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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
A MORAL TRIBE.
Among the Caribs of Central America
All Sins Arc Punished by
Starvation.

In the whole wide world there is not
a class of people to be found who in
iiict sevcrer punishment upon them
selves than the Cacibs of Central Amer
lea. Their religion, which is one Of
the most peculiar kind, demands self
punishment for sins Intentionally or
uninten1ionally committed, says Pear
sons Weekly.
The punishment takes the form of
starvation and close confinement.
If the sin be in the form of a lie, no
matter whether it is calculated to in
Jure another or not, the sinner goes
without either food or drink for three
days, at the end of which it is be-
lleved that the offender has paid the
penalty for his Or her sin.
disappearing and using bad language
is punishable by absolute starvation for
two days. Assault, drunkenness and
other serious sins call for four days
starvation for one week, three DAYS
starvation for the second week. and
two days starvation for the third week;
and one days starvation in the fourth
week
All sins are punished with starvation.
For that reason crime is very low
among the Caribs, who are among The
best behaved and most truthful peonla
in the world
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
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A WORLD OF TROUBLE,
What Gave the Economical Apart
/ ment House Manager a Case
of the Blues.

The manager of the apartment house,
a well-fed, well-featured, well-dressed
man, was standing in the main door
way of his establishment, which, By the
way, is owned by an out-of-town cap
italist, who is not the most generous
provider in the world and insists upon
the fiat being conducted upon the
most economical lines. The manager
was not happy, however fair he may
have appeared to the eye, and he heaveI
a long-drawn sigh as friend APP
preached and greeted him, says the
Chicago Chronicle.
whats wrong?" inquired the new
conner.
''Oh, we've all got our troubles" was
the vague and lugubrious reply.
"You oughtn't to have any,
but have, just the same"
what, for instance?"
swell, I'm worried sick because I
haven't got an elevator boy"
There shouldn't be any difficulty in
removing that trouble, should say
"There is. I've tried 40 and can't get
one to suit"
"You must be very hard to please.".
1T isn't that" sighed the manager.
I'm all right, but it's this way. The
old man insists on having the elevator
boy wear uniform and he furnishes it.
Uniforms cost money, and when the
last boy retired he left a brand-new
uniform, and the old man won't get
another. That's the rub. I can find
plenty of boys of sufficient intelligence,
ample experience, industrious habits,
good moral character and fine address.
but III be darned if can get one that
the uniform will fit, and there you have
1t. Now what the dickens am 1 to do ?
Amt that enough trouble for any one
man?''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
NUDE TWENTY YEARS.
Awful Penance Se1f-InGfcted by a
Ute Indian Who Killed His
Mother.

II. P. Myton, United States Indian
agent at White Rocks, Utah, has
among the Ute Indians on his reserva-
ton a man who for 20 years has done
awful penance to atone for the acct
dental killing of his mother, but who,
in spite of what he has passed through,
thinks that he has not yet suffered suf-
fciently for his transgression.
The killing was entirely accidental,
and the tribe held the Indian blame
less and did not punish him. His con-
science, however, was his accuser, and
it held him up as a criminal.
When his first burst of grief was
over he imposed harsh sentence upon
himself. He made solemn VOW that
for the rest of his life he would not wear
clothing or enter a house, tepee, or
other dwelling.
For more than 20 years the redskin
has kept his word. He sleeps in the
open air, with a piece of old blanket
about three feet square hung over him
on some sticks. He is entirely nude.
Mr.. Myton says the Indian lies on the
ground through the winter, even when
the thermometer goes as low as 40 de-
grees below zero.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
BIRTH OF A FASHION PLATE
modern Art q Libel on Wo1nen's Taste
Which All True Men
Must Resent.

All! for the good old times when ar
lists, real artists, could be persuaded
to design a costume. One Of the prjn-
clpal items CT expense to a lady Of old
Italy used to be the retainer" she paid
to a Da Ninci, a Bramunte, or some
other artist Of note, to furnish her with
a design for her court and other dresses
OF ceremony, says Self-Culture.
To-day some one who can draw is
given an idea by a costumer-thati is, by
some one who has made or cut dresses
under some other costumer's tetelage.
Neither one has studied or cares aught
for art, proportion, harmony, or the
other superhuities; they are cos
tuners; what have they to do with
such details? A wonderful Assem- blage
Of ideas is the result, a CONNECTION in
silks, satins, chiffons and laces. These
ideas and materials are beautifully and
painfully drawn upon paper and draped
upon an alleged female figure at least
seven feet tall, with head slightly
turned, auburn hair, sylphlike waist,
a stage smile and a background of
palms and ferns.
This drawing being reproduced upon
thousands and thousands of sheets, 10!
fashion plate is born, with the name
of the great designer in the left-hanG
corner, the password, the hall mark!
Every woman, or rather, nearly every
woman, studies it, admires it, and, be
she lean or fat, tall or short, her next
dress must be like that. Pehchance her
dressmaker has not signed her soul
away entirely and protests feebly that
that special style is not adapted to her
patrons particular figure; but for her
eflrontery she may lose a customer.
That dress has to be made in that way
and in none other.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
HANGEDzBY HIS SHIRT.
John Gustafsonl, Of Hovland,. Net
Death in a Strange Way.

John Gustafson, = of Hovland, met
death in a peculiar manner in Duluth
last Saturday. Il
Mr.. Gustafson was a steady, hard
working man who was esteemed by all
who knew him. He had no relatives liv-
ing IN this country and only one, bro
Their, living in Sweden. , -
Having known Mr.. Gustafson for four
years his death seems personal loss and
we feel the deepest sympathy for his
many friends at Hovland. A. S. Carlson
and others went to Duluth on Thursday
to attend the funeral.
The following account of the deplora.
BILE affair is taken from the News Tribune
Of last Sunday:
"John Gustafson, whose home has
been small shanty on the north shore,
not far firm Chicago Bay, met death in a
room in the Graft block at 206 West Su-
perlor street at an early hour yesterday
morning, in manner that it is the only
instance of the kind on record. Gustaf-
son was slowly strangled to death, sus-
pended not foot from the floor, by the
collar Of the negligee shirt that he wore.
on the lower hinge of the room door.
The affair seems almost incredible, but
it occurred nevertheless.
"Gustafson was rooming with NJ. G..
Havlg at the place named, having come
down from Chicago bay on Thursday to
attend to some business matters. After
reaching here he drank heavily and on
Friday night went to his room, assisted
by friend, in badly intoxicated condi-
ton. Havg says that Gustafson
went out of the room for few minutes
before preparing to retire, and when be
returned, Mr.. Havig says, Gustafson sat
down on the edge of the bed to undress.
That IS the last Mr.. Havig remembers,
the latter having fallen asleep.
"When Mr.. Havig awoke yesterday
morning he saw Gustafson bent over on
his tip toes, and his head downward
close to the sill of the door. When Hav-
ig tried to pull him up he was Mortified
to find his friend dead, his face black
from strangulatlon and a rush of blood
to the head. His collar was caught on
the lower hinge Of the door and it ap-
peared that the collar had frightened,
shutting off Gustafson's wind and the
intoxicated man, not having strength or
sensibiliSy enough to eztricate himself.
had slowly strangled to death. It is
thought that while sittingo the edge of
the he bed attempted to arise, and in do
ing so fell over and struck the jam Of tho
door and slid downward, his shirt catch
ing as described, as he fell.
"Gustafson was 80 years of age, and it
is said was not heavy drinker. The
body was taken to Duckan's morgue
where it will be held until soma friends
of the dead man arrive from Chicago bay
DR.. Eklnnd does not consider an inquest
necessary and none will be held"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
Herrings.

More herrings are eaten than any
other kind of fish.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
= Or1entclis.n in New Mexico.

In New Mexico" says the secretary
OF: the Woman's Board Of Home Mis-
sions of the Presbyterian church, :'cne
finds real orie1talisn2, it being possible
to trace back many customs of the peo-
pie to the Moors in Spain. Even the
plazas, with the women on the house
tops, their black shawls covering part
OF their faces, remind one of some Of
the Mahometan cities of Syria. In the
Taos valley there are about / 800 people,
among whom the missionaries are Ia
boring
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28

WANTED-SEVER BRIGHT AND HON
est persons to represent rs Managers in
this and close by counties. Salary $500 a year
and ex penses Straight bona-fed, no more no
less salary: Position permanent. Our references,
conducted at home. Reference. Enclose self
addressed stamped envelope. The DOMINION
COMPANY. Department. 3, Chicago.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
.EIephaEts' Tusks,

In the African elephant both sexes
have ivory tusks, while in the Asiatic
they are generally restricted to the
male.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28

Shoes in large variety, heavy but soft
lace for men ladies and children.
J. Fl, Nordby.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-10-28
IS of every

We handle Gold Seal rubbers of every
description.
J. 81. Nordby.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02

other matter. and let US hope 1t may be so
regarded"
As for Welsh poetry, the author says little
about Ii. on the ground that it is almost i'm
possible for the Saxon to realize the point II
view from which it is TO be judged. 1t does not
bear translation as rule. But though II Is a
closed book to US We must honor the deep and
unaffected devotion Of the Welsh 20 their bards.
ancient and modern. Alas that Their. rises no
man OF Wales 20 interpret the romance of his
country 10 the alien! Mr. Bradley thinks the
princpaty a mine Of wealth for the novelist.
but the Anglo-Saxon reglects IT, and the
native writes only minor religious tales.
only two literary Welshmen occupy much
space in this youme-Twm O'Nant. the
peasant pOet-satirist, OF whom Borrow says
he was greater as a man than poet
and Dick Of Aberdaron.' an eccentric wan
derer who would neither work nor wash. and
whose craze it was TO acquire languages Latin,
Greek and Hebrew and most Of The modern
languages he mastered, bishops and learned
dous giving him work in garden or stable.
which he never did and lending him the gram
mars and dictionaries, in which he took a
pathetic delight
In d time when farming in Great Britain is
depressed nearly to the point " death there
s. quiet prosperity throughout Wales. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02

makes u the long run for the same high IDEAL
which energies .ut = the struggles of THE Soil
tary." and the quaint life o. "Th. TaN.lerm.st.'
The moral force Il Mr.. Cables work .r this book
is viua..d 20 some extent by a subtle Vein ~
sent.mertal.ty. but on the other hand the inter-
est is kept alive through clever touches ~ char
acterzaton and especially Boy the picturesque
ness which the author rarely falls tJ achieve
when he seeks his mater al among the mixed
races II New-Orleans. He knows the color Of
that DID locality he knows rs Creole types. the
soft Usp.ng speech SO common there and all
this knowledge goes TO make him readable He
is Interesting enough In The Solitary with its
sympathetic handling Of d drunkard's struggle
against his besettlng sin. but in The TaNider-
mist" b. is charming. L. T. i. Mauouvrer
with his oddly OF language and character, is a
loyable figure.
Mr. Chestnut Introduces great dea. ~ negro
dialect into The Conjure Woman" and negro
dialect is SO often WEAKNESS 10 the flesh that
ii requires patience 20 get well started n the
reading # his book. The patience is rewarded
Uncle julius McAdo0, the ancient negro from
whose lips fall astounding yarns. IS not, after
all. obscure in his dialect and he is himself a
pleasing character compounded - simplicity
and shrewiness The latter quality IS defty
used by Nj Chestnut in winding up the daring
inventions set forth boy julius so that their im-
probability is somehow softeued and excused
Amazement ar the reck.essness of the negro inn
aginaton gives place 20 a quiet smile over the
old fellows wit In using his legends t. gam his
own ends gentle humor turks in The CON
lure Woman" and we welcome the book as a
minor but amusing performance.
There is plenty of humor in the Irish sketches
# Mr. seumas MacManus. and along with the
fun there is a good deal Of human nature The
peasants and other IRISH types portrayed have
the breath Of LIE in their bodies. and the incl
dents with which they are Identified seem natu-
raj even when they are most bizarre Here
too. there is dialect but Ike that In Mr. Ches-
niitt.s book. it justdes itself through being gen
orally COMPREHENSIVE and even easy 20 read
Mr. MacManus suggests in his preface thar be
has brought these stories out n his native Done
gal Whether he gathered them from listening
around the peat fires % artiess g0ssIs or has
i,oproyised his work out Of the atmosphere and
primitive traits q his countrymen does not much
matter The main thing is hat Doe has a
most inerauatiug way with him. the true
Irish flair for putting a thing IN besuil.ng
manner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02

STUDIES IN LOCAL COLOR" AND Ola
LECT

STRONG HEARTS. BY George W Gable. Duo
decimo PIP. pa Charles Scrihners sons
THE CONJURE WOMAN BY Charles W Ches-
mutt Duodecimo pp. 229. Houghton, Miiiiin
Co
THROUGH THE TURF SMOKE. The Love. Lore,
and Laughter Of old ireland. by Seum4s Mac
Nanus c'MacD. DuodecimO. pp. Pa Double
day & Mcclure Company.
The three tales in Mr.. Cables new book all il
lustrate steadfastness Of character found in un-
expected places. II is true that the man who
gives the title 90 the last Of these productions.
The EntomoIosist,' is steadfast in the wrong
direction. but his wife is a woman of noble nat
ure. and the narrative in which she is involved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02
UNCUT BOOKS.

From The London Globe
r. is stated that most " the books IN the
library ot Mr. Delane the famous Editor Of
1.-THE Times" which have just come into the
market, ar uncu'. Not uncut IN the publish
era sense ~ the word but uncut hy he paper
knife \ careful examination ~ the Libraries
If many mon Jess busy thar De'ane was would
probably reveal similar state. Whether or
not the circumstances is one % make merry
over is another matter There is every reason
why man who .s attracted % books should
buy them Mark Pdttison insisted that large
proportion ~ the income should regularly boz
expended .n that Wiv-but there is no particu-
lar reason Why every book bought should De-
read at once Probably D-ane anticipated a
time when he would have leisure o. read every
thing h. possessed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02

country is full Of small farms ot from n1y 20
"A hundred acres. all occupied uy comparatively
.yeu-to-do tenonts In England farms are CONF
ing back upon he land rds hands. and are not
- be let az any price. .n Wa,ea when "a farm
falls vacant there is I'D lack NJ aip. ants.
Tatfy is not given 20 emigration. and his family
is apt 10 remain upon the arm for many general
tons He does not get rich bat he lives ana pays
his rent-iargely by means Of cattle and sheep
breeding for wheat is not much grown outside
Arelesey and the Vale Of Clwyd. Exceeding
thrift has a great deal 20 90 with his success
lie works hard, and SO do his sons the latter
apparently not having that craving for city life
that anl.cts the children Of farmers in other
REGIONS Thu author notes that in busy little
Wales no one but a hopeless loafer is ever out
Of work The typical Nor,h Welsh farmer is
a hardy vh0lesOme-looking person, tidy in h.s
dress and somewhat austere in his manner for
th. chanel" is ever i'm the background ~ his
consciousness The farmers wife, a comey
dame. is stiu apt 10 Dee quaint a. 10 headgear'
though the tall hats disappeared many years
ago. one may bee found now and then. pre-
served in the attic. curiosity or an helr-
loom The farmers home is almost always
pleasant and picturesque and harmonizes "lth
the peaceful. lovely landscape. Life therein is
Spartan some way me- menu - r'+ N---+--
NOT varied. consisting mostly Of barley, bread
potatoes. cheese butte.mlk and porridge, with
a piece Of salt meat once a day Fresh meat is
rarely tasted. and greater prosperity rarely
leads TO greater luxury Of living
To one spot in North Wales many an Amerl-
can pilgrim wends mis- way. This is Wrexham
i'm whose beautiful church Ie the bones Of Ehhu
Yale who gave both name ana benefactons to
our honored university. on his tombstone are
cut these concise lines:
Born IN America: in Europe lied.
In Africa travelled and in India WEI,
Where he lived and thrived at London dead.
II il from this region that EHhu Yale's PA-
grim progenitor welt forth TO New-England
and Yales stin live a, Plasyn-Yale and
worship in the transept known as The Yale
chanel in the ancient little church Of
Rrvn Egluvs near Wrexham. This" writes
Mr. Bradley. may boz truly said. in a sense
10 be the source from which the Amer
can university derived its name. In the body
~ the church a small congregation Of hil
farmers. as their fathers before them have done
for centuries. worship u the yernacular and !
have often thought what Amusement and what
strange emotions would stir he breast Of a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02

Yale graduate if he could be transported OF a
sudden across the Atlantic and dropped down
some sunday afternoon into this time-battered
weather-beaten fame, looking out from its green
ridge upon the everlasting hills as The rustic
choir We're breaking into the Magnifcat:
Fly enaid a fawrha ye arglwydd am hyspryd
a lawencychodI yn Nuw ~ Iachawdwr.'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02
WALES AND HER PEOPLE.
4 PLEASANT BOOK ABOUT THEM.

HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS N NORTH WALES
BY A. Q. Bradley. WIKI Illus IONS by Joseph
Penneu and Hugh Thomson octave, PIP. 44
The Macmillan Company
Here is one u the pleasantest Of rambling
chroricles-and in truth fl could hardly be other
than pleasant in lealnC with land SO beauu-
full. so prosperous and historically so interest
ing as Wales The adth rs path lay through
region rich in ancient landmarks and stately
ruins associated with countless picturesque and
stirring traditions Of the struggle between the
Welsh and their Saxon and Norman antago-
nists: and he travelled among a people who have
preserved 70 an extraordinary degree the Ian
cuage and the sentiments Of their forefathers
lie has mace of his book judicious mixture Of
description. aneciote and legend, and the two
artists have ably allotted him-Mr. Thomson in
his quaint fgure-pieces ana Mr.. Pencil in his
clever sketches of scenery.
II We may believe MI Bradley. Wales is an
urcommou.y comfortable country through which
% travel The Welsh are excellent hosts
whether male or female. whether in hotel farm
house 0r ordinary lodging. The stick 10 a
BARGAIN. showing no desire 90 oyeT,a.h the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02

Miss II. Betham- Edwards has written
novel Of pastoral life which she calls The Lord
II the Harvest"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02

Mrs Julia Ward Howe. in the latest install
ment of her "reminiscences deyotes a paragraph
-o Mrs. Frank Hampton. the beautiful woman
Who is supposed % have furnished In her youth
some unconscious suggestions for the character
~ Ethel NeWcome. As Miss Baxter she was a
great belle and much admired by Ihac keray
Mrs Hampt0n-Yho was. by the way, the sis
ter-in-law of Wade Hampton-talked much ~
the English novelist. who. while in this country
had been familiar visitor at her fathers house.
she told me-" writes Mrs. Howe that she rec
ogniz-d bits ~ her own conversation IN some OF
the sayings Of Ethel Newc0me and l have
little doubt that in depicting the beautiful and
noble though maynard girl he had in mind
something Of the aspect and character OF the
lovely Sally Baxter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02
LITERARY NOTES.

The Mettle OF the Pasture" is the title OF Mr.
James Lane Aliens new novel
II is said that Rudyard Kiplng's first literary
work was a series Of "Scho0lboy Lyrics which
have never been published. but were printed for
private circulation among friends and relatives
when he was I'm his sixteenth year These lyrics
are told. showed the facile gift Of rhyme
and the unexpected command Of appropriate
words which have always marked his work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02

An expensive book. Illustrating and describ-
ing the great masters in the Louvre Gallery, is
% be- brought out Immediately by Goupil. The
English edition is one Of OF ~ twenty-five
copies. The price being $50 net. Half the
copies had been subscribed for at last accounts
The work is coming out in twelve parts and
has three hundred Illustrations