the meat prepared for
the big beasts ;oft the men lingerie.
Every other day Mr.. Zeir takes an
old horse out of the adjoining stable
quietly ties his hind leg to a rope
which is attached to a wheel and
pulley, and in a jiffy the horse is in
the air kicking for life,.. while with
one we'll directed stroke of his ak the
butcher knocks all consciousness
out of the animals head, and the ice
box is filled with as tasty and nicely
cut horse meat as ever satiate the
appetite Of carnivora.
"These horses, said Mr.. Zier, care
usually very old, and we buy them
from dealers for from - to 81 apiece.
"Cn an average a horse will give
400 pounds ofmeat, and the ami.
mails generally get AWAY with $50
pounds day. So you see we get
along with one horse every other
day.
= is the meat tender?'' Why, yes,
fairly so: The animals like it as
we'll as beef. But they do object to
mule meat.
'1've, only killed two of them since
I've been here, and when we fed them
to the lion l thought he'd break the
bars. 1t was like giving him leather.
It was simply impossible for him to
gets bite. OF course, when the lit
tie goats who are used to run the
goat carriages get old, Or: are no
longer fit for use, we kill them and
feed the meat to the animals. AS a
rule, that is a great feast. They
could stand goat meat every day.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05
N UM.BER 35.
Quite Differen

An Englishlaborer who was giving
q traveller some interesting items Of
information ina regard to the region
where he lived chanced to touch on
the curious supers titions of the coun-
try folk. a .
why" said he, 81 was over TO
Leek Woolton Monday week, and
there I see a young female binding
together: two sticks with a thread.
Cross them, she did, and then tied
them together ,>.:.. :.
"'What kind of wood is that
says I; @box?' .2><.s.. ( =.
>. No, says she;snors yet.ash, nor
oak. It's witch elm j. ss.. ...
- And what are YOU going to do
with it, now you've tie d it up?' says
- - Sew it in my stays says she,
sand then. nobody won t wish me no
HARM Eve wore one now for three
years and my luck never's turned
And she believed it, continued he
scornfully. .sStrangeR'
Not many minutes. after the same
man espied a little plant growing
by the waters edge and carefully
removed a portion of it with his
| pocket knife. :. ,4.:.*.. ..,
Now, see here, my ladies'" he said,
displaying it, "this is a leaf that is
exactly like the human liver. If you
should look at it under microscope.
toward the end of summer you could
hardlytellit from mans liver, with
it's little veins and all, quite correct.
Now that's called the liverwort, and
not long ago Isaved a MINIS life BY
telling him ,tolsteep it and drink it. !.
He had liver complaint, and not one
of the doctors could do anything tor
him." ..... - -. ;.s"<S@@ .z
"And how did you know it was
| good?" was the inquiry. =.
s. Why, bless you, my lady, didn't
the Almighty tell us-it was created
for liver complaint by making itathat
shape? e?'-Youth's Companion.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05
Where Wife Whips Hubby.

AS a rule the Indian women of BO-
livia@ are superior TO their lords in in
telligence and earn the larger share ol
their mutual support. Being the
older of the two, she is naturally the
head of the house, and is more likely
to thrash her dutiful- spouse than he
is to misuse her. In the markets,
where farm prod are disposed Of,
she can drive q better bargain than
he; she can carry as heavy burdens,
endure as much manual labor. chew
as much coca and drink as much al
cohol. & S. ... .5,5. : ~. =
The Indians have little orno money,
their mediums Of exchange being
whatever they may raise, or the la
bor of their hands. They will eat
when not hungry, drink when not
thirsty, sleep when not sleepy, any
where and at any time when oppor-
tunity offers, ''against the time oi
need" as they say. The majority
are IN a state of semi-intoxication
from babyhood to the grave, alcoho
being used on every pretext, freely as
their means will allow, on occasions
of birth, deaths and least days-the
latter occurring nearly. every. day 10
the year. ~ ..f S=.ss.-s - = =.
They are social creatures and not
at all inclined to live alone; hence
their houses are always in groups,
and a acommunity Of them, though
numbering not more than half doz-
en-, is called an estancia. In the in
terror of Bolivia if an Indian desires
to change his place OF residence, he is
not allowed to settle in another vii
lage until the authorities thereofhave
looked into his private history, when,
it the record is not satisfactory, he
is ordered to move on. But that
seldom happens, for they are like
cats in their attachment to places,
and will cultivate the same bit OF
poor land from generation to genera
ton, though barely able to keep
bod and soul together: ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05
A Queer Epitaph.

The following epitaph Ga Ram,
bier thinks from Sutton church
yard may be new TO some is on
the tombstone dated one
s'W {. Y iillliam Juniper, ESQ smith
Of the Borough of sout thwa and
to the honorable board 81 ord nance,
az and q. Juniper hall in this parish ''a
Ny Sledge and Hammer lie declined,
8 Ny BalloWs, too. have lost their wind
& Ay Fires extinct, my Forge decayed, 8
Is And in tho dust my Wise is laid.
SR.s Ny Goals are spent, my Iron gone,
: NY Nails arc drove, my Work is done;
" My Fire dried Corpse here lies at rest,
a My Soul (smoke-ike scars to be blast. y
& St. lanes Gazette.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05
The Dome of st. Peters Crack
& ing.

From the Argonaut. 5SS .5s5 B:
The dome Of st. Peters has been
cracking for a considerable length Of
time, and the number and extent Of
assures are becoming alarming.
About LOO years ago a similar state
of things was remedied by encircling
the dome with a strong band of
metal. TFlse band was heated and
its contrac action on cooling was found
to be sufficient to close up the cracks.
The suggestion now made is that
electric vel lding has come just in time
TO mike ST Peters safe for another
hundred years
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05
"A SERMON IN RHYME.

Il you have g friend worth loving,
Love him. Yes, and let him know
3s That you love him, ere life's evening sEW
Tinge his brow with sunset glow,
Why should good words ne'er be said
~ OF a friend till he is dead?' p = r..
@iIfyou hear song that thrills you,
Sung by any child ofsong, #54 y :
Praise it. Do not let the singer =. -.
= Wait deserved praises long, -'-'
Why should one who thrills your heart
Lack the JOY you may impart! j.. -
4Jfyou hear prayer tnat moves you,;
By its humble. pleeding tone, - 't
DIN it. i Do notlpt the seeker / - .,
Bow before his God alone. 4
= Why should not your brother share "asss
The strength Of two or three" in prayer?
s.If You see the hot tears falling .-e
From brothers weeping eyes, -
ssShare them, and by kindly sharing =
y Own your kinship with the skcs. Co. -
Why should anyone be glad + ~ =
When a brothers heart is sad? - -
# silvcry laugh goes ripping -.
=. Through the sunshine of his face, -
SShnre it. 'Tis the wise mans saying
For both grief and joy a place.
There's health and goodness IN the mirth
lE which an honest laugh has birth.
II your work is made more easy
By a friendly helping hand,
22SaN So, Speak out brave and truly,
Ere the darkness veil the land.
EShould II brother workman dear
Falter fo1ta word of cheer? VI
-%Scatt ter thus your seeds Of kindness.
All rnriching as you go;
Leave them. Trust the Harvest Giver,
He will make ath seed to grow,
$50 until its happy end.
Your life shall never lack a friend.
Rev. D. W.. Hoyt in the Watchman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05
HOLDING A PRISONER.

IN the pioneer days of
.Minnesota my father
was elected sheriff Of
county, and in
due time our family
took up it's residence
in the county Jail. /
was the only child,
q and was at that time
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-02-05

about 13 years old. About a month
ii. after we took possession we received
"a prisoner who was known over a
wide section of country as Black
Jim, horse thief, robDer and general
rdesperad 0. He was a man about sc
lark eompleKion-
ed quick and Wiry, and his capture
was hailed as agreatevent. Officers
Z had been after him for over two
=. years, and two of them who had
turned up missing were believed tc
have been shot down by the desper
ado. He was brought to jail load
ed down with irons, and up to the
= time of his examination father EN-
ployed two extra guards. After he
had been remanded to the higher
court, Black Jim was so quiet and
humble that the extra guards were
dismissed, and he was looked alter
. by our regular turnkey, who was a
middle-aged man named Andrews.
The Jail was built of stone, and
was the only jail in the state at the
time. The prison part was - feet
wide by the width of the building,
making a corridor about II by 80.
There were no cells in this corridor,
but it was clear space, with hunks
for five or 81 ix prisoners. 1t was shut
in by iron bars running from top to-
bottom, and admission was had by
a single door. The windows were
small and we'll guarded. There was
no fear of Black Jim or any other
prisoner going out Improperly looked
after. ~5E.-
5 Two weeks after our prisoner had
been remanded father was called up-
on to organize a posse and seek the
capture of a gang of horse thieves
raiding in a neighborhood 20 miles
away. I heard his instructions to
Andrews before he left. He said:
Don't take your eye off Black
jim. This afternoon my wife will go
on duty, and you can sleep and be
ready for night. ~ s:.S.
"Oh, you needn't be afraid of any
thing going wrong, replied Andrews.
I'D just like to see Jim hoodwink
me, and / can watch for three days
and nights, if necessary. !" d #5.s',
II saw that father didn't like his
boasting, but he was IN a. hurry to
I be off, and he left right away after
dinner. Andrews took up his station
in an armchair in the corridor, and ]
brought in some wood for the BIG
stove (it was October, filled up the
water pals, and was busy for an hour
( or two. 4 happened to be in tile cor
ridor when the gate bell rang, and
went out to answer lit The caller
4 was a keen-loo oking man about 10
years old, pretty well dressed, and
he had a package under his arm.
Whenshe had followed me into the
jail building he said to Andrews: 8s. 0
q am Lawyer Thomas, of Brock
vile, and have come tosee my CLIENT z
Black Jim's examination had TAX
en- place at a town eight miles away,
and neither drews, my other nor
myself had been present; therefore
we did not know any Of the lawyers
in the case. Father had not said
anything about visitors, and when
Lawyer Thomas demanded an inter
view with his client, Andrews did not
hesitate to let him into the ward.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

"Here's another funny fellow" said
the first farming expert in the depart
ment Of agriculture. wants to know
why the government does not make
an appropriation for spraying melon
trees so that the fruit will not all be
destroyed by worms"
Were on to that sort of chap"
chuckled the second expert. Il Won
der if he really thinks we don't know
that melons grow underground, like
potatoes Fudge.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

List Of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors
Joseph 8. Bennett, st. Paul, Mimi,
motion converter for windmills; Bev-
~ A. Fisher, Hamilton, Mont, rein
guard for neck Jokes; Adolph Lemke,
Minneapolis, Mimi, chimney; Dorila,
MARCEL, Terrebonne, Mimi, washboil-
err: George w. Murray, Minneapolis,
Mimi, spring mattress; Thomas Il.
Nicholson and William Dufreese, st.
Paul, Mimi, automatic slack adjuster
for railway brakes; Francis Petelcr,
Minneapolis, Mimi, heating furnace;
Rudolph w. O. Rehmenklau, Mime
apolis, MINI, means for closing tire
punctures; Guy w. Small, Buffalo
Lake, Mimi, sheet adjusting device
for printing press.
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, Patent
Attorneys, 010, OIL and 912 Pioneer
Press Building, st. Paul, MINI.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Whitfield with His Only Hand.

A model of Farragut's old flagship,
the Hartford, complete in all it's de-
tails, and yet the work of a one-armed
man, is the curiosity owned by A. D.
Worthington of Hartford. The maker
of this little craft, which is a trife
wei a yard long, is BILLY" Graham of
the Sailors Snug Harbor, on Staten is
land. The marvellous thing about the
model is that it is entirely the work
of William Graham with his jack
knife and hat he has only his left
hand with which to do it, his right arm
having been tori from his shoulder in
an accident on board a war vessel.
Whether it was on the Hartford or
not is not known. Each separate piece
was whitfield with Billy's left hand
holding the knife, while the bit of
wood was held tightly between his
knees. AS an illustration of the virtue
Of patience in small things, the model
Is unique, and as a reproduction of the
old type of wal vessel of wood. before
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Brain Light and Dreams.

Professor Scripture of Yale has found
reason to think that the faint light
which we can see in darkness, Or with
closed eyes, and which appears in the
form of rings, waves and irregular fig
ures, is due, not as is generally sup
posed, to chemical changes going on in
the retina, but to something occurring
in the brain, and he proposes to call it
cerebral light" 1t appears to be To-
Gated Gin those higher centres of the
brain, which are connected with visual
memories and imaginations." A close
connection has been observed between
these cerebral light figures and the
contents of dreams, and Professor
Scripture suggests that the hallucina-
lions produced by drugs, like hashish,
may be simply notifications of such
figures.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Crime Epidemics.

Students of mental science who be-
lieve that it is possible to create con-
ditions or destroy them, according as
the mental force is applied, are specu-
lating on the why's and wherefores of
what appears to be epidemics Of crime.
The spread of crime germs comes un-
der discussion land while of course a
great deal of talk is theory, it is plaus-
ible theory and deserves respectful at
tention. Because a thing has lot
been known argues nothing. That the
universe is %thronged with the infinites-
imal, the microscope and patient re-
search long ago revealed to us. That
there may be larger forms of life made
I'D of material that we can neither see
nor understand is equally possible. 1t
is claimed by believers in the mental
science theory that whenever an idea
occurs to us it is either a new birth
or has come to us and found a lodg-
ment in our minds as a thistledown
might float to us and settle upon our
garments. Once born they insist that
an idea is as much a living, created
tlluS as d pidiI VI q hulhoh pOihS. IL
this be true. the theory of crime cpl
denies is not unreasonable. An evil
mind brings forth a brood of evil
thoughts, designs and desires. They
are spread abroad through the atmos-
phere, and in their own way attach
themselves to the minds of others as
the seeds of noxious weeds drift from
neglected highways and byways upon
our well kept and fertile acres. If the
mind gardener does not approve them
he roots them out and destroys them
If they please him, he fosters them end
gives them opportunity to increase g
thousandfold disseminating themselve;
broadcast over the land. They fall
upon untitled and u%nsubdued space, the
fallow fields and untenanted pasture:
Of our spiritual nature. The ignorant
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Latest wrinkle in Wells.

The very latest wrinkle in wells, says
the New York Sun, is the empire
scarf. 1t comes two and a half yards
long, and is mennt to be fastened
about the brim of the hat and brought
round and knotted on the left shoul-
der. These scarf wells are usually OF
dotted net, in black, white, or white
with black dots, and are edged, top
and bottom, with very narrow black
ribbon velvet. Across the ends of the
scarf is a plating or frilling of fine
lace q finger wide, with three rows OF
narrow velvet run on or above 1t as q
border. Others OF these scarfs are OF
chiffon yelling or Brussels net, IN
cream color, cardinal or russell brown.
When Of a becoming shade, these SOFT,
fiuttersome veilings form a pretty
frame for a delicat eface and enhance
the bloom of even a glowing beauty.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17

organs are depressed, and do their
work feebly. Respiration is tneh
slower, and may even, in very severe
attacks, become imperceptibie. Inc
heart also shares in the loss OF power
and its movements may be SO weak
that pulsation in the arteries can not
be detected. AS for the temperature
of the body, that generally remains
the same as in health, but IN cases
where the lungs and heart are entee-
bled, as we have described. 1t SILKS
two or three degrees below the nor
NAL, and the skin is icy cold and
clammy. In these cases. of course'the
victim of the fit has really the appear
ance of death. Eulenburg says very
severe cases, in which, with icy cola
skin, the pulse and respiration became
so weak as to become im~perceptlble,
may have led the laity to consider the
patients apparently or truly dead. Such
cases form the foundation FOR the
many exaggerated and the wonderfully
distorted stories in regard to cataleptlc
persons who have seemed to be deau
during several days, or who have been
buried alive.
1t is true that the only positive sign
of death is decomposition; but there
are a number of tests held to be quite
reliable, and if several of these are APP
piled in a case always with negative
results, but little doubt al exist. But
no conscientious physician will ever
take chances in a case OF this SORT
where there exists the slightest doubt
He would insist that burial be de-
layed until all trace of 1t was removed.
| Some old and reliable authorities in
medicine have told of cases where cat
aleptics have been buried and returned
to life again; WI can scarcely doubt
such were authentic. But in this con
nection there is one important poin'
to be considered. Medical science has
made rapid advances in the many years
that have elapsed since the last OF
these cases was reported. 1t cannot
be so long ago that the one test OF
death almost wholly relied upon was
the looking glass held to the mouth
But at the present time there are TWEEN.
ty-perhaps thirty-tests, every one
of which is even more reliable thar
that old one. The danger of burla
before death has ever been fully ap'
p%reciated by doctors, and how to pre-
vent such a terrible accident has beer
a constant study with them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Declined to Join the Band.

The following is an exact copy OF d
letter received by a Syracuse young
lady who, possessing a piano and be-
ing about to remove to a small country
town, advertised for room and board
in a family ''musically inclined:'
"Deare Miss, we think we kin suit you
with room and boad, If you prefer to
be where there is musick. l play the
fiddel, my wife the origin, my dorter
julie the akordion, my other dotter the
bango, my son Hen the gittar, my son
John the foot and kOronet an my son
Glen the bae drum, and all of us sings
Gospel hims in which we would be
glad to have you take part, both vocal
and instrumental if you play on any
thing. We play by ear, and when we
all git started there is real musick in
the air. Let us know if you want to
come here to bord."-New York Even
ing Post.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Jests.

1t was Margie who said when she
first saw a white duck suit: "Dwacious!
zere's a man Eat isn't up yet"
Papa, l wish you'd whip me-"
whip you, my son! Why should 1
whip your" Because when you whip
me, gives me some JAM"
what are O doing, James," said
a teacher to one of a group of urchins
who was hanging by his toes from
the fence of the schoolyard, about the
time that the rage for calisthenics was
%permeating our country. "Only doing
eoclesiastics," replied one of his COM
panions, glibly.
Sister-There! you have candy all
over your new suit. What will NAM
ma say?
Little Brother-Well, mamma won't
let me have any fun in these clothes
till l get 'em spoiled.
A little boy spent the day in the
country at his grandmother's not long
ago.. Such a good time as he had, run
ming and racing and shouting for all
he was worth! At last night came
and, tired and sleepy, the little boy
sought repose. ooh, grandmammav
he cried as he kissed her good night,
now I know what a hollerday really
and truly is, for I've hollered all day
long"
Papa-You saw that big boy whip
ping the little one and you didn't in
terfere? Suppose you had been that
little boy?
Bobby-I did think of that, an was
going to part 'em, but then l happen
ed to think, s'pose l was the big boy
| So ! let 'em alone.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Photographic by the Light of Fircnles.

Experiments have been made in
pho%tographing by the light of fireflies.
A large number of them were placed in
a small box and confined by a netting.
The box was provided with sensitive
plates and in some instances covered
closely in order to discover the power
of the light emitted by these insects.
It was found that they have a quality
not unlike the X-rays, as the plates
that were closely covered showed I'M
mistakable evidences of a photograph
ic process. The scientists who made
these tests have arrived at the fol-
lowing interesting conclusions: First,
the light of the flies in its original
state behaves like ordinary light. Sec
ond, the light contains rays which
pass through cardboard, metal plates,
etc, and possesses properties analog-
Gus to those of Rentgen rays or Bac-
querel's fluorescent rays. Third, when
the Photographic plate is covered with
layers of cardboard it presents an ap-
pearance which calls to min the per-
meability of iron to magnetic lines Of
force. Fourth, the properties of these
uttered rays appear 10 pe lnnuenced
by the materials through which they
have passed, perhaps by the thickness
of the materials. Fifth, the properties
possessed by the %radiations and speci-
fed under No. 2 are apparently nom
existent, or at least u~ndiscoverable I'M
til after Filtration" The Rentgen
rays are similarly u~ndiscoverable until
after "fltration," that is, through the
glass of the Crookes tube-and Ultra
ton" may, perhaps, afford a means Of
rendering the X-rays homogeneous.
Sixth, the filtered FREELY rays I'M
doubtedly admit of reflection. Refrac-
ton interference and polarization
could not be demonstrated, but Pro-
fessor Muraoka is of the opinion that
they take place. Seventh, the filter
ed" FREELY rays seem to resemble BAG
querel's fluorescent rays in possessing
properties intermediate between the
ultraviolet rays and Rentgen rays.
Further experiments are promised and
will be watched with great interest.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-02-17
Getting 20 the Point.

"What / like" he said, "is n person
who is frank-one who says just what
he means, without beating around the
BUSH"
swell, them" he replied, 'T'l be
straightforward. There Is something
I've wanted to tell you for an hour or
more, but"
YES" she urged, seeing that he hes
itated, "what is it?"
There's a big, black streak down
one side of your nose. l guess it's
SCOT"
Then she said goodnight, without
asking him when he expected to cali
again.-Cleveland Leader.