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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
. ENATURAL TRAP.
Death Gulch Captures or Asphyxiates
sH5stssaT S. S. Many wild a nimsla. =. ,-

u A.
Death Gulch Capture. or Asphyxiates
49, Many VIVID Animals. . =
Death gulch is small and gloomy
ravine in the northeast corner Of the
Yellowstone national park, says APP
pleton's Monthly. I'm this region the
lavas> which fill the ancient basin of
the park rest upon the TANKS of noun
tains formed of fragmentary volcanic
e5ecta, >. while the hydrothermal
forces of the central portion of the
park show but feeble manifestation of
their energy in the almost extinct hot
spring areas of Soda Butte, Lamar
river, Cache creek and Miller creek"
Although hot water no longer flows
from these vents, gaseous emanations
are now given off in considerable VOL
ume." ION Cache creek, about two
miles above its confluence with Lamar
river, are deposits of altered and crys-
tall1ne travertine, with pools in the
creek violently effervescing locally.
This is due to the copious emission Of
gas. Above these deposits the creek
cuts into bank of sulphur and gravel
cemented by this material, and a few
yards beyond is the debouchure of
small lateral gully coming down from
the mountain SIDE In it's bottom is
small stream Of clear and cold water,
sour with sulphuric acid, and flowing
down narrow and steep channel cut
In beds of dark gray volcanic tuff. AS
cendlng this gulch the sides, closing
together, become very steep slopes Of
white, decomposing rock. .. The
only springs now flowing are small
oozes of water issuing from the base
OF these slopes or from the channel
bed, forming thick, creamy, white
deposit about the vents and covering
the stream bed. This deposit consists
largely of sulphate of arumina. i. .
About $50 feet above the main stream
these oozing springs of acid water
cease, but the channel of the gulch
remains the same. The odor of sui
phur now becomes stronger, though
producing no other effect than slight
Irritation of the lungs. Climbing
through this trough, a frightfully
weird and dismal place, and occupied
by only tiny streamlet and an ap-
palling odor, we at length discovered
some brown furry masses lying scat
tered about the floor Of the ravine
about quarter of mile from the
point where we left Cache creek APP
preaching cautiously, it became quick
ly evident that we had before us a
large group of huge, recumbent bears.
The one nearest to us was lying with
his nose between his paws, facing us,
and so exactly like huge dog asleep
that it did not seem possible that it
was the sleep of DEATH To make sure,
I threw a pebble at the animal, strik
ing him on the flank. The distended
skin resounded like drum head, and
the only response was belch of poi
sonous gas that almost overwhelmed
us. Closer examination showed that
the animal was a young silver tip
grizzly (Ursus horribilis). A few drops
of dark red blood stained his nostrils
and the ground beneath. There proved
to be five other carcasses, all bears, in
various stages of decay; careful search
revealed oval areas of hair and bones
that represented two other bears, MAX
ing total of eight carcasses in all.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
PRESERVING AFRICAN BIG GAME
British Government Will Protect the
Fauna of Africa.


British Government Will Protect the
Fauna of Africa.
With reference to the international
action which the government has in
view for the preservation of the big
fauna of Africa, have had the oppor-
tunity of hearing the opinion Of one Of
the greatest living authorities on the
subject. This individual has passed
the greater part of his life in the dis
tricts of Africa affected by the legisla-
ton in force and prospective for pro-
hibiting the killing of big game. He as
sures me that all the laws in operation
fail to achieve the purpose in view in
the localities where the natives are al
lowed to carry guns. In British East
Africa, where the whites are strictly
forbidden to shoot big game without
authority, the natives are allowed to
kill indiscriminately and without
check everything they come across. In
Mashonaland and Matabeleland, on the
other hand, since the disarmament Of
the natives there has been a percep-
tible increase in certain species, and
this increase is likely to gradually be-
come more marked as time goes on and
the regulations are enforced. Antelope
of different kinds have lately been seen
in the neighborhood of Buluwayo.
which it had been thought had COM
p1etely disappeared from the country,
and there is reason to believe that in
Rhodesia the danger of extinction of
many of the species, which at one time
was real, had been checked if not alto
gether averted.- Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
CHAPTER xv1I1.-(Coxrrrunp.)
! az b. ARJEoN.

CHAPTER XVuI.-(CoNTrNusD.)
n Had had my right senses I should
have known nstantly-having seen
such things in other places-that what
I was looking on was seaweed that had
Erown in great strong masses among
the rocks, and was eternally tossed
hither and thither Enthusiastically by the
action of the waves; but was in so
nervous a condition that my imagina-
ton colored everything before my
eyes, and made it different from what
1t was.
Knowing that If I wished to keep
my reason must school myself into a
calmer state, I sat down on a rock,
with the intention Of giving myself a
chance of sleeping. My tired body,
grateful for the opportunity, may have
slept, but my mind was so excited by
recent events that no effort on my part
could scothe or quiet it. Every moment
a new picture presented itself. I had
given no thought to the tide coming
In, and it was the rising of the waves
that, after the lapse of know not how
many minutes, aroused my body to
consciousness. At that moment I was
enacting in my dreams the scene of
the burial of my poor little Bob. The
men were standing around the grave
with the lighted torches in their hands,
and was speaking from what I re-
membered of the service of the dead:
II am the resurrection and the life,'
saith the Lord; he that believeth in
me, though he were dead, yet shall he
live; and whosoever liveth and be-
Geveth in me shall never die"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
MICROBES EXIST IN BROOMS.
household Implement a Breeding Place
for Bacteria.

1OE 41dCGeEAds
*'The broom ordinarily is fertile
breeding place for bacteria, and should
merit the interest and earnest consid-
Grafton, not only Of all good house
wives, but of everyone who is interest
ed in the health of the family, and the
maintenance of the strictest hygienic
and sanitary conditions. 1t is not
generally known that the ordinary
broom is the habitation or breeding
place of great colonies of bacteria and
unsanitary germs. La grippe, small
pox and scarlet fever have been traced
directly to this household article-the
ordinary broom" It is an interesting
coincidence that almost simultaneous
ly with this article a Georgia inventor
announces that he has invented san
itary broom. This broom is furnished
with what it's inventor calls "retain-
er," which contains antiseptics. The
retainer is incorporated in the part of
the broom nearest the handle and is
shaped somewhat like an incandescent
light bulb; it is concealed by the
broom straws and is held in place by
transverse rows Of stitching. The
penetration of the retainer opens up
numerous small outlets, which, acting
together with the meshes, allow a
gradual emulation of the antiseptic
influence in their descent along and
dissemination through the straws, in
surfing by the acts of sweeping the
thorough disinfection of carpets, and a
perfect deodorizer Of apartments
Scientific American.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
RAISIN-MAKING IN CALIFORNIA
Process of Getting the Fruit in Shape
for Shipment.


The gang moves in bunch, clip
ping off the translucent clusters Of
muscatels, arranging them upon the
trays to shrink and shrivel under the
rays of the sun into the concentrated
delicacy we know. Behind them the
lines of trays lie, basking array of
shimmering fruit, and some one inter-
ested is showing the clusters together,
that the tray shall be honestly filled,
for the workers are paid by the tray.
After two weeks exposure in the dry
heat the filled trays are ready to be
turned so that the grape may be cured
evenly. This is accomplished by two
men, one on either side, placing an
empty tray over the full one, dexter
ously reversing it, then. carrying the
upper one with them, repeating the
process on down the row. It is at this
stage in the curing that the grape is
most delectable. The amber is chang
ing through ruddy stages to amethyst,
and the sun-warmed balls are drops of
honey-double distilled, so sweet they
make you long with a great thirst for
the red water tank shimmering in the
sunlight forty acres away; but you.
must eat and eat, and go on eating
even while your palate is cloying with
the sweetness. In another week the
died grapes are ready for the sweat
boxes. These wide, open boxes con-
tain from $50 to 100 pounds, and as the
raisins become sufficiently cured they
are sorted from the others and placed
therein, the large, perfect clusters and
the inferior, broken pieces in separate
boxes. They are usually carried to
sweating house, closed structure, in
which they soften and moisten evenly.
the drying having made the stems ex-
ceedingly brittle; or simply stacked in
one corner of the packing-house to
await the grading and packing.-Land
of Sunshine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
f. 4-i : ~s,fs|f1
What q False Report Did.

J. M. Sinclair, high sheriff Of Done
gal, Ireland, committed suicide nv
shooting himself Aug. %, on receipt of
the announcement that his daughter.
Is years old, had been drowned IN.
another part Of the county. The lat
ter story now turns out to be false. and
has caused an immense sensation il
the county, where the family is most
prominent. The author Of the false
hood, which caused the father to COM
nit suicide. Is unknown. ..s.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
A Curious Incident.

A curious incident in connection
with the late thunderstorm which pass
ed over Ireland occurred in the County
Monaghan. A lightning flash struck
a grove of trees in which colony of
rocks had established a rookery, and
killed some four or five hundred birds.
Great numbers of horses, cattle and
sheep were killed all over the country.
Altogether it was one Of the most dis
astrous storms which has visited the
country for long time. @$Es. !: s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
CLIMATE SHOWS FEW CHANCES
Weather Conditions Now About the
Same as In Ages Past. - -"

~
Weather Conditions Now About the
Same as In Ages Past. = ~
From Popular Science: This subject
Is Of extreme interest and merits a
most thorough study. We find the
early" and the latter" rain today in
Palestine precisely as described $500
years ago. Jordan overflows all its
banks" In February today exactly as it
did in Joshua's time, thirty-three GEN.
turtles ago. Plants taken from mummy
cases in Egypt, which must have been
gathered more than 5000 years since,
are practically Of the same size and
have the same appearance as those
growing today. Records of vintages in
France over 700 years ago show prac-
ucally the same dates as today, Actual
observations of rainfall for over 200
years in France show no change. OBJ
servations of temperature for almost
zoo years at st. Petersburg show no
change appreciable to us, though, Of
course, the earliest observations were
extremely crude and somewhat unreli-
able. Facts of this kind might be ad-
duced to fill small volume. On the
other hand, we have records of most
extraordinary cold weather in ancient
time. One winter light wine in France
froze. Another winter the River Pc
froze over SO as to bear teams, an I'M
heard-of phenomenon today. In this
journal for June it is stated that "Par-
nassus and Socrate, now free from
snow, were covered with it in classic
antiquity. Also "the name Greenland,
which strikes us as so singularly in
appropriate, was not inapplicable at
the time it was named, in the four
teenth century, 1t is entirely proba-
BILE that descriptions of the cold in an
cient times were much exaggerated.
Parnassus and Socrate have snow at
times, and, in earlier days, when pro-
lection against the cold and snow was
much less than now, little snow
would go long way. The earlier
voyagers from Iceland, more than
thousand years ago, leaving a land Of
almost perpetual ice and snow, and
reaching land in summer with it's
beautiful green color to their unac-
customed eyes, would very naturally
give the name of Greenland to it. At
the summer time it is said that Green
land presents most beautiful
green near the Danish settlements to
this day. Our oldest inhabitants, who
have been wont to describe the terri
BILE cold and deep SHOWS of their boy
hood days as incomparably greater
than anything which does or can oc-
cur today, have completely lost their
reckoning the last winter when reading
OF a ship that had sunk in New York
harbor by the weight Of the ice upon
it; also that Washington had had thir-
ty-four inches of snow on level and
the lowest temperature ever noted in
that fair city. I am sure careful
study will show no appreciate change
in the climate of this earth since the
early historic times. OF course nothing
here adduced touches climatic changes
in glacial times or in prehistoric times,
which changes have been established
beyond question.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
A New Industry.

A new industry is springing up in
Northern Misunderstanding wells for
salt water to manufacture salt for min
ing and domestic purposes. One COM
pany has secured 10000 acres of salt
water territory at Camaron, 12O miles
south of Laredo, and have struck
water containing twelve per cent salt,
worth from one to three cents pound.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
A Cemetery for Dogs.

One of the most curious sights in
England is the cemetery of the Ouch
ess of Newcastle's favorite dogs at Oat-
lands Park, Surrey. There are now no
fewer than sixty burned there, and her
ladyship has honored each dog with q
separate tombstone and inscription. 0
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
Fined for Wearing Military Uniform

A German actress has been fined in
Vienna for wearing correct military
uniform, which is not allowed by the
Austrian authorities. In Germany.
however, she would have been pun.
.ished if the uniform had not been cor.
rect, the emperors decree permitting
military dress on the stage only when
absolutely accurate.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
ttF:syi5-. - ~ 'sstsrts... - ,. MI
England's Big Orchard.

1 The largest orchard in England is at
Tottington, in the county OF Gloucester.
It is five hundred acres in extent. and
in some seasons yields it's owner, Lord
sudley, profit of $50; 900. The trees
are chiefly apples and pluns.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
CHAPTER XIX.

lTH these words
very clear in my
mind, I woke-to
find that the moon
had risen and that
the tide was COM
ing in fast.
Straight before me,
stretching almost
from my feet, was
a long ripping line
oe 1;~h4 IN thu 600
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17

$500 AesAAN VI A1CA|
we had found ref
uge was an island.
and the . waters
round about, fortu--5
nately for us, were
a fayorite muster.
ing ground tor.
seals. On the day
following our land
ing my first duty,
as chief Of tho
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-02-17
msn. On whom = blessing had fallen
from the lips of q little child,
CHAPTER Xxx. !

F1@R HE land on which
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30
Advantages of Long Sentences.

The last summer, when / was on my
way back to Vienna from the appetite
cure In the mountains. 1 fell over a
cliff in the twilight and broke some
arms and legs and one thing or another
and by good luck was found by some
peasants who had lost an ass, and they
carried me to the nearest habitation,
which was one of those large, low,
thatch rooted farmhouses, with apart
ments In the garret for the family and
q cunning little porch under the deep
gable decorated with boxes of bright
colored flowers and cats; on the ground
dOor a large and light sitting room,
separated from the milk cattle apart
ment by a partition, and in the front
yard rose, stately and fine, the wealth
and pride of the house. the manure
pile.
That sentence4s Germanic and shows
that am acquiring that sort of mas
terry of the art and spirit of the Ian
guage which enables a man to travel
all day in one sentence without chang
ing cars.-Mark Twain in '"The Man
That Corrupted Hadleyburg."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30

1t was the first day of school The
bell had tapped. and the little children
Of the secondary primary were sitting
upright In their seats, hands properly
folded and with round eyes fixed on
the new teacher. taking a mental in
ventory.
She was n bit nervous. 1t was her
first school The children made her
''fdgety," they stared at her so hard
and watched her SO narrowly.
She began to feel like a mouse that
is within the clutches Of a cat. She
cast about wildly in her mind for some
occupation to begin the first day. She
regretted bitterly that she had not ar
ranged some definite plan OF campaign.
Then her face frightened. She would
find out what the children already
knew. Question followed question.
touching on divers subjects. a
"Now, who knows what a skeleton
Isf' asked the teacher. smiling coax.
ingly.
The little girl wearing the pink ging-
ham apron and occupying the bach
seat waved her hard wildly and work
ed her mouth iE frantic endeayor to get
teacher 10 look at her,
.well. what IN M
"A skeleton" aa&H The tot sN ..'.aas ......
her apron In her lHFexA -. - !.
who has his Ipeide& r1<S'oe
orrtsiUcs ol<. <.s->D D1ufr< -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30

With q bright smile the beautiful
Eskimo girl left US to Join the merry
throng In the ballroom.
"Your daughter is a gay butterhy?'
I exclaimed, desiring to be very COM
piimentary.
"For my part, I don't think much
Of this social lIfe," replied the mother,
with sudden vehemence. "The idea Of
dancing every night till away along
In March and then lying In bed next
day until Aug. or such a matterr'
1t was on my tongue to say that
these young people had too much lati.
tude. but checked myself.-Detroit
Journal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30
WIN Owen be COmmltteem.np

StilIwelI, 1. T., Oct. 2s.-It 10 ru-
mored that Col. Robt. L. Owen 10
about to be appointed national DEM
ocratic committeeman from the In
dian Territory by Chairman Jones.
If such is the case, it will be done
over the protest of seven-eighths OF
the democrats of Indian Territory.
Senator Jones has been q great friend
of r. l.. Owen ever since the pas
sage by congress of the "Ohoctaw
net proceeds claim" about . dozen
years ago. Col. Owen. It is alleged,
holds stock with the senator In the
'round-lsp cotton bale" trust. The
republicans have q clean man for
national committeeman from the
Indian Territory In the person Of
Hon. William M, Mellette, and the
democrats want q clean man, too.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30
The Money In HI. Pocket.

A young Pittsburger arose from his
bed one morning and. dressing, went
down stairs to breakfast. AS he sat at
hand into his trousers pocket and was
surprised to find $7.25. He knew that
when he retired for the night he had
just 25 cents and had fallen asleep
while wondering where he could bor-
row money the next morning. He was
highly elated over the discovery, for,
although he thought long and hard,
he could not remember how he had
come into the possession of the money.
After work that day he took n friend
to the opera and later to supper. When
he returned home about midnight, a
brother stepped into his room and said,
Harry, did you pay that bill for me
todayT
The young man was almost dunn
founded. 1t all came to him at once.
Shortly after he had retired the pre-
vious night his brother had entered the
room and, placing the money in his
trousers pocket. said: Say, old man.
when you go down town tomorrow, l
wish you would pay Mr. - that bill
I owe him. promised to iet him have
1t by tomorrow"
The young man was doing at the
time, and that accounts for his failure
to remember What his brother had said
to him. He was kept busy borrowing
from friends to make up the amount
the next day, and he declares that
hereafter his brother will have to pay
his own bills.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30
GOV. ROOSEVELT ASSAULTED.

wv AOOOCN ELI AOOAO Gbs
EImira, N. Y, Oct. 30.-For
the first time in New York state
and the home Of the democratic
nominee for governor, Theodore
Roosevelt was assaulted on the
streets of Elmira tonight on his
way to the place of meeting.
He was in a carriage with for
mer Senator Fassett and at sew
eral places 'along the road was
pelted with eggs and vegetables,
and greeted with the vilest epi-
thets. He sat in a dignified sill.
ence, while the police looked on
quiescently.
The campaign club from Corn
ing was also assaulted, and a
bitter fight ensued. In the
places of meeting the governor
had no Interruptions. After il
was over, he said: "It was nasty
conduct, the conduct of hood.
lums."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30

Moore's Piluies are q guaranteed
cure for all forms of Malaria, Ague,
Chills and fever, Swamp Fever, Ma
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Biliousness, fetid breath and o tired,
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tism and the lsssitude following blood
poison produced from malarial, pois-
oning. No Quinine. No Arsenic,
Acids or Iron. Do not ruin stomach
or teeth. Entirely tasteless. Price
SOC per box. DR.. O. O. Moore Co.,
No. 80 North Main Street, st. Louis,
Mo. Sold by w. B. Frame, City
Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30

DR.. w. II. Lewis, Lawrence, Va,
writes, 'I am using Kodal Dyspen-
sia Cure in my practice among sew
eral cases of indigestion and find Il
an admirable remedy" Many hum
dreds of physicians depend upon the
use of Kodal Dyspepsia Cure In
stomach troubles. 1t digests what
you eat, and allows yon 70 eat all
the good food you need, provided
You do not overload your stomach.
Gives instant relief and q permaneut
cure. City Drug Store, w. B. Frame.
proprietor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30
CHINESE AT CANTON THREATEN
TO BURN CITY.
plcT TO kNI CHINESE GOVERNOR
KRUGER VIII Visit the czar of Russia
The Dutch in Moscow will Give Re-
ception-Desth of President of
haytI Causes Joy to ExIIes.

NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FRENCH
By scripps-M -McRae Press Association.
Hong Kong, Oct. 30.-The re.
form element in the city is sus
picious of the French and de
clare that should later attempts
be made to take Canton, the in
habitants will lay the city in
ruins.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30
ANOTHER SENSATION.

By scripps- McRae Press Association.
Louisville, KY, Oct. 80. =
Findlay Anderson has made affi-
davit that his testimony against
Caleb Powers, who was convicted
of completely in the Goebel MUIR
der was false, and was secured
by Campbell and Arthur Goebel
for $500.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-10-30
BRYAN'S DAYS WORK.

AoAN Il h1N . AO<A . WOAhs
BY Scripps-McRae Press Association
Hornellsville, N. Y, Oct. 3d.
Bryan arrived here this morn
ing somewhat worn from yester-
days siege. He will make long
speeches today at Sallmantea,
jamestown and Dunkirk and
eleven shorter ones.