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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
TRACTION LOCOMOTIVE FOR CUBA,

maturely left their mark. His writing
garb is loose suit of block cloth in
winter, the coat buttoned high 70 the
throat like the blouse of workman
which is all he pretends to be. In;
summer, or while in tropical lands, he
affects white linen or duck. In India
he wears the native turban and in his
journalistic days he was often seen on
the streets of Lahore and Simla in a
pure white head dress of the native
type closely wound about his scalp.
Some twenty-five volumes bear his
name, and besides their Shakespearian
range of subject they contain in bulk
more technical knowledge of naviga-
ton, seamanship, railroading, war
maneuvers, the industries Of distant
climes, and other unfictionlike themes
than all the modern novels combined
Railroading men everywhere praise
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
ROLLED HIM IN A BARREL.
Punishment Pronounced Worse Tha

Punishment Pronounced Worse Than
Lynching by Ooe Who Suffered 1t.
There's something barbaric about
lynch1ng, as most people will agree"
said the man with the broken nose. &C.
cording to the Minneapolis Tribune
"but I can easily name two worse
things. One is rolling man around
in barrel and the other is a coat Of
tar and feathers. In my foolish voune
days arrived at a town in southern
Indiana to find the people excited owe,
several arrests for robbery. A fam.
lily named Black, consisting of a man
and wife and grown-up son, had
been caught and made to confess to sc
many thefts. Instead of putting them
on trial the people had determined tc
apply tar and feathers and walk em
out of town. I had no objections as
far as the men were concerned, but
when it came to the woman I consti.
tuted myself her champion, and de-
clared that they must walk over my
dead body first. For about five min
utes l was hero. Then about
dozen men grabbed me and hustled me
into room, and after the Blacks had
been disposed of, according to pro-
gramme, was brought out for pun.
ishment. Plenty Of tar and feathers
were left, but the crowd wanted
change, and it was decided that ]
should have the barrel exercise They
got out and unheaded a big cider bar.
rel, dropped me into it and replaced
the head, and then all was ready.
was inclined to look upon the proceed.
ings with contempt. had never beer
rolled in barrel, and so had no idea
of the sensations. They first kicked it
along the wide, unpaved street, and
it had not rolled over more than TWEEN.
ty times when l was sick Of my job
After they had enjoyed themselves for
a quarter of an hour was praying fo1
death to hurry up. I dimly remember
that after they got tired of the football
work in the street they rolled the bar
rel up a long hill and then let it &c
kiting down. You talk of seasickness
but there is no comparison. Aside
from the feeling of nausea, was
Jared, jolted and bruised from head tc
heels, and in one of the bumps I haG y
my nose broken. I was unconscious
when they finally took me out and for
a week was little better than a dead
man. It was weeks and weeks before
I got the revolving motion out of my
head and could walk straight and to
this day can't see grindstone re-
volving without being affected by it
It would have been far more mercifui
to hang me up by the neck. !.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
lLondOn Lottery

If some enterprising Greek nabob
nad written letter to the principal
paper of Athens offering to sell the
Parthenon, and intimating that unless
the government would buy it it might
be dismembered by American specula-
tors and set up in the United States, it
would not have caused much more
general establishment than the letter
written this week to the Times by Sir
Edmund Antrobus, baronet, liberal
member of parliament and owner OF
about 10000 acres, that he was pre-
pared to sell Stonehenge.
1t was rather surprising, in the first
place. to find that this most ancient
and famous of monuments of Great
Britain was private property, to be
bought and sold like block of flats,
and the process by which the owner
seems to have arrived at the price he
demands was even more surprising. He
wants $625,000,@ although he wishes to
reserve the pasture and sporting priv
leges of the 1900 acres which would
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

the time of Christ, and generally is be-
1ieved to have been built about 500 B.
G.. According to another story it was
Buddhist shrine, and, according to
yet another, Merlin built it to conl-
memorate 400 British mobiles slain there
by Hengist. .:.~... IF
But it is a striking tribute to the
qualities of Thomas Hardy that in
England and America to-day Stone
henge will be recalled first to most
readers not for it's history, but as the
place where "Tess of the d'UrberYille
had that last tremendous scene with
Glare before going to be hanged.
The centuries, the early Roman SOL
diers, and the latter day relic hunters
have not left enough Of Stonehenge to
give q definite idea Of how it. origin
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

ga. '.}f -.
be thrown in with stonehenge; yet the
land is practically worthless except for
grazing, and, as it happens to- be on
Salisbury Plain, for army maneuvres.
/. The government recently paid Sir
Michael Hicks Beach a tidy sum for
lands near by, to be used for army
maneuvres, and possibly Sir Edmund
sAntrobus thought he might profit in
the same manner. Sir Michael. how
ever, refused to have anything to do
with the price set on his property, and
agreed to take whatever the govern
1nent appraisers thought he ought to-
have. 5 @@s.S
Sir Edmund's intimation that some
body in America wants to buy the his.
toric stones and carry them across the
Atlantic IS having one effect. however,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

rate it must have been fiery religious
zeal or else a powerful taskmaster
that could have held. the necessary
thousands Of men to such an arduous
task. %.-,@ ss :3 i. %ts
Stonehenge is rather out OF the
beaten track of excursionists. You
have to leave the train at Salisbury and
drive the other six miles. Thanks to
that fact alone, relic hunters have not
carried off the monument bodily, for
anyone is free to come and go, and it
would not be difficult to carry away
specimens of the stored granite. Not
far away from Stonehenge is Ames-
bury, where King Arthur interviewed
the guilty Gninevere. At Woodford,
near by, Charles II hid after the battle
of Worcester. C. b.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
AN EMPEROR'S ROMANCE.

In the study of Kaiser Franz Josef
of Austria, who, by the way. entered
his 10th year recently, hangs a framed
but withered bunch of flowers, to which
a romantic little story is attached. A
few weeks before the announcement of
his engagement Kaiser Franz Josef
and his fiancee were walking between
Ischl and Lauffen, when she saw
meadow bright with gayly colored wild
flowers. wait, I will pick you a
posy," she exclaimed, and few min
utes afterward handed her betrothed a
little bouquet.
The future Empress Elizabeth took
the black velvet riband which bound
her magnificent hair and tied it round
the flowers, offering them with a play
full courtesy to the kaiser, who kissed
them before placing them in the outer
pocket of his military tunic. Sudden
ly as they neared Ischl, the kaiser dis
covered that the precious posy was
gone.
Some days after, when the incident
had been forgotten, the valet was as
tonished to find that the lost posy
had been hidden deep down in the tu-
mic pocket all the while, and was, as
a natural consequence, so withered that
he did not like to show it to the kai
ser. AS it was equally impossible to
throw away flowers picked by the fu-
ture kaiserin, he hit upon the happy
idea of pressing them, with view to
presenting them to his imperial master
on the latter's wedding day.
But in the whirl attendant on such
an important event he forgot his plan
and it was not until the Kaiser Franz
Josef and his consort celebrated their
silver wedding in 1879 that the old va
let reminded his master of that long
forgotten day, as he produced the with
cred bunch Of flowers. The kaiser and
kaiserin were much touched and a
command was - given that the relic
should be placed under glass and franz
ed, so that it might be hung where
the kaiser could always see it. H's
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
ODD MARRIAGE.
A Wedding Fec Of Only Two Cents Fol,
lowed by One OF $50.

lowed by Ono OF $50. #
IA pastor Of one Of the prominent.
churches in Brooklyn, whose son has
charge in this county, had q strange
experience about five years ago, which
was never spoken Of until recently,
when unlocked for developments made
it consistent to relate the incident. The
elderly clergyman was at home one
evening, and about O'clock he heard
quiet knock at the door. He went to
the porch and admitted refined ap-
pearing young man and girl The
latter suggested modesty, while the
companion showed the result OF de-.
bauchery, but he nevertheless gave
evidence OF intelligence. The young
FELLOW defined the purpose OF their
visit, which was to be married. The
couple were refused emphatically by
the clergyman at arst, but finally they
submitted to all the fnterrogations OF
the minister, and there was no appar-
ent reason why they should not be
wed. After the ceremony the pastor
was handed an envelope by the groom,
after which they departed on their
honeymoon. The minister entered the
study and taking the gift from his
pocket, opened it. The contents con-
sisted OF two copper pennies. The son,
who was in college at the time pre-
pairing for the ministry, happened to
be home spending a vacation, and was
a. witness to- all that occurred subse-
quent to the wedding. He enjoyed
immensely the joke on his parent, and
between shouts of laughter he
Informed his father of the trou-
BILE which was sure to fol-
low such an absurd indiscre-
ton. IT, was at once presumed to be
an elopement, and doubts were brought
as to the accuracy of the girls age. The
father felt somewhat annoyed, but he
was confident that he had held strictly
to all the laws regarding the perform
ance of the ceremony. For five years
nothing was heard Of the couple, and
but few weeks ago the minister
found that he had not got into any diff
hculty. About the same time in the
evening he heard a knock at the door,
and he recognized it at once. A strange
feature Of the occurrence was that the
son was at home again visiting for
few days. The senior clergyman hur-
ried to the door and his ear was not
deceived; the caller was the man he
had married five years before. The
young fellow, in an unassuming man
ner, remarked that he always felt that
the minister deserved an explanation,
and he announced the purpose of his
second visit. He said that he was
walking along the streets of Brooklyn
when he met the girl he married about
a half hour before he visited the par
sonage. He continued, stating that
he figured that she would not be worth
more than two cents to him, and that
the feeling regulated his fee to the
minister. Concluding, he declared that
she had proved to be of inestimable
value to him, and he quietly arose and
handed the clergyman another envel-
ope, which contained check for $50,
payable at the Chemical bank-Troy
Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Unfamiliar Facts About Kipling.

Some unknown general facts about
Rudyard Kipling and his work make
interesting reading. Kipiing's height
is five feet six inches; his eyes are
dark blue, and CLEAN kindly through
spectacles with divided lenses. His
hair is dark brown, his hands large,
but delicately formed. He is stoop-
shouldered, but broad across the back.
He has resolute jaw, voice low and
soft, and smile in which there turks
a hint of cynicism. Though only "a
years old, he has an oldish face on
which thought and incident have pre-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

him for accuracy in dealing with the
iron horse of transportation; sailors
swear by him as one of their kind; the
British soldiers long ago nominated
him as their laureate, and mechanical
engineers will not believe he is not a
graduate in their calling.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

of one cleat before the preceding cleat
has released. The steering is effected
by means of the mechanism usually
adopted for this purpose ON traction
engines, consisting of hand wheel,
whose shaft worm operates the steer
ing chains. This locomotive develops
120 horse power travelling at the rate
OF 800 feet per minute, and with suit
able wagons will take a paying load OF
80 tons up per cent grade at this
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
An Ohio Firm Builds a Train fo1:
Natural Soil.
An Ohio firm has manufactured q

An Ohio firm has manufactured a
traction locomotive for service in Cuba.
It weighs twenty-five tons and pos
sesses tractive power OF 10000 pounds
OYER the natural soil. The Railway
and Engineering Review says the boil
er is OF the locomotive type, with a
CRATE area OF IL square feet, and is de-
signed to carry 100 pounds pressure per
square inch. The engine proper is
triple cylindered and engages the driv-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Hit Below the Belt.

"You and young Chubbleigh don't
speak to each other any more, Ethel.
What is the matter?" * =.
Nothing, only he told me one day
when we were at the park that I hal
a swanllike neck, and told him he had
a sWanlike walk" # ri
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
A Musical King.

King Oscar of Sweden in his young
days was regarded as the most accom-
plished tenor in Europe, and could
have made a fortune out of his voice
on the stage.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Z Light Housekeeping.

.'You advertised. for a girl for light
housekeeping and - ~ 5s$. #
I "'Well, this is: the lightest house In
the vicinity. It may be- bigger than
some OF, the others, butts a frame
house, while they're all stone or
brick Il #.as. E IL. s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Select the Best.

Some Australian birds lay their eggs
in black sand, as if aware of it's supe.
rior power of absorbing heat; Others
select the neighborhood of hot volcanic
springs, whose warmth plays an i'm.
portant part in the Matching. The
mound builders collect heaps of earth
and leaves as much as eighteen feet
high and thirty feet in diameter, and
in this hotbed their eggs are Matched.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

speed. An average of 80 miles, per
day is the usual service, while on
dry, level, natural soil 112 tons have
been hauled.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
A Matter of SDace.

A Matter of Space.
He-I don't see what people keep di-
aries for; can keep all my affairs in
my head. She-That's good way, too;
but not every one has the room.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

In some parts Of Russia the only food
for the people consists at present of
acorns, leaves and the soft bark Of
trees. sg ..t
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

D. It is not necessary to hang up code
of home laws in the house where love
is dwelling. .ss ~ ii .s s.ss 5#x..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18

Superior women do not allow them.
selves to be charmed but by the graces
of the mind and superiority OF char.
acter.--Balzac. s5
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-11-18
Wages of London Bill Posters.

Wages OF London Bin Posters. 8
/. London billposters struck. for $8.25
per week, fifty-three hours to consti-
tute weeks work. @ @.25z
The times., 1899-10-02

their rooms by removal of all textiles dali
ly and exposure to sun for twelve hours
each patient having one set of bedding
and personal wear in use and another in
the sun. Failing sunlight disinfect. Rooms
also to be summed and aired thoroughly.
This method, as you know, was success
fully used by DR.. Loeber, Teuro Infrmary,
1897, with actual yellow fever, and by Dr.
Vicery, National Soldiers Home, the last
summer, with cases of supposed dengue.' "
In regard to the introduction OF yellow
fever in Key West, Surgeon General Wy
man makes this public statement:
In view of the allegations published in
several newspapers, purporting TO have
emanated from official authorities in Flori-
da, to the effect that the present epidemic
of yellow fever in Key West is due to the
negligent inspection service of the Marine
Hospital Service at Havana, and no disa-
vowal by said authorities having been re-
ceived or noted in the press. the bureau
deems it necessary to state that 1t knows
of no evidence or facts which Justify such
assertions. The alleged facts and intima-
tions, SO far as known, have been thor
oughly investigated and found TO be with
out foundation" !"
The times., 1899-10-02
POTOMAC RIVER POLLUTION.
Proceedings to Stop 1t Brought
AEninst "A Paper MIL.

BALTIMORE, Oct 21-The transcript
of the record in the injunction suit OF the
mayor and city council of Cumberland.
Nd, to restrain the West Virginia Pulp
and Paper Company from polluting the
water of the Potomac River has been re-
ceived in the United States circuit court
at Baltimore from Cumberland. The suit
September 8, was removed to the United
States court upon the application of the
defendants, who are non-resdents of this
State. Besides the mayor and city council
of Cumberland, the complainants are Ho-
race Resley and Ashad Wilson. surviving
commissioners. The defendants, besides
the Pulp and Paper Company, are Adam R.
Luke. David L. Luke, John G. Luke James
l.. Luke, and William A. Luke
1t Is alleged in the bill of complaint that
in consequence of the operation of the
paper eompanys, mills the water of the
river is poisoned, injured, and destroyed as
drinking water or as water fit for any
domestic purpose.
There are used, at the mills daily, ac-
cording to the bill OF complaint, 100 to 800
cords of wood, Is to 80 tons of sulphur.
so tons OF chloride of lime, Is gallons of
sulphuric acid, and large quantities OF
sulphurous acid, s. gallons of muriatic acid,
large quantities OF ichina clay, alum, ref
use wood bark, ashes from wood and coal,
together with SO to $50 tons of sold mat
ter eaten out from wood and known as
ntercellular tissue of the wood. All these.
il is alleged, were mingled. burned. steam
ed, boiled, and, mixed together and thrown
into the river in dirty, brown mass.
The times., 1899-10-02
FOUGHT A DUEL WITH AXES.
A Bloody ARRAY Between Italians Il
New York Cfty

new 1Ork C1ty.
NEW YORK, Oct 1.-Two men engaged
In duel to the death last night at 17Sd
Street and Eleventh Avenue with sharp
axes. One OF them was found with his
head cut almost to pieces He was con-
scious in spite Of his wounds, while by his
side were the weapons with which the aw-
full fight was waged. The other man had
gone. For twenty feet the police traced
him by drops Of blood, and then all signs
of him ended.
The one beaten in the duel is dying in
the j. Hood Wright Hospital. There are
twenty-five ak cuts in his head. Many of
them reached the brain and some Of them
are the exact length OF the ak blade. Yet
the man lived and breathed and spoke. He
called loudly for something to drink, and
cursed the doctors who asked him who cut
him. 1t is believed that he is Louis Feuo.
an Italian, thirty-five years old.
The daughter of former Assemblyman
Miller, who lives at 173d Street and Audu-
bon Avenue, heard loud groaps coming
from a vacant lot near the house at a quar-
tire past o'clock last night. She told her
father, and he took a lantern and began q
search. He was Joined by Policeman George
Bobeli, and after a long hunt they heard
faint sound in a clump of bushes.
There they found the man, and the evil
dences of fearful fight. The bushes had
been Beaten down In the struggle. the
ground, was cut with ak blows that had
missed their. mark, and it was trodden by
the feet Of the struggling men. A Ian
tern flashed in the eyes of the loser OF the
fight. What's the NATTER" asked the po-
liceman. Mortified. Go to the DEVIL"
said the man, I'm cut After examin-
ing the battle-ground, Miller and Bodell
decided that there had been duel, and
that the winner had gone away. wounded.
An ambulance came from the ]. Hood
Wright Hospital. DR.. Adams, the surgeon,
was nearly sickened by the sight.
The dying man lay in the hospital, sullen
but plucky. He had his senses, despite
his wounds. He declined to answer any
questions. All he would say was that he
wanted some beer. He had been drinking,
the doctor said. There were papers in his
pocket that made them think his name
was Louis Feuo.
In the meantime the police had de-
cided that two Italians quarreling in their
cups, had gone out to see who was the
better man. One of their weapons was q
carpenters ak. That was the one with
which Feuo was chopped. The other was
smaller, lathers ak, and it was with
that. doubtless. that Feuo fought.
There is an Italian colony at One Hun
dred and Seventy-ffth Street and Eleventh
Avenue, and there the police looked for
clews. They were joined by a vigilance
committee of citizens, who secured the
neighborhood for news of a wounded man
The hospital doctors marveled at the te-
nacity with which Feuo chung TO life.
A coroner was sent for to take his ante
mortem statement, but the police did not
think he would reveal any thing before
he died. as he had fought according to
the rules of his class, who rarely inform
upon an enemy with whom they fight a
duel.
The times., 1899-10-02
Death of n Retired Banker.

NEWPORT, r. l., Oct. 2.-John OBrien
retired banker, died at Inchinquin, his
Newport summer residence. yesterday He
was eighty-four years old. He had been
in poor health for long time. and few
days ago pneumonia set in. which was the
cause of his death Mr.. 0'Brien was for
many years associated in the banking and
brokerage business, at No. So Wall Street,
New York, with his brother, Joseph
OBrien. He retired about ten years ago.
He was the oldest member of the New
York Stock Exchange, passing the fftieth
anniversary of his membership early in
September, an event made notable by
members OF the exchange. who appointed
committee and sent to Mr. O'Brien a
large floral piece. with their best wishes,
Elisha Dyer making the presentation in
their behalf
The times., 1899-10-02
TESTING A LYNCH LAW.
Stubborn Jurors Disregard Evidence
and the Higher Court

COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 1.-Two years
ago negro named Brown was lynched In
Orangeburg. He had been arrested for ar
son, but at the request of the prosecutor
was released, there being no evidence
against him. He was subsequently caught
and hanged to a telegraph pole and then
shot. The legislature had just passed a
law making counties liable for damages to
heirs of persons lynched, and this was the
test case. 1t was tried the first time last
fall. the wife of Brown suing for Sc, ,O00
The jury found for the county. The case
was appealed to the supreme court and
new trial was granted, the ruling of the
circuit judge being set aside Another
trial has been held, and again verdict
has been found for the defence
AS the law is plain allowing damages
and the evidence as to the lynching is
overwhelming, the jury has taken the po-
sition of refusing to carry out the law.
This is a test case, the only one brought
under this law, and every effort will be
made 10 get damages. This verdict will
probably be upset by the supreme court
if it is not set aside in the lower court