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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Luxury In Central Africa.

We learn from London interviewer
that Zomba, the capital of British Cen
tral Africa, is quite a civilized place,
In which the visitor may require a
dress coat. IF the commissioner asks
you to dine, you will find that he lives
in luxurious mansion built high up
on the shoulder of a lofty mountain
Your dinner will be cooked by Hin
doc chef Of exquisite cunning, you will
be waited upon by deft servants as
black as night, the table will be deco
rated with flowers such as no British
duchess could buy, the view from the
windows will delight your eye. After
dinner you will step out into the veran-
da, perhaps, and smoke your cigar with
the roar Of the cascading river in your
ears, or fall into luxurious chair and
read the last novel from Nudes or the
last batch of papers which the post
man has just delivered. Then early to
bed and early to rise, your bath, your
coffee, and a little fruit perhaps, a
stroll in the delightful garden, full Of
fruits and flowers, a peep at the COM
missioner's private menagerie, then
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
NOTED MEN AND CHILDREN.

Children have genuine friend in
the person of the King of Siam, and
ne has always taken an immense inter-
est IN watching the progress of the
child rulers of Europe-Alphonso OF
Spain and the little queen of Holland.
During his present European trip he
intends to make their personal &C.
Quaintance and become their fast
friend. In Alphonso of Spain he will
lind thefunique combination of a small
boy alive with infantile fun, mingled
with stately dignity, for the small king
OF Spain is fully aware of his exalted
position. ...
BY the younger members of the royal
family the Prince of Wales is consid-
cred martinez and disciplinarian, in
spite of his worldwide reputation for
jovial good nature. A short time ago
he saw the little Princess Of Batten-
berg and Prince Edward of York at
play in one of the palace courtyards.
Running past sentinel they omitted to
return the salute which soldiers are
obliged to give every member Of the
royal family, whether the age be 60
years or 60 days. Immediately the
prince called the children back and in
sisted that each should make his salute
to the soldier. # +9s
President Faure of France is ex-
tremely fond Of the youngsters, and his
greatest pleasure is a romp with his
grandson. When he became a grand.
father for the second time the fact was
carefully kept from the public for q
couple Of weeks, the reason for this
act throwing a new light on the French
attitude toward Russia the great. The
strange reticence is officially explained
in this way Almost at the time Of the
birth of his grandson in Paris the car
ina also became a mother, and the
French president thought it wiser to,
wait for the royal proclamation from
st. Petersburg, SO that his eongrat,lla-
lions to the car might precede those
&c I'll czar to him. Chg
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
FEATS OF HlNDOOS.
Garry Cheats of Tea Weighing $50
Pounds Five or Six Miles.

Darjeeling tea, said Mr.. George w.
Christison, in a recent lecture before
the British Society of Arts, is all car
ried by the hardy hill-men up ., the
steep mountain roads to the nearest
railway station on the way to mar
ket. It is no unusual days work for
a coolie to carry a tea chest weighing
from 10 to 100 pounds distance of
five or six miles, making at the same
time an ascent of from $500 to $500
feet in sheer vertical elevation. There
can be no deception about q task like
that. and wei cannot but have an ad-
miration for the powers Of endurance
of those who perform such a feat. OF
course these people are trained to load
carving and mountain-c climbing from
their very infancy, and hence the pc
culiar set of muscular faculties re-
uuired for them are fully developed, if
not actually called into existence, at
the cost OF others-so much SO that
walking on a level, after a few miles,
becomes positively painful to them. In
the prosecution OF their own trade, or
In domestic affairs, they frequently
undertake long, arduous journeys over
ridges and along and across hot yal-
legs, varying many thousands 81 feet
in elevation, occupying many days,
carrying heavy loads OF from $50 to
200 pounds, and over, and in addition
to their food and bedding, most cheer
fully lightiag q fire, cooking and eat
Ing their scanty meal and going to
sleep BY the wayside. There IS story
still current of q Bhootean IN Old times
having carried a grand piano up the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
LOVERS OF THIRTY YEARS WED
lnoiana Boasts a Bright Example in
Consistency and Devotion.


Constancy and Devotion.
A bright example in constancy and
nl1al devotion is afforded in the expert
ence OF couple recently welded in
Liberty township, Indiana, the newly
married pair being Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
FOREMAN, who reside on their 4O0-acre
farm near Greentown. In point of age
ootn bride and groom have passed the
halt-century mark. Though lovers
from early childhood and betrothed
from youth, the marriage was deferred
until now, the engagement Covering
per1od OF thirty years. Young Fore
man had a stepmother to whom he was
greatly attached, and to whom he
solemnly pledged to support during her
lifetime, promising not to marry while
she remained alive Contrary to ex
pectatlons, the invalid and dependent
stepmother lived until a year or more
ago. During this long wait of nearly
a third of century the lovers scrupul
ously observed their vows, toiling on
through the years without a thought
OF disregarding the pledges given the
stepmother or breaking faith in any
manner whatever. They grew gray,
lived frugally, saved their earnings and
patiently bided their time. When
death removed the barrier, the lovers
had accumulated sufficient means to
buy the largest farm in the township.
The minister first engaged to perform
the marriage ceremony died of old
age many years ago, and a divine of
new generation OBLIGATED at the long
delayed wedding.-Chicago Times-Her-
AID
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
a GREAT ACTOR
Forrest Was Always Tragic, Especially
When Alimony Day Came Round.

Forrost was Always Tragic, Especially
When Alimony Day Came Round.
Mccullough did not carry the. actor.
into every day life, as Forrest did, For
rest was always "the great tragedian,.
and after his divorce generally moody
and silent, but when he spoke it was.
in deep, tragic tones and with shakings
OF his black curly locks that impressed
the listener with unbounded awe, says
the Overland Monthly. No one, I
think, ever dared to joke or be familiar
with the great Forrest. When ALI
mony day" came around and he had to
pay good, round sum to his divorced
wife it was better to keep away from
MIN, for then he allowed his temper
and "ugliness" to have full sway. No
where in American dramatic history
does an actor stand out with the prom
lnenee of Forrest. His individuality
was SO pronounced that no one who.
once met him could ever obliterate that
meeting from his memory. Forrest is
also part of history, for there are
many who remember the ''Macready
riots" melted primarily by Forrest
Missing Macready in Hamlet for intro
ducing some business he did not like
waving a handkerchief and dancing on
In the players scene-which Forrest
sarcastically dubbed "the Pas de Mou-
choir" This was in London and the
news spread like wildfre, so that after
playing magnificent first engagement
all over England his second was made
failure by Macready's friends hiss
ing, groaning and interrupting his
plays.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

MARGARET PEMLEY, SIT DOWN.
landing it at an out-of-the-way and un
used harbor on the southern coast. AS
a result of this defrauding the govern
ment he became a very rich man for
those days, and, at his wife's solicita-
ton, bought the fine place where he
now lives, and settled down to enjoy
life as a gentleman farmer"
"And you defend smuggler, grand
MAJ"
There you go again, forming an
opinion on partial information. Sea-
.faring men, then, had very little regard
for the revenue laws. They regarded
them as an unjust restriction upon
their trade and chances to make mon
-ey. But when he was thrown with Diff
~ferent associations his estimate of his
duty toward the government was
changed, and he resolved to pay the
duty on all that cargo as conscience
money. I think it was about $40 a
pound. At any rate, it amounted to a
very large sum, and few would have
undertaken to pay it from a mere sense
of patriotism and right. 1 know that
the captain consulted your grandfather,
who gave his approval, and assisted in
borrowing money on mortgages cover
ling the captains estate. 3 The sending
of the money to the treasury created a
great deal Of comment at the time, but
only three of us knew who had sent it..
The captains wife signed the securi-
ties, but she died without ever asking
what the money was for. She was the
most confding woman ever knew.
Richard knows that the land is encum-
bered, but thinks that it's only to use
the money IN better paying invest
sments. The aim Of the captains life
from that time TO this has been to re-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

all call him." stammered the girl, who
was shocked by discovering for the first
time that her revered ancestor had
temper in her composition. .,
That's the way of the world" with
diminished fire and a careful readjust-
.ment of the cap that had been set
-awry by her unwonted display of vigor.
I'VE jump from appearances to conclu-
ssions, and the result is great deal of
Injustice to our fellow creatures. We
are forbidden to judge at all, and we
certainly should not render verdict
till we ascertain the Utmost facts.
That's the way your grandfather would
have put it were he alive. He was by
far the ablest lawyer in all this sec
ton
Fearing a diversion to the older wom-
ans favorite theme, the younger one
promptly interrupted. "But isn't Cap
tain Spanker close-isted and penu-
rious? His housekeeper has to take a
meal out every once in while to keep
from starving, and they say that his
grocery bills are less than those of his
poorest tenant. can quite believe that
he puts in the first half of every night
counting his gold"
margaret Pemley, sit down and hold
your tongue. just got through telling
you it was wrong to talk as you're
doing, yet you persist in it. I know the
captain, and you don't"
"Oh, I have slight personal ac-
'quaintance with him, grandma. He
presented me with the image of a whale
he had whitfield out of a pine block,
one day, and took particular pains to
tell me that I was real trim looking
little girl, though he knew that Dick
had asked me to be his wife. He acted
abominably about that, and 1 just be-
ileve that it was because he was too
stlngy to give Dick start in life Why,
the horrid old captain roared out as
though he was hailing a distant ship
and declared it nothing but a silly, stu
pid, childish affair. It was worse than
IS being miser to come between two
young people as deeply in love as Dick
and myself"
you're just as set as your grand
father was, Margaret. It is great deal
easier to get along with girls when one
has to spank them into obedience than
when one is reduced to reasoning with
them. Perhaps I shouldn't tell the
captains secrets, but there doesn't
seem any. other way to convince you.
was quite belle when was young"
and the handsome grandmother
blushed as she gave a deft push TO
her side curls. Among other suitors
had Captain Spanker. He was
spruce young sailor then, and of good
family. Ours, you know, was among
the most prominent in the state. I
preferred your grandfather, but the
captain and always remained good
friends He finally consoled himself by
marrying Dicks mother He was a. lit
tie fellow in brave sailor suit when
they accompanied the captain on a voy-
age to China. 1t was a venture of his
own, and the result was that he smug-
.gled in an immense cargo of opium.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

hill to Darjeeling, distance of fifty
miles forward, end involving a rise of
more than 5000 feet in elevation bv
the old road. These hill tribes are a
hardy people, capable of performing
marvellous journeys without partaking
of food or on the most meager fare.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
His Discovery.

Grinnen-'Old fellow, I've discover
ed the fountain of YOUTH Barrett
"What?"
Grlnnen-"That's right. And it isn't
a fountain at all. It's bicycle" Bar
ret (still observation-disclosures make ."
Chicago Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
WINGED BUTCHERS AT WORK.

other small birds, so as to make
your believe you hear them scream
ing IN the claws of a hawk; and
1t is thought that this is done for the
purpose of inducing others to come out
from their coverts to the rescue Of their
suffering brethren. AS on several oc-
casions I have seen it in the act of
screaming in this manner, when it
would suddenly dart from its perch into
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

meat, was imme-
diately placed up
on it and either
left or devoured.
A friend of mine
living in Los An
geles arranged a
series of spikes
for the benefit of
the birds that car
-ried on their dep
relations in the
vicinity and found
that they eagerly
took advantage of
t h e a r t i fl c i a |
thorns, a variety
O f insects a n d
birds being placed
upon the spikes.
In the illustration
is shown a great
shrike and also
insects and birds
!mpaled on spikes
fixed in a wooden
ornament on the
fence. This val
liant little warrior
possesses the fac
l1ty of initiating
the notes of 9TH
er birds, such as
are indicative of
pain. Thus it. will
mimic the cries of
the sparrow and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

the same neighboring trees. The butcn-
er birds in Southern California greatly
resemble the English great gray
shrike, and presents an attractive ap-
pearance when on the wing, the back
being gray, and white markings afford
striking contrast. They are quite
valuable from the fact that they destroy
so many injurious insects.-New York
Ledger.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Transfer of Tires.

When the back. tire has punctured
pretty often, and it is the back tire that
freely INDUCES in these little tricks,
it is an excellent thing, on bicycles with
equal sized wheels, to have the -ires
changed from one wheel to the other.
This will frequently cause the back tire
to last twice as long without renewal,
since there is so much less strain and
wear on the front wheel. A little pre-
caution of this kind is quite well worth
taking, if one does not want to be let III
for continual expense. The tube grows
thin and weak with heavy use and
constant punctures, and it is quite
worth while to try and prolong its ex-
sistence.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
CAPTAIN SPANKER.
l(Ey Jerry Cobb.)

EVER let me- hear
you speak Of him
again as Miser.
Spankl',er,' sharply
ordered the sold la.
dy with a gentle
and attractive face
as she turned upon
her pretty grand.
daughter. "Never!:"
"But, grandma,
that's what they
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

Se1S 20 knowing when to seize m.
opportunity the most important thina
in ..sfe. Is to know Wh,n to forego al
a2Yantage.,-D israali.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
HOLDING SUSPECTED VESSELS

The system of quarantine observed
hy civilized nations to-day shows the
methods of the past in anything but
flattering light. The old habit of de-
tanning suspected vessel for months
with its cargo, passengers and crew
constantly exposed to the possible in
lection is now absolutely disregarded
and after the people on the boat have
been removed, she is sent on her Vay
with very little fear of further disease
following, since the cargo has been
kept fastened close under tight matches
during the whole voyage It is. an
endless task to clean a vessel and it's
cargo of supposed contagion and it is.
rarely done. The main precaution is
to get the exposed passengers and their
contaminated personal property off
into little bands, where, if the disease
does break out, only a small number
of people will be in danger.
AT the discovery of vaccination by
Jenner in the beginning of the present
century the matter of taking care of
smallpox epidemics on shipboard be-
came a simpler matter and the COM
paratively recent discoveries in the
science Of bacteriology have put the
matter of caring for infected craft on
high plane of systematic intelligence.
Steam is now used largely in treating
the baggage of passengers and crew and
constant experiments are being made
with a view of securing absolute Sc
curity in such cases.
Quarantine, which means, literally d
detention of forty days, was originally
Instituted as a protection against the
bubonic plague, which is working such
dire havoc in India at the present time.
This dreadful visitation, known as the
"black plague" was first officially
treated in Venice in 1348,. at which
time it is estimated that fully one~
quarter of the population of Europe
succumbed to the terrible disease. AL
though these early attempts to stem
the flood of death were generally of lit
tie effect, we read that the plague in
1856 carried off 100000 people in
Naples, while Rome's policy of better
sanitation kept it's death rate down to
400.
England established rigid quaran-
tine against the plague in the first part
of the eighteenth century and the rules
were later extended to all highly in
fictitious disorders" The system thus
imposed was, however, named *@com-
merce-destroyer,' for it was no rare
thing for boat to be held for at least
two months while waiting for further
cases to appear among it's passengers
or to arise from contact with the cargo,
Lazarets for the keeping of suspected
goods were constructed at great cost
to the government. There are records
of cases where whole vessels and their
valuable cargoes have been burned or
sunk, the government paying the vast
zums to their owners as indemnity.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
ConsOlfnE.

Patient octor, this is che worst att
tack ever had. Docto Well, don't
worry yourself. ! am, quite sure You
wont have another, -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

Bjones ID on't you think a lamb in a
meadow a pretty sight? sBjsmith es::
but think a lamb on a dinner table a
sight prettier.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16
Not UD-to-Date.

Not Up-to-Date.
He lies in jail for bigamy;;
The law is most inhuman
In robbing man Of liberty
For wanting a new woman.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-04-16

Will What do you do when your
tailor won't let you have any, more
clothes? Bilks get a new tailor.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-09-02

ONCE MORE there appears to be hope for Dreyfus.
The arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Henri in Paris,
Wednesday last the charge of being the forger of
certain documents used in procuring Dreyfus's
vction, the truth of which admitted by Henri's
subsequent suicide, undoubtedly marks the turning
point in the unhappy captains Henri is the
who fought duel with Colonel Picquart, who
has all along declared the prisoner DEVILS Island
to be the victim Of a conspiracy.
The enemies of Dreyfus assert that Henri his
accomplice and that the colonePs arrest simply
in pursuance of the plan OF the ministry to pun
ish every person implicated in the crime for which
Dreyfus is undergoing exile and torture it may
be said
Paris at the present time is in a state of excite
ment second only to that which existed at the time
of the original court martial. All other matters
have been relegated to the background The minister
of has resigned, saying he cannot honoraby
continue in office after allowing the government to
be duped with forged evidence
Commandant Esterhazy, avowed enemy of
Dreyfus's and who was repeatedly charged with the
authorship of the bordereau the writing and sale
of which instituted the act Of treason, has been
cashered and dismissed from the army, for what
has not been made public. Colonel Patty du
Clam, who has also shown great anmosty towards
Dreys is also said to be under arrest It is claimed
that reopening of the case has been ordered,
Taken all in all the chances of the captain were
never so bright, and it would seem that his vindca
ton and release close at hand.
And if this come true let not forget that great
man-ZOLA-who took up the cause of the despised
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-09-02
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

and downtrodden Jew when other dared speak
in his behalf
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1898-09-02

from Mr. Winkler asking the support of his CO.
reigionsts for the office of City Sexton (for which
there thirty-seven candidates, thereby enabling
the solid vote of any class to nominate he is
careful to state) for the that he is Jew
He asks them for their sufrages not on the ground
of being good citizen and faithful Democrat but
because the accident of birth made him lew.
The appeal was probably advertisement, and
would not have been bad (although the jewish pa
pers constantly complaining Of +" ads" that re-
fleet people, which published in the daies),
had not few lines of editorial endorsement been
appended.
When Mr. Winkler and Sentiment ask votes for a
solely because he is Jew, they cannot consis-
emily complain if members of other denominations
antagonize him for the same reason.
1t is the constant mixing of politics and religion
by own people that is creating more rishus than
all the diatrbes of the Jewbaiters.
Will they never learn?
THE CHICAGO rabbi who on Tuesday last gave up
his life while defending three earold child from
the persecution Of several halfgrown tormentors,
was as true hero any who stormed heights and
participated in desperate charges. The latter
spurred by the excitement and heat of battle until
they scarcely knew what they did. Rabbi Rosen-
bloom calmly and manfully did what he knew to be
right though stamped to death the meanwhile.
If THE Car of Russia is in earnest in his appeal
for universal peace he give tangible demonstra-
ton OF the fact by pursuing less harsh and more
concilatory course towards the several millions Of
prosecuted Jews in his imperial domain
THE HEARTBURNINGs and jealousies engendered by
the selection Of the baaI tekeah will all be avoided in
the reform congregations this year. Rosh Hashonah
falls the Sabbath, and consequently the shofar
will not be heard until Yom Kppur night.