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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
Saved by q Cat.

Score one for pussy. A Bristol eng
land) cat few days ago proved the
means of saving a whole family from
destruction by fire. At half-past 2 in
the morning shopkeeper named Ledo
Schneidermann was aroused by his pet
tabby, which was gently scratching his
face. He tried to drive her away, but
as the faithful feline persisted, he
aroused himself, to find the room full
of smoke. He alarmed ledger, Her.
mon Muller, who was sleeping on the
same floor, and also his sister and an
other young woman. They all rushed
to the stairs, where the flames were al
ready spreading. With the exception
of the ledger, the inmates, taking puss
with them, reached a landing, from
which they escaped to the back yard.
Just as the flames shot right through
the spiral staircase, Muller, who, had
stopped to put on his boots, was cut
eff from escape. The flames reached
his room, and then, throwing out some
bedding, he leaped from the second
story window. He badly sprained his
ankle and was taken to the infirmary.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
SAILED A WRECKED SHIP.
of the Captain, His Wife and
Crow of the Hesper.

nerodsm OF the Captain, His Wife and
Crow of the Hesper.
The story of the narrow escape of the
bark Hesper, of San Francisco, in
hurricane, and the pluck and skill of
the captain and crew in sailing her to
Kiao Chau, China, is now one of the
great sea stories of the decade, says
the New York World. During the
storm the Hesper became waterlogged.
All the provisions were spoiled, and
the deckload shifting gave the vessel
list to port that took her main sail
under water. The cabins were flooded,
and Capt. Sodergren and his wife had
to live in a tent made out of a spare sail
and rugged up on the deckload of lum-
Der. When the opportunity came the
captain and his wife would not leave
the ship, and the crew manfully stayed
by them, SO for a whole month they
lived as best they could and sailed the
waterlogged hulk 1,450 miles into safe
ty. Nineteen days after the disaster,
when the transport Pennsylvania
showed up, the sailors would have de-
serted the Hesper in body had Mrs.
Sodergren accepted a proffered pas
sage to Nagasaki, but she positively re-
fused to leave her husband and he
would not leave his vessel, so all
hands stayed by the bark. The officers
of the Pennsylvania say it was one OF
the bravest and p.uckiest acts they ever
saw performed on the ocean. This
must have been very gratifying ex-
perience for Capt. and Mrs. Sodergren.
It is not so many years ago that two of
the crew of the Hesper were hanged
for killing Second Mate Fitzgerald.
They also attempted to murder Capt.
Sodergren and the first mate, after
which it was their intention to make
for the coast of South America with
the vessel, taking Mrs. Sodergren with
them. Their plans miscarried, and
the Hesper reached Tahiti, from which
island the mutineers were sent to San
Francisco in irons, where the ring
leaders were executed.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
CHINESE WANTED THE BIBLES.

but the Missionaries Found They Were
Used in Making Firecrackers.
From Frank Lesi::s's Monthly: ''In-
dependence day reminds me,'' said the
missionary from China, "of the most
encouraging and the most disillusion-
lz1ng experience in my life. l had la
Dored hard In the work of converting
the Chinese to Christianity and there
was unfeigned rejoicing among all the
missions in China and the churches in
America when the demand for bibles
on the part of our converts eliminated
in orders for $4,000 bibles in one ship
ment. The remarkable number of new
Christians thus indicated, while it oc-
casioned much thankfulness in Amer
lea, caused the heads Of the missionary
associations to set on foot an inquiry
as to the methods employed in saving
the souls of such an unusual number
OF Celestials, and the uses to which
they put the bibles sent them. You
may know that in China the majority
of the firecrackers with which we cele-
Drate our day of national independence
are made by the Chinese in their
homes. Contractors for fireworks give
each man certain amount of powder.
and that must be made into a given
number of crackers. The paper used
in the manufacture he buys himself
and paper is not cheap commodity in
China. The powder furnished seldom
fits the required number Of crackers,
but that does not disturb the Celestial
in the least; he turns in his quota all
the same, and the American boy in
consequence invariably finds in each
package Of frecrackers a few that
won't 60 off, I discovered that Yam
kee thrift had been absorbed by the
heather Chinee with much more read
mess than Yankee morals. In contrib
uting his labor toward our festival &C.
sasions he hit upon an expedient
whereby considerable profit accrued
to himself. In other Words our great
shipment Of $4,000 Bibles had literally
gone up in smoke They were to be
had for the asking, and the Celestial
conscience seems never to have SUI
fered pang as to their disposal for
trecracker wrappers"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
MORE GLACIERS THAN GOLD.
Scientists Found Many Natural Wonders
Up in Alaska.

ecAen1lsts Found Many Natural Wonders
Up in Alaska.
Two members of E.. H Harriman,s4
scientific party that has been explor-
ing the Alaskan coast for some months
past have returned to Vancouver and
bring accounts of their cruise on the
steamer Elder, which indicate that
Mr.. Hartman and the scientists will
return laden with many laurels. They
seem to have developed mania for
glaciers, having visited and explored
more than thirty, some of which we're
unknown except to natives. In one
bay, not shown on the maps or charts.
they discovered an immense glacier,
not as large as the giant Muir, but
much more grand and picturesque. The
bay extends inland more than twenty
sounding line of forty fathoms did not
touch bottom. This inlet they named
Unknown bay. 1t was here that the
Elder maneuvering among the cakes
OF ice broke from the glacier, broke a.
propeller blade, making it necessary to-
return to Orca, where repairs we're
made. At the head of Disenchant~7ent
bay they found four glaciers which had
never been seen before by white men.
In Icy bay, twenty miles across, OPP
posite Carroll's glacier, the party dis
covered new glacier with a front of
three-fourths of a mile. This was
named Harriman's glacier. Observa-
lions taken in the vicinity of Grand:
Pacific glacier showed that its ice wall
had receded three miles during the 20
years that have elapsed since Muir and
Reed visited the place and established
their survey. The different scientists
are having gratifying success in all
lines. The botanists have found seq
eral new plant species and collection
Of marine species made by the party,
it is said, will be superior to any other
in existence Ornithologists have had
phenomenal success and are able to
show new bird specimens.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
Dressed Poultrv.

"They say" said a citizen, that the
expert poultryman knows at sight just
where. a dressed chicken is from. OF
course he knows a Philadelphia chick
en- when he sees it, but they tell me
that of western poultry, for instance,
he can tell at a glance whether chick
en- comes from Ohio or Illinois, and so
on. It's fine thing, no doubt, to be
able to do this, and still I should be
satisfied to be without this refinement
Of knowledge concerning the chicken
horizontally if could tell, before buy.
ing, whether it was tough or not
Exchange. - + = -. - T. - - i,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
NAPOLEON LEARNS BUSINESS
Indifferent About Letting His Subord
mates See His Ignorance.

>~~~O ~OSoAAS
mates See His Ignorance.
A few days after the thirteenth VEN
demaire I happened to be at the Office
of the general staff in the Rue Neuve
des Capucines, when Gen. Bonaparte,
who was lodging in the house. came in,
says the memoirs of Baron Thiebault."
l can still see his little hat, surmount-
ed by chance plume badly fastened
on, his tri-color sash more than care
lessly tied, his coat cut anyhow and
a sword which, in truth, did not seem
the sort of weapon to make his fortune.
Flinging his hat on large table in the
middle of the room, he went up to an
old general named Krieg, man with a.
wonderful knowledge of detail and the
author OF a very good soldiers man.
ual. He made him take a seat beside
him at the table and began question
ing him, pen in hand, about a. host of
facts connected with the service and
discipline. Some of his questions show
ed such complete ignorance of the
most ordinary things that several of
my comrades smiled. I was myself
struck by the number of his questions.
their order and their rapidity. >
But what struck me still more was the
spectacle of a commander-in-chief per-
fectly Indifferent about showing his
subordinates how completely ignorant
he was of various points OF the busi-
ness which the junior Of them was
supposed to know perfectly, and this
raised him a hundred cubits in my
eyes,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
MORE ENGLISH IRON.
Timely Discovery at Kent in the Dover
II Coalfeld.


When the coal boring was put down
at Dover about six Or eight years ago.
by Mr.. F. Brady, on the site of the old
Channel tunnel works, there were indi-s
cations in the cores of the presence of
iron ore in the strata between 500 and
600 feet from the surface. The indica-
tons have now proved correct says the
London Chronicle. In the course OF
sinking the No. 2 shaft bed of yalu-s
able oolitic iron ore has just been
struck at depth of rather less than
900 feet. The seam proves to be no less
than twelve feet thick and probably ex-
tends over, a great area, the quantity
being practically unlimited. The diam
eter of the shaft is twenty feet and the
quantity brought to the surface in
passing through the twelve feet
amounted to about $50 tons. Samples
OF the ore have been submitted to anal
ys1s, with highly satisfactory results,
washed sample of the ore yielding 458
per cent of iron. On visiting the COL
1ery works today 1 inspected consid-
cradle bulk of the ore and the mana
ger informed me that washed sample
tested at t: works yielded between so
and to per cent of iron The analysis
SHOWS that the ore is free from sui
phur and phosphorus. The ore is stat
cd to be of much richer quality than
the Wealden ironstone, worked in Kent
and Sussex century ago. Prof Boyd
hawkins, in a paper read before the
British association in 1894 described
sample obtained from the original
boring. From this 1t appears that this
bed of iron ore is Identical with that
described by Blake and Hudleston at
AbbotsDury, in Dorset, where it occurs
between the Kimmeridge clay above
and the Corallian rocks below. It is
also practically identical with the val
liable iron ore worked for many years
IN Westbury, Wiltshire The ironstone
presents very singular physical char
acteristics. 1t is composed of dark
brown, shining grains of hydrated OK
lde OF iron, like millet seed, imbedded
IN a crystalline base, partly of CAL
c1um and partly of iron carbonate. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
a Pertinent ENQUIRY.

IF you don't get out Of here" said
the bartender, who was somewhat Civ
en- to circuitous statements, 1T win
become my painful duty to soak you
in the neck s S
might I inquire Z responded the
gentleman who had stood against the
stove for two hours, might inquirs
II this is to be an external or internal
treatment Indianapolis Journal, .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16

~ 80 = AAS1p
j fore my mother calls him gentleman
Mr.. Druce, ask, keeps his loan.
/ Office still?''
Yes, and is quite a rich man. 1. All
tho neighbors borrow OF him. They
! pay him back little at 4 time every
/ week 5:a$. 4. s=z.
You owe him nothing, I hope?"
! No. my son; I manage without
though it's hard pinch" 3 d,
I make it as easy for you as I can
mother" I say, sternly. 1T would be
harder the other way. All that I have
is yours. You'll promise me never tc
lay yourself under an obligation to
that man." - =
Il promise you, my son." she replies
in tone made piteous by my stern.
ness. ]"
DO you think" I say, following
out the direction Of my thoughts, "that
Mabel's mother owes him money!"
1T is likely, my son."
And has Mabel herself spoken ia
you about it?"
mo, my son."
HAS she not spoken to you about
Mr.. Druce?"
"She has never mentioned his name
to me, Amos
This comforts me somewhat. If, a
girl Is about to be married. and her
heart is in the match, she would surely
speak Of it to such a friend as my
mother was to Mabel. How do work
out the sum, then? In this way: Ma
bells mother favors the match; Mabel
herself wishes to avoid it. I follow
out the current of my musings.
DO you like Mabel's mother?'
Eve seen her but a few times al
together, Amos. I doubt there's no
love lost between US. She is a cold
woman"
Mabel is the same to you as ever,
mother?"
my son." says my mother, with a
touch Of rough wisdom which no pol
ishing can improve, IAN old woman
and child go together; they fit in
with one another naturally. But when
the child grows into a woman herself,
it is different; other notions come into
her head-notions of counting and mar
riage. Then there's room for naught
else,'
Mabel is the soul of TRUTH" say.
"Mabel's heart is as good as gold"
"Ay," repeats my mother in a Pc
culiar tone, "as good as gold"
''Do you not believe,"I ask slowly,
that Mabel would marry a poor man
for love?"
mot when gold is flung before her
eyes. Like mother, like daughter"
My mother and I have never ex-
changed a harsh word and, 1 resolve
that one shall not be uttered now. Age
has it's privileges as we'll as it's in
drmities, and with increasing years
the judgment becomes warped. So I
say no more; but I resolve that + will
test Mabel soon.
The opportunity arrives a day or two
afterward in the early morning, and /
speak to Mabel direct. Does any one
ever remember the exact words that
pass when he is following out a. pur-
pose such as was in my mind? I do
not, and cannot set down what was
said. I know that I was deeply agi-
tated, and that my first reference was
to Mr.. bruce.
HE is nothing to me-" Mabel says.
ITO BE coNT1NuED.I
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16

OF the lease the rent must BE paid for
another q term in order to keep the
corpse beneath the earth. In cases
where It is not paid, the grave is dug
up and the bones go to the bone pile
To look into each corner Of the differ
emit cemeteries means that one must
gaze upon huge piles Of human bones.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
CHAPTER V.

HE ugly, thin, in.
quisitive face that
I have seen l but
once, many years
ago, appears again
b e t or Q me; the
bony fingers again.
m a k g themselves
felt " j thin my
palm. It seems but
yesterday that they
lay there. I spit up
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16

IL Some raen who finally succeed in
raising the wind are unable to stop it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
Remarkable Escape from Death.

D. W.. Krider of Wharton, Ohio, 8
member Of the Third regular artillery,
who was shot twenty-six times in the
Filipino outbreak in February, and
who received the most terrible wounds
in the Manila campaign, still survives.
He was shot at 80 O'Clock in the aft
ernoon, and because he was thought
to have been killed, was not treated by
the surgeon until 9 o'clock that night.
His escape from death on the. field is
one Of the most remarkable on record.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
CHAPTER w.

T WANTS but six
weeks to Christ
m as, nd t b 9
weather is cold and
cherries. I expect
to have a long
stay at home this
t m e-to spend
Christmas there, in
fact. Tomorrow I
am to take tea
with Mabel and her
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16

on my palm to rub of the fancied con-
tact. He offered to lend me money,
this man. and doubtless has made more
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
, - 7-E---- -. = - : = -
Snail Food in Paris.

= -7-@@ SHAH FOOD In Par1H. --TH :.
Partisan gourmands devour 100000
pounds Of snails daily. IL . i. 5 as. Il . sS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-12-16
Long DaE#

Long Day.
In spitzbergen the longest day is ]
three and half months.
The oasis., 1899-04-29
srHe eot<D.o iS


 summer goods than during any pre- vious spring month.
 Mexican Herald: At Carmen, Nue. yo Leon, some thieves broke into the church. opened the sagrario and stole chalice of gold and several other ar- ticles of gold and silver that they found within, successfully escaping with their punder.
 Mexican Herald: The mayor of Ma tamurOs, Tamaulipas, on account of the high price of corn, has ordered that the highest price that may be charged for 1t in that city shall be six cents litre, under penalty of from 5 to slO fine.
 Fl Correo de Espaila says: 'El Uni yersal is not satisfied with the admin jstrative changes which are about to be made in the Veracruz railway and argues that the employees of that cCm- pany should remain as heretofore. As all know, everything on that railroad is going to turn Yankee"
 Two Republics: Arrangements have been completed for removing the of- fees of the Veracruz and Pacific rail- way, better known as the Mason Line, from this city to Cordoba. he con- tracts for extending the line from Motzorongo to P.puloapam have been closed and it is expected that the work will completed by December of the present year.
 Two Republics: At , o'clock yes terday evening lineman in the em- ploy of the sieuiens X I!alske Electric Light Go. was engaged in making some connections on one of the poles, in the hermitage at Tacubaya, when he touched live wire and received such d shock that he fell to the ground and was seriously hurt. He was taken to the prefecture for medical atten- tion, but it is not thought that he can recover
 Two Republics The kickapoo h. dians who have come to see President Diaz in regard to their lands in the state of COahuila, which they claim are being unjustly taken from them, have had an interview with the chief executive in which they stated their grievance. President Diaz listened attentiyely to them and will investi- rate the affair. As soon as matters are satisfactorily arranged the com mittee will return home.
 Mexican Herald Hon. Jose |. Limantour, secretary Of the treasury who will as as been previously an rounced in the Herald, depart with his family for trip to Europe next Monday, assembled the chiefs of the divisions of his department yesterday and bade them an affectionate fare well. During his absence Lie. D Roberto Nuhez will have charge of hi' department, and is thoroughly com potent to discharge the duties of hi' position, MT. Limantour will trave to New York in the presidential cars
 Mexican Herald: Mir. F. E. Darncll uho for the past year has had charg' of the general passenger office Of th' Mexican National Railroad Ca., a chief clerk Ot the passenger depart ment, has resigned from the servic of that company, and will accept position with the contracting firm 0 Louergan & Dekruyn. NJ. Robert $ Barrett, Of the freight department
The oasis., 1899-04-29

Mexican Herald: The estimated gross earnings of the Mexican Ma tlonaI railroad company for the sec ond week of April were SIPS, ,lOO5s, against s94.42 67 for the same week of last var, making an increase of s34,g7l.9l For the first two weeks of this month the estimated earnings were s249, ,gS5.44 against s207, ,456 for the same period Of last year, making an increase of $42. .439 A..
 Mexican Herald: A challenge has just been received by Capt. Frisbie of the Athletic Baseball club from the captain of the Monterey club, which is reputed to be the fastest aggrega- tion in the republic. The Monterey boys offer to come to this city and play series of games if the expenses of the trip are guaranteed them. The Athletics all seem to be in favor Of taking up the proposition, and it will be acted on at the next meetingnf the club. It has been suggested that a baseball carnival" be held here dur ing the Cinco de Mayo festivities. It it is proposed to bring the Monterevs down here at that time and have three games in all, one between the Monte rev club and each of the local teams, and then one between the two latter.
The oasis., 1899-04-29

The big edition of THE OASIS will contain from I6 to 20 pages of reading matter and illustrations.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-08

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-08
GEN. RARRIsoN.s B1G FEE.
Co0pitcati"as May Arise over Its
Payment ny Venezuela.

NEW YORK, Oct "A special 20 the
Times from Washington says:
A suggestion Nas made today OF the
possibility that diplomatic officer n.
the Emitted States might have 20 b. EN-
ploye1 20 collect lawyers fee for an
ex-prrsident 81 the United States. The
situation, 70 VAS admitted. would he un-
prec.dsn;cd II IL presented itself. bat IL
u not thought likely that IL Will
The fee involved. IL "a reported ts
ST. go, promised By the present yenezus-
lar government 20 Benjamin Harrison for
hts services as legal counsel Of tho Ven
exussa republic before the rzras arbitra-
ton commission IL vas suggested that
TN the event OF The triumph az the insur-
rectionists tn Venezuela. new =. most a.,
the gates % the capital cI.y. csfacas The
obligation ~ the rDcsairg administration
rlight be repu4iASae inasnucn as the
BENEFITS derived by Venezuela frcrn the
award are tnuettl
In this case the state department of
cials ara 90 the opinion that the drhr
wouIa De regarded as one ~ honor ra.t-
ly en- account ~ Mr.. Harrfs0n's high %.
sition the former chief executive 81 a
republic whose good SrSces were alone
responsible for 9vsrtirs Nay and .ecgYf. z
arbitration 20 Venezuela
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Special pss7AEsn 70 The Pose-1nssiiissaess.
TACOMA OFT, f-Chvfch-Gosrs vho
travel 20 Alaska hersasser On the steamer
cry % Topexa 0ffi Be able 20 stag gssrs5
aynrns aboard her. 9ase Representative
charles Bedford ard Thomas Summons.
secretary 20 Senator yosesr. piscee q
handsome CABINET contrasting fourteen gos-
pel nyr.n bociks No. :. Aboard Tho Tope-
Ia when she was IN port this afternoon.
rrsc><s in the cabin. TIE Gentlemen named
vera passengers from Alaska 81 the To-
p~ka. arriving here September Coming
dywn the passengers desres 70 sins hymns
On Ssynfay. bat could obtain M hymn
esoks aboard snd only two at wrangei,
one being borrowed and one purchased
.hers A collection amounting 20 u
was taken I'D nv tas pAsaengcry 20 pro
vide the hymn booass placed aboard today.