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tion is thrown aside as not applicable
and one single card is left-the card
whose measurements apply in every
case. This is the man In vain he
will deny it. They know it is he; and
when, to cap the climax, they say to
him: '''You ought to have. small
scar, on your left hip, four cent?
metres from the pelvic joint, and Ia
hairy mole on your right shoulder, :
he has nothing to do but to give in.
That is why the city Of Paris is proud
to exhibit to the world, in its pavilion
at the exposition, the perfected work
ing ofsthe Criminal Identification Sys-
tenn, invented for it by the ingenious
Bertillon, who proved himself far too
ingenious in giving his. expert testi-
mony before the. Dreyfus court mar
zztial at Rennes. Tt promises to be
adopted or adapted by all the gov
Sernments. In this case it is to be
hoped that, in the adaptation, a
change, will be made IN the Paris re-
gime Of keeping records Of the inno-
cent. 5# 81 n E y5.E s .s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-15
; A Mouse Cate hes the Flies.

~ a tiny mouse that seems to have
it's own way in all it cares to do has
taken up quarters in a bulk window
on Chestnut street. The window con.
tains fine display of travelling bags
and dressing cases, and under ordin.
ary circumstances the presence of the
little intruder would net be tolerated
a minute. But this is not an ordinary
mouse. Instead of creating havoc and
damage by gnawing holes in the valu.
able bags and grips this particular
mouse does valuable service to the
the flies that are unwise enough to
come within reach. Every evening
after the store has been closed and
the clerks have gone home crowd
gathers on the pavement outside and
watches the little fellow capture un-
wary flies. It is a wonderful per-
formance, and SO quick of movement
and keen Of eye is the mouse that q
fly rarely escapes that it springs for
The mouse's mode is simple and eff
fectual. From a crouching attitude it
waits until a fly comes close enough
then it straightens up on its hind legs
the two front paws, like tiny hands
are thrust upward and the unWary fly
is cluched and brought down. After
that the mouse eats the fly and then
gets ready to catch another. Phlia.
delphia Record. s$ .sc
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New York's Peppermint Crop. y

5 The peppermint crop was the lead
ing feature In some neig ghborhoods OF
central New York a few years ago,
and brought more money into tbs
hands Of the farmers than did the
apple crop. But now the peppermint
crop is mostly a thing Of the past in.
that section, and the mint stills, where
Oil is made, are kept in operation by
the crop Of a few acres near them, The
beet sugar crop has driven the mint
crop westward, for the farmers find
it more profitable to raise sugar beets.
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u. ! 4 A. s5<.fssEr

ya-3 -4g JE :
rs A war correspondent with the Brit
ish army in South Africa. "a. G. Hales,
in a recent dispatch to London paper
scathingly denounces the officials in
charge Of the army commissary both
at home and in South Africa, and con-
demns the unwonted display of red
tape which impedes the work and eff
cheney Of the troops, all Of which he
classes as criminal neglect. He says:
.1 ''I4et me tell you how our army in
Africa is treated by the incompetent
people Of the good city of London j
will deal now, particularly, with the
men who are acting under the COM
mand of Gen. Sir Leslie Rundle. This
good soldier and courteous gentleman
has to hold frontage: line from Win
burg, via Senekal almost to the bor-
ders of Basutoland. His whole front,
extending nearly a hundred miles, is
constantly threatened by an active,
dashing, determined enemy-an enemy
who knows the country far better than
an English fox hunting squire knows
the ground he hunts over season after
season. To hold this vast line intact
Gen. Runile has to march from point
to point as his scouts warn him of the
movements of the tireless foe 49,.
Gen: Rundle's task isa colossal one,
and any sane man would think that
gigantic efforts would be made to keep
him amply supplied with food for his
soldiers. But such is not the case. The
men are absolutely starving. Many of
the infantymen are so weak that they
can barely stagger along under the
weight of their soldierly equipment.
They are worn to shadows and move
with weary, listless footsteps on the
march. This is what the soldiers get to
eat, what they have been getting to
eat for a long time past, and what they
are likely to, get for a long time to
come: r. NJ ag.. ,s5 r} " =1, ..,>
zone pound of raw flour, which the
soldiers have to cook after hard day S
march, is served out to each man every
alternate day. The eSfoll lloWing day4he
eats cne pound Of biscuits. In this
country there is no fuel, excepting q
little OK dung, dried by the SUM- If a
soldier is lucky enough to pick UP a
little, he can go to the nearest water
i of which there is plenty, mix his cake
without yeast or baking powder and
make some sort of a wretched mouth
full. He gets one pound Of raw fresh
meat daily, which, nine times out OF
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At TIE PARIS EXPOSITION.

a hundred thousand trees are exactly
alike in all their measure urements and
markings, it itconfidently relies, for the
Identification Of the infinitely more
complicated human body, on system
of comp PARSONS that one by one elini-
nate all but the individual who re-,
spends to it's data. A hundred may
have exactly the same diameter OF
head, from back to front, from side
to side. Not all of the hundred will
have, at the same time, the same
measurement of the right leg from
knee to ankle. Still fewer Of such will
have the same arm measurement from
shoulder to elbow. And so it goes on:
from elimination to elimination, until
card after card of the immense collec-
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or month, without a stain upon his
character. The stain will always rest
upon his record, nevertheless, be-
cause he has been photographed, de-
scribed and classed. Now see the in
justice Of it. True, the outside pub
lie has no right to consult these rec
ords. The police always have the right.
And let this man be arrested again,
within one year or five. or ten, and
the first thing discovered of him will
be that he has been photographed, de-
.scribed and classed before. "a A. grave
presumption is set UP Immediately. It
has nothing to do with the present ac-
cllsation, of course; and the man was
discharged that first time without a
stain on his character. Nevertheless
the record is there. He has already
had to do with justice. Now he is sus-
5pected twice, once for the thing Of
which he is accused today, and again
tor that old thing against which he
Justified himself a year ago, or five Or
ten s It ought to have been wiped off
the slate. It has not been wiped on.
Y Such is the ingenuity Of the system
there is no chance to escape its damn
ing identifcations Based on the prin-
sciple that no two leaves in a forest sof
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! WOMEN OF CHINA,
Their Lives an Unbsppy One from tn,
gEsg l 1 Cradle to the Grave. & @,

Their Lives an Unhsppy One from tn,
ii 81 s5 Cradle to the Grave. &: @ Z
# There are two events which, gla1de1
the somber, restricted life Of the Chi.
nese woman one her marriage at az
early age, the other the birth Of son
No greater distinction awaits the Chi.
nese woman in this world than to give
birth birth to a sonin the next she is o.
little consequence, as she is not sup.
posed to possess soul. Her Lot here
is not an enviable one, for il she Is.
OF high caste she is secluded in he1
husbands hone, and cannot walk ON
her mutilated feet. and if she does
not bear her husband many sons shs
is regarded as a piece of useless fur
niture- A Chinaman desires offsprins
for the selfish reason that his bones
may be Worshiped- he is not .
parent he cannot be an ancestor, which
would be a calamity in country
where the religion consists, mainly In
sitting on q tomb and reciting the vir-
tues of the dead. Girls in China are
accounted as household shadows and
household sorrows" Formerly they
We're drowned like blind kittens at
birth, but the missionaries are respon-
slble for the doubtful good of preserv.
ing their Lives In later years. The
Christianized Ghinaman does not OBJ,
ject to a daughter, although. his ae4
ceptance Of the disappointment is iH
the nature Of a penance. Native
Cinnamon look down on their wives.
and in every way they can show their
contempt for them, believing that a.
man should do this in order to main
tain his OWL supremacy. Some oi
their popular sayings convey this idea,
"A man should listen to his wife, but
he must not believe her. "a wom-
ans mind is quicksilver; her heart is
wax" The love-making in China is
of the most intricate and matter-of-
fact kind. The contracting parties are
betrothed in childhood, often in thei1
infancy, and sometimes before either
was born: It would seem as if all the
superstitions of the rest of the world
nau #Deen DanlSned TO emma, whose
kingdom they hold for their own A
Chinaman is afraid to look over his
shoulder, for he knows he'll see
ghost-that he never did see one has
no weight with him. If he sneezes his
wife is thinking of him, and he feels
that all is right at home, but if his
#neighbor sneezes and he does not he
believes himself neglected and be-.
comes morbidly jealous Quite like
other women, the Chinese wife has hel
little plans and schemes and advises
her husband to wear a wet handker.s
chief in his hat to keep his shaven pol
from sunstroke. When the towe,
cools he naturally sneezes, and wher
he goes home commends his wife TO,
thinking Of him during his absence
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-15
That - ......, ..s I'll:
Pharmacies in China i
Must Keep in Stock. 4.

employed for coloring green tea and
also to- season curries. Another ) of
the Chinese vegetables is used to
bring out the eruption of smallpox, as
well as to color candles, while still
another plant is found Indispensable
in curing boils and strengthening the;
hair. HiA a. s@&< IN z.,@a St L
From castor oil beans the Chinese
express an oil which is used in the
manufacture of candles. A very cost
ly; gelatine is made by boiling down
deer horns. after which it is en-
ployed as tonic. One medicine, TAX
en- in liquor, is thought to heal frac-
lures Of any kind. Petrifed crabs are
used for boils, sores, etc, snakeskins
for. smallpox, and caterpillars are en-
ployed in bronchial complaints; dried
cows gall is used as an expectorant;
the refuse Of tobacco, mixed with
straw, as a stimulant, and cows glue,
made from buffalo hides, as sedative..
In fact, almost every natural pro-
,duction, mineral, vegetable and AMI
NAL, is Used in China for some me-
dicinal purpose. Il Glue seems to pos,
sess wohd derful healing b. properties
taken internally, q rather striking
means for mending the human ma
chinery, + NJ .:5 ss. .s \. .s. :l. s. 3s.5
5s4 That made from tortoise shell IS
considered 4 a tonic. while that OBJ,
tanned from tigers bones has also.
great vittue, and costs $1,000 per
picul 1874 pounds) prohibitive.
price in China. 5.s
Sailed scorpions are considered ex-
cellent in cases of smallpox. Ant eaters
scales cure rhe eumat ism, and al though
the Use of live 1eeches is unknown,
those animals are made into q decoc-
tion, being first put into water or.
spirit. and the result taken internally,
as Hrgattve, or applied outwardly
in CASES iof bruises. Dried toads are
considded a tonic, and being sold at
2 centA each, are especially popular.
A tigerB skull is regarded as q charm
against typhoid fever, ague, rheuma-
stism anil rheumatic headache: also 40
4 protection from the danger of bong
bitten b mad dog. Pearls are pro
scribed 4 affections Of the heart md
bile; alsd il cases Of deafness.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-15
QUEER :, ! !: I; |; =
!. DRUGS =

The Chinese physician employs
strange and wonderful means for the
recovery of his patient, and the list
of medicines in vogue with the Celes-
tials will doubtless open the eyes OF
many an Occidental practitioner.
For instance, cantharides is con-
sidered sure cure for. hydroDhobia;
the fruit of cardamon is supposed to
increase knowledge by Strengthening
the stomach, which organ the Chinese
identify with persons disposition
and mental capacity; the dried skin
of certain kind of orange is used as
sedative; dried aloe flowers are used
in pulmonary affections, and are also
employed in cookery as a tonic or rel
8ish. The honeysuckle is given = in
cases of rheumatism, and the dogbane
in diseases of the kidneys. ia ,-J -.
!. Almonds are sedatives in the Chi
nese pharmacopoeia and cassia buds
tonic and astringent. Melon seeds
are taken for coughs, colds and asth-
ma, while the morning glory root is
used in severe dyspepsias. Pumpkins
are believed talppossess soothing prop
critics and are used in cases OF COLES,
spasms, etc. Quite q number Of vege-
tables are considered cures, for con
sumption and remittent fever. The
undershell Of the land turtle is taken
as a decoction by the aged and weak
and is used generally as q stimulant,
as is also the mustard seed. 10 OLE
4 anders are attributed rejuvenating and
highly nutritive qualities. One vege-
table, with an uhpronounceable Chi
j nese name, is employed to work Off
the effect of drunkenness II ss.5.s Ss. y
Fragments of fossil crabs, crushed
4 and powdered, are considered a spe-
L cific in affections Of the eye. Rhubarb
& is indigenous to- China, and IN former
times Canton was the only port from
which the drug was exported. The
Chinese dig the roots early In the
B spring, before the leaves appear, cut
them into long, fiat pieces, dry them
\ for two or three days in the shade,
B B and then string them on cords. Tu-
I meric is used Tor diseases Of the skin,
also as yellow dye IN the prepare
1 tion OF tobacco and. mixed with In
diEo or Prussian blue Is the means
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wretched. There are: two: photographs
of each person, a full frontsa and a pro-
file. Under each pair is seen a card
with filled blanks They are said to
be photographs of criminals. 1t is. the
exhibit of the Bertillon system for
the Identification of the enemies Of
society. The photographs are valuable
for this purpose; !; but the insignificant
looking cards, filled in with measure
ments, make the perfection Of the de-
vice. 81: "a n. 1js5.. &. ~ II
What IS the real result of the Ber-
tillon system? The inventor Of it calls
it a merciful device that promises to
lead, in the far future, to anonymous
convictions, the safeguarding Of fam
lily regulations. In the meantime it
ruins regulations. It's tendency is to
punish the wrong doer, not once: for
one crime, but many times for the one
crime; in fact, as many times as he
is called up, on suspicion, before the
bar Of justice. "a
In Paris any man accused Of any
crime Or misd demeanor be it even a
breach OF the peace or an insult to- a
policeman, If he has not. influence to-
get Oft before the committing magis-
trate, is hustled to the central depot,
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4 Foxes as Household Pets.

The kia le, or the household fox, is
a fayorite pet Of Chinese women.
who ara also extremely fond Of va.
sriety OF the Angora cat. The ordinary
cat Of southern China is. like the
Map1 tailless. tt IS occasionally used
Tor food. but It is not SO popular as
horse and dog flesh. When raised for.
the table It lis fed on rice and YeEe-
tables. It is believed that 1nisfor-
tune viii surely follow the one who
has his cat stolen.
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there to be investigated and wait trial.
He may be innocent, but the first
thing that happens to him there is to
be marched up high into .'the tower
of the anthropometric service, to be
measured, photographed and identi-
fed by moles, scars, beauty ! spots
and other accidents. He may be re-
leased the next day or within a week
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ngland,s Twenty -Ei hit ions.
4 The present conservative govern
Yment of Great Britain celebrated its
nth birthday On July England has
had q total Of twenty eight admins
trations ii this century eight Of
which were longer th an the present
one. The longest was that g lavd
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Liverpool, which lasted from 1872 to
1872 a period OF fourteen years and
.S19 days. Lord Sails bury : second ad-
ministration injured for six years.
and fifteen days, in which time there
were six changes n Its compost ton.
The remarkable thing about. the pres
sent one is that there has not been a
single change, despite the fact that Il
has bers.
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ten, he cannot cook, and there his sup
plies end. III ssy# s.e n 4S & q
E .tWhat has become Of the rations Of
rum, of sugar, Of tea, of cocoa, OF gro.
ceries generally? Ask at. the snug little.
railway sidings where the goods are
=stacked--and forgotten. Ask in the big
stores in Cape Town and other seaport
towns. Ask in your own country, where
countless thousands Of pounds worth Of
food stuff lie rotting in the warehouses,
bound UP and tied down with red tape
bandage. Ask-yes, ask; but don't
stop at asking, demand reparation Of
somebody high up in power. 81 %ss5l i
Don't let some Wretched underling
be- made the. scapegoat of this criminal
state of affairs, but the taint of this
shameful thing rests upon you, upon
every Briton whose home privilege and
prosperity is being safeguarded by
these famishing men, d
"The folks in authority will probably
tell you that Gen. Rumble and his
splendid fellows are so isolated that
food cannot be obtained for them. !
say that is false, for recently |, in COM
pany with another correspondent, left
Gen. Rundle's camp without an escort.
We made our way in the, saddle, taking.
our two Cape carts with us to Win
burg railway station leaving our
horsehesh there we took train for East
London; then back to the junction.
and down to Cape Town, where we re-
manned for 4S hours, thence making
our way back to Winburg, and from
WinbUrg we came without escort to
rejoin Gen. Rundlesat Hammanonia. II
two war correspondents could traverse
that country and get through with
can't the +ransnertage people manage
to do t. -...~ These transfer people
look WI: n, s>rDt upon a war corre-
spondes Ill We could not manage
transp>~ ~ ac4si;better than they do
most &; ..'N @n}i willingly stand up
and a2Icy d. 'se res to be shot ~ s@s
555.&s2:2 p: ,.-..- - Eastern Cities
We -s,"T"..:, getasurpriSes in the
lEfgure *'- gerr, . yvfcensus, and the most
astoni t. ae q !em all is the showing
Of On whose population is
show1 ,tually diminished no
less t cent during the past
| ten y. ere seems to be no
doubt ,,t stern cities have been
grow ian those. Of the west
durin = lecennial period.
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-15
The Famous Bertillon System
Exhibit.

BE- In one corner of the Pavilion in the
city. Of. Paris in the expo osition grounds
is a strange exhibit. All around the
room, in frames, on transparent sheets
of glass, are the photographs Of men
and women who have, evidently, some
thing wrong about them. q. There are
evil faces, cunning faces, brutal faces,
few good-loo oking, many simply
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-15

flock returned to the church they be-.
held an old green parrot ia a cage in
an adjoining house. It greeted them them.
with shrieks of laughter and cries OF
That q good one!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-15

s*5If the north pole is ever discovered
1T will put a lot Of explorers out Of the
business. 5s IF
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Eastern Cities. s3,
9 get surprises IN the
y census end the most
I'm all is the IS hoWing5
whose population is.
,tually diminished no
cent during the past
ere seems to be no
stern cities have been
ian those Of the west
lecennial period.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-03

"ANTED-A COMPETENT COOK AND
w two 81 Is at 1920 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-03
POLITICS AT CINCINNATI.
Dynamite Internal Machine Called In &
Quiet q Leader.

Cincinnati, o., April 3.-Develop
ments leave no doubt about there be.
ing a. deliberate plot TO blow up the
house of George b. Cox Sunday. night.
when an internal machine was left on
his portico. The box had sliding lid
On the under side of the lid was fas-
tened a strip of sand paper which was
to set off matches whenever the lid
was pulled out. These matches were
arranged 10 set fire to squib which
communicated flame 10 a cap. which
was TO explode a stick of dynamite.
The servant girl first discovered the
box, which had lain out all night on
the porch. and brought it in to Mrs.
Cox. Mrs. Cox opened it, but the eX-
posture of the matches to dampnesS all
night prevented them from igniting.
Sunday. night n man that had over.
heard two men talking suSpiciouSly on
Vine street went to Cox and notified
him of danger.
This conversation appeared TO be in
a form of threats of personal danger to
Cox. He was on his guard. and when
the box was shown to him he thought
warning. The box was taken by the
police to MeSsrs. Powell and Clement.
dynamite experts, who pronounced it
very dangerous Internal machine
The stick of dynamite weighed about
three quarters of Il pound. was of 40
per cent. explosive power. which made
ii very dangerous. Cox is the Repub-
lican leader in CITY politics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-03
Congress in Brief.

Washington. April 3.-The senate
put in yesterday debating te Porto
Rican bill. Bate. Pettus, Tillman and
Simon of Oregon opposing it and Cul-
lom, Depew. Perkins. Foraker and
SpoOner advocating its passage. An
executive session was held. The vote
on the Porto Rican bill takes place
this after.
A possible reduction of the war taxes
was foreshadowed in resolution
adopted by the house calling upon the
secretary of the treasury for informa-
ton as to the probable surplus existing
revenue laws would create during
this and the coming fiscal year. The
resolution was presented by Payne.
the floor leader of the majority. Some
district business was transacted and
some bills of no general interest
NJ S-ad