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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
CHILDREN AS GARDEN KEEPERS

Attractive and Profitable Amusements
for Little Ones Easily Provided.
Very little is required to keep active
children amused. If to this axiom is
added a trif1e of thought that the
amusement be made profitable much
good can be secured thereby. Nothing
will be of greater service in this par
t1cular than to teach them to keep
garden. few feet of earth in a sunny
window or a bit of garden in the back
yard will provide valuable training
with undying interest to the children,
This work will inspire love for the
beautiful with orderly habits, which
will last through lifetime. All chill
dren are attracted by pretty and fra
grant blossoms, and they should be
taught to cultivate and give plants the
tender care they require and thus learn
some Of life's sweetest lessons. Ex-
ample is the first element to be consid-
cred in educating child's mind. Don't
try to force the child to keep a gar
den, but keep one yourself. Whatever
children see their elders do they wish
to do themselves, and if you have them
near you and let them witch you SOW
seeds and plant slips and pull up
weeds, if you explain all you are do
ing to them-never mind if it is then
too difficult for them to understand
it will not be long before they initiate
you and want gardens of their own
Elk.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
Unusual Method of Securing Material
for a Book,

for Book.
Count Rocco Dianovitch has made
the getting into prison the chief bust
ness of his life for thirty-four of the
forty-seven years he has lived, for the
purpose Of gathering information for
a book he is anxious to write on the
subject. At 10 he left his home and
went into Prussia, where he was ar
rested for trespassing and sent to
prison for three months, working at
chair making. From that time to this
he has never been free from the desire
to continue his prison explorations.
From Is till he was 20 he was in and
out of more than twenty prisons in
Belgium, Prussia, Poland and Russia.
His first experience of Jail life in Eng
land was in Liverpool, which was one
of the worst he was ever in, filled with
drunken sailors from all over the
world. He stayed there six days, when
he paid his fine and got out, the first
time he failed to serve his sentence.
Then he went to Ireland, France,
Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey, then
to Egypt, where the jails are the worst
in the world except Australia; next to
India and Japan, and then to America,
where he remained for more than a
year, spending most of his time in jails
md penitentiaries.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
What "Sing Song Of Sixpence" Mea

What "sing Song of sixpence'' Means.
You all know this rhyme, but have
you ever heard what it really means
The four-and-twenty blackbirds rep
resent the twenty-four hours. The bot
tom of the pie is the world, while the
top crust is the sky that overarches it.
The opening of the pie is the day dawn,
when the birds begin to sing, and
surely such sight is fit for a king.
The king, who is represented sitting
in his parlor counting out his money,
is the sun, while the gold pieces that
slip through his fingers, as he counts
them, are the golden sunbeams.
The queen, who sits in the dark kit
chen, is the moon, and the honey with
which she regales herself is the moon
light.
The Industrious maid, who is in the
garden at work before her king-the
sun-has risen, is the day dawn, and
the clothes she hangs out are the
clouds. The bird who so tragically
ends the song by ''nipping off her nose''
is the sunset. So we have the whole
day, if not in nutshell, in a pie
Exchange
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
A Brave Girl Brigade.

Since the war spirit swept over cuA
land even the girls are so stirred by
the prevailing passion for all things
military that many of them have or
ganized soldierly companies in differ
ent parts of the country.
McMinnville, Ore, rejoices in mill
tary company of young women from Is
to 81. years Of age, about 40 in number.
The young ladies are relatives and
friends of the Oregon volunteers who
have gone to Manila. Only girls of
prepossessing appearance and fine
physique were permitted to join: They
are handsomely uniformed, the uni
forms following the government regu-
lations as closely as girls dress will
permit. A snug fitting blouse of blue
cloth ornamented with brass buttons
and a blue skirt reaching above to the
shoe tops, with two white stripes
down each side, are the principal fea-
lures of the dress. A blue cap with a
tiny broom made of manila grass wrap
ped in red, white and blue cord stand
ing out in front, and tan leggings COM
plete the costume. On the left breast
is wore ive-pointed star, wrapped in
the same kind of cord and also made of
manila grass.
The Manila Guards, as the troop is
called, are equipped with swords, belts
and haversacks. It is drilled by an
old army veteran in marching and sa-
Der drill according to the old Steven
son tactics. The. girls have attained
great skill in the drills, in fact they
may be said Ito move as one man." as
the old phrase goes. Military disci-
pine is carefully maintained. Delin-
quents. if officers, are reduced to the
ranks and confirmed insubordinates
are dismissed from membership. The
guards know how to storm trenches
and how to drive mob from the
streets. When they are engaged in
sham battles their cries recall to the
older peoples minds the yankee shouts
and rebel yells of years ago.-Chicago
News.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
HOW A SAILORS WAGES GO.

Jack Squanders His Hard Earned Money
Sometimes by Proxy.
What do the jack tars in the navy
do with all their money? has often
been asked, although most people have
answered the question to their own
satisfaction beforehand by deciding
they spent 1t the first chance they got.
Many OF the younger or newer ones do
get rid Of their cash at the first op-
portun1ty, but they spend it them
selves, and get their moneys worth,
or what they think or are made to be-
lieve is their moneys worth. Those
who are really warm in their follow
Ing seldom take all their wages from
the paymaster. They let him keep it
during the cruise and draw per cent
Interest on it until the cruise is over.
Then, OF course, some spend it all be-
fore they go back to the ship. They
have a good time all in lump and
are satisfied to wait for extravagant
days again until another cruise is
over. These are the men who have
no one except themselves to care for.
While on the man-ofwar they need
not go short Of anything and yet not
use their money. Moreover, they will
probably attend to their duties better
and have a much finer time when the
cruise is at an end. Those who have
wives or families or relatives to care
for usually send their money home
regularly and faithfully Often, how
ever, their confidence is meanly
abused. Married men make up this
class. They send their wives COM
Portable incomes, and that is all these
wives care for them for. These are
the wives who married simply for what
there was in marriage in a money
way, with the additional advantage or
convenience of not having a husband
around much. Unluckily for women of
this class, not all jack tars can main
tain wives. Only chief petty officers
or f1rst-rate petty officers can afford
the luxury of marriage, and even they
have to watch out pretty keEnly not to
impair the due to their better halves.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11

the debating society in 1869. Having
served his country as soldier in the
Franco-Prussian war, he entered the
diplomatic service of the republic as
an attache of the governor general of
Algeria. On the recommendation of
General Chanzy he was made in 1878
the project of the department of Con-
stantine. He was largely instrumental
in Transforming Algeria to civil from
a military colony, and was highly hon.
ored by General Chanzy, who regarded
him as one of the ablest diplomats in
the French service. On his return to
Paris he was intrusted with several
important missions of state, all Of
which he filled most acceptably. In
1881 he was sent back to Algeria, the
scene of his darlier triumphs, this time
as governor general. M. Cambon is a.
commander of the Legion Of Honor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
The Hearts Lifework.

The human heart is so quickly re-
sponsive to every touch of feeling in
the mind that the people of ancient
times thought that it was the abiding
place of the soul, and all literature,
both ancient and modern, contains
many poetic references to this inter-
esting fact.
The amount of work performed dur
ing the lifetime Of person living to
the limit of human life prescribed by
King David-three score and ten years
by this small but powerful engine is
almost Incredible. It is six inches in
length and four in diameter, and beats
on the average 70 times minute, 1920
times an hour, 100, 800 a day and 81, 1872
900 in the course of a year, SO that
the heart of a man 70 years old has
beaten over 2.500.OO0,000 times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
JUSTICE tt $ I I J. o i GOMEZ.
BULLETS FOR THE MAN WHO
KILLED "a NURSE. "
4 i Trial ;, in the Woods, No Mercy, ana
/ Court Martial with but One judge
.---PeriIs Of the Wartime Nurses = No
Mercy for Outlaws.

General Gomez and several officers
OF his staff were taking their after din
ner nap. when there was con,motion
In the@thick chaparral, between them
and the narrow, rugged road which
runs all the way from the mountains
TO the western coast of Cuba. "
With a rush and a swish dozen
men plunged out Of the bushes.
The newcomers had with them a fet-
tered prisoner-a tall man with dark,
stern face, who wore the uniform of
Spanish captain. Gomez looked at
him curtously as he listened to a
whispered report from Vando.
Then he frowned and his eyes fash
ed fire.
'Carrajo!" he Missed between his
teeth. "A good days work, Vando.
I'll not forget it,
What ca. we do for Captain To-
pez?" asked General Gomez.
Release me, restore my weapons and
my horse" said the prisoner. II was
on peaceful mission, visiting a sick
friend, when your men ambushed me
on the road. They have treated me
with great indignity."
1T gives me great pain to refuse
your request" replied Gomez, "but we
have given your case careful consider
alton for the past six months, and the
main object of our recent scouting .ex-
petitions was to capture you. You
see, captain, you are not an ordinary
guerilla. You have a gang Of the worst
cut-throats and robbers in all Cuba.
All your work is done in the dark.
You destroy the homes of peaceful
farmers, murder and rob prisoners, as
sault helpless women, and Captain
Vando reports that when you were
captured you had on your person the
watch and the handkerchief of Red
Cross nurse, a young woman who was
outraged and murdered by you and
your ruffians two nights ago.
1T Is a 1e!" shouted the Spaniard
II found the handkerchief in the road
the watch I bought from a soldier"
Mistakes will occur in war times"
answered Gomez calmly, land I may
be mistaken now, but am willing to
swear to the truthfulness Of Vando's
report"
Il must go with you, then, and be
tried by court martial, I suppose?"
said Lopez.
You will be tried by court martial"
responded the general, smilingly.
your trial is in progress now. This
is court martial
Two stalwart Cubans dragged the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
II = JUNIOR READERS.
WHiie'sf Amendment, a Story for Young
AtAmericans--W What = Song of sixpence
Means-A Brave Girl Hrigade-What
We Owe to Spaniards. asss~*ss

~ "A Little Adventure. a.
A redbreast sat in cherry tree
Singing her sweetest song,
While an owl perched high, on a bough
near by, =.
Was doing the whole day long.
"Ah, me! All, mel" the robin. said she,
"You lazy old fellow, go along!
You do nothing but sleep, and sleep and
sleep,
And I tell you it's wrong, wrong
wrong!"
Inc old owl winked at his carping friend.
But ne never uttered a word;
FOR you know right we'll, so I needn't tell,
Ihat the owl is a very wise bird
soon dusk stole stealthily over the scene,
ana the robin flew into her nest;N
But the owl was as bright as the fairies
of night,
AS the sun lay hid in the West.
NOW, two bad boys, two very bad boys,
determined to do their best
- cnase robin away, and then easily they
might steal all the eggs in her nest
But the owl on guard in the top of the
tree
was match for the urchins, and more:
IN very sad plight they returned that
night,
nuch wiser young men than before
You wonder, no doubt. how found this
out,
= Mhere IT happened, and how, and when;
1 guess will tell, was one of those
well,
III never rob birds nests again.
james L. Pequignot
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11

tailed for the work stepped forward,
and when their Nfles rang out the
prisoners head fell back. Every bull
let had pierced his heart. + 33: 55>.
Shall we bury him?" asked Vando.s
Did he bury the murdered Red
Cross nurse" was the question asked
in return by the commander.
mo, general. He left her body to
the vultures." T.
& What DEVIL" the other muttered.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
Has any one else.


an answer r. 81 =sis
Well, xclaimed Laura Roline. not
ed for hitting the nail on the head Z.
think I'd as soon have the heart
burn as swallow tobacco juice!' At
this there was hearty laugh and
even q faint clapping Of hands, and
Willie's amendment was considered
hopelessly lost. The other good eff
fects of the vile weed were not heard
from. .:.s y ss. d . IN. 4. =s4...@
I am really proud ofyour work this
morning, scholars, said Miss Reed, her
face glowing with smiles. "Your an
swers to Willie's incident are almost
word for word like those of a very
noted physician. Some one asked him
about using tobacco for heartburn, and
he said the same thing. And now as
our time is up we will hear the pro
and con Of the liquor question tomor-
row. And all went at their lessons
with a peculiar zest. ~ ..s@.
well, what did teacher say about
your story?" asked Mr. Swenson of his
boy, as they all sat around the supper
table that evening.
,"Oh, she didn't say much, but Iva
and Anna and Adolph and Otto, they
did, and Laura Roline, she just knock
ed it higher'n a kite and they all
laughed. amt going to stand up for
the dirty stuff again." and Willie then
told all that had been said, and a
lively talk followed.
Indeed, the story of Willie's "amend-
ment" was the all-absorbing topic in
every home in the neighborhood that
night; and more than one parent be-
gan to seriously inquire concerning
this thing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
To Remove Warts.

=, To remove warts touch them two or
three times a week with caustic; if
carefully applied it will not do any in
Jury. Tincture benzoin mixed with
water, in proportion one of tincture
to ten water, is the most harmless of
all freckle remoyers. Should you wish
something more powerful and rapid,
try the following: Bichloride of mer-
curry turee grains, muriate of ammonia
ten grains, rose water six ounces. Mix.
Apply with a sponge when retiring,
and let dry on face. Be careful not
to let it get in the eyes. sS.5#
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
Aluminium Shoes For Horses

Russia has tried experiments with
aluminium shoes for cavalry horses. 4
few horses in the Finland dragons
were shod with one aluminium shoe
and three iron shoes each, the former
being on the fore foot in some cases,
and on the hind foot in others. The
experiment lasted six weeks, and show
ed that the aluminium shoes lasted
longer and preserved the foot better
than the iron ones.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
Asbestos Leather.

A German inventor has obtained a
British patent for an improved as
bestos stuff-asbestos leather-and it's
mode of manufacture. The asbestos is
divided into very fine fibers Of the
greatest possible length. then immersed
into an India rubber solution; the
whole is next thoroughly intermixed,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
until every fiber is coated with the

until every fiber. is coated with the
solution. The solvent, for instance,
petroleum benzine, is thereupon evapo-
rated. The asbestos fbers then cohere
perfectly, and the mass may be pressed
into any desired form or may be rolled
The, inventor calls the manufactured
product asbestos leather" and it is
said to resemble very closely leather
in its peculiarities and structure
Zeugdrucker Zeitung. ~z@s: a@s'5&
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Spaniard to a tree and quickly bound
him so that he could not move
t'This is murder said the prisoner,
"and you will suffer for it," e-
4 Rope or bullet?'' snapped the Gu
ban. ~ -. ys.s@r
Bullet, curse your
" very well, just to please you;2 but
you deserve the rope, said the other.
t''My body!'' interrupted Lopez.tt.sWill
you see that it is sent to Havana?"
II beg your pardon said Gomez,
@but you are asking too much. We
must leave this spot at once. Times
up. Adois ii, S#5 s=.. ]
{. The general stepped aside with a
wave Of his hand. The Spanish cap
tain held his head erect, facing his
fate, scoWling and defiant. .s 4
The firing squad which had been de-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
But It Helps.

First Member Musical Committee
Does the new sopranos voice fill the
church z? Second Member. - T Hardly.
I The ushers tell me there are always
vacant seats in the gallery. Detroit
Journal s.,5s 8,sss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
Conservation. !, !.

We consecrate church, and we
think lhi1al /: that God, in some peculiar and
special way is there. We do not conse-.
crate I, our homes, our Offices, in such a
way as to think TIL that God just as really
is there and that in our business life
we are in actual contact with Him. IS
Rev. N. j. Savage.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11
INCREASE IN EXPORTS.

While the Imports for the Fiscal Year
-4*s Showed DIarkett Decrease. ..,-----.
The bureau Of statistics in its latest
summary Of finance and commerce,
presents details of the imports and ex-
ports In the fiscal year ending June 80,
1873. It shows that the exports to all
parts Of the world increased both in
manufactures and products of agricul-
ture, and that while there was a great
falling off in imports, the reduction
was. almost exclusively in manufac-
tured articles and food products. Man
fractured articles ready for consump-
ton fell from S134,375, l26 in 1897 and
Sl45, 274,039 in 1896 to $S2,570,6S7 in
1898; articles Of food and live animals
fell from $245, 1855, 1877 in 1897 and $751;
o25,o45 In 1896 to s1S1, 4S0,011 in 1898,
while ARTICLES of voluntary use, lux
ury, etc." fell from $50, 09S, $40 in 1897
and $e3,323, 154 in 1895 to ST., ASP .561~ in
1893. On the other hand, articles re-
quired by the manufacturers and CLASH
ned as articles in a crude condition
for use in manufacturing" Of which
the 1897 imports were $214,916,625 and
those of 1896, $209, 1851 amounting
in 1898 to $204,543,919, forming in 1898
over 80 per cent Of the total importa-
lions, while in 1897 they were but 28
per cent, and in 1896, 81 per cent of
the total imports, showing a large rel
alive increase in the proportion which
these articles used in the domestic in
dustr1es bore to the total importations.
Manufactured articles for use in the
mechanic arts formed in 1898 about
the same percentage of the imports
that they did in 1896 and 1897. The
expectations of manufactures, which
amounted to $2SS,871, 449 in 1898, ex-
ceeded those of 1897 by $780, 5S,
and those of 1896 by $60,3OO,271, while
the products Of agriculture exported
amounted to $S54,627,929 in 1898,
against $683,471,131 in 1897 and $780,
879,297 in 1896, the chief increase in
agricultural expectations being in
breadstuffs. The expectations Of the
year increased $3.50, 336, 1914, and the i'm
portations Of the year decreased $14S,-
1928, the comparison being made in
each case with the preceding fiscal
year, 1897. The following table shows
the total exports and imports by the
grand divisions in the fiscal year, 1898,
compared with the preceding year:
Imports from 1897. 1898.
Europe ....$ 430,192,205 5 3o6,0s1, S14
North
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-02-11

Uprooted Trees Still Alive.
The life tree Of Jamica grows and
thrives for months after being up
rooted and exposed to the sun.
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91,171,923

Totals. 81, o5o, ee3, $50 1921 1929 $50
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-05-22
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

Deputy Marshal Hall brought Louis
Silva from Albuquerque last night to
stay in the penitentiary six months for
fornication.
This afternoon II cattle cars arrived
over the Santa Fe and were transferred
to the Rio Grande railway over which
they will 60 to Antonito.
The Indian school nine and the st.
Michael college nine played ball yester-
day, the latter winning the game by IA
to 5.
An eloquent prayer imploring divine
blessing upon the labors of the peace
conference now in session at the Hague.
was said at the church of the Holy Faith
yesterday.
A meeting of fire commissioners will
| be held this evening at 8 O'Clock at the
| fire station. The new chemical engine
| recently bought will arrived here this
| week from Denver.
Some one with little wit and no sense
of honesty mailed to the New Mexican a
call for a temperance meeting and
forged a variation of the name OF w.
| Strover to it. Not discovering the
fraudulent signature, the paper printed
the call in accordance with its liberal
custom. The incident was not the cause
OF damage, though annoying. Such
| f%oolishness only makes it necessary to
draw the line and require authorized
officers to come to the Office to get calls
published.